Early the next morning, Xu Jianglun took me out and pushed my wheelchair. The road was flat, I looked around with great interest, asked all kinds of questions about the snow wolf along the way, and he also patiently answered them one by one, and then I even asked about the height and weight, and he said helplessly: "Xia Zhu, you will know this later." ”

When I saw the snow wolf, I was slightly disappointed. It's too far from the imaginary majestic appearance, and the black fur that doesn't slip away, where is the heroic posture of a snow wolf? It was lying at the mouth of a cave and was locked in by a forest bar. I looked at it for a moment and said, "It's lonely." Xu Jianglun looked at me and seemed to think that my words were a little funny, "Why are animals lonely?" ”

I disagree: "Aren't people lonely because they are animals?" ”

"Do you compare people to it?"

"Why can't you compare, haven't you heard that wolves are the most arrogant animals in the world? It has only one spouse in its life, and if the other person dies, it would rather be alone for the rest of its life. ”

Xu Jianglun smiled: "Where did you get all this nonsense from?" After asking, his expression changed slightly, and his eyes narrowed, "Xia Zhu, did you remember something?" I was puzzled: "What comes to mind?" ”

He was slightly stunned, and then shook his head, "It's okay." "It is said that it was not like this originally, it used to be majestic, and there was a pack of wolves around it, but in that slaughter many years ago, all the wolves died, and only one of its legs was broken." ”

I'm sad in vain, I should be the king of wolves, but I was defeated and became such a field? Understand why it is lonely, because its companions are dead, but it is still living alone. If it had human feelings, it would have lived a very painful life.

"Let's go." Xu Jianglun pushed my wheelchair away, and I reluctantly looked at the snow wolf again, always feeling that its eyes showed begging and pity. When I turned my eyes, I found that the environment around me was unfamiliar, and I couldn't help but ask, "Where is this going?" ”

"Don't ask, you'll find out in a moment." The wheelchair was pushed to an uneven place, and he simply bent down to pick me up and walked, I was a little uncomfortable, and I didn't know where to put my hand. It took a long walk before he let me down. Looking at the big ship in front of me, I opened my mouth wide in shock, "We're going to ...... Leave? ”

"Don't you think life on the island is boring?"

How can I have? I muttered something in my heart, but my attention was drawn to this gorgeous ship and I couldn't wait to go up and visit. Xu Jianglun complied with my wishes, wrapped his arms around my shoulders and slowly stepped on the pedal to board the ship. The first half of the day was spent in nervous excitement, and then the wheelchair that was left behind was moved by someone, so I rocked the wheelchair on the deck by myself. Finally, at noon, I basically looked at the whole ship, and the sense of surprise was extinguished.

Xu Jianglun didn't care much about me, he kept standing at the bow of the boat to arrange various dispatches, and occasionally glanced at me from afar. Knowing that he had scheduled to leave at twelve o'clock at noon, I leaned on the railing and watched as the people on the island moved their things to the boat one by one. When even Li Chengjun came up, I couldn't help but wonder, and after gesturing to Li Chengjun, he staggered over.

I asked, "Why don't you bring the old chief on board?" ”

Li Chengjun's expression was stunned, and Gu Zuoyan squeaked at him. I was silent, not reluctantly. When Xu Jianglun came over, he wanted to speak a few times and then stopped being looked at by him, "If you have something to say, just say it, what are you doing?" ”

"Don't you want to take the old leader with you?"

His eyes sank, "Who broke with you again?" I ignored his question and said to myself, "We are in a hurry to leave because this island is about to sink, so can we leave the old leader behind?" Also, what about that snow wolf? Just keep it in that cave and leave it to fend for itself? ”

Xu Jianglun smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes: "He has a relationship with this island, how can I destroy it?" Self-contained. After speaking, he lowered his eyes and glanced at me, "You are quite concerned about that snow wolf." ”

There was no follow-up to this matter, and Xu Jianglun walked away after dropping a sentence.

At noon, the ship started on time. Looking at the farther and farther along the coast, even if the sun is shining overhead, I feel depressed. I came to the bow of the boat alone, and looked out over the railing, looking up at thousands of miles of rivers and vast waters, and my eyes only fell on a certain place. When I heard footsteps behind me, I retracted my gaze and rested my hands on the railing in a comfortable way.

Xu Jianglun didn't seem to have any intention of speaking, so he just stood beside me. I raised my eyes sideways, and saw that his face was calm, but his eyes were clear. Suddenly, my mind moved, and I said, "Let me draw you." He was slightly surprised, but turned to a smile in his eyebrows, "You're waiting." He turned and headed for the cabin. Soon he came out with his easel and my toolbox, and asked a little uncomfortably, "Where should I stand?" I thought for a moment, pointing to the empty part of the deck, "That's it." ”

The first time I saw him standing so stiffly, but still unmoved, I took a paintbrush and sketched a prototype on paper. As soon as I thought of inspiration, I suddenly realized that painting was not as difficult as usual, and then I couldn't stand his stiffness, so I said, "You relax." He was stunned, his tense shoulders drooped slightly, and he turned sideways and walked a few steps, leaning against the railing, "Can you be here?" I didn't have anyone to rely on just now, and my feet will be sore after standing for a long time. ”

I glanced at the river beside him and nodded, "Okay, right there." Now it's just a preliminary outline, and when the framing is set, you can still get a cup of tea to drink. When he heard this, the corners of his eyes curled.

