Almighty painter

Chapter 682 Life is so beautiful (Part )
(Wow! I rushed to post a chapter before getting on the high-speed train!)

Gu Weijing slowly stood up from the ground, turned around, and walked straight outside without picking up the paintbrush and drawing board that fell on the ground.

It is midnight now.

He was going to go back to his room to take a shower and one last nap to prepare for what the day would bring.

Gu Weijing is feeling a little excited now.

Yes.

After rage, fear, and ecstasy alternately surged through his heart and faded away one by one, he finally discovered that what was surging in his heart was... actually a little bit of excitement.

Always remain calm when facing major events, and do not believe that there are no sages from the past in our time.

Gu Weijing didn't know whether his current state could be considered as being able to remain calm in the face of great events, but he did feel a little bit high-spirited.

Every boy should have such a high-spirited moment when he becomes a man.

He felt like he was the protagonist in Gu's favorite Hong Kong martial arts movie.

I have experienced hesitation, struggle, and confusion.

I said goodbye to my family and kissed my beloved girl.

He took out the sword he had collected for many years, and finally, put on his best clothes, and came to the Buddhist temple where the final battle was scheduled. He placed the sword across his knees, lowered his eyelids and meditated quietly. If he was more casual, he could hum some love songs, waiting for the sun to jump out from the east... and then the final battle would come.

unfortunately,

Gu Weijing's best piece of clothing is the suit he is wearing, which was covered in dust and soaked in water.

But his mood was right, and he could actually hear the singing echoing even in the silent corridor.

“…Knew he was a killer first time that I saw him. (The first time I met him, I knew he was as dangerous as a killer)

Wondered how many girls he had loved and left haunted (I don’t know how many girls liked him…)"

Huh?
Why is it an English song?

Gu Weijing was stunned for a moment.

He always felt that it was a bit incongruous for him to hum an English song in this kind of scene. He was not familiar with English songs, so he should use the old martial arts soundtracks that he had heard from Old Man Gu since he was a child as the BGM.

Beautiful and magnificent like the Cantonese version of "Red Heart", or wild and unrestrained like "A Laugh in the Sea" sung while playing the piano and whistling on the river...

and many more.

Gu Weijing suddenly realized that this was not an auditory hallucination, nor was it a song he was humming in his heart, but someone was really singing.

There are many complicated corridors in Xihe Guild Hall.

therefore.

At regular intervals, there is a small space embedded in the corridor, similar to the rest area in a hotel corridor, furnished with sofas, coffee tables, small biscuits, Perrier water and so on.

He quickened his pace and turned the corner. Sure enough, he saw a beautiful girl in a turquoise dress leaning on the sofa, flipping through a fashion magazine in her hand and humming an English song in a low voice.

"Koko?"

Gu Weijing never expected that he would meet the girl he thought had left long ago in front of the studio door.

He stood frozen.

Koko also heard the footsteps. She raised her head and saw Gu Weijing appear in the corridor.

She put the magazine aside and walked over without saying a word.

"Why didn't you—"

Gu Weijing was interrupted before he could finish his words because Koko had already raised her face, opened her arms, and pressed her lips against his.

Gu Weijing's unfinished words were swallowed up.

Along with his whole being.

She hugged him and kissed him, without saying a word, just kissing.

The young man's whole being was engulfed by those soft lips, those soft scents, the kisses that were long and lasting, the kisses that brought tears to his eyes.

Gu Weijing felt like he was buried in a sea of ​​sand, sinking continuously in a ball of quicksand.

The warm quicksand was like warm silk. It did not swallow him, but wrapped him.

Warmth, humidity, temperature.

Until a thousand sunrises and sunsets, a thousand springs, summers, autumns and winters, and a thousand thousand years later.

Gu Weijing finally seemed to be out of breath and broke up the beautiful kiss.

There was no smile on Koko's face. She just stared at his face quietly, seriously and persistently, as if she could see all the lies, hesitation and indecision on his face.

The girl who practices dancing has obviously much stronger lung capacity than Gu Weijing.

Gu Weijing had difficulty breathing from the kiss just now.

Koko didn't even blush.

Generous, frank, and calm.

"Gu Weijing... I love you." Koko spoke generously and slowly, "So, do you love me?"

Here and now.

Facing such a kiss.

What other answer can you give?

Gu Weijing answered without hesitation, "Of course, I love you."

Koko didn't answer.

