novelraw Chapter 596 - 595: Skilled Hands and Ingenious Mind
Chapter 596 - 595: Skilled Hands and Ingenious Mind
Chapter 596: Chapter 595: Skilled Hands and Ingenious Mind
After respectfully seeing off the two teachers, Zhen Yu found herself completely devoid of any desire to sleep.
She wasn’t unaware that once the forest grows big, all kinds of birds will fly in!
But she had never imagined that a mere underage high school student could exhibit the ugliness and darkness of human nature so thoroughly!
After all, even if Zhen Yu was not sociable, she hadn’t had any conflicts with her roommates aside from Zhang Lili! Why would Li Mengting go so far as to scheme against her?!
Zhen Yu even angrily thought that if Li Mengting were standing in front of her right now, she would rush over and give her a beating first! Then she would ask her—"What grudge or grievance is there?!"
Fortunately! Even though Zhen Yu felt extremely aggrieved, she wouldn’t be seeing Li Mengting anytime soon!
Once she had completely calmed down, Zhen Yu felt relieved for the first time.
Her experience in socializing in her previous life taught her that the kind of person who stabs you in the back is best ignored for a lifetime!
Because the more you engage with her, the more encouraged she gets!
And as time goes on, it becomes more difficult to shake her off! Eventually, she would be like an evil abscess on your back, constantly plotting in the dark on how to mess with you, how to trap you, how to disgust you!
In that case, how could Zhen Yu possibly get through the remaining two and a half years of high school?!
After all, as the old saying goes, there are only thieves who have a thousand days to steal, not a thousand days to defend against a thief...
So it’s best to just do as the two esteemed teachers said! From now on, keep a distance from this girl with malicious intent!
Although it’s impossible to change dormitories, fortunately, she’s out early and returns late every day, so she doesn’t have much time to interact with that group of roommates!
And this debt, Zhen Yu had firmly etched in her memory!
As the saying goes, a gentleman’s revenge is not too late, even after three years... See you after the college entrance examination!
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Just as Zhen Yu had made up her mind, Su Xuan initiated a connection.
So she had to muster her energy to accept the other party’s transaction request, receiving a whole set of traditional Chinese painting supplies.
Su Xuan: "Sister Zhen, are you ready? Let’s officially start the lesson!"
"...Okay." Zhen Yu responded listlessly.
But what she was thinking was—she suddenly felt like she had lost the desire to study, what to do...
Su Xuan: "Sister, since you already have a foundational knowledge of calligraphy, I’ll start directly with the posture of holding the brush for painting..."
After over half an hour of explanation, Su Xuan then traded Zhen Yu a few simple paintings she had specially prepared for teaching, and instructed Zhen Yu to start painting as per her requirements.
Painting and painting, the afternoon passed in this way.
And Zhen Yu’s learning attitude changed from being perfunctory at the start to more and more serious and immersed.
It was finally Su Xuan’s dinner time that prompted the end of the lesson.
Just before disconnecting, Su Xuan spoke a lengthy piece!
She said: "Sister Zhen! I must tell you very seriously that your talent in painting and calligraphy is indeed much greater than that of ordinary people! I hope you will not bury this gift of yours! Haven’t you told me that in your era, men and women are equal?! If a woman can also make a name for herself in the world, then why don’t you give it a try?!"
Zhen Yu didn’t expect Su Xuan’s appraisal of her to be so high, and she couldn’t help but ask in return, "Really? Is my talent in painting and calligraphy that high?"
Su Xuan: "Of course it’s true! As your teacher in painting and calligraphy, I can feel it most clearly! I think it may have something to do with the way you hold and maneuver the brush! It seems that you naturally understand how to grasp and use the brush in your hand, if I were to use a phrase to describe it... it should be ’skilled hands and mind’!"
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When Han Mingyue came to deliver dinner, he casually asked whether the two teachers had come by.
His question reminded Zhen Yu of the love letter incident!
So, she didn’t hold back and told Han Mingyue the whole story about the real-name reporting letter.
After listening, Han Mingyue fell silent for a while, but then suddenly changed the subject to talk about school matters with Zhen Yu.
Zhen Yu found it odd, but since Han Mingyue was talking about matters related to her, her thoughts were quickly sidetracked.
"Everyone at school is spreading that I’ve been kidnapped and haven’t been rescued yet? That’s why I haven’t been attending classes? Who’s the son of a turtle who started this rumor!"
"I’m telling you this just so you’re in the know, to prevent you from getting confused when you get back to school and someone asks you about it!"
"Alright! Now I’m clued in!" Zhen Yu responded indifferently.
But in her heart, she was considering that the perpetrators behind the rumors must be Gu Qing and Li Mengting! Perhaps Zhang Lili and Shen Qi as well!
Darn! Counting them, she realized she’s made quite a few enemies... and two out of these four girls are ones who have a crush on Han Mingyue!
Zhen Yu glanced sideways at Han Mingyue and mumbled in her heart, "Rotting peach blossoms!"
"What’s up?" Seeing the strange look in her eyes, Han Mingyue asked, not knowing why.
"Nothing, just thinking of hiding you away!"
Han Mingyue’s face turned red in a second: "..."
Talking is just talking! Why did she suddenly flirt with him?!
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Although Han Youliang had said not to bring notes to Zhen Yu, it was clearly impossible.
If Han Mingyue really didn’t bring them, Zhen Yu, who had missed a week’s worth of classes, would definitely fall behind the teachers’ progress! And once her holiday was up, it would already be late April; in over a week, midterms would be upon them!
So in fact, on the third day of Zhen Yu’s leave, Han Mingyue brought her all her class notes and daily assignments.
Thus, Zhen Yu’s days changed from practicing calligraphy and learning traditional Chinese painting and embroidery to self-studying missed lessons and completing the previous day’s homework.
During that week, every night before bed, Zhen Yu would check her system interface.
Her sole focus was on the new Skill category, Painting-Chinese Painting!
This was the first subcategory she had discovered in her system to date!
Just like Su Xuan’s reviews, the rate of progress on Zhen Yu’s project was astonishing!
In just a short span of five days, she had soared to ’Beginner 20’! Just one step away from official entry-level!
As a result, by Saturday night, Zhen Yu finally made up her mind! She decided to enroll in an extracurricular class first thing in the morning to systematically study painting! She would start with the simplest and most practical: sketching!
So, on Sunday morning after breakfast, with Han Mingyue’s company, Zhen Yu finally made it out to the sunny —— downstairs!
"Han Mingyue! Why do I feel like I’ve finally been released from prison..."
"Don’t talk nonsense! Didn’t you want to find a class to learn painting? If so, let’s hurry up and go!"