Arbors intertwined

Sneaking in is always short-lived.

After staying on the balcony for a while, chatting casually with Qiao Ran, Mu Zixin thought she hadn't said a few words when annoying footsteps came from behind her.

Passing Qiao Ran an annoyed and gloomy look, Mu Zixin put on a smile and turned her head. When she saw the person behind her, she relaxed and grimaced: "Sister, can't you stop looking for me?"

Mu Zixiao shook her head amusedly: "You have been hiding for almost half an hour. Dad told you to get out quickly. Don't neglect the guests." Then, she looked at Qiao Ran and asked, "Who is this?"

The people present were all people who could talk in the business world, and Mu Zixiao basically recognized them all, but it was the first time for Qiao Ran to meet them.

With Qiao Ran's temperament, Mu Zixiao thought that if she met once, she would definitely remember it, but she didn't have the slightest impression.

The most important thing is that my little sister sneaks out and chats with her, which seems to be different from Mu Zixin's habits.

"Her name is Qiao Ran, and she is a painter. She helped me a little with that painting in the morning." Mu Zixin lightly ignored that Qiao Ran was here on behalf of Teacher Zhou, and only introduced her, "Qiao Ran, this is my sister." , Mu Zixiao."

Qiao Ran smiled and nodded politely towards Mu Zixiao, and reached out to shake Mu Zixiao's hand rarely.

Of course, Mu Zixiao also saw some possible information hidden behind Qiao Ran's silence, so she just greeted with a smile, and then looked at Mu Zixin: "It's almost time, I'll go out first. Treat your friends well." , don’t make Dad wait any longer.”

Seeing Mu Zixiao leave, Mu Zixin sighed exaggeratedly: "Qiao Ran, why don't you go out and eat something? The food here is still delicious. After a while, the banquet will be over."

Now that Mu Zixin said so, Qiao Ran nodded and left the quiet balcony with Mu Zixin.

When she came to the dining table, Mu Zixin handed Qiao Ran clean plates, knives and forks, looked around and quickly found her target.

"Qiao Ran, you pick it yourself first, and I'll find you a flower protector." Mu Zixin said with a smile, before waiting for Qiao Ran's answer, she left first, walked to another table not far away, and took a picture. Pat the person who is happily enjoying the food.

God knows how much she wants to be the flower protector herself, but it's a pity that this banquet is held for her, and she can't stay by Qiao Ran's side all the time.

"Yan Jie." Mu Zixin wanted to find someone who could send someone beside Qiao Ran without making Qiao Ran too uncomfortable, so Fu Yanjie was naturally the first choice.

Don't look at him who usually babbles and looks like he can be dispatched at will, he does things quickly and meticulously, and even the smallest trifles can be considered.

"Zixin, do you want to try this?" Fu Yanjie immediately greeted with a smile, they usually don't act too familiar at a banquet, but there is no need to pretend to be unfamiliar even if they meet each other.

"I won't eat, I'll leave it to you alone, and you can take care of it for me." After Mu Zixin finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards Qiao Ran.

Fu Yanjie didn't need Mu Zixin to say more, he turned his head to see Qiao Ran over there, and immediately understood what Mu Zixin meant, and walked over there with the plate.

"Hey, Qiao Ran, remember me." Fu Yanjie greeted warmly. He always treats people friendly, not to mention that Qiao Ran has been classified as one of his own by Mu Zixin. Do you recommend, do you eat seafood?"

Seeing that Fu Yanjie brought Qiao Ran to recommend food, Qiao Ran just nodded or shook his head, and he didn't look unhappy, Mu Zixin quietly breathed a sigh of relief, greeted the two and left.

This time, she was looking for her eldest sister.

"So fast?" Mu Zixiao was a little surprised to see her sister coming over so quickly.

She thought that Mu Zixin would dawdle for a while longer, just like how she hid when she could face these banquets before going abroad.

"Come out early and end early." Mu Zixin shrugged, also intending to mention Qiao Ran in front of Mu Zixiao, "I asked Yan Jie to go to Qiao Ran's side, after the banquet, arrange someone to send her back, it's getting late. "

Mu Zixin's special care naturally aroused Mu Zixiao's interest: "Will you introduce your friend to me?"

Mu Zixin smiled: "Qiao Ran is Teacher Zhou's student. We met at the art exhibition the day we returned to China. Although he is deaf and dumb, he is very talented in painting."

deaf?Mu Zixiao was aware of Qiao Ran's performance just now, and nodded to express her understanding: "In this case, it's more convenient for you to send it off."

