TMISIU- chapter 40

Wei Ying quickly received 20,000 yuan from the sale of paintings and remitted 10,000 of them to Wei Yanli.

When he was learning painting on Sunday, he asked Zhou Wanghan about the person who bought the painting.

Only then did he know that the buyer was an amateur speculative painter who specialized in buying some paintings that were not yet famous but were promising, to be sold at a high price later.

In fact, Zhou Wanghan learned through his granddaughter that Wei Ying’s family was in bad condition, so he asked someone to sell his student’s paintings so that he could subsidize his living and painting expenses, but he was afraid that Wei Ying would get into the eyes of the money, so said to him in a serious tone:

“In the future, as your paintings become more mature, more paintings will enter the market, but your artistic pursuit must not be too market-oriented, and you must not be completely bought by money, got it?”

“I know, grandpa.”

Wei Ying naturally obediently said yes, Zhou Wanghan was a very good teacher. In addition to teaching him to paint, he also teaches him many principles of life and work.

He also changed his title from teacher to grandfather.

“Well, this is all we’ve learned today. The weather is good, I’m going out fishing with some old friends later, you go out and relax too.” Zhou Wanghan put down his tools and said.

Wei Ying was overjoyed. He had an appointment with Lan Zhan in the evening, but now he had a few more hours.

He sent a WeChat message to Lan Zhan and then helped Zhou Wanghan clean up his studio.

“So happy to be able to go out to play?” Zhou Wanghan looked at the overjoyed Wei Ying with amusement, thinking that even a well-behaved child was playful.

Wei Ying sweetly coaxed Zhou Wanghan with a few words again and helped him prepare the sun hat and water cup for fishing.

He sent Zhou Wanghan out of the courtyard, and then waited in the courtyard for Lan Zhan to come and pick him up.

The weather was really good.

The wind and sunshine were very quiet, just like his mood for waiting for Lan Zhan.

Wei Ying was sitting on a bench bored and playing with a sycamore leaf when Lan Zhan arrived less than half an hour later.

He saw Lan Zhan walk into the courtyard gate, hurriedly got up a few steps and jumped over, showing Lan Zhan the sycamore leaves as if offering treasures:

“Look, this leaf is so beautiful and big.”

Wei Ying used the leaf to cover his face and asked with a smile, “Is it bigger than my head?”

Lan Zhan held Wei Ying’s hand that was squeezing the leaf, gently moving it away to reveal Wei Ying’s face.

Looking at the eyes that were slightly open and the pupils that were clear as glazed in the golden sunlight, the corners of his lips lifted and he said.

“It’s very beautiful.”

Wei Ying was stunned, thinking that he clearly did not ask this question.

He put the leaves on the stone table in the courtyard and got into the car with Lan Zhan.

The original plan was to invite Lan Zhan to dinner, but suddenly there were a few more hours, so he wanted to change his plan.

“Can I invite you to the amusement park first? I haven’t been there yet. ” Wei Ying asked.

“Okay.” Lan Zhan agreed.

In fact, he had hardly been there, the only one or two times was to accompany Jiang Cheng.

Due to weekends and good weather, the amusement park was extremely crowded and the two queued for nearly twenty minutes before entering.

Wei Ying wanted to hold Lan Zhan’s hand, but he was embarrassed because there were too many people, so he had to follow Lan Zhan closely.

Seeing all kinds of rides made him feel fresh and wanting to play.

“I want to play that.” Wei Ying pointed to a haunted house not far away. His abacus rang, thinking that he would be able to hold Lan Zhan’s hand unscrupulously in the dark environment.

Lan Zhan looked at the haunted house and nodded in agreement.

The two bought tickets and Wei Ying realized that this haunted house did not seem to be the horror and thriller he thought.

They didn’t need to walk, but instead rode in a small train to go inside. Many children were accompanied by their parents into the carriages and the carriages were also painted with childish cartoon characters.

Wei Ying looked at the children in the car and said to Lan Zhan with some embarrassment: “This haunted house seems to be different from what I thought.”

He found that apart from the parents, only two of them were over twelve years old. Some adults and staff were looking at them in amusement.

“Should we change to another?” he asked.

“No need.”

Wei Ying’s right hand was suddenly held by Lan Zhan. His heart jumped and he tilted his head to look at Lan Zhan.

