Dangerous Aesthetics

"is it okay?"

"Of course, you can clean up the painting room in the attic." Olivan nodded and continued to eat.

Petrified, David is asking for trouble again.

When he opened the attic, the smell of dust hit his face, causing David to sneeze several times.

According to Neo, the paintings stored in this attic are all the paintings Olivan drew during his previous practice, all of which are copies of world famous paintings, such as "Sunflower", "The Scream", "The Lacemaker"...

Although it was just a copy, David could already feel Oliwen's superb painting skills.

Finally, he found the "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

Is it because the original work is too deep or because Olivan's emotions are not as indifferent as he shows? The black background sets off the girl's eyes like lights in the depths of time. Thousands of times seem to have countless words.Girlish earrings loom in the shadows.The main tone of the whole painting is cold, but the girl's demeanor and eyes make the picture reveal a yearning and pure emotion.

David forgot to breathe.

When Olivan imitated "The Pilgrim", David said that because he did not believe in the existence of God, he could not imitate the pious emotions of the original author.

What about this painting?

Did Olivan ever have such pure emotion?

Perhaps moved by the emotions contained in this painting, David cleaned up the entire attic. He hoped that the girl with the pearl earring would be free from contamination by the world and ignore the vicissitudes of life in this indifferent little world. , always quiet.

Since Holden's collections were sold at a much higher price than he had imagined, this also made him trust David even more.

One day, Holden asked David: "Mr. Hovland, what do you think of my granddaughter Janet?"

David is not stupid, of course he understands Horton's implication.

"Janet is the most beautiful girl I've seen in recent years."

But no one can ever top Ruby.

"So, do you like her?" Holden held David's hand.

"There are very few men who will not be moved by her."

"If Janet can be with you in the future, I'll be relieved." Holden closed his eyes, but with David's intuition, what Holden was really worried about was not who would take care of Janet in the future, but how he would take care of her. Let David keep helping him sell those paintings through his contacts.

"But Janet cares about you the most. As long as you are alive, she will always be happy."

"Hehe, the doctor has helped me connect to the kidney and liver..." Holden showed a troubled expression, "but the price of the heart is more expensive than I expected."

David fell silent.

Holden smiled falsely, "Don't worry, my friend."

Neo's teasing voice sounded again in the communicator: "Hey, my friend, do you know what Holden means? He wants you to be with Janet and become his family, so that he will be with you." You share that secret."

In the past, David would have been happy to be with a girl like Janet.But now it was different, deceiving Janet was like deceiving himself.

But the development of things exceeded his expectations, that is, Janet offered to be engaged to him.

Neo became excited again in the communicator: "Oh, brother! There is no luckier person in this world than you!"

But David asked her seriously: "Are you sure? Janet, we haven't known each other for long, and you don't even know what kind of person I am."

"I know what you are, David. You look cynical on the outside, but deep down you are sentimental."

David was stunned by Janet's comment.

"Sorry, Janet... I can't get engaged to you."

A voice deep in his heart told him that he could not let the girl in front of him get hurt.

Neo's frustrated voice sounded in David's ear: "God, David, are you crazy! Why are you refusing this girl who delivered herself to your door!"

"David, I know you're afraid that I'm getting engaged to you on impulse. I don't actually want to marry you, I just want you to help me. You know Grandpa always compliments you in front of me , I understand what he means, he hopes we can be together. I want him to know that we are together, so that he can recuperate with peace of mind. If he really dies, I don't want him to leave any regrets..."

David was a little overjoyed when he heard Janet's explanation. If it wasn't for the real engagement, David's guilt would have eased a lot: "Okay, Janet. If it's to reassure Mr. Holden, I think I can do it. "

Neo's cheers came from the communicator.

Back at the villa after dinner with Janet, Neo and Olivine are in the living room.

Neo floats a paper boat on leftover corn chowder while Olivine flips through today's evening paper.

"I want a thousand dollars." David came to Olivan.

"What do you want to do here?" The other party didn't look up, still looking at the newspaper.

"Buy an engagement ring." David felt guilty for Janet, even if it was a fake engagement, he hoped to give Janet a ring.

