Quickly Transmigrate: I am the Heroine in a Bloody and Abusive Story

Chapter 127 The Overlord Insists on Using Me as Bai Yueguang’s Stand-in (15)

Lu Wenyu is a very friendly person. Once a person is friendly, it is easy to attract others to open their hearts to him.

These short ten minutes were almost the most relaxing chat Ni Fang had ever had since he came into this world.

Lu Wenyu was knowledgeable and had an outstanding temperament. Ni Fang did not remember that there was such a character in the novel, so she simply treated him as a stranger she met for the first time.

"So, you left home just to see an art exhibition?"

"Mr. Qi Hong's exhibitions are rare. His paintings have a vitality that accompanied me through the darkest period of my life."

"Hearing what you said, I kind of want to go and take a look."

Lu Wenyu reached into the inside pocket of his suit and fumbled around.

Ni Fang almost blurted out, "You don't mean to say that you happened to bring two tickets?"

Lu Wenyu smiled and shook his head, "How can it be such a coincidence? My invitation letter allows me to bring my companions with me into the venue."

Ni Fang finally breathed a sigh of relief. "If there are too many coincidences, I will think you approached me with premeditation."

"Why?" Lu Wenyu asked.

Ni Fang naturally couldn't say that this was actually a kind of protagonist syndrome, so she had to perfunctorily say, "Just think of it as me being too defensive."

Lu Wenyu did not miss any subtle expression on Ni Fang's face, and then calmly pointed to the International Art Center that was already in front of him, "We're here."

The word "we" was used very subtly, as if Lu Wenyu had already made up his mind that the two of them should go together.

To some people, language is an art. The seemingly random arrangement and combination of words can actually have very different meanings.

Obviously, Lu Wenyu is well aware of this.

He knew how to use words to suggest things.

Ni Fang did not refute this. She was curious about the exhibition and even more curious about Lu Wenyu himself.

This exhibition was by invitation only. After seeing Lu Wenyu's invitation letter, the exhibition manager at the door looked more respectful. "Mr. Lu, do you need a guide? I can arrange the best one for you."

Lu Wenyu just waved his hand, "No need, I'm used to quiet times when I go to art exhibitions."

Ni Fang raised his hand without hesitation and said, "Maybe I need an interpreter."

She had lived for several hundred years in her two lifetimes, but she knew nothing about art. Asking her to look at paintings quietly was no different from just passing by.

In this era, art is a luxury. Only those who are well-off and have free time can appreciate paintings, calligraphy, singing and dancing. They can spend a lot of time studying why the Mona Lisa is so delicately painted, and shed tears of emotion for Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in the most glorious symphony hall.

But the poor people who struggle to make ends meet every day have no chance to receive such education.

Maybe Lu Wenyu didn't notice it, but he did have an innate mark on him.

The exhibition manager glanced at Lu Wenyu's female companion inconspicuously. A girl with shabby clothes but pretty face was standing next to Lu Wenyu. The meaning behind it was naturally self-evident.

The exhibition manager was very tactful and was afraid of disturbing Lu Wenyu's interest, so he bent his body and waited for Lu Wenyu's reply.

Lu Wenyu looked at Ni Fang intently. When their eyes met, he smiled and said slowly, "I think the best explanation of the entire exhibition is already in front of you."

The exhibition manager quietly stepped away, leaving the space to Lu Wenyu and his female companion.

There seemed to be some subtle atmosphere flowing around the two of them. Ni Fang was the first to look away and raised his hand to touch his nose, "Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Lu."

"I thought we were already friends." Lu Wenyu's tone sounded a little aggrieved.

Lu Wenyu handled this grievance very well. Not only did he not put himself in a lower position in the relationship between the two, he even gave it a hint of resistance, which contributed to the development of the relationship between the two.

Ni Fang didn't notice this, she just looked at Lu Wenyu with some confusion.

"You just called me Mr. Lu."

Ni Fang didn't expect that Lu Wenyu would actually hold on to this point, and couldn't help but laugh, "What else should I call you? Uncle?"

She is now a seventeen-year-old girl, and it is not excessive at all for her to call these men who look mature and steady "uncle".

Lu Wenyu laughed out loud for the first time in front of Ni Fang.

A sentence flashed uncontrollably through Ni Fang's mind: Young Master hasn't laughed like this for a long time.

Something was wrong, the memories of the dead romance novels rekindled like ashes, she shook her head gently, quickly getting rid of the thought.

"Then it's still Mr. Lu, although I'd rather hear you call my name."

As the two were talking, they had already passed through the long corridor of light and shadow.

The first painting that caught my eye was hung high in the middle of the entire exhibition. It was not the size of an ordinary painting, but was extremely large. The background was a dazzling red, and a twisted black shadow was crawling on the right side, looking like a human body yet not like a human body. A chain grew out of the black shadow, linking all the way upwards to a low palace.

The whole painting is very depressing, and the red and black colors stir up people's emotions in the most intuitive way.

“This is my favorite painting. It’s called Redemption.”

“This painting is obviously very depressing, why is it called “Redemption”?”

Lu Wenyu slowly spoke, "In Qi Hong's eyes, this world is a burning fire. Everyone is born to be tested. The black shadow is the person struggling in this world. It could be you or me. However, God couldn't bear to see people suffer all the time, so he bestowed a gift and left a road to heaven, which is this iron chain. Those who withstand the test and follow the footsteps left by God and finally climb to heaven will receive the ultimate salvation."

Lu Wenyu's voice is very pleasant, and when he whispers in your ear, you feel as if you are there.

Ni Fang seemed to have briefly gone through a person's life as he described, but she did not agree with what he said.

"This is not salvation at all, this is clearly a form of manipulation. All of this oppression is God's manipulation of man. It needs people to be obedient, so it says obedience is a virtue. It needs people to be silent, so it says quietness is a virtue. It needs people to put away their fangs, so it puts chains on people. The chains around the neck are not connected to heaven at all, but to the place it wants people to go, perhaps a church, or perhaps a slaughterhouse."

Lu Wenyu was attracted by these words and couldn't help but glance sideways. He saw the gleam in Ni Fang's eyes and couldn't help but say, "You are not what I imagined."

"Do you know me?" Ni Fang crossed his arms over his chest, keenly aware of something unusual.

There was an undercurrent between the two of them, and neither of them spoke first.