I heard you asked me to take a bath

When Bai Yan came to the coffee shop, it was 10 minutes earlier than the appointed time, so he walked to the seat by the window and sat down, while waiting for Tianming, while flipping through his Weibo.

In April 2011, he posted his first Weibo, recalling the days when he went to Kato’s studio as an apprentice in 4, he said, “When I saw him for the first time ten years ago, I felt like I saw an angel. "

Then with a person's back.

Bai Yan was stunned for a moment, zoomed in on the picture and looked carefully, and recognized the figure from the back as Luo He, wearing a white shirt standing in the middle of the courtyard of the old Japanese-style house, the sun shone down from above, as if a layer of halo had been cast on his body, It's really like an angel walking down from the altar.

The teacher at that time was like this...

Bai Yan moved her eyes, put her fingers on the photo, touched the thin back at that time, and suddenly felt a little jealous of Tian Ming, who could have met Luo He so early.

Scrolling up, and then in September 2011, that was the day when Luohe won the first comic award in China, Tianming posted a Weibo: "As expected of the person I admire, he deserves his name!"

After that, there was no Weibo content about Luohe. Until last year, it was the so-called "apprenticeship door". He tweeted: "Mr. Luohe, I have admired you for a long time. I don't know if I have the honor to worship you." Are you a teacher?"

This microblog caused a lot of repercussions at the time. Luohe fans and Tianming fans were shocked, and the comments directly soared to more than 1000. Later, Luohe posted a response and politely refused, and the turmoil gradually subsided.

"Excuse me... is it Bai Xiaosong?" Suddenly a crisp male voice came from behind him. When Bai Yan turned his head, he saw a tall boy, about 20 years old, with healthy wheat-colored skin and thick hair. The hairspray has been done, very refreshing, very energetic, wearing an army green coat, bending over with his pockets in his hands, looking at the phone in his hand.

"Ah, hello!" Bai Yan quickly turned off the screen of the phone with guilt, but obviously the other party had seen what he was looking at.

Tianming walked to the sofa opposite him and sat down: "Xiamen's brt is very crowded, it took a while to line up, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"……fine."

"On the way here by car, I also checked your Weibo."

"Eh?"

"You started to pay attention to Luohe from the year he won the award in Japan, right?" Tianming smiled, "Compared to other fans, you are indeed a hardcore fan, but compared to me, you are really It's been many years late."

Late, late, good, many, years...

These five words are really... a knife stabbed into Bai Yan's heart...

Bai Yan's heart: I'm so angry!

Tian Ming continued: "Then I won't go around in circles, and get straight to the point. I have worshiped Luo He since the year I was an apprentice. He is the only object of my life. You may not understand my feelings."

"I understand that the teacher is also the person I look forward to the most in my life."

"But how long have you known him?" Tianming asked back.

"I..." Bai Yan choked.

"Do you know what Mr. Luo He experienced when he was studying in Japan? At that time, it was always me who was watching him behind him."

Bai Yan's eyes darkened: "The one you posted on Weibo...was it the sketch that said cheering up, was it the teacher gave it to you at that time?"

"Yeah, at that time, I was the least talented apprentice under Mr. Katomon, and my paintings were torn up by Mr. Kato almost every time. He said that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't become a good manga artist... During that time , I think my life is probably like this, and I may really have to give up the road of painting, but one night I met Mr. Luo He in the studio, and he told me that anyone's life will not be so easy It was destroyed, and then he tore off his manuscript paper, wrote the words “Come on” and gave it to me.”

Bai Yan had mixed feelings in his heart. It turned out that they had so many memories.Remembering that Tianming had said in a private message that Luo He had promised to accept him as an apprentice, he asked, "At that time did the teacher agree to accept you as an apprentice?"

"Yes, he promised, but he must not remember this kind of casual promise. You may not know that although Teacher Luo He is not liked by Mr. Kato, he is the idol of the apprentices in the entire studio. We Everyone thinks that he is a painting genius, he is like a high star, and we are all small admirers."

Tianming's memory went back to that night, he was holding Luohe's drawing, his heart was full of warmth, he said excitedly: "One day in the future, if I become famous, I will definitely repay you."

Luo He just lazily held the paintbrush, leaned on the back of the chair, and waved his hands: "No need, I just don't want to see someone's dream wiped out, and I didn't do anything."

