"What if I like you?"
——Si Shuo
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In the end, she still picked up the pen under Helan Ruizhe's domineering manipulation, her whole body trembling.
No, I should say, my whole hands were shaking.
Others write as if inspired by gods, but she does not.
Helan Ruizhe sat aside drinking tea, and gave Jin Suting the task of drawing bamboo.
In ink painting, pine, plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum are the basic ones that you must learn.
Bamboo is the easiest to draw and is also relatively easy to get started with.
Jin Suting was scribbling on the paper tremblingly while cautiously glancing at Helan Ruizhe.
She tried to delay as much as possible. After all, Helan Ruizhe said that a good painting needs time to be refined and completed.
A stick of incense has passed...
Jin Suting hadn't even finished drawing the bamboo's body. Helan Ruizhe closed the book he was reading, looked up and said to her calmly, "What's going on?"
The tip of the pen trembled. Jin Suting was already looking at Helan Ruizhe, and he was caught red-handed as soon as he looked up.
"Ah..." Jin Suting glanced at the half-finished product under her hands, smiled awkwardly, and answered against her conscience, "Not bad, almost done."
Helan Ruizhe put down the book, stood up and walked straight towards her. Jin Suting's little face was wrinkled. She wanted to bend down to protect her painting, but she felt it was too embarrassing to do so.
"I'm almost done with the painting..."
Helan Ruizhe walked around from behind, stood behind her, and bent down to look at her painting.
With her hands on Jin Suting's sides, she suddenly didn't dare to move, nor dare to breathe, and her heart beat faster like a drum.
"Not bad."
Originally, Jin Suting had prepared herself for a scolding from Helan Ruizhe, but who knew he would say such a thing.
This is really an unprecedented... compliment?
The little sparrow outside the window was jumping on the branches, as if jumping into Jin Suting's heart.
"However, there is still room for improvement." Helan Ruizhe held Jin Suting's wrist holding the brush and moved her pen tip across the rice paper several times.
The bamboo now looks much better and is no longer bare as Jin Suting originally drew it.
He released Jin Suting's hand, looked her straight in the eye, and said, "The technique of controlling the pen is very important. You need to learn to skillfully use the strength of your wrist and elbow so that the drawing on the paper not only resembles the object itself, but also becomes soulful."
Jin Suting took a deep breath, her brain inexplicably short-circuited for half a second before she looked at Helan Ruizhe with admiration, "You're right!"
At this moment when she should have said a few more words to express her feelings, Jin Suting's stomach growled at an inopportune time and her cheeks blushed in embarrassment.
Helan Ruizhe couldn't help laughing and gently scratched the tip of her nose, "Let's eat first."
It was probably time for dinner by now. Jin Suting said to Helan Ruizhe happily, "I came up with a new dish a few days ago. Let me make it for you!"
Helan Ruizhe laughed and joked: "You have time to research new dishes, but no time to practice painting?"
"How do you know I didn't..." Jin Suting covered her mouth that was about to babble. Oops, she let the cat out of the bag.
"If you had practiced for seven days, you wouldn't be at the same level as before." Helan Ruizhe said as he pulled her hand away from her mouth. "My wife is incredibly talented. If she had practiced hard, she wouldn't have achieved this much."
"You only know how to flatter me!" Jin Suting pushed Helan Ruizhe, but she was still a little happy to be praised.
"What is rainbow fart?" Helan Ruizhe was actually very confused because he always heard some new words from Jin Suting's mouth.
"It's just an exaggerated compliment!" Jin Suting explained casually, "I know I'm a slow learner, and you're just encouraging me. It doesn't matter. Since I've decided to learn, I'll definitely study hard. I just can't do two things at once."
"I know." Helan Ruizhe rubbed the top of her head. She was indeed a quick learner, provided she was interested in the subject. "Let's go eat. Didn't you say you learned a new dish?"
When it comes to cooking, Jin Suting is very excited: "Yes, yes, you will never guess what kind of dish it is. It can make people feel very good and won't make you fat!"
Helan Ruizhe really couldn't guess what kind of food could make people feel better. He had never seen it before.
The standard may be that it tastes good, which makes people feel good.
It’s such a magical dish since it’s delicious and doesn’t make you fat.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding—look at my Western brother!"
When Jin Suting placed a plate of fragrant fried tomatoes and broccoli in front of Helan Ruizhe, he was dumbfounded.
"Is this the dish you said would make people feel better without getting fat?" Helan Ruizhe took a breath as he sat at the table. He didn't like tomatoes very much.
"Yes," Jin Suting put her hands on the table and introduced the dish. "Broccoli is a green vegetable, and tomatoes are also green vegetables. Eating them won't make you fat. Broccoli is very fresh, and tomatoes are sour and sweet. The combination of the two has a unique flavor, and just smelling it makes you feel better!"
"Come, try one!" Jin Suting picked up a piece of tomato and fed it to Helan Ruizhe's mouth.
Helan Ruizhe forced a smile and pushed his chopsticks away: "Actually, I don't really like tomatoes."
Jin Suting pouted, finished the tomato in her chopsticks herself, and then put the other dishes into Helan Ruizhe's bowl, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you didn't like tomatoes."
She thought, tomatoes are so great. They can be eaten raw or cooked as a side dish. They are healthy and nutritious, taste sweet and sour, and are a rare vegetable.
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