Katsuko Sakai's fingers shook slightly, typing a wrong letter.

She looked at the spelling mistakes and grammar problems that were red all over the screen by the automatic error correction feature of Office documents.

After reading a few casual sentences, she gave up the struggle and prepared to correct it when she got home.

"No, maybe it's quicker to write it all over again."

Katsuko Sakai was a little absent-minded,

Ever since she caught a glimpse of Gu Weijing drawing on sketch paper to herself, the girl's mind was no longer on the paper in front of her.

"Sketch stick figures? But this line shape is not quite the same as a traditional sketch. ”

"It looks like it's good with a pen...... Wait, he's drawing me. ”

"Oops, oops, awful, my hair isn't a little messy."

Katsuko Sakai's mind is in a mess,

Some are overwhelmed.

For a moment, she was worried about her hair messing up, wondering if the pink kitten hairpin on her short hair looked a little childish.

After a while, Katsuko Sakai began to regret it again, and the next time she went out in the morning, she should remember to draw a simple light makeup with her mother's large pile of bottles and cans.

If it was in the past,

Whether it is choosing a painting model or her own daily life, as a small painter who is inclined to classical style, Katsuko Sakai does not like to paint makeup.

What is natural is beautiful,

She always felt that artificial foundation would hide the natural texture of the skin, and there was no need for eyeshadow or anything else.

All the cosmetics that her mother gave her in the past were thrown into the bottom drawer of the bedroom, and in addition to applying some skin care moisturizer to her skin, Katsuko Sakai has always been dismissive of all kinds of makeup techniques.

But now,

Sakai Katsuko seems to have a small tambourine in her heart, and she keeps beating it up and down.

This is Gu Weijing's first painting with her as a model,

She was inexplicably worried about whether she was more amorous than other girls of her age.

fortunately

As the daughter of a great painter,

Katsuko Sakai has been a model for Uncle Sakai's paintings almost since she was still lying in her crib.

She knew that what she should do now was just to keep quiet, not to move, and give Gu Weijing a better painting experience.

But she didn't have the heart to write the paper anyway, and in the past ten minutes, she was just maintaining the POSE action of "typing on the keyboard in front of the computer".

"By the way, Katsuko, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Katsuko Sakai heard the boy's voice in her ears, and she was a little flustered, and the little tambourine in her chest beat even louder.

In the reading room in the afternoon, in the quiet world of two, the boy is painting the girl.

This kind of scene is indeed romantic and somewhat ambiguous.

Is this a confession?

We've only known each other for a little over a month, isn't the progress a little too fast?

Katsuko Sakai breathed tightly, but the corners of her lips involuntarily pursed a sweet arc.

Facing Gu Weijing at this time, and facing the painting given to him by Komatsu Taro, Sakai Katsuko's inner feeling is completely different.

They have a common language and a better understanding.

Many times, Katsuko Sakai doesn't even feel the passage of time when she is with him.

"Hmm...... I do. ”

Katsuko Sakai hummed in a nasal voice with a weak mosquito call, and her face was red as if it were a peach blossom.

"What?"

Gu Weijing failed to understand the meaning of the girl's words.

"I mean, I'd love to help you."

Katsuko Sakai knew she would be wrong.

A subtle hint of disappointment flashed across her face, but fortunately, she reacted quickly and immediately changed her tone.

"You haven't heard what the hell is busy." Gu Weijing said.

"It's okay......"

Katsuko Sakai turned her head and stared into Gu Weijing's eyes.

"As long as I can do it, I'm happy to help." She said in a very soft voice.

Gu Weijing was a little moved.

Even though he was a little sluggish in his feelings, he still realized at this time that Sakai Katsuko's attitude towards himself was indeed different.

After Mrs. Sakai's conversation with herself last week, Gu Weijing even felt that the other party was a little self-inflicted.

Somewhere in his heart, Gu Weijing has always felt that it is a very thing that Miss Sakai will like her.

It's not that he's arrogant, it's that he's sensible.

Katsuko Sakai, a girl who is especially favored by fate, has a world of excellent peers for her to choose.

There are many candidates who are more handsome than him, richer than him, and better than his family waiting in line.

How old is he?

If nothing else,

When Mrs. Sakai was arrogant and admired Komatsu Taro in front of her, Gu Weijing was actually not angry in her heart.

If you have a daughter,

He also prefers that his daughter chooses a good boy as a lover.

