Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 370 Injecting Reiki (4200 words)
It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when Higashino Chihaya came back.

As a student who is about to enter the third year of high school, her current schedule can be said to be extremely regular.

After returning home, eat first, and after eating, go into the house to solve the homework left by the teacher in the coursework. After the homework is completed, start to review at home independently, and come out at [-] o'clock in the evening for half an hour to rest your eyes. Chat with brother.

Then go into the room, review the knowledge points, go to sleep until 11:30 in the evening with the lights off, and get up at 05:30 the next day.
This process can be said to be repeated without any changes.

It's just that the one who made Chihaya Higashino feel sorry all the time was his younger brother Higashino Tsukasa.

Even though she is an older sister, she still asks him to help cook, eat his food and drink his food. This is no different from a sister parasitic on her younger brother!
You must know that my dream is to grow up and make a lot of money by myself, and then not get married, but to be a helper demon with peace of mind—to help Asi survive in this society.

As a result, the dream did not come true, and instead, he was always supported by his younger brother.
What is this?

Higashino Chihaya didn't think there was anything wrong with helping each other among family members, but his younger brother helped him too much.

The most important thing is that my house is not at all like the cute time when I blush after just a few words with girls.

Sometimes I will take the initiative to make fun of my sister. Every time I say it, my face is flushed, and I feel that I have lost all majesty.

So Higashino Chihaya decided to talk to Higashino Division about this issue today!
And she can't just keep ordering Dong Yesi to do this and that just because she needs an exam. This is not good.

There is a saying that is very good, family members can only go further if they thank each other.

So Higashino Chihaya also wants to share some housework equally!
My sister doesn't have to rely on Asi for everything!
With this in mind, Higashino Chihaya walked into the house, looked around and called softly, "Asi? Is Asi at home?"

Not at home?

Chihaya Higashino felt a little strange.

You must know that at this time, Dong Yesi should have already taken into account the situation of her as an examinee and went home.
But why is there no movement at all today?

Higashino Chihaya put down her shoulder bag, put her little feet in black stockings into her Kumamon slippers, and whispered Higashino Tsukasa's name twice, but still did not get a response.

"Is Asi really not back?"

Chihaya Higashino looked at the empty living room, and the thought of telling Higashino Si that "my sister doesn't depend on A Si" completely disappeared just now.

She glanced around, stretched out her hand to scratch her hair, sat on the sofa, then stretched out her hand to scratch her hair again, showing a look of fidgeting.

Are you still working overtime in the studio?

When will Asi come back?

Chihaya Higashino pursed her lips, her little feet wearing Kumamon slippers flew into the air, flicking back and forth in a bored way.

The Kumamon pattern on the Kumamon slippers covered his mouth and smirked.

This is her standard girlish mentality.

Before seeing Higashinoji, I was full of ambition, but I felt a little lonely without seeing Higashinoji.
I have to say that girls' moods are sometimes so difficult to understand.

But soon, Higashino Chihaya realized something was wrong.

"Why did the storage room door open?"

Chihaya Higashino, who was sitting in the living room, could just see that the door of the storage room was wide open.

She glanced at the door of the storage room strangely.

It doesn't look like it was blown away by the wind, but rather like it was opened by someone.

This discovery made Chihaya Higashino cheer up all of a sudden.

She gulped down her saliva, then stood up and called out, "A Si?"

Still no reply.

This made Higashino Chihaya nervous all of a sudden.

Cases of burglary are very common in any country.

Higashino Chihaya has also seen a lot of news about 'thieves murdered in anger because they were blocked by the head of the household'.

This kind of association is basically the more you think about it, the more afraid you become, and Higashino Chihaya is no exception.

Soon her thoughts went completely astray, and her mind was full of thoughts that there might be a murderer with a murder weapon hiding in the house.

But then Higashino Chihaya thought of Konoe Lianghua and others who were having a study meeting next door, so he hurried out.

Afterwards, Konoe Suzuka's trio who had their feet tucked into the stove and were roasting were called over.

"What? There's a thief?"

Yumi Takahashi, who was speaking standard Japanese English and memorizing words boredly, turned over and stood up after hearing Chihaya Higashino's words.

She hurriedly asked Chihaya Higashino: "Where is the thief?"

Her excited appearance made Higashino Chihaya a little confused.

No, that's a thief.

Maybe there is a murder weapon hidden.

We are all weak high school girls. Why are you so excited to face such a vicious opponent?

