Rain alley

The next day, Zhong Mu came to have breakfast with dark circles under his eyes.

Zhou Yin asked: "Didn't sleep well?"

"Ah."

"what happened?"

"It's okay to think too much about things."

I wonder if you are interested in men, Mr. Zhou, and if you are interested in falling in love with me, but dare I say it?I can not.

Zhong Mu sighed deeply again.

Zhou Yin was puzzled, why Zhong Mu was usually smiling, but today he was preoccupied.

After dinner, Zhou Yin asked him: "Do you want to go to rest?"

"No, I'm going to go to the mountains to sketch."

"Ah."

Zhong Mu went back to his room, carried the drawing board on his back, packed his brushes and paints, and went out.

Xiqiao Town is built on the back of the green hills, green mountains and green waters, blue sky and white clouds, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, so suitable for living with the one you love!

Zhong Mu slapped himself on the head, what are you thinking, Mr. Zhou is also what you can imagine?

The mountain is not high, and most of the south of the Yangtze River is hilly. Zhong Mu climbed to the top for about half an hour. He found a clean place to sit down, took out his drawing board and set it up, and looked into the distance.

From the mountain, you can see the whole town, and the winding alleys are criss-cross, and you can roughly see where Jingyuan lives.

Living far away, the house I like, and the people I like live in it.Zhong Mu thought so.

He took out his brushes and paints and started to color.

Zhong Mu's new season's works focus on Chinese style. Chinese style is a difficult style to create. The Chinese culture is too deep, and Zhong Mu doesn't understand the essence. The things he draws always feel that there is something missing.This is also the reason why he came here. The ancient town that has accumulated history may tell him something.

He adjusted the colors and began to paint. With a light touch of the brush, a touch of green mountain appeared, and with another stroke, the shape of the mountain had already appeared. Zhong Mu wrote carefully, the colors overlapped in depth, and the distant mountains appeared to him like a daisy. in front of you.

Zhong Mu looked at his painting, the dark blue mountain, standing there peacefully, no matter how the world changes, it will always stand there majestic and motionless.

"Between pitching and pitching, it's a thing of the past."

Zhong Mu thought of the sentence in Zhou Yin's "Preface to the Collection of Lanting" written that day, everything is only a moment between heaven and earth, and it is fleeting, and if you ask for it too much, you will get nothing.

Zhong Mu seems to be more transparent, he himself is just a touch of color in the vast world, not to mention his works, hundreds of years later, thousands of years later, it is just a piece of paper, maybe no one will remember it at all, Then why bother?

Once he opened his mind, Zhong Mu couldn't stop, and devoted himself to the painting, treating everything around him as if it didn't exist.

The sun gradually came to the center, and then gradually slanted down. Zhong Mu drew one picture after another. It was not until he finished painting the sunset glow and the green hills under the reflection that he realized that the day had passed, and his stomach was rumbling non-stop.

He put away his things and turned on his phone. Zhou Yin made two calls and a few WeChat messages, asking him if he would go back for lunch at noon and when he would go back.

He was about to reply to the message when Zhou Yin called again. He just picked it up, and before he could speak, Zhou Yin asked him first.

"Where are you?"

"Mr. Zhou, I'm at the top of the mountain, I'll go back right away."

"Stand still."

"Ah? But I'm about to go down the mountain, Mr. Zhou? Why don't you speak, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhong Mu hung up the phone suspiciously, and just as he was about to go down, he saw Zhou Yin coming up, with a very bad expression on his face.

"Uh... Mr. Zhou, why are you here?"

Zhou Yin saw his innocent face, with some paint on his face, like a little tabby cat, and he was worried for a day before letting go: "It's getting dark, hurry down the mountain."

"Oh."

Zhong Mu followed behind Zhou Yin.

"Mr. Zhou, why did you come up the mountain?"

"You didn't go back for a day, and you didn't answer your phone calls. I don't feel relieved to take a look."

"I'm sorry, my phone will be silent when I'm drawing. I'm in a good state today. I forgot the time when I was drawing."