This afternoon was spent in harmony while I was slowly painting, and he drank tea in harmony, except for a few times when the captain came to report on the progress of the trip, basically no one bothered me. Occasionally, during a break, I would make small talk, but I didn't realize that time flew by and it was already dark.

When Xu Jianglun came over curiously to take a look, I just left the last stroke. He was really stunned for more than a minute, then pointed to the picture and asked, "What are you drawing?" Of course, I replied, "This boat, this scenery in the river." He laughed, "You've been painting all afternoon, painting all scenes, so what do I want to do standing there?" He glanced at the drawing paper again and said, "It's not even a background." ”

The whole painting, which took nearly six hours, shows a steamer, a flag on the top of the ship, a deck, an endless river, and geese flying at low altitude, but there is no one.

I grinned and responded, "Let you stand there and chat with me, or how boring it will be to sit and draw this afternoon." ”

He tapped me on the head with a feigned annoyance, turned around and walked behind my wheelchair to push, "Learned to entertain me?" I don't care, you must help me draw one. I was a little embarrassed: "This painting is about inspiration ......"

The sound of grinding teeth came from overhead: "Xia Zhu." ”

I laughed, "Okay, I'll help you draw." He said, "It's too late today, you can rest early after dinner, you will be uncomfortable on the first day of the boat." Draw it for me tomorrow. I nodded, "Well, tomorrow." ”

The dinner was good, all of my favorite dishes, and I ate them with relish. When it was time to rest at night, Xu Jianglun walked to the hatch and turned back, looking at me with warm eyes: "Xia Zhu, I am very happy today." I raised an eyebrow, "You've been fooling you all afternoon, and you're still happy?" He nodded earnestly, "Well, it's good to be with you." ”

The hatch opened and closed again, and as usual, he stood silently outside the door for about five minutes before hearing his footsteps leave. I smiled lightly, turned off the lights, but cleaned up the things on the table, flattened the afternoon painting on the table, and picked out the brush from the toolbox. The room was not too dark, and tonight the moonlight was shining brightly, and it was quiet to see through the glass opening in the hatch. I scribbled it with a paintbrush, and soon the day itself turned into night, leaving only one moon. In the very center of the picture, on the deck, is a large blank space, and after a little muttering, the brush is fast.

No matter how disturbed by the outside world, it does not affect my ability to concentrate my thoughts on the painting. This painting, Xu Jianglun is a layman can't see its clues, only my heart is transparent, it is an incomplete painting. I was really painting the scenery all afternoon, and my gift at the moment is the real theme. When the painting was completed, the hatch was moved, and Xu Jianglun's gloomy figure stood at the door, and the moonlight sprinkled on him, like a ...... in the dark night Rakshasa. I raised my eyes lightly and looked at him quietly, fearless.

His breath was a little messy, even panting, and he asked in a deep voice, "You have never lost your memory?" Although it is a question sentence, the tone is very affirmative. I still looked at him quietly, my hand loosened, the brush lightly fell on the paper, the sound was small, but enough to attract his attention, he took a step on the lintel, "What are you drawing?" ”

I narrowed my eyes and said lightly, "Come and see." ”

He walked a few steps to the front, and only the sound of the two of them breathing was heard in the silence of the space, and it was a long time before he heard him laugh sadly: "I thought that at least you would wait until the ship docked and returned to the interior, then at least there would be a month." But it turns out that on the first day of the boat, you can't wait. He suddenly looked down, and I could clearly see something flying on the drawing paper, dissolving the darkness around the bright moon.

stared at that distraction, and finally raised his finger to a certain place: "Aren't you going to let me draw you tomorrow?" It's already tomorrow in the early hours of the morning, and what I promised has been done. This large blank space is left to draw this cage for you. Xu Jianglun, you are burdened with countless lives, and you have smuggled fake cultural relics abroad, and I will not state other crimes one by one. I, Xia Zhu, an officer of the Qingzhu County Police Station, will arrest you today, will you be arrested or will you resist again? ”

By the time the words fell, I had put the barrel of my gun against his belly, a police gun.

Xu Jianglun's eyes stared at my hand heavily, and he asked dryly, "When did they give you a gun?" ”

I replied, "You gave me the gun." Doubts flashed in his eyes, and he turned to the toolbox beside me, and sighed in his heart. I didn't want to hide it, I lifted the toolbox directly to the table, pressed the spring, and jumped out of the first layer, full of tools such as brushes and carving knives, and then found a small mechanism, and popped out another layer, and there was a hidden waterproof bag at the bottom of the box. My police gun was hidden there, and it was given to me by Xu Jianglun himself.

When I flipped over to this gun "out of boredom", some of the dead cells in my body began to come back to life. <