Arbors intertwined

Mu Zixin didn't drive too far.

She looked at it casually, found a nice-looking coffee shop not far away, and parked the car there.

At this time, there were not many people in the coffee shop. I saw only three or two people ordering drinks and doing their own things. They should come here to cool off.

The two walked in, and Mu Zixin ordered a drink, then looked at Qiao Ran and asked what she wanted to say.

[I saw the conversation between you and your friend just now, are you going to open a gallery? ] When Mu Zixin took the initiative to ask, Qiao Ran also immediately entered the topic.

Mu Zixin nodded and looked at Qiao Ran all the time: "I have this plan. Before I invited you to dinner, I wanted to ask your opinion. I don't know if Teacher Zhou would like to introduce some people to join."

She lightly connected the two things together, rounding up this gaping lie.

"I plan to do two kinds of consignment cooperation and agency cooperation. Qiao Ran, sign a long-term agency contract with me. We can support your painting and learning growth, packaging and style positioning for a long time. Of course, there are also special exhibitions. This will be A win-win choice for both of us.”

Obviously, Mu Zixin had already thought about these things in advance, even including various arrangements for Qiao Ran after signing the contract.

Qiao Ran also felt this, Mu Zixin didn't just play around in the gallery casually.

However, Qiao Ran still made the original decision.

[Sorry, I refuse to cooperate with the agent. ]

Seeing this line of words on the screen, Mu Zixin was not surprised.

She had been observing Qiao Ran's expression before, and had already made such a judgment.

There was coldness and dissatisfaction in her eyes again, Mu Zixin didn't know the reason, and didn't plan to find out.

"Okay, I'm sorry." Mu Zixin shrugged and said with a weary expression, showing no trace of regret.In fact, she was already like this when she came out with Qiao Ran, and no one knew the reason.

Mu Zixin simply accepted this, Qiao Ran was relieved.

Although she has prepared how to tell the reason for her refusal, it is better not to need to say more.

She doesn't like being arranged so many things without knowing it, even if it's good for her.

She hates being dominated.

That made her have a feeling of having to submit, a feeling that she was resisting from the bottom of her heart, even every cell.

The two fell silent.

Mu Zixin always looked absent-minded, and it was impossible for Qiao Ran to initiate a conversation.

It was the first time for the two of them to experience such an atmosphere of getting along.

Nothing to say, awkward and silent.

By coincidence, both of them hastily finished the drinks that were served, Qiao Ran paid the bill, and the two left the oppressive coffee shop.

The rain for many days finally showed signs of stopping, the rain clouds dispersed, and the sun just shone straight down, which quickly brought back a little summer feeling.

Feeling the scorching sun on her body, Qiao Ran felt hot amidst the warmth, which instantly dispelled the coldness accumulated in the coffee shop.

She was patted on the shoulder. She opened her eyes and saw Mu Zixin smiling politely: "Do you want to go back to the art exhibition? I'll see you off."

With such a completely different smile from before, even the red mole in the corner of Mu Zixin's eyes, which was always pretty, was cold.

Qiao Ran immediately shook her head with a distant and indifferent expression. If Mu Zixin showed such an attitude because of her refusal, then there is no need for her friend to do so.

If not, then Qiao Ran didn't intend to trouble Mu Zixin to lead him this way in such a state.

In this way, the two said their goodbyes quickly, Mu Zixin got into the car, and the white Audi drove away, reflecting the sunlight, which was particularly dazzling.

Seeing the car getting smaller and smaller, Qiao Ran turned his head and walked in the opposite direction, which was also the direction where the painting exhibition was located.

After returning home, Mu Zixin went straight upstairs and returned to her room.

Distraught, she threw herself into the soft bed, closed her eyes and sorted out the things in her mind.

Unknowingly, she just fell asleep like this.

When it was almost dinner time, there was a knock on the door of the room, Mu Zixin woke up from the trance, sat up and pressed his eyes and said, "Who?"

