Side Story: A Banquet Tour of a Female Painter and a Cake Chef

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Long Island in midsummer is the busiest time of the year.

An hour's drive away, under the high-rise buildings in Manhattan, New York, there are still a lot of dark corners, crowded people, and sultry air.

Long Island, which is surrounded by the sea on three sides, has a high sky and wide sea, and all kinds of mansions, trees and beaches are filled with people laughing and talking.

They are not artists, they are employees of technology companies, or they are billionaires at all levels, fully embodying the American dream of "no money, you are paralyzed".

The petite and plump Elena took Luke's arm and strolled in a luxurious manor house.

At this moment, she is not wearing the loose clothes that are suitable for casual painting on weekdays, but is wearing a close-fitting royal blue dress.

Under the reflection of the setting sun, the snow-white skin lined with sapphire blue cloth exudes a texture like warm marble.

Luke sent away the twelfth unfamiliar man who came up to chat with his girlfriend, and he kept mocking his gender: "Look, this is the inferiority of men."

The corners of Elena's mouth couldn't help but lift up, looking very happy.

It's not because she attracts the attention of many men, she just enjoys the feeling that someone is holding her back.

For a long time, the two seldom attended such large-scale parties, and most of the time they just wandered together in cities, villages, mountains and forests, and rivers, quietly experiencing those beautiful scenery that could be painted.

And I came to this banquet tonight for more than one reason.

One of them was Lindsay Soderbergh, the eldest lady of the Soderbergh family, who sent Irina an invitation.

The eldest lady has been in New York State politics for several years now, and will no longer personally act as an agent for "up-and-coming" painters.

But she has made huge profits from the successful packaging and marketing of Monroe Peterson (a neurotic painter) before. This ready-made and safe way to make money is naturally unreasonable to give up.

Moreover, as a politician who is not very likable, it is also good to put on a little artistic tiger skin to improve one's own style and add a little more appearance.

Therefore, Miss Lindsay's contacts in the New York art circle were taken over by a gallery controlled by an offshore company, and the gallery's equity has nothing to do with her.

By using various charities or trust funds, the gallery's income can be used to pay for certain expenses she needs to pay.

Again, these expenses have nothing to do with her legally, thereby avoiding a lot of political risk.

The second reason was the woman who was following Lindsay.

This guy was chatting with Lindsay, and from time to time he was "looking" around.

When she was more than ten meters away, she discovered the two of Elena, and ran over with a face full of surprise, even Lindsay forgot.

"Elaine, didn't you say you were waiting for me at the beach?" The woman had the pitiful expression of an abandoned child on her face.

Elena smiled helplessly, feeling a little bit like she was facing her daughter: "Mary (a nickname for Margaret), this is the seaside."

Margaret (the female doctor Harley's sister) turned her head around and looked around ignorantly: "Ah, is this the seaside? I always thought it was over there." She still pointed her finger at the direction she came from.

Elena patted her forehead funny: "This is the north of Long Island, how can you find the sea in the south!"

Margaret was stunned and rubbed her forehead: "Oh, you're right, why didn't I think of it."

That's because you naturally lack a sense of direction! Luke, who was watching from the side, silently complained about this naturally dumb Bai Fumei.

Well, well, this is his sister-in-law, barely.

It's just that the concern from a brother-in-law like joker will only make this silly white sweet tremble with fright, shrink behind her sister Harley, and peep at him with the action of looking at the great devil of terror - the kind of hurry up when you look at him Move away, and then look again, as if never looking at anyone anyway.

Fortunately, this experience is only once,

After that, Harley never mentioned asking joker to visit her sister again.

Irina and Margaret have a good relationship.

They transferred to Paland College in New Jersey at about the same time as art students. They were very similar in terms of money, no ambition, simplicity, and love of art, and there was no innate conflict.

Elena is a little more gentle, and Margaret is childish and complementary in character.

After more than ten years, the two have become hardcore best friends.

When Harry was hanging out, there was Elena on the list of people Margaret could trust—only people on this list could Margaret be alone with each other.

Because of this, Elena's life has been very fulfilling.

On average, Luke will come one or two days a week, and then Margaret will be divided into two or three days, and she will only spend about half of her time alone.

Occasionally, Elena would go camping with Luke, or go to the studio and photography studio with Margaret to complete various new ideas. The life was peaceful and interesting.

In fact, most ordinary Americans are extremely deprived of entertainment.

The so-called party creatures, vacation camping, and so on, are more of an attempt to make up for the dullness most of the time.

This is a country that claims to be free, and there are so-called personal privacy. Good friends can talk about everything, but only if the friend is willing.

Just think that when Americans become adults, parents generally only need to visit during the holidays.

Parents can't control their children's personal freedom, so why should friends ask for it?

Why are the boys' fraternities and girls' sororities in schools so sought after? Many new students would rather go through all kinds of bizarre "entry tests" and join them.

It is because after joining, the activities of this group have a bit of mandatory participation, which is more reliable than the so-called relationship between buddies and girlfriends.

Of course, it's easy to have fun together as a group -- at least to have fun with each other.

This is one of the reasons why the nerds and geeks in American schools always want to infiltrate these small groups.

In contrast, rich people are much better off.

People who are greedy for their money will take the initiative to post it, and if they can pay for someone to play with, that's not a problem.

In a sense, tonight's party is a grown-up version of a "play for money" party.

At most, drinks have been replaced from cheap beer drinks to higher-end wine, whisky and champagne, supermarket wholesale food has become the work of a team of chefs, and the topic of discussion has changed from chasing stars to playing stars.

Luke fluttered in a state of mind, Miss Lindsay had already walked over with a smile, and came up to him and hugged him intimately: "Luke, it's been a long time since I saw you, it looks like you're having a good time?"

Luke casually returned the original words: "Lindsay, you're even more charming."

"Let's leave this to your Elena." Lindsay hehe, he didn't take his words seriously at all.

joke! Someone who is a straight man of steel has not even responded to her private invitation once, so charming has nothing to do with him.

(Note: The "end" of the extra title is just the "end" of a small plot. Do you want to scatter flowers like crazy! Do you still want to watch the cars!

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