Chapter 5
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Squeezing through the other tourists and Parisians they finally made it to the fence separating them from the Mona Lisa.
"So this is the Mona Lisa," said Jie Fang in wonder. "It is the same as in the pictures but why is it so small?"
"They say good things come in small boxes," said Zhi You. "It isn't famous for its size, it is famous because of the quality of the work" She leaned in and looked closely at the painting with her small waist bent over the railing. "Leonardo da Vinci himself was a brilliant artist, but part of the credit must also go to the woman in the painting herself. As it is the mysterious smile that makes the Mona Lisa so unique and sought after."
Admiring the beauty in front of him, Julian's lips rose upwards in a slight curve. "Also who wouldn't want a painting that is worth over 800 million USD?" His hand casually reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "Do you want a photo like the rest of the people here or are you just here to look?" seeing them immediately turn around when he said photo and fix their hair made him laugh. "What are you doing?" he asked while looking at Zhi Rou. "Are you trying to make everyone here feel inferior? You should be messing up your hair instead of fixing it to make us feel better. Although I doubt that would help."
Blushing Zhi Rou stopped fixing her hair and instead hugged Jie Feng with a big smile, showing her pearly white teeth. "Okay, We are ready can you please take the picture," said Zhi Rou when they were in place.
Using the excuse of taking a picture, Julian unabashedly stared at her picture on the phones screen. "One more okay? This time make a silly face," suggested Julian while focusing the camera. "I think that's good, personally I think the third and fifth photos look the best. What is your phone number so I can send them to you?"
"Here I'll fill it in for you," said Zhi Rou as she grabbed his phone. "There, I already put in the international area code in case you want to call me later when I am back in China."
Smiling at his success in procuring her number Julian quickly sent her the picture that he took. 'I am so smart' thought Julian. 'Now I don't have to take a picture of her in private, all I have to do is crop that other girl out of the photo and it will be a perfect wallpaper.' "Now that we have seen the Mona Lisa do you want to go and get some macarons to eat?" Asked Julian as he put away his phone.
"Sure, do they taste good though? I have never eaten one before," said Zhi Rou while looking excited to try a new snack. Jie Fang beside her also looked expectant, although she could not speak that English she did understand some words and knew they were talking about food.
'Hmm, it seems that my future wife is a foodie,' thought Julian. 'It looks like I need to take some more cooking classes as soon as I get home, and get enrolled in a art school. That way I can conquer both her stomach and her mind. It seems that my little wife also likes my muscles, maybe I should work harder on that too?' Not realizing that he was slowly walking on to the path of becoming a uxorious husband Julian tried hard to think what types of candies Zhi Rou would like best. "It depends, you can get the ones with a jelly-like filling, which I personally am not a fan of. Or you can get the ones with the proper filling which are amazing," said Julian as he led them away from the Mona Lisa to the restaurant.
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Squeezing through the other tourists and Parisians they finally made it to the fence separating them from the Mona Lisa.
"So this is the Mona Lisa," said Jie Fang in wonder. "It is the same as in the pictures but why is it so small?"
"They say good things come in small boxes," said Zhi You. "It isn't famous for its size, it is famous because of the quality of the work" She leaned in and looked closely at the painting with her small waist bent over the railing. "Leonardo da Vinci himself was a brilliant artist, but part of the credit must also go to the woman in the painting herself. As it is the mysterious smile that makes the Mona Lisa so unique and sought after."
Admiring the beauty in front of him, Julian's lips rose upwards in a slight curve. "Also who wouldn't want a painting that is worth over 800 million USD?" His hand casually reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "Do you want a photo like the rest of the people here or are you just here to look?" seeing them immediately turn around when he said photo and fix their hair made him laugh. "What are you doing?" he asked while looking at Zhi Rou. "Are you trying to make everyone here feel inferior? You should be messing up your hair instead of fixing it to make us feel better. Although I doubt that would help."
Blushing Zhi Rou stopped fixing her hair and instead hugged Jie Feng with a big smile, showing her pearly white teeth. "Okay, We are ready can you please take the picture," said Zhi Rou when they were in place.
Using the excuse of taking a picture, Julian unabashedly stared at her picture on the phones screen. "One more okay? This time make a silly face," suggested Julian while focusing the camera. "I think that's good, personally I think the third and fifth photos look the best. What is your phone number so I can send them to you?"
