When a person is in a bad mood, the style of drawing changes indeed…
“Don’t you think… it would be better to color this part orange?”
Just as An Xi was about to finish the entire poster, a low murmur suddenly sounded in her ear, clearly Yan Qing’s voice…
An Xi’s hand trembled, and she quickly turned her head, directly facing Yan Qing’s eyes, which were now close at hand. Those eyes, usually hidden behind glasses, were now so near that she could almost see each slightly curled eyelash…
“…An Xi, it seems your poster… needs to be redrawn.”
After just a few seconds of eye contact, Yan Qing straightened up again, turning his gaze back to the poster.
The poster that was originally just about to be finished by adjusting the dress now had a long curved line due to An Xi’s quick turn of her head, with the brush that was already close to the poster drawing an unexpected stroke.
The color of that stroke was unfortunately black – the most difficult color to cover up.
“Ah? What? Oh my goodness, An Xi… looks like you’ll be working overtime today.”
Tang Shi ran over to take a look, placing her hand on her forehead, “What happened? How could you draw such a long line…”
“…I, I’ll redraw it.” An Xi looked at Yan Qing with a somewhat grievous expression, while the latter completely avoided making eye contact, leisurely going to drink some juice.
Fine, fine, she admitted defeat… In this life, An Xi had no chance of winning against Yan Qing… As long as she thought about his kindness in the previous life, she wouldn’t get angry over such a “small matter”…
No, this “small matter” was actually caused by her sudden turn of the head, and had nothing to do with Yan Qing at all…
An Xi sighed and had to go get another poster board to start over.
About half an hour later, most of the other club members had finished their posters and left in small groups. An Xi, who was redrawing her poster, was only halfway done.
Dai Xue sat quietly not far from An Xi, drinking juice and reading a book. In the entire activity room, only the three club leaders, An Xi, and Dai Xue remained.
“Everyone can go first! I’ll lock up the room after I’m done.” An Xi also noticed the quietness of the activity room, so she stopped her pen and turned around, “Dai Xue, you should go back too!”
“Let me finish these few pages first.” Dai Xue didn’t even look up, clearly not intending to leave.
An Xi couldn’t help but laugh… What an unstraightforward child…
She clearly wanted to wait and go back to the dormitory together, but was going about it in a roundabout way…
“Oh! It’s almost nine! I have something to do!” Tang Shi looked at her watch and said somewhat abruptly.
She casually hooked Dai Xue’s arm with one hand and grabbed Zhao Li’s ear with the other, “It’s really troublesome! You two help me!”
“…” Dai Xue silently pulled her arm out of Tang Shi’s hand in protest.
“Dai Xue, don’t be so petty!” Tang Shi pouted.
“I want to finish reading these pages.” Dai Xue said this while looking directly at An Xi.
“Okay, okay! So… club leader, aren’t you going to stay and help our dear new member?” Tang Shi rolled her eyes and quickly left, dragging Zhao Li by the ear.
“Ouch ouch ouch… Go easy!!!”
Zhao Li’s miserable cry echoed in the hallway.
“So that’s how it is.” Dai Xue glanced at the people left in the activity room – herself, An Xi, and Yan Qing…
She decisively closed the book with a “slap”, “An Xi, I just remembered I need to return this book to someone. I’m leaving first. Club leader, please help send An Xi back. She’s a bit directionally challenged.”
“Dai…”
An Xi reached out, but before she could finish calling her name, Dai Xue had already swiftly escaped through the door.
“Ahem…”
One after another… The atmosphere couldn’t be more awkward…
An Xi could only cough lightly and put on what she thought was a “reassuring” smile, “Club leader, you can leave if you have something to do… I’ll be fine on my own.”
“I don’t have anything to do, and I’m not busy.”
Yan Qing played with the almost empty orange juice cup and said, “Keep drawing. I’ll send you back later to prevent you from… getting lost.”
The last three words were clearly said with a hint of amusement!
An Xi stiffly turned back… Their school was so small that it would take only twenty minutes to walk through, how could she possibly get lost!
But… this feeling of being alone together wasn’t bad either!
An Xi secretly smiled, her eyes curved, and continued drawing the poster.
This time, the little girl on the music box not only happily wore an orange dress but also had white flowers on it… So mood really does affect the drawing style!
After a while, An Xi looked down at the water bucket by her feet. The water had become murky from rinsing brushes, so she was about to put the brushes in and get a new bucket.
Just as she was about to grab the bucket, another hand beat her to it. An Xi was slightly stunned, and her index finger touched the back of that hand before quickly pulling back.
Alone with a male… no, alone in the classroom, this hand could only belong to Senior Yan Qing…
“I’ll help you change it.”
Yan Qing took the water bucket without discussion and left the activity room, leaving An Xi sitting there in a daze.
Oh… what should she do… did they just hold hands? An Xi stared at her index finger in a trance.
Holding hands so casually like this, would Yan Qing think she was being too casual? Uh… [Overthinking…]
An Xi didn’t think about it for too long because Yan Qing quickly returned.
After putting down the water bucket, he stood behind An Xi and looked for a while, nodding, “Mm, much better than before. Adding a butterfly here would make it even better.”
“Mm-hmm…” An Xi nodded like a pecking chick, then realized the atmosphere seemed quite good. Maybe she should… play dead?
An Xi: “Department Head…”
Yan Qing: “Hmm?”
An Xi: “I can’t draw butterflies. Could you teach me?”
Yes, exactly! An Xi cheered internally. Next, Senior Yan Qing would definitely teach her to draw butterflies hand-in-hand! Hand-in-hand!
Finally, she would gently lean against his chest and listen to his heartbeat… Simply perfect!
“An Xi.”
“Yes?” Stars sparkling in her eyes.
“Aren’t you from the animation major?”
“…”
Oh no… how could she forget…
An Xi struggled to answer: “I… haven’t drawn for a long time… I’ve forgotten…”
“Is that so.”
Yan Qing’s tone was somewhat meaningful. He picked up a pen from the water bucket, stood behind An Xi, dipped it in her palette, and with just a few strokes, a butterfly appeared on the poster.
An Xi shamelessly stared at Yan Qing’s beautiful hand, her mind full of thoughts like “his arms are so long, his hand is so nice”…
“An Xi?”
“…Yes! Thank you, Department Head.”
An Xi had to take the pen and continue painting.
The remaining part wasn’t much and was quickly completed.
At that moment, An Xi was stunned for a few seconds, and then wanted to turn around and see what expression Yan Qing would have after saying such words. However, in those few seconds, Yan Qing had already disappeared behind her, as if what just happened was merely an illusion.
“An Xi, what… are you drawing?”
The classmate next to her poked her, looking speechless, as An Xi was surrounded by pink bubbles.
“Hm?” What was she drawing? Of course, it was David’s statue…
An Xi was about to answer this way, but when she saw that David’s face had inexplicably been drawn with Yan Qing’s face, she was suddenly at a loss for words…
“Ah haha… my hand just slipped… yes, just slipped…”
An Xi could only laugh it off, quickly erasing Yan Qing’s face with an eraser… Cough cough, although Yan Qing was also handsome, David probably wouldn’t want to wear glasses, right…
Hehe… she had indeed been infected by “Yan Qing’s poison”…
Due to the garden party activities, classes ended early today. An Xi rushed to the cafeteria, wolfed down her lunch, and then sat on a cool chair beneath the dormitory building, carefully staring at her phone.
“Ding ling ling…”
