After dinner, Suzuki's parents had something else to do, so they left the mansion after a short rest.
After eating, everyone discussed it and decided to play Mahjong to kill time, since there were four of them anyway.
It turns out that they occasionally play mahjong to kill time, and it started after the "Bandage Man" case in the mountain villa.
Everyone was in a very low mood at the time, and it was Tang Ze's suggestion that everyone play mahjong together that made people feel better.
That was also her first meeting with him. Although the experience of their first meeting was not pleasant, he left a deep impression on her heart.
At that time, he and she had never thought that they would reach this point in the future.
Sitting at the mahjong table again, both of them couldn't help but think of the first time they played mahjong and smiled at each other.
Yuanzi, who was standing by, looked at the man and woman on both sides who were "showing affection" with their eyes, and couldn't help but droop his eyes, with an expression as if he was fed up.
They show affection while playing mahjong, do you think this is "mahjong for love"?
Although Yuanzi complained, her hands kept drawing cards. After all, playing mahjong was so fun, she naturally couldn't stop playing just because of such a small matter.
They played mahjong while drinking black tea, and occasionally savored a macaron or freshly baked French dessert. Before they knew it, it was 3:30.
"It's already this late, the paintings should all be in the warehouse." Suzuki Jirokichi stood up and stretched his stiff limbs. "Let's stop here for today and continue next time."
"Eh? I'm not done yet."
Today, the "unsuccessful in love" Yuanzi became the "successful in career", which made Tang Ze suspect that she had been with Xiaolan for a long time and had the blessing of the European Emperor, which made her the only winner this time.
"Since you won, of course you want to continue playing." Ayako gave Sonoko a displeased look.
"Yeah, the card playing experience is terrible." Tang Ze echoed and complained.
I never thought that even my card counting skills would still be able to be beaten by Sonoko one day. It turns out that luck is the king...
"Hohoho~ I am the queen of mahjong~"
Thinking of the various magical cards before, the expressions that made Sonoko happy can all be used as emoticons. It's almost the same as Kogoro Mouri's extremely proud expression with his tongue shaking like the waves, which directly became a facial expression.
"Calm down, how can a girl show such an expression?" Seeing her sister's smug look like an uncle who won money, Ayako couldn't help but glare at Sonoko.
"Hehe..." Sonoko knew that she had lost her composure, so she just smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
After packing up, the group followed Suzuki Jirokichi out the door. A stretched luxury car was already waiting for the four of them at the door.
The driver, dressed in a suit and white gloves, respectfully opened the car door. Shortly after the four people entered, the car slowly started moving.
The warehouse was not too far away, about twenty minutes' walk away. After arriving at the warehouse, the administrator and the escort personnel were waiting there, waiting for Suzuki Jirokichi's instructions to open the safe outside.
After Suzuki Jirokichi stepped forward and entered the password, the security personnel took out a smaller iron box. This lock was not electronic, but was directly fixed with iron.
Just like in ancient times, envelopes were dripped with beeswax and then stamped with a seal to ensure that no one had opened them before delivery, this second layer of lock works on the same principle.
However, this one is made of cast iron, and it must have been squeezed together by a machine, which not only ensures safety but also acts as a "wax seal"
Under the gaze of everyone, the "steel seal" was violently cut off, and then Suzuki Jirokichi stepped forward wearing white gloves, picked up the painting from the safe and displayed it to everyone.
The colorful lake appeared before everyone's eyes, and the various colors were as charming as the starry sky.
Each color is different, and even each color has subtle differences. However, such a large number of colors, when put together, are extremely harmonious.
"It's so beautiful." Yuanzi couldn't help but sigh when she saw the scene which looked like the starry sky reflected on the lake.
"What beautiful colors! It's hard to imagine that there were so many colors at that time." Ayako said with emotion as she looked at the painting.
“The colors back then were different than they are now.”
Suzuki Jirokichi looked at Tang Ze and said with a smile, "Tang Ze-kun, you are also familiar with paintings and the pigments used. I know you have a keen sense of smell, so you can try to compare them."
Hearing this, Tang Ze nodded and said with a smile: "Then I'll try."
As he spoke, Tang Ze approached the painting, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. In an instant, the smell of the paint on the painting that had settled over time entered his nostrils.
Unlike the familiar smell of acrylic, the smell on the painting seems very mixed, but even though there are multiple smells mixed together, there is no pungent smell of chemical pigments.
"How is it, brother-in-law? Is there any difference?"
When Yuanzi saw Tangze open his eyes, she couldn't help but walk forward and ask curiously.
"There's a huge difference." Tang Ze nodded. "It's almost like the difference between the taste of nature and factory-processed food."
"Huh?" Sonoko looked at Suzuki Jirokichi in surprise and asked, "Uncle, why is there such a big difference?"
"After all, back then, pigments were not like they are now. Pigments were made of various chemicals." Suzuki Jirokichi stroked his beard and smiled. "These are all made from natural pigments."
"Natural pigment? Like the color of plants?" Yuanzi guessed.
"That's about right, but the paints I use are much more expensive than those."
Suzuki Jirokichi smiled and said, “The reason why oil paint is called unique is because of the composition of the paint.
Oil painting has a long history of using natural pigments. The plants you mentioned are just one type, such as the rubber tree or madder root.
Of course there are even bugs in there.”
"Eh!? Bugs?" Sonoko exclaimed in surprise, "No way?"
"Of course they are real, like cochineal insects," Suzuki Jirokichi said, looking at his niece and grinning. "Come to think of it, you've used these insects before, maybe even eaten them."
“Eh hey hey!!???”
Hearing Uncle Jirokichi's words, Sonoko couldn't help but scream, "How is this possible!?"
After hearing this, Tang Ze already knew what Suzuki Jirokichi wanted to say, and even foresaw the ending of Sonoko.
As expected, after Suzuki Jirokichi finished speaking, Sonoko's face suddenly became ugly.
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