Chapter 226 The Prince of Fake Smile
At that time, Su Wan was just about to go out to Bingjitang to join in the fun, when she met Su Yi who came to find her. He called her from behind, his tone full of joy:
"Wanwan, wait for me!"
Su Wan turned around and saw a young man coming out from under the eaves and stepping under the hibiscus tree. He was wearing a green round-necked robe and had a cool and unworldly temperament. Are people like them who are devoted to art all so indifferent and detached?
Ever since the fifth brother was able to earn money, he started to dress himself up. He preferred green robes or sky blue ones, but one had to admit that he handled these two colors very well.
Su Wan also liked the green color. As she looked at it, she felt that her fifth brother seemed to have grown taller. Now standing in front of her, he was more than a head taller than her.
"What's wrong, Fifth Brother?" Su Wan asked him with a smile, revealing two shallow dimples.
"Didn't you ask me to draw a few pictures for you last time? I've finished them now, take a look and see if you like them!"
Su Wan took his paintings, knelt down beside the small coffee table under the hibiscus tree, and opened them one by one to appreciate them.
The first one was a beautiful picture of a lady that Su Yi had drawn for her. The picture showed her wearing a green robe and standing under a hibiscus tree with branches full of hibiscus flowers. There were falling petals floating around her. The artistic conception was captured just right by him. The painting was signed with his seal engraved with the words "Wu Yang".
The second painting is a picture of hibiscus, with clusters of flowers. The beauty of hibiscus is painted just right. The feeling is like waking up in the morning with dewdrops still hanging on the petals.
Even the colors are controlled very well. If you pick a hibiscus flower and put it on the painting to compare it, you won’t know which one is real and which one is painted if you don’t look carefully.
The third painting is a picture of koi, which was drawn by Su Yi after observing the koi in the pond at home. He observed the koi for several days for this painting. He painted the expressions of the koi playing among the lotus leaves very vividly, and even the patterns on their bodies are almost the same, which is simply amazing.
Su Wan couldn't imagine how cool and enviable it would be if she took out these works when her fifth brother became famous in the future.
She is holding something worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in her hands. I just want to ask you if you are envious.
"That's great! I'm going to hang them all in my room, wherever I move to in the future."
Su Wan decided to keep these paintings well, but not as a treasure to be hidden in the bottom of a box. Rather, no matter where she moved in the future, these paintings would be the embellishment of her room.
"As long as you like it." Su Yi would only show that kind of gentle smile that came from the heart in front of his sister.
In front of outsiders, his smile always seems perfunctory, and he is undoubtedly the Prince of Fake Smile.
Moreover, the inherent aloofness of Fifth Brother is very consistent with his artistic aura. If there is a joke and he happens to be present, his laughter will not make people feel sarcastic, but rather, it will feel like he has seen the four words "None of my business", and I will just smile to be polite.
You can always see him smiling, but you don't know what he is smiling at, and sometimes it's quite creepy.
Su Wan carefully rolled up and tied up the paintings, and asked Liuyun and Liuying to help her hang them up when she came back.
"Where were you going just now?" Su Yi remembered that Wanwan was planning to go out just now.
"There's a shop opened on the street called Bingjitang. They have a Bingjiyugu ointment. I heard that the formula was created by the genius doctor Sun Beidou and his granddaughter. The effect is very good. There are discounts for the opening today, and I want to join in the fun." Su Wan answered naturally, as if Bingjitang was not hers.
But as smart as Su Yi was, he had already guessed something, but he just didn't expose it.
On the night of her birthday, Jiang Yu gave her the gift without telling anyone, so no one knew that she had a recipe for Jade Face Cream. But Su Yi, who was very attentive, had already noticed it that night.
Moreover, he saw Su Wan with Liuyun and Liuying coming out of Bingjitang a few days ago. At that time, Bingjitang had not yet opened, and she usually acted as if she had no connection with Bingjitang. This made it hard not to be suspicious.
But Su Wan had her own reasons for concealing the truth. She must have been thinking about her family, so she chose not to say anything.
"Then I'll go with you!" Su Yi said proactively.
Su Wan nodded. If Fifth Brother wanted to accompany her, she would not refuse because she knew Fifth Brother's temperament. He would just accompany you quietly and give you advice from time to time.
Ever since his painting studio opened, he would buy rouge and lip balm for Su Wan from time to time. Sometimes when he passed by a jewelry store, he would buy any beautiful pearl flowers that were suitable for Su Wan. The dressing table in his room could no longer hold them all.
"But, Fifth Brother, aren't you going to the painting studio today?" Su Wan suddenly remembered this. Fifth Brother is not going to work today?
"It's more important to accompany you shopping. It doesn't matter if I don't go to the studio for a day." Su Yi answered as a matter of course.
Looking after the store is not as important as accompanying my sister. The most important thing is that my sister is happy.
"Where are you going? Can I join in the fun?"
I don't know when the eldest brother arrived. He will be leaving for his post in two days. Su's mother has been packing his bags these days. After all, he is going to take up the post and will have to live in a place with difficult conditions for a few years. He has to take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is different from Su Chen who is going to join the army. He has to wear armor in the barracks and is not allowed to bring too many cumbersome things. Moreover, Su Wan has already packed everything for him. It is really not a discrimination.
Su Wan also went to the pawnshop to buy two young and literate boys, both of whom were only fifteen or sixteen years old, smart and sensible. They served as book boys for his eldest brother and took care of his daily life. He was afraid that he was too busy at work and would neglect to take care of himself.
Those jewels and jewelry that her elder brother brought back for her are a huge fortune when converted into money. What's wrong with her spending some money to buy two people for him?
"My fifth brother and I are going shopping. Do you want to come with me, eldest brother?" Su Wan answered obediently.
"Go, if Wanwan doesn't mind that big brother is a follower." Su Jing ran in a moon-white brocade. Most of his clothes were composed of moon-white and light apricot, which were relatively elegant colors.
He is indeed a handsome gentleman, gentle as jade.
"My eldest brother and fifth brother, one is handsome and gentle like jade, the other is fresh and unworldly, with a cool temperament. It's so glorious to have you accompany me out on the street. I'm afraid those girls who go shopping alone will envy me to death. I won't despise you at all."
Su Wan is a sweet talker. She can make things smooth with just a few words and make the eldest and fifth brothers smile happily.
Su Jing scratched her nose lovingly:
"You're just sweet-talking!"
Su Wan smiled and hid away. Liuying looked at her with envy. Su Wan handed her the fifth brother's painting and asked her to keep it.
At this time, Liuyun came over and said with a difficult expression:
"Miss, Master, the Earl's daughter and the young master from the Ningyuan Earl's Mansion have sent you another invitation to go on an outing. This is the fourth time this month. Are you still rejecting it?"
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