Re-engraving the Spring

Ji Yanchen drove all the way and finally brought Chi Qiu to Lu Fengshen’s art exhibition.

Before entering, Ji Yanchen asked Chi Qiu to put on a mask and sunglasses, and he also put on a pair of sunglasses.
After all the preparations were made, he strutted around and led Chi Qiu to check the tickets into the venue.

As the tickets were reusable within the specified time, Chi Qiu carefully folded them and put them in his pants pocket.

There were not many people inside the exhibition, and those who came were all men and women of status.
The crowd was full of praise for the arrangement and design of the exhibition, and they also appreciated Lu Fengshen’s paintings.

If anyone was interested in any of the paintings, they could also refer to the price in the lower left corner, reserve it with the staff and pay a deposit.
In this way, the painting would be reserved and handed over to the customer securely at the end of the exhibition.

In the whole exhibition, only Ji Yanchen, who had no talent for art, followed Chi Qiu the whole time, standing like a bodyguard.

Seeing that there were strangers all around, Chi Qiu quietly took off his sunglasses and stood in front of a painting called ‘Re-engraved Spring Days’ to look at it carefully.

There weren’t too many things in the picture, only the splendid colors of spring; like splashing ink mixed on the paper, so that people inadvertently fell into it, surrounded by sweet flowers, kissed by the stretches of grass.

Chi Qiu was so fascinated that he couldn’t look away for a long time.

Each painting in the exhibition was very beautiful, but Chi Qiu only liked this one.

Ji Yanchen saw him stop and stand still, so he also followed to admire.

“This painting looks messy, but the name is quite good.” Ji Yanchen pushed the sunglasses.
He didn’t see the color of spring on the paper at all, and read aloud: “Re-engraved Spring Days, really interesting.”

By the way, he glanced at the sky-high price of the painting, but he didn’t think it was expensive: “Do you like it?”

“Don’t buy it for me.” Chi Qiu knew what Ji Yanchen was thinking and refused in one breath, “I can’t take it back.”

It was the same in any house.
At this moment, he couldn’t be a normal person.

Ji Yanchen shrugged his shoulders, thinking it was not a big deal: “Then put it in my house first?”

“A spring that’s in a private collection will fade away quickly.” Chi Qiu, however, did not even have a space to hide it privately, his world was too small.
He smiled as he said: “This painting is actually not worth this price, uncle should not want to sell it.”

Ji Yanchen couldn’t understand it at all, he muttered: “Don’t want to sell, what price does he bid? The artist’s brain is really hard to understand…”

Chi Qiu didn’t understand either, he pursed the corners of his mouth and walked forward.
During the time spent watching the exhibition, his heart was briefly relaxed.

He grew up as a quiet child, loving concerts, painting exhibitions, and everything that was static on the outside but animated on the inside.
If it wasn’t for his eyes and family that limited him, Chi Qiu’s life might have been different.

 

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Chi Qiu put on his sunglasses and prepared to leave the painting exhibition.

Ji Yanchen was still playing with the idea of the painting.
He looked at it twice back and forth and after making sure that the price was indeed on the high side, he followed Chi Qiu out with confidence.

Obviously, compared to other paintings, the price of this ‘Re-engraved Spring Days’ jumped upward several steps, but to be honest, it clearly did not reach the corresponding price compared to other paintings.
It should be Lu Fengshen’s early work and Lu Fengshen probably didn’t want to sell it.

Or, he wanted to pick the right buyer.
The person who could throw away thousands of yuan for this painting was bound to be a destined person.

But who was Ji Yanchen, the only thing he was not bad for was money.

Ji Yanchen also had no artistic aesthetics; he didn’t care whether this painting was worth it or not.
As long as Chi Qiu liked it, he would buy it.
That was how rich and powerful he was.
Ji Feining was especially fond of him in this regard.
He never limited the price of things he bought, provided that the things were reasonable.

And in the eyes of the two brothers of the Ji family, if Chi Qiu liked it, then it was reasonable.

Ji Yanchen kept the tickets and planned to make another trip tomorrow to reserve the painting.

Turning the corner, Lu Fengshen, who had just arrived at the exhibition, was approaching.
He was wearing a light-colored suit, a very different image from the one he wore when he came home to make soup a while ago.

Lu Fengshen’s handsome face was very conspicuous under the white light of the exhibition.
Obviously his eyebrows were similar to Lu Ming’s, but in the way he moved his hands, there was an older man’s composure and poise.

