You rascal
Zhao Zimo indeed hid from him as someone had expected.
The next day, Gu Cheng called again, but Zhao Zimo refused to answer the phone no matter how many times he called. He sent a text message asking her to meet up, but she just hummed and didn't respond.
After a few days, someone stopped bothering her. Zhao Zimo held his silent phone and hummed "Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!"
And she strictly ordered the other two in the dormitory not to mention Ji Pin's name, Gu Chengxi seemed to have something to say to her, but he was deterred by her "lustful power" and stopped every time.
Jiang Jiang didn't know that it was because of her few words to Shi Xiaofei that led to this result, wisely keeping silent.
As for Shi Xiaofei who was absent, it was because Zhou Dai's mother had died in a car accident and she was busy being a considerate girlfriend.
Zhao Zimo sometimes is also very strange, why does she have such a big reaction? Isn't it just that someone has some intentions? But thinking about it again makes me feel angry and reasonable. The first time I went to his house, at that time their relationship was not confirmed, he had impure motives and ulterior motives, isn't that the behavior of a scoundrel?
Moreover, doesn't he know that she's angry? She refuses to answer his calls and texts, but he just lets her be, without persisting or showing up to coax her.
So Zhao Zimo continued to be angry...
It wasn't until half a month later, on a Friday evening, that she received a text message from him, which read:
"Baby, your birthday is the day after tomorrow, what gift do you want for your birthday? Deeply kissing you."
Zhao Zimo raised an eyebrow.
This guy! This guy! When did he become so unscrupulous?!
She happened to reply with an extremely long text message.
In a certain KTV room, watching He Bi Zhen and Qi Wei take turns howling to Gu Cheng's song, I opened the text message and suddenly lost my voice in laughter.
"You pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert, you pervert..."
Filled the entire mobile phone screen.
This time I've really hit rock bottom.
He leaned sideways on the sofa, typing slowly and responding to a very long message.
Zhao Zimo looked at the reply and fell back onto the bed, vomiting blood wildly, his limbs trembling with convulsions.
"En. I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert, I am a pervert..."
She also filled up her entire phone screen.
When did he cultivate his face skin so thick!
Zhao Zimo threw his phone aside, clenched his fists into eagle claws, and slowly scratched the air with a grinding of teeth.
At this moment, there were only her and Gu Chengxi in the dormitory. Gu Chengxi secretly took out her mobile phone, took a look, and burst into laughter.
Brother is getting more and more lovely under Amu's rendering!
Zhao Zimo stretched out his "eagle claw" and snatched back his phone, then turned it off directly.
Gu Cheng hurried over: "A Mo..."
"Stop mentioning that person!" Zhao Zimo covered his ears:
Gu Cheng said with a sad expression: "Ah Mo, I'm not bringing him up, I have something on my mind, something very heavy, and I want to pour my heart out to you."
"Is something on your mind?"
Yes.
"Then you talk, I'll listen." Zhao Zimo leaned against the wall and made room for him, "Lie down."
Two people lay side by side on the lower bunk.
Gu Cheng Xi said: "A Mo, you go and tell my brother..."
"Gu Cheng Xi!" Zhao Zi Mo gritted his teeth and interrupted, "You're mentioning him again!"
Gu Chengxi sighed, "Alright, I'll say it, I want to ask a favor of you."
Zhao Zimo: "Why speak so solemnly? If you want to help, just say it directly."
Gu Chengxi: "......"
I'm so annoyed, I was just saying something and got interrupted again.
She fell silent for a moment before speaking in a low, mournful tone: "Ah Mo, I've never mentioned my family to you, have I? It doesn't matter if I tell you now. My dad's name is Gu Bai Nian, the vice president of Shen Kang Group's headquarters. My mom's name is Fu Qing Zhuo, a famous anti-drug policewoman in Feng Cheng and also one of the 'Painting World's Twin Qings' - Qing Jie."
Zhao Zimo nodded: "I know your mother."
Gu Chengxi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood.
"My brother will tell you about it. He really considers you as one of us. I'll just directly talk about the conflicts in our family."
