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Turning on the phone, it was already five forty in the morning.Leo got up, put on his sportswear, came to the door of Lucas' room, and knocked on the door: "Are you awake?"

The door opened, and the sleepy Lucas kissed Leo on the cheek: "Morning, did you sleep well last night? I got up twice in the middle of the night."

"Can't sleep? I heard you open the door and stand at my door. Why don't you come in?" Leo stroked his messy hair.

"I'm afraid you won't sleep well, and you won't be able to work today." Lucas finally woke up and said, "I'll change immediately."

"Put on a coat to cool down." Leo leaned on the door frame.

"I'm not that weak." Lucas put on his pants, his arched back revealing the curve of his hips and straight and slender legs.

Leo looked away and said, "But it's just recovered. Take it off when it's hot, and I'll take it for you. If you're sick, I won't take care of you."

"Okay, okay." Lucas took a sports coat from the closet and put it on.

"My boyfriend is so handsome." Leo said with a smile.

Lucas came over, cupped his cheek and kissed him: "You too."

"I haven't brushed my teeth yet." Leo pushed him away.

"I don't hate you." Lucas pushed him and said, "Where are we running?"

"Let's go along the river, in the direction of my residence, and it's exactly five kilometers back and forth." Leo put a dark blue line cap on Lucas's head, and put on a hat of the same color and style for himself.The two go out.

The sky is still under Ye Jun's rule.The temperature was close to zero, and the cold air shocked Lucas who had just come out of the warm room.Leo behind him pulled him to warm up first.Orange street lights add little warmth to the cold winter.There are very few pedestrians and vehicles on the road, and occasionally riders pass by.Halfway through the run, they met a middle-aged man in his 60s and a girl in her 20s greeting Leo, and Leo waved to them.

"You know them?" Lucas asked.

"Come into each other for morning runs, have a conversation once or twice. They're father and daughter."

"You are very popular, you can meet people everywhere."

"With you here, it's none of my business." Leo said teasingly.

Lukas bumped into Leo with a smile, and Leo hit back. The two were playing and laughing like children, warming up in the winter morning.

After running to the destination, Lucas was sweating. He took off his coat and his hat to fan the wind. Leo wiped his sweat with a tissue: "When you sweat, your pores are open, and you can easily get typhoid if you are greedy for cold. The coat Wrapped around the waist for protection, you have to wear a hat to wipe off the sweat.”

"You really think of me as a baby," Lucas said.

"No, honey." Leo winked.

"You're not sweating much at all."

"I was sweating when I ran back." After speaking, Leo took the lead in running, and Lucas hurriedly chased after him.

When Leo went to work, Lucas sat in the store reading a book or took a sketchpad to make sketches or sketches, and occasionally chatted with people he knew.When it was time to eat, either Lucas would go back to make a light meal, or eat with Leo in the store, and mostly go back upstairs to cook together.For all kinds of weird soups made by Leo, Lucas is half curious and half tolerant. After all, Leo said that "these are specially formulated for his body", and he can't live up to his good intentions.

Nathan came once and urged Lucas to go to Noah for a follow-up consultation.Because Noah and Laura lived very close together, Lucas made an appointment to go there with Leo for follow-up visits and meeting friends.

"You like him a lot?" Laura asked Lucas in a low voice.

Lucas looked back at Leo who was listening attentively to Tina talking about her paintings, and nodded, "He's very interesting...reminds me of Enzo."

"But he's not Enzo, so it's not fair to him." Laura took a sip of the juice.

Lucas took a deep breath and said, "I can hardly remember what Enzo looks like, and Leo is more in my mind. Is this a betrayal?"

"No, you should look ahead." Laura put down the cup and said, "By the way, the system has been debugged, when will it be installed?"

"I'm free these days."

"Then tomorrow morning, Tina is going to discuss things at the exhibition hall over there, so I'll drop by."

"Okay, I'll tell Nathan about the payment when I get back."

"I don't understand... I understand, customer privacy. No record."

"Thanks. Nathan will help you with the promotion."

"I like a win-win deal. I just tap the keyboard to make some money, which is enough for me and Tina's pension. It's better to do less risky things."

"So, I underestimate myself and Tina too much. I know how much Tina's last painting sold for."

"Yes, she is my pride." Laura looked at Tina with gentle eyes.

"No." Lucas also turned to look at the two people over there.

"Hi, what are you guys talking about?" Tina, who was wearing a long knitted dress, came over.

"I'm talking about your last sold painting, it's great." Lucas said, holding the hand that Leo extended from behind.

"Really?" Tina said happily. "My stomach is growling. Let's go eat. I'll treat you tonight. Try the new Indian restaurant around the corner."

"When did it happen? I didn't even notice." Laura put the coat on Tina.

"You only go out once a few days. It opened the day before yesterday, and I also ordered a leaflet, which looks good."

Leo also picked up Lucas' coat and put it on for him, and the four of them went out together.

Back home at night, Leo stood at the door and said, "If you can't sleep, you can come to my room."

"Is this an invitation?" Lucas raised an eyebrow.

"Your health is one of the things I have to consider." Leo replied, "Of course..." He opened the door and walked in.

