Chapter Twenty-Four: No One Else in the Painting
On the second floor, in the roomβ
Yuan Shu slowly opened his eyes, his vision blurred and looked at everything around him. I probably cried too much last night, and my eyes were red and swollen, and there was some stinging.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up slowly. As soon as his legs reached the side of the bed, Gu Chenan pushed the door and came in.
She smiled faintly, her throat slightly dry: "Gu Chen'an." β
"When did you wake up?"
"Just up."
Yuan Shu opened his arms, and Gu Chenan was hugged by her as soon as he approached. She closed her eyes and rubbed Gu Chen'an's stomach.
"What's wrong?"
"My eyes hurt."
"I'll see."
Yuan Shu obediently raised his head, his eyes still closed.
"It's a little swollen." Gu Chenan touched the back of her head and asked softly, "Did you have a nightmare last night?" β
"Hmm."
"Are you feeling better now?"
Yuan Shu snorted and nodded.
Her lips opened slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Gu Chen'an.
"I'll go downstairs and give you a hot meal, and you can clean up and come down."
Yuan Shu nodded and said hello.
Only the two of them were left in the house, and everyone else went out.
Yuan Shu came to the table and sat down, but he didn't have much appetite.
She put down her chopsticks, "Gu Chen'an..."
She was interrupted by a hurried ringing bell.
Gu Chenan looked at the caller ID, frowned, and quickly walked to the courtyard to answer the phone.
Yuan Shu bit his chopsticks, looked at his back, and muttered, "Gu Chen'an, do you believe in dreams?" β
After answering the phone, Gu Chenan returned to the house, looking like he wanted to say something.
Yuan Shu had already noticed something, and asked first, "What's wrong?" β
"Yuan Shu, I need to leave for a while." Gu Chenan walked around the dining table and came to Yuan Shu's side, who looked up at him with his head tilted.
Yuan Shu put down his chopsticks, quickly got up and said, "Where are you going?" Did something happen? β
Gu Chenan shook his head: "I need to go on a business trip." β
Yuan Shu was stunned: "I... Can you know where to go? β
Gu Chenan shook his head again.
Yuan Shu also understood, and spit out a few words after a long time: "Are you going to go for a long time?" β
"The return date is undecided."
...... Yuan Shu was anxious, what does "undecided return" mean? Is this going to be a long time coming? Will he be in danger?
"Yuan Shu, I have to leave for the airport right now, everyone is waiting for me."
"You... Stay safe. β
"Hmm." Gu Chenan hugged her, "I have asked Uncle Mo to pick you up tomorrow morning and take you back to Shanghai." β
"It's okay with me, you don't have to worry about me." She's forcing a smile, how can she not worry!
Gu Chenan couldn't help but tighten his arms.
Yuan Shu thinks that she is also an independent person, and she doesn't understand why she has such emotions.
Holding back tears, she squeezed out a not-so-good-looking smile, looked at him and said, "I'll wait for you to come back." β
Gu Chenan nodded slightly, and gently left a shallow kiss on her forehead. Despite all his reluctance, he picked up his coat and left.
The moment the door closed, Yuan Shu's heart paused. I just feel that this scene is so familiar, as if it has been done before.
She held the chair with one hand, clenched her fist with the other hand and gently hammered the position of her heart, her face was ugly.
Towards evening, Yuan Shu got into Uncle Mo's car and left home, preparing to return to Shanghai.
On the way, Yuan Shu called his parents.
Li Juan complained a few words on the other end of the phone, they went to the seafood market in the afternoon to buy so many vegetables, but the two of them said to leave.
Yuan Shu had no choice but to lie, saying that there was something temporary in his unit.
Along the way, Uncle Mo saw that she was very depressed and didn't dare to talk.
It was already past eleven o'clock at night when I returned to Shanghai, and the car was parked downstairs in Yuan Shu's community.
Yuan Shu didn't get out of the car immediately, just sat quietly, and said slowly: "Uncle Mo, did Gu Chenan suddenly go on a business trip before?" β
Uncle Mo nodded: "Yes." β
"How long does he usually leave?"
"Days, months, up to nine months."
"So longβ" there was a bit of sadness in her expression, and she had just separated before she began to miss him.
How to do it.
"He must want to accompany you, but this is his mission and responsibility, and there are some things he has to do." Uncle Mo looked at her through the rearview mirror in the car.
"I know, I'm not complaining about his work. I just, miss him. β
"He'll be back soon."
"Hmm." Yuan Shu never thought that this man would occupy all of her heart in a short period of time.
Even He Shanlin, who has been dating for two years, has never had this kind of feeling, and even she feels inexplicable.
I love someone so much for some reason.
In the days when there was no news from Gu Chenan, Yuan Shu still went home from work and work, two o'clock and one line. Even when I called him, there was a cold shutdown tone on the other end of the phone.
On weekends, Yuan Shu would ask Uncle Mo to take him to Gu Chen'an's dormitory, stay for a day and come back.
It's been a whole month, and there hasn't been a trace of Gu Chenan's news.
In the afternoon, Yuan Shu sat on the bay window in a daze.
Suddenly, snowflakes fell outside the window.
It's snowing!
Yuan Shu half-knelt in front of the windowsill, gently pushed the window open, and stretched his hand into the air.
"Gu Chenan, it's snowing in Shanghai."
"When are you coming back?"
"I miss you..."
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At night, Yuan Shu was tossed by that dream and couldn't sleep well, and after waking up, she got up and went to the living room to pour a glass of water and poured a few sips.
As she was about to go back to her room, she stopped as she passed by the study.
The door of the study was hidden, and Yuan Shu remembered that the door had been closed since she first came to this house.
Except for that night, she had no intention of seeing Gu Chenan in the study...
That's right! That painting!
Curiosity drove Yuan Shu to push open the door of the study.
Turn on the lights and you'll see everything.
She stood on the bookshelf and was greeted by professional books.
Suddenly, she stopped beside the bookshelf, her eyes drawn to the writing on the wall.
She said silently: "A beautiful day, a lifetime of glory." β
Chen'an, Chen'an; Beautiful scenery, a lifetime of glory.
Is this where his name comes from?
Where did that painting go...
She rummaged through her study for a while, and finally found a scroll in the compartment under the bookcase.
The clutter on the desk was removed, and the scroll was slowly opened.
When he saw the contents of the painting scroll, Yuan Shu felt a chill in his back and opened the pores all over his body.
It's none other than herself... No, it should be the girl in her dreams.
Yuan Shu was so frightened that he took a few steps back from his desk, what the hell is going on?!
She returned to her desk and once again spread out the painting to look at it closely.
The hairpin on the woman's head in the painting seems to have been seen somewhere...
Yuan Shu took her mobile phone and flipped out the photo of the golden hairpin that Gu Chenan gave her before, which was exactly the same.
What the hell is going on?! Could it be that Gu Chenan has something to do with her dream?
At this moment, Yuan Shu was no longer able to think calmly. She felt that it all seemed to be directing something, telling her something.
She went back to the living room to calm down, but everything poured out at this moment, and she couldn't stop it.
"Green Bamboo Temple!"
That dream...
She and Gu Chen'an met for the first time...
Yuan Shu gasped, Master Huikong, he must know something!
She stayed up all night, asked for leave from the unit at dawn, and went to the Green Bamboo Temple alone.
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