Chapter 2: It's Him
Li Fei stood in front of the door, looking at the closed door, listening to their loud noise. It was always the grandmother who was scolding the mother, but it was obviously the father who proposed to sell the paintings.
She endured the discomfort, and a wry smile appeared on her face. Looking at the admission letter in his hand, his vision gradually blurred. She wiped away her tears, picked up her bag and walked back to the utility room.
Closing the door, their quarrel could still be faintly heard, and she put the bag full of paintings on the floor and the sketchpad on the table.
Looking at the room full of clutter, there are these paintings that have not been sold.
She looked down at the paintings, and every time she felt sad, she hid in this half of her own room.
Piled up with miscellaneous items, there is only a small place with a wooden table, which was left by my grandfather before his death, it is very old, but it is still strong and flat. Elsewhere there were piles of miscellaneous things, and there were even jars for pickles.
There is a place that has been cleaned up, and it is a place where you can put your paintings from childhood to adulthood. Now she was afraid to enter the room for fear of hearing their endless bickering.
She re-combed her wet hair with her hands, wiped them with her hands and didn't dry them, stared at an old felt on the table, and took the black headband on her wrist to tie it back together.
Her hair is stubborn and has not been combed, just like her mood at the moment, she can't go down. She wiped her wet hair with her hands and pulled it hard, her mind full of lingering memories.
I remember asking my grandmother to buy a headband for me when I was a child...... was also slapped by my grandmother, and the hairband at that time was only a dime.
With red eyes, she took a deep breath, picked up the drawing board on the table, and went straight out of the door.
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After going out, Li Fei didn't slow down until he could no longer hear their voices. It was drizzling. She walked along the eaves in the alley without stopping.
She walked all the way through the streets with her sketchpad to the most crowded mall.
After the rain, the sweltering heat was taken away, and the shopping street gradually became more crowded.
She looked at the mall across from her and saw that there were stairs there, some distance from the shop. I haven't met anyone like her who helps people paint portraits.
She walked to the door of a beautifully decorated bakery, and a strong smell of milk lingered on the tip of her nose. It makes people can't help but swallow saliva.
There was light-hearted and romantic blues music in the store, an English song she didn't know the name of.
As she was about to walk past the front of the store, she couldn't help but look sideways at the window to see how embarrassed she was......
"Eighteen dollars in total. Lin Ye packed the noodles into a bag. The two girls who saw the checkout kept staring at themselves. He didn't smile, and politely took the money from one of the girls.
When looking for money, Yu Guang glanced at the people passing by in front of the store, and saw a girl carrying a sketchpad on her back and staying in front of the window for two seconds.
It was in these two seconds that he saw a very good-looking side face......
As his gaze gradually became more and more distant, he turned his gaze and saw that the two girls on the opposite side had no intention of leaving.
"Is there anything else you need?"
The two girls took out their mobile phones, blushed, and asked with a smile: "Little brother, add a WeChat!"
Lin Ye showed a very faint smile on his face, and stretched out his finger to point to the WeChat QR code on the cash register desktop.
He looked up at the door, and saw that the girl with the sketchpad on her back had not gone far, and sat down on the steps in the direction of the entrance of the store.
Li Fei sat on the steps that had been washed clean by the rain, regardless of whether there were water stains or not. Looking at the steady stream of pedestrians in front of her, she opened the drawing board and took out the sign and placed it next to her.
Seeing someone passing by, he said, 'Portrait, five dollars.' ’
But still no one wants to stay longer.
The two girls who failed to add WeChat have already settled the account and are embarrassed to stay on it, not to mention that the store is already full of people. It's all girls.
Li Fei heard someone coming out of the bakery, it was two girls dressed in fashion.
She turned her head and looked, and saw that they saw herself, and immediately gathered around her.
"Do you want a portrait?" Li Fei tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled.
Sure enough, when I saw one of the girls, I sat down directly.
"Five pieces, right, let's draw!" the girl said directly. I didn't forget to look at the store, and added, "It's better to draw!"
Li Fei smiled reluctantly, lowered his head and took out the sketch paper from the drawing board, opened the pencil case and took out the pencil. She quickly finished the sketch and looked at the girl sitting across from her.
I saw that the girl on the opposite side had her neck stretched out, and she didn't know what she was looking at, so her eyes were looking up.
"Can you please look at me at the same level, chin down, or ......" nostrils are not good for people. If you want me to help you draw it like this.
Li Fei was not very anxious when she saw her, she held a pencil in her right hand, turned around inadvertently, and carefully looked at the facial features of the girl opposite.
"Oh......" The girl heard her friend laughing, and she quickly sat up straight and looked ahead.
Seeing that she finally cooperated, Li Fei pursed her lips slightly and looked into the eyes of the girl opposite, but the girl's eyes always kept staring. She glanced sideways slightly, knowing that there was a bakery behind her.
I don't know what kind of person is inside, which makes both girls obsessed with watching it.
She is used to drawing from her eyes, and she sighs to herself, holding the 2H pencil in her hand, let's start from the outer outline!
Lin Ye walked to the window with a cup of milk tea, stopped, and looked at the girl who was painting outside.
I saw her head down, put the drawing board on her lap, and drew seriously.
"Oh my God!" the girl who sat still suddenly covered her mouth and screamed.
"......" Li Fei was almost frightened, stopped his pen, and looked at the girl opposite who covered her face and smiled endlessly.
