two trees for forest

After the Chinese New Year, Lin Jian wanted to ask Su Xiao out before the company officially closed the holiday, but unexpectedly, on the third day of the first lunar month, Su Xiao called and said that he wanted to meet him.

Lin Jian thought, it would be good to take this opportunity to make it clear.He... may not be able to give this girl happiness.

Lin Jian told his grandfather that he was going out for a trip, and Lin Dongyu was also in the living room. When he heard it, he just glanced at him and didn't say anything.

When Lin Jian arrived at the coffee shop Su Xiao mentioned, he had already arrived.Lin Jian looked around to find someone, Su Xiao stretched out his arms, "Here, here."

Lin Jian saw her and walked over.

"I don't know what kind of coffee you like to drink. I order it casually." She said with a self-deprecating smile, "I've been dating you for more than half a year, and I don't know a lot about you."

Lin Jian sat down opposite him and didn't speak.He always felt that Su Xiao was a little different today.

Su Xiao stirred the sugar cube that had just been added to the coffee, and asked Lin Jian with a smile, "How are you doing recently?"

"Well, it's good. The company is on holiday, so it's rare that I don't have to be so busy."

"I guess you've had a good year. Don't even think about calling me."

Lin Jian paused with his hand to his mouth, he thought for a while, it seemed that he hadn't contacted Su Xiao since the last time he went out with Su Xiao to buy new year's goods.

Seeing him like this, Su Xiao interrupted his thoughts, "Don't think about it, when was it not me who contacted you first? I just thought this time, if I don't take the initiative to call you, how long will it take you to remember?" Su Xiao He lowered his head and took a sip of his coffee, "From the 26th of the twelfth lunar month to now, on the third day of the first lunar month, I haven't had a single phone call. I really think highly of myself."

Lin Jian was blocked and speechless.He also felt a little embarrassed.I agreed to others, but failed to fulfill the obligations that a boyfriend should do.

"I'm going home for Chinese New Year this year. My father and I have also agreed on the matter over there." Su Xiao suppressed tears and took a deep breath, "Lin Jian, let's break up."

This was originally the purpose of Lin Jian's visit today, but when Su Xiao said it suddenly, he didn't respond and was stunned for a while.

Seeing his expression, Su Xiao smiled, "Hey, Lin Jian, it seems that we have been together for such a long time, can you answer me a few questions honestly?"

"You said."

"Have you ever really loved me?" Su Xiao looked into his eyes, and before Lin Jian opened her mouth to make a sound, she adjusted herself again, "Forget me, have you ever...really liked me?"

"I did." Lin Jian said firmly, "When I promised to be with you."

Su Xiao obviously didn't believe it, and asked, "Really?"

"Really. You... have personality and charm. It's different from the rich lady I imagined."

"Then... when you liked me the most, in your heart, was I more important than Lin Dongyu? Or was it equally important?"

"..." Lin Jian didn't speak, but the answer was obvious.

Su Xiao smiled in relief, "Look, I never expected that I was more important than him, I just hoped that you could treat me and him equally. But Lin Jian, I don't know if you have noticed that no matter what, No matter whether I am right or Lin Dongyu is right, as long as Lin Dongyu is an option in the multiple-choice question, your balance will immediately shift."

"I can't accept that you keep doing this, so Lin Jian, let's break up."

"Okay." Lin Jian looked at Su Xiao and nodded solemnly, "I accept."

Lin Jian actually didn't need Su Xiao's explanations. The purpose of his visit this time was to break up, but when the girl brought it up, Lin Jian didn't say anything.

Su Xiao stuffed the rest of the coffee in one gulp, no matter how much sugar was put in, the way of drinking it like a cow's drink still made her frown bitterly.

"Lin Jian, I shouldn't have said the following words, but... I still can't help it, and I want to remind you. If you offend, don't be angry."

"It's okay, just tell me."

Su Xiao tilted his head and thought for a while, then organized his words before saying: "Do you think you and Lin Dongyu are too close?"

"Ok?"

Su Xiao waved his hand, "Of course, you and him are father and son, so you should be very close, but I always feel that when you look at him, you don't just look at your own child."

So Lin Jian laughed, "I took over a project some time ago, but the cooperation failed, but the boss told me that he is your fiancé, named Cheng Yihang."

Su Xiao's eyes widened suddenly, "You...know?!"

"I know. But I'm not going to say this now, I want to say, I know a secret of yours, so I'll tell you a secret of mine, and we're even."

Su Xiao still didn't seem to have recovered from the shock just now, and said nana: "You say."

"Do you still remember the "Daughter of the Sea" we watched together? I still say that, everyone has their own standards for love, just wish."

Su Xiao didn't realize the meaning of Lin Jian's words. After a long time, the shock that had just gone down reappeared on her face, and it was even worse than before. She felt that the three views she had formed in the past 30 years had been greatly affected. shock.

For a while, neither of them spoke.After a long time, Lin Jian managed to finish the coffee in front of him. He stood up, "Then... Su Xiao, we broke up peacefully. If you need any help in the future, just come to me. I will do my best."

"Okay." Su Xiao smiled and watched Lin Jian leave, and stopped him when he was about to reach the door.

Lin Jian stopped and looked back at her.

Su Xiao cupped his hands to his lips. It was just Chinese New Year, and there were only the two of them in the coffee shop in the afternoon. Su Xiao was not afraid of being heard.He said loudly to himself: "Lin Jian, that's what I said too. I wish you a love that makes me happy."

Lin Jian smiled and waved his hands as thanks, then turned around and left.

Su Xiao lowered his head, something transparent fell into the coffee cup that he had already drunk in front of him.