"It's me." Mu Zixiao's voice came in, "Can I come in?"

"Of course." Mu Zixin nodded, watching her elder sister push the door open, "Did you get off work so early today?"

"The matter is settled. Of course, I have to relax for two days." Seeing Mu Zixin's sleepy face, Mu Zixiao couldn't help smiling, walked over to her and sat down, "Sister Li said you I came back early in the morning, entered the room and never came out, and was worried that something unpleasant happened to you. In the end, you hid in the room and slept. "

"Well, I fell asleep before I knew it." Mu Zixin nodded, "What time is it?"

"It's time to eat later, you go wash your face and comb." Mu Zixiao said.

"Hmm~" Mu Zixin nodded, and shuffled towards the bathroom. Only in front of the eldest sister would she put on such a side, like a child who hasn't grown up.

After a while, Mu Zixin came out in good spirits, went to the closet and took out the home clothes, and generously took off the clothes that had been wrinkled from sleep, and put them on.

Mu Zixiao looked away, feeling quite helpless: "You're so big, but you don't know how to be shy at all."

"There's no need to be shy in front of my sister." Mu Zixin said with a smile, "Didn't my sister help me take baths when I was young?"

"You also know that was when I was a child." Mu Zixiao muttered, the corners of his mouth also curled up.Such a younger sister, how can people not be pampered and pampered, "If there is no arrangement tomorrow, I will go to see the house? I have asked Assistant Wang to find a few places and make an appointment."

"That's great, then tomorrow, sister, you agreed to watch it with me." Mu Zixin happily wrapped her arms around Mu Zixiao's neck, and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.

"I can't forget it." Mu Zixiao touched her sister's face, happy to see Mu Zixin happy as always.

The family was having a lively meal, which made Yan Junping laugh from ear to ear.

I don't know how many years, it seems that since Mu Zixiao got married, there has been no such a good atmosphere on the dining table at home.Until these two days, the company's affairs were finally finished, and there was no such abominable Han Xuetao around. Mu Zixiao went home to eat every day, and her youngest daughter who had been abroad for several years stayed at home every day. Lovely and well-behaved grandchildren, there is no better dinner than this.

Therefore, when Mu Zixiao said that she would take Mu Zixin to see the house tomorrow, Yan Junping couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant.

"It's hard to go back to China, and I'm in a hurry to move out to do something." Yan Junping put down the bowl in her hand and muttered, "It's not inconvenient to be at home, we can still take care of it."

After listening to her mother's words, Mu Zixin still had a smile on her face, and said half-jokingly, "Mom, I haven't been back for a long time. If it takes longer, you will definitely not be able to bear it." She blinked at Mu Yansheng, In exchange, Dad stared and laughed, "Mom, you also said that I am really returning to China this time. Even if I don't live at home, I can come back to see you from time to time. If you want me, just a phone call away." It’s easy to solve, isn’t it~”

"After all, it's not convenient to live together." Yan Junping didn't know that her youngest daughter and her husband had tempers against tempers, and they could easily quarrel.

But the quarrel is quarreling, and the relationship between the two is not bad. It can only be said that the younger daughter's personality is too much like her father.

"I don't want to disturb the world of the two of you." Mu Zixin dragged out the ending, ordered some food and continued to enjoy dinner.

In the following days, Mu Zixin followed Mu Zixiao to run around, first to inspect the house, even with Assistant Wang's selection, it took a week to finalize it, and Mu Zixiao paid the full amount with a large sum of money.

This is only the first step.

It took another half a month to make an appointment with a decoration company, look at the house, look at the design draft, look at the renderings, and finalize the company and the responsible designer.

Of course, Mu Zixiao didn't have so much time to fully participate in the decoration, but just listed several decoration companies and designers with good reputation in H City for Mu Zixin to choose by herself.

When she finally selected all the decoration materials, Mu Zixin felt that she was about to lose her leg.

Lying on the big bed in Mu Zixiao's room, Mu Zixin yelled sadly: "Sister, I'm almost exhausted. It's just decorating a room, why am I so tired?"

