The cemetery is very large, and rows of tombstones stay in their own places day after day, quietly waiting for relatives and friends to come to visit them.
The sky is clear and the sun is bright, but there is a gloomy and cold feeling in this place, which is pervasive.
Among the four, Lin Mao’s courage seemed less than a sesame seed. He swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice, “Damn, it’s really scary here. Fortunately, I’m not alone.”
Turning his head, Lin Mao looked at Xia Wei’s picture on the tombstone. His body shook violently, and he quickly squeezed from the edge between Huang Dan and Chen Shi, “When Xiao Wei was alive, I could ‘ve been looking at her face for a whole day, why does my scalp feel numb just looking at it now?”
Shen Liang said, “Because she died.”
Lin Mao shook his head, “I don’t think it’s just because of this, I always dream about her death when I sleep these days, are you the same as me?”
Shen Liang said that he never dreamed of it.
Lin Mao looked at Chen Shi, and Chen Shi frowned, “I rarely sleep and dream.”
Seeing Lin Mao looking over, Huang Dan said, “I also dreamed about Xia Wei. In the dream, she was lying beside the bed, staring at the ceiling, with her mouth slightly open, as if moving it to say something.”
Lin Mao’s eyes widened, and he stammered, “Tell me…… what did she say?”
Huang Dan said he didn’t know, and put on a look of serious memory, “Xia Wei didn’t make a sound, I guess from the shape of her mouth……”
Lin Mao didn’t react much this time, but Shen Liang asked first, “What is it?”
Huang Dan said, “Two words, good bye.”
Shen Liang frowned, almost impossible to confirm.
Lin Mao was startled at this moment, rubbed his arms and said, “Why, this is, aren’t we here to attend the funeral? Why are we talking about this kind of thing in front of her tombstone?”
Huang Dan pursed his lips. In fact, like Chen Shi, he sleeps less and dreams less. He was trying to test Lin Mao just now, but he didn’t expect to attract Shen Liang’s attention.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Lin Mao couldn’t bear it and said, “Only after Xiao Wei died did I realize that people really say that they will die without warning, just like they are destined, the time to die will not be delayed for a second, the saying that life is thinner than paper is actually true, it’s too scary.”
He rubbed his face vigorously, “No, I’m going to the Town God’s Temple to pay respects to the Town God, I will beg the ancestors to bless me and buy a jade to wear in passing, so that I can turn misfortune into blessing, and pass the college entrance examination next year with one or two exam.”
Shen Liang glanced at him contemptuously, “You can’t even afford food, and you still want to buy jade? I think you might as well sell your kidney first.”
Lin Mao glared at him fiercely, then turned his head when it was over, “Shuran, lend me some money.”
Huang Dan said, “We’ll talk about it when we go back.”
He still has about 30 yuan left for living expenses, so he will go to the relatives of the original owner in the evening.
Chen Shi put one hand in his pocket, “There are a lot of fake jade in Town God’s Temple. Things cost a few yuan and tens of yuan, and sell for hundreds of thousands, don’t know if cheated. It is safer to go to the temple to see and find a host to shine a light with. This jade would have spirituality and can ward off evil spirits and disasters.”
Lin Mao rolled his eyes, “Come on, that’s for the rich, I’d better go to the Temple of the Town God to try my luck.”
He remembered something, “Chen Shi, are you wearing jade around your neck?”
Chen Shi squinted, “There is one, inherited from the ancestors.”
Lin Mao looked envious, “It’s so good, your ancestors left you such a treasure, and my ancestors didn’t even leave me a fart. Comparison is deadly.”
Shen Liang said lightly, “If you want something done well, do it yourself.”
Lin Mao, “Who wouldn’t say this, but when it’s critical, you have to rely on others, and you won’t understand even if told to someone like you.”
When the topic changed, he laughed and said, “Chen Shi, can you take out the jade to open our eyes?”
Shen Liang’s peripheral vision turned.
Huang Dan looked over, and there was a red rope around Chen Shi’s neck, sticking to his neck, most of which were buried in the collar, looming.
