Chapter 2 - "Picture"

"The woman in this portrait is Lauren Lu, she was one of the famous socialites in the 1920s, because of her tragic life story!" said Austin to Monica

"This photo was taken by my great uncle, Nicholas Hu, he and Lauren have been close friends since childhood so they seem to have known each other for a long time!" said Austin tell the story to Monica

...Early 1920s, City Z...

“Lauren Lu, Lauren Lu come on tell us what happened!" said a journalist following Lauren

"Can you explain to us what happened between your relationship with Ryan Tang!" said another journalist following her

Lauren who was seen speeding herself up she finally ran to Nicholas Hu's house.

"Nicholas can you let me in for a moment!" said Lauren wearing her sunglasses standing in front of Nicholas Hu door

"Lauren, why are you still outside at this hour, it's already so late?" ask Nicholas to Lauren opening the door

"Those damn reporters chased me all the way here to ask about my relationship with Ryan, can I hide here?" ask Lauren to Nicholas

"Yes of course, you sit down first, I'll prepare some tea in a moment!" said Nicholas put his book on the table

"I just came out of the restaurant with Juliet and after that I was immediately chased by them to death!" said Lauren took off her sunglasses

"What happened to you and Ryan, are you both not okay?" ask Nicholas while making some tea

"I don't want to meet him for now, I can't believe he betrayed me with Marie!" said Lauren to Nicholas mad

"I should have believed you at that time, stupid me, who had helped him get to this point and in the end this is what I got!" said Lauren mad

"So what do you want to do now?" ask Nicholas to Lauren handing her a cup of tea

"I want to cancel our engagement, then I will fire Marie!" said Lauren looking at Nicholas

"I think Juliet should have arrived home safely!" said Lauren

"Juliet, you are still friends with her, I don't want to talk bad about her, but aren't you suspicious of the strange things about her?" ask Nicholas

"I don't know, she's my only close friend since school, I can only trust her the most!" said Lauren sipping her tea

"Speaking of photography competitions, what will you use as the competitions material?" ask Lauren curious

"I don't know, I haven't found it yet!" said Nicholas looking at her

After chatting for a while, Lauren and Nicholas finally walked out of Nicholas' house, at that time Nicholas took his camera and took pictures around at night, and at that time he used his camera to take pictures of Lauren using the lights.

And who would have thought that the picture would be the one that Nicholas would later use as competition material, and when he won the competition he became a famous photographer in the city.

Because he managed to take the last picture of Lauren, before her death, at that time he built a photo studio, but because he had been single all his life, he finally handed over his shop to his nephew. And his nephew is Austin's grandfather, who is the successor to this photo studio now.

...Flash End...

"That's the story of how this picture came to be taken!" said Austin to Monica

"She sat elegantly on a garden chair, looking very formal!" said Monica with a smile

"So is there anything else you know besides this?" ask Monica to Austin curious

"I don't really know, but my great uncle keeps some of his belongings, maybe there is something, and I think I can lend them to you!" said Austin stood up from his chair

After successfully borrowing Monica finally walks back to her grandmother's house, while walking she reads a little of the journal from Nicholas' point of view.

"Lauren, the first time I met you at school, I fell in love with you, but you, you only saw him, a man who would hurt you later!" read Monica while walk around

...Early 1910s, School M, City Z...

"I think I like that boy!" said Lauren to Nicholas and Juliet

"That boy, he looks so nerdy, you like him?" ask Juliet shocked in disbelief

"Yes, I know he is not from a rich family and my father would not approve of him, but he is a good person, I still remember yesterday he helped me!" said Lauren with a smile looking at Ryan from afar

"It seems like you're crazy, I heard that his father is a businessman who sells illegal businesses!" said Juliet while looking at Ryan from afar

"I think there are still many better and richer people in this school!" said Nicholas looking at Lauren

"You are promoting yourself!" said Juliet to Nicholas then the both of them laugh at each other

It turns out that Lauren has secretly liked Ryan since high school, who at that time had nothing. She tried to attract Ryan's attention as if she was someone who was in the phase of falling in love, like a high school student in general.

However, Ryan didn't care about her, his cold nature made it difficult to approach him, but Lauren didn't give up.

...Flash End...

Countinued...

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