Chapter 42 Chapter 42 is also the reward she gave herself...
Her lips were being kneaded, and Pei Shuyu held her breath, feeling lucky that there was no bright street light here so that she could hide her throbbing and shyness well.
The outline of the person in front of him was vague, as if hesitating about something. Pei Shuyu followed Ji Yan's bright eyes and was surprised to find that his gaze was fixed on her lips.
The presence of the fingers on my lips became more and more obvious. Previously, I could deliberately ignore them by diverting my attention, but now, they seemed to be stuck to my lips, and every slight movement could be captured.
Unable to bear it any longer, Pei Shuyu turned away, avoiding the dishonest person in front of him: "Have you fulfilled your wish tonight?"
Ji Yan rubbed her thumb and index finger together. The warmth and breath on them made her reluctant to let go.
But we've done enough tonight. Any more would scare this guy back.
Ji Yan nodded slightly and smiled: "It's done."
Pei Shuyu exhaled calmly, took a half step to the side, and left Ji Yan's encirclement. He leaned against the wall with his back to gain leverage and took a half step forward.
There were subtle footsteps coming, and Pei Shuyu turned sideways towards the source of the sound: "Let's go, someone is coming."
The visitor obviously didn't expect that someone would come to such a dark and remote place at this time. When they saw Pei Shuyu and Ji Yan, the two people who came over arm in arm were stunned for a moment, and the smiles froze on their faces.
The tall girl reacted quickly and gave the short girl a look, and the two close friends separated.
Tall girl: "You guys?"
Pei Shuyu had an impression of these two people. During the morning and evening reading time at school, Hua Yu would chat with people around him about gossip about each class, and several of them were about these two people.
Her relationship with Ji Yan could be explained as a close friendship, but the two people in front of her were so close that it made people suspect that they were a couple.
They were just a couple that had never been made public.
According to people in their dormitory, the two slept together every night, ate the same food, washed each other's clothes, and were bound as a couple in all major games.
But whenever others asked them, they both smiled and said "no".
Pei Shuyu was not very familiar with them, but they were in the same studio as Hua Yu. They were both very good at painting. Every time Pei Shuyu went to their studio, she could see their paintings pasted on the wall.
The glass wall display of this exam also had all three subjects of both students hung up.
Pei Shuyu said, "The studio is a bit noisy, let's go for a walk."
The tall girl nodded: "Then let's go for a walk in front."
After a simple hello, Pei Shuyu and Ji Yan left.
When he reached the light, Pei Shuyu turned his head to look at where he had just stood. There were two blurry figures a little distance apart, looking at him from afar.
Pei Shuyu pulled Ji Yan around a corner and avoided them completely.
Ji Yan asked, "Do you know those two people?"
Pei Shuyu spoke frankly: "Not really acquaintances. I saw them last time when I went to see Hua Yu."
She ignored the gossip she heard from Hua Yu.
Pei Shuyu noticed that she was lost in thought and asked casually, "What's wrong?"
Ji Yan said: "They are just like us."
Pei Shuyu blinked: "What's the same?"
Suddenly, she had an epiphany and stammered, "Ah? How did you know?"
No, she heard it from Hua Yu, so she had some guesses about their relationship. As for why Ji Yan did that, it couldn't be that she also heard it from others.
This is not consistent with Ji Yan's behavior.
Ji Yan stepped forward and said calmly, "Intuition."
Pei Shuyu: "..."
Why doesn't she have this intuition?
Back in the studio, those people were still playing games enthusiastically.
Qi Ying took the time to ask: "Where did you go? Hey, Archer, come and save me. If you are gone, I will go."
The screen then went dark.
Pei Shuyu made an excuse: "I went for a walk nearby."
Qi Ying didn't believe it: "How can the painting school get any better? It's just a small place."
Pei Shuyu: "So we came back."
The screen lit up, and Qi Ying re-entered the game: "Okay."
Pei Shuyu sorted out the paintings he had drawn during the training period. In just one month, he had already created a thick stack of sketches and colors. The colors were quite heavy because of the dripping paint.
The largest number of them are sketches, from single-person sketches to double-person sketches, and then to scene sketches, and each step of change can be traced.
Looking at the paintings that were piled up almost as high as a folding chair, Pei Shuyu sighed, "There are so many already."
Ji Yan pursed her lips. She had looked at all these paintings one by one in just a month.
That’s all already.
Ji Yan said distressedly: "Thank you for your hard work."
Pei Shuyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It's all my own choice. Don't you do a lot of exercises every day?"
She hummed a little tune: "I hope the provincial unified examination will come soon. I really don't want to draw anymore."
Repeating day after day forms muscle memory, and even someone as talented as Pei Shuyu would feel tired.
Ji Yan comforted him: "Just hold on for a few more months, and it will be easy after the exams are over."
Pei Shuyu had heard this sentence from the art teacher and the class teacher before, but now when she heard Ji Yan say it, she felt like laughing.
It felt strange to hear such words coming from Ji Yan's mouth.
After smoothing out the curled edges and folding them next to the easel, Pei Shuyu continued, "Instead of empty talk, why not make some concrete promises?"
Ji Yan: “Hmm?”
Pei Shuyu leaned over: "For example... like tonight."
Ji Yan curved her lips and said, "Like tonight." She looked relaxed. "Anytime."
She couldn't ask for more.
Pei Shuyu shook her head: "If you get too used to it, it will lose its appeal. Just treat it as a reward."
Ji Yan asked: "This is the reward you want, then what should I ask for as my reward?"
Pei Shuyu said as a matter of course: "That's right, how fair."
Is it fair? It is indeed fair.
Ji Yan agreed.
With more things to do to spice up the dull training life, Pei Shuyu's passion for painting returned in the days that followed.
So much so that the three teachers who taught her couldn't help but sigh that Pei Shuyu's appearance was getting better and better.
"Okay, keep it up like this, and you won't have to worry about the provincial exam. It will be no problem for you to get into the top ten in the province." The sketching teacher knocked on the blackboard with his stick.
Pei Shuyu's painting was hanging on the blackboard.
"Teacher, in the last exam, Pei Shuyu's total scores were higher than the previous provincial champion. She should have been in the top three."
“I don’t think the first problem is a big one.”
"Yes, yes, our studio is also worthy of being ranked first in the province."
The sketching teacher waved his stick and his voice suddenly dropped. "The gap between those with high scores is very small. At this point, the competition is about more detailed shaping. No one can predict for sure."
In the past, there were some promising talents that she thought were good, but they missed out on the top three in the province for various reasons.
Who knows until the end? She can only give a minimum estimate now.
Pei Shuyu listened carefully.
She had seen the scenes from the previous provincial championship and really couldn't find any problems with it.
Pei Shuyu glanced sideways: "Ji Yan, based on your intuition, where would I rank?"
Didn't Ji Yan just rely on his intuition to guess the relationship between those two girls?
Ji Yan said without hesitation: "Top three, or even first."
Pei Shuyu smiled: "Are you so sure?"
Ji Yan hummed, "Well, I believe you."
Pei Shuyu opened his lips, lowered his head and smiled: "Okay, then I will try to get it."
Ji Yan said: "I got it, I'll give you a reward."
It's also a reward for herself.
Pei Shuyu: "Okay."
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