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“Yuhua, where did you find that classmate? He’s quite capable. He seemed to be sucking me dry in two classes tonight.”
Taking the opportunity to go out to fetch water, Professor Gong couldn't help but complain to Li Yuhua.
He was really tired after these two classes.
He wanted to teach Wu An well and get him to pay for his lessons.
The reason I came here is that I really want to see how far Wu An can learn.
The result is that you become exhausted.
"Wu An is like this when he studies." Li Yuhua thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because he's a top student."
"Have you heard that he wants to ask me for a trial class? If they continue to learn like him, it won't be long before I can't teach them anything and they will have to rely on themselves." Professor Gong shook his head and picked up the cup of tea.
"Oh." He sighed.
He looked like he had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Li Yuhua felt particularly happy when she heard this.
Since Professor Gong can give Wu An such a high evaluation, it means that it will not be a problem for Wu An to take the school entrance examination on her behalf.
"That's great." She made a happy sound.
Professor Gong and Chen Anna shuddered, as if they felt that the timing of Li Yuhua being happy for Wu An was a little wrong.
"If he continues like this, he will have no problem with the school entrance examination and the joint entrance examination, right?" Li Yuhua asked again.
"Well, that's not necessarily true." Professor Gong paused, "It's just a quick sketch, I don't know the color yet, let's take a look next time."
"Okay!" Although no conclusion has been reached yet, Li Yuhua is very confident in Wu An.
Seeing that Li Yuhua seemed to have information about Wu An, Chen Anna, who was standing next to her, puffed up her lips and seemed to be pouting.
It looks like both jealousy and anticipation.
……
Back in the studio, Wu An was still sketching, as if possessed. His expressionless and focused look made his face look as cold as if it had been cut by a knife.
By this time, Chen Anna was almost ready to take the bus home.
But Chen Anna still wanted to sit for a while today, so Li Yuhua was a little confused: "Anna, aren't you going back today?"
"Seeing brother... Wu An looking so serious, I also want to practice more." Chen Anna sat down at her painting position, looked at Wu An over there, made a serious face, and made a sound that she wanted to learn.
Li Yuhua felt a little surprised, but she didn't think it was wrong, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll sit down too."
As she spoke, she also sat down next to Chen Anna.
Chen Anna changed a piece of drawing paper and quickly started painting on the paper with pencil.
The girl's eyes were full of seriousness as she observed the model while sketching the outline on paper. She then asked Li Yuhua, "Huahua, is Wu An going to take the art exam too?"
"Ah?" Li Yuhua, who had just changed the drawing paper, was stunned and said, "If it's his case, then I don't think it's necessary."
"Then why does he want to learn painting and spend so much money to learn it?" Chen Anna asked while painting.
Li Yuhua gestured to the model in the middle of the studio for a while, and began to sketch the outline on the drawing paper. "Maybe it's because I'm interested. We have no way of understanding the thinking of the top student."
She said, smiling with her lips pursed.
She lied, but she felt that the lie was flawless.
But Chen Anna felt it was a bit strange and glanced at Li Yuhua, "But Huahua, I just heard you say that Brother Wu An is going to take the joint and unified examinations?"
"Ah." Li Yuhua just remembered that when she asked Professor Gong whether Wu An had any hope of passing the joint entrance examination and the school entrance examination, Chen Anna was also beside her.
It seems that the secret has been exposed.
But it doesn't matter, Li Yuhua quickly came back to her: "Maybe he will go. A top student like him always likes to find a goal to work hard for. He was the one who mentioned the joint entrance examination and the school entrance examination to me."
"So amazing." Chen Anna continued to sigh and changed the topic to ask: "When did Brother Wu An start wanting to learn painting?"
"Yesterday, do you believe it?" Li Yuhua thought for a moment and said with a smile.
"It's true. He said so before." Chen Anna sighed.
"Yeah, the top students are so hard to reach." Li Yuhua herself was a little jealous.
When she first wanted to learn painting, she didn't seem to make such rapid progress.
"That's right." Chen Anna echoed the sigh, her words full of admiration: "It's because they are all so amazing, so I think they are handsome in every way."
"You're not wrong to say that." Li Yuhua felt something was wrong with the words.
