my friend

There are still ten days until the Spring Festival.

Every winter and summer school holidays, the museum will also usher in two peak passenger flow.The Qoros Museum will also launch different themed exhibitions.Count, plan, prepare.Lin Xiao's work also came one after another.

After get off work, Lin Xiao drove home.

Driving into the community, he noticed three or two figures shaking around his house, which looked very unfamiliar.Those few people didn't seem to see Lin Xiao, some were pacing back and forth, some were talking on the phone in a low voice, and they didn't act abnormally because of his appearance.

Lin Xiao parked the car and entered the house, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.

"Hello?" Lin Xiao answered the phone.

"Which one is it..."

"It really is you." Before Lin Xiao finished speaking, the person on the other end of the phone had obviously made a judgment.

"Are you... big brother?" Lin Xiao hesitated for a moment, then remembered the owner of the voice on the phone.

"Oh... Aunt Yue said that you are a doctor in the United States."

"I..." Since Lin Xiao came back to Taipei, he has never had any contact with his mother Xiao Pinyue, so it is understandable for her mother to say this.

"Brother, what can I do for you?"

"You are always so well-behaved." The eldest brother Lin Xiao said, that is, Lin Xiuping, the eldest son of the Lin family, said flatly.

"My wife told me that the young man my father met in Canada last year was you. I still don't quite believe it."

"I haven't seen you for so many years, it's normal that I can't recognize you."

"Ah."

The two fell silent on the phone.

"Lin Xiao, our family treats you and your mother... not bad, right?"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but think about the activities of Xiao Pinyue and everyone in the Lin family, but from elementary school to university, it must have been arranged by Lin Chengxian and his wife.

"Yes, thanks for taking care of me." Lin Xiao said.

"Okay." Lin Xiuping was very satisfied with such an answer.

"Don't meddle in the rest of the matter." Lin Xiuping finally uttered his true purpose.

"I don't know what you mean."

"You will know. Aunt Yue is also involved, and she is the one who started it."

"I haven't seen her for more than ten years. I don't know what she is doing."

"But she is your mother after all." Lin Xiuping suddenly laughed, seemingly confident.

"Is it your people outside?" Lin Xiao frowned slightly.

"What are you talking about? The signal is not good, let's do this first." Lin Xiuping had finished speaking what he wanted to convey.

"It's time to go home and eat."

Finally he said so.

A busy tone came from the phone, Lin Xiao was holding the phone, his chest heaving up and down.

"dad."

Lin Xiao looked at Lin Zhou's painting from Marvin in the living room, and murmured.

"Sorry, I didn't make it..."

Chinese New Year is approaching, and it is the coldest time of the year.It seems that the entire treasure island was swallowed by a huge whale, and then sank to the deepest part of the sea.

The bustling section of downtown Taipei is full of high-rise buildings and heavy traffic.

In the coffee shop of a five-star hotel, Marvin met his most honorable and mysterious guest for this spring auction, Ms. Stellaine.

“Brunch..never had it since back in Taipei.”

Marvin had a gentlemanly smile on his face, "Did you rest well yesterday?"

"Yes, thank you." Ms. Stelling also smiled.

Ms. Stalin is Lin Xiao's mother Xiao Pinyue, Marvin thinks so.So his eyes couldn't help but linger on Styling's face for a moment, but unfortunately, he didn't find anything similar to Lin Xiao's imagination.From facial features to accent to temperament, Styling and Lin Xiao are completely different.

Styling obviously caught Marvin's special gaze.

"Marvin?" she reminded softly and gracefully.

"Is there anything wrong with me today?"

Stellaine's makeup is neat, coupled with the unique gentleness of the southern beauty, it is obvious that the years have treated her favorably and have not left deep marks on her face.She was dressed in a moon-white dress, which made her more noble and generous.

"Sorry, I just noticed..." Marvin pointed to his neckline.

A brooch embellished with emeralds was pinned below Styling's neck, in the shape of a small cheetah, luxurious and unique.