"Huh? I'll deliver it? Okay?" Of course, Mu Zixin felt that this proposal could not be better. In fact, she also had such a plan, but she felt that she needed a little trick to deal with her father who might have a "talk after dinner".

"I'll tell Dad, go ahead." Mu Zixiao nodded, and she could tell what Mu Zixin was thinking by looking at Mu Zixin's expression, "Don't you want to open a gallery? It's good to have friends in this field. It's good to buy shares or get people to sign contracts. But the most important thing is that you have to satisfy dad with this dinner."

Qiao Ran doesn't look like a person who strives for fame and fortune, and is also a student of Mr. Zhou. With Mu Zixin's evaluation, Mu Zixiao believes that her paintings are good.Since my younger sister wants to open a gallery, Mu Zixiao certainly hopes that the first batch of people who join will put more energy into art rather than money.

It turned out that the eldest sister had considered this point, Mu Zixin thought in her heart, of course she immediately expressed her full cooperation on the face.

With motivation, Mu Zixin gave Mu Yansheng a satisfactory end. After the dinner, the guests said goodbye and left one after another. Mu Zixin also received Mu Zixiao's signal and walked out.

Qiao Ran was still outside, and Fu Yanjie was also guarding there.

Mu Zixin didn't show up, and Fu Yanjie didn't know what to do, so he asked politely if he wanted to send it.Anyway, Mu Zixin would never just let Qiao Ran go without arranging anything.

Of course, Qiao Ran declined Fu Yanjie's inquiry.

While watching to see if there was a taxi passing by on the road, she hesitated whether to ask the person in front of her to call a taxi for her.

When Mu Zixin came, she saw Qiao Ran looking at the street, she smiled and walked forward: "Qiao Ran, I'll take you back, this way."

Fu Yanjie watched Mu Zixin pull Qiao Ran's arm without saying a word, and could not help silently envious of her swift and resolute actions.

Or...you can also say that Mu Zixin is himself.

However, Mu Zixin's move was exactly what Qiao Ran couldn't refuse.

If you asked politely if you wanted to send it, then Qiao Ran must have told you "no" more politely.Of course Mu Zixin would not give her this chance.

"Yan Jie, go back by yourself, thank you for tonight!" Mu Zixin waved his hand, pushed Qiao Ran into the passenger seat where the doorman had opened the door, and followed him into the passenger seat.

After completing the action of "stealing people into the car" in one go, Mu Zixin turned her head and smiled at Qiao Ran who didn't move and only looked at her: "Aren't you going to put on your seat belt?"

[I can go back by myself, don't bother you to send it. ]

Qiao Ran quickly wrote down such a sentence and handed it to Mu Zixin.

Mu Zixin smiled and shook her head: "Qiao Ran, it's too late now, and you are dressed like this again, how could I let you fight back by yourself."

There was a little helplessness in her smile, as if she was gently blaming Qiao Ran for not paying attention to safety, a kind of intimacy that was hard to resist.

Qiao Ran lowered her head to look at her evening attire, then at the time displayed on the dashboard that Mu Zixin was pointing at, and finally nodded.

[Thanks. ] She wrote these two words to Mu Zixin, and then put on her seat belt.

Mu Zixin raised her eyebrows and said, "You don't need to be so polite, Qiao Ran." She stepped on the gas pedal with a smile, so radiant that she couldn't tell that she had attended a dinner party.

Taking advantage of Qiao Ran's unintentional look at her, Mu Zixin spoke again, holding Qiao Ran's gaze that was just about to turn away: "By giving you the opportunity, I can just escape the series of excuses my father prepared. You don't know, Qiao Ran, I've only been back to China for a month, and he can't wait to stuff me into the company to be squeezed."

Seeing Mu Zixin's reluctance, Qiao Ran couldn't help showing a smile, and finally relaxed from the situation of "being sent to me specially".

"Look at you laughing." Mu Zixin said with a smile, "Is the dinner very boring? A lot of people pretend to be familiar and polite with false smiles. After all, it's a power-for-money transaction. This is a businessman. .”

Turned down the atmosphere a lot, but Mu Zixin didn't seem to care, and continued on the topic that Qiao Ran might not be interested in: "However, even though you are a businessman, there are many unique existences, like Like an artist.” She deftly pulls the two worlds together, at least making them stick together.

There is nothing on the car at night except for the street scenes that pass quickly along the way.For Qiao Ran who couldn't hear anything, the time in the car was the most boring, but this time, Mu Zixin made it interesting.

As Teacher Zhou said, this is something Qiao Ran doesn't know.Whether it's boring or interesting depends on the storytelling skills and people.