Chapter 351: Farewell
Lin Xi soon discovered that the strange feeling that "Beauty and Treasure" gave her was not an isolated case.
Several of Chris's other films seem to hint at her situation.
Possession, disguise, multiple personalities, and non-human beings are keywords that frequently appear in the film, and each one makes Lin Xi nervous.
When coincidences occur too often, they are no longer coincidences. Lin Xi inevitably connects the art exhibition, mental illness and possession, and realizes that Chris Wynyard is also one of the insiders.
Is it someone from the little ghost's side?
Lin Xi glanced at the empty room.
Unfortunately, the little ghost had already been sent away by her. It probably wouldn't appear again.
She drew a few lines on the notebook with a pencil, making the already messy draft book even messier.
She was thinking, if everyone who looked at the painting would become an incarnation of Karasuma Renya, would Jin also become strange in the future?
Lin Xi imagined that Jinpi was standing in front of her with a forced smile on his face, calling her "Xiaoxi" in the same tone as Uramaru Renya, and she immediately got goosebumps.
She stood up and shook her arms to get rid of the chill.
Okay, let’s assume that Karasuma Renya can really take over other people’s bodies through her paintings, but Lin Xi still doesn’t understand one thing: why her?
Why must her painting be necessary?
The fact that he had her learning painting nine years ago shows that Karasuma Renya knew that her paintings could help him possess other people's bodies.
She was bred as an experimental subject. Could it be that her genes are very special?
The more he thought about it, the more confused his mind became. Lin Xi checked the time. Jin was busy at the exhibition and wouldn't be back anytime soon, so he took out the Anchor and injected himself with it again.
This time, she made herself remember the thought that 'Karasuma Renya is the enemy' and imprinted his appearance deeply in her mind.
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"You said, what did my past self use those three [anchors] to remember?" Dalinxi propped up his head and spoke to the dark blue spirit.
Miyano Shiho thought about it, but couldn't think of anything, so she shook her head.
"I guess the first one will remember its hometown," said Dalinxi.
Her eyes were wandering, as if drifting to a faraway place. After a while, she came back to her senses and smiled faintly.
She was soaking in the tub. A bath bomb had been bubbling, creating a dense foam on the surface of the water, emitting the scent of essential oils. Her hair was tucked into a shower cap. The tub's unique design allowed for simultaneous filling and draining, so the water remained warm even after such a long time.
She knew how to enjoy herself. Snacks and drinks were placed on the small table covering the bathtub. The opposite wall was covered with a screen made of water-repellent and anti-fog material. The projector behind her was working and playing a movie.
The female lead above is Chrissie Wynyard.
"The second one is dedicated to Uramaru Renye." Lin Xi said, raised the glass in his hand and made a toast to the void.
The glass wasn't filled with wine, but apple juice. Years ago, Karasuma Renya had given her a drug that required her to drink iced liquor daily to soothe the burning pain in her body. Even after she stopped taking the drug, she still had the habit of adding huge amounts of ice to her drinks.
However, after her body was reshaped, she was slowly changing this habit. The reason was simple: eating cold food in this body would really give her stomach aches.
"Home is important, and enemies must be remembered too." Lin Xi greeted her distant enemy. Over the years, her murderous intent towards Karasuma Renya had never diminished in the slightest.
There was no greater joy than witnessing the death of an enemy. If she had the chance, she would go to Kalinnogorsk and witness the moment blood spurted from the heart.
Perhaps in the past, it was this hatred that supported her through countless painful moments.
"As for the third one..."
The film's scene shifted. Near the end, as daylight brightened, the heroine and hero, who had survived the disaster, shared their feelings on the edge of a cliff.
Miyano Shiho knew this film. "Beauty and the Treasure," Vermouth's most famous film, was also directed by her. The film was excellent from the casting to the plot, with the only criticism being the unconventional happy ending.
Just like the male protagonist who is hugging her tightly in the sea breeze now, he should have been a dead man, but was brought back to life by the protagonist group's actions, as if the screenwriter had to write it this way.
Lin Xi noticed her look and asked, "Don't you like the ending of making dumplings?"
Miyano Shiho shook her head.
"I just felt it was a little forced," she said. "The hero and the other victims could have died. After all, the heroine had already completed personal growth and spiritual transformation, and had accepted the deaths of her family, friends, and loved ones. Bringing them back to life now somewhat overshadows the heroine's original brilliance."
She is not a fan of tragedy, but she thinks that since the film has killed people, it should not bring them back to life, otherwise it would seem like a bad ending.
"You're right, but Chris said in an interview that the reason she insisted on changing the original plot was because she felt the heroine's own emotions. The actor felt the character's own sadness, so she decided to bring the person to life... This statement is very suitable for hype." Lin Xi drank the juice and stood up from the bathtub.