Tianming held the sketch in his hand, and the word "Come on" on it seemed to be shining, "I...I will learn from you. If I meet again in the future, I can...can I be your apprentice?"

When he said this, his whole heart was trembling.

Luo He smiled, he was a little distracted by that smile.

"How did the teacher answer?" Bai Yan's voice brought Tianming back to reality. He changed his posture and said, "Teacher Luo He, he has always been a gentle person, so of course he agreed."

"Have you promised..."

Bai Yan lowered her eyes - it turns out that the teacher made an agreement with someone else from the beginning... Then what am I?

"So..." Tian Ming suddenly approached him, looking straight into his eyes seriously: "Can you give me Teacher Luo He?"

"Eh?" Bai Yan was surprised.

"I knew him earlier than you, I have admired him longer than you, and I am more qualified to be his apprentice than you." Tianming repeated word by word, "Can you, Teacher Luohe, give it to me?"

"..." Bai Yan's heart thumped, and Tian Ming's words hovered in his ears with great force, like some kind of magic spell, causing all his fighting spirit to dissipate in an instant.

"You should know that my works are now bestsellers in bookstores, and they can often be sold in the same showcase as Luo He's works. The same is true in the rankings of the website. I can appear on the same list as him Up, but... what about you?"

But... what about you?

Tianming bit the last four words very slowly.

Bai Yan was taken aback for a moment - what about me?

Is a little transparent like me really qualified to be Luo He's apprentice?

"Speaking of which, I went to take a look at your work recently. I can't help it. I put Luohe in my special attention, and he has been promoting you. But, how popular is your so-called work? The website ranks No. [-] How many? It's really worrying, if there is no Luohe to help you promote, how many people will know you? Everything you have now is brought to you by Luohe, just because you are his apprentice. "

Having said that, Tianming paused for a moment, then looked up at him: "Ask yourself, do you deserve this?"

Bai Yan couldn't say a word that he said.

Tianming smiled and said: "So, give me the teacher, no matter how long you have known him or how much you like him, you will lose me a lot."

Bai Yan was stunned, and repeated in her heart: I lost... a lot of... huh...

Tianming looked at his watch and said, "I'm sorry, I still have a book signing meeting in the afternoon. If you can't answer me for a while, you can send me a private message in the afternoon."

He stood up, and when he was about to leave, Bai Yan suddenly stopped him.

"Don't wait for the afternoon, I can answer you now."

Next to them, at the table closest to them, a man was reading a newspaper with his legs crossed. The newspaper was held so high that his face could not be seen clearly, but his slender legs could be seen.

Tianming stopped laughing, looking confident, as if he already knew the answer: "Please tell me."

"I..." Bai Yan's hands clenched into fists and tightened tightly, "I don't want to give up the teacher to you."

"..."

Eh?

Tian Ming's expression froze—what's the situation...why is it different from what he imagined?

The man reading the newspaper raised his eyebrows—oh, unexpected.

Bai Yan took a deep breath and said: "No matter how long you have known the teacher, and no matter how much you admire the teacher, but no matter what, I have reasons why I cannot give you the teacher."

It took Tian Ming a long time to reflect, looking at the other party's firm face, he couldn't believe it: "What did you say?"

"Who is more qualified to be an apprentice does not depend on who comes first, whoever gets to know the teacher first is qualified to be his apprentice. The apprentice is Teacher Luohe, and his decision is the most important. We are disrespectful to the teacher by arbitrarily deciding who to give this place to. The teacher told me that he only accepts me as an apprentice and will not have anyone else. I believe him. I am indeed inferior to you everywhere. Works You are not as popular, you don’t have as many fans as you, and it is very likely that you will smash the teacher’s signboard. If it was before, I might give up the teacher because of low self-esteem. But now, let me give up the teacher to you, I have already done it It's not here."

"why?"

"I have different feelings for the teacher... I have different feelings for the teacher." Bai Yan lowered his head, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "The teacher is very important to me. To the extent of giving him up to anyone."

After saying this, Bai Yan almost used up all his courage. He was glad that the teacher was not there, otherwise, he would never have been able to say such words.

The man who had been reading the newspaper all this time finally put down the newspaper slowly: "I'm really surprised, Xiaobai."