"Looking at the wooden board above, Gu Cheng said slowly: 'In the past, my father didn't like my brother very much. I roughly knew it was because he suspected that my mother had been unfaithful to him. They always quarreled about my brother, and my brother spent more time living with his grandmother than at home. Later, when my mother got into trouble, my father refused to hire a lawyer to clear her name, even saying that my brother wasn't his son and driving him out of the Gu family. But now, it seems like Father has come to his senses and regrets his past actions, wanting to see my brother again.'"
Zhao Zimo held his breath and listened carefully.
No wonder he reacted so strongly that day, having been suspected by his father of being the evidence of his mother's infidelity since childhood, and his father was also ruthless to his mother...
Gu Chengxi continued: "I also hate my dad, but no matter how much I hate him, he is still my dad. Now that he has liver cancer and it's already at the late stage... so, I want to ask you to advise my brother, he will definitely listen to your words."
Zhao Zimo: "......"
Where is that pervert? That pervert?! But Xixi...
"Alright, next time I see him I'll try to persuade him."
The next morning, Zhao Zimo returned home. It was Sunday, her birthday and also the birthday of her mother, Beiye Qingyu.
As soon as Zhao Zimo entered the house, he was pushed out by Beiyeching: "Momo, you're back just in time. Go with Mom to 'Famous Painter Gallery' to help out."
"What's going on there? Mom, I haven't had breakfast yet."
Kitano Kiyoshi grasped her hand: "Let's eat on the way. Mom is going to have a small exhibition there tomorrow to celebrate her birthday, let's go take a look at how it's set up today."
"The Famous Painter's Gallery" is located in the most prosperous "Clear Water Lily" pedestrian street of Fengcheng, and it is specially used for holding small-scale painting exhibitions for famous painters. Beiye Qingyi has held countless painting exhibitions since he became famous, Zhao Zimo only occasionally goes to the exhibition hall, and "The Famous Painter's Gallery" was only visited once five years ago.
Kitano Sei was very satisfied with the arrangement of the exhibition, and there was almost nothing to pick on. If this exhibition wasn't specially for Amo's birthday, she wouldn't have needed to come over personally again.
There were still some paintings in the gallery that had not been removed. Zhao Zimo walked past them on horseback, admiring the flowers, when she suddenly stopped.
Standing in front of an oil painting called "Mother's Milk".
The general situation depicted in the painting is like this:
In the desolate forest, a young mother knelt under an ancient tree with mottled light and shadow, her head bowed, with a long string of tears streaming from the corners of her eyes. Her blouse was lifted, revealing her snow-white breasts. In her arms, she held a lion cub that had not yet opened its eyes, peacefully sucking milk.
Behind her, there was a pool of bright red blood. On the bloodstain, there was a baby with a cracked skull and a lioness whose body was only half visible. The lioness's belly had been ripped open, and fresh blood flowed into the mud...
Zhao Zimo was deeply shocked by the profound meaning expressed in the painting.
The oil painting has a red seal at the bottom with three cursive characters "Gu Cheng Ge".
It was his brilliant creation during the summer after his freshman year!
It was "breast milk" rather than just "milk".
"Does Shimoku want to know the story behind this painting?" Kitano Kiyoshi was standing behind her without her noticing.
What's behind the story?
Must be related to extreme goods!
Zhao Zimo nodded: "I'll think about it!"
"It started with a kidnapping case," said Kitano Kiyoyuki.
Nineteen years ago, a three-year-old boy was kidnapped.
The bandit was a woman, and the little boy called her Auntie.
She became addicted to drugs when she was a minor and grew up to be the mistress of a drug lord.
The little boy's mother is a narcotics police officer. Under her leadership, the "poisonous web" members suffered heavy losses and many drug traffickers were arrested.
The woman bandit is also on the wanted list.
She kidnapped a little boy and forced the female anti-drug police officer to let her go.
The kidnapper and the police are sisters-in-law, they used to have a common friend.
In order to awaken the kidnapper's conscience, that friend brought her three-year-old son and persuaded her not to push herself into a dead end for the sake of the child.
She had already shown some flexibility and was willing to release them unconditionally.
But the disaster still occurred.
The little boy's father called the police, and when they arrived, she lost control and fired a shot.
The little boy died after being hit in the temple.
The little boy's mother, in a state of hysteria, fired at the female kidnapper.
The son of the female kidnapper witnessed this bloodbath with his own eyes.
He became an orphan.
Later, the policewoman adopted him...
