Chapter 46: Calm Counterattack

The reporter shook her head, insisting: "Miss Gu, I really saw you holding the tripod just now, it's possible you accidentally bumped into it... If it wasn't you, I don't know who it could be, but I... truly feel it was you, Miss Gu."

This kind of rhetoric was difficult to even refute; after all, she said she saw it, and Gu Wenyan said she did not see it—what evidence was there?

Unless Gu Wenyan could testify that she absolutely did not do such a thing, but clearly, everyone now believed that Gu Wenyan was the most likely person to have damaged this piece of calligraphy.

Bo Si Han quickly knew what had happened, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "You did this on purpose."

The reporter asked in confusion: "What on purpose?"

"One person took me out for an interview, and one person stayed here, all to frame someone... Your plan is very thorough, and you guessed correctly what I wanted to do, not bad."

A cold sneer suddenly curled at the corner of Bo Si Han's mouth. He looked particularly terrifying like this, like a Rakshasa Yama who had walked out of hell, capable of deciding a person's fate of life and death in an instant.

But this reporter was not afraid because of Bo Si Han's threat. She stiffened her neck and said: "Bo Family Head, you cannot threaten me like this. We wanted to interview you, and we were indeed sincere about interviewing you. As for... just now, Miss Gu, I did indeed see her make a movement of accidentally bumping into it."

"As for whether she touched it, I am not entirely certain, I only said it was possible. You cannot threaten me just because you have enough status."

"Fine, this is the first time I've met someone with as much guts as you."

Bo Si Han was already on the verge of rage, and next, he might use his most extreme and ruthless methods to resolve this matter.

This was Bo Si Han's consistent way of handling things, and it was also why his reputation outside was so chilling; just hearing his name made people feel afraid.

Suddenly, Gu Wenyan gently tugged at his sleeve, shook her head, and then looked calmly at Gu Yefeng: "Second Brother, I can guarantee that I have never touched your calligraphy, nor did I have any intention to deliberately destroy it."

There were no other emotions on Gu Yefeng's cold face for the moment; he just looked at Gu Wenyan in silence.

He was probably also thinking about whether she was worth trusting, but no matter what the final result was...

So many accidents had occurred at his Art Gallery Opening Ceremony today that no one was truly focusing on the concepts he wanted to convey.

After the ceremony ended, perhaps the focus of everyone's articles and discussions would be on how many unexpected things happened here today.

Gu Yefeng was immersed in his own disappointment, unrelated to Gu Wenyan, just because his painstaking preparations had been ruined, and the perfection he sought was now difficult to achieve.

He said coldly and indifferently: "I don't care who destroyed it."

The result had already been caused; he no longer cared about the reason.

Gu Yefeng's voice grew increasingly icy, and there was not the slightest warmth in his eyes, as if everything in this world had no meaning to him.

He was like another kind of soul drifting outside of this world.

Gu Mianmian lowered her head, masking the excitement in her eyes.

She also hadn't expected today's plan to go so smoothly. This media outlet just happened to love creating big news, and they weren't afraid of being retaliated against by Bo Si Han at all...

Because they belonged to another very large media group, and the background behind that media group was very powerful, so they had that kind of confidence.

Both sides could be said to have hit it off immediately.

Great! Second Brother's Art Gallery Opening Ceremony was ruined, even if he didn't blame Gu Wenyan, in the future whenever he thought of Gu Wenyan, he would think of everything today...

It would all be inseparable from Gu Wenyan!

When Second Brother saw Gu Wenyan, he would feel disappointed, angry, and even self-reproachful.

After all, he was such a fastidious person with extremely high standards for himself. Everything he wanted to accomplish had to reach a level of perfection, otherwise, he would be filled with anxious emotions; this was his artist's paranoia.

Gu Wenyan wanted to curry favor with him? Keep dreaming! From now on, Second Brother would be the same toward her as he was before...

Gu Yefeng's expression was calm and unruffled as he unexpectedly said: "Today's opening ceremony ends here. Everyone can leave first. As for the audience's tickets, I will refund them all. Everyone, go."

Gu Wenyan's complexion became somewhat unpleasant.

Although she had no sibling affection for him, she could understand the effort he had put into this place. For the past period, almost all of Gu Yefeng's energy had been spent here.

But now, because of everyone's gossip, because the opening ceremony he had meticulously prepared was ruined, his inner disappointment could be imagined.

"Sister, you should leave first too. Although I believe it definitely wasn't intentional on your part, Second Brother is feeling very hurt right now... I think you should leave with everyone else first."

Gu Mianmian saying this was equivalent to identifying her as the culprit of the day. Even if she hadn't deliberately destroyed that piece of calligraphy, it was still her who accidentally ruined his long-prepared Art Gallery Opening Ceremony.

Gu Wenyan was already more than familiar with this "white lotus" tone of Gu Mianmian's, so she immediately understood the crux of the matter.

It was very likely that Gu Mianmian was the one planning all of this behind the scenes.

Gu Wenyan looked at Gu Mianmian with a half-smile, and then called out to the man who was turning to leave.

"Gu Yefeng."

Gu Wenyan's voice was calm: "I don't know what effect you wanted to achieve—whether it was for everyone to be focused and immersed in your artistic concepts, or for everyone to pay attention to your thoughts and your mind, rather than other distractions."

"But do you remember Bai Lao's splashed-ink landscape painting?"

"He is a master of traditional Chinese painting now, but in the past, his techniques and his style were criticized. Many people accused him, believing his paintings lacked spirit and were full of craftsmanship."

"And the reason he was able to create the splashed-ink landscape painting was that during one failure, he collapsed and splashed all the ink..."

"And then he discovered that these things he had abandoned could actually create a new kind of beauty. This is the charm of art itself, isn't it?"

"Although everyone is now focusing on this piece of calligraphy that has been ruined, it is not perfect, but such imperfection is itself one of the charms of art."

"I don't think you are so fragile that you cannot write a better work than this piece of calligraphy."

"And what about those audience members waiting to appreciate it? Will they feel they came for nothing just because this piece of calligraphy is no longer perfect?"

"No. Everywhere here carries your hard work and your talent; everyone can feel it."

When Gu Wenyan finished speaking, Gu Yefeng's departing footsteps stopped.

He turned back, and in his indifferent eyes, there seemed to be a ripple of emotion.