Glass Butterfly

On the plane, Tang Tu showed him the profile of the mysterious buyer's private art museum.

"This art gallery is run by a real estate developer, and it hasn't been a few years. The curator himself is also a collector, and most of the exhibits are his own collections over the years. He said it is to give back to the society, but it is probably also to improve the company's image. The middleman has no details. Reveal." Tang Tu chuckled, "The rich are mysterious and low-key."

"Low-key, do you still want to meet the author?" Ruan Youqing learned a few days ago that Tubai's only two remaining jellyfish had also been taken away by this collector. I heard that he is still negotiating with other buyers, trying to collect a complete set of Twilight. Layers of fleeing into the art museum.

"Yes, it's not new for collectors to want to be friends with artists. But few people are so interested in new artists." Tang Tu was obviously teasing him, "Maybe it's because of their faces."

Ruan Youqing was a little worried, he had no interest in making friends, and he didn't have the English skills to make friends, so he planned to have a meal and forget it.

"If you really don't want to meet, don't force yourself. I'll just decline for you." Tang Tu could see his hesitation.

"Let's meet and see." Ruan Youqing's heart sank. What's great is that he didn't communicate well. It's just that people will no longer support his works in the future. It's no big deal.

If you come, you will be safe. Since you can remember, although fate has left many regrets, it has always treated him well.

The day before getting off the plane, Tang Tu stayed at the art fair almost all day.Ruan Youqing only went to see it in the afternoon. More than 400 galleries participated in the exhibition at the same time. The densely packed works are really shocking. In the crowds, it is guaranteed that the person standing side by side with you in front of the same painting is some world-renowned art critic or collector. Or the famous artist himself is unknown.

He turned around roughly, and went back to Tubai's booth against the flow of people. Someone was asking Xu Hanyi about the price of his Jingwei series.He vaguely heard Wu Feifei's name appearing in the conversation, and he probably saw the first work of this series from her.

Tang Tu came here this time, apart from a few oil paintings, he only brought two of his works, Jingwei and the newly fired jellyfish.

Two jellyfish encountered a small vortex on the bottom of the sea. One was in the center of the vortex. Its soft body and tentacles twisted and rotated with the rapids. The other jellyfish broke free, but its wrist was grabbed by its companion. Abandon their companions and flee.

From time to time, someone stopped to ask, Ruan Youqing carefully counted the zeros after the price of the jellyfish, and felt that Tang Tu was bolder.

In just a few seconds while he was sighing, the person whose price was asked for the warp and weft made a deposit.

After the solo exhibition, Ruan Youqing couldn't remember the price each of her works could sell for.Anyway, Tubai has a sales record. Tang Tu helped him open a new financial account, and all the money he earned was deposited into it. On weekdays, Ruan Youqing had almost no personal consumption. to a toothpaste.He himself did not open the online banking once for several months.Whether as an art broker, his own investor, a businessman, or a lover, Tang Tu managed everything in an orderly manner.

"Where is the person?" He asked Xu Hanyi when there was no one around.

"Boss? I just met acquaintances from other galleries, let's go to see paintings together." The girl took out her mobile phone while talking, "I'll call him back for you."

"No. Let him go shopping." Ruan Youqing quickly stopped her, "If he asks me, just say I'm going out for a walk. If you don't ask, don't bother him."

Xu Hanyi nodded: "Then you should be careful by yourself, and call if you need anything."

Ruan Youqing was a little embarrassed. Because of Tang Tu's overprotection, the whole Tu Bai treated him like a minor or a key protection target. He just resisted the noise of the crowd and went out to find a quiet place to stay.

Opened the map app and randomly found a green area and walked over. The flowers were bustling in the spring, and the cruise ship terminal was not too busy. He sat along the river, and after a short stay on the bench, pale yellow cabbage butterflies flew from the stamens. Get out, go around and around.The sunset slowly sinks from the tall buildings in the distance, the Hudson River is shining brightly, the simple butterfly lands on his knees and is dyed golden, immersed in the sunset with him, and disturbed by the vibration of the mobile phone in his pocket, Flutter away.

"Hello?" Tang Tu spoke first, "Where did you go?"

"By the river. Just a walk. What about you?"

