novelraw Chapter 559 - 438: Miss, Are You Filming? (2)
Chapter 559 - 438: Miss, Are You Filming? (2)
She dashed forward at lightning speed, ran all the way, and soon grabbed onto the sanitation worker’s tricycle compartment.
"What are you doing?" The sanitation worker riding the tricycle was an aunt, startled by the sudden emergence of Ning Youguang.
"This painting is mine," Ning Youguang panted, clinging to the vehicle. "I just chased a robber, so I put it under the tree, not disposed of it."
The sanitation worker aunt stared at her face, which was more beautiful than a movie star’s, dazed for a moment.
Then, after stopping the car, she approached Ning Youguang and softly asked, "Young lady, are you filming a scene?"
"..." Ning Youguang.
Her silence made the sanitation worker aunt smile smugly, "I guessed right, didn’t I?"
She pointed to the bloodstains on Ning Youguang’s beige sweater sleeve, "This blood looks really real."
"This blood is real," Ning Youguang chuckled, "I’m not an actress, I really did chase a robber."
The sanitation worker aunt suddenly widened her eyes, filled with disbelief.
"A robber?"
She had been engrossed in picking up garbage and missed the scene between Ning Youguang and the robber while passing through the World Trade Center.
So she didn’t see the confrontation with the robber.
"Aunt, could you give me back my painting?" Ning Youguang had to remind her.
"Sure." A poor painting wouldn’t fetch much at the recycling station, the sanitation worker aunt continued skeptically looking at Ning Youguang.
"Aunt, do you have any napkins?" Ning Youguang asked after retrieving the painting from the sanitation worker’s trash truck.
Her bag was in the car; she only had keys, a phone, and the painting with her.
"Yes." The sanitation worker enthusiastically rummaged through her basket, quickly pulled out a large pack of tissues, and handed it to her.
Ning Youguang took a few sheets and carefully wiped the painting.
"What did the robber steal?" After handing over the tissues, the sanitation worker aunt curiously asked.
"A bag," Ning Youguang replied.
"A bag?" The sanitation worker aunt asked, "Did the police catch him?"
"The police haven’t arrived yet," Ning Youguang said, "Two security guards chased after him."
"I hope the security guards catch him!" The sanitation worker aunt exclaimed indignantly, "These people are so wicked, they should be jailed for ten, eight years."
"The police will handle it impartially," Ning Youguang chuckled.
"That’s hard to say," the sanitation worker aunt pursed her lips, she didn’t rush away but stayed beside Ning Youguang, casually chatting while watching her wipe the painting.
Ning Youguang didn’t continue to respond.
Her attention shifted from the robber to the painting in her hands, "This painting isn’t very good."
"Why do you say that?" Ning Youguang felt a bit amused.
She thought if Yi Lan knew his sought-after artwork in the market was first thrown into a trash truck as junk today, then despised as ugly, she wondered how he’d feel.
"Ugly." The sanitation worker aunt shook her head, "Unlucky, unpleasant."
She wasn’t very educated, her review was purely based on instinct.
"Did you paint this?" She curiously asked again.
"A friend of mine painted it." Ning Youguang smiled.
"I didn’t think a young lady like you painted it." The sanitation worker aunt clicked her tongue, "You’re so pretty, how could you paint such an ugly picture?"
She had a round face, yellow skin, a flat nose, but her smile was naive and cheerful.
"This is a kind of avant-garde art style, maybe the aunt can’t really accept it," Ning Youguang tossed the used tissues into the trash truck, took a few more sheets from the sanitation worker aunt, and continued carefully cleaning the frame.
After soaking in the trash truck, the painting was covered in various smudges, the stained glass surface was easy to clean, but the wooden frame and crevices were difficult.
Ning Youguang planned to clean it once herself, then thoroughly wash it once she got home.
Otherwise, even if cleaned, the painting would carry odd lingering smells.
"Avant-garde art style?" The sanitation worker aunt again shook her head, "Never heard of it, don’t understand it, I just find this painting unappealing."
"This is Yi Lan’s painting, isn’t it?" The woman who was robbed stepped over in her heels, having overheard Ning Youguang and the sanitation worker’s conversation.
The sanitation worker aunt was immediately drawn in by her sparkling, wealthy appearance.
"Auntie, do you know Yi Lan?" Ning Youguang asked the approaching woman, smiling delightedly.
"Of course." The woman moved closer to scrutinize the painting in Youguang’s hand, "He’s very famous in the circle. If you don’t know his work, you can hardly mingle."
Ning Youguang imagined the scene the woman described and laughed, "I quite like Yi Lan’s paintings too."
"This one..." The woman studied it closely, then stood up, "You must be very familiar with Yi Lan, young lady."
"We’re friends," Ning Youguang revealed.
The woman nodded, smiling at Ning Youguang knowingly, "No wonder."
"Big sister, the bag you have looks nice." The sanitation worker aunt leaned beside her, "Where did you buy it? Is it expensive? If not, I want to buy one for Chinese New Year."
"It’s okay," The woman said, glancing at Ning Youguang as she was interrupted, "It’s not particularly expensive."
"What’s the price of ’not particularly expensive’?" The sanitation worker aunt asked loudly and energetically.
A Hermès bespoke piece is certainly out of reach for a sanitation worker.
The woman looked at Ning Youguang with a bit of amused helplessness.
Then Ning Youguang laughed and said to the sanitation worker aunt, "Auntie, why don’t you snap a photo of this lady’s bag and search for the same style on Taobao to find out the price?"