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"Excuse me, what's the matter with you?"

Lin Sen paused for a while before turning his head stiffly. A girl was holding a stack of materials and looked at him curiously.Lin Sen was stunned, and asked, "Excuse me, who made these two sets?"

"Ah," the girl suddenly became happy, and said, "It was made by Si Lan from the business school. You are not from our school, are you? These two sets are so beautiful that almost everyone in our school knows. Si Lan is really strong Ah, I knew that he was very good in the painting club before, but after seeing these two sets, I knew that even someone like me from the Academy of Fine Arts couldn’t match him. It’s a pity that he’s gone abroad now.”

Lin Sen's voice was slightly trembling, and he said, "Do you know him?"

"I was in the same class as him. We belonged to a club. He only stayed in school for half a year before he applied for an exchange student to go abroad... Wait..." The girl stopped talking suddenly, and stared at Lin Sen carefully. face looks.

"what happened?"

"You..." The girl asked hesitantly, "Are you Si Lan's brother?"

Lin Sen opened his eyes wide, and suddenly felt a sense of electric shock on his body, and his voice raised a little unconsciously: "I am! How do you know?"

"You are really Si Lan's brother!" The girl exclaimed in surprise, and greeted the people behind the curtain, "Come here quickly, you are really Si Lan's brother, come and see!"

Lin Sen frowned slightly, the girl was a little embarrassed, and said, "Don't mind, I don't mean anything else, they all belong to the painting club, I believe you will see right away, they all know you."

Sure enough, when the students gathered around saw Lin Sen's face, they all murmured, "It's really Si Lan's brother, it seems..."

"Excuse me, what's going on?" Lin Sen was a little anxious.

The girl replied leisurely: "Si Lan is a legend in the painting club. The first painting he painted on the first day in the studio shocked all the seniors, and after that, all the paintings he painted were the same. Personally, you! We will never admit it wrong, it is so similar, the expression of concentrating on something, the expression of anxiousness, and the look of frowning, we have all seen it in his paintings, the relationship between you two brothers is really good! "

Lin Sen stood there in a daze, listening to the discussion of a group of men and women, his mind went blank, what did they mean?

Suddenly, Lin Sen grabbed the girl's wrist, startled her, and asked, "Can you please take me to your studio to have a look."

The girl turned her head to discuss with the people behind her, put down the things in her hands, and nodded to Lin Sen.

The studio was on the east side of the auditorium, and it was a little far apart. When the two came to the studio, it was already dark. The girl registered with the administrator downstairs and took the key, leading Lin Sen upstairs.

The heavy wooden door of the studio was pushed open, the girl reached out and touched the wall, and turned on the light with a snap.This studio is a large space divided into two halves by a half wall. There are various painting utensils and plaster figures piled up in the room, and the students' works are crowded and hung on the walls.

"Si Lan's painting is over there." The girl was shocked by Lin Sen's icy aura, and her voice became much softer.

Lin Sen hesitated, with both fear and expectation, he walked around the wall.

The entire wall on the side is covered with his own portraits, which seem unreal at first glance.Lin Sen seemed to have walked into a tunnel, and what came to him was the past and the future.Lin Sen in the painting, some are playing the piano showing intoxicated side faces, some are smiling, refreshing and sunny, some are sleeping in the dark and moaning, some are grinning heartlessly, in the corner there is In several portraits, Lin Sen was cold and gloomy, with resentment and contempt written on his face.

The girl walked into Lin Sen's side, looked at the paintings with him, and suddenly said softly: "Some things may not be my turn to tell you, but since you are here today, I think it's better to tell you. Si Lan and I entered the painting club at the same time. I was originally from the Academy of Fine Arts, and my professional grades have always been very good. I came to the painting club just to adjust my mood, but when I saw Si Lan, I felt that there was someone. The future must be limitless, after all, I know he has won so many awards."

The girl suddenly looked up at Lin Sen, and said cruelly: "Do you know what he said when I asked her why she gave up painting? He said that he did something very sorry for his brother, and he has been very sad about it. .Once the elder brother knows what he has done, he will definitely face himself as coldly as in those paintings. So he can only hide it from his elder brother while trying his best to make up for his mistakes. Except for his elder brother, he can no longer draw anything alright."

Lin Sen was silent.

The girl walked to the cabinet in the corner of the studio, took out a bunch of rolled up paintings from it, and continued: "Before Si Lan left, he destroyed many works, some of which were secretly hidden by me and a few members. You see, how humble he is in front of you."

Lin Sen looked at a painting that the girl had unfolded. It was Lin Sen standing under the shade of a tree with his arms around Si Lan's shoulders.The sunlight leaking down made Lin Sen's face warm and bright, Si Lan just smiled along his eyes and stood in the shadow with his fists clenched.

"The day before Si Lan left, he called me and asked me for a painting. He knew I had hidden some. Then, what he wanted was similar to this one."

It was Si Lan and Lin Sen at the high school freshmen's parents' meeting, wearing brand-new uniforms, smiling calmly facing the dark heads below.

"I really don't know what happened between you, what unforgivable thing Si Lan did," the girl said while tidying up the paintings, "I just think that no matter what Si Lan did, the punishment he received Enough. Before he left, he was locked in the studio for five full days, drawing those two sets. The director of the theater was shocked and speechless at that time. More than two years later, when we rearranged "Salome" I want to find someone to repaint the new scenery, but there is no work that can surpass Si Lan, so I asked me to recolor the two old scenery. I can see that these two scenery are also drawn for you , Si Lan said, that is the 'last'..."

The girl wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything after seeing Lin Sen's expression.After packing up his things, he urged Lin Sen to leave. Lin Sen asked, "Can I take one of these oil paintings?"

The girl said firmly: "It's Si Lan's stuff, don't even think about it."

Lin Sen didn't know how he got back to school that day, and when he came to his senses, he was already standing at the school gate.Linsen's school is close to the city center. Even at night, the lights make people forget the darkness and cold.However, Lin Sen suddenly felt completely empty in his heart. He realized that he might have lost the very important person in his life.

Four years ago, Si Lan did not give up on Lin Sen as he said in his diary and no longer love him anymore; three years ago, Si Lan left for Japan. Before he left, he left behind so many paintings. They are all talking about his love, such a humble and careful love; a year ago when Si Lan extended his study abroad time, he was afraid that he was really sorting out his mood and making sure that when he came back again, he could really stop loving.

It was like being splashed with a basin of cold water, and his internal organs were frozen with ice. Lin Sen felt extremely regretful.If Si Lan really came back as a pure younger brother, he would have no right to be dissatisfied, after all, the one who made him completely disheartened was Lin Sen.