"Wait a minute, what do you mean when you say missing? Is it a kidnapping?"

Hearing Yuan Zhizhu's words, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be a little curious.

"I don't know how to tell you this, but it's a bit strange anyway......"

Yuan Zhizhu picked up the wine glass, first had a drink with Lin Xiuyi, and then began to talk about it slowly.

"The cause of the incident has to start with a Western painting!"

"I have a classmate from my college years who is now collecting Western art. Probably last month, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation from him to attend an auction of Western paintings. ”

"So, did you just mention the cursed Western painting that you just encountered at this auction?"

Lin Xiuyi asked Yuan Zhizhu seriously.

"Well, by the way, I still have a picture of this painting on my phone, but it was not taken from the original, but from the materials distributed at the auction. ”

As he spoke, Yuan Zhizhu took out his mobile phone from his pocket, then found the photo left at that auction and handed it to Lin Xiuyi.

"Ah...... Rude!"

Lin Xiuyi took the mobile phone handed over by the other party with both hands, and then carefully observed the photo taken on the mobile phone.

This is a portrait of a person with a modern twist. In the painting, a beautiful girl stands in front of a window with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, and a smile on her face. Doesn't seem like anything special?

"This ...... I don't have much research on Western paintings, but is there anything special about this painting?"

Lin Xiuyi was a little puzzled and asked Yuan Zhizhu for advice.

"Actually, I heard this from my missing friend, Shuichi-kun, could you please take a second look at the girl's smile in the painting?

"Oh...... Then I'll try!"

As soon as Lin Xiu finished speaking, he picked up Yuan Zhizhu's mobile phone again, and then stared at the beautiful girl in the painting seriously. I have to say that the girl in the painting is really a rare beauty, with long black hair scattered on her shoulders, and light blue eyes with a heart-warming seduction. The girl wore a black silky dressing gown with a geometric pattern of gold on the collar and cuffs. However, when Lin Xiuyi shifted his attention to the smile of the girl depicted by the creator, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"It's ......"

"It seems that you have also discovered it, right, if ordinary people are not reminded by professionals, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the mystery of this painting, but once you find out, you will be curious to know the story behind this painting, I think...... Perhaps this is the true charm of Western painting!"

Yuan Zhizhu said to Lin Xiuyi with feelings.

At this moment, Lin Xiu stared at the smiling girl in the painting. At first glance, the girl holding flowers in the painting is smiling, and there seems to be nothing different. But when you stare at the girl's expression for a while, you feel that this smile does not seem to be so simple. It seems to make people feel a sense of indifference and meaning. Combined with the girl's eyes, Lin Xiuyi suddenly felt an indescribable sense of fear.

"It's really complicated, and the feeling you get when you first see this painting is completely different from the feeling you get after looking at it for a while. It's the first time I've seen a Western painting like this......"

Lin Xiuyi said to Yuan Zhizhu with feelings.

Speaking of which, isn't the famous "Mona Lisa's Smile" also studied the truth hidden behind the smile? This work certainly cannot be compared with the famous "Mona Lisa". But I'm more interested in the cursed legend of this work than its value. ”

"Curse, what's that going on?"

Lin Xiuyi asked Yuan Zhizhu with some curiosity.

"I also heard from my friend at the auction that it is said that after the painting was created, it has gone through three owners. The first owner, a few years after he bought the painting, drowned during a trip. ”

"Drowning, when did it happen?"

Lin Xiuyi hurriedly asked, and hurriedly asked Yuan Zhizhu.

"Well, my book collector friend told me, it seems to have been ten years ago! I haven't investigated the veracity of this claim, but I've only heard that the drowning incident seems to have happened abroad......

"Happened abroad? In this case, it will be difficult to trace!"

Lin Xiuyi said to Yuan Zhizhu with some disappointment.

"Yes, but the legend of the curse seems to have been passed down from the second owner of the painting, who was drowned shortly after his death and his family sent the painting to the auction house again, and then at the auction a wealthy retired official became the second owner of the painting. ”

"Could it be that the second owner of this painting also suffered an accident?"

"No, although this official has also died, his death was a natural death, and there is nothing wrong with it. It was actually the official's grandson, who was said to have broken his neck on the spot when he was looking at the painting on the stairs when he rolled down his foot and broke his neck on the spot. And that official died of grief shortly after the loss of his loved one!"

"Oh~~? It's a pity that this kind of thing can happen!"

"Yes, after this incident, the name of the painting spread. The official's relatives sent the painting back to the auction house with the intention of disposing of it at a low price. However, due to rumors of a curse, the painting was not favored by collectors. Still, there were people who took a keen interest in the painting. ”

"There have been two misfortunes, and there is still anyone willing to buy it back?"

"Hmm...... The third collector seems to be for the rich IT president. It is said that when he heard about the curse, he was eager to get the painting. It took a fortune to buy the painting back. But just last year, when the president was driving out, he suddenly rushed off the cliff with the car and fell to his death!"

"Ah...... Are you talking about Takuya Maezawa, the famous entrepreneur who died in a car accident last year?"

"You've heard about it, too?"

Yuan Zhizhu asked Lin Xiuyi in surprise.