Higashino Chihaya couldn't understand Takahashi Yumi's novel thinking, and subconsciously replied:

"In my storage room."

Then she opened her mouth wide, watching Takahashi Yumeixing rushing out of the door without hesitation, carrying the sword bag.

Yumi Takahashi was a little confused by memorizing the book a long time ago, but now that she heard such an interesting thing, of course she didn't hesitate at all.

She rushed out so fast that even Konoe Lianghua, who had been prepared for a long time, didn't stop her.

"Yumi!" Konoe Suzuka, who was about to call Higashinoji, exclaimed.

"It's over! That idiot! Could it be that he wants to trouble the thief alone?"

Fujiwara Aoi, whose hands and feet were weak from the stove, struggled to get up from the monster of the stove: "Let's go over and see the situation, Lianghua, you call Higashino-sensei first."

The fool!

Holding a bamboo knife and daring to face off against other intruders?
What if someone still hides a murder weapon?

That's not the kind of boobs on Konoe Lianghua's chest, but can you really see blood?
Together, the three little girls rushed to the living room of Dongye's house again in a mighty way, as if they were forming a group in an online game to fight the boss together.

Then the three of them saw Takahashi Yumi standing in the storage room with a bamboo knife in her hand, with a strange expression on her face.

Ok?
What's happening here?
Originally, the three little girls thought that Yumi Takahashi had already wrestled with each other as soon as they entered the door, and there might be blood.

Why is this guy standing at the door?
Chihaya Higashino and the others were poking around by the door.

Yumi Takahashi, who was standing in the storage room, obviously noticed them too.

She put a finger to her lips to signal them to be quiet, and then pointed to the storage room, which was more like a signal to them to keep quiet and come and watch.

This made Konoe Suzuka, who was walking in the front, couldn't help blinking, not quite understanding what Yumi Takahashi meant.

However, seeing Takahashi Yumi's relaxed face, it was not a dangerous thing to think about, so the three of them took two steps forward.

then--

Fujiwara Aoi accidentally stepped on the sword bag dropped by Takahashi Yumi, staggered forward and barely slipped, and let out a low cry of 'Oh'.

Fujiwara Aoi's voice was short and not loud.

But it made Yumi Takahashi, who had kept them quiet just now, anxious.

She couldn't help looking over, and shouted unhappily: "Who is it!"

Her voice was very loud, and she was full of energy, breaking the tranquil atmosphere at once.

"." Fujiwara Aoi was speechless.

Well, you bastard asked me to keep quiet, but in the end, my voice was too loud, right?

The three of them didn't care if they were quiet or not, so they just ran straight into the storage room.

Then I saw Takahashi Yumi apologizing to Higashino Tsukasa in front of him with an apologetic face: "Sorry, Higashino-sensei, Aoi's voice is too loud, it disturbed you to create."

Yes.

The person standing inside was Higashinoji.

At this time, Higashinoji was holding a paintbrush and was wearing overalls for painting oil paintings.

And there was an oil painting on the wall behind him, apparently Yumi Takahashi was apologizing for disturbing him.

But Aoi Fujiwara's mouth twitched after hearing Takahashi Yumi's apology.

She was standing in the back and was doing well, but suddenly she heard the other party spitting blood, so she couldn't help cursing: "You stupid pig! You are talking nonsense! I didn't disturb Classmate Dongye."

"It was your voice."

Takahashi Yumi argued hard.

This made Fujiwara Aoi so angry that he stared at Takahashi Yumi with those big eyes, wishing he could kill her as a stupid pig and roast her as a suckling pig.

The two of them quarreled daily, and Konoe Lianghua was used to it, and after a few words of persuasion, she asked curiously, "Asi, what are you drawing?"

At this time, Dong Yesi had just recovered.

Hearing Konoe Liangka's question, he smiled and replied, "Oil painting. The paste on my canvas was not dry yet, and I was afraid of losing my inspiration, so I painted directly on the wall."

Yes.

He tried to draw a picture in a sketchbook just now, trying to preserve the feel of the hand.

But the difference between pencils and ordinary sketch paper and oil paintings is too great, so Higashino simply kept drawing on the wall without doing anything else.

Anyway, it’s just a storage room, so it’s okay to paint on the walls.

Higashino was so engrossed in this painting as soon as he painted it that Chihaya Higashino yelled several times but didn't agree.

That's why this kind of thing happened.

Especially the part where Takahashi Yumi and the villain first complained. Dongyesi really couldn't laugh or cry.