She slowed down the sketching speed in her hand, and suddenly noticed from the corner of her eye that the pattern on Chen Anna's drawing paper was not the "Head of David" in the center of the studio.
The more I looked at it, the more familiar the outline became.
"Anna, what are you drawing?" Li Yuhua couldn't help but become curious.
"I'm drawing little brother Wu An!" Chen Anna showed a serious and infatuated smile when she heard Li Yuhua's question.
The business smile on Li Yuhua's face froze.
Although Chen Anna often likes to draw strange things, such as drawing her, this seems to be the first time she has drawn a boy other than the main animation model.
Li Yuhua narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the outline of the David statue on her canvas, and suddenly felt... as if she had lost something.
"Why did you suddenly want to paint him?" Li Yuhua put down her paintbrush, lifted her long hair and asked.
"Because he's handsome." Chen Anna laughed, as if she was a fangirl. "I'd get bored of painting plaster and flowers and plants every day. It would be better to change my target."
Li Yuhua: “…”
Li Yuhua: “That’s right.”
As she spoke, she turned over the paper on which she had just drawn the outline of the David portrait, fixed her eyes on Wu An, and began a new sketching exercise.
……
It was ten-fifteen, almost time for the studio to close.
The sketches of Li Yuhua and Chen Anna are almost finished.
The Wu An in the two paintings seems to be the same, but also somewhat different.
Li Yuhua's Wu An is more realistic, as if he had drawn a black and white photo on paper.
Chen Anna’s Wu An has a bit more beautified fantasy, which makes Wu An’s expressionless face have a faint and gentle smile.
But I can’t say who draws better.
After painting Wu An, the two girls looked at each other's paintings. This was the stage of mutual evaluation.
Normally, the judging would be done by Professor Gong. But what they painted today was not an assignment for the studio, so it was obviously inappropriate to let Professor Gong judge it.
At this moment, Wu An, who had been concentrating for a long time, suddenly moved. He showed his painting to Professor Gong and seemed to have received a satisfactory response. Then, he stood up and seemed to be leaving.
Li Yuhua and Chen Anna looked at each other and seemed to have the same idea in mind.
"Wu An." Li Yuhua called him.
"Little brother!" Chen Anna also called her.
Wu An, who was stretching over there, gave them a puzzled look and walked over.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"Look, which of these two sketches is better?" Li Yuhua asked with a smile.
Chen Anna nodded in agreement.
Wu An walked around to the girls' drawing boards and took a look.
His body trembled and his eyes became serious.
Then he looked at the two girls who were looking at him expectantly.
Fine beads of sweat oozed out of Wu An's head.
This question is a fatal one!
#86 I choose balance
If Wu An judged the paintings of Li Yuhua and Chen Anna with the eyes of a straight man, Wu An would choose Li Yuhua's.
Because Li Yuhua's painting was realistic and without any embellishment, it restored Wu An's original appearance, and the sketch looked like a photograph.
After Chen Anna's painting was retouched, Wu An was still the same Wu An, but Wu An felt that he no longer had the smile of an idol. Only when Li Yuhua was him could she see that smile on his face.
But what consequences would arise if I directly expressed my choice of Li Yuhua's paintings here?
It might make Li Yuhua happy, but what should Chen Anna do?
Li Yuhua is still quite reasonable. Chen Anna's mood is hard to understand like that of a little girl. Will she burst into tears after suffering a setback?
——Just as inexplicable as Wei Yuanyuan.
Wu An's mind was thinking rapidly, judging various possible situations.
Finally, Wu An thought of Li Yuhua's smooth dealings with the boys this afternoon, and seemed to have realized something.
The best way is to divide your love and feelings equally so that everyone can benefit.
The golden mean is the kingly way!
Wu An organized his words for a while and then said, "I think both paintings are good. I like them both."
"Ah, really?" Chen Anna's eyes twinkled with stars. Li Yuhua narrowed her eyes slightly, then smiled businesslike: "So what do you think?"
Wu An turned his head to look at Li Yuhua and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Why did he feel that Li Yuhua was making things difficult for him?
But this does not pose a problem for Wu An.
"Anna's painting has been retouched and feels very handsome."
"Miss, your paintings have a very realistic texture."
“It’s just two different feelings, but both are well drawn.”
“And I like both feelings.”