The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly

Chapter 966 - 373: My Sister Was Reborn (Part 17)

"Hey, is He Tiantian from your room?"

Chu Ranran returned from class and was about to open the door to her dormitory when a fellow student on the same floor curiously asked.

Chu Ranran paused for a moment and then nodded, "Yes. But she usually doesn’t stay in the dorm; her mom rented a place off-campus."

"Not staying in the dorm? Is her family from the Capital City?"

The girl who stopped Chu Ranran asked, puzzled.

"No, Tiantian is from S Province, her family lives in the Provincial City!" Chu Ranran casually replied.

But she still couldn’t understand what this girl was getting at.

"Wow, her mom really went the distance to be here and support her!"

The girl said with some admiration, and her roommate also popped her head out and commented, "If I could paint like He Tiantian, being used as a model painting by Big Lu every day, I’d let my real mother come and support me too!"

Chu Ranran: ...

She thought she understood a little bit.

Looking at the two envious girls, she asked in a firm tone, "Are you also in the oil painting department? Students from Teacher Lu’s class?"

"Yeah! But we don’t have He Tiantian’s luck, tsk tsk, being taken in as a disciple by Big Lu right after entering school, not only getting special tutoring but also being able to visit his studio!"

The girl who first stopped Chu Ranran seemed like she’d just eaten a lemon, speaking sourly.

Chu Ranran, however, frowned slightly and subconsciously said, "He Tiantian is not just lucky—"

But before she could finish explaining for her roommate, Girl B cut in, saying, "Right, she also has talent!"

"Exactly! Those parents and teachers used to say success is 99% perspiration and 1% talent, but no one told us there’s more: that 1% of talent is the most important, more important than the 99% effort!"

Girl A said somewhat dejectedly.

"Damn! There’s more to it?" Girl B was a bit surprised.

Because during their elementary and middle school years, the school walls were adorned with similar famous quotes.

But, only the first half was displayed, reportedly said by Edison, with some variance in content but with more or less the same meaning.

"Of course there is, I only found out after entering university. So, effort is practically worthless in the face of talent!" Girl A said with a bit of despondency.

"But... but we have talent too!"

Girl B was a bit indignant; without talent, she wouldn’t have been able to get into the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

"Yet it doesn’t compare with He Tiantian’s! Talent also has its levels."

Girl A said lightly, "We’re at the level of academic overachievers, while He Tiantian is nearly becoming a god!"

Listening to the two girls go back and forth, Chu Ranran couldn’t hold back any longer, "He Tiantian is not just about talent!"

Girl A and Girl B looked up at Chu Ranran, faces filled with disbelief.

Chu Ranran didn’t shy away, meeting their gaze, she said seriously, "Do you know why He Tiantian’s mother traveled all the way to the Capital City to support her?"

Without waiting for them to respond, Chu Ranran quickly said, "Because He Tiantian is so obsessed with painting, her longest record is going two days and nights without eating, drinking, or sleeping!"

"And usually, she paints for more than ten hours a day."

Chu Ranran’s gaze swept over the two girls, as if silently asking: can you do that?

Day in and day out, aside from eating and sleeping, she does nothing else, just wholeheartedly focuses on painting.

As for clubs, activities, games, the internet... she’s not interested in any of it, her only form of recreation is probably visiting various art galleries, art centers, even museums.

Although He Tiantian doesn’t often stay in the dormitory, Chu Ranran and her other three roommates are very aware of her dedication, her obsession with painting.

There’s a saying "madness is the path to life!"

That perfectly describes He Tiantian.

She does indeed have talent, but she also puts in an unimaginable amount of effort.

After hearing Chu Ranran talk about He Tiantian’s schedule, the two girls were dumbfounded—

Getting up at six in the morning, after breakfast, she starts painting.

By noon, if her real mother doesn’t remind her, she won’t even think about lunch.

The same goes for dinner.

She paints straight into the early hours of one or two in the morning.

Every day, her sleeping time doesn’t exceed five hours.

... this rigorous schedule isn’t a matter of one or two days, it’s been year after year for her.

No weekends, no holidays!

It’s said that even on her birthday, or on New Year’s Eve, He Tiantian won’t put down her brush!

"Wow, no wonder she’s He God, so talented, yet so hardworking!"