……
Beiye Qingyu was telling a story, but Zhao Zimo clearly knew that the people in reality and those in the story corresponded to each other!
"So, the author of this oil painting is the son of that female bandit." Zhao Zimo understood.
It turned out that Gu Cheng was not the child of Gu Bai Nian and Fu Qiang Yao, but the son of the murderer who killed their child...
Mother's milk...
Zhao Zimo took out her phone and turned it on. She didn't want to be impulsive or angry anymore. For someone who had been hurt so much, she should accompany him well from now on...
After turning on the phone, all I could hear were short messages beeping over.
Before she could even check the content, Gu Chengxi's phone call came over, and without waiting for her to speak, he said: "A Mo, why did you just turn on your phone? Hurry up and come to Ren'ai Hospital, my brother was injured last night and fainted..."
Zhao Zimo pulled his leg and ran out of the gallery.
Bei Ye Qing pulled her back: "Zi Mo, what's going on?"
"Mom, hurry up and drive me to the hospital!"
Do you want to meet your parents?
On the road like flowing water, a red Mercedes-Benz is particularly eye-catching. It keeps overtaking, crossing intersections in the last two seconds of the green light, and accelerating constantly.
Kitano Kiyomizu is going crazy.
It's already going fast enough, but her seemingly panicked daughter was still shouting on the side: "Mom, drive faster! Please drive faster!"
The voice seemed to be filled with sobs.
Again surpassing one car, Kitano Kiyoharu muttered under his breath: "Which little brat has such great magical power that Momo is so infatuated with him?!"
After arriving at the hospital, Zhao Zimo didn't say a word and rushed inside, asking for Gu Chengge's room number before dashing up like the wind.
"Bang!" The door of the ward was kicked open, and several pairs of eyes stared at the person who stumbled in.
Zhao Zimo's eyes were misty, his gaze passing over Gu Chengxi and the two police officers, a man and a woman, to land on Gu Chengge, who was leaning back in bed, his head wrapped in gauze, with a faint red bloodstain visible on the left side.
"Cheng Ge, what happened? How did you get hurt? Is it serious?" Zhao Zimo rushed over, asking in rapid succession, the anxiety in his tone was unmistakable, and seemed to be on the verge of choking up.
Gu Cheng instinctively wanted to reach out and stroke her hair, but his right hand was bandaged, so he subconsciously withdrew it and said, "It's okay, just a minor injury."
But his hand still made her see it, she carefully picked up his hand and looked up at him, heartbroken to the point of tears.
"What's a minor injury? My hands and head are all bandaged, it's ugly to death! It's almost disfiguring, and you call that a minor injury?"
Gu Cheng smiled faintly: "Don't worry, it won't disfigure you."
The female police officer next to them spoke with her back turned: "We have temporarily understood the situation, and the police will catch the perpetrator as soon as possible. Lawyer Qi, during this time, the police will send someone to protect your safety 24 hours a day."
Zhao Zimo only then discovered that on the other bed in the ward lay Qi Lei, whose injuries seemed even more severe. His entire head was wrapped tightly in bandages, revealing only two eyes, a nose and a mouth. One leg was suspended high up, also swathed in gauze.
Jiang Jiang accompanied him on the side.
After the two police officers left, Zhao Zimo asked: "How did you manage that?"
"The car crashed into the railing." Gu Cheng Ge replied simply, hesitating for a moment before adding, "Someone deliberately blocked the road."
"Have you offended someone?"
Gu Cheng glanced at Cao Qi and said lightly, "It's inevitable for lawyers to encounter some situations."
Zhao Zimo roughly understood that lawyers defend the interests of their clients, and it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with the opposing party's interests. If the opposing party is extremely eager to protect their own interests and will stop at nothing, anything can happen.
Zi Ke lay there stiffly and opened his mouth: "It was all me who rushed to drive, if it were Old Gu, he would have dodged."
Jiang Jiang rolled her eyes at him from the side: "You still have the nerve to say that, one grip on the steering wheel and you get into an accident. You've crashed Ah Mo's car twice already."
Zhao Zimo: "......"
Hei Xian, what's this thing called Amo's car?