The corners of Chen Shi’s lips twitched lazily, “The jade on my body was given by a master many years ago. I’m afraid that if I take the jade out, it will scare the other people here.”
Lin Mao didn’t understand, so, “Others? Who? Aren’t we the only ones here?”
Chen Shi slowed down his tone, and said quietly, “Not only that, there are many people here, and they are all looking at us.”
Lin Mao,“……”
“Chen Shi, what nonsense are you talking about, I almost peed my pants in fright.”
A laugh came from Chen Shi’s throat, and when he saw a gaze sweeping towards him, he turned his head slightly, raised his slightly sharp eyebrows, and looked inquiringly.
Huang Dan withdrew his gaze.
The curvature of Chen Shi’s lips remained unchanged. He straightened the collar of his shirt and looked at the girl on the tombstone. “It’s a pity that I didn’t see Xiao Wei’s Biao Jiu, and I don’t know what’s going on with her family.”
Lin Mao smacked his lips, “The time of the rich is very precious. Once the tribute ceremony is over, everyone will go to do their own business.”
Huang Dan said, “This place is pretty good.”
“……”
Some people even said that the cemetery is good.
The few people chatted and chatted continuously. It really didn’t look like they came to the funeral, maybe they were too young, or maybe the people underground left too suddenly and it was unreal.
Lin Mao snorted, “It’s bad, didn’t we agree to go to the flower shop to buy white chrysanthemums?”
Huang Dan was stunned, forgot.
Chen Shi and Shen Liang also had that expression, so no one remembered it.
The four people came to the funeral with empty hands, and they seemed to be very careless, but they didn’t stop much on the way here, and it’s normal to miss it.
They were in a hurry when they went out, and they encountered a car accident on the road, and the car drove halfway around City H, not to mention the extra 20 or 30 yuan to fares, but they still missed it.
Lin Mao comforted himself, “Xiao Wei won’t blame us.”
Huang Dan and the others remained silent.
The photo on the tombstone is a recent photo of Xia Wei. Judging from the collar, it looks like she is wearing a dress. Her long black hair is scattered on both sides, and one side of the hair is pinned behind the ear, revealing the big earring on the earlobe. There is a smile on her youthful and beautiful melon-seeded face, as if saying, “You guys came to see me.”
Huang Dan didn’t look at Xia Wei’s face, but at the collar around her collarbone. Why does it feel like the one hanging in her closet?
With Lin Mao and Shen Liang present, it was not convenient for Huang Dan to ask Chen Shi, he thought about finding an opportunity to ask.
Lin Mao snorted, and pointed to the photo on the tombstone, “I’m not delusional, am I? Can someone help me see if there is a red spot on the left side of Xiao Wei’s face?”
Huang Dan said, “There is one.”
Lin Mao’s complexion changed, “Didn’t we surf the Internet all night? When she came out of the Internet cafe that morning, there were no red spots on her face. In the evening, I went to the studio to sketch and note it, and the next day she had an accident.”
“It was almost eleven o’clock when we left the studio that night, and we separated when we got back to the residence. The police said that the time of her death was between 2:00 am and 2:30 am. She didn’t want to live anymore, and she still wanted to take pictures and send them to her Biao Jiu?”
Huang Dan was thoughtful.
Chen Shi looked at Lin Mao strangely, “Why did you even notice the little red dot and remember it so clearly?”
Lin Mao coughed, “Xiao Wei is completely in accordance with my ideal shape. I still remember that she was the last one to enter the classroom, wearing a white skirt, small leather shoes, long hair fluttering, and holding a long ear rabbit in her hand, Cupid’s arrow hit me right away, if she hadn’t told me repeatedly before that I wasn’t the one she liked, and that I had to be a xiongdi or get out, I would have held onto her till life and death.”
Chen Shi said oh.
It was the first time Huang Dan heard Lin Mao say these words. Xia Wei didn’t mention a single word, and the original owner didn’t have any relevant information in his memory.
Lin Mao scratched his face, “I’m still confused.”
Shen Liang was very calm, “It’s nothing to make a fuss about, she loves beauty so much, I don’t know how many photos she had to take in a day.”