She just stared at Gu Weijing's face, looking at it carefully and persistently.

Finally, Miss Koko shook her head gently.

"Do not."

She did not ask a rhetorical question or make a guess, but said in a declarative tone, "Gu Weijing, you are very grateful to me, but... you like Miss Sakai."

"but--"

The girl changed her tone again.

She smiled gently and lightly: "Since you said you love me, I will not regret it and will accompany you to the end."

Koko made a silencing gesture at her lips, indicating Gu Weijing not to speak, not to explain, not to refute, and to listen to her quietly.

"This is my choice, it's none of your business."

"Awang, I have registered for custody at the pet counter near the airport." Koko took out a pet voucher from her bosom. "I gave the staff there an additional five hundred dollars and customs documents for Awang's full set of vaccinations. If no one comes to pick up Awang within seven days, please ask them to send the cat to the mailing address you gave me for your grandfather in London, England."

"I called my family before I came back and told them to take the check and leave immediately. They should have formed a team and headed to Thailand by now."

Koko told the story one by one.

"My dad will be angry, sad, scared, and furious...but in the end, they will still leave. He is a policeman after all, so he will know what the best choice is in this situation—"

"If it was before, he might not be able to bear it, but it's different now."

The girl said calmly, "I may not have mentioned this to you before, but my aunt gave birth at the end of last month. She weighed 15 pounds and 20 grams, and was quite fat and healthy. It was a boy."

"He is a feudal and old-fashioned man, but he still likes boys. It doesn't matter if they are boys or girls."

"Having a new child will always make a father brave enough to find the direction of his life, so... he has his life goals, and I have my life choices. I don't want to leave like a coward."

"Gu Weijing - don't give me such nagging advice here. I don't want to listen. I warn you not to make me angry. It's hard to appease me when I'm angry."

Koko put her finger on the boy's lips, signaling him to shut up.

"I don't want to go to Singapore to witness your own art exhibition. No, this is your art exhibition, not mine. If you want to go so badly, just go and witness your first art exhibition in your life. I want to stay and stay here with you."

"Don't be so anxious to be touched by yourself. This is certainly related to you, but it's not entirely because of you."

Koko is worthy of being the queen of the school dance, the queen of the cheerleading team, and the chatterbox among a group of chattering beautiful girls on the campus of Fitz International School.

She spoke very rapidly.

His thoughts were coherent and he explained everything clearly in one breath, leaving no room for Gu Weijing to interject.

"You want to face Hao Ge and face what you want to face."

"I also want to face Brother Hao and face what I want to face. In this matter, the two of us are exactly the same. You have a painting for Brother Hao, and I also have a gift for him."

Koko took out a small bag from the small cloth bag next to her.

Gu Weijing was surprised to find out.

It turned out to be a pistol in a holster with an ivory-carved handle patch.

Koko has long had enough of Brother Hao.

seriously.

In fact, Brother Hao was quite polite to Gu Weijing's family from beginning to end. Apart from using Gu Lin's matter to force Gu Weijing to make a choice, he could even be described as surprisingly "good" to Gu Weijing.

But it’s different for Koko’s family.

Brother Hao is the culprit who brought the once glorious police inspector and his family to this state.

Chen Shenglin probably didn't know her well enough. He had never expected that a girl like Koko would come to him with a gun.

If he had asked more about Miao Angwen's miserable experience, he would probably have been more alert.

Miss Koko has never been a girl who likes to be bullied.

Never.

Sometimes she is so brave that it's scary.

When facing Miao Angwen, she would kick him high and make him fall off the stage with his arms and legs spread out.

And facing Brother Hao.

She had angrily scolded her father before. Instead of being a coward and crying in the office, ready to pull out a pistol and shoot herself in the head, it would be better to muster up the courage, rush to the Xihe Club and shoot Brother Hao in the head.

So Koko really came.

At home, compared to her father, the police officer who was described by Chen Shenglin as "lucky but mediocre", Miss Koko is the braver and more heroic one.

That is, when the former police inspector found out that the pistol he had kept at home had also been taken away, he would understand, no matter how reluctant or sad he was.

He was going to leave Yangon immediately with his family.

"But--"

Before Gu Weijing could finish his words, he was interrupted by Koko.

"After the shooting, I will try to call the police. If Chen Shenglin is really dead, then everything might be different. But if..." Koko paused, and then said softly in a calm tone: "Then I actually prepared this."