As soon as he mentioned the two car accidents, He Bizheng burst out laughing. Both times, he had narrowly escaped disaster because he hadn't gotten on the vehicle due to having something to do. Without leaving any room for sentiment, he teased that person who had been unlucky enough to be involved in both incidents: "Old Gu, you're really too pathetic! Twice, you were clearly not seriously injured yet you fainted both times, you can't withstand a collision at all!"
Gu Cheng smiled and accepted the teasing calmly, casting a glance at Qi Ke and saying, "He bleeds too much every time."
She paused and added: "I'm afraid of blood."
A big man like you actually faints at the sight of blood!
This time it was met with even louder jeers.
Zhao Zimo glanced at the person on the bed with a calm expression but deep eyes, and kicked He Bizheng's foot with dissatisfaction: "Haha! What's wrong with him fainting from blood loss?"
Having faced such gore twice, it's strange if I didn't faint from the blood.
"Why must you deliberately make him suffer so much? Now, if we continue to coddle him like this, what's the point of living? We can't even tease him or play jokes on him. How much joy will be lost in life?"
It triggered a burst of cheerful laughter in the ward.
Zhao Zimo lifted his foot and kicked again, He Bizheng dodged, then—
The ward suddenly fell silent, with all eyes fixed on the door.
A stunningly beautiful woman with a bare face but not losing her elegance stood there casually, her eyes seeming to appreciate the scenery in the hospital room.
Finally being noticed, Kitano Kiyoshi smiled and revealed a gentle smile, elegant but not lacking in charm, with a very natural demeanor.
Zhao Zimo turned around and immediately stood up: "Mom."
I'm done for. I was in such a hurry that I accidentally threw my mom to the back of my head, typical of prioritizing sex over family. Now I have to introduce this pervert to my mom in this kind of situation...
Her scalp is a bit hard.
However, he burst into laughter and wrapped his arm around his mother's: "Hey comrades, let me introduce you to this person, she is my beloved mother who can topple a country, a city, a mountain, water, clouds, and fog."
Kitano Kiyoyuki didn't put on any airs of seniority at all, smiling as she said: "Hello everyone, you can all call me Kiyo-ne."
Zhao Zimo introduced them to his mother one by one, but it seemed that these guys were all captivated by her beauty and temperament, their eyes shining several times brighter than usual. When greeting her, they appeared proper and polite, as if afraid of being too presumptuous.
She was the last one to introduce Gu Cheng's song.
Gu Cheng has long since gotten out of his sickbed, and although he now looks a bit disheveled, it's hard to conceal the elegance and refinement that emanates from him. The kind of temperament that shows on the outside originally makes people not have any extra mental energy to notice his appearance.
Zhao Zimo gently hugged his arm and said: "Mom, his name is Gu Chengge."
The tone was much more serious than when introducing others, and involuntarily carried a hint of carefulness and shyness, as if especially hoping that mom would be delighted at first sight.
Gu Cheng had always thought that he would like to meet Ah Mo's mother, who was known for her cruel ways, but he never expected it to be under such circumstances. Even someone as calm and collected as Gu Cheng couldn't help but feel a little...
Anxious.
And it seems like I've seen her somewhere before.
Of course on the surface he was still very calm, politely and neither arrogant nor humble: "Qing Yi."
Kitano Kiyoyuki gazed at him with a stern expression, his smile already gone in front of others.
Gu Cheng's song?
It's him.
That three-year-old child...
Can't help but sigh, the fate of the world is indeed wonderful and beyond words.
Kitano's eyebrows rose in a perfect arc, her stunning face already set in a stern expression, her voice cold and sharp: "So it was you, you little scoundrel."
As soon as this was said, the four sides were shocked, and the crowd took a cold breath: Zhao Mei's beloved mother was too powerful!
Gusu City Song, a top-notch song, is like a cloud floating on clouds, is it a little rascal?
Zhao Zimo's face also changed suddenly, and he didn't know why his mother had this attitude.
It can't be that you think he's that kind of arrogant and unruly troublemaker just because you saw him get hurt!
She couldn't help but tense up.
Gu Cheng's heart also skipped a beat, but he quickly reacted and calmly faced her slightly sharp gaze, sincerely admitting his mistake: "Qing Yi, I'm really sorry. Today, I made Ah Mo worry about me. It won't happen again in the future."
He didn't originally want to tell Mo, and it wasn't a big deal, he would be fine in a few days, but there were too many people who took matters into their own hands in this ward, such as Cheng Xi.
