The two of them looked at each other silently for a long time, and Zhong Youcheng suddenly said softly: "It's so beautiful." ”

This gentle sound was enough to make Li Xiaoxue's heart tremble at the moment, and her cheeks immediately became hot, and she hurriedly looked away.

Zhong Youcheng was stunned for a moment, but also woke up, called out "oh oh" twice, turned around and pulled the easel in the ground, and said to Li Xiaoxue: "Look at it, this is really the most satisfying work in my life." ”

Where does Li Xiaoxue still have any appreciation thoughts, just because Zhong Youcheng said this, as if reflexively, she still fell on Zhong Youcheng's paintings.

The one who clearly painted her Li Xiaoxue!

It is her Li Xiaoxue's sleeping posture, elegant, demure, and like a sleeping beauty.

It was the first time Li Xiaoxue saw her portrait, and it was also the first time she discovered such a beauty of herself. Such a beauty is really completely different from what she sees in the dressing table or the fitting mirror.

"How?" Zhong You asked Li Xiaoxue sincerely.

Li Xiaoxue didn't answer, and turned her face to the side.

"Be my model! Be my model, okay? Zhong Youcheng asked Li Xiaoxue again, and his voice added a little urgency.

When Li Xiaoxue heard this, her whole body seemed to burn.

Model, a painter's model, Li Xiaoxue knows that she wants to show her entire body. Not only in front of the painter, but also in front of countless viewers who understand and do not understand art, when their form truly becomes a work.

Thinking about it like this, Li Xiaoxue only felt that the entire room was full of all kinds of eyes, and these various eyes stared at her and looked through her clothes.

"How?" Zhong Youcheng saw that Li Xiaoxue was silent for a long time, and he leaned forward again and asked again.

Li Xiaoxue shuddered for a moment, and suddenly thought that Zhong Youcheng had painted such a painting, and the time must not be short, so she couldn't help asking: "When?" ”

Zhong Youcheng looked down at an old Shanghai brand watch on his wrist and replied, "It's almost eleven o'clock." ”

"What?" Li Xiaoxue almost cried, reached out and touched the mobile phone in her trouser pocket, only touching an empty one, "Mobile phone? What about my phone? ”

"Cell phone?" Zhong Youcheng looked Li Xiaoxue up and down again, spread his hands to the left and right, shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, I didn't see your mobile phone." ”

"Really?" Li Xiaoxue blurted out.

"Hey!" Zhong Youcheng looked displeased, "You don't suspect that I stole your phone, right?" That thing, you give it to me, I'm not rare! ”

Li Xiaoxue thought about it in her heart, maybe she lost it while running in the rain, so she stabilized her emotions and said to Zhong Youcheng as calmly as possible: "Lend me your mobile phone, okay?" ”

"Nope." Zhong Youcheng replied dryly.

"What?" Li Xiaoxue was a little anxious again.

"Not really!" Zhong You swore honestly, and turned out his trouser pockets again, "Don't believe you! If you find it, you can give it to you for free! ”

Li Xiaoxue couldn't help but glance at Zhong Youcheng, her hands supported and she wanted to get up, and there was a sharp pain in her waist and eyes, which made her "oops" again.

"You must have twisted your waist, but you can't move." Zhong Youcheng admonished, and he wanted to help Li Xiaoxue up.

"Don't touch me!" Li Xiaoxue shouted again, and this sound seemed to bring out a bit of crying.

"I'll help you up, you always stay like this, you can't do it." Zhong Youcheng said, and handed another hand to Li Xiaoxue.

Li Xiaoxue was really choking enough, and finally, she sent an arm to Zhong Youcheng's hand.

Zhong Youcheng held Li Xiaoxue's arm with one hand, and reached into Li Xiaoxue's armpit on the other side from Li Xiaoxue's back with one hand, mustered up a lot of strength, and was careful to help Li Xiaoxue up.

Li Xiaoxue, who was relieved, glanced back, but found that what had been clamping herself for a long time turned out to be two wooden planks less than a finger thick.

"This bed, I'm usually okay when I sleep." Zhong Youcheng smiled and said, "I'm thinner." ”

"If you're thinner, you'll have bones." Li Xiaoxue said in her heart, but she also felt a little uneasy that she had broken Zhong Youcheng's bed, and said secretly, "This guy is also poor." It's a big deal, just pay you a bed. ”

Zhong Youcheng seemed to see Li Xiaoxue's thoughts, and then said nonchalantly: "It's okay, someone just wanted to give me two wooden boxes, I don't think there is a place to put them, so I don't really want them, this time, I can use them." ”

Li Xiaoxue heard that Zhong Youcheng's bed had landed, took a step forward, and wanted to leave, but forgot that her shoes were broken, and she stepped into the pit, her body fell down again, and her back was torn hard.

"Oops!" Li Xiaoxue screamed again, crying in pain.

"You can't move! Hurry up, get on the table, I'll give you a button! Zhong Youcheng said, and put Li Xiaoxue on the table.

Li Xiaoxue said "no" repeatedly, but her body did not have the slightest strength to resist, and she was just taken to the table as soon as she turned around.

Zhong Youcheng first swept the painting on the table to the ground with his arm, and then pushed Li Xiaoxue to the table.

Li Xiaoxue asked Zhong Youcheng to be at the mercy of this, she was ashamed and afraid, but she really couldn't do it.