But now,

Gu Weijing was clearly aware of Miss Sakai's good impression of him.

This made him even feel a little difficult to talk about what was going to happen next.

"Can you please let Mrs. Sakai improve the class and recruit one more classmate?" Gu Weijing hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

"Oh, who is it?"

Katsuko Sakai tilted her head.

"You've just transferred here, so you don't know each other, it's a student in our school, and her name is Mona Sandnu."

"It's the president of the girls' student council."

"You know Mona?"

Gu Weijing was surprised.

"Well, that's a pretty girl." Katsuko Sakai made an inexplicable nasal voice through her nose.

She was silent for a few seconds, and seemed a little unwilling: "I heard from people in the school that you used to have a good relationship, but I think she seems to ignore you a little, and she seems to be very indifferent and difficult to get along with...... I'm sorry, but I shouldn't have said bad things about her behind someone's back. ”

"Mona is a very good girl, we are friends, good friends since childhood."

Gu Weijing shook his head: "She's just a little tempered." ”

"Can you please help me with this?"

Gu Weijing looked at Katsuko Sakai: "She is a very serious girl. Maybe she's not too talented at drawing, but if Mrs. Sakai is willing to give Mona a chance. I promise, she's going to be a good student. ”

"This is my mom's uplift class, and she's not a good talker."

Katsuko Sakai turned her face away and bit her lower lip.

The first time you opened your mouth to me, you asked me to go through the back door to one of your childhood sweethearts?

Come on

Do you know it, it makes me feel like I'm cheap in your heart.

This made Katsuko Sakai, who had just experienced the feeling of liking someone for the first time, feel a little aggrieved and a little angry.

"Gu Jun, I'm willing to do this for you, but my mother is an independent woman who is very stubborn about what she decides to do, and even my father can't interfere with her work. If I were to point fingers, she would lose her temper with me. ”

Katsuko Sakai said.

"I understand."

Gu Weijing thought of Mrs. Sakai's face that always had some arrogance in her temperament.

"You know it's going to make it hard for me, and you're going to ask me for that Mona?"

"I'm sorry, Katsuko. I have no other way, I go to Mrs. Sakai myself, it may not work out very well. ”

Gu Weijing's tone was very sincere.

"The only person I can ask for is you. And if I could do something for my friends, and end up choosing to sit on the sidelines, I would be sorry. ”

"Friend...... That's it. ”

Katsuko Sakai was silent for a moment.

She listened too much to the sweet flattery of boys.

The people of the opposite sex who I saw in the past only had to show a smile to each other.

Who doesn't want to get into trouble, and can't wait to kick his current girlfriend immediately to please himself.

Girls are very complex creatures, they want their sweethearts to fall in love with them at first sight, and they hate men who like the new and hate the old.

Looking at Gu Weijing's sincere eyes, Sakai Katsuko felt that she really couldn't get angry, but she liked each other a little more.

At least he must be a good friend.

"I'm sorry."

Gu Weijing's tone was full of apologies.

"Do you consider me a friend, too?" Katsuko Sakai asked.

"Of course."

"If I were the same Miss Mona, would you be willing to do these things for me?" Katsuko Sakai asked in a serious tone.

"Yes. But I don't think Miss Katsuko will need me to do anything for you, I'm just a Yangon student who can only draw. ”

Gu Weijing didn't think that the daughter of a great artist would need her help.

"Then there is no need to apologize, I am willing to help you with this, and I am very happy to be friends with you." Katsuko Sakai smiled playfully, "I just need a small reward." ”

"Remuneration?"

Sakai Katsuko turned her eyes to the sketch paper that Gu Weijing had in hand, and said with a smile: "Is it good to give me this painting after painting, it's really beautiful." ”

"Uh......"

With Mona's matter, Gu Weijing sent a psychological shadow to the girl's paintings.

He had no idea that Miss Katsuko Sakai, who had seen countless works of art since she was a child, would ask for his paintings.

And compared to the full-length portrait he had painted for Mona for a long time, the unfinished manuscript he had at hand was not a good gift.

It's just a sketch of him when Katsuko Sakai was revising his thesis, and he had nothing to do to complete the progress bar of the task.

The sketch paper is half of the paper that I have just torn off from the charcoal sketchbook I have used, and it is cheap everywhere.

"If you don't like it, I'll paint you a new, formal painting."

