Return to the Road of God

Ten years later.

Ye Yufan was sitting in a street cafe in a small town in France, enjoying the afternoon sun while listening to jazz music that made your bones loose... Beside his hand was an old cowhide book, it was the Rhine 80 aged diary.

No one knows that this calm and handsome young man is actually Safale, a talented painter famous in the art world.

Back then, because Ye Yufan was unwilling to reveal his real identity, Laing specially applied for a French nationality named safale for him, and gave him a studio on the banks of the Seine River as a gift.The famous Impressionist painter Claude Monet also painted nearby...

One month later, the polymath "Innis Rhein" who was once famous as "Chris Fionn" died of incurable brain cancer.

After attending Rhine's memorial service with a new identity, Ye Yufan was not in a hurry to do what the other party told him to do, but first tried to find a way to bring Ke Jing out of the country.

Originally, he thought that it would be enough for Ke Jing to be completely out of Qiu Song's control financially, so he paid Ke Jing a sum of money and bought him a plane ticket to France.But he didn't expect that Ke Jingren would be stopped before he arrived at the airport, and he would lose contact with Ye Yufan for half a month.

As a last resort, Ye Yufan had no choice but to seek Claire's help.Claire is Rhine's personal butler, and one of the few people who knows the true identity of Chris Fionn.Before Rhine passed away, he entrusted Ye Yufan to take care of him. Because Safale and Rhine were not in a traditional property inheritance relationship, he needed to intervene in many details.

Claire was very efficient. After hearing about Ye Yufan's needs, she acted directly without even asking why. In just three days, Ke Jing appeared in front of Ye Yufan.

Ye Yufan was very surprised, and asked Claire how he brought Ke Jing here. At that time, Claire stood respectfully by the side and wrote lightly: "Nothing, I just invited Mr. Ke to visit France in the name of the country. After sending the letter, there will be a Chinese side The staff of the embassy sent him here personally."

Ye Yufan and Ke Jing: "..."

Ye Yufan didn't know what other things Claire did, and there was no news of Qiu Song for a long time after that.In fact, thinking about it, Qiu Song is only a director of the Maple Leaf Group, and he is not really powerful enough to turn his hands into clouds and rain all over the world. At most, he has a certain degree of dictatorship in the country.

But Ke Jing seemed to be afraid of being locked up. At first, he was out of his mind all day long, always worried that Qiu Song would take him back. When he went to the airport, he was stopped by Qiu Song. After returning, he was locked up for ten days. I feel like I'm going crazy...

Ye Yufan felt a little strange, and asked Ke Jing: "I've never seen your brother-in-law controlling you so nervously before, why did you suddenly become like this after you knew about Xia Xiaochuan and Song Xi?"

Ke Jing said in a daze: "He used to think that I could only rely on him, but now..."

Ye Yufan asked, "Because of Xia Xiaochuan?"

"I don't know. A paternity test can be done, but I don't want to, and I don't want to believe it..." Ke Jing covered her face and trembled uncomfortably.

When Ke Mingfeng was still there, he was an illegitimate child, but now that Ke Mingfeng is gone, he doesn't even know whose child he is.Qiu Song came to him, offering help in the name of "brother-in-law", but what he really did was to make himself his slave... Now Qiu Song told him that he might be the child of Song Xi and Xia Xiaochuan... ...Since he has nothing to do with him, why tie him up?

"You said, is my existence a mistake?" Ke Jing asked quietly.

During that period of time, Ke Jing's mental state was very bad, and Ye Yufan didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only use actions.

He took him from place to place, just like Bai Changqing took Xia Xiaochuan who lost his soul back then, from Xuefeng Mountain to Stone Column, from the redwood forest to the Aegean Sea...

It took them three years to travel to many places. During this process, Ke Jing changed a lot. He was no longer cynical and self-pitying, but he also became more silent.

