C94 No Unforeseen Calamity
Because I kept my identity a secret from the ladies of the studio, they all thought I was the wife of a small entrepreneur with a bit of money, so they didn't really want to talk to me.
On the contrary, the painting teacher in the painting studio paid more attention to me. I guessed that I should be the only one in this class who truly had a certain level of knowledge in the arts, while the others just simply passed the time.
The teacher's name was Mason, like the name of a medieval European aristocrat's daughter. She had a reserved romantic air and was said to have graduated from the B University School of Arts. However, compared to Miss Gao Xin Lei, who had high eyes, she was much more approachable.
"Have you learned oil painting before?" One afternoon, as I was quietly drawing the still objects Maysan had just arranged in the corner next to the French windows, she asked me after discovering that I was quite different from the other novices.
I looked up and smiled politely. "I studied advertising design when I was an undergraduate," I replied.
She stood behind me, watching, nodding her head in approval.
Apart from O'Jia Rui, Xuanzi, and the servants in the house, I rarely came into contact with anyone else during the summer vacation. I was very happy that someone was willing to talk to me for a while, so while I was painting my own painting, I kept asking questions about more advanced techniques.
After a long time, I realized that Mason was paying more attention to me than to the other students. Fortunately, they didn't pay much attention to me and we gradually became friends.
Actually, I wasn't an introverted and eccentric person to begin with. When I was young, I lived a life that no one cared about and accompanied, so when I became sensible, I began to deliberately make myself more cheerful. During my university period, I participated in many activities.
It was only later, after more and more events and more and more complicated contacts, that I chose to keep my mouth shut and close the door in my heart, which was now reopened during the holiday.
"I have two tickets to the art exhibition. I was planning to go with my friend, but he's on a temporary business trip. Are you interested?" At noon one day after class, Mason said to me, holding the ticket to the exhibition.
I thought about how it had been a long time since I went out to take a breath of fresh air. Every day was just an occasional home, a studio, and the occasional life I had to live when I went to the Euclidean Group to find Ojira to eat.
At lunch time, I nonchalantly said to Ou Jia Rui, "Tomorrow afternoon, don't let Xuan Zi come and pick me up?"
"What's the matter?" O'Jia Rui wondered what I could have done recently.
"Yes, I was thinking that I would either read or sleep at home every day, and that I would like to go out for a walk."
"Okay, but you can choose to call him to pick you up when you're done. It's better than sitting in a taxi, right?" After the last bullying incident on campus, O'Jia Rui was very careful about the safety of my trip.
"It's okay, I'm going to come back with a friend. She has a car, so she can take me home." I refused Ou Jia Rui's request. Afraid that he would misunderstand, I deliberately added, "It's a female teacher."
Ou Jia Rui was amused by my last sentence: "Alright, you can go. Remember to be safe."
Mason was a very tall girl in both businesses, and since we were similar in age, we could both paint. We had a lot in common, and with her, I was neither bored nor embarrassed.
In less than two months, the two of us had become very good friends.
Ou Jia Rui was also happy that I was no longer alone. Although she was unhappy with my frequent shopping with Mason for movies, she still allowed me to continue like this.
What I never thought of was how much trouble and shock I had caused to Mason after all I was just trying to make a friend.
It was soon September, and a few days before school was to begin and I was to return to B University, I would meet Mason almost every day for dinner or to go shopping. After being deceived and ostracized by so many people, I cherished my friendship with her.
We had dinner as usual and were getting ready to go home, and the summer was about to end, and this might be the last time I would ever come out and play.
I leaned back against the passenger seat of Mason's car and said, "Ah, this summer has been so enjoyable that I don't even want to go to school anymore. How about I be your assistant?"
"Don't think so much about it all the time. You can't afford to hire a teaching assistant like us." Mason kept an eye on the road ahead, making fun of me at the same time.
The car drove all the way to the Ou house, and the two of us chatted for a while. During the holiday, Mason took me home so many times and was very familiar with the Ou Family's route. Although I invited her in to rest, it was a coincidence that Ou Jia Rui was never there.
