Soul Painter

Gao Fan looked around.

He was in the first-floor living room of his house on the banks of the Charle.

It's afternoon.

In July, Boston's slightly blazing sun shines in from the window.

Gao Fan stood in front of the sofa, and he remembered that Lawrence fell from here.

Now the black box is still thrown on the rug.

Gao Fan picked it up casually, thinking again in his heart, yes, big brother...

"Big brother!" Gao Fan called out.

And this cry attracted the sound of footsteps, running over from the second floor 'dong dong dong', and then Gao Fan saw Anna with a surprised face, and Hei who jumped down from the second floor one step ahead of Anna. cat.

Meow~

Gao Fan caught the black cat and felt that it was a heavy hand. Now the black cat is already a big cat.

God kept poking Gao Fan's face with his head, which was an intimacy that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Gao, where have you been? You have been missing for a whole day!" Anna also ran down the stairs. "Mr. Manager is dead, and you are missing. I am very worried."

I was missing for a day, and this happened to be the time when I was in the mental hospital in my dream... Gao Fan first came up with this idea, so where is the mental hospital? I am a real person who has traveled through time? !

But in the next second, this doubt and subsequent incomprehensible thoughts were completely buried by Anna's next words.

"Eldest brother... is dead?" Gao Fan asked in surprise.

Anna walked up to Gao Fan without saying a word, but looked at him with tender eyes.

But silence is an answer.

Gao Fan grabbed Anna's hand violently, his eyes widened.

Anna was hurt by Gao Fan's grasp, but she didn't shrink back, she just said: "Gao, yes, Mr. Manager is dead."

That's right.

Lawrence is dead.

The doctor's preliminary examination believed that he died of heart failure caused by prolonged hunger and fatigue, but this kind of sudden death generally only occurs in occupations that perform high-intensity and high-concentration labor for a long time, such as truck drivers, and the deceased is generally He had a heart or brain disease, but Mr. Broker had always been healthy, and he just sat there before he died, and did not perform any labor.

If you want to further find out the cause of death, you have to conduct an autopsy, but Mr. Economic Man's wife rejected this proposal-this is the first time Gao Fan met Mrs. Lawrence, it was at the funeral, and he saw Lawrence's The son, a boy already in college, is only four or five years younger than Gao Fan.

Gao Fan never knew that Lawrence had a wife and children, although they were divorced. In addition, Gao Fan also met Lawrence's parents. The old couple came from Switzerland to attend the broker's funeral together.

No one asked Gao Fan, the cause of Mr. Manager's death.

And Gao Fan did not know the cause of Lawrence's death.

In the process of Gao Fan and Anna creating "The War of Time and Space", Gao Fan doesn't know what happened, and Anna doesn't know either. God probably knows, but God can't speak. Gao Fan only remembers the third or third time. For four days, Lawrence stopped bringing them meals.

The cause of Lawrence's death must be related to the destruction of "Bostonian".

Destroying "The Bostonian" may cause some accidents, but Gao Fan is not sure. Once he enters the creative state, he will still use the four demon colors, the ultimate creative state that only has one chance in a lifetime, and he will forget about it. He didn't even know Lawrence took his black box.

Thinking about it now, it should be that the destruction of "The Bostonian" caused a large-scale mysterious disaster, and Mr. Lawrence died accidentally in order to fight against this disaster... But, Lawrence has nothing to do with mystery. How can he fight against mystery?

Is it because of the black box?

So the doctor "Wood" in the mental hospital that Gao Fan dreamed of in his dream is consistent with Lawrence's description, is it because of Lawrence's accidental death?

Gao Fan had no way of knowing, he just vaguely realized that after he finished "The War of Time and Space", the black box seemed to have undergone a wonderful change, maybe there was an extra mental hospital inside? Lawrence entered there after his death, and Gao Fan's disappearance also went into the box.

If you think about it this way, why is Xin Wei there?

...

Now.

boston.

Auburn Hills Cemetery.

This is a garden cemetery in Boston.

Late July is the best weather in Boston. The sun shines on the green grass, and the tombstones are lined up neatly under the shade of greenery. There is no habit of falling leaves to return to their roots in the Swiss tradition. Lawrence was buried here after his death. In the city he once loved deeply.

At Mr. Broker’s funeral, many painters came. Due to the war, the Fangles Gallery was closed, but those painters brought out by Lawrence still came to his funeral. Many people were at the funeral Tears, Lawrence is an excellent art dealer, he has made many people's "painter" dreams come true.

Gao Fan stood a little far away from the funeral crowd. Today, many Boston citizens came to visit the grave in Auburn Hills Cemetery, but no one took a second look at the painter. Since "Bostonians" was destroyed, the mysterious link between the painter and Boston citizens It was interrupted, and faith was like a kite with a broken string, flying and scattered in the sky.

I have to say, this made Gao Fan feel a little relaxed. Although he felt that Boston was his own city and fortress, he felt safe, but he didn't feel comfortable, and even a little heavy, because no matter where he went, he would feel Resonating with the hearts of the citizens of Boston, it is very safe, but very tiring.

It is indeed a pity that The Bostonian was destroyed.

But Macross is an even greater painting.

If "Bostonian" can carry the soul of a city.

Then "The Battle of Time and Space" can hold the weight of all human civilizations from 1920 to the present.

"So you didn't die in vain, big brother." Gao Fan said softly, "Under your protection, we have created the greatest work in human history. Of course, you also shocked me for an hour, um...you did it on purpose right?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him,

"It's a sad season."

Gao Fan turned his head and saw Han Meimei.

"My condolences." Han Meimei said to Gao Fan.

"My condolences too." Gao Fan said, "I'm sorry, I don't have time to attend Lin Senhao's funeral, did he attend the funeral?"

"It's done. It's a simple funeral." Han Meimei said, "He has no wife and no children. In the end, there are only a few wayfinders standing in front of his curtain."

"I remember he has a wife." Gao Fan said, "A woman wearing a veil. I saw her 100 years ago."

"We broke up when STK was founded. At that time, the president experienced 'fading' and became an ordinary person. It is not suitable to continue to associate with Nightmare. The lady cried very sadly. This may also be the last love of the president. .” Han Meimei said.

"What Lin Senhao told me was 'sacrifice', he 'sacrificed' his girlfriend in order to 'fame charm'." Gao Fan remembered that Lin Senhao didn't say that in the last phone call.

"Don't you human beings often say that losing love is equivalent to dying once, so the president is indeed 'sacrificing' his girlfriend?" Han Meimei explained.

"Oh, old liar. By the way, how did Lin Senhao lose his charm?" Gao Fan asked.

"It's related to you." Han Meimei said, "It's also related to me, but it's not yet time for us to know, so I don't know either."

"Secretly...why do you want me? Isn't it just to express my condolences?" Gao Fan asked.

"First of all, there is news that another pathfinder, a 'chemist', has taken over as the president, and he asked me to give this to you." Han Meimei handed Gao Fan a letter as she spoke.

Gao Fan saw that it said: 'Letter of Dismissal'.