Shortly after the inauguration of Fort Hope. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

On this day, a small helicopter-like aircraft landed in an open area in a dense forest near Fort Hope.

The hatch opened, and a woman stepped out of the aircraft.

The woman has a beautiful face, a tall figure, wearing a thin coat and trousers, a simple and neat dress in the golden autumn season, with medium-length hair, tied up with a red hairband, hanging down behind her head, revealing a slender white neck.

The woman took out an easel and a tool kit from the cabin, and with an easel in her hand and a tool kit on her shoulder, she walked through the bushes in the dense forest, along a path rarely trodden, towards the castle with its towering spire a kilometer or two to the east.

"This castle ......"

Under the blue sky and white clouds, in the verdant lawn, and hundreds of meters away, in the roar of the surging waves crashing on the shore, the castle was white and bright, tall and delicate, like a beautiful swan.

Under the gentle breeze, and in the golden autumn season, the surrounding maple forests are set off by the fiery red, and the beauty is palpitating.

"But—"

The woman shook her head slightly, this castle is still a little far from the most perfect appearance in her heart.

She envisioned the castle as a slimmer building, with a faint purple exterior wall at the bottom, a milky color in the middle, and a pale pink water tower spire at the top......

There is also a small wooden bridge to be built on the stream in front of the castle, and a classical windmill can be built downstream of the stream, and some flower beds or plants can be planted on the lawn around the castle......

"Why do you think so much, this castle doesn't belong to me. ”

The woman shook her head again and sighed, that person would never give her any freedom.

She can only do what she wants in her own fantasy world, freely.

Standing on the easel on the ground, shelfing a blank drawing board, opening the toolbox, taking out the paints and brushes inside, in the warm morning sun, the woman began to stroke one by one, on the drawing board, outlining the castle in her heart.

……

On the beach by the sea.

Wearing shorts and shorts, stepping on the soft sand with bare feet, Zhou Ming went for a morning jog exercise at a speed that was neither fast nor slow.

Breathing in the fresh and humid air, enjoying the coolness of the sea breeze hitting his cheeks, listening to the roaring waves in his ears, and enjoying the massage of fine sand on the soles of his feet, for a while, Zhou Ming closed his eyes, his heart was calm, his thoughts were spreading, and his self and mood entered a state of sublimation.

Before he knew it, he stopped.

Long......

Facing the sea, he slowly opened his eyes.

The golden light in front of me is bright.

The waves in front of you are endless.

Between heaven and earth, it seems that he is the only one left.

In the embrace of nature, all the fame, fortune, desire and obsession in my heart are like floating clouds in the sky, blown away.

Why?

Why do you have to live so hard? So tired?

Go out for a run every day, bask in the sun, listen to the waves, eat three meals a day, and worry about food and clothing, why be so troubled and depressed?

Why think of this as a game instead of a real life?

Could it be that kind of life with more happiness than pain, more happiness than sadness, more leisure than busyness, more dullness than turmoil...... Isn't it also a perfect life?

Why do you always have to associate fame, achievement, and accomplishment?

Especially in this world of money, although he now has a lot of money, he feels that he is living more and more lonely.

There was no one who made him feel that he could rely entirely on trust.

No one has ever collided with his soul.

The purpose of his existence in this world has never been for love and justice, to protect conscience and truth, goodness and beauty.

It's just to simply clear the level.

However, under the effect of life extension medical treatment, he has an incomparably long life.

Even, as long as he wants, those life-prolonging drugs in the system space, after taking it, he can live for 300 years, 500 years, or even longer.

But what's the meaning of such a life?

Rather than this, he would rather age naturally, end a hundred years, and quit the game early.

"There are still 500,000 slave potions in the system warehouse, and if it really doesn't work, let's die and turn this upper area upside down!"

Anyway, he has lived almost 70 years old, he has lived enough, and he is not afraid of death.

……

After running, put on your slippers and make your way back to the castle.

There was a man in front of him, attracting his attention.

A woman, a woman who is drawing.

She is very engaged in painting, engrossed, serious, with a flexible brush in her hand, ignoring all external objects.