"Ha...you have really poisonous eyes." Styling said slowly, "This is a birthday present from Vincent."

The Vincent mentioned by Stein is also a well-known art collector in the United States.

"It's a pity that he doesn't know that I haven't celebrated my birthday for many years. But his kindness is hard to refuse, so I have no choice but to accept it."

"It turns out that you and Vincent are also old friends."

"When I have time, I will get together with such old friends." Styling showed a card face calmly.

"Marvin, I have a good impression of you. You are still so young, and it is understandable that you sometimes act impulsively."

"Oh?" Marvin understood that Styling was referring to her refusal to sign a contract with her.

"That's because I can't figure out one thing."

"Is the answer here?"

Marvin nodded, "How could Zhang Fumao refuse a big client like you?"

"Ha... It's really because of this." Styling had a smile on her face, and she couldn't see any displeasure.

"You should know that Zhang Fumao and I have known each other for many years, but he has always refused to give me any preferential treatment in terms of commission. Then I have no choice but to treat friends as friends and business as business."

Stalling took a sip from the teacup in front of her.

"Seeing your younger generation come out to do things, I am also very willing to support it."

"So I am very grateful to you... Have you met Lin Xiao when you come back this time?"

Marvin changed the subject.

"Who are you talking about?" Ms. Sterling seemed confused.

Marvin couldn't see anything wrong with her face either.

"Are you also in this line of work?"

"Some origins, I thought you knew each other."

"If he is also a key figure within the scope of our cooperation, then please arrange for me to visit with you."

Stalling put down her glass and spoke very sincerely.

"No need to be so troublesome. My biggest question is still Zhang Fumao, and you have given me the answer just now."

"So..."

"Then I would like to invite you to visit our company tomorrow and sign the contract by the way. The preliminary auction exhibition will also proceed as usual."

"I hope we can have a happy cooperation." Styling extended her hand friendly and shook hands with Marvin.

In the evening, Lin Xiao, who was returning home from get off work, encountered another unexpected visitor at the door of his house.

He sighed at the visitor and invited him to the living room.

The man slowly turned around in Lin Xiao's living room, and finally, his eyes locked on Lin Zhou's oil painting.

"His paintings are hard to find," Ms. Stelling said.

"Hmm." Lin Xiao put his hands in his trouser pockets and stood behind Styling.

Stalling came back to her senses and looked at Lin Xiao, who was much taller than herself, and said with a smile:

"You've grown taller again."

"Heh..." Lin Xiao smiled unnaturally.

"When you were a kid, I always thought you were going to die."

When Stelling said this, she still had a decent smile on her face.

The conversation with my mother has always been like this.Lin Xiao has long been familiar with the strangeness.

"You look very similar to your father, not at all like me." Styling reached out and stroked Lin Xiao's face, then turned and sat on the sofa.

"It would be nice if I had a daughter who looked like me again."

"Mom..." Lin Xiao felt an uncontrollable resistance in his body.

"What do you want to say? Little villain."

call. . .Lin Xiao let out a heavy breath, "What would you like to drink?"

"No need." Ms. Sterling seemed unwilling to talk for a long time.

"If you want to treat me as your mother, don't meddle in my affairs. You understand what I'm talking about."

Lin Xiao stood aside, his face getting colder by the minute.

"I also want to thank you, thank you for meeting Lin Chengxian. This country bumpkin has delayed me for so many years." Styling, or Xiao Pinyue, seemed to hate Lin Chengxian extremely.

"Sure enough, my good son did it for me. You are not useless."

"So, Lin Chengxian is very pitiful."

"He is pitiful? What about me? If it weren't for you, a little evil spirit, I would have lived a life without worries decades ago. If you were a daughter, and you were born like me, I might have a better life .”

"Mom!" Lin Xiao finally couldn't help but said, "How can you talk like that in front of Dad!"

"What's wrong? He owes me, you owe me, you both owe me!" Speaking of the past, Styling's face was slightly distorted.

"Okay." Styling took a few deep breaths, trying to calm down her grievances.

