"Sister Sisi." Yang Qian threw her arms around Gu Sisi's neck. The impact was so great that Gu Sisi took several steps back before steadying herself.
"What's up?" Gu Sisi spread her hands, not knowing where to put them.
"I had a serious heart - to - heart with my parents before. They said they won't push me anymore. They just want me to be happy."
Yang Qian's voice was a bit muffled. Gu Sisi sensed something was wrong and pulled her away. Sure enough, she saw glistening tears in Yang Qian's eyes.
Gu Sisi whispered to comfort her, "What's wrong? Isn't this a good thing?"
As she said this, she reached out her finger to wipe away Yang Qian's tears. Yang Qian dodged slightly and said aggrievedly, "I'm just too happy."
"That's great!" Gu Sisi looked at the little girl with a puffy, tear - streaked face and stroked her head.
Then, as if thinking of something, Gu Sisi asked seriously, "Then what about..."
Before Gu Sisi could finish, Yang Qian understood what Sister Sisi was going to say.
She shook her head. "Anyway, you can't force these things. I can't make someone like me if they don't. I'd rather like someone who likes me!"
Yang Qian replied proudly. She knew that one - sided affection was tough, and besides, they hardly had any interactions.
Gu Sisi let out a sigh of relief. She was just worried about how to talk to Yang Qian about this.
"Then I'm leaving, Sister Sisi. You should prepare well."
"Okay." Gu Sisi watched her leave with a smile.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw someone lurking behind it furtively.
"What are you doing?" Gu Sisi asked warily.
The person pretended to be calm and sat down on the chair like a lord.
"What else could I do? I'm just afraid you'll run away again." Jiang Lihao looked proud, but with his injured state, it looked rather funny.
Fine. Gu Sisi was helpless. It was easier to invite a god than to send one away.
She spread her hands and stopped painting. "What on earth do you want?"
"Good question." Jiang Lihao stood up, clapped his hands, and got close to her. "Don't run away."
...Who was the one running away now!
Gu Sisi turned around and busied herself with her own things.
Jiang Lihao didn't bother her and just seemed to be observing the painting studio.
After a while, Gu Sisi thought it was time to go home.
She asked, "What do you want to eat? I'll ask someone to prepare it for you."
Actually, in the middle, Gu Sisi had already contacted Huo Cheng. She had no idea if it would affect Jiang Lihao's wound.
"Whatever." Jiang Lihao replied casually, but his eyes didn't leave the painting. "Did you paint this?"
Gu Sisi took a look and knew what it was.
It was a gouache painting of a girl looking at flowers that she had painted in her free time.
"Yes. So what?" Gu Sisi was packing her things to leave.
Jiang Lihao snapped his fingers. "It's nothing. It's a good painting." But then he changed his tone. "It's just this face..."
Gu Sisi got nervous and stared at her painting intently.
"What's wrong?"
"This face looks a bit strange. Although it conforms to the human anatomy, there's always something that feels off. What is it..." Jiang Lihao fell into deep thought.
Gu Sisi pricked up her ears. Painting portraits was indeed her weak point.
But she silently complained in her heart. Sure enough, he was a plastic surgeon. Even after losing his memory, he was still so sensitive to faces.
"It's harmony. You lack a sense of harmony." Jiang Lihao made a conclusive statement.
Gu Sisi seemed to suddenly have an epiphany.
Jiang Lihao continued, "Each facial feature is perfect, and all the proportions are normal. But it just makes people feel that the person in the painting is strange. It can only be said to be a qualified painting, but not a good one, because it's not realistic."
Gu Sisi opened her mouth wide and re - examined her painting. Sure enough, it was all like that.
Having someone point out her long - standing problem was undoubtedly a great gain. Gu Sisi was just about to express her gratitude.
Just as a smile started to appear on her face, she saw Jiang Lihao running away.
"..."
She felt that the world was a bit crazy.
The next second, she saw Huo Cheng standing at the door, holding Jiang Lihao's ill - fitting overcoat in his hand, but Jiang Lihao was nowhere to be seen.
Gu Sisi stared at the overcoat and walked over hesitantly.
She asked, "He ran away?"
"Yes." Huo Cheng turned around, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
A former good brother now ran away every time he saw him. It was indescribable. Moreover, he felt guilty because it was his fault that Jiang Lihao had become like this.
Gu Sisi didn't know how to comfort him.
Huo Cheng saw that Gu Sisi hadn't come back for a long time. He also heard that Jiang Lihao had gone to her company. So after work, he drove directly here. But he didn't expect that his friend would act like a mouse seeing a cat when he saw him.
Presumably, Jiang Lihao had wandered around enough. During dinner, Huo Cheng received a call saying that Jiang Lihao had returned to the hospital.
"Okay, I see." Huo Cheng only took a couple of bites and then put down his chopsticks.
He sighed and turned to Gu Sisi. Gu Sisi got excited and quickly swallowed the food in her mouth.
"Sisi, listen to me."
It turned out that Huo Cheng had asked the doctor about why Jiang Lihao had run to find Gu Sisi. It was very likely that because the first person he saw when he woke up was Gu Sisi, and he was in a state of amnesia.
So it was a bit like an animal that regarded the first person it saw as its mother. Although Jiang Lihao didn't regard Gu Sisi as his mother, it was definitely the case that he could easily gain the missing sense of security when he was with Gu Sisi.
"Should I go and see him often?"
Huo Cheng shook his head. "No. Just focus on your own business. But if he comes to find you in the future, just accompany him for a while. It'll be good for his recovery."
Gu Sisi nodded. "Okay."
There was no problem with this. Moreover, he had helped her today.
Although she had agreed, during the preparation process, Gu Sisi never saw him come to find her again.
Soon, it was time for the painting competition.
The previous rounds of the competition went by quickly. Gu Sisi easily advanced to the preliminary round and then the final. She boarded a plane and went to another city for the competition.
Originally, the company had planned to assign an assistant to her, but the competition committee didn't allow it. So Gu Sisi had to embark on the journey alone.
On the plane, the blue sky, white clouds, the occasional flying birds, the smiling faces of the passengers, and the drowsy passengers all looked extremely cute in Gu Sisi's eyes.
Unlike before, she used to fall asleep as soon as she got in the car. This competition was very important to her, and she was really excited.
"Are you going to the competition?" someone beside her asked.
Gu Sisi looked over. It was a girl. She seemed to be about the same age as Gu Sisi, or maybe younger. She was staring at Gu Sisi's painting board.
"Yes. It's a painting competition." Gu Sisi explained kindly.
The girl looked excited and opened the bag beside her. Inside were some small painting tools.
"I'm also going to the competition. We're not participating in the same competition, are we?"