"We were both very young when we met."
Bai Sisi was sitting in a wheelchair, looking calm, recalling the past.
"Maybe it was because of this disease that my parents left me at the door of the hospital, hoping that someone else would pick me up. A homeless woman picked me up, but she died within a few years."
It was an era when people had no time to take care of themselves.
People spend their busy days day by day, and indifference and numbness are always the main theme. The little girl was left at the door of the hospital. If there was no homeless woman, there would be only one dead abandoned baby in the corner of the news. .
Bai Sisi looked at the silent pictures.
The flowing paint painted another starry sky in her pink eyes.
Under the starry sky are two children.
"Later I met a man who specifically looked for children of a certain age and asked us to go out and ask for money, and then give him all the money. That's where I met Jing Le."
Memories always bring a smile to the corners of the mouth.
It is happy after all.
Even if you are poor, even if you are homeless.
"He always couldn't get money because he was good-looking and not pathetic enough."
The little painter is really beautiful.
With blond hair and light blue eyes, he stood quietly on the street. He had the aura of an ancient aristocrat. He didn't understand why he was abandoned by his parents in the first place.
Poor enough kids to ask for money.
"So I always leave a little of the food for him."
"After another two or three years, as we grew older, the man said that the children who were too old could no longer get the money, so he came up with other ways and started calling away the children who were older."
"The next day, the boys will basically come back, but they have become mutilated, and the girls don't know where he sent them..."
Bai Sisi calmly told the story of her childhood.
There are many dark corners in this bustling city, and she accidentally touched one of them.
But the memory of that time is not dark.
Full of sunshine and golden.
"At that time, depending on my age, I might not be sent away for too long, but maybe I was lucky. I was hit by a car when I was asking for money on the street."
The woman who was driving the car got out of the car in fear and saw the angelic little girl lying on the ground.
She decided to adopt her.
It's a pity that her spine suffered a problem in the car accident, and she will never be able to stand up again in her life.
"I lay in the hospital for a long time. After I was discharged, I went to the previous place to look for him, but that place was abandoned, and I don't know where the children in it had gone."
after that.
after a long time.
many years.
The girl in a wheelchair saw the destitute boy on the roadside under the sunset.
"I recognized him immediately and he recognized me."
Both children miraculously survived to adolescence.
The story is simple.
People spend most of their lives doing repetitive things. If they can have a memorable and less repetitive story, their life will be worthwhile.
Lu Wen pushed Bai Sisi forward in the exhibition.
Some photographers and painters who came and went looked at the girl in the wheelchair with different eyes.
She is an exquisite work of art in her own right.
Some people wanted to paint her on the spot, while others handed over their business cards, hoping to invite this girl to serve as a special photography model.
But those people were turned back by Xia Chuluo's cold eyes.
Jing Le's painting is in a very inconspicuous position.
A very ordinary painting.
People who come and go in a hurry will not stop in front of this ordinary painting, because it has no appreciation value at all.
“He told me it was the first painting he had ever done.”
When I was very young.
A young painter had a dream. In the dream, he picked up a box of watercolor pens and used simple lines to depict two people.
[Red and White]
Lu Wen saw the name in the corner of the screen.
The picture is divided into two parts.
Blood red and blue and white.
The little boy stood on the red background, looking at the blue and white sky with his light blue eyes.
The little girl's white wings stretched out from her back, and her pink eyes looked at the blood-red earth.
Not abstract enough, nor realistic enough.
Just being able to see clearly.
"Do you know which city he went to?" Bai Sisi asked.
"I don't know, every city has its own unique scenery. Maybe one day, you can see his name in a larger art exhibition."
"Um… "
Compared with Bai Sisi's tranquility, Xia Chuluo's character is not suitable for this kind of art exhibition.
When others are holding a magnifying glass and carefully appreciating those items that are not for sale.
Xia Chuluo passed by and said something coldly.
"Fake."
or it could be.
"Fake."
So much so that people who were originally in an elegant mood were a little embarrassed.
Some people were not convinced and questioned Xia Chuluo on the spot.
The guy was indeed angry. He was chatting with a famous model. He analyzed it from the age, overall feeling, painting skills, details, beauty and other aspects. He talked with great humor and showed his cultivation and knowledge.
Suddenly Xia Chuluo's words "fake" broke the atmosphere.
"Miss, why do you say this painting is fake? Can you give me a reason?"
The middle-aged man in a suit looked at Xia Chuluo, with anger almost written on his face.
He is preparing to start with the original author's style.
Have a serious debate with Xia Chuluo.
