my friend

At 10:30 in the evening, the happy scene in the nightclub kicked off.

Marvin sat there, bored.

"Handsome, can I have a drink?"

Marvin is constantly being courted by young ladies.

Marvin agreed one by one, and chatted with them one by one.

"Handsome guy, let's go dancing, shall we?" One of them boldly took Marvin's hand.

Marvin sighed, stood up, and took two steps forward.Suddenly he said: "I just remembered that I have to work overtime, you guys play, I invite you today, have fun."

After that, he picked up his coat and left.

Marvin really returned to the office, called the bookcase, and saw a scroll of paintings that Assistant Qin put inside.

This is a painting of Wan Qing imitating Zheng Banqiao left by an old customer of Bolin. It is not well preserved. Because the paper is brittle and yellow, the picture is split into two pieces and the four corners are curled. It looks a bit horrible.

The guest said that if someone is willing to bid, he will sell it, and he doesn't care about the price. It is equivalent to abandoning it at Marvin's place.

This is the best excuse to say goodbye to Lin Xiao!

After a while, Marvin's sports car slowly stopped near Lin Xiao's house.

It's so late, the lights in Lin Xiao's house haven't been turned on yet.

Are you already asleep? Marvin held the painting scroll in his arms, lit a cigarette, and thought.

But the parking lot is still empty.

Marvin exhaled smoke rings, looking very patient.

A few cigarette butts quickly piled up on the ground, and Lin Xiao finally drove home.

"What do you need from me?" Lin Xiao locked the car and walked towards Marvin.

Marvin is tall and big, very conspicuous under the street lights.

He stamped out the cigarette butt in his hand, and walked towards the door of Lin Xiao's house.

"Open the door," he said.

"Let's just say it here, I'm very tired today."

"Check done?" Marvin asked.

"Done."

"How is the result?"

"no result."

"Is your disease so complicated? I have a familiar doctor in the United States, do you want to..."

"no need."

"Okay..." Marvin lowered his head and kicked the stones under his feet.

"Then, do you want to have a drink... Oh, you can't drink." Marvin made an invitation but was denied by himself.A set of rhetoric that was planned at first, but after seeing Lin Xiao in person, he didn't think of a word.

"You seem to have drunk a lot."

"But I always feel like I didn't drink enough. It's late, you should rest."

"Is there really nothing else?" Lin Xiao had already noticed the painting scroll in Marvin's arms, and he stopped Marvin.

Marvin took a few steps and came back.

"There was something wrong at first, but...it's getting late, you should rest."

Just now when Lin Xiao said that he was very tired, Marvin felt that the timing of his visit was not good.

"Let me have a look." Lin Xiao stretched out his hand to Marvin.

Facing Lin Xiao, Marvin obediently presented the scroll in his arms without realizing it, even a bit like bringing a fleeing thief with him to return the treasure to its owner.

Lin Xiao opened it, looked at it, and asked, "Do you want to add color? Do you want to completely renovate?"

Marvin shook his head immediately.Restoring the painting is just an excuse to come to see Lin Xiao, he doesn't want to make things too complicated

"Just repair it to make it complete."

Marvin also prepared a lot of rhetoric, but before he could say it, Lin Xiao nodded.

"Does your company have a big desk?"

"Have!"

Marvin was completely passive.

"I'll pick up the tools, and then I'll go to your company."

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he went in, leaving Marvin standing at the door in a daze.

to my company?Then go?Wouldn't it be possible to stay with Lin Xiao all night?

This surprise came so suddenly, Assistant Qin's move is really good!

Marvin thought to himself.

Lin Xiao brought a box of tools and took Marvin's car to the Boleyn Auction House.

"You, you, what do you want to drink?" At Marvin's home court, he still couldn't get out of the passive, and he couldn't speak smoothly. He wondered if he really drank too much alcohol?

"By the way, no liquid." He recalled the scene of the first meeting again.

"It's different this time. If there is any pure water, bring some more."

