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"Hello." Ning Yuanchen also said hello, and took half a step back indistinctly to widen the distance between the two. The lady was standing a little too close.

The old lady looked at him with a smile, quickly glanced at the exhibit in front of her, then looked at Ning Yuanchen, and said, "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"Yes." Ning Yuanchen nodded, "The shape is minimal, the colors are subtle, and the lines are beautiful."

The old lady seemed to have heard some extremely incisive remarks, and immediately laughed happily: "You can understand these exhibits, can't you? It's amazing. It's rare for a child of your age to be willing to see this kind of exhibit like you." A boring art exhibition, let alone one that can really be enjoyed with a sinking heart.”

"...Thank you, you have won the prize, and you dare not take it." Ning Yuanchen was a little surprised. He had won such a compliment from a stranger before he did anything, and this exhibition can only be participated by those who hold an invitation letter, that is, Said that this lady must be a nobleman of no low status.And such a person is inexplicably full of good feelings for him, and Ning Yuanchen is full of vigilance about this.

"When my children were your age, they didn't have any interest in these niche ancient arts. They prefer some lively activities. Concerts, parties, or going on dates with boyfriends..." Said the old man The wife suddenly burst into tears, she hastily apologized, turned around and took out her handkerchief.

Ning Yuanchen hesitated for a moment, took half a step forward and whispered, "I'll help you to sit aside."

"Thank you." The old lady immediately smiled with tears in her eyes, "You are such a good boy."

Ning Yuanchen helped the old lady to find a table in the garden of the villa and sat down. The robot slid away quietly after delivering lemonade.

Ning Yuanchen picked up the cup in embarrassment and took a sip of water. The old lady couldn't stop crying, but her eyes were almost stuck to his body. If it was a young man, Ning Yuanchen could still make the other party turn their eyes away. But facing a thin and short Asian old lady, he was really speechless, so he could only pretend that he didn't notice.

Fortunately, the old lady stopped her tears very quickly, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just kept staring at you, it was really rude. I just..." She pressed the corners of her eyes with her handkerchief again, and after a while Cai said, "I just thought of my daughter. When she left me, she was the same age as you. She..."

The old lady stared deeply at Ning Yuanchen, and the strong emotion in her eyes made Ning Yuanchen tremble with fear: "It may be offensive to say this, but your eyes really look like hers..."

"I'm sorry." Ning Yuanchen said softly, he could see that the old lady's feelings were real.A few months ago, he had just lost his own mother, and now he saw a mother who had lost her child crying to a stranger because of a little similar facial features, and he couldn't help feeling empathy.The great grief that seemed like the sky and the earth collapsing back then quietly emerged from his memory, making him feel sad too.

Fortunately, the old lady calmed down again soon, and finally introduced her identity: "I am Duchess Royce, what's your name?"

"My name is Ning Yuanchen." Ning Yuanchen heaved a sigh of relief.

The Duchess has a good impression of Ning Yuanchen, and has been pulling Ning Yuanchen to chat.At first, Ning Yuanchen chatted with her patiently just out of respect for the elderly, but soon, the Duchess's humorous conversation and well-informed words aroused Ning Yuanchen's interest, and the two chatted from porcelain From painting to calligraphy, from calligraphy to music, from the success and failure of the policies of these governments, to next year's election.

Although the Duchess looks like a reclusive old lady who doesn't care about world affairs, she has very deep insights into art and current affairs.Ning Yuanchen had to admit that chatting with the Duchess was a very pleasant thing.

Of course, things were not perfect. During this period, the Duchess kept looking at him with very loving and affectionate eyes, which made his hair stand on end.Ning Yuanchen felt that the Duchess might have regarded him as a substitute for her daughter, which is really not something that makes people laugh.

The two were chatting about the new dance drama recently released by the Imperial Grand Theatre, when Ning Yuanchen's brain suddenly shook.He hastily apologized, turned around and connected the phone: "Zhao Ting?"

Gu Zhaoting on the screen quickly said: "How is the exhibition? Did you enjoy yourself? I'm so sorry. I should have come to accompany you. Who knows that father will suddenly come to me for something."

"Everything is fine on my side. You are busy"

"Actually, I'm not busy with anything at all." Gu Zhaoting said with some frustration, "I've been talking about my itinerary for the next few weeks with me all morning. He hasn't cared about these things before. I suspect he doesn't want me to... eh ? Yuanchen, behind you is... grandma?"

Ning Yuanchen immediately turned his head to look at the Duchess, who smiled at him.Ning Yuanchen hesitated and said to Gu Zhaoting: "This is a knowledgeable lady I met at the exhibition, the Duchess of Royce."

"It's really grandma!" Gu Zhaoting exclaimed, "Yuanchen, turn on the holographic projection."

Ning Yuanchen turned on the projection camera on his brain, and Gu Zhaoting's translucent holographic projection appeared in front of the two of them.

"Grandma, it's really you." Gu Zhaoting smiled brilliantly, but his eyes looked tense, "If I had known earlier that you were coming to the exhibition, I would have come to accompany you."

"I think you just don't want to talk to your father, and you want to find an excuse to slip away." The Duchess teased, "Are you and this child good friends?"

Gu Zhaoting was a little strange. He had talked about Ning Yuanchen with the Duchess of Royce, and the Duchess cried sadly because of his similar appearance to her youngest daughter. Why did she act as if she had never seen him today?

Although he is not a scheming person, it doesn't mean that Gu Zhaoting doesn't know how to examine Duodu. He carefully observed the expression of Duchess Royce, and finally decided to speak according to her meaning.

"Not just friends, but a little closer," he said.

The Duchess turned her eyes around the two of them ambiguously, and said, "It seems that you are pursuing Yuan Chen?"

Gu Zhaoting blushed and nodded.The Duchess laughed and reached out to cover Ning Yuanchen's hand on the table: "Zhao Ting is a good boy." She said softly, "I hope you can become my family one day."

Ning Yuanchen didn't say anything, just smiled out of politeness.