Lucas tilted his head, not knowing what he was going to say, so he went into the room to wash.

"Please see the attachment for information on the wineries and wine suppliers that Feng cooperated with. The information on Feng's oil painting auctioned by the informant is also attached."

"receive."

Leo opened the attachment, took a quick look at the content, and thought for a long time about the artist's fancy signature "L.Ct." in the lower right corner of the oil painting.Where do you seem to have seen it?Inadvertently glanced to the side, there was a small head portrait presented to him by Lucas, the signature in the lower right corner hit his pupil, and the pupil shrank suddenly.

Turning off the phone, Leo turned on the bathroom light.Staring at himself in the mirror in a daze.

"Bang bang~"

Leo opened the door, and Lucas, who was in pajamas, was standing at the door with a pillow in his arms.

"Borrow half of the bed." Lucas looked dimly.

Leo stepped aside: "Please. You are very fast."

Lucas threw himself on the bed, stretched comfortably, then unbuttoned his clothes, exposing his chest muscles, and waited.Listening to the sound of water coming from the bathroom, he licked his lips.

Leo came out wiping his head: "The opening of Tina's art exhibition the day after tomorrow, are you going?"

"Laura said to give me the invitation tomorrow. What about you?"

"Go. I want to see the works of popular French painters."

"There is one in front of you." Lucas said, resting his hands on his pillow.

Leo raised his eyebrows: "I forgot about you, sorry. I haven't seen your other works except for a few of your paintings of mine."

"Most are sold."

Leo lifted one side of the quilt and sat in.Lucas faced him sideways and groped in from under the pajamas: "There are so many models, I want to draw you the most."

"It's an honor." Leo bowed his head and kissed his lips.

"Tina, we still have 2 minutes to the exhibition hall." Leo called.

"Okay, I'll let Laura go out and pick you up."

There is already a long queue at the entrance to the exhibition hall parking lot.Laura, who was wearing an off-white coat, was looking for their car. Lucas held out his hand to signal, and Laura came over, opened the rear door and sat in.

"Turn left into the VIP passage, there are reserved parking spaces there." Laura said.

"There are quite a lot of people who came to see the art exhibition." Leo turned around and said.

"Hmm~ There are a lot of painters participating in this exhibition." Laura said, "Lucas, haven't you received the invitation?"

"Yes, I was on vacation in Venice at that time. I didn't have any particularly favorite works this year, so I declined."

"Oh, you're not short of this exhibition promotion. After all, I want to collect one of your paintings and wait for it to increase in value." Laura said with a smile.

"Okay, you can talk to Nathan."

"Forget it, that old fox." Laura waved her hand.

Walking into the exhibition hall, there are already many people inside.After signing in, the three walked towards Tina who was talking to someone in a corner.

"Ah, welcome." Tina hugged the two of them, apologized to the person who spoke just now, and led the three of them to the side, "Here, this is my painting, four of which have been exhibited. Leo, this is the one, Fisherman's song."

On the canvas, under the gray-white sky, in the distance, a fishing boat is casting a net on the blue-green water, and there are various domestic garbage floating on the water nearby, several dead fish with white bellies floating, and a small fish with its mouth open Try to breathe on the surface.

"The tone of the whole painting is very dark." Lucas frowned.

"I saw this by chance when I was traveling in China in July. I was a little surprised, so I drew it." Tina turned her head and glanced at Leo, and said, "Leo said that such a phenomenon exists in southeast China. The economy is booming. the price of development."

Leo nodded and said, "Did you choose to send this painting as a negative lesson?"

"Well, I'm sorry," Tina said.

"You don't need to apologize, it's a fact. Moreover, territory has borders, but water and air have no borders. It can make Western countries realize the crisis behind prosperity, and it's also an expression of love for the earth, isn't it?"

"Thank you." Tina stepped forward and hugged Leo.

"You can watch as you please. The opening speech will be held in half an hour, and we will meet then." Tina said.

After looking at a few paintings, the two rested on a bench.

"If you were exhibiting, what would you paint?" Leo asked.

"I haven't thought about it. Come on, talk about it casually, and give me some inspiration." Lucas said with a smile.

"I haven't seen the "Prometheus Bound" painted last time. I have suffered so much." Leo raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry, honey, that painting has already been bought, but Nathan took a picture for me, you see." Lucas turned on the phone and handed it to Leo, who was immediately attracted, "Although I am Model, but you do a great job!"

Lucas took the phone and kissed the back of Leo's hand: "Thank you dear, your appreciation is more precious than anything else. Do you want to continue watching the art exhibition?"

Leo shook his head: "Let's go here, I'm a little tired."

"Okay. Look at the weather forecast. The weather will be fine tomorrow, and the temperature will rise." Lucas stretched his waist and said, "Let's go back and paint, you will be a model."

"Do you still want to draw me?" Leo asked.

"Hmm, you are my best model." Lucas leaned over and pinched his left ear.

"There are a lot of people." Leo grabbed his hand.

"Agreed?" Lucas insisted.

"Okay, okay." Fearing that Lucas would do something unexpected again, Leo responded hastily.