Once, they traveled to Walden Pond in Boston, which is the birthplace of liberalism. The writer Thoreau once endowed it with poetic beauty.However, the tourism development brought about by the influence of books has made this pure land no longer the simplicity and nature in Thoreau's eyes.

Fortunately, it was winter when they came, and there were not many tourists, so the two rented a hotel by the lake, where they could warm up.

The place to enjoy the fire is not an exclusive place, but in the atriums of several guest houses, one side faces the lake.

If it is in the peak season, once the fire is lit, the guests of the entire hotel will gather together to keep warm and chat.

But that day, there were only three people who came to stay at the hotel, except for Ye Yufan and Ke Jing, the third person was Qiu Song.

When Qiu Song appeared in front of them, both of them were startled.

The man held a cigarette between his fingers. He stood in the dark, looked at Ke Jing quietly, and said in a deep voice, "Enough playing, come back with me."

Ke Jing jumped up in shock, and backed away with a pale face. Qiu Song dropped the cigarette, stepped forward and grabbed his wrist: "...Why are you hiding, I can still eat you here?"

Ke Jing gritted his teeth and said, "Let go..."

Ye Yufan looked at them, and only calmly reminded: "Mr. Qiu, please speak up if you have something to say."

Qiu Song took a rare glance at Ye Yufan, it was the first time he looked at Ye Yufan directly after he appeared.

But he didn't let go, he said to Ye Yufan, "I'll have a few words with Xiao Jing, I won't do anything else." Then he dragged Ke Jing to the side.

Ye Yufan added firewood to the fire without haste, while listening to the two people arguing not far away.

After the initial calm, Ke Jing's violent cry came. He asked him what he thought of himself, and he begged him to let him go...

Then, there was Qiu Song's uncontrollable pain: "He is very capable... For three years, I have been thinking every day how to get you back, break your legs, and lock you up forever! You say you To be free, I have never thought of letting you go, but I can't do it... the first time I saw you when you were 13 years old, I wanted you... Do you know why I married Ke Mingfeng daughter?"

The man's unique voice revealed a struggle, and Ye Yufan could almost imagine how desperately he was clutching Ke Jing...

"It's because of you that I want to get closer to you... In the past three years, I also understand... I love you... Xiao Jing..."

There are suppressed gasps in the air, as well as faint murmurs and sobs...

Ye Yufan could no longer hear what they said.

The fire burned the firewood, crackling softly, and occasionally a strong wind swept past, taking away the sporadic fire foam, but making the firewood burn even brighter.

At this moment, many past events flashed through Ye Yufan's mind, some with Bai Changqing, some with Guan Linyun.

But in the end, he picked up his phone and sent Jiang Bing a text message, "imissyou..." sent.

Love, no one can see through it, its true appearance...

Xia Xiaochuan, are you right?

Ke Jing did not go with Qiu Song, and the next day, he returned to Ye Yufan's side, his eyes were red and swollen, as was his lips, but there was some light in his dark eyes.

For the next half a year, wherever they went, Qiu Song could often be seen.

Once Qiu Song shows up, Ye Yufan only needs to book a big bed room by himself... It's a bit lonely when you think about it.

In the fourth year they walked together, Ke Jing proposed the idea of ​​leaving.

Ye Yufan didn't ask him the reason, but just said: "Don't be afraid, no matter what is ahead, take one step at a time, go slowly."

Ke Jing had mixed feelings and asked, "It's been so many years, why did you help me so selflessly?" He thought of "Xia Xiaochuan", he thought of that guess, but in fact he still wanted to verify it.

Ye Yufan said: "If it were He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai, I would do the same."

Ke Jing was silent, he knew Ye Yufan was lying.Because he also kept in touch with He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai in recent years, those two made no secret of their admiration for Ke Jing.

At that time, they also had the idea of ​​learning from Ye Yufan, and every moment with Ye Yufan benefited him a lot.But Ye Yufan refused, and Ye Yufan told them that the Royal Academy of Arts was more suitable for them.

Ye Yufan patted Ke Jing's shoulder lightly, and said, "Don't think too much, just go."

