The road in the mountain city is like life, up and down, making people feel the direction.

It's obviously a scene in the play, but in fact, Su Ye and Jiang Baizhi don't know where they went, at a crossroads, Su Ye and Jiang Baizhi are faced with a choice, whether to open the map and get on the right track, or continue to walk aimlessly.

Across the road, under a lush old tree, a painting stall attracted Jiang Baizhi's attention. It was a middle-aged man, and he was quietly drawing. But you don't feel like he's lonely, and the small stall feels like a world in its own right.

He's painting landscapes, and he's actually part of them.

Jiang Baizhi patted Su Ye's shoulder, she wanted to go over and take a look.

When I crossed the road and walked to this painting stall, I realized that in front of this painter were portraits, not painting landscapes, but people.

"Wow, I've drawn a lot of people."

"It's interesting to draw because the person we meet on the road may be someone else wants to see." The painter smiled as he painted, "You two, do you want a portrait?" ”

Maybe this is the painter's fixed way of selling paintings, or maybe it is the painter's inspiration, but this sentence 'A random person you meet on the road may be someone who is thinking about someone else' undoubtedly touched Su Ye's heart.

It seemed that he had a heart, and when Su Ye looked down at Jiang Baizhi, he got the same eager look.

"Okay."

"Then please sit on the bamboo chair first, and the painting in my hand will be finished in a few minutes."

Su Ye rarely has the desire to take the initiative to talk to others, such as accompanying Jiang Baizhi to his alma mater, he is silent and regarded by Teacher Zuo as Jiang Baizhi's normal friend, not her boyfriend.

But at this moment, this painter made Su Ye rarely have a desire to speak.

"Sir looks flabby."

"Oh?"

"It's not like a person who begs for a living."

Su Ye never asked for this person's name, he likes this kind of feeling of meeting in the water, making friends lightly, and then returning to the end of the world, don't forget, he grew up watching martial arts since he was a child.

"It's probably when people reach middle age and learn to allow everything to happen, not to confront it. Regret, stupidity, ugliness, hypocrisy, giving is allowed to go unrewarded. When you allow all this, you will gradually become a soft, relaxed and relaxed person. ”

Su Ye chewed on the painter's words, and felt that it was very interesting, Jiang Baizhi next to her blinked, and suddenly she had a feeling of meeting a master on the martial arts road.

"Are you lovers?"

"Yes, travel to the mountain town."

"Congratulations." The painter laughs, then explains, "It's a celebration to be with someone you like." ”

"Listening to Mr., it seems that he is also a person with a story?"

The painter generously admitted, "It is true to be happy to get a loved one, but it is not a sad thing to lose one, because there will be as many happy and joyful things as a mountain." Sadness is unwillingness and regret. I can't sit still until I really allow everything to happen, so I'm painting here, and I think when I've got three thousand paintings, I'll figure it out, and when I figured it out, I'll go to her. ”

Jiang Baizhi couldn't help but ask, "How many pictures have you drawn now?" ”

"When I'm done drawing for you, it's the 1639th pair."

"It's been a long time."

The painter smiled, just shaking the hand holding the brush.

"That's why I have enough time to think about it, to figure it out, so that I can give her an explanation, or give myself an explanation."

"What if she can't wait?"

"I've been brave too, but she seems to have concerns too, and we all need time to figure it out."

Speaking of this, the painter was reluctant to say, "Okay, let's not talk about these things. Everyone has their own hurdles to go through, thank you for your concern. ”

For a moment, there was a sudden silence in the air.

The only thing that reverberated was the sound of a paintbrush brushing the paper, and the wind was very noisy, and the person who blew gradually became intoxicated.

The setting sun glows purple-red, emitting an orange-red glow, lighting up the sunset on the horizon. On the road, Jiang Baizhi held Su Ye's arm, walked slowly, and held in his hand, as well as portraits of the two of them.

But obviously, Su Ye and Jiang Baizhi are still immersed in the story of the painter just now, and they are immersed often because they see their own shadow in the story.

Su Ye was immersed because if there was no fate and no bravery, it would be difficult for him to be with Jiang Baizhi, maybe like this painter, trapped in a world.

And Jiang Baizhi was immersed because of gratitude, after she saw Zhao Wanning's heart and mind for more than ten years, she got what she wanted to be with Zhang Wangwei, and she and Su Ye got what she wanted. But after the painter's incident, she realized that not everyone can be with the person she likes, which makes her a little afraid.

If it weren't for Su Ye's insistence on expressing love, if Su Ye gave up when she didn't get a response from herself, if she figured it out a little later, would she and Su Ye be together?

"Su Ye, thank you."

"Why do you say that all of a sudden?"

Jiang Baizhi said, "You took the initiative to express your liking to me a long time ago, if you say that you love someone, you will be unique to her, in fact, I have felt unique to you for a long time, but there has been no response." If it weren't for your continued insistence, maybe we wouldn't be together and I would have missed you. ”

"I willingly."

"But you're hard."

Even if it's very hard, when I hear Jiang Baizhi say this, it's not hard.

"Then we have to be together well, and we can't live up to my hard work."

"Well, we're going to be together."

The two held hands and looked at each other, and a wave of happiness, gratitude, and cherishing thoughts filled the hearts of the two people at the same time.

The time was getting later and later, and the figures of the two gradually became invisible. In the wind, the conversation between the two can be faintly heard.

"Su Ye, that painter is so miserable."

"We can't say it's miserable, we don't know about him. He will be like the 1900 of "The Pianist at Sea", faced with the choice of whether to get off the ship. For others, the outside world is good, bustling and attractive. But for 1900, he only liked the ship on which he had grown up.

For a painter, maybe he will figure out how to confess and be rejected, maybe he will let go of everything and put everything in his heart, maybe he can get love, maybe he will be lonely for a lifetime. All this seems important, but it is not so important. The most important thing is that he figured it out, and when he figured it out, everything would suddenly become clear. ”

"Well, then I wish the painter what he wants, whatever he chooses, as long as it is his own choice. But I'll cherish you anyway, and I'll hold your hand firmly for the rest of my life and never let go. ”

"Okay."

"By the way, I just said that you liked me a long time ago, and you didn't refute it. I remember the first time we went out shopping, you deliberately changed your clothes. From the truth, did you fall in love with me at first sight, and you already liked me at that time? ”

"It was love at first sight, so I cherish it."

This chapter is written for book friends, thank you for your care and encouragement~

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