"Don't worry, I've learned a little bit too. It's not a trivial matter to twist this waist, if you don't get it done now, it will become a habit in the future, and it will be troublesome. Zhong Youcheng said with some mother-in-law, and put Li Xiaoxue on the table.

With her back to Zhong Youcheng like this, Li Xiaoxue couldn't help but feel uncomfortable again, and before she could open her mouth to say something, Zhong Youcheng's hand had already been pressed, and a burst of soreness followed, straight to her legs, almost paralyzing her lower body.

Li Xiaoxue shouted "ah", shouting for Zhong Youcheng to stop.

Zhong Youcheng was willing to stop, while asking Li Xiaoxue to endure it a little longer, he pressed it hard.

Li Xiaoxue couldn't bear it, she shouted "no" one after another, and the sweat on her body came out again, making her already damp clothes wet again.

"It doesn't hurt so much!" Zhong Youcheng gasped and said, "It's that you are too nervous, your whole body is tense, like a stone." You hurt, and I have to exert a lot of unjust strength. You relax, and that's it! ”

Li Xiaoxue also felt that her body was tense, especially where Zhong Youcheng was pressing, as if something was competing with each other, and she couldn't relax.

"When others pay me to press it, I don't give it a press! Except for you, the only one I press is my grandma! Zhong Youcheng saw that Li Xiaoxue's muscles were getting tighter and tighter, and he couldn't help shouting.

"Your grandmother?" Li Xiaoxue asked inadvertently, her energy was scattered, and the energy on her body was unloaded in an instant.

Zhong Youcheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and told Li Xiaoxue again: "I have no parents since I was a child, and my grandmother raised me alone. ”

Li Xiaoxue really didn't hurt so much, hearing Zhong Youcheng say this, she couldn't help but think of the days when she and her mother depended on each other, and said softly in her mouth: "Really? ”

Zhong Youcheng said "um", and while pressing it back to Li Xiaoxue, he continued to say: "My grandmother is an embroiderer, in order to make the family conditions better, she has to embroider for more than ten hours every day, but, despite this, our life is still tight." As you probably know, craft work is not easy to do. My grandmother has a big book. When I was five or six years old, I liked to take my grandmother's pattern and copy the pattern on it. As I got more and more interesting, my grandmother thought I had a talent for painting, so she asked me to learn to paint. Don't say it, I really have a talent for painting, and within two years, my work was exhibited in the city's art exhibition. It's a pity that when I was in junior high school, my grandmother suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and although her life was saved, she lost the ability to work. I also had two uncles, but one was an alcoholic and the other was a gambler, and it was difficult to guarantee my own life, let alone take care of my grandmother. I dropped out of school and worked part-time to support me and my grandmother, and of course, I hadn't thrown away my paintbrush. At most, I had to work three jobs at the same time. It was a really unpleasant day. I'm tired every day, but when I have time, I still draw a few strokes. I was born for painting, for art, and every time I picked up a paintbrush, all my worries were gone. In this way, it was not until the winter of the previous year that my grandmother passed away. I really don't have any relatives anymore, I came to this city alone, and I can devote myself to my art. Now, I have been in the art circle for more than 20 years, and I have made some achievements, but it is not enough for me to really gain a foothold in this circle. I've really done a lot for art, especially in the last year or two. I have to succeed. I should succeed too. ”

"Actually," Li Xiaoxue said with relief, "you don't necessarily have to succeed in doing things." As long as you work hard, success or failure is not crucial. Again, don't make yourself so tired. Life is always limited, take life ......"

"No!" Zhong Youcheng shouted and interrupted Li Xiaoxue's words, squatted down in front of Li Xiaoxue, and said to Li Xiaoxue almost excitedly, "I must succeed!" Have to! I came into this world for the sake of art! Li Xiaoxue, you be my model, I beg you to be my model! With you as my model, my success is just around the corner! ”

"But, I ......" Looking at Zhong Youcheng's face full of anticipation, Li Xiaoxue couldn't say anything about what she said, but it was really difficult for her to agree to Zhong Youcheng's request, so she shook her head at Zhong Youcheng.

"Why?" Zhong Youcheng was really puzzled, and asked seriously.

Li Xiaoxue couldn't say anything, so she had to say: "I work, I'm very busy, very busy." I really can't spare the time. ”

Zhong Youcheng believed this reason: "It doesn't take much of your time, just give me half an hour at a time." ”

"Half an hour?" Li Xiaoxue looked embarrassed, "I'm afraid it won't work for half an hour." I really, really don't have time. ”

"I don't believe you just don't have any time." Zhong Youcheng still insisted, "Oh, I see, are you worried that I won't be paid to you?" Yes, I don't have any money right now, but if I succeed, I'll give you a good reward! ”

"No, no, no!" Li Xiaoxue resolutely refused, and turned her face to the side again.

"It's not for me Zhong Youcheng, but for art, art!" Zhong Youcheng chased after him, bypassed the table, and came to the opposite side of Li Xiaoxue.

"I'm sorry, I'm going back. Your dreams come true. Li Xiaoxue said, she supported her arms and prepared to get up, she didn't want to, she got up a little harder, and her waist was paralyzed, she didn't have half the strength, her center of gravity was offset, and she rolled under the table......

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