……

Lin Jian broke up with Su Xiao, and apart from Lin Dongyu, there was nothing else that bothered him.As for the matter with Lin Dongyu, he couldn't figure it out for a while. Lin Jian had the patience to wait, so he didn't bother at all, and just put all his energy into the design of the hotel with Zhao Peiwen.

Lin Dongyu is also very busy here. He would not be so busy at the beginning of school, but he may be born to work hard. He gave up science and chose liberal arts. Talent, and because of Lin Jian, he is willing to take the time to learn.

His work was taken by the teacher to participate in the competition. Who would have thought that he would go all the way to the provincial competition, and finally be spotted by the teacher in the province. Together with [-] other people from the province, he represented the province to participate in the national competition. Youth art competition.

This competition is divided into preliminary competition and final competition. The preliminary competition is simple, that is, choose your own group, send the works to the capital, there will be a review, and then select ten works from each group among the outstanding works. finals.The finals will not be as random as the preliminary rounds, but everyone must arrive at the match point for on-site proposition painting.

A total of [-] students were selected from the province, and Lin Jian's school took up five places.The school also attached great importance to this competition, and assigned several excellent art teachers to guide them on weekends.

This Saturday, Lin Dongyu didn't go home after finishing his make-up lessons in the morning. After a quick meal at school, he went to the painting classroom specially vacated by the teacher.

Those who can be selected to represent the whole province to participate in the competition actually don't need any short-term technical guidance, and the teacher didn't say much, just asked five people to take out the first draft works that were arranged two weeks ago. Do some simple guidance and modification.

Lin Dongyu did not paint sketches and ink paintings that he was good at, but chose oil paintings as a challenge.

Lin Dongyu's entire painting is very bright in color, and the blue sky is as clear as a wash, without even a trace of white clouds.And in the sky, there is also a large, out-of-scale sun.

Connecting to the sky is the darker sea, which occupies two-thirds of the lower half of the painting, and the remaining third is golden sandy beaches and green coconut trees.The beach is illuminated by the sun, blinding the eyes.And on the beach, there are no people, but there are all kinds of little lives.Shells, turtles, crabs, and sea creatures big and small.

In the middle of the sea, there is the only person who appears in the whole picture. This person is a young man. The young man does not look very big. He is sixteen or seventeen years old. He wears a swimming ring and holds a small dagger in his hand.Looking down, he found that the boy's legs were entangled in large clumps of blond hair.The owner of this hair is also reflected in the painting, is a mermaid who is both male and female.The mermaid turned half sideways, looked up at the boy on the water, with a smile that was half naive and half coquettish at the corner of her mouth.

Surprisingly, the sea the mermaid tried to pull him into was not as dark as most people imagined, but as bright and beautiful as the surface of the water.Colorful fish, various corals, and beautiful seaweed make the underwater world look more beautiful than the shore.

But add in the dagger in the teenager's hand and the blond hair wrapped around his leg, and the whole picture looks both dangerous and beautiful.

This is only the first draft. As soon as Lin Dongyu took it out, the teacher was stunned, and then asked in shock: "This...is this drawn by you alone?"

Lin Dongyu nodded.

"What is your name?"

"Sink."

The teacher was even more surprised. This...is not like the depth that a child of this age can comprehend, so the teacher continued: "Then can you tell us about your inspiration for creating this painting, or what you want to explain?" something?"

Lin Dongyu shook his head with a smile, "What you see is what you see, I think it would be meaningless to say it."

"Then what do you want to express from it? What do you want to vent? This painting is bright in color, but it hides danger. You named it Shen Shen, what kind of sink do you want to embody? Flesh? Thought? Spirit?"

Lin Dongyu just shook his head with a smile, and didn't say a word about the explanation of this painting.

……

Lin Jian and Lin Dongyu's father and son have been busy these days. Lin Dongyu was afraid that his great-grandfather would not be able to take care of himself at home alone, so he entrusted him to his grandfather Xu [mentioned earlier, Xu Ru.He is one of Linde's close colleagues, and every time he goes out to play chess, he always goes to him. ], Grandpa Xu is also old like his great-grandfather. His son and daughter-in-law will come over to take care of him after work. In normal times, he just hires a nanny to cook for him.

Lin Dongyu was busy, and the two old people just got together to chat and play chess, which was very happy.

When the two old men played chess this day, Lin Dezhi was always dizzy and always pressed his temples with his hands. Xu Ru noticed it and asked him: "What's the matter? Why do you feel dizzy recently? Didn't Lin Jian take you Go to the hospital for a checkup?"

"He is too busy all day, and I don't want him to worry about it. I went to the hospital for an examination. The doctor said that I am old and my organs are aging. It is just some minor degenerative diseases of the elderly, and there is no major problem."

"Then you should pay attention and take good care of it."

"I know, I know, I'm dying. I'm still waiting for our Dongyu to be admitted to university and watching him come out to work."

"That's fine, I won't say more, as long as you have a plan in mind. Hey, what are you having for dinner? I'll let the nanny do it, so don't let Dongyu rush back."

"That's daring!"

The author has something to say:

Let me talk about my own thoughts on that painting.

Above the water represents the beauty in most people's minds.

The boy is Lin Dongyu, and the mermaid is Lin Jian.The boy has a dagger in his hand, he can cut the swimming ring and sink with the mermaid, or cut the mermaid's hair to float up.

The scenery above the sea is beautiful, but in Lin Dongyu's painting, the scenery below the sea is obviously even more beautiful.

He named it Shen Shen, but in fact he was more inclined to cut the swimming ring and sink down.

Uh, this painting was written by me, and the above is my own opinion. Other interpretations are welcome~