Lan Zhan pulled him into the last narrow carriage and whispered to him:

“Now, you can hold hands.”

Wei Ying’s eyelashes fluttered gently looking at the side of Lan Zhan’s face.

He felt Lan Zhan put his five fingers between his fingers, clasping his palm against his palm, so tightly that they seemed to be able to feel each other’s heartbeats through their palms.

As a bell rang, the small train slowly started, driving into the dark haunted house amidst the chatter of children.

Perhaps this should be called the elves house. In the ethereal music, the graceful light and shadow cast a spinning and dancing elves and ghosts, performing close and unpredictable stories in the seemingly hazy mist.

Although it was not terrifying and even a little beautiful, many children were still frightened and cried in their parents’ arms, destroying the original dream.

Wei Ying felt the warmth of the five-finger grip with Lan Zhan, and suddenly leaned closer to Lan Zhan, turning sideways and pressing his chest against Lan Zhan’s arm.

“Are you afraid?” Lan Zhan sensed Wei Ying’s reliance and asked in a low voice while turning his head in his ear.

The small train drove into the straight narrow road.

Under the dim light and shadow, Wei Ying suddenly got up slightly and kissed Lan Zhan’s lips.

Nothing went wrong this time. His pupils were shining, and he whispered to Lan Zhan triumphantly:

“I’ve learned!”

Lan Zhan’s grip on his hand suddenly increased. Before Wei Ying could react, he was pushed to the soft wall of the carriage beside him, and then an eager kiss fell on his lips.

Lan Zhan did not directly enter his mouth, but first sucked and nibbled his lower lip lightly, and then left slightly, leaving him a little space to breathe in.

The right hand that was clasped was pressed lingeringly and the palm of his hand was so hot that he almost sweated.

Wei Ying didn’t know whether to focus on his lips or his hands for a moment, but he felt that his whole body was hot.

As if perceiving his distraction, Lan Zhan intruded into his mouth, crossing his lips and tongue, holding the tip of his tongue and sucking lightly.

Wei Ying’s head buzzed and he couldn’t breathe again.

After the kiss, Wei Ying leaned against the carriage to catch his breath and looked around very nervously, the small train had just pulled out of the narrow way and entered a spacious ballroom.

The little girl in the carriage in front suddenly turned her head and looked at them.

Wei Ying’s eyelids twitched and she lowered her head sheepishly.

When the two came out of the haunted house, Wei Ying suddenly returned from the dark to the warm and bright sunlight and was a little uncomfortable, squinting his eyes to adapt to the light.

Lan Zhan still held his hand out of the carriage.

“Others will see it.” Wei Ying let Lan Zhan lead him, but still reminded him.

“Look, every child is holding hands.” Lan Zhan said dismissively.

Wei Ying froze and looked at the small children who came down from the carriage. Indeed every child was being held by their parents.

Some of the children were so scared that they cried all the way, their faces full of tear marks like a small flower cat.

And he…

Wei Ying licked his somewhat swollen lower lip and looked away again with a guilty conscience.

Suddenly, Wei Ying looked up at Lan Zhan again. He squinted his eyes and asked: “Why do I feel like you are very experienced? You haven’t had a lot of love before, have you?”

Lan Zhan tucked Wei Ying’s hand into his coat pocket and led him outside, answering with a calm face.

“No.”

“Then how did you…” Wei Ying muttered and stopped halfway.

“How what?” Lan Zhan turned his head to look at him and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Wei Ying got stuck and said, “No, nothing!”

It was just a matter of gaining experience in the real world. He was so smart, he would learn as soon as he could.

The two played some more rides.

Wei Ying rode the roller coasters, pirate ships, and bumper cars that he had seen on TV before… It was all played with Lan Zhan.

Wei Ying found that although Lan Zhan didn’t say anything, he seemed to like playing these rides very much.

He could clearly feel Lan Zhan’s unspoken joy.

So later Wei Ying observed which rides Lan Zhan’s eyes stopped at for a little longer, and he took Lan Zhan to play.

Until it was evening when the dusk was heavy, the two finally gave up to continue playing and sat on a bench to rest.

Wei Ying went to the small shop and bought two ice creams, one strawberry flavour and one vanilla flavour.

He and Lan Zhan ate slowly. Although it was winter, the cold taste did not make people feel cold.