Koko took out another unmarked small medicine bottle from her pocket. She poured out two orange gastro-soluble capsules from the bottle, handed one to Gu Weijing, and put one in her pocket.

She hugged Gu Weijing gently.

"I took this from my father's cabinet. He prepared it for himself and I took it away. It doesn't hurt at all, okay? It doesn't hurt at all. It's like falling asleep."

"Don't be afraid. No matter what you choose, I will be with you." Her tone was very gentle, and she whispered softly in Gu Weijing's ear as if she was coaxing a child to sleep, "Don't be afraid, I'm by your side, I'm here... I'm by your side, no matter where you go..."

"Gu Weijing, I'm always by your side."

Koko said very softly.

Gu Weijing opened his mouth, and then he realized that Koko had already said everything, and there was nothing he needed to repeat.

From start to finish.

The hero who said goodbye to his family, kissed his beloved "girl", placed the family heirloom "sword" across his knees, sat upright in the Buddhist temple, hummed a song and waited for the duel at sunrise...all of them were Miss Koko.

So she came in her best dress, carrying the family heirloom pistol, with her brows downcast, flipping through a magazine on her knees, humming Taylor Swift's "Ready for it."

Gu Weijing discovered that Koko was wearing the Dior dress that Miss Sakai gave her.

The bright green dress clung to the curves of her body and her skin was so white it seemed to be glowing, making her look truly golden and dazzlingly beautiful.

Some feelings really can be faked.

Gu Weijing is actually a clingy, lukewarm, and fussy person, so even if he has made up his mind, he feels that he is ready.

But I couldn't help wondering in my mind whether every letter I wrote would reach the right person, what would happen to my grandfather, what would happen to my cousin in the future, and whether there would be someone to feed Awang.

And Koko was born to be such a neat and efficient girl.

She's just so cool.

So she cleanly took care of everything at home, arranged an irresistible future for everyone and every cat, from her father to King Awang, and then strode back to Xihe Hall and returned to his side.

She accompanied him.

He accompanied her.

Calmly prepare to face the final outcome of Brother Hao's matter.

This incident started when Baldy came to visit Gu's calligraphy and painting shop with a fruit plate during the Spring Festival.

And when the gunshots rang out.

Either good or bad.

Everything will come to light soon.

Koko really took everything into consideration. Gu Weijing was just prepared to anger Hao Ge and was mentally prepared to face his fate calmly.

But Koko thought more.

As the daughter of a police officer, she knew very well what would happen to Gu Weijing... or her, once Hao Ge's gentle and elegant image was torn apart and his bloody true face as a gang leader was revealed.

Rather than leaving their fate to Brother Hao and letting him decide it at will.

It would be better to leave Brother Hao’s fate to myself!

Just like what Koko once said to her father.

So she put deadly pills in her pocket and a loaded pistol in her bag, ready to pick up the gun and give Hao a hard blow once Hao revealed his true beastly nature.

Koko...she has always been very smart.

She had already thought of everything for Gu Weijing, and then she hugged him and whispered in his ear.

"Don't be afraid. No matter what choice you make, no matter what fate you will face, I will always be by your side. I will always be with you..."

Gu Weijing gave Koko a bracelet as a farewell gift, hoping that she would wear the bracelet in the future and think of him when she looked at the "Heart Sutra" he engraved for her on it.

Koko opened her arms and answered him:

"Hey, Gu Weijing."

"I am here."

Gu Weijing felt that he had nothing to regret in his life. Even if he met Brother Hao, he was still a happy and lucky enough person.

He just thought for a moment and finally said to Koko.

"If what I think is correct, then I think there is no need for you to shoot..."

The sound of two people whispering.

It echoed in the dark corridor and gradually disappeared.
-
『Time: Early morning of June 2023.7.1, 』

"Time remaining until departure of flight to Singapore: +1 hours, 00 minutes and 00 seconds"

"Good morning, Mr. Xiao Gu, Miss Koko, are you all waiting for me?"

There was the sound of leather shoes hitting the floor in the corridor.

After Gu Weijing notified the housekeeper, Brother Hao arrived as promised. Just as he expected, Brother Hao seemed to have a mysterious patience with Gu Weijing.

He didn't behave at all like a busy city godfather.

It seemed that for Boss Chen, gang affairs, big businesses with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, preparations for congressional elections...all of these things were no match for a painting by Gu Weijing.