Lin Mao said, “The problem is that she doesn’t want to live anymore, and still wants to take pictures?”
Shen Liang’s expression was calm, “I once read the autobiography of a foreign character. He killed himself. Before killing himself, he recorded the whole process, detailed preparations, psychological changes, and even photographed it.”
Lin Mao couldn’t believe it, “No way?”
Shen Liang snorted, “I told you to study more, but if you don’t listen, I think you will make yourself an idiot sooner or later.”
Lin Mao,“……”
Once again, there was silence in front of the tombstone.
Huang Dan was sorting out his thoughts. So far, the position of the first suspect was still vacant, and he didn’t think it was so appropriate to put anyone there.
There are dozens of people in the studio, it is hard to explain the conclusion.
If it was done by a ghost, it would definitely involve some unknown past.
Huang Dan’s head hurt a little, and somehow he remembered the story Zhou Jiaojiao made up, and his fingers moved nervously.
Probably because it was too quiet, Huang Dan was a little stunned. He looked up and found Lin Mao, Chen Shi, and Shen Liang were bowing to the tombstone, saying their final farewell.
After a pause, Huang Dan did the same.
After the last ceremony, Lin Mao licked his dry lips, “I said, Ge, should we go?”
Chen Shi withdrew his gaze from the tombstone, “Let’s go.”
Lin Mao is the smallest with the shortest legs, but he walked in the front. His shirt was blown up by the wind. His appearance was very similar to that time when he fell in the studio and Huang Dan helped him up. He said to go back first, but he ran first regardless.
He is a selfish person, Huang Dan thought.
Shen Liang was a few steps behind Lin Mao, walking with a refined taste, the mask was worn for too long, and it melted into his bones.
Huang Dan looked back at the tombstone.
Chen Shi caught it, “What are you still looking at? Can’t bear it? Or else you stay and stay with her for a while longer? Let’s have lunch together or something.”
Huang Dan ignored the banter in his words, but asked, “When did you and Xia Wei meet?”
Chen Shi walked slowly, “What?”
Huang Dan said, “Just casually asking.”
The broken hair on Chen Shi’s forehead was disheveled by the wind, his eyebrows were hidden in the shadows, and he seemed to be smiling, “I’m sorry, I don’t answer casual questions.”
Huang Dan,“……”
He quickened his pace to catch up, and asked repeatedly, “I’m not asking casually this time, I’m serious.”
Chen Shi took his hand out of his pocket, and put it behind his head leisurely, “Tell me first, why did you ask this question? Are you concerned about Xia Wei’s past, or are you inquiring about me in a roundabout way?”
Huang Dan said, “I’m not interested in your affairs, can you tell me now?”
Chen Shi twitched one corner of his mouth, and he laughed, “I don’t answer questions raised by dishonest children.”
Huang Dan changed his words, “I lied, I am very concerned about your affairs.”
Chen Shi threw a disdainful look of “Little kid, I have seen through you a long time ago, you are playing tricks in front of me, you are still a little tender”.
Huang Dan was speechless.
Chen Shi answered that question, “She was in the second year of high school, and I met her in the studio when I was in the third year of high school.”
Huang Dan said, “It’s the school belle?”
Chen Shi shrugged, “There are a lot of boys chasing her from grade one to grade three, from this school to the school next door. One of the topics we talk about every day after the lights are turned off in our dormitory is how the girls in class two are doing.”
“Anyway, I don’t see any difference between her and other girls. Isn’t it two eyes, one nose, and one mouth? Why look back and smile charmingly at students? I don’t think much.”
Huang Dan said, “Your aesthetics are not good.”
Chen Shi nodded in agreement, “Indeed, I actually think you’re a little cute.”
Huang Dan lifted his eyelids, looking at the tall boy in front of him, “I’m not cute.”
Chen Shi said, “Well, now I know.”
Huang Dan,“……”
He thought to himself, is he cute? Not cute, not at all.
Chen Shi in front suddenly stopped in his tracks, Huang Dan was caught off guard, and stopped when he was a few inches away from him, “Why did you stop?”
