The pseudo-naive and crazy criticizes the year below × The one with a hard mouth and a soft heart is the one who gets the blame in the year
Ji Huaian, 34 years old, is a well-known curator in the industry. When he was young, he was uninhibited and only acted as one. When he was 28 years old, he made an exception for one person. He learned to be restrained, gentle and 0, but in exchange he was let down. From then on, he wrapped himself up in a dignified manner and no longer gave away his sincerity easily. Until he met Han Xu in a lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts - a 22-year-old oil painting student with eyes as clean as a lake that had just rained. When he called him "Teacher Ji", the tips of his ears would turn red unconsciously.
Everyone said that Ji Huaian was "raising" a child, even he thought so. Paving the way for Han Xu, helping Han Xu revise his works, and laughing indulgently when Han Xu kissed awkwardly. He enjoys the absolute initiative in this relationship and is willing to do it for love for the second time.
But he didn't think about it - the boy he regarded as a cub had been approaching step by step with carefully calculated tenderness from the beginning. The so-called "coincidence" is a design, and "naiveness" is a disguise. Even the "funding crisis" that made him feel guilty and soft-hearted was a chess game arranged by Han Xu to enter his life.
Until Ji Huaian was in Han Xu's studio and saw his portraits all over the wall - his sleeping face, his back, and his eyelashes hanging down when he was vulnerable. On the sketchbook scattered next to it is the complete manuscript of "Domestication Plan".
Ji Huaian, who had been deceived twice, finally understood: He thought he was taming a puppy, but in fact he was the one being tamed.
But on the day when Han Xu knelt in the rain and burned away all his calculations, Ji Huaian saw in his eyes a sincerity that was hotter than any plan.
——"Calculation is a means, desire is instinct. Teacher Ji, you can punish me, but don't let me go."
In this game that started with calculation and ended with sincerity, who tamed whom? The answer lies in the night when Ji Huaian picked up Han Xu who had a high fever from the rain. He rubbed the boy's wet hair and sighed softly:
"Next time you lie to me, try it in a way that I can't guess."
Concept: Tenderness itself is a trap, and willingness is the only winner or loser in this game.
——To still choose to stay after seeing through all the calculations is not stupidity, but a sober sinking; what people who use all means to get in the end deliver is not victory, but unprepared sincerity that starts earlier than any plan. Love has never been about who tamed whom, but about being willing to reach out and pick the other up from the ruins after all the disguises have been broken down.
