"You're leaving?"

Xiang Nanxing almost couldn't believe his ears: "But didn't you just settle down here?" Now that I have a place to live, a job, and a regular life, I have even started talking to me about your course schedule and the students you focus on. I thought you were starting to get interested in teaching at a stable level? ”

Liang Jingmo nodded: "It's true that I have a little interest in teaching, but I said that I want to go, and I am also serious." ”

Xiang Nanxing frowned and stared at Liang Jingmo suspiciously for a while, then suddenly smiled.

"In that case, I wish you a smooth journey." He stretched out his hand and patted Liang Jingmo on the shoulder.

"That's what I like about you." Liang Jingmo also smiled, "If it were someone else, I would definitely have to ask questions at this time." Those who ask the reason and the whereabouts must satisfy their curiosity. You're a lot more simply. ”

Xiang Nanxing shrugged: "I'm really curious, but I also know that it all depends on you: if you plan to tell me, I can know it or not." Otherwise, even if you ask, it's a vain question. But luckily it's you, so I don't have to worry too much about it. ”

He looked at Liang Jingmo and said with a smile: "Since it is your decision, there must be your reason, just do it." ”

"I don't want to leave." Liang Jingmo said with a grin. He sat cross-legged on the floor, patted the floor next to him at the same time, and motioned for Xiang Nanxing to sit next to him. The two of them faced a whole row of famous Western paintings on the wall, and in a trance they seemed to have the illusion of being in a foreign country.

"If it had been a few years ago and I had seen such a wall full of exotic scenery, I would have naturally had the urge to travel far away, because at that time I just wanted to see more things and make myself stronger." Liang Jingmo looked at the painting with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "But like you said, I am now interested in stable teaching." It's fun to study academic issues, it's fun to battle wits with lazy students, and it's fun to settle down in one place and build your own world. ”

"But you're still going to go." Xiang Nanxing said, "Hey, don't tell me any like 'I feel weak because I'm too comfortable'." If you dare to say it, I will really dare to beat you. ”

"You can't beat me with your body right now." Liang Jingmo smiled, "Don't worry, even if this is like that, I won't mind, if it's weak, it's weak." I'm just, just ......"

He was a little stumbling in a rare way: "It's just to comply with someone's wishes, plan to teach in a different place, and by the way, make your stable life more complete, that's all." ”

Xiang Nanxing thoughtfully: "I heard that Xifeng plans to build an international university in the national capital, and it is currently in the preparatory stage, recruiting troops......

Liang Jingmo pursed his lips and nodded.

"So who is it? I know! It's Miss Black Cat, isn't it? ”

Seeing Liang Jingmo nodding again, Xiang Nanxing smiled evilly and punched him on the shoulder: "It's okay, you, you actually solved the major events of your life quietly!" I accept this reason, so acceptable! ”

However, after a period of excitement, he was a little puzzled after thinking about it, and said in a rambling voice: "But then again, your love is too secret." Not to mention the distance, I often mingle with you, and I didn't find out that you had contact with her when I ate and chatted, and as far as I can see, you were obviously not in that state of love before, and I almost thought about introducing the young and beautiful counselor in our class to you. ”

"In love." Liang Jingmo pouted, "I haven't officially talked about it yet." ”

"What's the situation!"

"Isn't she a diplomat, she came with the group these days, and she came here yesterday to meet me, and she was in this exhibition hall." Liang Jingmo said, "That guy is also fast-talking, and he came up and told me about the construction of the school over there, and asked me to immigrate there." ”

"So you agreed?"

"Of course it won't be too easy for her. I told her straight that unless she quit her job as a diplomat and stayed with me, then I would pass. She said yes, so I agreed. ”

"She accepted?"

"Accepted. But I guess she should have anticipated my reaction early on and was ready to resign. 'It's an adventure to live together' – that's what she said, and it's her usual style, right? ”

"No, wait, wait." Xiang Nanxing was already dumbfounded and incoherent, "What you say is actually a marriage proposal, right?" Is this a marriage proposal? People who haven't seen each other twice in a year, and they propose without saying a few words when they first met? Don't even need a little foreshadowing? ”

"Kid, you won't understand these things." Liang Jingmo patted him on the shoulder meaningfully, "She and I are comrades-in-arms who have been entrusted with each other in life and death, and we have long been connected by heart." Even this process of resorting to language was a little amusement, and I didn't know what she meant, and how could she not guess how I would answer. ”

"That'...... I don't know what to say, so congratulations and then I wish you a smooth journey......"

Xiang Nanxing only felt speechless for a while, but when he looked back and thought about it, he suddenly felt a little unhappy.