He didn't think Ah Mo would be so worried.
Kitano Kiyoharu's expression slightly cleared up, but he still had a stern face: "Momo, come with me."
"Mom, I want to stay here with him."
Kitano Seiichi's face turned serious: "You really won't come out with me?"
Zhao Zimo shook his head firmly.
If you go out, you won't be able to come back, and will be tied up and taken back.
Kitano Sei: "Then are you coming back tomorrow?"
Zhao Zimo didn't speak a word. She wanted to accompany him, she had to accompany him!
Kitano Sei said: "Mom held an exhibition for you herself, celebrating your birthday."
Zhao Zimo hesitated: "Mom..."
But she still wants to be with him...
Kitano Kiyoyuki went out without saying a word.
Tears welled up in Zhao Zimo's eyes as he wanted to chase after her, but couldn't bear to leave the person beside him.
Gu Cheng reached out his left hand and pinched Ah Mo's shoulder: "Ah Mo, go back with your mom, don't make her angry. I'm fine, I'll be discharged this afternoon."
Zhao Zimo finally chased him out, but the long corridor leading to the elevator was only filled with nurses coming and going.
"Are you willing to come out?" Bei Ye Qingyu was actually sitting on a resting chair at the other end of the corridor.
She stood up.
Zhao Zimo ran over and threw himself into her arms, coquettishly saying: "Mom, sorry, but I like him, really like him."
Kitano Kiyoyuki's voice was calm: "Does he know your family background?"
Zhao Zimo raised his head with a puffed face: "Mom, he's not that kind of person, besides, he doesn't even know..."
The sound stopped abruptly because she saw her mother smiling, with a mischievous and playful glint in her eyes.
Zhao Zimo was stunned.
"Mom, you're so unfair!"
Kitano Sei smiled triumphantly, "Mumu, he's got a good eye for things, and his brain works well. If possible, bring him along tomorrow to see the exhibition."
"Really?" Zhao Zimo was incredulous, then burst out laughing. "Thanks mom, I love you to death!"
Kitano Kiyo walked two steps and turned around, saying seriously: "He dares to make my precious daughter anxious for him, I scolded him and it's justified."
Zhao Zimo suppressed a smile, watching his mom enter the elevator before turning around and running back to the ward, directly throwing himself into someone's arms: "Cheng Ge, my mom praised you! She said I have good taste."
Gu Cheng's song: "......"
He finally realized that Ah Mo's personality was inherited from her stubborn and eccentric mother who often spoke out of line.
The first time I was scolded as a little rascal...
Zhao Zimo said: "But mom also said that scolding you is what should be done. If you dare to bully me again, I'll let my old mom come and deal with you!"
Gu Cheng's song: "......"
Alright, he was really speechless.
"Cough..."
"Cough..."
"Cough, cough—"
Suddenly, many patients with colds appeared in the ward. Zhao Zimo coughed and his face turned red, embarrassed to keep a distance.
Some people still have an air of calmness and composure as usual.
He didn't have to put on airs and grumble twice, saying with a sneer: "Old Gu, your future miserable days are worth looking forward to."
He learned from Zhao Zimo's tone of pretending to be angry but not really being angry, "Let me just let my mom deal with you!"
Lying in bed, Qi Hui felt bored and unwilling to be lonely. He kicked his foot forward: "Being enslaved by your wife and mother-in-law, I offer you unlimited sympathy for entertainment."
Someone who was being teased lay back down on their sickbed as if nothing had happened.
Someone who is used to being implicated doesn't even turn his head back.
Gu Chengxi suddenly spoke up beside him: "A Mo, I think I've seen your mom somewhere before, she looks really familiar..."
Zhao Zimo: "......"
It's not that she didn't want to tell her friends about her mother's identity, it's just that she was used to keeping a low profile, and her parents also didn't want her to take advantage of their reputation to do whatever she wanted.
Zhao Zimo said: "I think it was during junior high school, my mom came to a parent-teacher conference once."
Gu Chengxi slightly furrowed his brow, he had indeed seen it once before, but it seemed like he had also seen it somewhere else...
Because he hit his head in the car accident, he had to have a CT scan. After the examination, he got the results and proved that there was no major problem, only needing to come back for a follow-up examination in a few days, so Gu Cheng Ge was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon.
