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On Sunday afternoon, Chen Zheng repeatedly agreed with me on a time to come back, and then reluctantly let me go.

I rushed to the first floor of the exhibition hall to meet Yu Qingshan.

Dressed up like a wandering poet, he introduced me to the art exhibition.

"The exhibition area on the first floor is divided by artist, and the exhibition area on the second floor is divided by theme. Let's go to see the artist you like first, and then go to the second floor to see the theme exhibition?" Yu Qingshan flipped through the introduction brochure, Apparently planning has been done.

As an invited guest, I certainly agree.

We read it carefully on the first floor, and Yu Qingshan couldn't wait to drag me to the second floor.According to him, the second floor is divided into four areas, namely: ecstasy, regret, pain, and hope.

We looked at them one by one, and there were indeed quite a few paintings that moved people's hearts. Finally, we turned to the "Hope" exhibition area. I glanced around and was instantly attracted by a painting.

I walked over and stared at the painting quietly.

There is a dark corridor in the painting. A little boy is wiping tears standing in the corridor. A door is half open. A girl with long hair is standing at the door, looking at the boy with a smile.

Yu Qingshan read out the detailed introduction on the exhibition board:

"This is a 14-year-old girl who was sexually abused by her father for two years before being rescued. Volunteers want to draw a picture of hope for her, hoping that she will get out of the past."

"The girl described such a scene to the volunteers, and the volunteers drew it as she said, but they didn't know the story behind it, nor did they know what kind of hope was contained in the painting."

"This painting is a copy. The original painting was given to the girl 19 years ago. The painting is called "Initial Hope"."

Yu Qingshan looked sideways at me while thinking, and was taken aback by me, "Li Yuyuan, why are you crying?"

I suddenly realized that tears had wet my cheeks.

After walking out of the art exhibition, Yu Qingshan and I found a teahouse to sit down and chat.

I told him the story in the painting, and told him that the little boy in the painting was me, and the girl in the painting was my half-sister.

Finally I said: "I want to find her, but I don't remember my previous name at all, and I can't remember her name either. I was too young at that time, and I forgot many things completely."

"What do you want to do when you find her?" Yu Qingshan said seriously, "You have all grown up, she must be in her 30s now, women at this age usually have their own families and children, you Will the appearance of her remind her of that unbearable past and bring her troubles?"

I was stunned, I really didn't think of this layer.

Yu Qingshan continued: "Also, if your adoptive parents know that you want to find your real sister, will they be sad?"

Thinking of my parents who were so good to me, I bowed my head in shame, my thoughts were too naive and too impulsive.

"However, I like your story, and I am also moved by the bond between you and your sister." Yu Qingshan changed the subject, "I will help you ask the artist, if you get any useful information, follow-up I'll let you know."

He blinked angrily, "If you can really find your sister, I suggest that you'd better just take a sneak peek."

I was overjoyed, but I quickly thought of a problem.

"The column for the author of that painting...isn't it written anonymous?"

Yu Qingshan said inscrutablely: "The organizer is my friend."

Well, Yu Qingshan is indeed an "average" illustrator.

……

Because of the painting, I returned to the hospital more than half an hour later than the time agreed with Chen Zheng.

My state might not be right, Chen Zhen was a little anxious, and asked me insincerely if something happened to me.

In consideration of our possible divorce, I don't want to tell him this secret for the time being.

"There are too many paintings in the art exhibition. If you can't see them, it will delay a little time."

He said oh, it's over.

I don't care if he believes it or not.

Three weeks later, Chen Zheng's prognosis was good, and he was finally discharged from the hospital to recuperate at home.

I knew that no matter what the truth was, I had to muster up the courage to face it.

On the night Chen Zheng was discharged from the hospital, I cooked a table of good dishes, and every time he ate a dish, he had to say, this is delicious, eat more.

I lost my temper because of him, so I went back directly: "Eat more if it tastes good, and leave me alone."

His eyelashes drooped, and he looked a little aggrieved, "Yuanyuan, you said before that we would have a good talk after I was discharged from the hospital, then we..."

"Wait until after dinner."

As soon as I said this, Chen Zheng's eyes lit up, and his chopsticks became much sharper.

If I didn't know where his injury was, I would really have thought that his hand was broken, and he recovered at the speed of light.

After dinner, I took Chen Zheng to sit on the small open-air balcony to bask in the moon.

The moon is soft, not too bright, and very ceremonial.Such a dark and windy night is suitable for talking and settling accounts.

I spoke first: "Brother Zheng, listen to me and talk about my business first."

"You know that I am the adopted son of my parents, right? I came to the Li family when I was five years old, and my parents treated me as if I were their own. I was very introverted when I was young, and my father often took me to the law firm to meet new people. My mother and everyone went up and down. My neighbors have a good relationship so that their children can take me to play. My parents treat me well, and I have never been wronged by my parents."

"In the first year of high school, I mustered up the courage to confess to you. You rejected me, but you didn't say that you had a boyfriend. Later, when I came to you, I ran into You Yu. You Yu said he was Your boyfriend, I don't believe it, he will prove it to me, and then I will see you kissing."

"I never looked for you again, I thought I couldn't be a bad person, I couldn't destroy you. I like your things, my parents don't support it, especially my dad, my dad knows that you and You Yu are in a relationship , when you made an appointment to go to England to study together, but you didn’t make it, and you never found a new boyfriend, my dad said that you couldn’t let him go, and I liked you to no avail.”

"But I just like you. I want to marry you. I want you to take a good look at me and know that I, Li Yuyuan, am not bad and worthy of you. My parents let me get what I wanted, but I know you are unwilling , I tried my best to be nice to you, to impress you, and you gradually stopped rejecting me."

"But why did You Yu change as soon as he came back?"

"On Christmas Eve, I saw you and You Yu sitting together. You had a great chat, but I... dare not disturb you."

Recalling this matter now, there is still a sense of absurdity.

"I, as your legal object, dare not disturb you chatting with your ex, why is that?"

"In the shopping mall on New Year's Day, he had a stomachache. You were so anxious, so I went to pick him up. I watched a movie and a fountain by myself that day. I... I just want to say, I'm not that unreasonable, you Why didn't you take me to the hospital with you?"

"And that night, You Yu was drunk, so you went to pick him up. I'll just sit here and wait for you. I saw that your car didn't drive into the garage. I went down to find you, and then...then I Seeing you kissing him? It's strange, obviously you and I are the ones who got the certificate, why do you always make me feel like I'm the third party? "

"Yuan Yuan!" Chen Zheng called me hoarsely, "No——, you misunderstood!"

"Don't talk!" I screamed, "Let, I, say, finish."

"You Yu and you have become colleagues. If you don't tell me, I feel like a fool when I think that you and him may still go in and out together when commuting to and from get off work."

"You Yu lives in the same neighborhood as us. You went home early that day to help him move, right? You also kept this from me."

"I know you were wronged by marrying me, and you feel ashamed. Then I proposed a divorce to fulfill you and him, why didn't you agree!?"

"Brother Zheng, since I've loved you for 11 years, can you stop lying? Tell me what are you thinking? What do you think of me?"

When I got to the end, I was crying badly.

The author says:

Yuan Yuan is fierce and soft-hearted!