He pointed at Lu Xue and asked, "Are you really LU?"
Lu Xue nodded silently, and so did Han Xiaolv.
Two staff members behind them looked as if they had seen a ghost. Their eyes wandered over Lu Xue several times.
Thinking of all the gossips they had discussed before entering the door, they now felt that it was simply absurd and ridiculous.
There was no information about LU in the outside world. Therefore, no one knew his age, nationality, appearance, or personality.
But there was one thing they had overlooked. They had always thought that LU was a male artist, but they never expected that she was a girl, and a beautiful one at that, wearing a long flowing dress like Lu Xue in front of them!
After Yan Hua learned Lu Xue's identity, he looked up at the ceiling and then took a deep breath, suppressing all his shock.
He recalled that he had previously wanted to arrange for Lu Xue to find an art teacher to learn painting. Suddenly, he felt that he had been so meddlesome back then.
"Lu Xue, it's not that I'm complaining, but we were junior high school classmates. How could you hide your identity so well? With such a status, couldn't you have mentioned it to me back then?"
Yan Hua felt extremely aggrieved. He had spent months trying so hard to find this person, and now it turned out to be an old acquaintance he was already very familiar with. Who could understand this kind of feeling?
Mu Yuze remained silent for an even longer time. His eyes were complex, and his heart was in turmoil.
Connecting it with all the previous unsolved mysteries, when he thought about Lu Xue's previous actions, they all seemed to have explanations now.
Why she had been looking for that old Mr. Chen, and why she could receive such high praise from him.
During a previous exhibition planning in the company, why she could seamlessly repair the painting that the intern had broken and win unanimous praise from the media.
All these little details were now connected in his mind, and there was only one truth.
Because Lu Xue was LU, the person he had been looking for for so many months.
After learning the truth, everything seemed unexpected at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it was completely reasonable.
Mu Yuze smiled self - deprecatingly. Why hadn't he figured this out earlier?
Actually, he should have guessed Lu Xue's true identity as early as when she first showed all those signs.
Yan Hua was sitting on the sofa, his eyes fixed on a cup of tea on the coffee table. After probably a long time of mental preparation, he finally looked up at Lu Xue.
"I said, why didn't you say anything for so long? Our relationship is not bad, and you just let me search for you like a headless chicken everywhere!"
As he said this, he also glared at Han Xiaolv fiercely.
"And you, little girl. Why didn't you tell me that you were LU's agent in China? I even sent you emails so politely. What a waste of my feelings!"
Thinking about it now, it was like he had been being self - indulgent.
Han Xiaolv sat down silently and said, "It's not my fault. I didn't know that the person on your side was you. I only knew the name of your company."
Saying this, Han Xiaolv seemed to remember something. She nodded and murmured to herself.
"No wonder you needed to postpone the meeting a few days ago. Mr. Mu Yuze was missing, and so was Lu Xue. The meeting simply couldn't go on. We should have realized then that there couldn't be such a coincidence in the world!"
It always takes time to digest such news. The group just sat in the room for half an hour.
Yan Hua felt both aggrieved and resentful, but there was also a dream - like and fantastic feeling in his heart.
An old friend he knew turned out to be such a famous painter, and had been living quietly by his side in disguise for so long. This feeling was really novel.
He turned to Mu Yuze beside him and asked, "Boss, don't you feel that your emotions are fluctuating right now? If we were to take your blood pressure, it would definitely show a big up - and - down arc."
Mu Yuze looked at him but didn't say anything. Instead, he poured a glass of water for Lu Xue and handed it to her, saying quietly,
"Drink some water first. Don't just stand there."
Lu Xue silently lifted her skirt and sat down, but she still felt a bit embarrassed.
Under the gazes of the other two staff members as if they had seen a ghost, she could only pretend to be calm.
After a while, she asked, "So, will our cooperation continue this time?"
As soon as her voice fell, Yan Hua immediately said, "Of course! I don't know how much effort I've put into this meeting! I've spent so much time making those PPTs. Why should all my hard work go to waste?"
Since Yan Hua knew that it was Han Xiaolv and Lu Xue in front of him, he simply stopped being polite. He threw away his so - called professional mask and pulled Han Xiaolv to sit beside him.
"Girl, you've deceived me so badly. You have to agree to cooperate with us this time, right? We're so close! If you still don't want to attend our exhibition, you're really being impolite."
As he said this, Yan Hua glanced at Lu Xue, clearly trying to put pressure on her.
At this moment, Mu Yuze suddenly stood up, grabbed Lu Xue's arm, and walked towards the tea room.