Lin Xiao has already devoted himself to work, and now he is giving instructions to Marvin.

Lin Xiao took out a stack of thick cotton cloth from the toolbox, laid it flat on the table, fixed the four corners, took the watering can filled with clean water from Marvin, and sprayed the entire countertop wet.The painting scrolls were also laid out on this simple workbench. Lin Xiao rolled up his sleeves, sprayed a few times on a corner of the painting, and tested the humidity and the adhesion of the rice paper with his fingers.

Marvin, who had lost the initiative, followed Lin Xiao step by step with a water bottle in his arms, smacking his lips, wanting to say something.

Lin Xiao judged the humidity, picked up the watering can again, and sprayed the entire painting evenly, once, twice, and three times.Humidity gradually soaks through the entire painting.

The painting is two feet long and less than one foot wide, occupying only a small portion of the entire countertop.So the remaining area was temporarily used by Lin Xiao as a drying rack.After comparison, Lin Xiao cut the backing paper into a suitable size without haste, dipped it in water, and laid it flat on the blank position for the next step.Then take out a paper cutter from the toolbox, and carefully draw along the broken part of the painting heart to separate the painting into upper and lower parts.Put down the paper cutter, replace the opener, gently lift up the corner of the painting heart, feel that the rice paper can withstand the force, Lin Xiao takes a long ruler, slides it into the back of the painting heart along the raised corner, holds the left hand steady, and raises the right hand , the heart of the upper half of the painting has been completely removed.

"Hey!" Marvin, who couldn't find a chance to speak, hastily called out hello.

Next, take the lower half of the painting heart.

These seemingly simple movements actually need to rely on years of knowledge, and there are no fully quantifiable rules in them, and they need to rely on personal experience to control.

Holding a pair of tweezers in his hand, Lin Xiao leaned over to dispose of the debris left on the original work.Since Marvin only asked for complete repairs, these debris should be kept as much as possible.

Marvin stood and watched for over an hour before he knew it.He originally wanted to take this opportunity to have a good chat with Lin Xiao about Zhang Fumao or Li Shiyuan.I don't want to just stand like this and have nothing else to do.

"Marvin, chat with me?" Instead, it was Lin Xiao who broke the silence first.

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" Marvin hasn't recovered yet.

"Hehe... If you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while." Lin Xiao smiled.

"Why am I sleepy?"

When Lin Xiao said it, Marvin couldn't help but yawned a long way, tears welling up in his eyes.He quickly covered his mouth and argued, "I'm not sleepy, I'm not sleepy."

"You...and Li Shiyuan..." Marvin said tentatively.

"Actually, I'm to Sewon..."

Lin Xiao interrupted him, "Is there any wine in your office? Didn't you say you haven't had enough?"

"Yes, yes!"

"Then have a drink with me?" Lin Xiao stood up straight and looked at Marvin with a smile.

"Can you drink?" Marvin asked.

"Refresh."

"OK, wait for me!"

Marvin went out and came back, the water bottle in his arms replaced by whiskey.

"Just one cup," Marvin said.Besides him, who else would dare to drink in the office.

Lin Xiao took it, poured a full glass, and drank it with his head raised.The facial features wrinkled together, paused for a second, stretched out, and let out a slow breath.

How could Marvin show weakness at this moment, he used the cup Lin Xiao had used, filled it up, and drank it down.

The whiskey was strong enough, and Marvin's facial features wrinkled into a ball, and he exhaled a hot breath.

Lin Xiao took the cup from Marvin and drank another cup.

"Wait, wait!" Marvin had already had a round of drinking at night, and he couldn't bear this way of drinking. He filled a glass, barely drank half, took the glass and sat on the other side of the sofa, and drank the other half. Gain buffer time.

"Lin... why am I a little dizzy..." Marvin leaned on the sofa, feeling his vision blur.

In a blur, he saw Lin Xiao walking in front of him, his shoulder was pushed, and he lay down, his eyelids couldn't hold on, and he slowly closed, finally Lin Xiao was seen through the gap, as if he was smiling.

