Chapter 50
After this "battle", Vanessa could finally see the movie wholeheartedly.
However, at this time, the movie had already been half played. Vanessa started to watch it now. She couldn't understand the plot.
She leaned over to Shawn and asked, "Are the hero and heroine not together yet?"
Shawn looked at the screen and said calmly, "This is not a hero."
"What? Really?" Vanessa didn't even care to eat popcorn.
The name of the film was Happy Hours. Whom was the heroine hugging and kissing?
And at present, this man played the most part in the film. How could he not be a hero?
However, in the last twenty minutes, the director made rapid progress as if he lacked funds. In ten scenes, the heroine was given up by her ex-boyfriend for his career. Then the heroine immediately fell in love with another man and quickly prepared to get married. The audience was stunned and even forgot to debunk
Seeing that the movie almost ended, Vanessa couldn't help but start to vent, "What? The hero only appears in the last 20 minutes?"
Shawn turned his head and glanced at her, but said nothing.
In the end, the heroine personally sent the invitation to the man who had loved her for many years. He was so angry that his hands shook. When he violently destroyed all the codes that had been written in hundreds of thousands of lines, Vanessa held popcorn in her arms. She was so shocked that she almost forgot to blink.
"Is the heroine so cruel?"
Suddenly, Vanessa heard Shawn's voice.
"It's very cruel to send the invitation to him at the critical period of his career rise."
Vanessa nodded.
"Yep."
Shawn said, "She is too hurried."
Vanessa said, "Yes."
Shawn said, "She should give him the invitation to the One-month Banquet of her child."
Vanessa, "...."
She put two pieces of popcorn in her mouth and said nothing.
However, Vanessa felt that Shawn was scolding her.
Vanessa thought more and more that Shawn had this meaning, so at the end of the film, she suddenly said, "But I think that women are unstable if they are not cruel."
She got up with Shawn and followed him out, "Right?"
As soon as Vanessa finished speaking, something was under her foot, and she suddenly sprained.
Instantly, Shawn held her.
Vanessa, "...."
When they looked at each other, she felt that Shawn may speak deliberately ambiguously.
But Shawn just looked at her, suddenly smiled, then let go of her, turned, and walked towards the exit.
He was weird.
Vanessa held her unfinished popcorn and went out.
The audience of the whole hall poured out at the same time. In the noisy voices, 80% of the people were abusing the unexpected plot.
It was unexpected that there would be such a plot with such a beautiful name.
Vanessa didn't understand why Shawn's secretary chose such a film. Was she oppressed by Shawn for a long time and looking for an opportunity to revenge on him?
In fact, the secretary was also innocent. She may have thought that all the films shown were sweet love films on Valentine's day. Besides, the name sounded perfect. Moreover, many people recommended it in their Moments: On Valentine's day, we must take our loved ones to see Happy Hours! Recommend it!
Vanessa and Shawn passed the bathroom. There were many people in line. Although Vanessa didn't drink water, she wanted to go in and makeup.
So she gave popcorn to Shawn.
"Take it for me. I'll go to the bathroom."
The moment when she turned around, Shawn saw a bright thing sliding from Vanessa's neck.
However, she had already trotted to the bathroom.
Shawn squatted down and picked up the necklace.
...
Fiona and her friend came out and saw Shawn standing by the window of the elevator.
He was alone, but he was holding a half bucket of popcorn belonging to a girl.
This seemed out of place, but it seemed logical.
Fiona said something to her friend and went straight to Shawn.
"Mr. Yeats."
Shawn looked over and nodded slightly.
Fiona leaned against the window, looked around, and said, "I heard from Finley that you have a niece only a few years younger than you."
She observed Shawn's look and disguised the temptation in her words with an extremely relaxed tone. "Is that your niece just now? She is very beautiful."
"She is not my niece."
When Shawn said this, he was in no mood and cold.
Fiona smiled slightly.
However, she was about to continue talking when she heard Shawn add, "But she is really beautiful."
"..."
Fiona pursed her lips, lowered her eyes to adjust her mood, smiled, and said, "By the way, I have reserved dinner. Would you like to go with us?"
"No."
Shawn looked up and looked over Fiona's head. "She's shy with strangers."
