Paintings of Terror

Without further ado, everyone decided to temporarily divide into 4 groups, with the hospital as the center, looking for signatures in four directions of the city, southeast, northwest.

Qin Ci first smiled and said: "I'll be in a group with my old partner Dongzi, I hope we can have a good harvest this trip."

Although Wei Dong didn't understand why Qin Ci chose him directly, he still came to Qin Ci's side with a smile: "Brother Qin had the operation for more than 4 hours, I'm really afraid that you won't be able to bear it."

Qin Ci said: "Then let's go to the south. If you are tired, just sit in the Reading Time Cafe. There are many newspapers and magazines in it. Let's flip through the newspapers and read the news, maybe we can also get valuable information. .”

Ke Xun then said: "Then Yiran and I will go east. We planned to go to the animal trading market over there yesterday. We might find something new."

Zhao Yanbao looked at Su Benxin, the only female present besides himself, and was about to invite Boss Su to join him, when Su Benxin turned his head and looked at Luo Wei: "If you don't speak, everyone will forget about you~ How about this, how about we go in a group of two?"

Luo Wei nodded: "Haowen and Xiao Zhao can continue to go to the university town to the west, then let's go to the north of the city."

Su Benxin readily agreed, and before he was about to set off, he asked Qin Ci: "How is the situation at Xiao Qinxian's side? Do we need to go and have a look?"

"She needs to rest now, and she is already asleep." Qin Ci said, "I believe we will find autographs now, and she will not blame us for being rude."

"Well, the most important thing is to find an autograph." Su Benxin smiled.

Then, the members of the four groups went out in their own direction after leaving the gate of the hospital.

Wei Dong and Qin Ci walked south all the way, and after going out for about two stops, Wei Dong couldn't help asking: "Old Qin, are you holding back something?"

Qin Ci smiled faintly, pointed to a nearby shop and said, "Here we are, Reading Time Cafe."

As Qin Ci spoke, he pulled Weidong into the cafe.

"Let's just be lazy like this..." Wei Dong hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly saw two familiar figures sitting in an inconspicuous corner, they were Ke Xun and Mu Yiran.

"Fuck, when did the three of you make an appointment behind my back?" Wei Dong and Qin Ci came to Ke Xun's side, and even put down the isolation curtain so that people outside would not be able to notice Several people exist.

Qin Ci sat down and cut straight to the point: "Let's talk about the business first, and we'll inform Haowen and Luo Wei later."

After hearing this, Wei Dong couldn't help but become serious.

"Let's talk about Yu Ji first." Although Qin Ci is a little tired, his eyes are full of energy. This kind of eyes is completely different from the calmness and comfort of the previous few days, as if he has just recovered what he should have in the painting at this moment wake up.

Listening to Qin Ci's narration, the other three felt that Yu Ji's story was not that simple.

"...The above is all that Yu Ji told me last night." Qin Ci finished his long narration and took a sip of coffee.

"You are very detailed and helpful for analysis," Mu Yiran couldn't help giving Qin Ci a big affirmation, "If you guessed right, Yu Beiguo should be a very important person to Yu Ji."

"Fuck, Yu Beiguo?" Wei Dong made a strange expression, "Northern Beiguo, why does it sound so familiar to you?"

Ke Xun couldn't help but slapped Wei Dong on the forehead and snapped his fingers: "He is the artist of our painting, and the signature we are looking for is his."

"Damn it...that word reads fish?" Wei Dong scratched his head embarrassingly, "I always thought it was a loss..."

"...There is a word for rain on it, so of course it means fish."

"Then there's a bad character at the bottom..."

Ke Xun took a sip of ice water and began to explain his point of view: "I think, this Yu Ji's expression about his lover is very vague. As for this lover, we only know that he studied art abroad and then returned to China. He committed suicide because of love, and he didn't know anything else. Yu Ji's description of him was not as good as that of the two, or even Su Benxin.

"And from his description, I don't think he hates that duo very much, and even has a bit of love-hate relationship with that person."

Qin Ci nodded thoughtfully, and he can still recall Yu Ji's slightly confused smile when he talked about the two-time relationship last night-"I've seen that person before, he has curly hair, looks like He's quite handsome...he's very talented in art, and he's born with a bad vibe when he smiles, which is quite attractive."

Ke Xun continued: "Yu Ji's tone seems to have given all the hatred to Su Benxin. It stands to reason that Su Benxin has no direct relationship with Yu Ji in this complex relationship between the four of them. If you want to hate, Yu Ji He should hate the two who stole his lover even more.

"Even, the purpose of Yu Ji's visit to the Benxin Art Museum this time is to see what Su Benxin looks like. If there is no direct personal grievance, I think he is unnecessary."