"I'm still at the venue, but I'm about to go back. Give me a location, and I'll go find you." The noise on Tang Tu's side gradually became smaller, and she should have left from the crowded space.

"I'm near the pier." He posted the location, and Tang Tu showed up 10 minutes later. The hotel they stayed in was in the same Manhattan area as the art fair site, and there was a great night view, but they didn't have time to appreciate it last night.After more than ten hours of flying, he was still dizzy and tinnitus even though he took painkillers. After returning to the hotel, he hurriedly took a shower, threw himself into the pillow, and fell asleep instantly.

After walking for 20 minutes, the two of them walked slowly for nearly an hour. Tang Tu kept the copy in the pocket of the thin windbreaker, with a smile on his lips all the time, as if he was excited to buy the painting he wanted until it got dark. Just went upstairs to eat.The night view seen from the restaurant is indeed prosperous and magnificent, Ruan Youqing exclaimed how beautiful it is.

Tang Tu ordered two glasses of cocktails, walked around the table and sat next to him, and whispered to him softly: "The night view in the room is also beautiful."

He rubbed his itchy ears, deliberately took small sips of his glass of wine, pretended not to understand the deep meaning of the words, and asked unmoved, "Really?"

The other party frowned, as if he thought he was puzzled, but he couldn't say anything. He just clasped his free hand, gently pressed his thumb in his palm, and groped along the palm lines, feeling a little itchy. The intention climbed all the way to the heart along the backflow of blood.

Ruan Youqing's heart trembled, and she swallowed the remaining half of the glass in one gulp, and dragged her upstairs.

The night view on the seventeenth floor did not disappoint. The window frame was like a large-sized picture frame. They soaked in the hot water of the bathtub, and the alcohol gradually climbed up between their eyebrows, making people dizzy from the steam.

Tang Tu didn't know why he was so proactive, he didn't use his hands enough, so he held his breath and dived into the water.

The other party seemed to be unable to hear his call in the water, and the soft hair on the back of his head was floating rhythmically in the water****

Ruan Youqing stared at the butterfly lying on the man's back for a long time struggling on the water surface.

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At eleven o'clock in the morning, Xu Hanyi woke up Tang Tu with a phone call, and the two looked at each other confusedly.After tossing for too long last night, their biological clocks collectively failed.

"Boss! Can't you make it through yet?" Xu Hanyi's bright voice penetrated the receiver, and Ruan Youqing almost heard Tang Tu's cheek against her cheek.

"Huh? I..." Tang Tu was the first to wake up when Ruan Youqing was still confused about the situation. He propped up the mattress and got up to get out of bed, but his movements stopped abruptly, "Hiss..."

Ruan Youqing also woke up in an instant, and took the mobile phone from Tang Tu: "Hey, Hanyi, is Zhang Wenbin by your side?"

"Yes, we came together." Xu Hanyi asked, "What's wrong with the boss?"

"It's not very comfortable. So can I leave it to you today?" Ruan Youqing asked while pulling Tang Tu back under the quilt to hug her, and asked on her own initiative.

"Okay, so what do you guys do? Do you need to go to the hospital with the boss? In fact, almost all the works we brought were ordered yesterday, otherwise I will let Zhang Wenbin go to your side?"

"No need. I'm just tired, just take a rest." Ruan Youqing touched Tang Tu's forehead as she spoke, and she was indeed not sick.

"Alright then, please contact me if you have something to do. Have a good rest, goodbye." Xu Hanyi said goodbye tactfully.

"Bye-Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Tu giggled beside him for a while, and complained in a hoarse voice: "Why do you have to take care of my work? Don't say it, it's kind of like that. Boss Ruan."

Ruan Youqing hugged him tightly: "Sleep again."

Tang Tu didn't struggle, closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully until he woke up hungry again.

Ruan Youqing woke up with a movement in his arms, and the two of them took a bath and went downstairs to have dinner. Tang Tu called Zhang Wenbin to inquire about meeting the collector, returned to the room and told him that a dinner appointment had been made, and then Tomorrow evening.

"I went to that gentleman's residence and said that he was not in good health and was not used to eating outside food." Tang Tu pursed his lips: "I don't know if it's to be particular or to put on a show."