At the same time, Fiona seemed to hear Vanessa's voice.
As soon as Fiona looked back, she saw Vanessa walking side by side with a middle-aged couple, who were still chatting.
Vanessa said, "Yes, yes, yes. This movie is deceptive. Having shown the movie on Valentine's day, is the director retaliating against the society?"
The woman said, "You know what? I read the gossip. It seems to be said that this is originally a sweet movie for Valentine's day. As a result, the hero seems to have offended the investor when he almost finished shooting, and then suddenly became a second hero."
Vanessa said, "What? How could it be?"
Fiona, "..." How shy Vanessa was.
...
The driver was waiting downstairs at the cinema.
Seeing that Shawn and Vanessa came out, he immediately got out of the car to help them open the car door.
However, when Shawn was just about to get in the car, he felt that there was no movement behind.
He looked back and saw Vanessa standing still, holding her half bucket of precious popcorn, grinding her toes on the ground, trying to pretend to be shy.
"The weather is fine today."
Shawn did not take back his leg that had already stepped on the car, "What do you want to do?"
Vanessa said, "I don't want to take a car. Could you walk with me for a while?"
In the evening when the rain cleared up, the sunlight was shining brightly. The sunlight shone on the pedestrians from a distance, as gentle as a warm yellow tulle.
Shawn looked at Vanessa with an indistinguishable look.
Vanessa said righteously, "We have watched a movie together. What's wrong with taking a walk together? I need a full set of services."
"Service?"
Shawn's eyebrow was slightly raised and his hands were on the door, but he wasn't about to come, "I serve you?"
Vanessa felt as if she wasn't in the right and self-confident.
"That's not what I meant..."
"Who is earning performance?" Shawn finally came, "Me?"
Vanessa, "...."
"Get in, get in!" She shook her hands and walked forward. "Anyway, I don't really want to walk in high heels."
When she passed Shawn, she was dragged back.
Vanessa just stood still. Shawn stared at her for a moment, and then his hands went through her hair and around her neck to the back.
The sudden closeness at this moment made Vanessa's heart beat wildly.
Almost reflexively, she immediately held her breath and closed her eyes.
But Vanessa thought, "Has he been attracted by my beauty just now?
But ... But, it's not good to kiss in public.
There are many primary school students along the road. This will have a bad effect on them.
There are so many old people walking. They may not bear to see us kissing.
Alas.
Sometimes men can't help being aggressive. It's really worrying."
Vanessa had prepared to kiss in public, but she wasn't kissed for a long time.
Instead, the hair at the back of her neck was lifted by Shawn. Then he released his hand and looked down at Vanessa.
"What are you doing?"
Vanessa suddenly opened her eyes and saw Shawn's solemn expression. At the same time, she felt that there was a cold thing on her neck.
"..."
She was stunned and smiled. "Nothing. Breathe the fresh air after the rain."
"..."
Shawn obviously didn't believe her nonsense, so he bent down and got closer.
"Thought I was going to kiss you?"
He left from the office today. His clothes were serious, but his tone was frivolous.
Vanessa stuck her neck and thought that she was no longer serious to Shawn, so she said righteously, "Yep, what's the matter?"
Shawn didn't change his expression, but his tone suddenly became a little cool, "I don't have the habit of kissing in public."
He looked at Vanessa directly, and the thought that made him irritable occurred to his mind.
Shawn thought, "Why, you used to do this with your ex-boyfriend?"
However, Vanessa did not grasp the meaning that Shawn wanted to express.
She suddenly smiled and looked happy. "So we can kiss not in public?"
Shawn, "...."
Shawn suddenly wasn't jealous anymore for her smile. He couldn't be jealous again.
But Shawn was not reconciled.
However, he did not even have the qualification to be angry, so he could only let it become an indescribable emotion.
The tree shadow was mottled, which made Shawn's smile very empty.
"Why didn't you get in the car with me?"
Vanessa said, "... Ouch!"
"You should have said it." Smiling, she took Shawn's arm and tried to get in the car.
But her movements were very light. She didn't exert all her strength at all. She was gently dragged by Shawn and returned to her original place.
Shawn said, "Be obedient."
Vanessa withdrew her hand in an orderly manner.
