Spring in the south is very sensitive, and it suddenly fades away from the blurry coldness of winter, bright and bright, like a touch of crimson on a girl's face. In this early spring of February, the sky is as clear and translucent as glass. Spring is brewing in every treetop, sprouting goose-yellow shoots one after another, as if they are looking forward to something new in the new semester.

Lan Eucalyptus got the class schedule for the second semester of her freshman year on the day of the opening ceremony, and this semester added a sketch course, when she saw the name of the teacher, Lan Eucalyptus smiled knowingly, it turned out to be Teacher Wu Shuxian! Last semester, Lan Yu worked as an officer in the Propaganda Department, and dealt with Mr. Wu, and felt very close to him at that time, and Lan Yu thought to himself: Such a good teacher, it would be good if he could attend classes in his own class, no matter what he taught! I didn't expect it to come true this semester.

The first sketching class is scheduled on the first day of school, and sketching is a basic course in painting, and almost all art students are already familiar with the basic skills of drawing. Teacher Wu still meticulously started from the lines, and she patiently told the students: the more basic the more you can't be sloppy, only by mastering the lines well, can you present the images imagined in your brain on the drawing paper without deviation. Teacher Wu let everyone practice by themselves for a while, and the bell rang after class.

Lan Yu excitedly trotted to the side of the podium, "Teacher Wu, do you remember me?" I'm a blue eucalyptus in the Propaganda Department. Wu Shuxian looked surprised, "It turns out that you are in this class!" The two looked at each other and smiled. The teachers and students chatted about the school newspaper from the Propaganda Department to the various interesting stories that happened during the winter vacation, and suddenly Mr. Wu paused as if he remembered something, "Lan Eucalyptus, I think you are quite talented in painting, this semester the school has held a competition for the top ten painters, do you want to give it a try?" The organizers invited me to be a judge...... But I'm not going to give any students a back door! Teacher Wu affectionately scratched the bridge of Lan Eucalyptus's handsome nose, and Lan Yu was flattered, "Teacher Wu, in fact, I started to learn to paint very late, and there are so many masters in the school, I ...... I'm afraid of being eliminated. Lan Eucalyptus lowered her head deeply, and a pair of dodgy eyes escaped the disappointment in Teacher Wu's eyes.

After a few seconds of silence, Mr. Wu comforted with a warm smile, "It's okay blue eucalyptus, don't live in the eyes of others, you have to have your own world!" Since you published the school newspaper in the Propaganda Department last semester, the teacher thinks that you are a good girl with Lan Xinhui, and promise the teacher, don't look down on yourself casually, okay? Lan Yu suddenly felt that his eyes were a little blurry, and he took Teacher Wu's arm and nodded heavily.

The class bell rang soon, Lan Yu returned to her seat nervously, Meng Shi saw that her expression was not quite right, and immediately leaned over and took Lan Yu's little hand and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Lan Girl?" Aren't you happy to see you chatting with Mr. Wu just now? Lan Yu sighed slightly, "The school is going to hold a competition for the top ten painters, and Mr. Wu suggested that I participate, but ...... I don't have much faith. I heard that many art students in our school have often won art awards since elementary school, and I only started to learn to draw and dream poetry in high school, otherwise you should go to the competition! I don't dare. I don't want Mr. Wu to disappoint me! ”

Mengshi opened her arms and hugged Lan Eucalyptus, "Don't be afraid! Why don't I accompany you to the competition? Lan Eucalyptus was like a savior, "Yes, yes, yes!" In this way, if I don't make it to the finals, I can tell Teacher Wu that my good sister Mengshi has made it to the finals, and they are all her students anyway. And in my heart, I will be happy if you win the same award as I did! Mengshi looked at the big eyes that were so sincere that they would glow, and patted the little brain melon of the blue eucalyptus like a soothing pet, "Don't worry! I'll accompany you to the competition, you have to draw well! Don't let me down! ”

The Top 10 Painters Competition on Campus of M University is a grand event for art students every year, and this year it has been held for the 14th time, divided into two preliminary rounds and finals. The judges selected 50 contestants to enter the finals, and then after a new round of competition, ten painters were produced, including one grand prize, one first prize, three second prizes and five third prizes. During this time, almost every bulletin board in the school had posters of the competition, and Lan Eucalyptus looked at it stupidly every time she passed by, thinking that as long as she entered the finals, she would be satisfied.

