Chapter 17 third quarter

Mariko parted ways with Iseki at Yurakucho station. It was already nine o'clock, when Mariko passed the ticket gate and entered the platform, someone suddenly called her from behind her, because it was a man's call, she thought it was Jingguan chasing her, and she couldn't help feeling a burst of joy in her heart, but when she Looking back, I couldn't help being disappointed, because that person was not Iseki, but the artist Fuutarou Egami, a member of the "Shinkikai" club with her husband. Jiang Shang is a short and fat man, although his appearance is not good, he is very talented.

Although he was older than Tajima and Iseki, probably because of his short stature and baby face, he looked younger than Tajima and Iseki. "It really is my wife," said the thirty-five-year-old Egami, who was still a bachelor.His face was red, as if he had just drank wine, and he smelled a foul smell of wine. "Just now I was drinking with Tajima-kun." Egami Fuutarou said. "Are you drinking with my husband?" "Yes. I ran into him by accident in the alleys of Ginza. I saw his brows furrowed and he was in great pain. To comfort him, I took him to a snack bar in Shimbashi for a drink."

"Where does my husband go after drinking?" "Tajima-kun went home by car at Shinbashi. He seemed to be in pain. What happened?" "No." Mariko shook his head quickly and said. "My husband is going home? He should go on a sketching trip to Izu!" "Well, maybe he took a taxi to Izu, because he didn't mention the sketching trip to me." "What did my husband tell you?" "Tajima-kun was yelling at the beast, and at the same time he was talking about how to understand me. It made me confused." Egami Fuutarou asked without beating around the bush: "Did he have friction with you?"

"That's not the case." "Really? So, it's the painting that bothers him? Because recently someone criticized his painting skills and style for not making any progress. I also noticed this. Anyway, please comfort him, maybe I In that case, it might be a little meddling." When Egami said this, the tram pulled into the station, and after Egami got on the train, he said to Mariko who was still on the platform: "Please comfort Tajima-kun!" Jiang Shang's attitude and words showed that he was a kind-hearted person, but his kindness put a lot of pressure on Mariko.

When Mariko returned home, it was nearly eleven o'clock. When she came to the door, she hesitated a little, because if her husband was at home, she would definitely meet her husband, and she hated meeting her husband. All the lights in the house were turned off, and the door was locked from the outside. It seemed that my husband had already taken a taxi to Izu. Maybe he went home once, and maybe he went to Izu again. Mariko opened the lock and entered the house, but her husband was not in the house. When Mariko felt relieved and wanted to go to the second floor, she suddenly wanted to go to the studio, because she remembered what Iseki said. Her husband used her as a model to draw the famous work "Muse "Portrait", should be placed in the cabinet of the studio.

As Iseki said, when Tajima painted that portrait, he poured all his love for her into that portrait. That portrait was painted before they got married. After winning the prize, Tajima put that precious His portrait was given to her as a gift of love. It could also be said that the portrait was a wedding present.The fierce love that was in that portrait is probably gone by now? Mariko entered the empty studio and turned on the light. There was an oil heater in the empty room, and the canvases were piled up like a mountain. Mariko opened the cabinet in the corner, and there were several famous paintings inside.

The "Portrait of Mariko" was quickly found. It was a large painting, depicting Mariko's upper body in bright colors, with a smile on her face. Mariko looked at the portrait by the light, and at that moment, couldn't help but let out a scream of "ah". The face of the original portrait was smeared with red paint in a mess.