So in her heart, I was just a rich and idle rich wife, but did not know that my husband in the sense of the law can be called in City B can be said to be the president of the Oja Rui. It was also thanks to the fact that Xuanzi was the one who registered with the arts training institute.
When girls get together, they only buy things to eat and take pictures of themselves. Although I have never really been interested in these things before, I gradually became lively under the influence of Mason.
"Come on, honey, we'll take a picture together. We might not see each other for a few days, but I'll be going to school to see you, little classmate." She parked in front of the Ou house and took out her camera phone to take a picture with me.
Mason was a very fashionable girl who loved life. As soon as the photo was taken, she couldn't wait to share it on her blog. We didn't care about the automatic location function on her phone at the time, as neither of us had expected it to be such a coincidence.
It wasn't until early the next morning, when I looked out my window and saw a lot of reporters at the entrance, that I realized that the most ordinary activity between me and my friends had caused such a big trouble.
As I still didn't understand the situation, I could only scan through my phone to see what had happened. It turned out that the location of Mai Shan's phone inadvertently revealed the address of Ou Jia Rui's home, which originally wasn't a big deal since most of the media only knew that Ou Jia Rui's wife was Zhou Xin Yao, but they didn't know what she looked like.
Coincidentally, Mason and Gao Xinlei also paid attention to each other on Weibo, because she was their professional senior, so Gao Xinlei paid more attention to her. Half an hour after Mei Shan released the photo of the two of us, Gao Xinlei commented from below, "Senior Sister, why do you know this Zhou Xinyao?"
The media, which was always paying attention to Ojasui, suddenly found out my message and the Ou Family's address on Weibo. While I was at a loss, Mason just happened to send me a message.
"What's going on? I just sent it to you and you took pictures of yourself. How come so many people have read it in one night? I was so scared that I immediately deleted it. Will there be any problems?"
I typed quickly on the screen: "It's fine, it's fine as long as it's deleted. You can relax."
Before he could leave for Eustace, Ochira went out and made a simple speech to the paparazzi reporters:
My friends in the media, how are you? I'm Ou Jia Rui. I thank you all for your concern for my life, but my wife is not a public figure. Please don't make things difficult for us. Ojira's words were very polite.
The surrounding media could no longer hold themselves back.
"Director Ou, the rumors say that you already have a childhood sweetheart, and Miss Zhou is only a married couple. Is this true?"
"CEO Ou, Miss Zhou is not your longest love affair."
"… …"
"Thank you for your concern, but this is my personal matter after all. If you have to dig deeper and insist on disturbing our normal lives, neither Ou Jia Rui nor the Ou family will reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility."
Although the group of reporters didn't have the heart to give up on this hot topic that they were about to get, they still slowly dispersed due to Ou Jia Rui's threat.
Then, Ou Jia Rui went upstairs and asked me about my situation. I briefly explained the reason, "Don't blame Meishan, she didn't even know that I was your wife. We thought we wouldn't be able to meet again soon, so we took a photo together. I didn't expect the reporters to find the address."
I stood at the door like a child who had made a mistake, but I didn't dare to approach him. I could vaguely hear him talking on the phone in the corridor.
"Hey, I'm Ou Jia Rui …" Yes, it's that Meisan from the studio … Because her dereliction of duty caused my wife and I to be disrupted, should you be responsible... "Alright, after being fired, you will never hire anyone again, right?" My heart skipped a beat when I heard she was expelled. The art studio here had the best treatment, and being expelled was equivalent to cutting off her source of income.
I finally had the courage to walk in front of Ou Jia Rui: "Don't be like this. Ou Jia Rui, I only took a picture of Mason with me. We shouldn't be fired. We are very good friends."
"Why would a good friend be so careless and let you reveal your identity?" Ochira asked me.
"That's because she doesn't even know I'm your wife." I was a little helpless. Because of this unexpected disaster and also because of Ou Jia Rui's attitude, I didn't know how to explain it to him.
"Forget it, I'll call Mason first. She's fired, let's see if there are any more vacancies in the Ou Family." When the phone rang, all I heard was a cold phrase: "Hello, the phone you dialed is turned off.