Chapter 1: An Oil Painting

At this moment, there was a rhythmic knock at the door. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this voice interrupted Qi Luoling's thinking, she frowned, looking a little unhappy. Qi Luoling hurriedly stuffed the pages on the table into the drawer, straightened her hair and clothes, walked quickly to the door, and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was a smiling Lady Carolina.

"Hello, Miss Qi."

"Hello, Lady Carolina, please come in."

Qi Luoling politely invited Lady Carolina to enter the door, and the two of them sat down on the long sofa in the room, one after the other.

The light of the room was soft, and the sunlight poured in through the window, and the curtain of hollowed-out fine flowers sifted into a mottled mixture of pale yellow and gray black, and fell on Qi Luoling's forehead as if it were some mysterious text. Qi Luoling wore a sleeveless floral green nightdress, and her bare arms were displayed in front of Lady Carolina's eyes.

Lady Carolina suddenly looked at her arm in a daze, as if she could not take her eyes off it, and a subtle surprise flashed across her face.

"What is Madame looking for me?" Qi Luoling broke the silence and said with a smile.

Lady Carolina quickly returned to her normal and asked with concern, "I just want to ask Miss Qi, is there anything I need help with?" After all, you disappeared for two days without warning. We're all worried, if you don't show up again, we're going to call the police, where have you been for the past two days? ”

"I'm sorry that my departure without saying goodbye has worried you, because I did have a special situation that needs to be dealt with urgently, so I couldn't tell you in advance, and I'm sorry for that." Qi Luoling said apologetically.

"Can I ask what the hell is going on?" Lady Carolina said.

Qi Luoling was silent for a while, and said sincerely: "I'm really sorry, I can't explain or accurately describe what happened to me in the past few days. It's not that I'm willing to tell you, but because a lot of things are complicated and can't be explained in a few words. Hope you understand. ”

Lady Carolina nodded as if she didn't understand.

"Madame, I'm going to take my leave of you." Qi Luoling continued.

"Why?" Lady Carolina looked at her puzzled.

"Because I want to get away from the estate for a while."

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know. I wanted to change the environment and think calmly about something, something that was extraordinary to me. ”

"It has something to do with your parting words these days, right?"

Qi Luoling nodded.

Lady Carolina lowered her head, fell silent again, and after a while, raised her head and looked at Qi Luoling, and said, "The first time I saw you, I thought you were familiar. I remember, where have I seen you. ”

"This is the first time in my life that I have come to Poland. You certainly haven't met me, maybe you're mistaken. Qi Luoling smiled slightly.

"No, I've seen you, maybe I didn't express it clearly. I said I've seen you, not in real life, but in a painting, in an oil painting. ”

Qi Luoling looked at Lady Carolina in surprise and said, "Painting? What oil paintings? ”

"An oil painting of a young girl. In the style of classicism, the girl in the oil painting is smiling and holding a large bouquet of colorful flowers, and her appearance and expression are very similar to yours. What I remember the most is that the girl in the painting has a colorful butterfly on her upper right arm, which is exactly the same as the pattern on your current arm. Lady Carolina turned her gaze to her arm once more.

Qi Luoling was stunned, couldn't help but turn her head, and looked at the butterfly on her arm again. I don't know when the butterfly turned from a simple red to a colorful color, and the patterns on its wings were intertwined, both bright and dull.

"Where did you see that painting?" Qi Luoling seemed to remember something and continued to ask.

"It was a winter day a few years ago, and I was walking down the street of the city, and for a moment I was looking at the beautiful clothes in the transparent window of the street, and I was carelessly knocking down a passerby and something in his hand. The other party was a middle-aged man who was holding something in a square wrapped in cloth. The square thing was knocked to the ground by me, and the cloth that was wrapped around it was scattered, and it turned out to be an oil painting. I apologized as I picked the painting up from the ground, and in a panic I glanced at the painting. I handed the painting to the man, and he hurried away. ”

"Do you remember the man's appearance and figure?"

Madame Carolina thought for a moment and said, "He is probably in his forties, tall and wearing a black coat, and his face is not clearly visible. Because it was winter and it was cold, he wrapped his scarf tightly around most of his face. ”

Draw? How can there be an oil painting that looks like you? Qi Luoling thought hard, and there was no mention of a painting in those pages. However, this oil painting may be a clue.

"Looks like maybe I should go to downtown Huashi." Qi Luoling said secretly in her heart.

"You don't know Poland well, if you're leaving the manor, do you need me to do anything for you?" Lady Carolina said sincerely.

"I especially thank you and your wife for your care and care for me. I've decided to live in the city for a while, do you know if you know a suitable place to live? ”

"I have an apartment on Nickel Street in the city, the building is a bit old, and the house is not spacious, but it is very clean and tidy, I wonder what you think?"

"It's okay, I'm happy to have a place to stay. Thank you. ”

"Alright, let me arrange it for you."