Chen Shi turned his head, “Don’t walk behind me.”
Huang Dan didn’t understand, “Huh?”
Chen Shi didn’t say anything, he grabbed the youngster and pulled him in front, “Let’s go.”
Huang Dan’s eyes twitched slightly, “Does Shen Liang like Xia Wei?”
Chen Shi’s eyes subconsciously swept over the youngster’s back, and when he heard the voice, his nerve endings trembled, “I didn’t see it.”
Huang Dan asked tentatively, “Don’t you think the relationship between the three of them is weird?”
Chen Shi’s eyelids drooped, and he yawned lazily, “I don’t think so, I just think you’re weird.”
Huang Dan twisted his neck back, “Is there?”
Chen Shi stretched out a hand and pushed on the youngster’s back, “What are you looking at, hurry up and leave!”
When Huang Dan heard the movement in front of him, he turned his gaze away.
Lin Mao put his arm on Shen Liang’s shoulder, and was swung away the next moment. He went to put it on again, and was swung away again.
If it were another person, he would be angry if he was treated like this again and again, but Lin Mao didn’t. Although he was cursing, he still put his face in front of Shen Liang with a playful smile, saying something that only they could hear.
Chen Shi also looked over, “Are you curious, Lin Mao and Shen Liang obviously have two personalities, how could they become friends?”
Huang Dan is curious.
Chen Shi’s eyes were half-closed, and he elongated his voice, which seemed to be telling a story, “I thought about it before, but then I found out……”
Huang Dan waited, and before he got an answer, he asked, “What did you find?”
Chen Shi clicked his tongue, “You are listening, I thought your three souls and six spirits had all flown to the sky to play.”
Huang Dan,“……”
Chen Shi teases the youngster and continues, “They are the same kind of people.”
Huang Dan was taken aback, right? With this information, he looked at Lin Mao and Shen Liang who were waving their arms and legs in front of him again, and sorted out the clips about them twice in his mind.
Lin Mao’s voice came, and he kept waving his arms, “Shuran, Chen Shi, what about you two shitting behind? dawdling!”
Chen Shi still walked at the same pace, “Why are you walking so fast? I’m not in a hurry to reincarnate.”
Huang Dan saw Lin Mao’s face turn dark.
Hearing this at other places, it sounded like a joke. When it came to the cemetery, it made people feel uncomfortable, especially for Lin Mao who was so timid and afraid of ghosts.
Lin Mao was afraid of Chen Shi, so he cursed something, and it was over.
The Town God’s Temple is not far from the Agricultural University. Huang Dan and the others took the bus. There were many people on the bus.
Huang Dan stood between Lin Mao and Chen Shi, Shen Liang was on Lin Mao’s side, and the four of them stood side by side. When they went up, they pulled the pull rings, and they stood in front, trying to go inside but couldn’t.
A few more people came up at the next stop, and the bus was even more crowded.
He was already afraid of riding in a car, there were still people around, and the air was very turbid. Chen Shi’s expression became more and more terrifying. A girl was sitting on the chair. Seeing him staggering, with no blood on his face, she stood up voluntarily, “Come and sit down.”
Chen Shi changed after he got in the car, he didn’t try to be brave, he thanked her and sat on the chair.
Huang Dan knew he couldn’t look at it, but he still couldn’t help it. He lowered the corners of his eyes, and what caught his eyes was the boy’s arched back and tensed body. He turned his head and his breathing became short of breath.
The girl who gave up her seat just now turned her head and just saw a face covered with tears. She was stunned, wouldn’t she? Of these two handsome guys, one is sick and the other seems just broke up in love?
Huang Dan was crying silently, Lin Mao and Shen Liang didn’t know it at first, but they realized what was going on when everyone in the row of chairs in front of them looked over.
Lin Mao was dumbfounded, “Shu… Shuran, why are you crying?”
Huang Dan cried and said, “Motion sickness.”
Lin Mao,“……”
Huang Dan kept crying and crying, the aunt in front of him couldn’t stand it anymore, got up and gave him the seat, “Student, come and sit.”
“No need.”