Well, it's fine. "

"Mr. Zhou, are you worried about me?"

Zhou Yin stopped and looked back at him: "What do you say, otherwise why would I come up here?"

"Oh, Mr. Zhou, you are so kind." Zhong Mu bowed his head and said.

But Mr. Zhou, don't be so nice, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself, I'm afraid you will hate me.

"Okay, let's go."

"Yeah." Zhong Mu sniffed, why is he so sentimental all of a sudden, if he likes someone, is he just worrying about gains and losses?

Back at Jingyuan Residence, Zhong Mu just sat in the main hall numbly, while Zhou Yin was busy in the kitchen.

When the food was served, Zhong Mu was not in high spirits, Zhou Yin asked, "What's the matter? Don't you like it?"

"No, I was just thinking about something."

"Think about it after eating."

The two of them ate quietly, only the crisp sound of chopsticks touching the dishes.

Zhong Mu bit his chopsticks, and asked as naturally as possible: "Mr. Zhou, have you ever been in love?"

"No." Zhou Yin was very calm.

"So, do you have someone you like?"

"No." Zhou Yin was still straightforward.

Zhong Mu lowered his eyes, thankful that he has no one he likes, but also sad that he doesn't like himself.

Sensing his unhappiness, Zhou Yin asked, "What's the matter? What happened?"

"It's nothing." Zhong Mu paused, and then said: "That's right, I like a person, but he doesn't seem to like me, so it's inevitable that I'm a little sad." After speaking, he looked up to observe Zhou Yin's reaction.

Zhou Yin still looked normal, and said: "I don't understand these things very well, but if you like someone, you can fight for it, if you can't fight for it, then let it go, don't make things difficult for yourself."

"If you can't win, I'm afraid you won't even be able to be friends, Mr. Zhou, I can't afford to bet." Zhong Mu smiled wryly.

Zhou Yin smiled, he really doesn't understand these things, he has been alone for 30 years, he lives very well by himself, love is dispensable, having it is the icing on the cake, without it, his life is still good, he doesn't No matter how much she insisted, she didn't think much about anyone.

"Mr. Zhou, have you never been tempted by anyone?"

"No."

"Then if Mr. Zhou has someone he loves, how will he treat him?"

"Give him all I have, love him, respect him."

Zhong Mu didn't speak any more, but said silently in his heart, Mr. Zhou, I want to be that person.

In the evening, Zhong Mu opened the "Genius Artist" group chat.

Zhong Mu: I'm done.

Ji Yan: What's wrong?

Shi Yan: Did you have an accident?Did you steal someone's crops?

Zhong Mu: No.

Zhong Mu didn't even quarrel with him, Shi Yan realized that something happened to Zhong Mu, and hurriedly asked: What's wrong?What happened?I'll pick you up?

Zhong Mu: No, I'm fine here.

Shi Yan: Then you fucking said something happened to you, so you are playing with me.

Zhong Mu: I fell in love with someone.

There was a moment of silence in the group, quiet.

Shi Yan chatted with Ji Yan in private, and laughed at Zhong Mu's bunch of jokes haha, Zhong Mu, this dead boy, has actually become enlightened, it's amazing, so hurry up and make an appointment for a get-together.

in the group.

Shi Yan: This is indeed a big deal. The girl in the village is called Xiaofang?Let's make an appointment and bring it back for a look.

Ji Yan: Ah Mu, this is a good thing, is she willing to come?Or we can go there.

Zhong Mu: It's not a girl, it's a man.

There was a moment of silence in the group, quiet.

Zhong Mu continued to send: It is my landlord, his name is Zhou Yin, he is a very handsome and calm man, I seem to like him, what should I do?

The group continued to be quiet.

After a long time, Ji Yan sent a message: Ah Mu, are you serious?

Zhong Mu: I can't be serious anymore.

Ji Yan: Ah Mu, for us, whether you like men or women, we support you.The key is to think about it yourself, whether you like him or not, what kind of relationship you want to develop with him, whether he can accept you, whether your parents and his parents can accept you, how you will live in the future, you know?

