Chapter 453: Caught in the act
"How is it? Does it look like the real thing?"
Xiao Yeyang brought Daohua into the study, and then spread the portrait that had been prepared long ago on the table.
Daohua walked over, looked at the portrait and nodded, "It's like it, so like it." Then she looked up at Xiao Yeyang and praised him, "Xiao Yeyang, your painting skills are getting better and better."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "If you think it's okay, I'll draw it for you next time."
Thinking of her portrait still in the box in her study, Daohua shook her head and said, "No thanks." Then she quickly changed the subject and said, "If you give this gift to my grandmother, she will definitely be happy."
Xiao Yeyang didn't dwell on Daohua's refusal. There was always a chance, and he smiled and said, "Hearing you say that, I'm relieved, but..."
Rice Flower: “But what?”
Xiao Yeyang pointed at the portrait: "Don't you think this painting is too simple?"
Daohua examined the portrait carefully. "It only shows my grandmother. It seems a bit monotonous. What should I do? Could you add some scenery?"
Xiao Yeyang shook his head and refused: "If I paint a landscape, it will be too distracting. Well, your handwriting is pretty good, isn't it? How about this, you write something on this portrait?"
Daohua pondered for a moment and thought this was a good idea: "Then what should I ask?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Whatever you want."
Daohua frowned and said, "You drew this picture, why don't you write the calligraphy as well?"
Xiao Yeyang: "Why are you so lazy? You don't even want to think about writing something for your grandmother."
Daohua: "You know I'm not good at poetry. After I give this painting to my grandmother, it must be hung in the room. If guests see the inscription on it, they will be laughed at."
Xiao Yeyang was silent for a moment: "How about this, you think about it first, and after you think it through, I'll give you some ink for your writing? This way, it can be considered as a token of your appreciation for the old lady."
Daohua thought for a while and said reluctantly, "Okay then."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "I'll grind the ink for you." Then he started grinding the ink himself.
When Yan Wenxiu returned, he found the courtyard quiet and called the maid over: "Have the young prince and the third master left?"
The maid shook her head: "No, they are still in the study."
After hearing this, Yan Wenxiu immediately walked towards the study. As he approached, he heard the girl's excited and cheerful voice coming from the study.
"I won, Third Brother, I'm willing to accept the loss. Come on, take out your prize!"
"Don't worry, I won't break my promise."
Hearing the voices of Zhou Jingwan and Yan Wentao, Yan Wenxiu was surprised. He subconsciously slowed down his pace, walked under the eaves, and looked into the study through the glazed window.
Yan Wentao and Zhou Jingwan were sitting opposite each other in front of the chess table. At this moment, Zhou Jingwan stretched out her right arm, and his third brother was putting a bracelet on the girl's fair wrist.
"Do you like it?" Yan Wentao looked at Zhou Jingwan nervously. This was the first time he bought something for a girl, and he didn't know if it would suit her taste.
Zhou Jingwan nodded with a smile and shook the blood-red bracelet on her wrist: "I like it."
Yan Wentao's expression relaxed. "I'm glad you like it. This is a bloodstone bracelet. Master Wu said that bloodstone can bring good luck and prevent blood disasters. Wearing it can protect you."
Zhou Jingwan smiled and said, "I will always wear it."
Looking at the silly grin on his third brother's face, and Miss Zhou's shy yet joyful smile, Yan Wenxiu's temples jumped, and he murmured, "Why is Miss Zhou in my yard?"
Thinking that the young prince was also in his yard, Yan Wenxiu frowned and walked quickly towards the study door. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Daohua and Xiao Yeyang standing in front of the desk.
Daohua was writing something while Xiao Yeyang was standing beside her grinding ink. The warmth and tranquility between the two of them once again stunned Yan Wenxiu.
After finishing the last character, Daohua put away her brush and smiled brightly at Xiao Yeyang with a relaxed and cheerful expression: "Finally, there are no mistakes. You don't know how much I was afraid that if I didn't write it well, this painting would be ruined."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said in a doting tone, "What's the big deal? It's not worth you being so nervous."
Daohua disapproved: "This is a gift from you to your grandmother, of course I have to take it seriously."
Xiao Yeyang was about to say something when he caught sight of Yan Wenxiu standing at the door. He immediately smiled and said, "Wenxiu, why don't you come in?"
Yan Wenxiu came back to his senses, forced a smile on his face, and walked into the study: "What are you doing?"
Seeing Yan Wenxiu, Daohua quickly waved: "Brother, come over and take a look. This is the painting Xiao Yeyang made for Grandma. Do you think it looks like her?"
Yan Wenxiu walked over and saw the portrait. A look of amazement immediately appeared on his face: "I didn't expect that the young prince had such superb painting skills."
Hearing this, Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang in surprise.
Didn’t this guy tell the brothers that he can draw?
Xiao Yeyang ignored Daohua and said with a faint smile: "I just learned some random things in my spare time."
Daohua immediately looked over and said speechlessly, "Xiao Yeyang, are you being modest or bragging?"
Xiao Yeyang gave her a look that told her to take care of it herself.
Daohua saw this and said, "You are even more shameless than Wang Po, the melon seller."
Looking at the interaction between the two people's eyebrows and eyes, Yan Wenxiu felt a little dizzy and swollen.
When did the elder sister and the little prince become so close?
When did the third brother fall in love with Sister Zhou?
"Brother, don't just look at the painting, take a look at the words I wrote."
The sound of the rice flowers brought Yan Wenxiu back from his thoughts. He looked at the inscription on the portrait and nodded: "Not bad, it seems that you have practiced calligraphy well over the years. Your handwriting is much better than before."
As he spoke, his expression paused.
"This is a gift from the young prince to my grandmother. What did you write on it?"
Daohua: "Because the portrait is too simple, I wrote an inscription on it."
Seeing that his sister didn't understand what he meant at all, Yan Wenxiu couldn't help but want to cover his head.
The gift that the young prince gave to his grandmother had words written on it by his younger sister. Was it a gift from the young prince alone, or from both of them together?
If two people send it together, then under what name?
Seeing Yan Wenxiu's face was a little ugly, Xiao Yeyang touched his nose and asked with a smile: "Aren't you guys roasting venison? Why are you back?"
Yan Wenxiu looked at Xiao Yeyang, his face not looking very good: "I'm here to invite the young prince over."
Xiao Yeyang was about to refuse when Yan Wenxiu said, "I think the little prince and third brother are quite bored here. Why don't you come with me? It will be more lively if we are all together."
As he said this, he looked at Daohua again with a stern face.
"My cousin and the sisters Yunxi and Yunyan from the clan are all staying at our house. Why haven't you entertained them well? Go back to the backyard with Sister Zhou."
Daohua wanted to say that Yihuan and the others were entertaining her, but seeing her eldest brother's sour face, she wisely didn't say anything back. She called Zhou Jingwan out and left quickly.
(End of this chapter)
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