Since Ye Yufan didn't want to talk about it, Ke Jing didn't want to ask any more, so he could only cherish this relationship in his heart.

Now, Ye Yufan is no longer just a friend in Ke Jing's heart. Although he is younger than himself, in Ke Jing's eyes, he is more like an elder, a mentor... maybe a good teacher and helpful friend refers to such a person.

Being able to get acquainted with Ye Yufan is worth it in this life.

"Contact often..." Ke Jing said.

"Yeah." Watching Ke Jing leave, Ye Yufan said in his heart, fool, even if you are not Xia Xiaochuan's child, you are his cousin, how could he be willing to see you being bullied...

But now that you have recognized that it is love, it is not easy for me to intervene in it...

In the next three years, Ye Yufan returned to France and began to read Rhine's diary. He cut off all electronic communication tools and immersed himself in creation alone in his studio on the banks of the Seine.

During the period, I received a letter from Ge Qinzhou and heard about some domestic events.

Haina Art is facing a crisis due to a thorough investigation of illegal fundraising. Xia's Art Museum intends to take this opportunity to acquire Xia Xiaochuan's collection of paintings.

The letter also mentioned that when Hongyun went bankrupt, Guan Hongze still had some assets under his name, and he insisted on funding the studies of He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai alone.Two years ago, he returned to China suddenly, found Chong Shan and Ge Qinzhou, and wanted to join forces with them to deal with the Tao brothers.

But in the end it was Ke Jing who teamed up with Guan Hongze. They won Qin Mengyuan, who was originally an alliance with Tao Sifei, and made him turn against each other. Of course, they also got the assistance of Qiu Song.

Ye Yufan didn't know the specific details, and he didn't have much interest in delving into it. Since he heard that Bai Changqing ignored Tao Sifei's move to exhibit his portrait, he didn't intend to intervene.

The "Xia Xiaochuan" in the hearts of the world has passed away, so he cooperates to make a look of passing away. "Snipe and clam fighting" and "retribution for injustice" are the most common phenomena in the business world, and a dead person has no desires and desires. It has nothing to do with me to fight again and again, fight again and again.

After seeing this point, Ye Yufan understood the meaning of the Xia clan's family rules and ancestral precepts in a true sense.

Another two years.

Ye Yufan heard that He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai had graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, returned to China, and planned to open a studio with Ke Jing.It is also heard that they have frequent contacts with Fu Tingxin and Bai Mu, and they are planning to recruit those two to join the gang.Ye Yufan had heard about Bai Mu and Bai Qing's experience from Ke Jing, and he was happy that they were able to come out of the past.

After looking at the works that almost filled his studio in the past five years, Ye Yufan also decided to select some of them and publish them under the name of safale. After nine years of silence, the paintings shocked the art world as soon as they were released.

The works were exhibited in a special exhibition hall in the Feon Museum of Art. These paintings incorporating "Rhine memory" attracted the attention of many people. Many artists who had been helped or influenced by "Chris Feon" came to watch them. At the moment of the work, many people burst into tears.

If safale's reputation before came from the hype of the topic, at this moment, his strength has attracted the respect of the whole world; in the past, when people mentioned safale, they would always mention shotray, but now, no one confuses them, because Safale is getting stronger and stronger, but Shotray's handwriting has never stopped in the summer of 1984.

The voice of guessing the identity of safale has not diminished. Some people say that looking at his works, it is absolutely impossible to be a young man. The Royal Academy of Art is open to students of all ages. Maybe when he was in the Royal Academy of Art, he was already over fifty years old. Old man; there are also people who swear that they have seen safale, are under 20 years old, are Chinese, etc... Ye Yufan never responded to these.

While the art world was talking about safale and guessing his true identity, they never expected that safale would do something that would cause a sensation in the entertainment circle, just like they couldn't imagine that the man sitting in a street cafe in a small town , the young man reading the diary, who looks to be in his twenties, is Safale.