"Here I'll fill it in for you," said Zhi Rou as she grabbed his phone. "There, I already put in the international area code in case you want to call me later when I am back in China."
Smiling at his success in procuring her number Julian quickly sent her the picture that he took. 'I am so smart' thought Julian. 'Now I don't have to take a picture of her in private, all I have to do is crop that other girl out of the photo and it will be a perfect wallpaper.' "Now that we have seen the Mona Lisa do you want to go and get some macarons to eat?" Asked Julian as he put away his phone.
"Sure, do they taste good though? I have never eaten one before," said Zhi Rou while looking excited to try a new snack. Jie Fang beside her also looked expectant, although she could not speak that English she did understand some words and knew they were talking about food.
'Hmm, it seems that my future wife is a foodie,' thought Julian. 'It looks like I need to take some more cooking classes as soon as I get home, and get enrolled in a art school. That way I can conquer both her stomach and her mind. It seems that my little wife also likes my muscles, maybe I should work harder on that too?' Not realizing that he was slowly walking on to the path of becoming a uxorious husband Julian tried hard to think what types of candies Zhi Rou would like best. "It depends, you can get the ones with a jelly-like filling, which I personally am not a fan of. Or you can get the ones with the proper filling which are amazing," said Julian as he led them away from the Mona Lisa to the restaurant.
Squeezing through the other tourists and Parisians they finally made it to the fence separating them from the Mona Lisa."So this is the Mona Lisa," said Jie Fang in wonder. "It is the same as in the pictures but why is it so small?""They say good things come in small boxes," said Zhi You. "It isn't famous for its size, it is famous because of the quality of the work" She leaned in and looked closely at the painting with her small waist bent over the railing. "Leonardo da Vinci himself was a brilliant artist, but part of the credit must also go to the woman in the painting herself. As it is the mysterious smile that makes the Mona Lisa so unique and sought after."Admiring the beauty in front of him, Julian's lips rose upwards in a slight curve. "Also who wouldn't want a painting that is worth over 800 million USD?" His hand casually reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "Do you want a photo like the rest of the people here or are you just here to look?" seeing them immediately turn around when he said photo and fix their hair made him laugh. "What are you doing?" he asked while looking at Zhi Rou. "Are you trying to make everyone here feel inferior? You should be messing up your hair instead of fixing it to make us feel better. Although I doubt that would help."Blushing Zhi Rou stopped fixing her hair and instead hugged Jie Feng with a big smile, showing her pearly white teeth. "Okay, We are ready can you please take the picture," said Zhi Rou when they were in place.Using the excuse of taking a picture, Julian unabashedly stared at her picture on the phones screen. "One more okay? This time make a silly face," suggested Julian while focusing the camera. "I think that's good, personally I think the third and fifth photos look the best. What is your phone number so I can send them to you?""Here I'll fill it in for you," said Zhi Rou as she grabbed his phone. "There, I already put in the international area code in case you want to call me later when I am back in China."Smiling at his success in procuring her number Julian quickly sent her the picture that he took. 'I am so smart' thought Julian. 'Now I don't have to take a picture of her in private, all I have to do is crop that other girl out of the photo and it will be a perfect wallpaper.' "Now that we have seen the Mona Lisa do you want to go and get some macarons to eat?" Asked Julian as he put away his phone."Sure, do they taste good though? I have never eaten one before," said Zhi Rou while looking excited to try a new snack. Jie Fang beside her also looked expectant, although she could not speak that English she did understand some words and knew they were talking about food.'Hmm, it seems that my future wife is a foodie,' thought Julian. 'It looks like I need to take some more cooking classes as soon as I get home, and get enrolled in a art school. That way I can conquer both her stomach and her mind. It seems that my little wife also likes my muscles, maybe I should work harder on that too?' Not realizing that he was slowly walking on to the path of becoming a uxorious husband Julian tried hard to think what types of candies Zhi Rou would like best. "It depends, you can get the ones with a jelly-like filling, which I personally am not a fan of. Or you can get the ones with the proper filling which are amazing," said Julian as he led them away from the Mona Lisa to the restaurant.