Huang Dan refused, it was useless for him to sit, he would still cry. The heart seemed to be grabbed by a hand, and it was torn vigorously, and invisible blood gushed out. Chen Shi’s pain could not be alleviated, and sooner or later he would die of pain.
When they arrived at their destination, Chen Shi and Huang Dan were both squatting beside the grass, one was panting and the other was sobbing.
Lin Mao and Shen Liang looked at each other several times speechlessly.
Chen Shi slowed down, and he wiped off the cold sweat on his face, “Why are we like twins?”
Huang Dan was wiping away tears, and smiled when he heard the words.
Chen Shi was stunned, and said for a while, “You’re really interesting. I’ve been here for a few days, and I haven’t seen you smile once. You’re crying so hard right now, yet you can still laugh.”
This time Huang Dan was stunned.
He heard Chen Shi say, “But when you laugh, it’s really……”
This is where the words stop.
Stopping in the middle of the sentence was annoying, but Chen Shi didn’t have that awareness, and Huang Dan was not a person who liked to take the initiative, so he didn’t pester him.
Town God’s Temple also has a wholesale market, very lively and crowded. If Shen Liang doesn’t come, the atmosphere will be better, but Lin Mao seems to like to call him wherever he goes.
There was a fortune teller on the side of the road, and Lin Mao went over to him.
The old man looked at his face, counted with his fingers, and said, “Young man, do you have more dreams recently?”
Lin Mao was stunned when he heard it. Could it be that he was lucky and met an expert right after he came here? He nodded and said yes, “How do you know?”
The old man narrowed his eyes enigmatically, “It’s the same person you dreamed about?”
Lin Mao really believed this time, this is an expert, an absolute expert, and he doesn’t need money. He changed from standing to squatting, and talked nonsense with the old man for a long time, but he didn’t expect that after calculation, fifty would be gone.
It seems to have been calculated, but in fact the fart has been calculated.
Lin Mao left and turned back, and saw the old man telling a girl’s fortune, and the girl said that she was sleeping and dreaming.
Next, the old man used the same routine, and stole more money from the girl’s pocket than Lin Mao.
But fifty for the poor is not the same concept as one hundred for the rich.
Lin Mao was so angry that if Shen Liang hadn’t pulled him, he would have rushed over to kick the old man, nagging about how much food he would buy for fifty.
Shen Liang said, “The old man didn’t steal or rob, you handed over the money yourself.”
Lin Mao put his foot on the stone lion, his heart twitched in pain, hugged his leg and howled, “He lied to me, liar!”
Huang Dan stood by Chen Shi and did not participate.
That afternoon, Chen Shi went back to school.
What should Huang Dan do knowing that he will come again?
One night, Lin Mao had a stomach ache. He wanted to go to the toilet and asked Huang Dan to accompany him.
Huang Dan was too sleepy, “There is a spittoon under the bed.”
Lin Mao said, “I can’t pull out the spittoon by squatting down, Shuran, can you go with me? We will return asap.”
Huang Dan had no choice but to put on his clothes and go out with a yawn.
At this moment, the door next door opened suddenly. Lin Mao was startled and hid behind Huang Dan.
Huang Dan twitched his lips, at this time the backside is the scariest thing.
Qi Fang pulled on his slippers, his hair was disheveled, “Are you going to the bathroom too?”
Huang Dan nodded.
So the three of them walked together.
In the middle of the night, there wasn’t even a mouse in the alley, and it was eerily quiet.
Lin Mao had nothing to talk about, so he asked Qi Fang, “Are you really eighteen?”
Qi Fang stroked his beard and showed his white teeth, “I will always be eighteen.”
Lin Mao turned his eyes to the night sky, “You often play the guitar in the house, we thought you were from the Music Academy.”
Qi Fang said, “It’s just a hobby.”
The three of them chatted, and didn’t think the alley was difficult to walk, and they soon reached the toilet.
Huang Dan came out first, and Qi Fang came out behind him. Both of them had a smell on their bodies. There was no other way but to wait for the night breeze to blow the smell away.
Qi Fang looked up at the sky, “The moon is really round.”
Huang Dan, “Yes.”