"It makes no difference, to us."

"That's right, it's not about kidnapping you." Tang Tu smiled forcedly.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Youqing found that he was not in good condition all night, and seemed more nervous than herself.

"I don't know, I suddenly feel flustered." The other party fell down on the sofa and sighed.

Ruan Youqing walked to the sofa and knelt down and plucked Tang Tu's bangs hanging on his forehead. His complexion was indeed not very good: "Otherwise I'll go alone..."

"I'll accompany you." Tang Tu grabbed his hand and hugged him lazily, "I'll accompany you."

In order not to touch the eyebrows of the mysterious rich man, Ruan Youqing honestly wore a formal suit, with a pure white T-shirt under the iron gray suit, neither too serious nor too casual.This suit was tailor-made by Tang Tu when he was in England at the beginning of the year. Half a month ago, it was sent home with a pair of soft and breathable walnut-colored lambskin loafers.Considering her age, she specially chose lively and fashionable cropped trousers, with a thin ankle exposed between the hem of the trousers and the loafers, Ruan Youqing felt chilly, but Tang Tu said it looked sexy and playful.

When entering the elevator, Ruan Youqing's eyelid twitched for no reason, it was his right eye.

Seeing him suddenly stop at the elevator door, Tang Tu quickly pressed the door open button: "What's wrong?"

"...Why is the right eye jumping..." Ruan Youqing recovered and followed.

"I'm afraid it's too late to get nervous now." Tang Tu let go, and the metal door gradually closed, until the floor count on the electronic screen showed 36 floors, and then slowly opened. There was already a young man waiting in front of the elevator door.The other party was dressed casually, and looked about the same age as Ruan Youqing.

"Mr. Ruan, are you Mr. Tang?" The young man smiled in a way that was not sincere, and was a little perfunctory, "This way."

He walked ahead to lead the way and pushed open the door at the end.

Tang Tu and Ruan Youqing stood side by side in front of the door. The foyer directly opposite had a ceiling height of four meters. The living room was unbelievably large. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was a balcony with a fully transparent glass fence. The scenery of Central Park was lush and quiet.

The "mysterious collector", the "low-key rich man" is not an elderly successful person, there is only a thin figure in a light gray cardigan watching the sunset in the living room.

Tang Tu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his health was indeed not in good condition. He didn't play tricks or show off. Since he was a young man, it should be easy to communicate.

"Hi." He greeted first.

When the other party turned around, it was a clean and delicate face, but the cheeks were slightly sunken, and the complexion was slightly pale.The man slowly walked in front of them, showing a gentle and beautiful smile, which was decent but couldn't hide the tension and excitement in his eyes.

"This is Ruan Youqing, from the jellyfish series..."

Tang Tu glanced to the side while talking, guessing that Ruan Youqing's silence was because of nervousness, so she simply spoke for him and spared him from introducing himself.But when he turned his head, he found that his face was stunned, his whole body was stiff, and his clenched fist arm was shaking violently.

Ruan Youqing was calm no matter who he was in front of, and his mood didn't seem to fluctuate.He didn't take many things to heart at all, and he never even showed a loss of control when his work was smashed to pieces.

Such a person was visibly panicked at this moment. Tang Tu watched helplessly as his eye sockets gradually rounded and turned red, and tears filled his eyes little by little, and then fell one by one. Without making a sound, the pitch-black pupil shrank into two tiny dots, trembling violently in the eye sockets.

For a moment, worry, confusion, and embarrassment made Tang Tu helpless, but the scene still had to be finished, he cleared his throat: "...is the author of the jellyfish series. I heard that you appreciate his works so I have always hoped to be able to There is a chance to meet."

Until he finished speaking, Ruan Youqing didn't respond, just stood there in a daze.

Or the other party spoke first.For a moment, all emotions fell silent.

Tang Tu only felt that his heart suddenly became very heavy.

The man stepped forward, stood opposite Ruan Youqing and reached out to touch the top of his head. He smiled sincerely, but he choked up a lot when he opened his mouth: "Long time no see, Xiao Youqing."

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emmm, I don't think this is considered a knife, it just encountered some twists and turns... twists and turns...