"Well then, Mr. Gu Xinghe, please come with me to meet Miss."
After hearing what the butler, Phils, had to say, Gu Xinghe nodded.
According to the information Gu Xinghe gathered in the town, the painter Mia was a talented painter who had recently become very popular in the town.
He is a highly regarded painter in the entire art world, possessing genius-like creative abilities.
That's why so many tourists have recently been drawn to the town of Annecy to see the upcoming art exhibition.
However, despite her rising fame, few people seem to have seen the painter Mia's true face.
In the public's imagination, Mia is capable of creating such bizarre and fantastical works.
It is roughly the image of a reclusive painter with a pale face and hair that might be as dry as straw.
At this moment, after giving some instructions to the staff in the art venue, Fils left with Gu Xinghe.
The journey to where the painter Mia was located was not short.
Although Annecy is a small town, the path that Fils was leading him on was already nearing its "end".
It was almost outside the boundaries of the entire town.
The destination before us was a secluded ancient castle in a small town, seemingly rarely visited by anyone.
This seems to fit the image of the eccentric and reclusive painter even better.
However, the castle in front of us did not seem to be the gloomy ancient castle I had imagined.
Although it cannot compare to the vast Rose Manor, the castle in front of us is quite similar in size to the main castle in the manor.
Green ivy climbs upwards on the outer walls of the castle.
It gives people a unique sense of natural beauty and a profound sense of history brought about by the long growth process.
Sunlight, plants, tranquility, gentleness.
These are the key impressions that came to Gu Xinghe's mind when he first entered the castle and saw its garden.
Compared to the eerie and gloomy castle, this place looks more like a botanical garden full of forest and floral fragrance.
Upon formally entering the castle gates, what first caught Gu Xinghe's eye and attracted his attention was—
It was undoubtedly that huge oil painting hanging in the stairwell on the second floor, facing everyone who stepped into the castle for the first time.
The huge oil painting was decorated with a gold border and silver leaves and vines.
The image depicted on it looks like a family of three.
A serious-looking, gray-haired middle-aged man sits in the center of the picture.
He was holding a little girl who looked about five or six years old in his arms.
Standing beside the man was a woman with light olive-green hair.
Although she wore a gentle smile, it looked more like a "professional fake smile."
This family seems to perfectly exemplify what it means to be the most familiar strangers.
But as soon as they entered the castle gate, the butler, Fils, led Gu Xinghe directly to the left.
Walking inside the castle on the first floor, I found myself in a corridor filled with all sorts of exquisite handicrafts.
A finely textured, soft red carpet was laid on the floor of the corridor.
At the same time, the various decorations placed in the corridor did not appear to have that obvious sense of opulent luxury.
Rather, it carries a sense of glory and historical heritage passed down through generations of a family.
You can see that the walls are covered with valuable calligraphy, paintings and sculptures, as well as various collectible handicrafts.
These artworks are naturally not all the work of one person or just Mia.
Rather, it is the accumulation of a family over a long period of time.
Each piece of art is naturally the result of the painstaking efforts of a top-tier art master, each piece worth a fortune.
After Gu Xinghe and Phils passed through this magnificent corridor covered with a red carpet.
They passed through a side door and entered a small, actual botanical garden.
It seemed somewhat similar to the botanical garden in the Rose Manor, but what came into Gu Xinghe's view was a glass greenhouse.
The painter Mia was currently in what was roughly the greenhouse right in front of them.
So, just as Gu Xinghe was about to step into the glass greenhouse...
At this moment, Fils stopped in his tracks, nodded and gestured for Gu Xinghe to go inside.
As Gu Xinghe first stepped into the glass greenhouse, he met the legendary painter Mia for the first time.
He was indeed deeply moved.
This shock was not caused by the painter's beautiful appearance or his clothing.
Although the person in front of her did indeed deserve the compliment on her appearance.
But what truly shocked Gu Xinghe was the contrast between the rumors and reality.
He had previously glimpsed a few of her paintings when he stood at the entrance of a small art museum where an exhibition was about to be held.
At this moment, the painter Mia seemed to be creating in the greenhouse, but after hearing Gu Xinghe's footsteps approaching, she...
She showed no sign of being disturbed; she simply put down her paintbrush and turned to look at him.
She had light olive green hair, with slightly curled strands that fell naturally to the side of her neck.
Therefore, the huge oil painting he had just seen in the stairwell on the second floor of the castle must have depicted Mia and her parents.
Mia, who inherited her mother's hair color, looks much more mature than she did in the oil painting when she was young.
Now, it seems to possess a mature charm unique to those who have been professional painters for many years.
The clothes she is wearing now are also very well matched with the decoration of the glass greenhouse and the flowers and plants inside.
She was wearing a long dress with a design that exuded a natural feel.
The upper part of the dress is off-white, and the loose lantern sleeves are gathered tightly at the wrists.
As for the long pleated skirt at the bottom of the long dress, you can see that the dark green skirt is decorated with many delicate yellow-green branches, leaves and flowers.
Amidst the lush greenery of deep and light green, two faint shades of brown can be seen.
They were like two brown deer leaping nimbly through the green forest.
At her waist, there was a light yellow satin ribbon bow that was gently tied up.
At that moment, sunlight streamed through the glass greenhouse and shone directly on Mia.
This is different from the impression given by her bizarre and strange painting style.
At this moment, Mia in the greenhouse is more like an elf painting among the forest and flowers.
However, Gu Xinghe could not ignore the pocket watch that had been burning hot in his arms ever since he saw Mia.
At that moment, he heard Mia's inner thoughts as she stood before him—
Help me.
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