Zhao Zimo naturally wanted to send him back to his residence, but he refused: "A Mo, you go home first, I have something to attend to."
Zhao Zimo naturally didn't rely on him, "You're already like this, what else do you want to go and do?! If it's official business, let He Shixiong help you, if it's private business, I...I'll help you go take care of it!"
"It's personal business." Gu Cheng's eyes were soft and gentle, "But you can't help me."
Zhao Zimo glared at him with puffed up anger! Can't she help? How unreasonable, treating her like an outsider!
Her eyes sparkled with a bright smile like a starry night sky, Gu Cheng Ge said: "Dumb Ink, I'm going to prepare your birthday gift."
Zhao Zimo was moved and blamed: "At this time, still care about birthday gifts, I don't want them anymore!"
"But I must give it to you." His eyes were more serious than ever before, "This is the first birthday we've spent together since we got together."
"But..."
"Don't worry, I'll bring him back and he'll stay at home resting, won't go anywhere."
Zhaizi Mo was still worried: "But you hurt your right hand, it's inconvenient for cooking and eating!"
"Does Ah Mo mean to cook for me?" Gu Cheng Ge's eyes were filled with amused laughter, "Mmm, that's not bad, I'm not convenient to eat, you can feed me."
Zhao Zimo: "Okay!"
With a deeper smile in his eyes, he said solemnly: "So, after you finish eating, you pack up, then stay overnight, and then..."
He stopped talking and said no more.
Zhao Zimo felt like she was going to be driven mad, she was so worried about him, but he...
Zhao Zimo gritted her teeth: "Gu Cheng, you pervert! I'm not going to bother with you anymore!" She turned around and walked away, but after two steps, she turned back. "My mom said that if it's possible, let's go see the painting exhibition together tomorrow. The address is at 'Qing Shui Bai He' pedestrian street's 'Ming Jia Hua Lang'. You come by yourself tomorrow."
Just as Gu Chengxi finished the hospital procedures, he happened to come over and gazed at the figure of a certain someone who was huffing and puffing as they hailed a taxi and left. He couldn't help but tease: "Older brother, don't always scare her, be careful that you might have to wait until you're married to touch her, oh no, maybe even after marriage she won't let you."
Gu Chengxi was just a joke, but unexpectedly it became a prophecy.
Gu Chengge didn't react because at this moment his mind was still turning over what Ah Mo had said before he left, and his mood was a bit...
Uh, isn't tomorrow when we're supposed to meet with our parents?
The next day, a small informal exhibition of paintings by Kitano Tsuneyoshi at the Meika Gallery also drew large crowds.
Beito Kiyohara and Seikan, known as the "Two Purities of the Painting World", are also famous for their oil paintings. However, Beito Kiyohara's meticulous paintings are also exceptional. This small exhibition features her meticulous paintings, with the theme "Growth of a Treasure", consisting of 38 pieces, depicting the growth of a little girl from infancy to becoming a stunning beauty, two pieces per year.
Zhao Zimo knew that every person in the paintings was her, only Mom had painted her in ancient times. As a child, she wore a big red bellyband and tied up her hair in a high bun; when she grew up, she wore traditional clothes and combed her hair into flowing clouds... either sitting quietly, or jumping and playing, each one vividly alive.
She was really touched, moved by her mother's careful attention to her growth.
"Top quality, will I be recognized?" Zhao Zimo was somewhat worried.
Mom's intention of painting in ancient costume is more obvious, still hoping she lives in a world without adult identity constraints freely and easily, but mom didn't think that her painting skills are too vivid, even if it's painted in ancient costume, the face is also incredibly identical to hers!
Waiting for half a day, but no one answered, Zhao Zimo turned his head and found that the people around him were lost in thought.
Zhao Zimo patted his shoulder: "Hey, what are you thinking about!"
Gu Cheng's song snapped back to reality, his eyes dazed for a moment before gradually clearing up. He glanced at the painting again and stared at her with a scrutinizing gaze, scanning back and forth twice, and smiled slightly: "I was thinking, it should be easy to recognize, the painting is very vivid."
It was her.
"Double Clearness in Painting" - Kitano Tsunetomi
At the age of three, she took him to the scene where his birth mother was kidnapped and raised by her son, letting him witness that bloody scene.