"Wait, if you want to talk about comrades-in-arms who trust life and death, then we will count us too, right?" He said angrily, "Then what are you doing this big circle today? Puzzle after puzzle, they followed me and drove me around the library like a monkey for a week before finally telling me the truth. Why don't you just say what you want when you come to me? ”

"Because no one comes to this room, the environment is quiet and easy to talk to?"

"You have the tone of a question!"

"Maybe it's because I don't worry about you."

Liang Jingmo looked at Xiang Nanxing with a smile, there was no cunning in his eyes, only sincere and soft emotions. "I won't regret my decision to leave here and go to Xifeng, but to be honest, I don't feel at ease." He smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's funny, you were originally the one who grew up here, you have familiar teachers, familiar friends, and now you have Miss Nangong to take care of, and I am the one who stayed here for a short time." But for some reason, I'm worried that after I'm gone, you'll be in trouble that can't be solved, or if you're reckless, and you'll be caught up in some terrible incident—even though I got you involved in the first place, it's kind of funny. ”

"So you made these puzzles to test my current abilities......"

"I feel much more relieved to see you solve the problem so cleanly." He exhaled a long breath, "The chicks have long since left the nest, and I myself have always stayed in the old impressions." It seems that even without me, you would already be a one-man guy. This way, I can go to my new university with great confidence. ”

"I'm going to miss you, though." He said seriously.

Xiang Nanxing pursed his lips and looked at him, wanted to speak several times, and finally shook his head and said: "Actually, it's quite unpleasant to be tested, but when I hear you say this, I can't get angry." ”

He shook his head again and smiled bitterly.

"I even feel a little sad...... Ha. ”

Xiang Nanxing stood up, standing in front of the wall covered with paintings, facing Liang Jingmo with his back to him. His shoulders shrugged slightly, his head tilted up slightly, and he didn't speak again for a few moments. Behind him, Liang Jingmo sat with his head down for a while, and suddenly quickly raised his hand to wipe his eyes. When he lowered his hand, the usual sly smile was on his face again.

I've said everything I want to say. Next, will he notice another secret hidden here?

He thought curiously, and set his eyes on the painting that Xiang Nanxing was facing in front of him. And at the same moment, Xiang Nanxing, who raised his head, also noticed the existence of this thing.

"Liang Jingmo, I want to ask you something."

There was still a bit of nasality in his voice, but his tone had become calm. Behind him, Liang Jingmo picked up his words like an unpredictable prophet: "You want to ask why I chose to tell you here, right?" I've already answered you. ”

"When you answered me just now, you used a question." Xiang Nanxing said, "Can I take this as a hint? ”

"What kind of prompt?" Liang Jingmo stretched out his hand, "The puzzle I came up with is over here." ”

Xiang Nanxing pondered for a moment and nodded.

This sentence of yours is also a hint. In other words, it's a puzzle left by another person. ”

He scrutinized the painting in front of him. There is a woman sitting in front of a dresser, admiring herself in front of a round dressing mirror, but if you take two steps back and squint, the shape of the dressing mirror is somewhat like a human skull, and the woman's head and her head in the mirror just turn into two eye holes of a skeleton, the shadow in the middle becomes the hole of the nose, and the row of makeup and tablecloth on the dresser are like the teeth and chin of a skeleton.

This is a technique called "graphic distortion", which is said to have been first used by Leonardo da Vinci. Xiang Nanxing once saw this portrait in a drama, and later checked the information and knew that its name was "All Vanity", which was a Victorian painting.

Since the paintings placed in the row are all colorful modern paintings, this old black and white painting looks very abrupt inside. Xiang Nanxing's mind was all about Liang Jingmo's affairs before, and he didn't pay attention to it at a glance, at most he just felt that there seemed to be something strange in his field of vision. Just now he was sorting out his mood with the paintings, and when he accidentally looked at it, he immediately found the problem, and after thinking about it, he realized that this should never be the style of the exhibition hall.

He stepped forward, gently lifted the edge of the canvas to reveal a corner of another painting underneath, and pulled it again, and he took the whole canvas down. Sure enough, this "All in Vain" was hung by someone outside the library.

"Is this the last puzzle of the day......" Xiang Nanxing looked at the painting in his hand and muttered to himself.

Hidden by it is a modern painting, which is unified with the surrounding style and looks unremarkable, so the real clue is the painting itself "All is Vanity". Xiang Nanxing recalled Liang Jingmo's previous words and actions, and those seemingly ordinary conversations seemed to be some kind of pun hint at this time.

Who is the person who laid out this painting?

What does this painting want to express?

And Liang Jingmo, what kind of accomplice role does he play in this?

Xiang Nanxing looked at the woman's face in the mirror, thoughtful.

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