After communicating with Higashino Chihaya, Higashino Tsukasa did not hesitate, he touched Higashino Chihaya's head, and turned to the innermost empty room.

Because Tsukasa Higashino and Chizuku Higashino only lived in two people, the remaining rooms inside were used by Tsukasa Higashino as a utility room.

But at this time, there is an oil painting in the vacant space vacated in the utility room... This is not so much an oil painting as a picture book in the form of an oil painting.

The canvas is directly divided into four parts by Tsukasa Higashino, all of which are drawn in the form of children's fairy tale books.

The first fairy tale picture book had no background.

There is only a long, forward road.

The surroundings are painted white by Tsukasa Higashino, as if there is light rising in the air, and there is a vague feeling of a fairy tale painting.

On this stretching path, a couple led their kindergarten child.

The character here Higashino Tsukasa made a special trip to use a delicate drawing method, a yellow hat, and the palms of two young children being held, and walked forward step by step.

That's the end of the picture.

Then the second oil painting is the same as the first one in Beijing, where there are still men and women.

It's just that this time they don't need to hold the palms of the two young children, because the two children have grown up, about the age of middle school.

At this time, the grown children are laughing at them with their heads tilted sideways.

They still walked along the long road.

In fact, it has been seen from here that the road that continues to spread forward drawn by Tsukasa Higashino is actually a metaphor for life, and the people who accompany the couple are actually Chihaya Higashino and Tsukasa Higashino-

This Higashino Tsukasa also made a special trip to the photo album for this reason, not only looking for the photos of the original owner's parents.

In the same way, I also found a photo of the original owner and Chihaya Higashino when I was a child, and the uniform of the kindergarten and the uniform of the country were also drawn based on the basis, and they were not scribbled.

Including this road, Tsukasa Higashino didn't draw it randomly.

This long road is located near the Sumida River in 1-chome, Adachi Ward, and if you cross this road, you can see the Sumida River heading into the distance... Tsukasa Higashino actually went to the scene.

It is indeed a beautiful river, and the sunset reflects the surface of the water, and the sparkling water surface is like a girl crushing the starlight and spilling it into it.

This is also one of Higashino's memories.

There is a kindergarten near the Sumida River, and the parents of the original owner would pass by this path every time they picked up Chihaya Higashino when they were a child.

Big hands hold small hands, and the sunset stretches long, long...

Memories, plus all of Higashino's current drawing skills.

Empathy, painting sound and shadow, painting taste and shape...

All this is to allow Higashino Chihaya to have a deeper sense of substitution, so that the picture not only enters Higashino Chihaya's eyes, but makes her a girl in the painting.

And originally, at the suggestion of Chihaya Higashino's attending doctor, he changed the overall style to the style of a fairy tale picture book.

As far as the other party said, most of the memories of childhood are beautiful and worth remembering... This will definitely help in the process of regaining Higashino Chihaya's self.

In addition, in the past few weeks, Tsukasa Higashino has basically focused most of his energy on this painting, except for "Unnatural Death" and "Lonely Gourmet".

There is nothing to say about the quality, it can be said that it is meticulously crafted.

In addition, if you look at it carefully, you will feel that the whole person has been substituted into the world of this oil painting.

Tsukasa Higashino looked at the third square.

The third grid is still the long road of life.

But Higashino Chihaya's parents have disappeared, and even she has disappeared from the painting, leaving only the original owner on the picture, and at this time he is walking forward step by step with his head down, looking a little lonely.

Arriving here, it symbolizes that the Higashino family has suffered a drastic change, and Higashino Chihaya is insane, leaving only the only normal original owner struggling to survive.

The only constant may be the long road of life.

This is followed by the fourth square.

The girl who reappears in the painting has grown into high school, holding the palm of the boy next to her tightly with one hand, and raising the other hand, as if waving her hand to let people come over, as if to say goodbye.

Lost loved ones can never come back, and people can only keep looking forward, breaking free from their shackles and moving forward.

At this point, it's an overhead imagination.

At the same time, there is also the singing voice of "Once I Thought About a Hundred Years" slowly sounding in the ears of Tsukasa Higashino.

