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The people in the room didn't turn their heads when they heard the noise, they were still focused on the canvas set up in front of them.Yuan Chen said behind his back: "I have brought you the person you want."

When the man turned his head, a pair of round apricot-like eyes could be seen on his soft face, like a deer, and he looked unusually young - although Jian Mingcheng later learned that it was just a look.The man looked past Yuan Chen, looked directly at Jian Mingcheng behind him, and said, "You are Xiao Mingcheng? Finally, you have met a real person."

It was the first time someone called him "Xiao Mingcheng", and it was still called by such a person who seemed to be younger than him, Jian Mingcheng seemed a little embarrassed.Then, Shi Nan immediately put down the paintbrush in his hand and rushed to him, pinching his shoulders as if half-embracing him, which made him feel even more terrified.

Yuan Chen said on the side: "This is Shi Nan, as you can see, he is a painter. Hey, you are enough, if you keep touching like this, someone will be jealous."

Shi Nan showed a sly look on his face, and said with a smile, "I don't care who will be jealous, anyway, from now on, this baby will be mine."

Jian Mingcheng was speechless in shock.

Shi Nan took Jian Mingcheng to visit his studio to learn about his painting style.Most of his paintings are figures, and often a close-up of a figure covers the entire canvas.I don't know much about the simplicity and clarity of this set of art. I only see that the people in these paintings are lying lazily or leaning on something, and their eyes are often half-closed, giving people a hazy feeling. An indescribable feeling.

At first, Jian Mingcheng thought it was done on purpose, but Shi Nan said to himself: "This is just laziness, if one day I can draw eyes as well as people's posture, I can rely on this in " I earned a page on The Artist." I can't quite hear the joke in this sentence.

Jian Mingcheng saw that some of them were painted by Yuan Chen. The canvases were fixed on high supports, and they were still unfinished.One is particularly eye-catching. It depicts Yuan Chen reclining on a small couch, almost naked, with only a thin gauze covering his waist. One end of the gauze is draped over his body, and the other end follows All the way down to the ground, layers of folds are like waves.

Seeing this painting, Shi Nan laughed, and said to Yuan Chen: "By the way, have you messed with someone recently? I heard that someone is buying your painting at a high price, so I don't dare to talk about it." It sold out."

Yuan Chen scoffed, and only said, "If you meet a scumbag, don't worry about it."

"Well... that's fine. After this time passes, I'll ask Mr. Tan to collect this painting."

Shi Nan specially prepared several sets of clothes for his new model, Jian Mingcheng picked out a fairly standard one to change into, and then according to Shi Nan's request, he lay down sideways on a small bed in the studio.

After drawing for a while, Shi Nan frowned with his chin propped on one hand, and said, "You're a little nervous, I need you to relax a little more."

Jian Mingcheng was a little embarrassed, he was acting as a model for someone for the first time, and he really didn't know where to put his hands and feet, so he could only say, "I'm sorry, I'll try my best..."

"Hmm..." Shi Nan held his chin in silence for a while, then smiled slightly, and said, "It's okay, you can change your posture, you can do whatever you want, as long as you show me your face."

Jian Mingcheng moved a little when he heard the words, and squeezed his arms that were a little numb from the pillow.Looking at Shi Nan and Yuan Chen from his perspective, they both seemed a little weird and exaggerated.

"I heard from Gu Enzhong that you work in Ivy League University?" Shi Nan wasn't very focused when he was painting, and he could chat with him with ease.

Jian Mingcheng wanted to nod his head, but immediately realized that his current posture was not convenient for doing this action, so he just responded, "Mm, yes."

"Speaking of which... I held an art exhibition at Fuji University a few years ago... There is an abandoned classroom on the second floor of your art college. Someone drew a picture on the blackboard. A woman is holding a baby. The baby's One finger is missing on the right hand. I don’t know if the classroom has been redecorated now.”

"This... I don't know too well."

"At that time, there was a female student who didn't seem to be studying art, but she had a lot of insights into figure painting, and her insight was amazing. I don't know what happened to her later. Is she engaged in art-related work now? If not . . . that would be a pity."

Jian Mingcheng didn't talk to him, Shi Nan continued: "My family was very reluctant to be a model for me at first. At that time, I had a hard time trying to get him to let me paint at least once, so there was that painting. He sat down On a blue-painted tin bucket, behind him was an alley only twenty paces long, and on the right was a telegraph pole with a small advertisement engraved on it, a missing person notice that had been torn in half, and There are graffiti in black letters drawn by elementary school students. He is wearing a white shirt, floral shorts, a slipper on one foot, and the other on the ground...well, very good." He stepped back two Take a step forward, look at the canvas in front of you with satisfaction, and then continue to mix the paint and start painting.