"You are not allowed to meddle in this year's spring auction."

"How much do you own in it?"

"It's okay to tell you." Styling smiled again.

"Lin Chengxian's family property has long been ruined by the Lin family. Of course, I also have a share, but I deserve it. After Sister Lin passed away, I had some differences with them, and the past transactions were forced to stop. Now Lin Xiuping Anxious to spend money, I came to beg me again. I have been thinking about it all these years, and I am tired. You and I have no hope and can only rely on ourselves. After finishing this game, I will retire. So you Don't come here to make trouble for me." Styling said these words with no shame on her face.

"My job is very simple. I can't handle such a complicated thing." Lin Xiao was refusing.

"Of course I know. I just want you to keep silent. That's all." Styling seemed to know her son very well.

"I can't do it." Lin Xiao reiterated again.

Ms. Sterling didn't take it seriously, she said: "I also know that you and Marvin have had a close relationship, so it's no big deal. When I see him later, you have to understand what you should say and what you shouldn't say."

"There will be others besides me."

"Don't worry about this. I have always done business for everyone. Hello, hello, hello everyone."

"How can you..."

Without waiting for Lin Xiao to finish speaking, Stalin stood up and walked to Lin Zhou's painting.

"Although you look like your father, do you still remember what your father looked like?"

Lin Xiao's family has never had a group photo, and Lin Zhou passed away so early. In Lin Xiao's memory, the only impression of his father is the pair of big hands holding him tightly between the two hospital beds.

When Lin Xiao thought of his father, there was only a vague figure in his mind. He couldn't help sliding his Adam's apple a few times, and his eyes were a little moist.

"I heard that your health has not been very good in the past few years. It seems that I wronged you before." Styling pressed on step by step.

"You have grown up so much, and when you reach the kingdom of heaven, it would be a pity if you father and son couldn't recognize each other face to face."

"Do you have... a photo of Dad?" Lin Xiao's voice began to choke.

"Heh..." Sterling chuckled lightly.

"I remember one year in the background of a charity auction in New York, I was trying on jewelry, and your father was holding you and looking at me, and was photographed. Later, your father got the photo and painted it like that. ..."

"Where is that painting?" Lin Xiao's eyes filled with longing.

All this was seen by Steline.

"If I don't have this painting, why bring it up for no reason, doesn't it make you sad?"

"Where is that painting!" Lin Xiao's voice was a little out of control.

"I will give it to you." Xiao Pinyue patted Lin Xiao and comforted him.

"As long as you obey."

After finishing speaking, she turned gracefully and went out.

Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, the Boleyn Auction House is still busy, showing no signs of relaxing.

Everyone complained about the boss's repeated changes to the plan.

After meeting Ms. Stein, Marvin visited Zhang Fumao again.Now the three of them are obviously in a cooperative relationship.

Lin Xiuping, represented by Styling, doesn't care whether the things in his hands are true or not, he just wants to sell them as soon as possible.But what Zhang Fumao wanted was not so simple.

Marvin thought about this clearly, so he put down his arrogance and asked Zhang Fumao for cooperation.If Zhang Fumao's commission is higher than the percentage, he will return it later.As long as I stare at it more, and Lin Xiao has seen Lin Chengxian's collection, I am not afraid of Zhang Fumao doing anything more.In this regard, he is quite sure in his heart.

Speaking of it, I haven't seen Lin Xiao for several days.

Marvin appointed Assistant Qin to contact the pet shop, and then went to pick up Sixth Brother himself, planning to go to the Qoros Museum to pick up Lin Xiao from get off work.

The sixth brother is a big Shiba Inu that has always been black and white, and he has no distinction with Marvin. He sits obediently in Marvin's co-pilot, and Lin Xiao should often take his pet dog for a ride like this.

When they arrived at the restoration center, Marvin hugged Sixth Brother all the way, and when he got out of the elevator, Sixth Brother seemed to smell the smell of the owner and acted very excited.

Marvin was also excited.

There are many people in Lin Xiao's office.

