Su Sui woke up and found herself lying on the bed in the bedroom. She was stunned and touched her body. Her clothes were all neatly arranged, but how did Adarian put her on the bed with one arm without waking her up?

She just thought Adarian was too mysterious. Su Sui then realized that she didn't know anything about this foreigner who had lived in her house for more than half a year.

I only know that he is from Southeast Asia... But has he not had a fixed place to live in China for so long? And he has no intention of returning to Southeast Asia at all...

Su Sui swallowed her saliva, and suddenly she felt like a fugitive murderer who was wandering in a foreign country under an assumed name and was finally picked up and brought home by a heartless person like her...

"You're not going to school yet?"

Adarian's cold voice came from the door. Su Sui was startled and suddenly felt a sense of fear. Adarian narrowed his eyes slightly and sensitively noticed Su Sui's abnormality.

He sighed and softened his voice: "Next time I'll knock on the door before I enter your room."

When Adarian saw Su Sui curled up like a hamster again, he hesitated for a moment and then gently moved closer and stretched out his hand.

Su Sui shrank slightly and closed her eyes, but she felt a gentle and tentative touch.

"Are you feeling unwell? Or did my sudden appearance scare you?"

Adarian gently squatted down to barely keep the same height as Su Suisui, and looked at her with a little concern in his brown eyes, and said carefully: "If you are not feeling well, can you ask the counselor for leave and rest at home today?"

"Adarian..."

"Ok?"

Su Sui reluctantly raised her face and pursed her lips and whispered, "There are so many things about you that I don't know..."

"What do you want to know?"

Adarian's voice was calm and gentle, which made Su Suisui feel a little embarrassed.

"I... I want to know why you came to China. You said you have been in China for a long time, so why don't you have a place to live..."

Su Sui's voice became smaller and smaller: "Also... why aren't you in a hurry to return to Southeast Asia..."

Adarian was silent for a moment and suddenly laughed. He looked at Su Sui with a dangerous look in his eyes: "So the little hamster is afraid of dangerous people like me whose identities and purposes are unknown?"

Su Sui was obviously frightened by his powerful aura. She shrank back slightly but did not say anything.

"Now is not the time to tell you this. I am not telling you only because I don't want to implicate you."

Adarian sighed and looked at Su Suisui: "If I had other thoughts about you, would you still be able to eat and drink by my side for so long?"

"The little hamster's brain is a little dull, but I don't mind."

Su Sui also came to her senses and suddenly felt that she was a bit stupid. Apart from being a little fierce, there was really no other problem with Adarian. The key point was that his handsome and cruel face did not make him look like a bad guy!

"that…"

Su Sui then pulled the corner of her mouth a little embarrassedly: "I should go to class... I'm really going to be late..."

"Well, I've squeezed toothpaste on your toothbrush and poured water for washing your face. But it may be a little cold now. Little hamster, test the temperature and add some hot water later."

Adarian rubbed her head and then stood up: "Next time I enter your room, I will knock on the door. The little hamster does not need to be afraid of me."

"it is good…"

Su Suisui didn't dare to dawdle any longer. The school and the apartment were some distance apart, and she could reach the classroom on time by riding her bike.

Fortunately, she had no classes in the afternoon, which gave her plenty of time to stay in the studio. She painted until around four in the afternoon and her waist ached.

Su Sui stood up and twisted his sore neck. Looking at the oil painting, he felt that he could not paint anymore and had lost his inspiration.

For some reason she felt that she was gradually straying from the subject as she was painting, but she didn't know how to change it.

After hesitating for a moment, she decided to go to the gallery. There were not many paintings on display there. Apart from a few oil paintings that the school had bought at a high price some time ago, the rest were painted by the school's professional teachers.

But it's enough to find inspiration.

Su Sui didn't have time to eat because it was too late and the gallery door would be locked in advance. She ran directly to the west gallery of the school with her bag. Fortunately, the incompetent security guard did not lock the door so early.

Su Suisui slipped in smoothly. There were really only a few paintings hanging in the slightly spacious gallery. The student exhibition area was completely empty, and there were only a few scattered paintings in the teacher exhibition area.

Su Sui was a little discouraged, but his main purpose was to see the famous paintings he had bought. Most of those paintings were from famous artists, and for art students, sometimes they would really get the idea just by looking at them.

The further you go in, the dimmer the lighting becomes. The exhibition area seems to be forcibly separated from the other two areas. The already deep and dark gallery now looks like an endless corridor in a Chinese horror movie. If you enter by mistake, you will get lost.

"Da da da…"

The only sound in the entire gallery was Su Sui's footsteps. Under the dim light, the famous paintings seemed even more mysterious and charming.

Su Sui looked at each one for a long time. She was really fascinated by the composition, character portrayal and color matching. She would look at a painting for more than ten minutes before moving on to the next one.

"Eh?"

A huge oil painting in the exhibition area instantly attracted Su Sui's attention. That painting was extremely special... It had the largest number of people...

It doesn't seem to be a simple painting of a certain person or a certain scene. So many people in different clothes standing together look like... a family portrait...

Su Sui frowned slightly and looked carefully at the strange family portrait. It didn't really look like a family portrait. The scene shown in the painting seemed to be a scene from the Republic of China period.

And it seems to be a family portrait of an extremely wealthy and powerful family...

but…

Who would include all the servants like maid, housekeeper, cook, gardener in their family portrait?

This...is the purpose to show the strength of one's family?

Su Suisui always felt that this painting was extremely strange. It didn't look like a family portrait... The expressions on everyone's face were very special. They didn't look like they were smiling happily. Instead, they all looked worried and sad.

What’s even more bizarre is that the manor behind the painting looks like it’s been ravaged by a fire, and it’s gray and a little dilapidated.

If you look closely, you can see that the people in the painting also have obvious marks on their clothes, but some of their clothes look like they were cut by a sharp knife, while some have obvious bloodstains.

Only one person had traces of being burned by the fire on his body. Su Sui couldn't help but move closer to see the man's face clearly, but he felt dizzy.

The faces of the people in the "family portrait" were already distorted and difficult to recognize. Now they were even more hazy and hideous. The incandescent lights in the dark corridor began to flicker. After a while, the entire corridor returned to silence and there was no trace of anyone...

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