Harvey took the time to look at Shirley's sketches, and now he understood why Shirley wasn't a big fan of landscapes. The sketches he saw in the landscapes were acceptable in the close-up, but in the distance, the lines became messy, and the scenes became quite blurred, no longer in the style of the previous refinement to the point of losing the sense of layering.

The problem lies with Shirley herself, if Harvey is not mistaken, Shirley should be short-sighted, and the power is not low.

Harvey Adrian's own memory of Shirley squinting at him was entirely for this reason, and it was indeed intimidating to match her taciturn appearance.

Harvey smiled inwardly, putting down the sketch and considering whether to pull her to get a pair of glasses one day.

Shirley's painting skills are very exquisite, in this era belongs to the level of professional painters, and those professional painters usually serve the aristocracy and wealthy merchants, three years do not open, open for three years, all a little famous painter's works can basically be sold to support the painter for several years without worry, hiring servants to live a leisurely life.

Harvey can't afford to hire these artists, but Shirley is different, and with a little guidance, she should be able to draw good fiction illustrations.

It is not uncommon for novels to have illustrations, but most of them are ordinary stick figures, with a few strokes sketching characters and landscapes, and Harvey is looking for sketches that can rival the standards of later generations.

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Elroy Library

"The historical classification "The Epic of Bazel", the poetry collection "Blaize's Wandering Poems", and the novel "The Fallen Leaves of Bois", the three books have been registered, and this is your borrowing certificate." Diana took the notebook from the librarian and was about to leave as she hesitated to look in a direction on the second floor of the library, where no one was there except for the empty desks and chairs.

"Did you give up?"

Diana sighed softly with a little loss, the man was her fiancé, and at least she hoped he would do something.

"Ma'am, do you care about the gentleman who used to sit there and read a book the other day?" The female librarian suddenly asked in a voice, there are few people here, Diana and Harvey are both very eye-catching types, the former because of her appearance and temperament, the latter because of her strange behavior, the librarian confirmed that Diana and Harvey knew each other.

Diana replied blandly: "I don't care." ”

"That gentleman rarely comes here to read books now, but every day he comes in the afternoon to rent books, and borrows six or seven books at a time every day, and then returns them the next day, which makes people wonder if they haven't finished reading them." The librarian covered his lips and smiled as he explained, impressed by Harvey.

Diana raised her delicate eyebrows, nodded to the librarian, and left.

Ansair University, founded by a royal nobleman in the city of El Roy hundreds of years ago, covers a very large area, and the accumulation of hundreds of years is enough for this college to be famous, because it has preserved a glorious tradition and is still one of the preferred schools for the children of the nobility of El Roy. As for the so-called glorious tradition, which inherited the social world, this academy does not pay attention to intellectual upbringing.

Women are obsessed with dressing themselves up in a variety of delicate and gorgeous clothes, and when they participate in various social activities with heavy makeup on their faces, it is as if they have found the meaning of life, and the blooming flowers will naturally attract bees and butterflies.

As for men, aristocratic men with good status basically enjoy themselves here, and lowly status is basically flattering in order to squeeze into that circle.

Diana hated the college, but it was her father's intention to come here to enroll, and she had no choice as a woman before she got married.

"There's still a year to graduate from here." Diana looked at the iconic bronze statue of the founder at the entrance of the academy and shook her head with mixed feelings, she was disgusted and confused about the future, from here she would marry the type of man he disdained Harvey Adrian, and the future was bleak.

Sometimes she would sigh how nice it would be if she were a man, free to do what she likes.

Passing the school's aisles, she saw that the lawn was lined with costumed women, holding umbrellas, smiling brightly, wearing crenolin dresses that were only used at banquets, and the skeleton of the high skirts in the elaborate skirts did not even allow them to sit down.

It was supposed to be a place for learning knowledge, but ignorance and vulgarity were preached everywhere.

She lives in the college's student dormitory, but it is only quiet in the middle of the night, so she has no choice but to go to the last quiet sanctuary of the college, the Anse Air Library, the college's library is not rich in books, but who cares? Those women who spend their days wearing fancy dresses? Ignorant, arrogant, amorous male aristocrats? Here they don't even bother to know the knowledge used to decorate themselves, because this is the best time of their lives and they don't need to decorate it with anything.

But she didn't seem to be very welcome in the college library today, and the shrill laughter of women could be heard before she even entered the door.

Diana frowned and walked in, and saw a group of richly dressed aristocratic children sitting inside, and it could be seen that they were not on the same level as the students outside, even if the clothes were not so conspicuous, the carefully woven lace and lotus leaf skirts could be seen that these clothes were expensive, and each of them was holding a delicate folding fan, which was a necessary prop for every lady to socialize, and different actions would express completely different meanings, used to implicitly express their wishes. As for the men's dress, they are much more casual, and the confidence revealed by their radiant looks is enough to confirm that their identity is definitely not bad.

She's going to get out of here, it's good anywhere, it's just a quiet place.

"Diana."

An aristocratic man stood up and stopped him, his face was handsome with broken blond hair, and the confidence and heroism he revealed were enough to make most women look at him. He got up and trotted over to Diana to apologize: "Sorry, we can't find a quiet place, we won't bother you if you want to read." ”

Hearing him call her name, Diana frowned, glanced at the women who covered half of her face with a fan and smiled with her eyes, and said unceremoniously: "You guys are here to hinder me from reading, this is a library, not a playground." ”

The handsome aristocratic man scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "We are discussing something about the novel, which is basically not used here, and there are just a lot of references to be found." ”

Diana looked cold and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in novels. ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left with three books in his arms, one of which was a novel.

Looking at the back of Diana leaving, the handsome aristocratic man's eyes swept over with disgrief and helplessness, and when he turned to look at his companion, he changed back to the appearance of an aristocratic gentleman, causing a burst of coquettish laughter.

"Kathy, how about you just give up on her? You can find as many lovers as you want according to your identity, and it's worthless for her kind of incomprehensible woman to marry back. ”

"I don't know how long she can pretend to be tall."

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Of course, Diana knew what he was talking about, and the essay contest of Leonard Publishing House was circulated in this academy at the beginning of the essay competition, and in the final analysis, the essay contest itself was initiated by members of the Leonard family in this academy. It's just a social game between the aristocracy, adding a little sparkle to their illustrious family fame, who is the winner of this essay contest?

Kathy Elroy, the second son of the Elroy family, is the only one in the academy's social circle who often sells literature, with a prominent family, handsome appearance, and good literary accomplishment, isn't this the dream lover of all women.

Diana, on the other hand, was very unkind, and her dislike for him was a hundred times higher than that of Harvey. With her eyes, she can see through the narrowness of Cathy's perfect conditions at a glance, and her literary accomplishment is indeed high in this academy, but that's all. Cathy's vision is limited to this, feeling proud of everything he has, deliberately selling everything he has, and falling into Diana's eyes is outright childish arrogance.