The setting sun just hung in the center of the Ferris wheel in the distant sky, the orange twilight looking at them through the city’s eye.

The two of them were very close.

Wei Ying occasionally scooped a spoonful from Lan Zhan’s vanilla ice cream. Later, Lan Zhan didn’t eat much, so Wei Ying simply took over.

There were two little boys of seven or eight years old sitting down on the bench opposite, the little boy in red lowered his head to play with the Rubik’s cube in his hand.

After a long time, he still couldn’t solve it.

“Stupid.”

The little boy in blue clothes snatched the Rubik’s Cube, but he too couldn’t solve it after a long time.

The two children quarreled, calling each other idiots, and began to cry as they quarreled.

Wei Ying couldn’t stand it anymore and went over to help them solve the cube, but after he turned it, he didn’t get it right, so he subconsciously looked at Lan Zhan, who had already followed.

Lan Zhan took the Rubik’s Cube and his slender fingers turned quickly. He solved the Rubik’s Cube in less than fifteen seconds.

“Wow,” the two children looked at Lan Zhan with their heads lifted up.

Wei Ying also looked at his boyfriend with admiring eyes, followed by wow and said, “How can you know everything.”

Lan Zhan bent down to return the Rubik’s Cube to the children, the corners of his mouth raised, and said: “When I was young, I used to play it when I was bored.”

After doing good deeds, the two of them returned to the bench and sat down to admire the sunset in the city side by side.

Wei Ying watched the two children walking away hand in hand, and suddenly asked Lan Zhan.

“You say, if, I mean if, I grew up with you, will you still like me, ah?”

He turned his head to look at Lan Zhan, the magnificent twilight softened Lan Zhan’s profoundly good-looking side face, like an oil painting with rich colors.

“Yes.” Lan Zhan replied without hesitation.

Wei Ying was stunned. He curled his eyes and said, “So sure? What if I was spoiled by my parents and I was a very willful child, would you still like me?”

Lan Zhan looked at Wei Ying in the twilight light and whispered.

“I said, I will like all your willfulness.”

He reached out and wiped away a bit of the milky white trace of ice cream from the side of Wei Ying’s mouth, and continued.

“Besides, you would definitely not be so spoiled.”

Wei Ying licked the corner of his mouth, not knowing why his eyes were a little sore, he blinked and did not ask the question again.

He looked at the setting sun that had been half swallowed, and the twilight turned from red gold to orange and purple, smearing the sky with thick ink.

Wei Ying couldn’t help but think, what was Lan Zhan like when he was a child? Was he also not talkative like now?

If, if he had grown up with Lan Zhan, he would have pestered him every day to make him speak and laugh.

He was so good at fighting, he would not let anyone bully Lan Zhan, he would definitely share all the delicious and fun things with Lan Zhan, and he would definitely send the best gifts on Lan Zhan’s birthday every year.

Perhaps, like those two kids, he would turn the Rubik’s Cube into a mess, and Lan Zhan would scold him for being a fool, but he would always help him get better.

In spring he would drag Lan Zhan around the road without flowers to school, in summer they would grab watermelon after swimming to eat, in autumn they would climb the maple forest hill together, pick up two red leaves to make bookmarks for each other.

In winter, they would throw snowballs at each other in the heavy snow, and when they were tired, they would lie down with their legs and arms spread on the snow next to each other.

On weekends, he would go to learn musical instruments with Lan Zhan.

Lan Zhan would learn piano, he would learn flute, and then they would perform together in the school’s cultural performance.

During the long vacation, they would fly abroad with their parents. He used a brush to paint the scenery, while Lan Zhan used the lens to photograph the scenery and him.

And… there were many, many more.

They would definitely have a wonderful childhood and adolescence together.

Wei Ying took a deep breath, shook off the illusion in his mind, and suddenly stretched his cold hand to the neck of Lan Zhan’s collar.

Sure enough, Lan Zhan was caught off guard by the chill, and quickly grabbed his evil hand, and then put his hand in his coat pocket.

Lan Zhan was not angry about the prank. Instead, he wrapped his hand with warm hands in the pocket, looked at him and asked.

“What were you thinking about just now?”

“Thinking about where to invite you to dinner tonight.”

Wei Ying pulled Lan Zhan up from the bench.

He thought that life was still so long, and that long would belong to him and Lan Zhan.

There seemed to be nothing to regret.