I have to say that the system that was beaten into the cold palace by Higashino Tsukasa does have two brushes, at least this inexplicable sense of substitution makes Higashino Tsukasa very satisfied.

Even Asuka, the attending doctor of Chihaya Higashino, was stunned for five or six minutes after seeing this painting, and his eyes flashed with thunder slightly, indicating that he really felt like he was back in his childhood, back to the days when he was held by his parents and walked forward.

Childhood memories are always good and worth remembering.

So can Chihaya Higashino rely on this painting to cure mental illness?

This Higashino Tsukasa is not clear.

The reality is not like that, saying that if you can cure Higashino Chihaya's mental illness, you can cure Higashino Chihaya's mental illness.

Even if Tsukasa Higashino's already superb painting skills have a systematic skill bonus, even if the attending doctor comes up with such a method based on Higashino Chihaya's mood analysis... He didn't dare to jump to conclusions for the time being.

Tsukasa Higashino has also done his best, he has several insurances, and even specially asked the attending doctor in charge of Higashino Chihaya tomorrow, Asuka Koizumi, to be on the side to keep an eye on him.

also let Konoe Ryoka, Fujiwara Aoi, and Takahashi Yumi come over to help.

After all, mental illness is such a thing... No one can say.

What if Higashino Chihaya suddenly went crazy when she looked at this painting?

When the time comes, they need to calm down Chihaya Higashino...

"But no matter what, you have to give it a try." Tsukasa Higashino groaned, not hesitating much on this issue.

He prepared a lot for this matter, and made a special trip to the recording studio of Higashino Studio to record this song, and the CD was made by someone else, so he sent it to Higashino Chihaya to listen to... And Higashino Chihaya has also been bound by the death of his parents for too long.

is like the middle hall of "Unnatural Death", who has been searching for the death of his girlfriend for eight years...

To put it mildly, Tsukasa Higashino doesn't want to see Chihaya Higashino become the middle hall of his manga.

He didn't want to see Higashino Chihaya immersed in his dreams like this in the future, and in the end he didn't even have the ability to survive in society - although even if he didn't, Higashino Tsukasa would just raise her.

But again, if you live, you must move forward, even if you fall, hurt, or fall to the ground, you must get up and continue to walk forward.

Tsukasa Higashino looked up, walked to his room and took out the CD of the song "Once I Thought About It, I've Been a Hundred".

First of all, I have to let Higashino Chihaya listen to this song...

......

The next day came slowly.

At least that's in the eyes of Tsukasa Higashino.

Almost as soon as it was eight o'clock, Tsukasa Higashino had already gotten up and called Dr. Asuka Koizumi, signaling that she could come over.

On the other side, he came to the door of Konoe Lianghua's house again, and arranged the trio of Konoe Lianghua who had just had breakfast in place.

The process appears methodical.

At about half-past eight, Asuka Koizumi rushed to Higashino's house.

At this time, Higashino Tsukasa called Higashino Chihaya after just washing.

"As, what are you going to do?" Higashino Chihaya glanced at the people in the utility room in astonishment, and then counted them in his heart.

Asa's girlfriend, Yumi, Aoi, and Dr. Koizumi Asuka... Wait a minute, has Asuka-san always been a doctor? How did I know she was a doctor?

The inexplicable name popped up in her mind again, which made Higashino Chihaya a little confused.

This symptom has been going on for a month, and there are always things in my mind that I didn't think about before, and there are always inexplicable images.

These images made her feel inexplicably familiar, but at the same time, they also terrified Higashino Chihaya.

That's right.

It's fear.

Because when she stared at those chaotic and bizarre pictures, there would always be two bloody faces suddenly popping out, one male and the other female.

If Higashino knew what Higashino Chihaya was thinking at this time, he would probably be able to understand that these two faces might be the faces of his father and mother that Higashino Chihaya saw when he claimed the corpse.

She has been trapped in the shadows last year on the day her parents met the murderer's death.

As long as she thinks of her tragic death of her parents, she can't get out of the shadows.

Higashino Chihaya was thinking, and Tsukasa Higashino on the other side had already said to Asuka Koizumi beside him, "Doctor Koizumi, please." ”

"You're welcome, Higashino-san, this is what I'm supposed to do. Please start, I'll stop if there's any problem. Asuka Koizumi smiled and nodded, and at the same time took out something like a medical record.