Qi Fang cleared his throat, “I’m really good at fortune-telling, do you want to do it?”
Huang Dan said, “Not calculating.”
Qi Fang said mysteriously, “I know why you are not calculating, because you have no life to calculate.”
Huang Dan didn’t speak.
Qi Fang grinned, “I was just joking, isn’t it funny?”
Huang Dan still didn’t speak.
The smile on Qi Fang’s face stopped, and he said awkwardly, “Sorry, I thought you wouldn’t mind.”
Huang Dan said, “There is no one who does not mind.”
Qi Fang scratched his hair, took out the cigarette case from his pocket, squatted on the side of Huang Dan, and smoked without saying a word.
Huang Dan smelled the smoke and thought of Chen Shi.
Lin Mao came out of the toilet without putting on his trousers, and he lifted his trousers up, “Damn it, it’s pitch black inside, I was almost scared to death.”
“What’s the matter with you two?”
Qi Fang pinched out the cigarette, “I made classmate Zhang unhappy.”
Lin Mao laughed, the truth or not, pinching Huang Dan’s face with his hands.
Huang Dan dodged, “Your hands stink.”
Lin Mao smelled it and his nose was about to fall off because of the smell, and there was no faucet to wash his hands here, so he had to endure it.
On the way back, Lin Mao talked to Qi Fang, but Huang Dan remained silent.
Afterwards, Huang Dan and Lin Mao went to the studio to paint every day. They were not in the room during the day, and only came back to cook at noon. They never met Qi Fang again. The guitar sound was often heard at night. It was the same as before, obviously a rough guy on the surface, but there was a taste of weakness in music.
Time passed quickly, they were painting in the morning, noon and evening, and a day over before they knew it. The junior students in the studio didn’t have any sense of urgency. They are waiting for today to end and tomorrow to come.
In the third year of high school, it was troublesome. They started a lot of copying and practice, and the time period to test their mental endurance was these few months.
It’s almost the end of the month, which means that the monthly exam is coming. Before that, Shen Liang’s total score was ranked first. People don’t know if there will be a change this time.
In the eyes of other people in the studio, Shen Liang is very good at painting, easy to talk to, and very serious. Moreover, he has a young face, gentle and fair, and girls like him very much.
When Zhou Jiaojiao talked about this exam, and said that Shen Liang might not be able to keep the first place, several girls quarreled with her.
“Impossible. Zhang Shuran has improved, but the time is too short and sudden. There was simply no time to clearly understand. Who knows whether he will be able to draw during the exam?”
“That is, Shen Liang is not the same as Zhang Shuran. He has always painted very well, and the foundation is there. There is no comparison between the two.”
“That’s right, and I found out that Zhang Shuran either doesn’t come to the studio these days, or he can’t finish painting, and he doesn’t focus on it. Most likely he will be beaten back to his original form.”
“Who said that? Shuran’s painting is getting better and better, and I think Shen Liang will not be able to draw well in the exam.”
As soon as Zhou Jiaojiao said those words, she was besieged by several people. She was gradually defeated, and moved a stool to look for Huang Dan unhappily, “I’m so mad.”
Huang Dan was pouring paint into the box, “There is nothing to be angry about.”
Zhou Jiaojiao snorted, “Why not, it’s too much, really, my dad is not here today, and he finally stopped following me. I haven’t been very happy yet, and the good mood is gone. What are they doing? They are not Shen Liang’s girlfriend, what about it?”
Lin Mao was elusive, “You are not Shuran’s girlfriend either.”
Zhou Jiaojiao blushed, “Did I ask for your concern!”
She secretly glanced at the youngster beside her, and was relieved when she saw that the other party did not show any disgust, “Shuran, don’t listen to their nonsense, you will definitely perform exceptionally well in this exam.”
Huang Dan put grass green into the toolbox and replaced it with lake blue, “Shen Liang’s painting is quite good.”
Zhou Jiaojiao said, “He draws by feeling.”
Huang Dan said in a firm tone, “You don’t like Shen Liang.”
Zhou Jiaojiao curled her lips, “Who would like someone who is duplicity, jealous, and puts on airs.”