There seems to be nothing in this world that is more important to Brother Hao than this young man, Gu Weijing.

No matter how late it is, as long as Gu Weijing calls the other party, he will answer the call.

No matter how early it was, as long as Gu Weijing informed the other party that his work was finished, he would show up immediately.

This patience, this attitude...it was as if Gu Weijing was his illegitimate son.

"Mr. Gu, have you seen the works in the studio? What do you think?"

Today, Chen Shenglin was still dressed in a suit and tie, wearing a coat made of top-quality Segafredo fabric from head to toe that was worth at least $100,000. There was even a bright rose pinned on the chest of the coat.

He looks really handsome and elegant.

Boss Chen did not rush into the studio. Instead, he stood in the corridor with a burly, brown-headed man behind him, and asked Gu Weijing with interest.

His tone was clearly like that of a father showing off his achievements in front of his children.

“The paintings are very good and very impressive, with a variety of styles, and the brushstrokes of each painting seem to have the power to touch people’s hearts.”

Gu Weijing answered honestly: "Mr. Chen, you are a very, very, very talented painter, more talented than many people, more talented than me, and perhaps more talented than Miss Shengzi."

"Is the evaluation so high? You are flattering me, right? This is not like your style, Mr. Gu."

Hear Gu Weijing’s comments.

Boss Chen seemed very happy. He joked with the young man with a smile.

"No, it's the truth."

"You would have become a very, very promising and very, very successful artist. Perhaps you would have gone much further than I have on the path of art..."

Gu Weijing's voice paused for a moment, and then he continued calmly: "If you hadn't gone to join the underworld."

"You are such a bad student."

In an instant.

The happy and relaxed atmosphere just now seemed to be frozen.

This kid is so damn bold, he is tired of living!
The bald man standing behind Brother Hao, who looked like a bodyguard, suddenly had an uncontrollable coldness on his face. He stared at the young couple as if they were dead.

Anger also appeared on Chen Shenglin's face for a moment.

"Don't learn well!"

People of his status were treated politely by local bigwigs, and he had never been scolded in public by a young man.

Not only has Boss Chen always been very polite to Gu Weijing.

In fact, Gu Weijing has always been very respectful towards Boss Chen.

He had never agreed to Boss Chen's request before, but he did not dare to deny face to such a powerful godfather-like figure.

He was always very polite and would say things like "Brother Hao, the reason I can refuse you is only because you are generous enough to allow me to refuse" or "Please don't be angry, you asked me to tell the truth. If you also send my grandfather a pistol, then I will definitely do whatever you say..." These words seemed like rejections on the surface, but they also implied respect and submission.

after all.

He is just an ordinary man, not a saint.

Facing a man like Brother Hao, Gu Weijing, as an ordinary person, his first reaction was not to fight Brother Hao to the end, but to avoid him if possible and run as far as possible.

It would be great if you could forget me, put me behind you like a fly.

until today.

Gu Weijing retreated step by step, ran again and again, until he was driven by Brother Hao to the fate he had drawn, until he had no way to retreat anymore.

He simply let it go.

His tone was generous and frank. He said whatever he wanted to say and no longer gave Brother Hao any face.

Miss Koko, who was standing next to Gu Weijing, was too lazy to even look at Brother Hao. It seemed that she had simply ignored him. She just hugged the young man's arm and leaned her head on his shoulder.

After a moment of anger.

Chen Shenglin took a deep breath, coughed lightly, and his face returned to the majestic, elegant and gentle appearance of a middle-aged businessman.

"Your painting is in there. It's finished. What is it about? Is it a fusion painting like the Good Luck Orphanage in the Sunshine, or -"

"It's Impressionism. I don't think you will be disappointed." Gu Weijing replied.

Brother Hao nodded.

He exhaled slowly: "I'm looking forward to it. I'm really looking forward to it."

Say it.

He walked into the studio.

The middle-aged man had a gentle smile on his face, but the moment his eyes fell on the drawing board.

His smile froze on his face.

"How dare you!" The bald man behind him shouted angrily, the veins in the corners of his eyes twitching uncontrollably.

"Outrageous? Not at all."

Gu Weijing and Kou Kou also walked into the studio behind them.

"Brother Hao, if I'm not mistaken, you are about to die, right?" He looked at the middle-aged man's back and said softly.

Shocking.

(End of this chapter)