Chapter 263 Drawing of Suffering

Gu Tingzhou didn't plan to stay in Guyuan City for long. He thought that he would have to leave for Yuqing City in two or three days at most.

In the past week, he had never seen Zhao Yuxi summon any assistant or reply to any email. This phenomenon was too abnormal for her.

She holds two seals in her hands, each of which involves nine cities. When she decides to do something, 100 million people will be affected by her, and when she decides to do nothing, 100 million people will also be affected.

In the past, Gu Tingzhou was very happy to see Zhao Yuxi choose the latter. However, Zhao Yuxi did not use her power for too long, which made him feel uneasy. He thought that his uneasiness was due to selfishness: Zhao Yuxi was in charge of my work, and her slacking off was equivalent to my slacking off.

Zhao Yuxi was willing to give herself a long vacation. Gu Tingzhou would not stay in Guyuan City for too long, as he had other things to do. When she was with him, she could put work aside for a while.

People at the level of branch directors are important, after all, they hold great power, but they are not that important because they have assistants to help them handle their work.

Zhao Yuxi remembered that her assistants were all removed from the positions of branch directors. In the past six months, they had not made any major mistakes in their work. They had rich work experience, and even if they were demoted to assistants, they were still capable of managing a city on their own. Even if she was not there, the work of the institute would not be delayed.

Gu Tingzhu buried his doubts and guilt in his heart. Zhao Yuxi felt that Gu Tingzhu was not as happy as when he first came to Guyuan City a few days ago. She subconsciously wanted to use her synesthesia to see how his mood had changed. But she thought about it again and again, and finally did not do it. She wanted to ask, but she didn't know how to start, so she hesitated to say it.

One afternoon, after Zhao Yuxi woke up from her nap, she walked out of the room and saw Gu Tingzhou standing in the restaurant drawing.

It was an A0 paper, which Jiang Mengxi often used. There were some messy curves scattered on the paper, and the white paper looked fragmented after being dotted with curves.

"Tingting, have you also started learning to draw?" Zhao Yuxi knew that Gu Tingzhou's major had nothing to do with drawing, and it was probably not a sudden whim that he bought such a large piece of paper. If he wanted to write or draw something casually, he didn't need A0 paper, he could just buy A4 paper. Larger paper represents more meaning, although she didn't know what this meaning was now, but she could imagine how happy Gu Tingzhou was when he held this large piece of paper. At this moment, Gu Tingzhou, who was concentrating on drawing, was also so happy.

"Sister, what do the pictures I draw look like in your eyes?"

Dozens of irregular curves, that's all Zhao Yuxi can see with her naked eyes, but she can't tell Gu Tingzhou that "the graph you drew is an irregular curve." However, she really doesn't see much, unless she uses asymptotes.

Zhao Yuxi had a hunch: Even if I used my synaesthesia, I still couldn't figure out the meaning of these lines. It was like a person writing a word and showing it to an illiterate child. To the child, the word looked like a painting, a painting with plain colors.

Zhao Yuxi was very suspicious whether the word written by Gu Tingzhou was also like this.

"I don't seem to understand them. Can you tell me what they mean?"

“This is the suffering of the world.”

"What?" Zhao Yuxi was extremely surprised. She saw his happiness and his seriousness. Under the influence of such emotions, the line he drew actually represented the suffering of the world? Why did he suddenly think of drawing such a line?
Did he encounter something unhappy? Was it about work? Not likely. I emphasized to his assistant that if he encountered any problems, he should send me a message first. I didn't receive the message, so he must not have received the message either. Was it a family matter? His family? Not likely, right? After he became the dean of the branch, his family's attitude towards him became much better, at least they stopped being sarcastic... "Sister Xi, you can see the suffering of many people, but I can only see a little bit. I want to draw these sufferings when I am happiest, as a way to supplement my ability."

Drawing the suffering of the world would not make his asymptote stronger, nor would it increase his auxiliary variables. Drawing suffering with lines is one of the effects of directional force, and he wanted to experience this new effect.

"Oh... is that so. Why did you suddenly think of replenishing your abilities?" Zhao Yuxi was not so nervous anymore, but she still didn't understand the meaning of Gu Tingzhou's painting of suffering.

"Write it down. It may be useful at a critical moment."

Drawing the suffering is the effect of the asymptote. Casting the suffering on others is also the effect of the asymptote. The second effect is not based on the first effect, and there is no order of precedence between the two. However, the suffering is drawn on the paper, and anyone who gets this paper, plus the "right" given by him, can cast the suffering on others.

However, when he draws the lines, he himself will also be affected. He is sure that the happiness he has gained in the past few days is more than the happiness he has gained in the first ten years of his life. This happiness is enough to resist the influence of the lines. Only at this time can he use "suffering" as he pleases. If he uses it at another time, these lines will hurt him first, and then hurt others.

Gu Tingzhu drew these lines for another purpose. He was about to leave and separate from Zhao Yuxi. Before leaving, he wanted to leave something for Zhao Yuxi. Zhao Yuxi's combat ability was relatively weak. With this picture representing suffering, Zhao Yuxi's combat ability would increase a little bit. The "critical time" he mentioned was when he was not with Zhao Yuxi and Zhao Yuxi was in danger.

He drew this chart, not for himself. He has the asymptote, and he wants it to work at any time, without having to carry a piece of paper with him. But... but for me, if I get this piece of paper... he wants to protect me. He depicts suffering with a happy mood, and when I receive "suffering", I should also be happy.

"Your love for me is also drawn on paper."

"Yes. The blueprint is too big to carry with you. You can cut the paper into pieces so that each piece has a line. I will give you the right to use the blueprint. You can also use my power."

"How much energy did it take to draw this picture?"

How much physical energy does it consume? Drawing does not consume much physical energy, but you must use enough joy to fight against "suffering", otherwise you may be eroded.

"It doesn't consume much energy, just like normal drawing. I just need to eat more at night and go to bed early. I'll give you the rights now."

"No, no, even if you give it to me, I still won't have the chance to use it. Give it to me before you leave. By the way, I see that you don't seem to be that active recently. Are you having any troubles?"

"No, I just think that if you don't use the seal for too long, others might think that I'm slacking off. I don't want to give others the impression that I'm slacking off. I'm sorry, I'm too selfish."

"Most of our work can be done by our assistants. I haven't used the seal recently because it's not necessary. You don't have to worry too much."

(End of this chapter)