"You said Tajima is selfish, I admit that, but most artists are like this..."
When Guan Lin was mid-sentence, he suddenly let out a soft "Ah" and said, "Isn't that person Tajima?"
Guan Lin looked at the building across the road. There happened to be a cafe at the same height. There was a man wearing a dark blue coat sitting in the corner. Hong Limin raised his eyes and quickly covered his face with the curtains. As expected, that man was indeed It's her husband Tajima.
Hong Limin's face became very pale.
"Tajima didn't go to the beach?" Guan Lin said as if he was puzzled. Hong Li-Sen felt angry because she thought her husband was lying to her again.
"He must have wanted me to believe he had gone to the beach so he could follow me."
"Tajima shouldn't be that sinister..."
Guan Lin said in a very embarrassed tone while wiping his forehead with a handkerchief. Maybe the heater was too hot?
"Perhaps someone from the magazine asked him to meet him at that cafe so they could go on a sketching trip to the beach together."
"Yeah?"
Hong Limin said with a suspicious expression on his face, and looked at the cafe again. Tajima was gone. He must have seen both of us. Hong Limin thought so.
"I'm going to make a call." Hong Limin said suddenly.
"Who to call?" Guan Lin asked with a surprised expression.
"The magazine that invited him to go on a sketching trip. I would like to ask if the magazine's people have made an appointment with him to meet at that cafe?"
Hong Limin left his seat despite Guan Lin's dissuasion. She called the magazine, and the person who answered the phone was an editor who had met Hong Limin two or three times.
"I was the one who invited your husband to go sketch at the beach." the editor said. "I entrust your husband with full authority to paint freely. The deadline is twenty-five days. Has your husband set off?"
"Have you made an appointment with my husband where we will meet today?"
"No, as I said just now, I have given you full authority, sir. Is there any inconvenience?"
"No, there isn't."
Hong Limin whispered, hung up the phone, and gritted her teeth angrily. As expected, her husband suspected that she had an affair with Guan Lin, so he followed her behind. He lied to her that he went to the beach just to make her feel at ease to have a tryst with her boyfriend. This Isn't this despicable and insidious approach? Hong Limin returned to his seat angrily.
"This is entirely my responsibility." Guan Lin said with a sad expression.
Hong Limin stared at Guan Lin's face, her eyes seemed to be expecting something. Guan Lin looked away from her slightly as if a little embarrassed.
"honestly--"
"real?"
"Honestly, while I advise you to reconcile with Tajima, I also hope that you--"
"I..." Hong Limin asked, staring closely at Guan Lin's face.
She knew what Guan Lin wanted to say, and the reason why she asked knowingly was to let Guan Lin say it himself. Even if Guan Lin said "I want to hug you," she would probably throw herself into his arms without hesitation, right?
"I know I'm not your ideal person to discuss things with, but I'm very happy to be with you, so I came to meet you. It's natural for Tajima to be suspicious, because Tajima knows that I am also like you."
"It doesn't matter."
"Despite what you say..."
"It doesn't matter, because I also know that you are not the ideal person to discuss things with."
"In that case, why did you call me here?"
"Because I have no one I can talk to except you, and..."
"And what?"
"I think you still love me deeply, so I put you..."
"Even though Tajima suspects that I have an affair with you, do you not care at all?"
"Yes. I don't care at all about being suspected by that despicable person."
Hong Limin said in a high-pitched voice. People mistakenly think that his voice is so high-pitched because he is in a happy mood. People's emotions are very delicate. Until just now, she was still afraid that Tajima would know that she was meeting Guan Lin because she was worried about being a married woman. However, once she knew that her husband suspected her, this worry completely disappeared. It was the suspicion that caused her rebound, and she no longer worried about being a married woman. If Guan Lin tempted her now, he would probably follow him no matter where he went!
Even if we find a tryst hotel, she will go with her!
"You said you still like me now?"
"That's..." Guan Lin shook his head gently as soon as he said this.
"I can't do anything to regret my friends, and..."
"And what?"
"I think of that portrait."
"portrait?"
"Do you still remember the portrait that Tajima and I painted three years ago, using you as the model?"
"Remember……"
"At that time, Tajima's portrait won an award and made him famous in the painting world. What surprised me at that time was not only his painting skills, but his love for you. He poured all his love into you. That portrait, that alone, defeated me——"
"His love for me is now gone."
"However, I can't forget the strong impression that portrait left on me. Did Tajima dedicate that portrait to you as a gift of love? As long as that portrait is still there, it means that Tajima's love for you has not disappeared. , when I think about it..."
"..."
"Tajima must still be deeply in love with you. Today he is following you, which is the best proof."
"..."
Hong Limin fell silent. She felt that the danger suddenly disappeared because Guan Lin did not say "I want to hug you", but mentioned the portrait.
Hong Limen felt reassured, but also a little disappointed.
"Let's go!" Hong Limin stood up slowly.
Hong Limin broke up with Guan Lin at the station.
It was already nine o'clock. When Hong Limin passed the ticket gate and entered the waiting hall, someone suddenly called her from behind. Because it was a man's call, she thought it was Guan Lin chasing after her, and she couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in her heart. However, when When she looked back, she couldn't help but be disappointed, because that person was not Guan Lin, but Jiang Shangfeng, a painter who was a member of the same society as her husband.
Jiang Shangfeng is a short and fat man. Although he is not good-looking, he is very talented.
Although he is older than Tajima and Guan Lin, probably because of his short stature and baby face, he looks younger than Tajima and Guan Lin.
"It is indeed Madam." Jiang Shangfeng, a 35-year-old bachelor, said. His face was red, as if he had just drank wine and smelled of alcohol.
"I was drinking with Tajima just now," Jiang Shangfeng said.
"Are you drinking with my husband?"
"Yes. I met him accidentally in the alley of the commercial street. I saw that his eyebrows were deeply furrowed and he was in great pain. In order to comfort him, I took him to a snack bar for a drink."
“Where does my husband go after he drinks?”
"Tajima took a bus home in Shimbashi. He seemed to be in pain. What happened?"
