233: The Definition of Happiness
Gu Jun doesn't even have the ability to heal himself recently, let alone save Jason.
Gu Jun paid much less attention to Jason. Apart from arranging someone to deliver meals to Jason to ensure three meals a day, he himself only visited him every few days. So he didn't know that Jason had already completed the first draft of the painting for Jiang Zhiyan.
Jason has Jiang Zhiyan's contact information.
From never communicating with the outside world to actively contacting Jiang Zhiyan, Jason has made great progress!
Gu Jun asked Jiang Zhiyan: "Do you want to go and see it?"
"Can I go see it?"
Jiang Zhiyan asked Gu Jun for his opinion, and Gu Jun nodded: "Of course, you can go tomorrow... Forget it, I'll go with you tomorrow."
Jiang Zhiyan originally asked Jason to buy a painting for Gu Jun, but the night before he could see the draft, he inexplicably felt a sense of anticipation of his own. What elements would Jason use to express happiness? If he gave this painting to Tangtang, would it touch her heart?
With this thought in mind, Jiang Zhiyan suffered from rare insomnia.
There was nothing important happening in the company the next morning, so Jiang Zhiyan didn't even go to the company. He followed Gu Jun directly to meet Jason.
Jason's place looks nice, and what's even nicer is Jason's condition.
"You look really good!"
Jiang Zhiyan sincerely praised Jason.
Jason was looking at Gu Jun.
Gu Jun seemed to have returned to normal, but how could that be possible?
Jason didn't want to touch upon Gu Jun's sorrow, so he didn't ask him anything. Instead, he apologized to Jiang Zhiyan: "Those videos online... I'm sorry."
Jason was talking about Fu Hong's interview.
Jason couldn't control Fu Hong's actions, let alone delete the online videos. Jiang Zhiyan just wanted to buy a painting, and he shouldn't be bullied by Fu Hong through online media.
Jiang Zhiyan didn't care: "Ms. Fu is an adult. She has her own ideas. What she wants to do has nothing to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself. As long as the custom painting is fine and our transaction is completed normally, what outsiders think is none of our business, don't you think?"
One wants to buy a painting, the other is willing to sell it. The two parties have agreed on a price and are satisfied with it. What is there for outsiders to discuss?
Jason used to make people think that he was mentally unstable, but now he looks much better. After the transaction is completed, no one will say that Jiang Zhiyan deceived Jason into signing the contract!
When Jiang Zhiyan ordered the painting, he said he wanted a painting that would make people feel happy when they saw it.
Different people have different understandings of the word "happiness".
People without money think that having money will bring them happiness. Jiang Zhiyan has no shortage of money, so what is happiness for him? Humans need not only material things but also emotions. Jason has never been hungry, but for a very long time he had not felt "happiness" until Gu Jun found him.
Jason drew his ideal life where Jiang Zhiyan would feel happy. He drew a garden.
There is a large lattice window in the small garden.
The door by the window was ajar, revealing the tip of a shoe. Looking through the lattice, I could see a stooped silhouette. In the small garden, besides various flowers, there was a watering can. On the flagstones, wet spots had not yet dried, and a colorful little ball had rolled onto one of the wet spots.
Jiang Zhiyan has always been indifferent to works of art. "Black Sea" did not move him, and he did not like "Fate" either.
When Jiang Zhiyan first saw Jason's painting, he was not impressed at first sight.
But after taking a closer look, Jiang Zhiyan imagined many hidden meanings.
The little ball rolling around in the garden must belong to a child. Is it a boy or a girl? I don't know.
The little feet showing through the toes of the shoes made it impossible to tell the gender of the child.
The watering can was about the same size as a ball, so a child probably couldn't lift it. The silhouette seen through the window was very slender, probably a woman. The window showed the woman's silhouette but not the child's head, so the child must still be small, at least not as tall as the window. If the child wasn't big, the woman might still be very young... Jiang Zhiyan suddenly had a coherent plot in his mind:
A woman was watering flowers in the garden while her child played with a ball. The mischievous child kicked the watering can on the flagstones, spilling the water and getting the ball wet. The woman may or may not have scolded the child, but she ignored the watering can and the wet ball and returned to the house with the child.
When the ball knocked over the kettle, did the child also fall?
Are your knees and palms scratched?
Are you crying?
Jiang Zhiyan knew nothing.
But he really wanted to know.
From the picture, it seems that the child still wants to leave the house and go to the garden. The woman's silhouette is bent over, probably because she is afraid that the child will fall again.
The child is so anxious, does he want to continue playing with the ball?
No, maybe he heard some noise at the door and knew someone had returned.
The perspective of the entire painting is not only that of the viewer, but also that of the people depicted in it. A young mother is at home with her child. A young father returns home and sees the scene in the garden. The child, having fallen, rushes out again upon hearing his return. The mother, fearing the child will fall, bends down to protect him. This painting is from the father's perspective.
Jiang Zhiyan understood it this way.
He felt that he understood it correctly.
Although "Dad" did not appear in the painting, the mother's appearance was unclear, and it was unknown whether the child was a boy or a girl, Jiang Zhiyan could not help but put himself in the picture.
Jiang Zhiyan doesn't seem to be short of money or family. The Jiang family is very large, and there are many brothers and sisters of the same generation as Jiang Zhiyan.
But Jiang Zhiyan has no home.
He has a house but no home.
He can buy a mansion, but there is no family waiting for him to come home.
Jiang Zhiyan never felt sorry for himself. He was so lucky to be reborn, and he would never lack money in his life... But he had no home! Ever since his parents died unexpectedly, he became a "child" without a home.
The colors of the painting are obviously gentle and healing, but Jiang Zhiyan's sadness buried deep in his heart was brought up.
There was moisture in his eyes.
He didn't want to cry in front of Gu Jun and Jason, so he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously: "A bug flew in, how annoying."
Gu Jun did not expose Jiang Zhiyan.
This painting was defined as happiness, but it made Jiang Zhiyan cry. Gu Jun said to Jason, "It seems you don't fully understand Mr. Jiang's needs. Draw a new one—"
Jiang Zhiyan immediately put down his hand upon hearing this, and stepped forward to stand in front of the painting.
"You're not me, how do you know Jason doesn't fully understand my needs? No need to draw a new one, this is the painting I want, I like this painting."
Jiang Zhiyan patted Jason's shoulder vigorously as he spoke: "You are truly a genius. You will definitely become famous all over the world and drive the world of painting crazy!"
Why get a new one?
Jiang Zhiyan just put himself in the role of "a father coming home from get off work" and put his bent silhouette into Tangtang. He and Tangtang had a child, and he had the home he wanted!
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