NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20: Chapter 20
When the afternoon arrived and school ended, the group of four headed to the Medieval Art Museum.
Yes, you read correctly, it wasn't three people but four.
The extra person was Shinichi Kudo.
When he heard that Ran was going to the art museum with Sonoko and the new transfer student, he immediately became alert.
As a man, Shinichi immediately detected the transfer student's bad intentions!
To begin with, this week, the transfer student had been having lunch with Ran and Sonoko, and despite many invitations from other girls in the class, he had rejected them all, only willing to have lunch with Sonoko and Ran. He undoubtedly had bad intentions!
Now, he was also going to accompany them to the art museum? How could Shinichi let this happen without worrying?
If the student's target was Sonoko, Shinichi would accept it and even be happy to help, so that Sonoko would stop being single.
But if the target was Ran, Shinichi would definitely not accept it.
Therefore, he made an effort and decided to join the group going to the museum.
"Didn't you say you didn't like the art museum? Why do you want to come?"
Ran turned to look at the apathetic Shinichi beside her.
"I have an appointment near the museum in the evening... I have nothing to do before that, so I'll just join you to pass the time," Shinichi responded lazily, not admitting that he was jealous.
"Do you have an appointment?" Hearing this, Ran felt a bit uncomfortable knowing that Shinichi hadn't come especially for her, so she didn't ask more about the subject.
Although they were childhood friends, both were awkward in sentimental matters. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been in love with each other for more than ten years without realizing it, creating this situation of mutual concealment.
Shinichi's thoughts did not go unnoticed by Sonoko.
She already perfectly understood the situation between the two of them.
However, she didn't know if they could stay together after confessing.
If they broke up afterward, they probably couldn't even be friends.
She had seen many examples of this over the years.
That's why, during all these years, she never intended to interfere. She wanted them to resolve it themselves.
Similarly, Shinichi's excuses were evident to Lin Yi. He knew how many times he had used such bad excuses in his previous life!
But, as for Shinichi Kudo's arrival, Lin Yi wasn't worried at all.
To win over Ran, Shinichi Kudo was an unavoidable obstacle. Only by overcoming this obstacle would he have a chance to win over Ran.
Moreover, people need to be compared before they can be distinguished. If Shinichi wasn't present, how could Ran compare him with himself?
And besides, the current Shinichi Kudo was still at the stage of being an awkward man; should he fear him? What a joke!
Lin Yi had watched Detective Conan for over twenty years, and his familiarity with Ran was no less than Shinichi's.
He would make Shinichi lose by himself and even give his blessing!
...
When they arrived, Lin Yi paid for the four tickets to the Medieval Art Museum, and the four entered the museum.
The large museum space had more staff than visitors, and it could be described as cold and lonely.
Since they were already in the museum, they naturally had to admire the paintings hanging there; otherwise, the tickets wouldn't have been worth it.
Ran stopped in front of a painting called "The Ninth Wave": "This painting is so beautiful..."
Shinichi, after looking at the painting, said involuntarily: "This painting is not beautiful at all... Under a beautiful sunset, a giant wave like a mountain is approaching, and some sailors clinging to the broken mast of a ship are still struggling desperately to survive. They are in imminent danger, and they might not see the sun tomorrow."
Ran opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, and glanced at Shinichi, showing a bit of unhappiness in her expression. However, as she was already used to Shinichi criticizing her, she said nothing more.
"That's not necessarily the case."
Lin Yi immediately intervened, opposing Shinichi, and said, "This piece is truly very beautiful."
Shinichi looked at Lin Yi with disdain, although he was a polite person and would not show his emotions easily, he simply responded with another question: "Oh, really?"
Lin Yi, with a calm expression, said: "I once worked under a painter before, so I have some knowledge about oil painting."
"In the mid-19th century, a Russian marine landscape painter emerged whose art not only shocked all of Russia but was also admired by contemporary Western European painters. Pushkin and the composer Glinka called him the passionate singer who described the ocean. The famous British painter Turner praised his works... And that person is the author of this painting, Ivan Aivazovsky."
"Aivazovsky was an expert in depicting nighttime seascapes, especially painting nocturnal storms at sea, with vast stretches of water, the twilight haze, the clouds of furious waves, and the waves playing in the moonlight, and the ships in the midst of the storm. All of this was meant to show the power of nature and reflect the fearless spirit of the Russian people."
"The huge waves collapse like mountains. The texture of the water and the effects of the light are painted so impressively that it makes people feel immersed in the painting, which is chilling."
"This painting is the author's most successful one. The people in danger have been struggling at sea for several days, and when dawn breaks, it is a new day, the sun suddenly rises from the marine horizon, emitting a beautiful light over the sea, while an even bigger wave approaches."
"The painting is gigantic, showing the dangerous scene of stormy waves, which is both terrifying and extremely romantic, like an emotionally moving poem... How can such a delicate painting not be beautiful?"
First, he introduced the author of the painting, then its context, and finally analyzed the content the painting tries to express, to ultimately convey the feelings the author wanted to communicate.
After twelve years of studying Chinese literature and analyzing for twelve years the feelings that authors try to express, it finally became useful!
Thanks to the country's education!
Thanks to the teachers' teaching!
Without their guidance, I wouldn't be who I am today.