笑天在这位夫人的安慰下，终于缓了过来，他向她讲起了自己对于这阎立本的《历代帝王图》的理解——说真的，对于笑天来说，要用英文讲解这样一幅作品，真的很有难度，但他尽量尝试着最佳表现：“ThisisaChinesework，YanLibens”MapoftheEmperorsoftheAges“。ThisiswhatIlearnedwhenIwasstudyinghistoryinChina：considerinheimageofthethirteenemperorsfromtheWesternHanDynastytotheSuiDynasty，thepaintertriedtodepictthedifferentfacialexpressionsoftheemperors。Intheauthorswriting，itrevealstheirdifferentinnerworldandpersonalitycharacteristics。Lookhere，thosewhoopenedthedynastytobuildtheking，intheartistspenembodied”lookingatGrace“and”WeiLiyiFan“；Andthosewhoarestupidorthekingofthecountryareinastateofpettycorruption。Fortheworksofpraiseanddemotion，healsoexpressedverygood，whichisrichinthecharacterandspiritualtemperamentofeachemperor…ThereasonwhyIamtearfulisbecauseImissthecountry，Imisshome，andIaminaforeigncountry。Itisnoteasy。”笑天说着，拭去了额头深处的细密的汗珠，他眼里含着泪花，却面带笑容。而这一位夫人此刻也是泪流满面，她为中国的匠心之作而感慨：
“IamanarchaeologistandIcannotgoabroadforvariousreasons，butIamcuriousabouteverypieceofChineseworkinthis，butIdonotunderstandtheirhistory。ThemoreIdontknow，themoreIwanttoknow。Thispaintinghasbeenformorethan10years。EverytimeIlookatit，Ifeelverymagical，butIjustdontunderstandit。Formorethanadecade，Ihavenevermetapersonwhoreallyknowsthispainting。Thankyou！IfyouneedhelpintheUnitedStates，givemeacall。Idlovetomakeyouafriend！”笑天为自己遇到这样一位热爱中国文化的女性朋友而开心。
拜别了她，笑天这才想到同行的苏菲——这里面是如此的寂静，大家都在用心去品味每一幅作品，肯定不能用手机去联系。笑天只好自己去找她了——他走了将近二三十个展区，终于在“中国绘画展”区域看到了