"So many people, are you in a meeting?" Marvin stepped forward and asked the people around him.

"No, Teacher Lin fainted."

"What?" Marvin was shocked. He pushed aside the crowd, and Sixth Brother had already got in and rushed to Lin Xiao.

At this moment, Lin Xiao was lying on the ground, Shiyuan supported his upper body, and said anxiously to the people around him, "Let everyone make way, the air is not good."

Marvin quickly took off his coat and covered Lin Xiao.

"Marvin, it's you!" Shiyuan seemed to see a savior.

"Yeah." Marvin carefully took Lin Xiao's body from Shiyuan's hand.At this moment, Lin Xiao's face was pale, his eyes were tightly closed, his face was calm but unconscious.

"Have you called an ambulance?"

"Yeah, did you call an ambulance?" Shiyuan asked the people around her, apparently she had just arrived at the scene.

Everyone around shook their heads.

"You..." Marvin hated it, and freed one hand to grab the mobile phone.

"Ms. Lin said yesterday not to call an ambulance." Someone in the crowd said.

"yesterday?"

"Yeah, Mr. Lin also fainted yesterday, but he woke up soon, and told us not to call an ambulance."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Lin woke up very quickly yesterday."

"What? He also fainted yesterday? That...then..." Marvin was terrified as if thinking of something.

"How long has he been unconscious."

"6 minutes." The boy who was closest pointed to his watch and said, "We are watching the time."

"You guys are really..." Marvin shook his head angrily.He carefully picked up Lin Xiao and walked out, his steps flustered.

The sixth brother also wagged his tail and walked out.Li Shiyuan and several of Lin Xiao's students were the last ones.

Walking out of the restoration center, Director Shen ran over to meet him.

"I received a call from Shiyuan," Director Shen shook the mobile phone in his hand.

"I'm going to drive." Then he ran to drive an old-fashioned RV.

At the moment, a touring car is indeed more suitable than the sports car Marvin drives.

Shiyuan also came and placed Lin Xiao carefully in the back seat with Marvin.

Director Shen sat in the driver's seat, Shiyuan hugged Sixth Brother and jumped to the co-pilot, Marvin hugged Lin Xiao tightly behind, and did not forget to ask: "Director Shen, drive more steadily."

"Lin, how are you? Can you hear me?"

The car started smoothly and quickly.

"Lin, wake up." Marvin's voice was a little choked up, and Shiyuan, the co-driver, hugged her sixth brother and cried softly.

"Ms. Lin will be fine." She said.

"Yes, Teacher Lin will be fine." Marvin repeated Shiyuan's words.

"Shiyuan, don't panic." Director Shen seemed more stable at this moment.

Marvin stroked Lin Xiao's chest gently with one hand, and looked at Lin Xiao anxiously.

A few minutes later, Lin Xiao's breathing became heavy, his eyeballs rolled under his eyelids, and he slowly woke up.

"This is..." Lin Xiao woke up, his voice hoarse.

"You passed out, we're on our way to the hospital now."

Lin Xiao looked around and gradually became sober.

"Director Shen, please, let's go back, I'm fine." He sat up straight and pretended to break free from Marvin's arms inadvertently.

"I know you're fine, but it's better to show it to the doctor. It will be here soon." Marvin had expected that Lin Xiao would refuse, so he lowered his voice and tried to persuade him.

"It's really unnecessary..." Lin Xiao still resisted.

"Xiao Lin, you are still young, don't take your body seriously." Director Shen's voice was serious.

"Ok!"

"Ok!"

Marvin and Li Shiyuan nodded together.

Although Director Shen is not Lin Xiao's direct supervisor, he is a leader and an elder after all. Lin Xiao has no way to refute his words for a while, so he can only obediently obey.

The car quickly arrived at Ren'ai Hospital. Everyone split up and laid Lin Xiao down. The nurse said to the three people and the dog who followed: "Please wait outside."

"You guys go out." Marvin said to Director Shen and Shiyuan: "I'm a family member, I'll stay."

