Chapter 403: Doctor Wangs Noodles
The Teahouse was chilly today.
After listening to that “The Painted Skin”, everyone felt a shiver in their hearts.
At the key parts, they even got scared inside.
Chen Changsheng took a sip of tea, then said, “The so-called painted skin, firstly, is a demon’s mask. Facing the outside world, one has to decorate oneself. With evil in the heart but unable to show it, or with goodness but unable to express it, one uses a fake face to deal with others. But this is just how the world is, not strange at all.”
“Secondly, it’s a human’s painted skin, beautiful on the outside but terrible inside. Like what people often say, enemies can smile but hide knives inside—friendly and kind on the surface, yet attacking secretly behind the back. An open sword is easy to avoid, but a hidden arrow is hard to guard against. It catches you off guard when you least expect it. You end up hating them, and your view of the world grows colder. Thinking that human feelings are so fickle—that’s the deepest pain.”
“As they say, it’s hard to draw the bones in a portrait, hard to know the heart behind a face. Demons aren’t the scary part; what’s more frightening is the human heart.”
Listening to the Storyteller’s steady words on stage, everyone slowly snapped out of their emotions.
“It’s hard to draw the bones in a portrait, hard to know the heart behind a face…”
After hearing it, Jin San slapped the table and said, “This deserves a reward!”