Chapter 153: Goodnight, Lulu. Brother-in-law, It's You?

Some say China's Maldives is Sanya in Hainan.
Others say only Xisha, which only Chinese citizens can visit, is China's Maldives.
However, standing here at this very moment, Lin Shenlu has been to neither Hainan nor Xisha; he only knows that right now, the East Taijinar Lake is China's Maldives.
Lin Shenlu's drone was not flown higher above the water, for he feared a crash...
Before putting down the drone and standing guard by his easel, Lin Shenlu kept mixing colors on his palette.
The blue on the palette shifted from deep to shallow, from rich to light.
Over and over again, yet he never made a stroke.
Lin Shenlu just kept mixing colors like this.
He had no idea how he could perfectly render this shade of Tiffany blue onto the canvas.
Such a perfect color in this world, a color so intoxicating—how could one ever paint it?
Lin Shenlu did not dare to put brush to canvas; he was terrified of ruining the perfection in his heart!
There are countless shades of color in the world.
Lin Shenlu was even capable of mixing a color like Sorrow-Forgetful Blue, yet he did not dare attempt to bring Tiffany blue to life.
Perhaps it was simply because it was too perfect?
Lin Shenlu's gaze was fixed on the boundless lake before him.
Yet in his mind, different shades of blue were shifting and transforming.
His own Sorrow-Forgetful Blue was of a high class, just as high class as Good-night Blue.
Yet neither of them could compare to this Tiffany blue.
If it were the creator of that Good-night Blue, how would they mix Tiffany blue?
Lin Shenlu fell into deep thought.
...
"Blue Whale... that Su Youzhi who is staying at your place... do you have her phone number?" After a long while, Lin Shenlu finally called Hai Lanjing.
He could not find the original creator of Good-night Blue, but he could find Su Youzhi, who had once perfectly rendered Good-night Blue.
"I do have it, yes. There was an epidemic prevention information form during the check-in registration, but why are you looking for her, Lin Shenlu? Are you short of models again, you scumbag!" Hai Lanjing let out a soft hum.
"What are you thinking? I'm looking for her to ask her something about painting. Do me a favor and text it to me!" Lin Shenlu said helplessly.
This Hai Lanjing's imagination always ran wild.
"Just wait, I'll have Lu Zhaoxi find it for me. I'm in Chengdu right now... together with Bao'er!" Hai Lanjing laughed.
"Bao'er, come over here, you're talking to your Deer Boy!" Hai Lanjing shouted over the phone.
"Mm... Deer Boy... where are you?" Su Bao'er's voice came through the phone.
Lin Shenlu was stunned. So soon?
Hai Lanjing went to find Su Bao'er just like that?
Wasn't this a bit too incredible?

"Bao... Bao'er?" Lin Shenlu spoke into the phone.
"Mm... Deer Boy... is that you, huh? When are you coming back, huh? I wanna eat meat, huh..." Su Bao'er's dazed voice said over the phone.
"I'll be back soon... wait for me to come back and I'll take you to eat meat!" Lin Shenlu felt a little touched.
"Oh right... tomorrow I'm going out to play with Whale Sister, huh... if you look for Whale Sister, you'll find me, huh..."
After a brief pause, Su Bao'er continued: "Mm, Whale Sister gave me a phone... if you miss me you can call, huh... my number is... I forgot, huh..."
Lin Shenlu smiled.
The phone was taken over by Hai Lanjing.
"Just letting you know, I'm taking Bao'er out to play for a few days. I've already told Sister An's parents, and I'll send her back once Bao'er has had enough fun... That's it, notice given, wait for my call!" Hai Lanjing hung up the phone.
Lin Shenlu took a deep breath.
He truly hadn't expected that his offhand remark about Bao'er being suited to stay with her would prompt this woman to travel thousands of Li from Lishui to Chengdu, solely to take Bao'er back to Lishui to experience the feeling of home.
Thinking about it, it was rather touching...
However, putting all that aside for the moment, Lin Shenlu looked at his clean paintbrush.
Up until now, he hadn't made a single stroke.
An Muxi and a few other girls returned to the RV to change into dresses, and then took photos of each other by the beautiful lakeside.
Only Lin Shenlu was left waiting in solitude.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
Hai Lanjing sent a message.
Atop it was a string of phone numbers.
Presumably Su Youzhi's.
That painter he had met in Lishui.
The female painter with a world-weary look on her face.
Sitting beside him, painting that sophisticated Good-night Blue.
Would she provide him with inspiration?
With some hesitation, Lin Shenlu rubbed his finger across the screen.
In the end, he dialed the number.
"Dialing tone..."
"Hello?" With a chime, the call on the other end was answered.
It was the voice of that girl, unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar.
"Hello, is this Su Youzhi?" Lin Shenlu asked tentatively.
"No money, not buying a house, not buying insurance, not buying a car, not buying an excavator..."
Lin Shenlu was taken aback; he hadn't expected Su Youzhi to be like this in daily life...
"Wait... I'm not a salesperson. I'm Lin Shenlu, the one who painted right next to you in Lishui. Do you remember me?" Lin Shenlu took a deep breath as he spoke.

The other end of the line paused for a moment.
Then came a skeptical question: "So? We aren't that close, are we?"
They had merely sat together to paint; they weren't that familiar, were they?
"There's a misunderstanding. I wanted to ask, the color Good-night Blue was painted by you, right? I'd like to ask if you know the original creator of Good-night Blue? Or perhaps you could give me some ideas regarding color mixing... I've run into a difficult problem with color mixing... regarding the color blue..." Lin Shenlu said hesitatingly.
The other end fell silent once again.
Being painters, they naturally understood what Lin Shenlu was talking about.
In Su Youzhi's eyes, Lin Shenlu was also a painter capable of mixing sophisticated blues.
Yet she... although she was formally trained and capable of mixing Good-night Blue, it didn't mean her level of understanding and mastery had reached the same tier.
If even Lin Shenlu, the creator of Sorrow-Forgetful Blue, could not comprehend this shade of blue... then she certainly had no way either.
Su Youzhi glanced at the man beside her and then... said something into the phone.
"What a coincidence, the original creator of that color is right beside me. Why don't you talk to him?" Su Youzhi said.
"That's wonderful! Thank you so much!" Lin Shenlu was startled.
He hadn't expected Su Youzhi to actually be together with the original creator of Good-night Blue.
He just knew they had to be connected.
He heard a man ask on the other end: "Looking for me? Who is it?"
Then Su Youzhi said: "The one you mentioned last time... your brother-in-law..."
Lin Shenlu was stunned dumb.
"Oh... got it," the man said, and subsequently took the phone.
"Hello, I am Chen Wan'an," the man said.
"Hello, I am Lin Shenlu, may I ask..." Lin Shenlu's words were cut off before he could finish.
"I know you, we've met. At the exchange meeting in Chengdu, I'm good friends with your sister," Chen Wan'an continued.
At this moment, Lin Shenlu understood instantly.
Everything fell into place.
This was the man he had met in Chengdu whom Lin Qingchen had told him to address as brother-in-law!
He was the editor-in-chief of that global travel photography magazine, Director Chen?
So his name was Chen Wan'an?
No wonder this blue was called Good-night Blue!
Lin Shenlu's heart settled.
He didn't bother to consider why his brother-in-law was together with Su Youzhi.
"Brother-in-law? It's you!" Lin Shenlu asked.