She cleared her throat and endured not to roll her eyes, in fact, she had already rolled her eyes countless times in her heart, because the girl had not looked at her directly from beginning to end. It was the first time she had seen such a rich subject with such expressions.
Grinning, biting lip, eyes rolling up, eyes wandering from side to side......
"Ahem...... That one...... Give me a look, okay? It's going to be done soon. ”
Seeing that the girl finally looked at herself, she hurried up and quickly completed the portrait.
As I expected, the girl who had been watching next to me also had to draw.
Li Fei was naturally willing, but she didn't expect the business here to be so good, so she quickly pasted the next blank sketch paper.
Time passed minute by minute, and since the two girls left, there were a few people around to watch.
Maybe it's really a good location, thanks to the people in the store, they all the same, and they chose a good spot for themselves.
For the first time, Li Fei turned curiously to look at the store through the glass window, and his eyes swept over the rich fragrance of the bakery, which was beautifully decorated, very high-end, and exposed to the pink that girls liked.
She glanced at the store and finally found the target of the two girls.
It was a boy in a white casual shirt, and she didn't deny that it was really attractive to girls. His gaze swept over the cake that seemed to smell like a fragrance.
The boy was very tall, he bowed his head slightly, lowered his eyes, and carefully placed the delicate cake in his hand.
What a delicious cake that is!
Seeing that she couldn't help but drool and mouthful. She suddenly felt that her internal organs were stirring, and she suddenly felt that her stomach was empty.
Through the glass window, she looked at his hands vaguely, carefully placing the cake, dinner paper, and fork on the plate in turn.
looked at it, but raised his eyes but was suddenly fixed by that gaze, and he also looked over......
Lin Ye looked up and saw the girl at the door looking over, and finally, he saw her front.
But she quickly lowered her head and didn't look too much, as if she didn't mean to come in. Her sketchpad was still on her lap.
When Li Fei saw the man coming over, she quickly turned her head and continued to sit straight. She held the pencil in her hand, and her hand unconsciously turned the pencil.
His hands should look good......
Concentrate on drawing, let her forget the haze in her heart for a while, and before she knew it, it was five o'clock in the evening.
She sat alone, watching the pedestrians pass by her.
Occasionally, people come to see it, but it's just to see the excitement.
There were no guests at all in the afternoon, and sitting was not an option. So she concentrated and began to sketch this lively street and all kinds of passers-by.
Lin Ye was busy in the store, occasionally looking up and looking outside, and saw that the girl had been sitting there and had not moved.
She always had her back to herself, and all afternoons she sat quietly on the steps, quietly sketching in front of the street.
Lin Ye put down the plate in his hand and was cutting the freshly made cake.
Suddenly I wanted to see how she drew and what she painted......
Li Fei heard footsteps behind her, thinking it was a bakery customer, but she sat still.
A long shadow of the setting sun shone on the white sketch paper, blocking a large area around her. A shadow remained silent. She quickly turned around to take a look.
It's him.
Li Fei saw that he was holding a plate in his hand, and in the plate was a cake that seemed to be very delicious. He stood still, looking at himself without speaking.
She hurriedly got up, looked at him and asked, "Is there something?" and she took a step back, thinking it was blocking his way.
Seeing him looking at her drawing, she put the drawing board behind her to block it, lowered her eyes and turned sideways to get out of the way.
"You draw very well. Lin Ye glanced at the drawing board behind her, he stretched out the cake in his hand in front of her, looking at her beautiful and clear eyes, he couldn't help but be a little stunned. Then he smiled politely and said, "It's the first time I've made a cake, I don't know what it tastes like, can you please help me try it?"
"Thank you! no need to ......"
"I just made it in the afternoon, and I tried it for free. Seeing that she misunderstood, he smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not selling cakes." Please eat. He didn't move with the cake in his hand.
Li Fei looked at him a little stunned and didn't move.
"Your hair ......" Lin Ye smiled slightly, stretched out his finger and pointed to the top of his head.
Li Fei looked at him in surprise and was stunned for a second. Suddenly embarrassed, she put down the drawing board in her hand and hurriedly arranged her hair.
You can't be like a madman, right?
I felt that my head was the long hair that had not been combed after the stem, and the right side was upturned, like a bulging bag. I didn't look in the mirror at all when I went out.
She lowered her head in embarrassment and tied her hair back together.
When I looked up, I saw that the boy did not leave, but sat on the steps, where she had been sitting.
When she saw it, he was holding his own painting in his hand, "You ......"
"Can you show me?" Lin Ye turned his head to look at the girl who was standing, and put the cake in his right hand beside him.
If you don't give it, won't you watch it?
Seeing him looking at himself, Li Fei had no choice but to sit down as well.
Lin Ye handed her the cake next to her and motioned for her to take it.
Li Fei saw that he was always looking at herself, she looked down at the cake on the plate, the milky fragrance was fragrant, and she couldn't swallow her saliva. Took the cake from his hand, "Thank you." ”
Lin Ye smiled slightly, looked at her sketch and said, "Are you an art student?"
Li Fei took the cake and didn't eat it. Looking at his fair cheeks, the eyebrow bones are beautiful, and the high nose bridge is even more perfect. She couldn't help but want to look at it in detail, like the plaster casts, and it made her want to paint him.
Without hearing her answer, Lin Ye turned his head to look at her and smiled, "What? You want to paint me? I have to charge to be a model." ”