She shook her head, “I was wrong, there are still people who like it.”
A girl from No. 1 Middle School was talking to Shen Liang, and the two of them were so close that their arms touched each other.
Huang Dan found that Shen Liang glanced at him, and that glance was filled with contempt, he was not considered a threat, and felt that he was not even considered an opponent.
Probably in Shen Liang’s heart, his only opponent is Chen Shi.
When Chen Shi is not around, no one can keep up with him. He will walk in the front and be the first to reach the finish line.
There was sketching in the evening, and only senior high school students came, not all of them, except for Huang Dan, Lin Mao, Shen Liang, Zhou Jiaojiao, there were only four other people who had to take turns to be models according to the list printed by the teacher.
Originally consented person is not in the studio tonight, and can’t be counted in it, so Lin Mao is counted down.
Shen Liang frowned when he saw him twitching, “You are not going?”
Lin Mao, “Why don’t you go?”
Shen Liang, “You are in front of me, counting hasn’t reached me yet.”
Lin Mao,”……”
Shen Liang, “No problem occurred during this period, which means that person dare not do that again.”
Lin Mao’s eyeballs rolled, and he thought about it, the two teachers had a meeting, and they spoke very well, the bastard who caused destruction will not come out to make trouble again.
Seeing that other people were waiting with their drawing boards, Lin Mao sat down on a chair.
Zhou Jiaojiao measured Lin Mao’s eyebrows and drew two oval shapes on the paper with a pencil, “Lin Mao, can you open your eyes, I can’t see the whites and eyeballs of your eyes.”
Lin Mao opened his eyes, “Did you see it this time?”
Zhou Jiaojiao laughed out loud, “Don’t open your eyes, it’s too ugly, I’m afraid I’ll have nightmares at night.”
Lin Mao’s saliva flew around, “Draw if you want to draw, don’t force yourself.”
Huang Dan is drawing Lin Mao’s facial features. His eyes are small and thin, which is difficult to draw, but also easy to draw. The features are more obvious and easy to grasp at a glance.
More than an hour later, Teacher Liu came to the studio, “Why are you the only ones? Where are the others?”
Zhou Jiaojiao blew on the rubber crumbs on the paper, “It’s either sleeping, or going to the Internet cafe to play.”
Teacher Liu walked over and looked down at her painting, “Lin Mao has a single eyelid, you have made double eyelids.”
Zhou Jiaojiao said that she knew, “I think Lin Mao’s single eyelid is too ugly, and it would look much better if he drew an extra line.”
Teacher Liu said, “You are drawing from life.”
Zhou Jiaojiao stuck out her tongue and found an eraser to erase the two lines above the left and right eyes.
As usual, Teacher Liu began to comment on the paintings on the ground. He corrected Zhou Jiaojiao’s painting. He didn’t change much, only changed the area of the eyes and eyebrows. The passerby in the painting suddenly became Lin Mao.
The so-called expressive eyebrows refer to a person’s emotions, and whose emotions are drawn on it, that is who they are.
Zhou Jiaojiao sighed, “Teacher is amazing.”
Teacher Liu smiled and told her not to flatter him, “Be serious, there are two or three months until the single-entrance exam, don’t waste time.”
These words are not only for Zhou Jiaojiao, but also for other people.
After the exam, everyone will be happy.
The remaining paintings by Huang Dan and Shen Liang have not been seen, and everyone is waiting, hoping to hear the distinction between who is up and who is down from the teacher.
Teacher Liu saw their thoughts, and only said, “These two pictures have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they are not the same.”
Shen Liang’s face darkened in an instant, but it disappeared in a flash.
Zhou Jiaojiao said, “How can there be no distinction between top and bottom? I think Shuran’s paintings are more like Lin Mao. How about letting Lin Mao speak for himself?”
Lin Mao looked at those paintings with distaste, not only dislike, but also a little intrusive, which is different from looking in a mirror.
The sketches of human heads are not exactly the same as the person themselves, the bad thing is this, the person concerned will feel that he is looking at himself, and it seems to be looking at a stranger, which is weird.