"Are you crazy..." Neo looked at David as if he were looking at an alien.

"I'm not crazy when I advance my salary."

"Salary advance?" Olivan finally raised his face and folded the newspaper slowly, "Do you know what your salary is? Just come to ask me for an advance?"

David turned his face away, "Are you going to give it or not?"

Anyway, he has no money, so he broke the pot and broke it.

"I can give you an advance of 1000 yuan, but I have one condition. If you can do a thousand push-ups here, I will give you the cash right away." Olivan leaned forward, raised his head, and the person looking down was the most promising person. Feeling superior in his heart, but David felt that overwhelming sense of oppression.

Coupled with the smile on the corner of Oliwen's mouth, David was even more sure that the other party looked down on him.

Anger welled up from the bottom of my heart, "Just do it!"

David got down on the ground all at once and really did push-ups.

The first thirty were easy to do, but the more he got to the back, the harder he felt.

By the time he was sixty, his arms and shoulders were shaking.

"If it doesn't work, forget it." Olivan opened the newspaper to block his eyes.

"Who said... I can't do it anymore! I can still get up!"

David braced himself and managed to make ten more.

Neo, who was at the dining table, came over and knelt down beside David, "Hey, it's only a thousand dollars. You give me your 90 yuan, and I guarantee that it will become 1000 yuan in three days."

David didn't seem to hear Neo's words, his whole face was flushed, and he was staggering and doing push-ups.

Even if you're exhausted...you can't let that guy look down on you.

"Hey, David...you don't exercise much, a thousand push-ups is obviously making things difficult for you..."

But this time David was stubborn. He obviously didn't have the strength to support himself, but he refused to give up.

Neo looked at Oliwen helplessly, "Hey, even if you don't like him, it's almost enough, 1000 yuan."

Olivan lowered the newspaper, glanced at the top of David's head and said, "There are 890 left."

With a bang, David fell to the ground.

Neo hurriedly took the newspaper and fanned him: "Forget it, just lie on your stomach and have a rest, don't worry about that psychopath!"

But Olivan just didn't want David to feel better, and said coldly: "Can I still get up? If I can't get up, I will go upstairs and go back to the studio."

"Who says I can't get up—" David growled, and slowly got up again.

Neo rolled his eyes towards the sky, "Did I say you can stop fighting? It's boring!"

In this way, after struggling to do twelve, David fell back to the ground.

He was panting, his heart was beating fast, and his head was a little dizzy.

"Are you still up?" Olivan asked lightly.

David tried to prop himself up, but his body was so heavy that he couldn't even breathe.

Even with the temples about to burst, he still couldn't hold himself up.

"Okay! Can you two stop here!" Neo yelled out, coming to this villa so soon, Neo has always smiled happily when encountering anything, and has never seen him get angry like this.

Olivan put down the newspaper, "Then I'm going upstairs."

David couldn't move, but he was extremely frustrated.

"Hey, brother, I'm sorry... Olivier has left." Neo squatted down and pestered David's head with his fingers.

"My... 1000 yuan..." David's throat choked up.

Neo carried him on his shoulders and patted him on the back, "Okay, okay, it's only 1000 yuan, can I lend it to you?"

Throwing David on the bed, Neo sighed: "Take a shower when you can move in a while."

A few minutes later, Neo went upstairs to Olivan's studio and knocked on the door: "Can I come in?"

"What's the matter." Olivan sat on the spot, staring at the unfinished work.

"I said it's just 1000 yuan. If you don't want to give it to him, forget it. Don't play with that idiot." Neo crossed his arms, trying to see something from the old friend's expression.

But everything about him is still, the only color is the reflection of the painting in his eyes.

"I don't like spending money where it isn't necessary."

"Oh..." Neo laughed, "Then buying a horse worth several million is not considered unnecessary spending?"

Oliwen adjusted the angle of the drawing board, as if he was going to devote himself to the canvas.

Neo shook his head and went downstairs to David's room, still like mud.

Pulling out a stack of banknotes from the wallet, Neo went to David's side and waved the banknotes in front of his eyes: "Go and take a shower, and I'll give you the money."