In order to allow Lan Yu to concentrate on preparing the paintings for the competition, Luo Yao joined Lan Yu, Mengshi, Ruoping and Zhenping before the creation of the dream for the horse hand-made online store, the hand-made transaction volume is obviously more than last semester, and Luo Yao with the help of Ruoping and Zhenping got started quickly, basically can take over all the hand-made works that Lan Yu didn't have time to complete. In the whole month before the finals, Luo Yao, Lan Eucalyptus and Mengshi spent all their time in the dormitory creating their own works except for classes, and Dan Yan still had a part-time job as a food delivery, and the lunch and dinner of the three roommates were brought back to the dormitory by the way.

Danyan has already made a lot of money because he has contracted more than half of the food delivery business in the canteen on the second floor. There is a fellow in Danyan School who is the same age as her, named Jiang Chunlei, who is from the computer department, and when they return to school after winter vacation, they take the same train to school. Dan Yan's part-time food delivery business in the canteen is gradually getting more and more, and a person can't take care of it, and it just so happens that Chunlei's family is not very wealthy, Danyan discussed with Chunlei to let her also deliver food, and since then, the two have taken turns to deliver meals at different times, and Chunlei is responsible for the time period of supper.

In this way, Dan Yan has free time every evening, and she will stay in the dormitory for the first few days, helping to make a few handicrafts like Luo Yao. But after a long time, Danyan couldn't sit still, and it happened that she received a text message from the school tennis association. Dan Yan then remembered that at the beginning of last semester, he signed up for the tennis association on a whim, and later forgot about the activities of the tennis association because of his part-time meal delivery. Now that she is free every evening, she wants to learn to play tennis, and I heard that if she plays tennis well, she can go to the tennis court as a part-time sparring partner. In this way, she has another way to get money after graduation, which can be regarded as a rainy day, right? After all, if you want to take root in society, you must first learn to survive independently. In fact, Dan Yan is also very interested in the Top Ten Painters Competition, but she knows that she is not the material for creation, and painting for Dan Yan may be more of a way to make a living by going to work or taking private work.

People who have been busy for a long time will probably cherish the rare leisure time. After participating in a training course organized by the Tennis Association for a few days, Dan Yan found that he liked tennis, and the amount of tennis exercise can be said to be the largest in ball sports. Although food delivery and exercise also require sweat, Danyan enjoys sweating after exercise. Because food delivery is not only in a hurry, some people will complain a few words if they are late, and no matter how tired their legs are, their brains have to be sober to collect money.

Danyan quickly adapted to the rhythm of training in the Tennis Association, and before she knew it, she had been training for a whole week in the Tennis Association. After practicing with his partner for a few rounds that day, Dan Yan suddenly saw a familiar figure sitting in the rest area of the venue next to him, Dan Yan was stunned, "It's Yao Zhidong!" Why did he come to the Tennis Association too? Thinking of some old things last semester, Dan Yan felt that her cheeks were hot as if she was in a fever, although Zhidong had been in love with Luo Yao for a long time, and only regarded Dan Yan as a buddy, but Dan Yan just looked at Zhidong from a distance was enough to make her heart palpitate, she could understand Zhidong's unrequited love.

Dan Yan's partner looked at her standing in a daze for a few seconds, and asked inexplicably, "Dan Yan, why don't you hit the ball?" Dan Yan came back to his senses in embarrassment, and hurriedly sent a ball, but accidentally hit the ball in the middle of the net and bounced back. It happened that the coach passed by and reprimanded him harshly, "The serve is also like this?" If you don't play well, you will be replaced, and there are still many new students in the rest area who want to play but are not lined up! Dan Yan stuck out his tongue indifferently, handed the racket to another girl who was watching the game on the side of the court, and walked straight to the rest area to drink water.

Zhidong obviously saw Dan Yan, turned his head and beckoned to her, "So you're here too?" Are you the only one in your dormitory? The smile on Dan Yan's face froze, and he quickly covered it up with an appropriate and polite smile without leaving a trace, "Yes...... I was a little tired from training, so I went back to the dorm first. Zhidong didn't notice the change in the expression on Danyan's face, "I'll go with you!" Are your roommates in the dormitory? Dan Yan turned his eyes to the side, which was about to be emptied, "It's all there." ”

The early spring night was cold and cold, and the darkness along the way seemed to have no end, and even the moon hid in the clouds and sighed silently. Dan Yan answered Zhidong's questions with interest, of course, the topic was all around her roommates, "I heard that the blue eucalyptus in your dormitory is going to participate in the campus top ten painter competition?" Oh, my God! What courage! So Luo Yao often doesn't go out, is she also preparing for the preliminary competition of the top ten painters? When did she start caring about school competitions? Dan Yan smiled in agreement, burying his face deep into the night, "Luo Yao didn't participate in the competition, Lan Yao didn't have time to be busy with the online store recently, Luo Yao temporarily replaced her first......"

