Chapter 91 Gift
He Xu looked at the distressed look on the little girl's face and couldn't help asking, "Does anyone have a birthday?"
Su Xing nodded, "Yes, a classmate is having a birthday this weekend."
He Xu asked again: "How is your relationship?"
Su Xing said: "Well, we have a good relationship. He is one of my best friends."
He Xu wanted to say that if their relationship was just average, he could just send a red envelope or buy her something practical. But when he heard her say that she was a very good friend, he quickly swallowed the words back.
"I'm sorry, I don't have much experience in this area and may not be able to help you." He said in an apologetic tone.
He really has never given any girls any gifts...
Su Xing said: "It's okay, it's okay, um, I'll think about it, good night, Teacher He."
"Good night."
After hanging up the video call, Su Xing pondered it alone for a while.
What to give?
Tomorrow is Wednesday, and Tian Cheng’s birthday is just a few days away.
In the third year of high school, there are quite a lot of classes every day, and it is difficult to find time to go shopping. During the lunch break, she almost stays with Zhang Xueyan and Tian Cheng. It would be too strange if she took Tian Cheng to buy gifts together!
In fact, it seemed that she still had time to buy gifts online, but she really couldn't think of anything suitable to buy at the moment.
Tian Cheng's family should have the best financial conditions among them. It seems that they lack nothing?
Su Xing thought about it and finally decided to draw a picture for Tiancheng!
She planned to draw Tian Cheng himself, not the cartoon-like stick figure portrait she drew last time. This time she planned to draw a more realistic portrait of Tian Cheng.
There are still some canvases and drawing boards left from the last purchase, but as for paints... She didn't buy professional oil paints last time, but acrylic paints will work too.
Just do it.
She first opened Taobao and placed an order for some picture frame mounting tools and packaging boxes.
The store happened to be online, so she communicated with the customer service, added some postage, and asked the other party to ship the goods via SF Express to avoid running out of time.
After shopping, Su Xing took out all the painting supplies and paints he bought last time.
Because she didn't have much time to paint and didn't have a big drawing board at home, she didn't plan to paint too large a size, so she just painted a small portrait of 50*60.
Su Xing cut the canvas, set up the easel, and then began to browse Tian Cheng's QQ space.
Tian Cheng is a girl who loves taking photos. There are many of her photos saved in her QQ album, including selfies, artistic photos, and some daily photos.
Su Xing looked at every photo of Tian Cheng carefully, memorized some of her characteristics, expressions, movements and other details, and then began to write.
This was her first time drawing with a brush after her painting talent was improved as a reward from the system.
It really feels different. Almost every stroke falls precisely where she wants to draw. It feels really great!
She quickly finished the draft, examined it carefully, and found that there was basically no need for any revisions.
She started mixing the paints...
Su Xing finished painting until almost three in the morning, and the small portrait was almost finished.
She thinks that if she paints for another two hours or so tomorrow night, she will almost be able to finish the painting.
She washed, went to bed and prepared to sleep.
……
On Wednesday night, I finished the online class.
He Xu suddenly asked, "Have you thought about what birthday gift to give your friend?"
During the day, he casually asked his cousin what gifts girls usually gave each other on their birthdays.
His cousin said: Lipstick sets, perfume sets, bags, jewelry, all are fine, and you can choose the grade and price based on the closeness of the relationship and each other's financial situations.
Finally, the cousin asked him in an ambiguous tone: "Ah Xu, is there something wrong with you?"
He Xu replied to her at the time: "Don't make random guesses, it's not what you think, I asked for a student."
His tone was too calm and too straightforward, without a trace of guilt.
Cousin Tang was puzzled: Is she really overthinking it?
She knew that her cousin would help his boss to train his junior fellow students, and she didn't think there was anything fishy about the word "student".
When Su Xing heard He Xu asking her, she nodded and said, "Well, I've thought about it and am preparing!"
He Xu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Oh?"
It seems that his "suggestions" don't need to be repeated...
"Teacher He, wait a moment!"
After Su Xing said this, he quickly stood up and ran away from the camera.
He Xu heard a sound as if something was moving coming from the opposite side.
A moment later, the little girl appeared in front of the camera again, holding a drawing board in her hand, showing it to him like a treasure.
"This is the gift I plan to give her. What do you think, Mr. He?"
He Xu's eyes fell on the small portrait, and an expression of surprise soon appeared on his face!
Although this is a semi-finished painting that is only half completed, one can see the character's charm and agility at a glance. It can be said to be very vivid!
Moreover, He Xu recognized that the girl in the painting was one of the girls in the group photo that Su Xing had posted on his Moments before.
"Did you draw this?" He Xu asked.
In fact, he already had the answer in his mind.
Sure enough, the little girl nodded, "Yes."
"It's a very nice painting. It's a very special and thoughtful gift. I think your friend will like it very much."
He remembered what Tang Can had told him once, that Su Xing had gone to his cousin Tang Wu's store to buy painting tools, paints and other supplies, saying that he wanted to learn to paint.
At that time he thought that the little girl just loved to play around and wanted to draw for fun on a whim.
Now seeing this portrait, he realized that he had underestimated her.
No matter what this little girl does, she seems to be very serious and focused.
He is a layman in painting, but his cousin Tang Wu is a young painter, so he has some basic appreciation ability.
He could see that Su Xing was actually quite talented in painting...
The girl opposite had her beautiful eyes curved, "I think she will like it too!"
He Xu looked at the lively expression on the little girl's face. He could sense that she was genuinely happy when he praised her for her good painting.
He was infected by her emotions, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise a little.
Su Xing said, "I have to finish painting this little portrait today. Teacher He, you should go to bed early. Good night."
"Good night, don't stay up too late, and take care of yourself."
"I know~~~~"
Su Xing hung up the video.
He Xu: “…”
Did the little girl think he was nagging?
……
Su Xing spent more than two hours painting and finally finished this small portrait of Tian Cheng, with all the details handled perfectly.
She looked at it carefully for a while and felt quite satisfied with herself.
She packed her things and went to bed contentedly.
……
On Friday, Su Xing came home from evening study and found two express packages in the living room.
Father Su looked at his daughter and said in a quiet voice, "These are all your deliveries."
Su Xing was stunned, "Huh? Why are there two?"
She ordered the mounting tools and packaging boxes from the same store!