Of course, she didn't take Shawn's words seriously. She wasn't that stupid.
It was dusk, and the noisy street was bustling. Shawn was holding the half bucket of popcorn in his hand, and seemed to look kinder.
He followed Vanessa's footsteps and walked very slowly. He stepped on the flagstone road step by step, as if the time had slowed down.
"Will you go to the art exhibition with Sophia tomorrow?"
He suddenly asked and Vanessa said, "Why did you ask me since you've known? What do you want? Do you want to go together?"
Shawn ignored her and said to himself, "You don't look like a person who likes art..."
Vanessa suddenly interrupted him, "Why don't I look like that? Do I look vulgar? Do I have no taste?"
Shawn turned to look at Vanessa silently. She was still reluctant, "Tell me the reasons now. What do you mean, huh?"
However, Shawn still didn't answer her, "Although Sophia learned art appreciation, I know how much she has learned."
"So."
He paused. His voice was casual, but the meaning was obvious, "What do you two want to do secretly?"
Vanessa felt guilty when he asked her.
Vanessa couldn't say directly that Sophia was chasing a man.
Why was Shawn sensitive to emotional matters? Why could he even guess such a thing?
"Then ask Sophia yourself." Vanessa's voice dropped a lot, revealing her lack of confidence. "I'm not as close to her as you are to her."
"You still have secrets," Shawn whispered.
Vanessa was silent for a while. Suddenly, she didn't want to hide it from him, so she said, "Actually, Sophia wants to know a friend of mine, so she asked me to make an appointment."
"Well?" Shawn asked casually, "Which friend?"
"One... Just..."
Vanessa hesitated. She didn't know how to tell him.
A blind date friend?
Shawn felt her hesitation and looked down at her, "Man?"
Vanessa, "...."
She nodded.
Shawn raised his eyes, and his expression became more and more serious. "The blind date friend?"
Vanessa, "...."
"What blind date?" Vanessa said, "Don't be so vulgar."
Shawn seemed to be amused by her, nodded his head, and smiled.
"Well, I'm tacky."
Vanessa glanced at him and felt a little unhappy.
She murmured, "You're stingy."
"Am I stingy?"
Shawn suddenly stopped and looked at Vanessa. He had figured out his words, but he was not willing to say them.
If he were stingy, could she still stand in front of him now?
If a good-tempered man like Finley, another friend of his, were to suddenly be used by a woman as a tool to retaliate against her ex-boyfriend, he wouldn't necessarily do anything hard, but it was certain that he would break up with her forever.
Shawn looked at Vanessa silently.
Vanessa was so frightened that she quickly said, "No, you are the most generous, so do you want to go with us tomorrow?"
Shawn said, "No."
Vanessa said, "... Don't go to see what the man your niece likes?"
Shawn resumed his leisurely pace and said without haste, "The guy you had a blind date with can't be too bad."
Vanessa was so sweet with his words. But she wanted to roll her eyes as well.
How could Shawn boast in a roundabout way?
Wait for a while.
"When did I fall in love with him?"
Shawn smiled and said nothing.
Vanessa stopped arguing with him about this and pulled his sleeve. "He is a few years older than you. Do you mind?"
"What do I mind?" Shawn raised his eyebrow. "Though he is ten years older than me, he is my junior."
Vanessa, "...."
It made sense.
...
Fortunately, Shawn didn't plan to go. Otherwise, Sophia might be so angry that she would wish that she could have her hair cut in the first month.
It was rare for Sophia to get up early in the morning. The beautician came to her house to help with her make-up and with hairdressing. She had prepared for such a while. If Shawn came, her chasing Lonn would be interrupted.
Maybe Lonn would think Sophia had something wrong.
It was a sunny day. The temperature rose sharply. Pedestrians took off their winter clothes and put on light clothes. Even some girls could not help wearing short skirts with bare legs.
When Sophia and Vanessa arrived at the exhibition center, Lonn was already waiting at the gate.
Because it was the weekend, he dressed casually, wearing only a gray thin sweater, and was looking at the introduction on the display board at the gate.
In the crowd, he bowed his back slightly, and his attentive expression added a sense of alienation to him, making him different from the crowd.