"Who asked you to participate in every step by yourself." Mu Zixiao shook her head amusedly, and piled up blocks with Mu Yining in her arms.

Mu Yi'an, on the other hand, sat obediently at the edge of the small desk, writing the unfinished homework for today.

"After all, it's my home, why don't you keep an eye on it?" Mu Zixin muttered, sitting up hard, watching the little niece pile up the blocks.

The beautiful little house was about to be piled up, when Mu Yining suddenly opened his mouth and sneezed, Mu Zixin quickly pushed the building block house.

With a sound of "Ah Chirp", Mu Yining opened his eyes wide, watching the house that had been built with great difficulty collapsing in front of his eyes, and stayed there for a long time without recovering.

"Hahahaha!" Mu Zixin laughed happily, without the slightest awareness that she was bullying the junior.

Mu Zixiao glanced at Mu Zixin reproachfully, picked up her daughter who seemed to understand something, let her lie on her body, and gently patted her on the back: "Our Ningning is great, we don't talk to your little aunt General knowledge."

Seeing that Mu Yining's eyes seemed to be a little red, Mu Zixin hurriedly approached and clasped his hands together to apologize: "Ningning, it's my little aunt who is wrong, why don't my little aunt come and make amends and pile it up with you again?"

Mu Yining looked at Mu Zixin with wide eyes, then turned his head and ignored her.

Mu Zixin had a bitter face, and looked at Mu Zixiao pitifully.

After thinking about it, Mu Zixiao brought Mu Yining to Mu Yi'an's side, pulled out the special chair, and let Mu Yining sit in it: "Doesn't Ningning like to draw? Do you want to draw?"

As soon as Mu Yining heard about drawing, he immediately became happy again, nodded vigorously, and began to draw on the white paper with a crayon in his chubby little hands.

Mu Zixin watched from the side, but said in surprise, "Does Ningning also like painting?"

Of course Mu Zixiao understood what her sister was lamenting, and nodded: "She likes it very much, just like you."

"That's it." Mu Zixin murmured, because when talking about painting, Qiao Ran came to mind.

It has been nearly 20 days since that art exhibition, during these 20 days, she has not thought of her.

So, in fact, her conjecture at that time was not true?Thinking of this, Mu Zixin suddenly shook his head dumbfounded, isn't this an easy answer.

At this moment, a childish sentence drew Mu Zixin's attention back.

"Mom, the big painting on the wall!" Mu Yining said in a childish voice.

Mu Zixin looked over, and only saw the white paper drawn with crayons, and he could vaguely see the silhouettes of two people next to each other.In addition to the direction Mu Yining was pointing at, and the blank wall above the bed, Mu Zixin immediately looked at his eldest sister.

Mu Zixiao was also looking at Mu Yining at the moment, but there was a bit of bitterness in the smile on the corner of her mouth.

The wedding photos have been taken down, just like the father who the children will no longer have.

"Ning Ning." Mu Zixin stretched out his arms to hug the little niece, and said to her with a smile, "There is a very special painting on the wall, do you want to see it?"

Of course, Mu Yining was distracted by Mu Zixiao, and looked at her with piercing eyes: "Think!"

"As long as you're obedient, you'll see it in a few days~" Mu Zixin was very satisfied with the little niece's cooperation at the moment.

Mu Yining nodded immediately: "Ningning is very good!"

Mu Zixin smiled, and patted Mu Yining's head: "Yes, very good." One big and one small smiled happily.

Mu Zixiao is very grateful that her sister distracted her daughter at this moment. Mu Yining is still so young, she doesn't even know how to explain to her that her father is missing.

Just as she was worried, there was a warm and soft touch on her hand. She lowered her head and found that her son Mu Yian had walked over at some point, took her hand, and looked up at her eyes with the immature comfort of a child: "Mother."

"Yeah." Mu Zixiao smiled, and held his son's hand tightly, "Mom is here."