Lin Xiao was laughing. He looked at Marvin who was already drunk. After drinking half a glass of wine, he returned to the temporary workbench and continued the unfinished work.

At 03:30 in the morning, Lin Xiao was done.

He pushes Marvin to bid him goodbye.

Marvin struggled to sit up, "Already ready? I'll see you off..."

"Okay, do you want to check and check?"

"No... trust you!" Marvin stood up unsteadily, and Lin Xiaoxu helped him.

"Why did I fall asleep, really..."

"Rest!"

Marvin still wanted to send Lin Xiao home again, but at present, he could no longer drive, so he had to think of a compromise.

"Let's take my car and ask Assistant Qin to pick it up tomorrow."

Lin Xiao didn't answer, and frowned.

"Friend, are you still being polite to me?" Marvin put the key directly into Lin Xiao's hand.

Lin Xiao didn't give up, put away his tools, said goodbye and went out.

After sending Lin Xiao off, Marvin staggered back to the sofa, covered his face with his hands, and sighed in his heart: God!Great opportunity to waste a night!

It was the weekend every two days, and Lin Xiao still went to the restoration center to work for most of the day, and only returned home in the afternoon.

Checking the mobile phone and the answering machine at home, there was still no record of Assistant Qin's calls, so he had no choice but to call Assistant Qin.

It took a long time before the call was connected. Assistant Qin politely said that he was on a business trip, and could he ask Expert Lin to drive the car to Marvin's villa and leave the address.

Assistant Qin's kindness is always irresistible.Lin Xiao had no choice but to drive Marvin's sports car to his home.

Marvin's home is not far from the city center, and the villa area has been around for some years, but it is still well maintained. It seems that the elders of the Marvin family bought the property early.

The doorbell rang for a long time before Marvin answered the door sleepily.

He suffered from insomnia last night, ran out to play and didn't return home until 5 am, and spent the whole day catching up on sleep.

"Assistant Qin is on a business trip. I brought your car here. Here is the key." Lin Xiao didn't enter the door.

"Qin is on a business trip?" Marvin couldn't figure out why Assistant Qin would tell such a lie.

He took the key, opened the door completely, and stretched his waist.

"The sun is out today, it's a pity to miss it."

"Heh..." Lin Xiao smiled and refused to comment.

"Then I'll go first..." Lin Xiao was about to leave, when he glanced behind Marvin by chance, the footsteps about to leave suddenly stopped.

He passed Marvin, walked straight into the living room, and stopped in front of the fireplace.

There is a one-foot-square oil painting on the fireplace, which is a street scene in New York. The whole picture is gray, and the steel and concrete metropolis shows a kind of warmth in the gray lines.

"Do you like it?" Marvin saw his eyes linger, and walked behind him.

Lin Xiao nodded.

"give you."

"Thank you." Lin Xiao reached out to get the oil painting without looking back.

"Hey..." Marvin finally came to his senses.

Lin Xiao has already strode out.

"What, you want to go back on your word? You bid."

"No." Marvin scratched his head, "I told you it was for you."

"Then farewell."

"No, you..." Marvin smiled suddenly, "Then you must buy me a meal, wait for me."

He ran to the sofa and changed his pajamas twice.

Lin Xiao didn't wait for him, and had already walked to the door.

"It's just at your place, eat something light." Marvin stayed up all night, his lips were a little dry.

"Next time." Lin Xiao refused.

Marvin rolled his eyes, "Then how do you go back?"

"Call a taxi."

"It can't be called here."

"Then how did you get home last night?" Lin Xiao was completely offended.

"You wait, you wait."

Marvin chased Lin Xiao out.

"It's inconvenient for you to take a taxi for such a large painting. This is a work of art. It's a pity to damage it."

These words seemed to have moved Lin Xiao, and he stopped.

"I'll drive you." Marvin shook the keys in his hand.