Chi Qiu took a step back and hid.
He sorted out his expression and pulled Ji Yanchen, saying: “That person over there, he is Lu Ming’s uncle.
If he sees us later, just do as you say.”

“I know, it’s all on me anyway.” Ji Yanchen looked around and saw only Lu Fengshen’s back: “Lu Ming’s uncle is quite tall, huh? I thought it was a short little old man.”

“…”

“Why do you look at me like that, my uncle is a short little old man.
All the good genes are from my mother.”

If it wasn’t for Ji Yanchen’s mother who went early, she would still be a beautiful woman with a charming charm.
The appearance of the brothers was entirely from their mother’s good looks.

“Yanchen, I remember you met him at my wedding.”

“Really?” When Ji Yanchen attended the wedding, he had been staring at Lu Ming through gritted teeth, completely ignoring Lu Fengshen who was at the scene.

However, Chi Qiu thought too much; Lu Fengshen didn’t see him at all, nor did he continue to walk in his direction.

Lu Fengshen seemed to have an appointment and stood at the entrance, as if he was waiting for someone.

Chi Qiu was curious.
He wondered, could it be Lu Ming? So Chi Qiu did not rush to leave.
Instead, he stood in place and after following and waiting for a while, he saw a good-looking man walk into the painting exhibition.

The man was wearing a light-colored shirt, his posture was upright, and he was half a head taller than Chi Qiu.
His soft black hair, which reached his shoulders, was casually swept up by him and tied into a seemingly careless but beautiful short ponytail.

The man’s face was originally expressionless, but the moment he saw Lu Fengshen, his smile immediately permeated the sweltering heat, and it became a beautiful scenery, in contrast to Chi Qiu’s cautiousness.

He stepped forward and called out affectionately, “Uncle.”

Lu Fengshen smiled and shook hands with him, with a sense of familiarity but a deliberate distanced rusticity: “Long time no see, Zhiyan.”

Xia Zhiyan’s eyes were bright, whether it was the left or right eye, they were all healthy eyes color.
Therefore, his brilliance was unstoppable and piercing.

Seeing this, Chi Qiu suddenly felt envious.

He saw Xia Zhiyan curled the corners of his mouth and said to Lu Fengshen, “Uncle, didn’t we meet at the airport a while ago?”

“I was in a hurry at that time, so I couldn’t say hello properly.” Lu Fengshen greeted him and walked towards the exhibition, “I thought you were not interested in the exhibition, why did you suddenly think of contacting me?”

“How can I not be interested in your exhibition? I’ve just returned to China, so I have to deal with some matters at hand.
As soon as I’m free, I come over.”

Xia Zhiyan said politely and walked in slowly with Lu Fengshen.

Looking at Xia Zhiyan’s usual smile, Lu Fengshen guessed in his heart why the other party would contact him.
He hooked the corners of his mouth, not sowing discord.
On the contrary, seeing Xia Zhiyan, who had completely turned into an adult, he smiled and said something else: “When I saw you ten years ago, you were only this tall, thin and small.”

When Xia Zhiyan heard the words, he straightened the hair around the ear: “I just went there with my mother at that time.
I couldn’t get enough food and clothes, and I was always beaten and bullied.
Perhaps that’s why my body was small.”

Speaking of this, Xia Zhiyan had to thank Lu Ming:.
“You know, if it wasn’t for Lu Ming helping me and protecting me…I might not have been here today, maybe I would have been bullied to death by that group of bad boys.
So at that time, I always liked to stick to Lu Ming, and brazenly went to your house again and again.
Do you still remember? Your soup was especially good, so I could drink several bowls each time.”

“I remember.” Lu Fengshen nodded, cleverly not answering too many words.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiyan wisely reduced the words of catching up: “Uncle, actually I came here, there is another matter that I want to discuss with you uncle…”

Lu Fengshen raised his hand to interrupt him, his tone was gentle: “Zhiyan, there are many things that in fact, it is not convenient for me to interfere.
I hope you can understand.”

When Xia Zhiyan heard it, he smiled without any hesitation, and confidently said: “Yes, I know.
But this matter, after you hear it, uncle, you might be interested.”

 

T/N: Sorry for not updating last week.
I had a bad fever (and got quarantined for two days until I got my PCR test results).
Anyway, I’ll be updating twice a week now! Release will be on Monday and Wednesday.
Usually, it will be on 0000 GMT+8, if it’s not updated on that time, it’ll be either 0900, 1700, or 2100.