"I'm from the Executive Bureau. Last year, I solved a case of money laundering of ancient paintings. The original painting is one of the ones in that case. It's still gathering dust in the warehouse of the Executive Bureau. The most authoritative expert in Mowu City Do you want to see me for personal appraisal?"
Xia Chuluo's words rendered the man speechless.
So the scene became even more embarrassing.
Lu Wen saw that the security guards at the art exhibition seemed to have a tendency to chase people away. He hurriedly pulled the security guards aside, showed his ID, and said that they were secretly tracking someone and suspected that the person had escaped to the art exhibition. Please cooperate as much as possible.
The young security guard's eyes widened, and he felt a strong sense of justice in his chest. Unexpectedly, he had the opportunity to participate in such a legendary plainclothes operation, and he immediately patted his chest and promised that he would be on guard at all times.
After visiting the entire art exhibition, it was already past six o'clock in the evening.
In fact, most of the time is spent just looking at things.
Not-for-sale items occupy a small portion of the exhibition, while the majority are drawings by individual painters.
Lu Wen felt that he lacked artistic ability.
Why is a random bowl of ink thrown on the wall considered art
Is the splashing posture important
After Xia Chuluo's appraisal, 90% of the items that appeared on the scene that were not for sale, so-called masterpieces, old and so on... were fakes.
The remaining 10% may be because the imitator is so skilled that she cannot completely confirm it.
"You actually study painting?" This was the first thing Lu Wen said after walking out of the exhibition.
"Understand a little bit."
Xia Chuluo's slightly raised face was completely out of proportion to her humble words.
There is a black car on the street.
The car window rolled down, revealing a well-maintained middle-aged woman.
The two of them put Bai Sisi in the car.
The folded wheelchair is placed in the back of the car.
Watch her go away.
The black car gradually disappeared in the afterglow of the sunset.
"Jing Le thought he had been dreaming, but in fact everything he experienced was real. Zero taught him painting many nights, so he always felt tired and lacked energy during the day." Lu Wen said.
The young painter is a little thin, and he was like this for the first time I saw him.
At that time, Lu Wen thought he was suffering from malnutrition.
Now that I think about it, it may be that I didn't get enough sleep.
"Why do you think No. 0 wants to accept him as his apprentice?" Xia Chuluo looked at Lu Wen.
"Maybe Zero feels that he is not smart enough, so he wants to cultivate some controllable smart children in the nine cities?" Lu Wen responded.
"That's a good idea."
"Actually...Jing Le may have known that it was not a dream, but he didn't want to wake up. He was a born painter, but he lacked a teacher, so that he fell deeper and deeper into it later on."
The boy with blue eyes walked half asleep and half awake.
He lingers on the edge of hell.
With the world on one side and the scarlet purgatory on the other, a certain belief supported him and prevented him from completely degenerating.
Every time I wake up, I enter a new dream.
"Have you seen Inception?" Lu Wen asked.
"Have seen it, you want to talk about the top?"
"Yes, I think Bai Sisi is the top in Jingle's world. When he sees Bai Sisi, he knows that he is in the real world, not in a dream."
So if No. 0 wants to completely control Jing Le, there is only one way.
Let Bai Sisi disappear into the real world forever.
"Perhaps this is the reason why Jing Le left Mowu City."
left this place.
He wouldn't be able to see this white-haired girl.
He wouldn't wake up without seeing her.
The girl will be safe.
"In the next few days, follow me and capture all the fugitives from District 13. After all, they are also elites in District 13. We can't just hang around with those losers in District 10."
The director of an executive bureau who was processing data sneezed.
"When can we leave for Central City?" Lu Wen asked.
"Six days later." Xia Chuluo said.
"So accurate?"
"There is a wedding in five days. We have been told several times to go there. We must not miss the date."
"Oh, by the way, there's also Yun Yang's wedding."
Lu Wen thought of the blue jacaranda flowers falling that day.
Blue is always blue.
But the blue sky can make people feel relaxed and happy. Things have two sides, just like every ordinary person.
…
…
Baker City.
The red light reflected on the broken rust.
The city is still a bit noisy in the evening.
People come and go in a hurry, just to get home before darkness completely arrives.
The darkness of this city is filled with all kinds of dangers.
Some people wear black robes and transform into messengers of justice in the night, while others put on masks and sit on high towers in the night.
They climbed on the dark red pipe.
Eradicate the shadow forces in the dark.
"Using darkness to fight darkness, this city is quite unique."
Lu Wen walked on the east side of Baker City.
Two days passed.
In five days, you can use that Poké Ball to summon the red-haired girl.
His body is very leisurely, wandering around every day and admiring the simple folk customs.
Sometimes I look at the tracking chip in my head to see where the girl has been in the past two days.
(End of chapter)