Sophia glanced at Lonn from a distance, pulled Vanessa's sleeve, and said with a smile, "You see, the temperament of being devoted to academic work is different. He is so gentle. He is different from my uncle..."
Sophia felt being glanced at coldly by Vanessa.
Sophia coughed for a while and said, "He is not like my uncle... Shawn develops morally, intellectually, physically, and aesthetically."
"What are you talking about?" Vanessa patted her on the shoulder. "No matter how much you're praising him here, he can't hear you."
When she walked over with Sophia, the sound of footsteps attracted Lonn's attention.
He turned around and smiled at them. "Coming?"
"Have you been waiting long?"
Vanessa asked.
Lonn said, "I just arrived."
"Well, that's good." Vanessa pointed to Sophia and said, "This is my friend Sophia. You guys met before yesterday."
Sophia immediately waved to Lonn, "Good afternoon, Mr. Foster."
"Hello." Lonn looked at his wristwatch and lifted his chin toward them. "Go in."
He was ahead, while Sophia and Vanessa were close behind him. They had room to whisper.
"Remember to give me more opportunities to show myself later." Sophia whispered, "I'm good at it."
"Yes."
Vanessa made a gesture to zip up her mouth.
For the next half an hour, Vanessa try not to speak.
Even if Sophia asked Vanessa, she only said, "I don't understand as an outsider".
Vanessa behaved well and allowed Sophia to show herself.
Today, it was Morvan Art Exhibition. The core selling point was to display nearly 400 of Morvan's works after digital reproduction in the form of mobile real-time images by using multimedia holographic projection technology.
As Morvan was one of the most important painters in Churnell and a representative figure of Impressionism, many people knew this name even if they didn't know about paintings.
As soon as people heard that there was such a new painting exhibition, they came one after another, trying to leave traces of art on their Moments.
Therefore, even if the whole exhibition was divided into eight theme pavilions, the venue was still overcrowded, which was not the cold and high-powered style in Vanessa's imagination.
There are even a lot of people coming with their families. They seemed watching 4D movies. Children were jumping everywhere.
Fortunately, Morvan was a great Impressionist. Although Vanessa couldn't appreciate the artistic value of his works, looking at these natural colors was also pleasing.
On the other hand, Sophia kept on explaining these famous paintings to Lonn.
After listening to the "color scale", "brushwork" and "impressionism", Vanessa was impressed by Sophia.
Though Sophia seemed to indulge in a life of pleasure and comfort at ordinary times, she had acquired some knowledge.
When the three went to the theme exhibition hall of Morvan's Light, Vanessa leaned in Sophia's ear and said, "You're great. Unexpectedly, you are really a bit artistic."
"How am I great?" Sophia covered her mouth and said, "Last night, I've read some related information on the Internet for a while before going to bed. I said what I remembered. I did not know what I was talking about."
Vanessa was surprised.
Seeing her shocked appearance, Sophia comforted her, "Anyway, he was fooled just like you."
Vanessa, "...."
It seemed quite reasonable.
For example, at the moment, Sophia pointed to the world-famous Sunrise and spoke with fervor and assurance. In Vanessa's opinion, Sophia looked artistic.
Lonn listened carefully, never interrupted Sophia, and responded to her from time to time.
Somehow Vanessa suddenly felt a little pitiful for Lonn since he was being fooled.
He may now think that he had increased great knowledge.
Vanessa smiled helplessly, told them in advance, and walked to the bathroom.
The women's toilets in public places were always overcrowded. When Vanessa was queuing up, she suddenly received a call from Valeria.
Valeria just called to chat.
Vanessa listened to Valeria talk about the trivia of life, and her mind turned to the other side. Therefore, some distant memories occurred in Vanessa's mind.
Vanessa was stunned for a moment. She quickly made up an excuse to hang up the phone. Then she searched the dean of the Academy of fine arts of Talian College online.
Vanessa then sent the screenshot to Sophia.
After a while.
Sophia: Who is this?
Vanessa: Lonn's mother.
Sophia: ...
Vanessa began to pity Sophia now.
When Vanessa returned to the exhibition hall, Sophia had already finished her "explanation" and followed Lonn to the studio without expression.