"I thought the painting wasn't very good, maybe it was because I wanted to paint it too much, and it ended up being self-defeating-it's like this in many things, isn't it? But the girl said...she liked it the most at the exhibition. I don’t know why, but I always feel that the painter poured different emotions into it than other paintings. It’s very interesting, isn’t it?”

Jian Mingcheng asked, "What's the girl's name?"

Shi Nan said: "I didn't ask at the time, because I always felt that there would be a chance to meet her in the future, but I didn't expect that after so many years, I would never see her again."

"It's true...it's a pity."

"Later, I held a similar painting exhibition in the north. A collector took a fancy to that painting, and the price he offered was very exciting. I sold it without thinking. Looking back now, I still feel a little pity."

"Can I buy it again?"

"I tried it, but I couldn't buy it back. The painting changed hands several times, and finally it was taken away by a Southeast Asian art dealer. The person was unwilling to disclose the buyer, so the matter just fell through."

As he listened, Jian Mingcheng gradually understood why Shi Nan had to tell him these things. He found that he was no longer tense, and the muscles all over his body relaxed slowly, allowing all the weight of his body to fall on the little boy below him. Collapse.Gradually, he became tired, and I don't know when it started, Shi Nan kept his mouth shut and quieted down, and the sound of Yuan Chen flipping through magazines gradually became more and more distant... Jian Mingcheng fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Jian Mingcheng woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, and saw that Shi Nan was packing up the painting tools, and Yuan Chen was no longer in the studio.Seeing Jian Mingcheng get up and sit up, Shi Nan smiled at him and said, "It's 25:[-] in the evening, I think you can stay here temporarily today. Let's go down and eat something later."

Jian Mingcheng came to another room, took off the clothes Shi Nan gave him, and replaced them with his own.The mobile phone has been kept here all the time, and now I pick it up and see that there are twelve missed calls.But after seeing who was calling, he simply turned off his mobile phone, then went out and went downstairs to the restaurant.

He found that in the restaurant, there was one more person beside Shi Nan.The man took off his suit and was only wearing a shirt, but the tie was still around his neck.He suddenly thought of the painting that Shi Nan mentioned to him just now—wearing a white shirt and colored shorts, with a slipper on one foot, and the other falling on the ground...

"Hello, Yueyang." Yueyang stretched out his hand and introduced himself concisely.Jian Mingcheng reached out to shake hands with him, and said, "Hello, Jian Mingcheng."

"Well, I know. But it's the first time seeing me in person."

At this time, Shi Nan came over, leaned half of his body on Yue Yang's shoulder without hesitation, and said with a slanted face, "Am I right? Xiao Mingcheng must be able to perfectly match the temperament I want."

Jian Mingcheng didn't know what aura Shi Nan liked about him, but after hearing this, he secretly felt a little elated.

"Xiao Mingcheng, it may take three days to finish that painting, I hope it won't delay your work." Shi Nan said with a little apology.

Jian Mingcheng smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm really busy recently."

After the four simply finished their dinner, Jian Mingcheng and Yuan Chen slept in the guest room on the second floor.The next day he acted as a model for Shi Nan again, until the afternoon when the sun was about to set, he took Yuan Chen's car back to his own apartment in Fuji University.

However, the painting was not finished yet, Shi Nan finally said that he still needs a little inspiration, so please Jian Mingcheng to help him again when that time comes.And "this time" did not make Jian Mingcheng wait too long - he received another call from Shi Nan after the Lantern Festival.

During this period, the news about "the actor Gu Enzhong is gay" that had been boiling in the major media news for a while had no follow-up revelations, and Gu Enzhong himself and the brokerage company have not responded, so in the end they had to let it go and drowned out the news. In the endless lace news every day.

The two brothers and sisters are still in a cold war, but on the Lantern Festival, they still sent each other a text message of blessings to each other tacitly. The language is not different from the same holiday text messages, but this is a good way to ease the relationship between them. start.

During this period, Fang Junqian did not appear in front of Jian Mingcheng for the time being. No matter what, he thought it was a good thing.

After receiving Shi Nan's call, Jian Mingcheng specially changed into a slightly more formal men's banquet dress, because Shi Nan invited him to attend a banquet with him before acting as a model for him.Yue Yang happened to be away on a business trip for the past few days, so he was a little lonely by himself.