Zhu Dequn Suddenly Arrives in Hangzhou

On the morning of October 1st, I received a phone call from the school, informing me that my old classmate Zhu Dequn, who was holding an art exhibition at the Shanghai Museum, had specially traveled to Hangzhou to visit our alma mater. Therefore, the school invited all the old classmates to tour the lakes and mountains on the 1st and hold a banquet in the evening to welcome him, asking me to attend as scheduled. However, I had already arranged to host a dinner for Li Chensheng and Zhang Suojia that evening, so I could not attend. Zhu Dequn was disappointed that he didn’t get to see me. Later that night, he invited me again, saying that he would tour West Lake in the morning and return to Shanghai in the afternoon, hoping to meet me as soon as possible. Since I had to set up my own art exhibition at the gallery on the 2nd, we agreed to meet at the school gate at 8:30 am on the 2nd.