Gu Weijing felt that this half-finished sketch that had just been drawn for a few minutes was a bit out of his hands.

"No, I just want this, I like it."

Sakai Katsuko gently pulled out the cap of the fountain pen and stuffed it into Gu Weijing's hand: "Finish it and finish it, do you need me to continue typing in front of the computer to be a model for you?" ”

"That's not necessary, I've already completed the general positioning and contour lines, and I just need to fill in some decorative lines."

Gu Weijing took the brush and continued to finish the painting.

"Your sketching skills have improved a lot, which is really enviable."

Katsuko Sakai took a closer look at Gu Weijing's painting method: "But this pen seems to be different from normal line sketching, the lines are more streamlined and more expressive. ”

"This is a line drawing sketch, which is a special painting method in the Dongxia painting circle."

"Line drawing sketch?"

Katsuko Sakai raised an eyebrow.

"A fusion of pen sketching and Chinese painting's white drawing technique, do you know white drawing?"

Gu Weijing replied casually.

"Well, the early Dongying ukiyo-e paintings are divided into woodblock paintings and brush-and-ink paintings, in which the flesh-brush painting technique in the brush-and-ink painting is borrowed from the white drawing of Chinese painting."

Katsuko Sakai nodded.

"Here, my hair tends to feel soft and a little bit unnoticed. The curves here could actually be a bit denser, and I suggest you use diagonal curves......" she stared at the sketch paper.

"If the oblique curve crosses repeatedly, will there be a problem with the grayscale?"

"I don't think it's a big problem if you control ......the spacing."

It was a cloudless afternoon, and the sun was shining through the study room window.

Gu Weijing drew with a pen, and Katsuko Sakai watched him draw with his wrist on his cheek.

Sometimes the two of them will simply exchange opinions, and sometimes they will not say anything.

Gu Weijing originally liked to be quiet, immersed in his own small world when painting, and didn't like to be disturbed by others, nor did he like to be watched by others.

But this time,

Although Katsuko Sakai was talking to him on the side, he was at ease when he drew it.

At times he could smell the warm scent of Katsuko Sakai's body at the tip of his nose, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see the pink Hello Kitty hairpin swaying between the girl's hair.

Sunlight passed through Miss Katsuko's hair, casting a projection of a kitten on the paper.

Plain and pleasant.

"It's over."

Gu Weijing put down the last stroke, and heard the prompt sound from the virtual panel in his ears.

[Current task content: Complete 100 character line sketches with different themes.] (Note: Among them, more than 20 works that have reached the rating of feeling are required)]

【Current Quest Progress——】

[Line Drawing: (23/100)]

[Feeling (5/20)]

After gradually becoming familiar with this kind of painting method of combining white drawing and sketching, the efficiency of Gu Weijing's line drawing sketch began to become faster.

He basically draws when he has free time, and sketching is called sketching because it is one of the shortest ways to draw.

In the past two days, I have drawn a total of more than 20 sketches.

However, it has encountered difficulties in the emotional rating of "feeling something".

The emotional evaluation of the heart requires Gu Weijing not only to be in a good state, but also to have a deep understanding and experience of his characters.

It's not easy.

In his previous line sketches, the four works that achieved the heart-to-heart rating, except for Jasmine and Mona, only Gu Weijing met the same requirements when he painted his grandfather Gu Tongxiang.

He painted the portraits of his cousin Gu Lin and Uncle without reaching the point where he felt it in his heart, and even the aunt who was greedy for money also provided a heartfelt evaluation.

Unexpectedly,

This painting also fulfills this requirement.

"For you, Sakai-san."

Gu Weijing handed the painting to the other party.

"Isn't it a little fat?"

Katsuko Sakai looked at the girl on the screen and commented, and when Gu Weijing wanted to say something, she smiled again, and two dimples appeared on her face.

"Awesome, it's awesome, it's the happiest gift I've ever received this year."

Katsuko Sakai carefully took the sketch with both hands and stared at the paper as if it were some precious work of art.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered one thing, about the topic of our thesis."

Katsuko Sakai carefully tucked the sketch paper into her notebook, and then casually said, "What do you think is Impressionism?" ”

"We don't portray gods, we only record sunlight and air. We don't follow dogma, because what is beautiful will remain, and the pain will pass away. ”

As soon as Gu Weijing finished saying this, he subconsciously felt that it was going to be bad.

(End of chapter)