The two walked one after the other, and there was still a distance between them, until they walked to the door of the dormitory, the distance between the two people was still not closer, and even after the dormitory door was opened, the distance became even farther away, Zhidong took three steps and made two steps to Luo Yao's side to ask for warmth, leaving Dan Yan alone to deliberately delay entering the door. In the afterglow, a tall and handsome figure trembled at the end of the corridor for a second, and quickly flashed into the dark shadow of the corridor.

Finally managed to get Luo Yao to send Zhidong away, Lan Yu put down the half-painted painting in his hand, turned his head and reminded Dan Yan, "Just now a man named Shi Kang came to look for you, saying that it was from the school's logistics center, and he ordered supper at night and found that it was not you who came to deliver food, so he came to the dormitory to find you." That boy is very handsome, in my opinion, much better than Zhidong...... Eh, he said he was waiting for you in the hallway, didn't you see him? Dan Yan suddenly realized, "I saw it, he didn't come to me and left, he probably saw Zhidong...... Luo Yao, I really envy you, can you help me accept Zhidong? Just help me, okay? Luo Yao stared at Dan Yan in surprise, not knowing what to say, for a long time, Luo Yao hugged Dan Yan and shouted in pain, "How good it would be if I didn't exist!" ”

Mengshi couldn't bear to see the two roommates sad, so she deliberately diverted the topic, "Don't patronize and hug each other, then I'm going to doubt your sexual orientation...... Wow, you draw so fast, I haven't started painting yet, you don't wait for me. Lan Yu looked disagreeable, "You obviously promised me to accompany me to the competition, I knew that you deliberately didn't paint, and the deadline is still a week, Mengshi, you don't count!" Mengshi raised her face and said with an old fritter, "I won't count what I say!" Anyway, now that you're almost done drawing, it's useless if you don't want to compete, you have to give Mr. Wu an explanation, right? She trusts you so much! Lan Eucalyptus suddenly understood Mengshi's intentions, and her good sister was encouraging her.

The deadline for the preliminary round is approaching day by day, and Lan Eucalyptus hurriedly completed the work. This is a watercolor picture of the starry sky, with a line written in Juan Xiu's handwriting in the margins below: At all times, don't forget to look up at the starry sky.

Unexpectedly, the name of Eucalyptus blue appeared in the list of finalists. The finals will be held in a lecture hall on the first floor of the teaching building. That day was the scene of the competition that Mengshi sent Lan Eucalyptus to, and along the way, Lan Eucalyptus was extremely excited to jump and chatter and make noise, but Mengshi knew that Lan Eucalyptus must have been panicked according to her usual understanding of Lan Eucalyptus, so she pretended to be happy. Mengshi watched her good sister walk into the arena with a worried face, and she was more nervous than she was to compete. The title of the final is only two words: quiet. The examiner meant to let the painters use the painting to embody the word "quiet".

Seeing that several classmates around him lowered their heads confidently and painted with their hearts, Lan Eucalyptus's brain suddenly went blank. In a hurry, she remembered a painting she had just practiced half a year ago, and the lake was quiet and the water was not rippling, so she copied it as it was. In the end, Lan Eucalyptus was fortunate to complete the painting within the stipulated time.

In this game, she obviously messed up, because many details were too late to be completely retouched. Unexpectedly, when the results came out, Lan Eucalyptus won the second prize, which surprised and delighted her. She couldn't wait to call Teacher Wu to express her gratitude, and Teacher Wu smiled with satisfaction on the other end of the phone, "Lan Eucalyptus, the teacher wants to congratulate you!" In fact, you could have won the first prize this time, but it was only because you were my student that I wanted to avoid suspicion, so I had to give you the second prize. Wu Shuxian paused, and then said, "Blue eucalyptus, it doesn't matter whether the first prize or the second prize is the second prize, the key is that you can't give up painting, you have that talent, you must persevere!" ”

In fact, Lan Eucalyptus didn't know that Mr. Wu deliberately comforted her before giving the second prize. Because Mr. Wu knows that blue eucalyptus really loves painting. While other students participate in competitions mostly just for a temporary honor, Eucalyptus is the most likely to move in the direction of freelance illustrator. Many years later, when the blue eucalyptus recalled this scene again, her heart warmed. If it weren't for Mr. Wu's encouragement back then, would Lan Eucalyptus still become famous because of illustration? Maybe she won't be able to hold on. All thanks to her life coach!