Chapitre 31: What Does He Look Like?
Éditeur: Henyee Translations
Gu Yundong began to believe Nie Cong's words. This aunt was indeed quite talkative.
Nie Cong's aunt's surname was Ke. Her husband was a childhood sweetheart who grew up with her. Unfortunately, he passed away from illness less than a year after they got married. Aunt Ke had no children and did not marry anyone else. She just guarded their old house and lived her own life.
Perhaps it was because there were too few people around her, so she especially liked to talk to children. Others suggested that she adopt a child, but she did not agree. She said that she felt free living alone.
The house in front of them was not big. Aunt Ke lived in one room herself, so the west wing was given to them for the time being. The central room in the middle was quite big, and there was a kitchen next to the west wing. The outhouse was at the back of the storeroom, and there was a small well in the courtyard. It was quite convenient.
At this moment, Auntie Ke pointed at the well and instructed Madam Yang, "Get water yourself. Be careful. Don't fill my courtyard with water. The kitchen is over there, and the bucket is inside. What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go."
Madam Yang couldn't help but hold the two children's hands and take a step back. She didn't know Auntie Ke and only felt that the other party spoke very quickly. It was difficult for her to even understand, so how could she move?
Just as she was at a loss as to whether to run away, she saw Gu Yundong enter.
Madam Yang hurriedly ran behind her and pointed at Auntie Ke. "Dongdong, she talks a lot."
Gu Yundong squeezed her hand comfortingly and said in a low voice, "Mother, she's Aunt Ke. We'll stay at her house for the time being. She won't hurt us. Get water first and wipe Ah Shu and Keke's bodies. After washing them, we can sleep on a soft bed. We don't have to travel anymore."
"We don't have to travel anymore?" Madam Yang couldn't help but be happy.
Gu Yundong nodded at her and watched as Madam Yang excitedly ran to fetch water. Then, she walked to Aunt Ke, who had been sizing her up. "Aunt Ke, my name is Gu Yundong. This is three taels of silver. I might have to trouble you for the next period of time. My mother's situation is special. If you talk to her too much at once, she will panic. Please don't mind."
Aunt Ke was a little surprised. From her words and actions, she did not have the timidity of a country girl at all. She seemed to have seen the world.
She took the silver and nodded slightly. "You look like a reasonable person. Not bad. As long as your mother can work and take good care of you, and I don't have to do anything, that will be fine. What about you…"
Nie Cong was a little anxious and could not help but interrupt her. "Aunt, I still have something that I need Miss Gu's help with. Please take care of her family first. I'll buy you a hibiscus cake later."
"Rascal, hurry up and leave." He must have been annoyed with her for talking too much.
Nie Cong smiled. Seeing that Gu Yundong had finished talking to Gu Yunshu, he quickly brought her away.
He first brought Gu Yundong to the teahouse. Gu Yundong was still wearing the clothes she had worn on the escape route. Her face was also dirty. Without him, the teahouse would not let her in.
After asking her to wait in the private room, Nie Cong went to the government office and called over a soldier who had seen the bandits.
When he returned, he also brought a whole set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Gu Yundong only took the paper and asked the waiter from the teahouse for a charcoal pen.
Nie Cong did not understand and tried his best to ask tactfully, "Are you not used to using a brush?" How could he forget that a country girl had definitely never studied?
Gu Yundong could not help but roll her eyes. "Alright, tell me what the bandit looks like first. Tell me about his eyes, nose, mouth, and face. Try to be as detailed as possible."
Chapitre 32: Gu Yundong's Ability
Éditeur: Henyee Translations
On the way here, the soldier had already heard Nie Cong tell him what had happened, but he did not expect the person who was going to draw the picture to be a disheveled teenaged girl who looked like a refugee.
Just her? She knew how to draw portraits? And she thought that she was better than the painters in Xuanhe Province?
'Are you kidding me?'
If Nie Cong wasn't here, he would have turned around and left already.
Gu Yundong saw that he was sullen and did not speak. She knew that he did not trust her.
She tapped the table slightly and asked with a smile, "Could it be that you don't remember what the criminal looked like?"
"Who said I don't remember?" The soldier immediately retorted. Then, his eyes were filled with hatred. "That bandit killed my good brother who fought alongside me. I can dream of him every night. I know how many moles there are on his face."
"Then tell me."
"…" The soldier choked. Nie Cong, who was beside him, bumped his arm again. Only then did he clench his fists and say, "His face is a little round, and he looks like an honest person. His eyebrows are rather thick, and they're very black and long. His eyes are not big, and they're long and narrow. His nose is more chubby, and his mouth is a little like mine."
Gu Yundong lowered her head and drew with a charcoal pen according to what he said.
As she drew, she would ask him from time to time, "Is that so? Or should it be rounder… Are the bags under his eyes deep… What kind of long and narrow is it… Does he have a lot of fat on his chin…"
At first, she only drew a rough outline. When she was more or less certain, she took out another piece of white paper and integrated all the facial features that the soldier had mentioned.
Gu Yundong was very fast. In no time, she had finished drawing.
The soldier had said that he was thirsty and went to drink some tea. When he came back and looked, he spat out a mouthful of tea.
"Ah, be careful." Gu Yundong hurriedly moved the paper away and glared at him fiercely.
The soldier hurriedly wiped his mouth and eagerly picked up the piece of paper. His eyes widened.
Nie Cong had taken a few steps back when he dodged the tea the soldier spat out. At this moment, he looked up at his shocked expression and could not help but ask curiously, "What's wrong?"
The soldier muttered in disbelief, "Similar, too similar. They're simply too similar."
"Is it really that similar?" Wasn't that too exaggerated? Nie Cong shook his head and walked around the table to look from behind him.
He was stunned on the spot.
The soldier said in disbelief, "It's like… It's like it's carved out of his face."
"There's actually such a drawing method." Nie Cong shook his head in surprise. He carefully took it from the soldier's hand and looked at it again and again. He could not help but click his tongue in wonder.
Those painters' drawings were also very good, but Nie Cong was not a master of calligraphy and painting. He did not know much about the topic and could not appreciate them. He only knew that the artistic conception was quite beautiful, and the characters were also very beautiful. However, there was still a gap between them and real people. At least, it was not very useful for using those to solve cases.
But now, this character drawing seemed to have come alive.
And this was only drawn with a charcoal pencil.
When he looked up at Gu Yundong again, Nie Cong's gaze changed.
Was this Miss Gu really just a country bumpkin who did not know anything?
"Who taught you how to draw?"
Gu Yundong also took a sip of water and shrugged. "Someone I don't know. He didn't tell me his name."
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