Shi Yan: Just make up your own mind, and just ask for help.

Zhong Mu was moved in his heart, although these two people usually love and hurt him, they would give him advice as soon as something happened.

Zhong Mu: I know, I will think about it carefully.

Ji Yan: That's good.

Zhong Mu thought, can Mr. Zhou accept men?Will he hate himself for it?How is this going to go on?

The next day, Zhong Mu sat under the eaves and drew a picture. He had a burst of inspiration yesterday. He caught this inspiration and started to draw non-stop.

Zhou Yin looked at his profile in the room, Zhong Mu's expression was very serious, as if blending into his painting, his wrist seemed to be enchanted, and flowers grew where it passed.

Zhou Yin kept quiet, and Zhong Mu, who was painting, lost his usual hippie smile, which broke Zhou Yin's initial impression of him. He thought, Zhong Mu is not only funny, but also very charming. He is actually very mature and knows what he wants to do. What is it.

Zhou Yin poured him a glass of water and put it aside, Zhong Mu picked it up and took a sip without lifting his head, and continued painting.

Zhou Yin smiled, the kids immersed in their own world are so pretty.

For several days in a row, Zhong Mu was drawing, and he didn't dare to stop, for fear that the inspiration would run away all at once.

After a few days, Zhong Mu's wrist was sore, he grinned and rubbed his mouth, screaming non-stop.

Zhou Yin came over with the medicinal wine, took his hand, poured the medicinal wine, attached it to his wrist, and rubbed it gently.

The skin touched by Zhou Yin burned hotly, Zhong Mu's heart was pounding, and his fingers curled up slightly.

"Is the painting finished?"

"Come on, there are still a few pictures that I haven't figured out how to draw, and I always feel that something is not right."

"Existence and non-existence."

Zhong Mu blinked.

"Existence and non-existence. Existence and non-existence are produced by each other, and they are opposed to each other to complement each other."

The Chinese style is not just piled up blindly. If there are too many elements, it will not show the feeling. Therefore, there should be non-existence, and there should be nothing when there should be nothing. This is called blank space, but it can better set off the existence.

Zhong Mu held Zhou Yin's hand excitedly: "Mr. Zhou, thank you!"

Seeing his bright eyes and the smile on his mouth, Zhou Yin smiled and pulled his hand down, saying, "Be careful, it hasn't been wiped off yet." He rubbed Zhong Mu's hand again.

Zhong Mu touched his nose dejectedly and said, "Mr. Zhou, you are so kind."

"you're good too."

Zhong Mu blushed a little, Mr. Zhou, do you know what you are talking about!I can't stand you anymore!

"Mr. Zhou, I saw a news yesterday about homosexuality. Do you think this is the right thing?"

"Existence is reasonable. Love is a matter between two people, not between two genders. From ancient times to the present, there have been many loves between the same sex, which is normal." Zhou Yin was very calm, which was very normal. things.

"I also think that if you like someone, you like it. What's the difference between a man and a woman?"

"Okay, be careful not to twist it, it will be fine in a few days."

"Thank you Mr. Zhou."

"Well, it's getting late, go back and rest."

Zhou Yin packed up his things and was about to go to rest. When he was about to go out, Zhong Mu called him: "Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Yin turned around: "What's wrong?"

"Do you like men?"

"People are like rainbows, you will know when you meet them," Zhou Yin said.

Zhong Mu smiled. To Mr. Zhou, a man is no different from a woman. If you meet and like it, that's it.

Zhong Mu looked at his wrist, it didn't seem to hurt so much anymore.

"Good night, Mr. Zhou."

"Good night."

The author has something to say: "Existence and non-existence interrelate" comes from "Tao Te Ching"

As Mr. Zhou said, love is a matter between two people, regardless of gender.

For Mr. Zhou, he only knows who he likes when he meets him. It doesn't matter if he likes a man or a woman, the important thing is that person.

Everyone has the right to love someone, don't be afraid, love boldly~