Mu Yiran nodded slightly: "Yu Ji himself studied oil painting abroad, and from his description, his lover also studied art abroad, and he mentioned that the two also have extremely high artistic talent, we You might as well infer boldly that his so-called lover and that so-called double are actually the same person, and that person is Yu Beiguo.

"It's just that, because this painting has strict confidentiality measures for this name, Yu Ji forgot his lover's name. It wasn't until he died that he suddenly remembered it."

When Ke Xun heard this, he felt very uncomfortable. This is probably the cruelest part of this painting. It can make you ignore and forget the most important person in you, with an easy and dismissive gesture.

Qin Ci nodded slightly, it seemed that he also agreed with Mu Yiran's statement.

Only Wei Dong still couldn't figure it out: "Then he can just say it directly. Even if the name Yu Beiguo was blocked at that time, he just needs to say that he has a lover. Why divide a person into two?" Personally!"

"He's not pretending to be mysterious," Mu Yiran said, "He just subconsciously doesn't want his lover to get too close to Su Benxin, although in fact his lover was indeed taken away by this woman, Su Benxin, but he doesn't want it psychologically. Accept—that's why I fabricated a so-called two-pronged relationship, as if the existence of this person invisibly separated Yu Beiguo and Su Benxin."

"Isn't this self-deception..." Wei Dong didn't say anything anymore, he already understood in his heart how much this matter would hurt Yu Ji.

"When I was in the hospital just now, Hao Wen'er told me something." Ke Xun remembered something, "According to Zhao Yanbao's observation, Yu Ji seems to be a patient with moderate to mild depression."

"How did she tell?"

"Probably professionals have their own way of seeing."

Qin Ci said: "I remember that Yu Beiguo also committed suicide because of depression. Could it be that the lovers Yu Ji and Yu Beiguo both have depression?"

"Depression can't be found now, but the picture-frame beast in Yu Ji's body, I think it's a strong obsession." Mu Yiran said.

Qin Ci couldn't help emphasizing his tone: "About that beast, I didn't finish talking just now. Strictly speaking, it's not that there are no patterns in that frame."

"What?!" Ke Xun and Wei Dong asked in unison.

"The very center of that picture frame is Yu Ji's heart."

Everyone stopped talking and listened to Qin Ci's words quietly.

"The heart is actually not what it used to be. On the surface, it is covered by some tubular beasts. Those things are connected to the frame. If I remember correctly, the painting in Yu Ji's body is exactly what we saw when we first saw it. I saw the work of Yu Beiguo——"The Scarlet Beast."

Because the content was too weird, the three of them didn't know how to answer the conversation for a while.

Wei Dong calmed himself down for a long time, and kept gasping: "Damn... that... is there a signature in that frame?"

Ke Xun couldn't help admiring Wei Dong's pragmatism. At this time, he could think of signing for the first time.

Qin Ci shook his head and sighed: "The reason why I have had such a long 'surgery' is to look for a signature, but unfortunately there is none - there is only one painting, a three-dimensional painting with Yu Ji's heart as a specimen. "

Mu Yiran: "Yu Ji actually wanted to add his signature, but he couldn't finish it in the end. He only wrote the initials of his surname, which was on the wall before his death."

Although the topic is very heavy, everyone has no time to express their feelings now, so they can only grit their teeth and go on pragmatically.

Ke Xun said: "If according to the previous speculation, then Yu Ji's story should be like this. Yu Ji and Yu Beiguo were lovers when they were studying painting together abroad. When Yu Beiguo returned to his hometown, he empathized and fell in love Su Benxin. "The Scarlet Beast" was painted by Yu Beiguo before his death. Maybe Yu Ji had seen this painting before, or maybe it was the first time he saw it at the art exhibition that day, but that painting is very important to him. It is of great significance to him, and it can even be said that it hits the soul directly, so that an unshakable knot is formed in his heart."

"But why did they lie? The night we first came, both of them said they didn't know Yu Beiguo well." Wei Dong questioned.

Ke Xun: "This is also what I doubt. Even if it is the power of shielding that makes them forget their lover's name, they will not forget the whole thing. So, since Yu Ji can remember this thing so clearly, I think Su Benxin It is also impossible to forget so easily. Even after we revealed the signature, Su Benxin should have recalled more things."

Su Benxin, like Xiao Qinxian, has become a mystery.

"I'm ashamed to say that, the reason why I called everyone out alone was to guard against Su Benxin, because I couldn't figure out what she was doing." Qin Ci said.

Mu Yiran nodded: "It's impossible for Su Benxin to forget this matter. When she recited the contents of the title page of the book "The Scarlet Beast" verbatim, I guessed that she had something to do with the whole thing. origin."