Section 3 Lost Paintings
"Li Qi! You come out! ”
Lu Youyou took the blank drawing paper, ran to the backyard angrily, and roared at Li Qi's room.
"Did you steal my paintings?!"
"What painting?"
Li Qi put on his coat while walking outward, and when he saw Lu Youyou, his originally expressionless face cracked a smile, and he smiled extraordinarily, like the spring light of the first melting of ice and snow, so brilliant that people couldn't take their eyes off it.
When Lu Youyou saw his smile, he was stunned at first, only to feel that his heart suddenly jumped, it was really like a deer crashing, a strange and strange feeling, and then he immediately reacted, he was actually moved by his "beauty", and the beauty of the country was overwhelmed with a smile, he almost forgot that he was here to denounce him, and became more and more annoyed and angry, and glared at him fiercely.
"Laugh what a laugh! Do you understand the thief who doesn't tell him? What about my paintings? Give it back! ”
Li Qidan smiled silently, suddenly stretched out his hand, and saw that he was about to touch her cheek, Lu Youyou reacted, jumped back suddenly, covered his face with a red face, and looked at him vigilantly, "You...... What do you want? I warn you, don't think that if you help me, you can do whatever you want! ”
"I've got ink on my face, go wipe it." Li Qi withdrew his hand, but the smile was still not withdrawn, just a faint sentence, and he saw that Lu Youyou's face suddenly changed, completely forgetting what he was doing just now, covering his face and turning around, and disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke, he just shook his head with a smile and sighed lightly. Sometimes this girl looks witty, but sometimes, she is confused......
But no matter what kind of performance, it was completely different from the women he knew in the past, even if the etiquette rules were lacking, that kind of sincere reaction made him feel a rare sense of relaxation.
There are many people who have seen calculations, and occasionally seeing such a real and somewhat "clumsy" girl really makes people feel relaxed and happy.
He was relaxed and happy on his side, but Lu Youyou was becoming more and more annoyed and entangled.
Even if the clarity of the bronze mirror is limited, you can see the palm-sized ink on her face, which was obviously dyed when she was asleep, and when she thought of falling asleep, she remembered that ambiguous dream, and thought that he actually painted the male and female protagonists of Youxian Cave into the appearance of Li Qi and himself, and he saw and even "stole" the painting, I really don't know if he would think that she did it on purpose.
The more she thought about it, the more entangled Lu Youyou rubbed her cheeks vigorously, and it was easy to wipe off the ink stains on it, but the hot feeling on her face made her even more uncomfortable, and she couldn't tell whether it was a pain from being wiped or a blushing with shame.
After thinking about it, since Li Qi didn't admit that she had taken the painting and seen the painting, she simply didn't know, just as if the painting had not been painted and didn't exist, and it was great to re-paint the painting and deliver it.
Even if she is an ostrich once, it is better than facing Li Qi again, whether he refuses or accepts her "secret love", she doesn't know how to continue.
After all, this is not her real world, but a dream space for her to collect fragments of romance, if she takes it seriously, won't she be completely unable to return to her own world?
Lu Youyou came to his senses all of a sudden, finally regained his composure, simply closed the door, finished the illustrations in one go, put them into the bamboo tube that had been prepared, and walked out of the room hungry, ready to hurry up and go to the inn where Fujiwara lived to find him and hand in the sketches, and then reward himself for his hard work in the past few days when he earns money.
As soon as I walked out of the door, I heard a chilling and angry voice next to me.
"Where are you going?"
As soon as Lu Youyou turned his head, he saw Li Qi sitting cross-legged under the flower tree in the courtyard, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting, with a few petals on his shoulders, and his expression was a little tired, only a pair of eyes were still so bright that they seemed to be full of starlight, and just one glance made her panic.
"You don't care where I go."
"I don't care where you go, but the painting has to stay."
Li Qi stood up and stumbled slightly, he had not recovered from his illness for a long time, and he had been sitting for a long time and wasting his mind, Rao was a little unable to support his strong will, but looking at Lu Youyou's appearance that he didn't know anything wrong, he still couldn't help but be a little annoyed.
"Why?"
"Do you know what will happen if this painting gets out and people know that you painted it?"
Li Qi looked at her rebellious eyes, smiled bitterly, and explained to her patiently, "As a woman, this calligraphy and painting female red belong to private things, especially those with signatures, whether it is you or the Du family's lady, if it is circulated and deliberately distorted, it will affect the reputation ......"
"Reputation?"
Lu Youyou's heart sank, glanced at him, and sneered: "What does my reputation have to do with you?" If, according to what you said, the things made by women will damage your reputation if they are spread, then the clothes you wear on weekdays and the food you eat in your mouth are all made by me and the lady of the Du family, and the reputation of the two of us has already been affected by you? What's more, so many women in the market make a living, do they have to work for this unwarranted reputation, starvation to death, small loss of modesty, big thing? ”
"This ...... How can it be generalized? ”
Li Qi didn't expect a sentence to attract her such a "crooked reasoning", so that he couldn't speak, but there was a chuckle next to him.
"Makes sense."
Du Qinglian walked over from the medicine house, and his cold face was a little more approving than ever, "Qilang, Qingyi is my sister, Youyou is my apprentice, they are just ordinary women, no better than those boudoir daughters in the capital, and they will have to live on their own in the future, so naturally they don't need those rules." Those who are brothers and teachers are like me, and if they have not been restrained in this way, I will not bother you. ”
"That's what Master said!" It was rare for Du Qinglian to stand on his side, and Lu Youyou immediately echoed, "What's more, I'm just drawing a few illustrations for people, and I don't sign them and don't sell them on the street, what does it matter?" Li Gongzi, I'm still in a hurry to hand over the painting, you just let it! ”
Lu Youyou, who felt that he had a backer, didn't look at Li Qi's face at all, and ran out with his picture scroll, Li Qi just wanted to step to follow, but was stopped by Du Qinglian's hand, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed.
"Brother Du indulges her so much, don't you think about her in the future?"
Du Qinglian looked at him with a smile and snorted lightly, "When you asked me to take her as an apprentice, you should have known my temperament, and at that time you didn't pay attention to the defense of men and women, but now I suddenly think about it, is it really for her reputation, or ...... For yourself? ”
"I ...... Naturally, I was thinking about her, and I couldn't bear to see her go astray. Li Qi said inexplicably, avoiding his clear eyes, and coughed lightly, "I still have something to go back to the city, and I won't argue with you about this." ”
"Let's go if you want!"
Du Qinglian saw that Lu Youyou had already run away without a trace, and he no longer stopped him, but just looked at his back as he left in a hurry, shook his head, and sighed.
"Is it unbearable, or do you not know? Li Qilang, Li Qilang, you also have today. ”
Still before the mocking smile unfolded, he suddenly thought about it, but smiled bitterly, "That's it, what right do I have to laugh at you?" Hehe......"