This is a convention, a medical record book that resembles a notebook, from which she draws conclusions about the problem and finally finds a way to treat the patient.

The reason why Higashino Tsukasa called her over today, in fact, she also knew that it was nothing more than to let her, a professional doctor, pay attention to Higashino Chihaya's condition on the side, so as not to cause trouble.

Of course, she also agreed to this request.

After all, Higashino Chihaya's condition has been stable for a long time, and it's almost time to give her some stimulation therapy.

And the slightly softer stimulation therapy for the mentally ill is probably to find some objects and scenes that make her feel worth remembering.

Tsukasa Higashino's approach is correct.

Now let's see the effect.

With the consent of Asuka Koizumi, Tsukasa Higashino here uncovered the painter who was placed in the corner with a black cloth, and then moved it to Chihaya Higashino, and said, "Sister Chihaya, can you look at this painting?" ”

"Painting?" Higashino Chihaya listened to Higashino Division's words, a little stunned, and then said happily: "Ace, you've been so strange lately." ”

She counted the strange behavior of Tsukasa Higashino lately; "Yesterday I was asked to listen to a song for some reason, and now I am asked to look at a painting... Are you really bothered to find another girlfriend? ”

Chihaya Higashino said so, but his eyes still obediently looked at the 'painting' that Tsukasa Higashino said.

She didn't care much about it, but just looking at it, the whole person fell into a trance.

The first frame... It was the scene where she led her mother and father forward.

Chihaya Higashino can feel it.

The flat oil painting gradually becomes three-dimensional in its own vision.

And the blank background deliberately left by Tsukasa Higashino was gradually filled with her subconscious memories - in the eyes of others, Tsukasa Higashino may not have painted any background, but Higashino Chihaya clearly 'saw', to be precise, 'brain filled'.

Dots & Lines, House & House, Building & Construction... Everything seems to be back to when she was in kindergarten.

As soon as the kindergarten is over, her parents will come to pick her up, and the reason why she went to Sumida Kawagishi is not only to stop by there, but also because there is her favorite pancake stall...

Looking at it, Higashino Chiba was completely silent.

Even Ryoka Konoe, who was observing, was attracted to them... When they reacted, they found that their eyes were already moist, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

"I don't know why I feel the way I do." Konoe Lianghua wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said softly: "Just looking at this painting, it seems that my heart is very uncomfortable... I want to cry out. ”

It's obviously a picture of a warm family reunion...

Yumi Takahashi, who was the most noisy next to her, was speechless for a while when she heard this.

She felt it too.

The painting looks warm... But there is always a faint melancholy, as if it can inadvertently catch people in.

As for Asuka Koizumi?

As a psychiatrist, she doesn't really believe in the rumors in the outside world that 'looking at an oil painting can make people cry'.

Even if you want to resonate with others, you need to foreshadow the plot.

Just one painting makes people feel emotions welling up in their hearts... This is clearly unlikely.

But this painting by Tsukasa Higashino seems to have done just that.

Just the first frame makes her feel like she recalls her childhood.

At that time... Maybe his father was like this, gently holding his hand and walking forward with his still faltering self...

Several of them were touched, but no matter how touched they were, they couldn't compare to Chihaya Higashino, who felt it intuitively.

After all, the characters on this are drawn by Tsukasa Higashino based on the photos of Chihaya Higashino when she was a child.

The picture beats before your eyes, and at the same time the gentle male and female voices are heard.

Unlike the bloody face she often sees... Rather, it is a gentler, more attractive face.

A gentle voice rings in my ears.

This made Higashino Chihaya couldn't help but burst into tears.

I don't know why... It's uncomfortable in my heart.

She wanted to turn her head sideways and tell Higashino that she didn't want to watch it anymore.

But she couldn't take her eyes off the painting, and she could only jump to the second frame.

My self, who has grown up, smiles and talks to Tsukasa Higashino... Next to him are men and women who are smiling and looking at themselves and Tsukasa Higashino.

When I was a child, my parents held me.

When I grew up, my parents watched over.

This is another unforgettable memory for Higashino Chihaya...