Even if Zhou Ming walked to a place less than ten meters away from her, she didn't notice it.

"Hey, she's painting this castle. ”

Although he was not very polite, the sharp-eyed Zhou Ming still saw at a glance that this female painter, copying paintings, was the Fort of Hope where he lived.

However, in addition to the castle, there are some more elements on her drawing board that are not found in the real scene.

For example, the flowerbeds full of flowers and plants, the wooden bridge over the stream, the windmills along the coast, etc., the coloring of the main castle is also colorful and vibrant.

"The style of this painting ......"

Zhou Ming's mind flashed, and he immediately thought that when he visited Longlan Castle for the first time, in the living room, he saw those oil paintings hanging on the wall, which were very similar to the one that the woman was painting......

"It turns out that those oil paintings were not painted by Count Katsumitsu, but by hers. ”

From her beautiful and fair face, her facial features that are three or four points similar to Count Shengguang, her identity is clear at a glance.

Count Katsumitsu's daughter, or granddaughter......

Because she didn't know the purpose of her coming to Fort Hope, whether it was simply to collect wind and paint, or if there was something else, seeing that the painting in her hand was almost finished, Zhou Ming took two steps forward, ready to say hello to her.

However.

When the distance was less than three meters, the woman who was immersed in painting suddenly turned her head and glanced at him.

At this glance, Zhou Ming was like being struck by lightning, and his face was full of shock.

The moment they looked at each other was only a second, but Zhou Ming seemed to have experienced a century.

In the woman's clear and clear eyes, Zhou Ming found those experiences, pasts, stories, secrets, emotions, and pursuits that were deeply hidden in his heart...... In an instant, like cracked encrypted information, it was completely dissected, dug out, exposed, and completely presented in front of this woman.

This feeling is indescribable, unbelievable and appalling.

If Zhou Ming had to describe it, this feeling was a feeling that the soul was seen through, and the secret in his heart could not be hidden.

Fortunately, this woman just looked at him for a second, if it took a little longer, he really couldn't guarantee that he would kill people.

"Buzz~"

At this moment, there was a roar of engines overhead.

A sleek jet landed on a lawn not far away.

After the hatch opened, two burly men wearing sunglasses and dressed as bodyguards came down, and walked straight over.

Walking up to the woman, the two bodyguards first bowed respectfully, and then one of them said, "Miss, the master told you to go back early." ”

Hearing this, the woman who had completed the last stroke in her hand looked up.

After a few tenths of a second of eye contact, and a layer of sunglasses, the two bodyguards quickly lowered their heads, a layer of fine sweat broke out on their foreheads, and one of them took a step back, but still gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Miss, please don't embarrass us." ”

"Got it. ”

The woman said lightly, put away the paintbrush, put it in the toolbox, then took down the finished painting on the easel, put it on the grass on the side, folded the easel, handed it to one bodyguard, and said to another bodyguard: "The plane I drove over, you help me drive it back." ”

"Yes, Miss!"

The bodyguard bowed and trotted towards the small helicopter parked in the forest.

Looking at the woman who was packing up her things and preparing to go back, as well as the two bodyguards who didn't seem to be very friendly, Zhou Ming opened his mouth and wanted to ask what was going on?

This lady is just out for a walk, so why not let her stay a little longer?

But when the words came to his lips, when he saw the woman turning her head, the gaze that could see through everything, and glancing at herself, Zhou Ming not only held back the words, but also reacted like the two bodyguards, subconsciously lowered her head.

This woman is very evil.

The woman's words came to her ears: "I take the liberty of disturbing me, and I will give you that painting as a gift for the new completion of your castle." ”

After speaking, the woman stepped on the steps of the gangway of the plane with one foot, her lips moved slightly, and she muttered softly, "A strange man." ”

The plane disappeared into the distance in the sky, Zhou Ming walked over, picked up the oil painting on the ground, and put it in his hand to look at it for a while.

"A strange woman. ”

Zhou Ming also muttered in his mouth, and at the same time sighed, the oil painting painted by this woman is really good.