He just heard Takahashi Yumi's phrase 'Who? ! 'I just came back to my senses.

Otherwise, I might still be painting.

But it doesn't matter if you get interrupted.

The key feeling is preserved.

Higashinoji turned his head to look at the oil painting on the wall behind him, and couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

Following Higashinoji's gaze, Konoe Lianghua and the other little girls also looked subconsciously.

then
Konoe Lianghua and the little girls were stunned as they watched.

The painters of Yidong Yesi, they can see the content of the painting at a glance.

The weather should be winter. The location should be in a painter's studio.

At this time, through the glass french door of the studio, it can be seen that it is already a cold winter outside, and the white snow marks cover everything.

The vast expanse of white snow weighs down, making people feel very heavy.

Howling cold wind
The nearby tree trunks are skinny and partially covered by the snow, while the distant tree trunks can only vaguely see a vague shadow in the heavy snow.

Everything has a feeling of being torn in the wind and snow, about to decline
Takahashi Yumi couldn't help shrinking her head.

She unexpectedly felt a chill for no reason.

Yes.

It is obviously just a two-dimensional oil painting, but it can give people a 'cold' feeling.

This is actually quite normal.

Just like thinking of 'fire', people's subconscious will feel 'hot'.

And with this intuitive visual experience, the oil painting scenery drawn by Higashino has become extraordinarily three-dimensional.
But occupying the main body of this three-dimensional oil painting is a pair of neutral and old palms that cannot distinguish between men and women.

The details here are well drawn. Higashino has even depicted the faint white mist that the owner of the palm exhales.

These are a pair of very old hands. People even doubt whether the people in the painting can hold animation pens.

Did the exhaled white mist want to warm his palms, or simply sighed, complaining that he was old and useless?
An inexplicably fitting feeling of dilapidated winter scenery outside the painting flows out of the painting.

Because no matter who saw this scene, they would probably think of it.

Old man, winter scene, painting in front of him, white mist exhaled by weakness
An indescribable feeling of decay and dilapidation was revealed naturally.

Here Higashino Division specially laid out a layer of dark background, which seems to indicate some kind of uneasiness.

And behind the easel, Konoe Lianghua and the others discovered that there were many award certificates stored in the glass cabinet in front of them.
Presumably this painter should have had his own time when he was young.

But everything is in the past tense.

He couldn't even hold his pen steady now, and an inexplicable feeling of lamenting the passing of time came to his heart.

I have to say that Higashinoji's paintings are really good.

As an art student, Konoe Liangka, who already had a strong association, even had an inexplicable feeling.

The reality of her standing here seems to be able to see another world on the other side of the oil painting.
It was a very old man, facing the canvas at this time, the paint in his hands was dipped again and again, and his fingers were already trembling.
He also had a prime of life before.

But the years are like the cold winter outside, wrapping his vitality and covering it all under the boundless white snow.
In a trance, Konoe Lianghua seemed to feel that she had become the old painter.
Feelings of despondency can't stop gushing out of my heart
It's a wonderful feeling.

An analogy is like using the No.1 viewing angle when playing games. You look at the screen while manipulating the characters on the screen to make choices and then quietly grow old in this winter.
It's a very heavy feeling.

Everything around was suppressed by Higashinoji with a dark and cool tone.

The 'roles' manipulated by Konoe Suzuka also seemed to accept their fate.

The old hand in the painting began to move.

This time, the palms did not paint oil paintings praising youth as they did when they were young and full of vigor, but also left a scene of heavy snow covering everything on the canvas just like this winter when all things withered.

It was as if even his heart had been frozen by the cold winter outside.

Konoe Lianghua couldn't help but sighed.

But soon she was surprised to find that the palm in the painting didn't seem to have the intention of stopping the brush.

After drawing the harsh winter and freezing everything, the brush suddenly rolled up and fell at the same time——

On the ground covered by snow traces, there is clearly a touch of greenery.

It's like the 'infusion of spiritual energy' mentioned in fantasy novels.

Higashinoji's almost invisible greenery completely changed the whole picture.

The depressing cool tone seems to respond to the light green that is almost covered by white.
The sense of despondency in the original picture also seemed to be slowly swept away at this moment.

Higashino Division is just a few changes.

But it changed the whole picture so much?

Konoe Lianghua was completely dumbfounded.

　There is one more chapter!No more Calvin!Thank you for Zhong Zhiqi, peace of mind, and what you know, 51 stones, and fate for thousands of lives!Thank you so much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)