Rebirth of the Painted Soul

"Since he dared to call you, he must be [-]% sure. Since I agreed back then, no matter what, when the date comes, I will fulfill the bet. You ask him out another day, and we can talk about it Talk." Gao Shi leaned on the chair and stared at the coffee cup on the table, "Now, I'll go back and get ready first, and I'll be leaving first." After finishing speaking, Gao Shi even forgot to call Liang Hanqing, and just left .

Liang Hanqing opened his mouth, watching the wind chimes on the door swaying and swaying. What he wanted to say was that he hadn't kept up yet. Unfortunately, Gao Shi had disappeared.

Yang Kai took the opportunity to order another cup of coffee, added sugar and slowly stirred it with a small iron spoon, looked up at Liang Hanqing, and said, "Don't worry, I will send you back later. He is a man , don't look at him now so calm and breezy, in fact, there is already a rippling in his heart, another day I have to catch up with that kid, I haven't seen him for so many years, I really don't know if he has a girlfriend?"

Liang Hanqing: "..." How should he answer...

"You have learned to draw for many years, right?" Yang Kai asked slowly, sipping hot coffee, staring at the street outside the window.

Liang Hanqing was also looking out of the window with her chin resting on her cheek, and replied casually: "Well, it must have been quite a few years." After all, he has lived two lifetimes.

"Judging from the accent, you don't look like a local. Gao Shi seems to say that you transferred from another school. Where were you?" Yang Kai slowly turned around and asked.

Liang Hanqing returned: "Province C, I used to be in Province C."

Yang Kai said: "Oh, a friend of mine lives in province C, where did you learn painting?"

Liang Hanqing replied: "Well...not famous, a small studio, only three studios, 3 or 4 teachers."

Yang Kai: "Oh..."

The two talked for a while, Yang Kai looked at his watch and saw that the time was almost up, so he sent Liang Hanqing back to school.

After returning to school, Liang Hanqing went to the dormitory to wash and hang the clothes, and then went to the studio.

After opening the door of the studio, the choking smell of cigarettes came across the room.

Liang Hanqing was choked badly, he didn't know how to smoke in his previous life, and he was often choked and coughed non-stop when others were smoking.

"Ahem, teacher, what are you doing? You don't even open the window for smoking." Liang Hanqing looked at Gao Shi who was sitting by the window, and complained while opening the window.

Gao Shi didn't respond.The whole person is like the pile of plaster on the ground, cold, stiff,

Moving a stool, Liang Hanqing sat down beside Gao Shi, staring at him who was in a daze.

Gao Shi's eyes were empty, and his slender fingers were holding the cigarette that was about to burn out, and he didn't look like he was about to throw it away.

Seeing that his fingers were about to be burned, Liang Hanqing boldly snatched the cigarette away, stubbed it out, and threw it into the trash can.When he came back, Gao Shi was still holding the cigarette with both hands, motionless.

"..." There is such a teacher at the stall, what are you talking about.The helpless Liang Hanqing shook her head and sighed, staring at the desolate Qiujing outside the window in a daze.

After a long time, the sun was a bit westward. In the quiet and peaceful studio, Gao Shi's deep voice sounded, and he said: "Back then, I was a very proud person."

Liang Hanqing, who was sitting on the side, was taken aback by Gao Shi who spoke suddenly, and turned her head to look at Gao Shi.

Gao Shi was still in that posture, except that his eyes had recovered, and he didn't even let go of the two fingers he held up.

"I was the most famous person at the time because of my pride," he continued.

Liang Hanqing stepped on the leg of the stool, and had no intention of speaking at all. After all, for a person who needs to talk, all you need is to listen silently.

"Ji'an Academy of Art was the leading art academy in China at that time, and all the students in it were the most gifted talents. At that time, I didn't know what it means to be restrained. Praise, praise from the society, countless honors, plus the defeat of challengers one by one, made me lose my heart." Gao Shi clenched his fists and moved his fingers a few times, and continued: "The later me, yes No one would care about it until that happened." After speaking, he laughed at himself, turned his head to look at Liang Hanqing, shook his head, and seemed to be asking why he said such words to a half-old child Woolen cloth.

Liang Hanqing looked at Gao Shi who looked like this, stared into Gao Shi's eyes, and said slowly, "Mr. Gao, there are some things that I hold in my heart. I really feel uncomfortable. I know that."

Gao Shi looked at Liang Hanqing's firm eyes full of understanding. At that moment, he was even a little dazed. At that moment, his student might not be a half-grown boy, but a weather-beaten peer. Behind the plainness, There are many extraordinary stories.

Gao Shi lowered his head, remained silent for a while, and then said: "Those praises and compliments have lifted me up to the sky, my brain has been deceived, and I actually accepted such a suggestion... When the painting was drawn, I was very excited. I loved it, because at the time I firmly believed that this was the most valuable painting I had ever drawn. I even thought it would go down in the annals of history forever. After that painting was exhibited, I was attracted by Mr. Pan, Well, Teacher Pan was a teacher who had a good relationship with me at the time, and was sent away by him. I didn't know until I got the news that my so-called greatest painting actually involved state secrets and was wanted. How ridiculous."

"Later, I was in exile in the country. Those days are unbearable to look back on. Until now, I can't even believe that I lived in a garbage dump for more than a month. I was so decadent that I left all my pride behind, just for one Dinner." Gao Shi turned around, leaned on the window sill and stared at the lamp on his head, and continued: "A year later, I was rescued, and I went to several cities incognito, and finally became a professional in this school. Teacher." Gao Shi closed his eyes, as if recalling the scene carefully, "I still remember that after I was rescued, I stayed in the bathtub for 5 hours, just to wash off the strange smell on my body."

Liang Hanqing also imitated Gao Shi, turned around, leaned against the window sill, looked at the lamp, and said, "That must have been framed." This is a declarative sentence.

Gao Shi heard this, smiled slightly, and said: "The charge has been convicted, he doesn't care if you were framed or not."

"You heard it today too, that Zhang, uh, Zhang..." Gao Shi frowned and thought about the name.

"...Zhang Wei." Liang Hanqing reminded.

"Well, that Zhang Wei was also a great student in Ji'an back then, but he was defeated by me one after another, and he made a five-year bet with me." Gao Shi fell silent again after finishing speaking.

"Then teacher, you must be sure of defeating him, after all, you have defeated him so many times in those years." Liang Hanqing said leisurely, shaking her cocked calf.

"..." To Liang Hanqing's surprise, Gao Shi fell silent.

"Do you know why I didn't make a model painting for you?" Gao Shi hesitated for a while, but still said.

"Why?" Liang Hanqing asked.

Gao Shi rubbed his hair and said, "Because I can't draw anymore."