After wiping himself with a towel, Lin Xi changed into a bathrobe. "No matter what, friendship and love are both essential spiritual anchors for humankind."
She stepped into her slippers. Miyano Shiho was a little dazed. "So Sister Lin thinks that the third [Anchor] will remember... feelings?"
Lin Xi looked at Miyano Shiho.
This guy has been absent-minded since he came back from Xiaolinxi.
"You should go see her," Lin Xi said. "It's almost time for you to return, isn't it? In less than two weeks, your consciousness will return to your 2005 body. If your last conversation with her ends with a farewell, wouldn't it be a bit regrettable?"
"But she doesn't want to see me." Miyano Shiho lowered her head. "I can't tell the truth, so she doesn't trust me. And from her perspective, I'm an accomplice in her friend's harm..."
Lin Xi took off her shower cap, and her soft hair cascaded down like a waterfall, forming a sharp color contrast with her skin.
"Remember what I said? No one knows my past self better than me. She's not blaming you at all, she just wants to use this excuse to get you away."
Miyano Shiho looked at her suspiciously. "Send me away?"
"Let's go see her." Lin Xi didn't say much.
Those three anchors, like butterfly wings, would play a crucial role in the future. The first reminded her that her hometown wasn't here, dispelling the reincarnation lie that Karasuma Renya had tried to convince her. The second had her suspicious of Madeira even before he made any significant moves, leaving her feeling a subtle wariness and distrust of him. This distrust led her to investigate Madeira's experiments within the organization and obtain crucial research data. As for the third...
She smiled inexplicably, and through the dark blue hair of Miyano Shiho, she remembered the pair of eyes that had touched her heart when they first met.
Everything in this world has its destiny.
No one can tell who approached whom first, and who held whose hand first, in the cycle of time.
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"You should go now." Lin Xi pushed Jin away with disdain. "It's almost time to report. You have to go to Australia in advance to complete the procedures for studying abroad."
"But I want to stay and see your exhibition." Jin said aggrievedly.
God knows why it was such a coincidence that the school sent him the reporting time, which was earlier than in previous years, and the event started just the day before his reporting time.
In other words, if he wanted to catch the report, he had to leave on the morning of the launch and catch a plane.
Kim: QAQ.
"I'll take pictures for you, so go ahead and don't worry." Lin Xi ignored his protests. "Students should just go to school and come see me when you have a break. Don't you want to be a professional curator? Go and study further. When I become a famous painter, you'll be my best partner."
"Okay..." Jin was convinced by her and wiped away the non-existent tears, "Then I'll leave."
"Um."
"So I'm really leaving?"
"……Um."
"I'm really leaving, huh?"
"..." Lin Xi crossed her arms, "Do you need me to see you off?"
"No, no, no—" Jin ran away with his suitcase, sniffling.
It will start soon. If Lin Xi sends him there now, he will miss the opening ceremony!
Lin Xi stood there, watching Jin walk away. Jin's tall figure gradually shrank in his sight until it merged with the boundary between the sky and the earth.
There is no fog today, it is a nice day.
This time they parted, perhaps never to meet again. Lin Xi sent sincere blessings to his friend in his heart, then turned and walked towards the gallery.
It was not yet fully light and the early morning was a little foggy. The paintings had already been displayed yesterday and people would be allowed in to view them as soon as the doors of the art gallery opened today.
Lin Xi stayed up all night last night, and his shirt was soaked with the smell of turpentine, which was a bit pungent.
She walked all the way to Karasuma Renya's residence with a low mood caused by lack of sleep.
Karasuma Renya was lying on the bed.
Lin Xi stabbed him so hard that he had to lie in bed most of the time to recuperate.
But even when lying in bed, he still had an indifferent expression on his face that Lin Xi hated, and worked on the tablet in his hand.
He didn't say anything, and Lin Xi didn't say anything either, they just looked him up and down.
After a long time, he seemed to have finally finished the things at hand and looked up at Lin Xi.
"Has our little curator gone to school?"
Lin Xi didn't want to talk about Jin: "Have you sent out your invitations?"
She had seen the gold-stamped invitations printed earlier. These invitations, wrapped in exquisite envelopes, had traveled across the oceans to various countries, and were probably now in the hands of the targets carefully selected by Karasuma Renya.
Karasuma Renya smiled inexplicably.
For some reason, his smile made Lin Xi feel uncomfortable all over.
Still very uneasy.
"It's about to start. Do you want to go and see it together?" he asked softly.
Lin Xi lowered her eyes to look at him. The man on the bed was indeed pretending to be pale and weak. The freckles on his face and his baby face made him look very harmless.
She reached out and grabbed the off-white windbreaker hanging on the hanger at the door and threw it to him, then walked to the bed and gave a hypocritical smile.
"Sir, you have difficulty walking, do you need help?"
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