According to the size.

A painting by Vera sells for around 300,000 RMB on the cheap end, and the expensive ones are marked at more than 2 million RMB. All of them have her fancy signature in the lower right corner, written in Portuguese, which Su Yehao doesn't understand.

Despite the fact that auctions frequently feature works worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, Vera is already considered quite successful as a newcomer.

Most people who professionally study oil painting have trouble even making a living.

In the end, they either choose to change careers or run to a painter's village and become a ruthless painting machine, mass-producing copies of the masters' works. Van Goghs and Monets can be seen everywhere for a few hundred or a thousand yuan.

A total of nineteen works were brought to the exhibition, and he picked five of them to pack, with a total value of more than 4 million RMB, all of them more than 1.5 meters long.

As for Miss Vera's portrait, even if he bought it, there was no way to hang it at home, so Su Yehao didn't insist. He just let her keep it for her own collection, to be passed down as a family heirloom in the future.

Now that he was here.

He took the opportunity to visit other art exhibitions and happened to come across an exhibition of calligraphy and paintings by the old gentleman Qi Gong. Su Yehao didn't know much about this, so he didn't make a move.

After asking Vera what she wanted to eat, she unhesitatingly replied that she wanted Peking duck.

Sure enough, this dish was already famous.

Su Yehao had accompanied Nangong Tian and Nong Qingying to eat it a few times each. Seeing that Vera also wanted to go, he asked Linda Yun to help contact the restaurant and book a private room.

By the time they arrived at Wangfujing.

Vera deliberately kept her distance from Su Yehao. After entering, she looked at the photo wall, which was full of celebrities.

At this moment, she gave a light "hmm" and asked, "Have you been here with Jiang Yu and the others?"

"Yes, I was quite famous at that time. After eating, they asked me to take a photo. I didn't expect it to still be hanging there."

Su Yehao had thick skin. Anyway, Vera knew everything she needed to know, so there was no need to hide it. He quietly added, "Actually, the other dishes taste better than the Peking duck. I remember there was a turtle stewed with chicken, and spring rolls. You can try them later."

Vera understood immediately after hearing this, and nodded thoughtfully.

After arriving in the private room, he brought Linda Yun along for a free meal, ordering half a Peking duck, plus radish duck soup, stir-fried cauliflower, and turtle stewed with chicken.

The portions in this kind of restaurant were not large to begin with, and Su Yehao was hungry, so he wasn't worried about wasting food.

Linda Yun, as a third wheel, looked forward to the meal, making conversation by asking Vera:

"Where are you staying after coming to Si Jiucheng? A-hao has a siheyuan (courtyard house) nearby, which was torn down and rebuilt before. The environment is quite unique. If you're not used to staying in a hotel, I can help you find a guest room tonight. We can go to the club to try out the spa massage. There will be more people after the official opening tomorrow."

Vera took a sip of mineral water and said, "I don't know the way very well. The hotel is called Kunlun Hotel. The gallery's agent helped me book it for three days in advance, and I just moved in yesterday."

Su Yehao didn't have any extra thoughts. He rinsed the bowls with boiling water, saying:

"Then why not go to my siheyuan (courtyard house) for a taste? Anyway, there are still many empty guest rooms. My dad has a new villa in the club. I don't think he'll come and stay with me this time. I should be free during the day tomorrow. We can go to the Forbidden City and Fragrant Hills Park for a walk. I guess the news of my arrival will spread again. Before I get found, I have to run away quickly."

Getting blocked by people was commonplace, and he was already experienced with it.

His siheyuan (courtyard house) in the area was too famous. You could find it by asking around, so it was best to go out early and return late, to avoid offending people by not helping.

Even though there was no connection, because the other party was always too polite, Su Yehao felt a little embarrassed in the end. To prevent similar situations from happening again, it would be better to find some attractions he hadn't visited before.

It was mid-October, and the red leaves in Fragrant Hills Park were probably already starting to turn red.

Miss Vera, in front of Linda Yun, was too embarrassed to say much and replied:

"I'll rest at the hotel tonight, and we can meet up tomorrow morning, to avoid the trouble of packing and unpacking. There are many attractions in mainland China. I've always wanted to go to Jiuzhaigou, the grasslands, and the snow-capped mountains in the west, but unfortunately, I can't drive, otherwise, I could go on a road trip."

"Nangong also said she wanted to go on a road trip to the Northwest to enjoy the original natural scenery. When we have time to go, I'll have Jiang Yu contact you, and you can go together."

As soon as Su Yehao finished speaking.

Linda Yun, who spoke first, hesitated and said, "Playing so big? Isn't that too much? After all, given the relationship between the two of you, it's better to keep a low profile, to avoid accidentally giving yourselves away."

"..."

Vera immediately waved her hand nervously, explaining, "Don't misunderstand, there's nothing between him and me. We're just friends."

Linda Yun, as an old hand, said with a chuckle:

"There's no need to hide it from me. You two were already kissing in the studio last month. You still call that friends? I know all of A-hao's secrets. This guy is pretty good in every aspect except for getting past the beauty hurdle, right?"

Eating someone's food makes you soft-spoken, and taking someone's gifts makes you short-handed.

Linda Yun's intention was to help, but Su Yehao still glared at her after hearing this, raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, and explained to Vera, "Don't misunderstand, I didn't say anything. She saw it herself because I forgot to close the door that day."

"..."

Vera, feeling like she couldn't wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River, finally experienced the feeling of Jiang Yu digging her toes into the ground back then. It was extremely awkward.

But she couldn't explain it, because she couldn't say that Su Yehao had ambushed her when she wasn't paying attention. That would ruin his reputation, and Vera didn't have much intention of resisting, she just felt it wasn't appropriate.

Just then, the waiter pushed a cart and brought over the freshly baked Peking duck.

As before, he slowly sliced the duck meat with the skin and placed it on a plate. After teaching Vera how to wrap the duck meat properly, he stuffed it into her mouth to taste. The main flavor came from the sauce.

When the braised turtle stewed with chicken was served, she ate the meat and sipped the radish duck soup to moisten her mouth. The taste was incredibly delicious.

Usually, when stewing chicken soup at home, the nanny always liked to add medicinal herbs such as ginseng, cordyceps, and angelica. In the end, she couldn't taste the original flavor and felt like she was eating medicinal diet chicken.

After a bowl of radish duck soup, the taste was not inferior to pufferfish soup. Vera seemed to like it too, eating several pieces of radish in a row.

The restaurant manager came to greet them again, taking the opportunity to mention taking another group photo, but Su Yehao politely declined, saying that there was already one on the wall and today wasn't convenient.

The manager looked at Linda Yun, then at Vera, and immediately smiled and said he understood...

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It was already dark after dinner.

Old Man Su finally arrived late, calling to say that he had just arrived at the Si Jiucheng Airport, asking if Su Yehao had eaten yet, and that he had arranged a dinner at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

Su Yehao didn't need to guess, he knew it was probably another group of people talking about business, so he simply refused.

He took Vera to the Sihai Club again.

He had the manager arrange for them to experience the club's spa massage services.

After showering, they put on bathrobes and lay on the massage bed next to her, getting their backs stepped on by a girl weighing less than 100 pounds.

Vera wasn't that bold.

She was too embarrassed to experience the essential oil treatments and other services that required undressing in front of Su Yehao.

She had the technician massage her casually and then lay on her stomach to chat with him, mainly talking about which attractions in mainland China were worth visiting...