Lin Xiao moved his mouth, he was put on an oxygen mask, so everyone couldn't hear what he was saying.

"Okay." Director Shen was busy helping Shiyuan restrain Sixth Brother, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with Marvin's words.

Chen Wei rushed over quickly.

For some reason, Marvin became furious when he saw Chen Wei. After treating Lin Xiao for so long, the more he treated, the worse he got.At this moment, he could only suppress his anger and report to Chen Wei: "He fainted once yesterday, he woke up on his own after a few minutes, and fainted today too... for 10 minutes."

Chen Wei glanced at Marvin, nodded, and began to connect the devices.

"Please go out."

"I'll be right here with him." Marvin said without thinking.

Chen Wei looked at him again.

"I'm not going anywhere," Marvin said firmly.

Seeing that he couldn't drive them away, Chen Wei had no choice but to continue with the operation at hand.

The numbers on the gauges show that everything is fine.

Chen Wei retracted his stethoscope and sighed.

"Why do you faint so often?" Marvin asked.

Chen Wei shook his head.

"I'm asking you something!" Marvin finally couldn't hold back his anger, and stepped forward to grab Chen Wei's collar.People around hurriedly stopped him.

"Marvin..." Lin Xiao looked at the crowd of people crowded in front of him, and couldn't help but take off his mask and said.

"Lin", when Marvin heard Lin Xiao calling his name, he immediately let go and threw himself in front of him.

"Senior...I'm sorry..." Lin Xiao smiled.

Chen Wei still shook his head and did not speak.

"It's okay, but there is no next time." Marvin held Lin Xiao's hand as if no one was there.

"Go and do your work first." Chen Wei dispersed the people around him, looked at Marvin and Lin Xiao, and frowned.

"You are so useless, senior!" Marvin gave Chen Wei a blank look, and said to Lin Xiao, "Tomorrow we will go to Los Angeles and see another doctor."

"Who are you, Lin Xiao?" Chen Wei looked at Marvin, as if he seemed familiar.

"He is my friend..." Lin Xiao's voice was a little stronger.

"Yes, I'm his friend." Marvin was tall and could only half squat in front of Lin Xiao's bed at the moment, holding Lin Xiao's hand tightly with both hands, and said.

"I brought Brother Six back, and we'll go home together in a while."

"it is good..."

"Go back to my house!"

"...what are you doing?"

"Let Brother Six familiarize himself with the environment."

"Oh..."

"Lin..." Marvin said in a deep voice, "Let me take care of you from now on, I really...you scared me to death just now...let me take care of you and Brother Six, okay?"

"...Marvin..."

"...you!"

Lin Xiao and Chen Wei spoke at the same time and were about to say something when the curtain of the emergency room was opened and a female doctor walked in.

"Lin Xiao, are you feeling better?"

It was Joyce who came.

"Senior sister..." Lin Xiao laughed and held out his hand to Joyce.

Marvin refused to move at all, Chen Wei had no choice but to give up his position.

Joyce stepped forward, held Lin Xiao's hand, and placed a kiss on Lin Xiao's forehead.

"...she's a senior...she's a senior..." Marvin couldn't help whispering.

"Sorry, I met you here..." Lin Xiao apologized.

"No..." Joyce was about to speak when Marvin took her words and said:

"You're sorry for me, you can't be so scary in the future."

"Ha... Is this your little boyfriend? He's so good at acting like a baby." Joyce was amused by Marvin's actions. With a smile on her face, she turned her head to look at Chen Wei.

Chen Wei's face was cloudy and uncertain.

"Hi, I'm Marvin." Marvin held out a hand and politely reached out to Joyce.

"Hi, I'm Joyce. Lin Xiao's senior." Joyce held Marvin's hand.

"I'm still Lin Xiao's friend now." Marvin finished his introduction and looked at Lin Xiao deliberately.

Lin Xiao sighed and shook his head helplessly.

When Lin Xiao's condition stabilized, Marvin went through the discharge procedures, and went home with Director Shen and Shiyuan to accompany Lin Xiao.