The Great Artist // NINE PERCENT Chen Linong

Epilogue

○ Grow older, love never ending ○

"MOM! LOGAN IS DESTROYING MY HAIR AGAIN!" Lauren shouted as she runs over to her mother and hides behind her legs and a boy runs to chase her but stops when he saw their mother having her hands on her hips as she looks directly at him. "Logan Chen" she said in a stern voice, warning him.

It has been ten whole years since the artist and the writer got married. The artist didn't want to have kids at first because she thought back to Sophia's story about the pain and all that but she eventually complied to having two. A year after she gave birth to a boy and two years after, a girl.

The boy is named Logan Chen, or Chen LuoAn as the girl is Lauren Chen or Chen Lixue. The two are... chaotic but they've got each other at times of need. The artist and the writer are as close as ever, closer if possible. They have been so in love through the years and love each other even more after each fight through an obstacle in their married life.

The writer is... not only a writer now, but also the CEO of his own publishing company, owner of an entire art museum dedicated to his beloved wife, and also one of the biggest donators to orphanages not only in England but also in Taiwan.

The amount of money the writer and the artist both had combined together was too much for the four of them so they thought, why not give to those in need. And that was how they ended up donating over a million pounds to orphanages, about five million to a nature perseverance center in Africa, and a whole lot more to those suffering from cancer.

They won a Noble Peace Prize because of that and got more money so they invested half to a hospital in the poor villages and the other half were for them. They also have been getting more recognition and their children are loved by the world. They were like a power family, no one can stop them.

Their children may not be into painting or writing, but they are into drama and acting which was why the writer have prepared for them to study abroad to an arts school or an acting school if they agree to do so that is, but he's positive that they would considering the amount of times they would perform in front of their parents.

They are going to be great actors and actresses, everyone in their family knew that fact. "Logan don't tease your sister all the time. Now go change, your friends are coming remember?" the artist said. The friends she meant are the rest of their circle of friends' kids. Sophia and Xukun have four kids now, the other two came later.

Jocelyn and Wenjun have two, Jane and Adam have one, Ella and her husband, Daeryu got married about six years ago, now having three kids. There are also additions whom are Sophia's friends, Vivian and Madeline. Vivian is married to a billionaire called Justin and they have one kid while Madeline is married to a doctor who goes by Evan and have two kids.

As for Zhengting and Bu Fan, they joined in the circle of friends as well. Bu Fan is dating a woman he met while running errands in the company. Zhengting is engaged to a designer who goes by Chels but none except Sophia knew her actual name. The circle is quite wide now and none of them actually minded.

The writer was also coming back from a business trip to Italy and France today and the artist was excited to see her husband again after a month. Sure they had phone calls and video calls as well but it wasn't the same as how it would be if he was actually there with her.

Logan and Lauren both nodded and ran off to their room to change into something more polite to guests. The artist shook her head as she walks to her painting room. The room was now filled with the family portraits the artist painted herself, but there was a portion where it was just the artist and the writer alone.

About half an hour later her friends along with their children entered the mansion with the writer himself. The artist welcomed everyone with a hug and the writer with a chaste kiss on his lips. The kids came running down the stairs, Lauren nearly stumbling down but keeping her composure and made it down without falling.

"Janet, Janice, Emma, Darin, Monica! You won't believe what happened at school with Jay" Lauren said, gathering all the girls into her room upstairs while telling them the story of her and her crush, Jay. "Wanna play video games?" Logan suggested to the rest which are all boys who agreed unanimously as they went to the game room, except for two.

"Xavier, Xander, why are you not going?" Xukun asked. "We're not interested in playing games. Can we cook in the kitchen instead Aunt Michelle?" Xander asked and the artist nodded as they ran off to kitchen. "I don't know where they got those from. You know Xukun and I both can't cook that much" Sophia said. "Probably from your mother" the artist said and she nodded.

"And while the children are doing all that, what are we going to do?" Zhengting asked as he sat down with his significant other. "How about you show us that movie you were starring in many years back? It's still a hit until now!" Wenjun suggested. "I don't think any of us remember the lines" the writer said.

So they just sat down talking about their own lives, what they have been through and reminisced the memories. "Are you still his bodyguard?" the writer asked as he turned to Bu Fan. "No, a year after I found out about the news I quitted. I had to wait until my contract ended" he said. "Also, I'm going to announce something... again" Sophia said.

"I'm pregnant" she said and Xukun widened his eyes. "I thought I used-" "AGAIN?!" everyone screeched when they processed the news. "Janice and Xavier are 11, Xander is 8, Janet is 6 and now another one?!" Ella exclaimed in shock. No one would expect them to have another child after having four. "It's not my fault that he's fast in winning a race" Sophia shrugged.

"So you're going with it at the age of your 30s after going through the same process three times with one time extra pain?" ChengCheng asked and she nods. "I mean, I can't do anything about it now, can I?" Sophia said. "I salute to you, my friend. I wanted to die with two kids and you're out here processing the fifth" the artist said.

"Have you told the kids?" Xukun asked and she shook her head. "What?" Janet asked as she leaped down the stairs. "You're going to be a big sister like Janice" Xukun said and she widened her eyes. "JANICE YOU'RE GETTING ANOTHER SIBLING" she shouted and her voice boomed through the whole mansion. "AGAIN?!" Janice responded and feigned a fainting expression.

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"We're getting older by the day, so fast. It feels as if it was just yesterday we were saying our vows and now look at us, growing old together" the artist said. "It felt like it was just yesterday I took the WarJet with you for the first time" the writer said. "We're growing older but will you love me then, when there are wrinkles all over my face and body, when my hair is no longer blonde, when my eyes aren't the same shade of emerald anymore?" she asked.

"I will love you regardless of your age, I would love you regardless of your looks, your intelligence, I would love you for who you are, changing or not" he said. "But the artist in me won't be the same then" she said. The writer chuckled as he hugged her waist from behind her. He snuggled his face to the crook of her neck and smiled.

"You will always be my artist" he said. He knew that she would always have that artistic in her for she is

The Great Artist