Vanessa followed their footsteps, approached Sophia, and comforted her in a low voice, "It's OK. Although his mother is the dean of the Academy of fine arts, it doesn't mean he knows art."
Sophia looked at her pitifully and said, "Are you comforting me?"
"No." Vanessa held her hand in encouragement. "Your father and your uncle are both engaged in finance. Don't you know nothing about it?"
Sophia, "...."
Thanks. Sophia had been "comforted".
...
One part of the exhibition was to broadcast Morvan's life documentary.
Many people may have the intuitive impression that documentaries were boring, so there were few people in the cinema.
It turned out that the public's choice was correct.
Even though the picture was beautiful and the music was pleasing, Vanessa cannot open her eyes several times because of the flat rhythm and the hypnotic sound nearby.
Sophia was no better.
She sat between Vanessa and Lonn, holding her arms in front of her chest and leaning against her back chair. It seemed that she was seriously watching the documentary. In fact, she almost fell asleep several times.
When the film was half played, there were only three of them left in the cinema.
Sophia glanced at Lonn and began to think.
Since Lonn's mother was the dean of the Academy of fine arts, he must have grown up under the influence of art.
Especially, Morvan was famous all over the world. Lonn must be familiar with his works.
Even so, he did not expose Sophia's nonsense, but also accompanied her to watch such a boring documentary that he knew all the plot.
That should be...
Sophia thought that Lonn must have a good impression of her.
Thinking of this, Sophia snickered for a moment and was completely sleepless.
But gradually she leaned towards him, pretending to be asleep.
However, when her head was just about to touch Lonn's shoulder, he suddenly dodged aside.
The movement was natural and without flaws. It seemed that he really just sat in a different position.
As a result, Sophia almost bumped into the seat.
Her eyes widened as she deadlocked the gesture.
What the fuck?
The subtle movements here did not attract Vanessa's attention.
Lonn turned his head, looked at Sophia, and said in a soft tone, "What's the matter? Are you sleepy?"
Sophia came to her senses after a long time. "Oh, yes, I'm a little sleepy."
Lonn said, "Then take you home?"
...
"What? Just go?"
When Vanessa was dragged up by Sophia, she was confused. "We've been here for short."
Sophia smiled reluctantly at her, "I'm sleepy. I want to go home and sleep."
Vanessa said, "What?"
Before Sophia found a chance to explain to her, the three of them walked out of the exhibition center and bumped into Shawn.
Vanessa was confused.
Sophia was confused as well.
"Aren't you coming?" Vanessa was surprised.
Why had Shawn come as he had said that he wouldn't come?
When Sophia saw Shawn, she suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable guilt.
Moreover, Shawn glanced at Lonn undisguisedly, with an imperceptible sense of arrogance in his eyes.
"Who is this?"
Lonn met Shawn's eyes but asked Vanessa.
When Shawn looked at this scene, his expression unconsciously changed slightly.
But before Vanessa could speak, Sophia replied, "He is Vanessa's boyfriend."
Vanessa was surprised by Sophia's words.
Sophia had already said it. Being looked at by Vanessa and Shawn at the same time, Sophia braced herself to say.
"To pick up Vanessa."
Sophia simply felt that Shawn did not seem to have any goodwill towards Lonn, so she subconsciously wanted to get rid of the relationship with Shawn.
As for the consequence.
Sophia forgot it.
...
Because of Sophia's words, only Vanessa followed Shawn in the car.
Shawn untied the bottom button of his suit and loosened his bow tie. He asked coolly, "Did you have a good time?"
Vanessa said, "It's OK. It's fun. I saw light paintings for the first time. They're very novel."
Having finished speaking, Vanessa suddenly felt the subtle atmosphere in the car.
In addition, Vanessa then felt that when Shawn appeared, he was hostile to Lonn,
She turned to look at Shawn and moved towards him little by little.
"Do you think he is interested in me?"
Shawn turned to look at Vanessa and said, "I think men all over the world are interested in you."
It was an aggressive remark.
Vanessa listened and felt some temptation.
She gradually smiled and was about to speak when the driver in the front row, Frank, suddenly stepped on the brake.
Then in the car, Frank's voice sounded slow.
"I'm absolutely not."