Shen Liang smiled and said, “I also think Shuran’s paintings are more like Lin Mao.”
Several other people said that his paintings are more similar.
Huang Dan was sharpening pencils, putting them away after sharpening, and doesn’t need to sharpen them tomorrow, he doesn’t like doing this job very much.
Shen Liang thought that Huang Dan had been hit, and the smile on his face became wider, “Whether it looks like it or not, let Lin Mao speak for himself. “
Lin Mao cut in, “There’s nothing to say, I’m much more handsome than what you drew.”
Teacher Liu rarely jokes, “Almost.”
Lin Mao ,“……”
Zhou Jiaojiao murmured something in Huang Dan’s ear, as if to comfort him, lest he would think wildly before the exam.
Huang Dan said, “It’s all right.”
Shen Liang came over, “Shuran, you have made great progress, beyond my imagination.”
Lin Mao hooked his neck, “Yes, yes, I think so too, Shuran, don’t forget about the xiongdi when you advance in the future.”
Zhou Jiaojiao said, “Shuran doesn’t belong to the same school as you guys. After finishing the single entrance exam, everyone will go back to make up for humanities lessons.”
The implication is, who will remember who when the time comes.
Lin Mao said with a smile, “Classmate Jiaojiao, Shuran and you don’t seem to be from the same school either.”
Zhou Jiaojiao slumped in disappointment, put on her backpack and left without saying anything.
Huang Dan put the sharpened pencils into the pencil case, and then went to check the painting utensils in the toolbox. The paints are all the same, without marking, if someone steals it and uses it, he will not be able to tell. He has lost two boxes, one white and one black.
Huang Dan didn’t tell anyone about this, and even Lin Mao didn’t know about it.
Teacher Liu went in with a broom to sweep the garbage on the floor, and said to several people including Huang Dan, “It’s getting late, you all go back, walk slowly on the road.”
Huang Dan and the others greeted the teacher and left.
The next morning, Huang Dan was pulled up by Lin Mao and asked Shen Liang to go to the studio together.
It was still early at this point, and the college was a little deserted. The college students were all sleeping in the dormitory, and it was not time to wake up.
Lin Mao said enviously, “It would be great if I could be admitted to university next year.”
Huang Dan said, “College is not easy.”
Lin Mao took a deep breath, “Nonsense, college is so easy, that’s what Shen Liang’s Ge said. He also said that every day is boring and there is nothing to do.”
Shen Liang said, “It’s very boring.”
Huang Dan changed the subject, “Let’s go to buy breakfast, I’m hungry.”
Lin Mao took money out of his pocket, grabbed a few coins and counted them, “I bought jade, and I can’t live my life. My dad said that he will give me money next month. xiongdi, give me some money.”
Huang Dan was powerless, lending Lin Mao’s one hundred is already the limit, and he didn’t know how to last this month.
Lin Mao also knew the situation of his roommate, so he looked at Shen Liang pitifully, and said nonsense, “Do you remember what the principal said? He said that the friendship between classmates is priceless. Let’s walk out of the campus and gain a foothold in society, we are still classmates when we meet, and we should help each other, so that we can be worthy of the three years of high school.”
Shen Liang was too lazy to listen to Lin Mao’s nonsense again, and gave him five yuan in charity.
Lin Mao immediately caught the five-yuan note, choked up exaggeratedly, “Thank Lord for your grace.”
Shen Liang rolled his eyes at him, “No prospect.”
Lin Mao doesn’t care if he is promising or not, the most important thing is to fill his stomach.
He spent one-third of the five yuan for one breakfast, and also took two steamed buns from Shen Liang and one steamed bun from Huang Dan.
Huang Dan bought a cup of soy milk and drank it while walking. When he reached the entrance of the small courtyard of the studio, he had already bottomed out. He threw the cup into the only trash can and followed Shen Liang and Lin Mao.
The door of the studio was open, and Teacher Liu was inside. He was the only one. No one knows when he came.
Lin Mao went in and looked at the drawing boards on the ground. Seeing that the paintings on them had faces, he hummed a little song. Sure enough, that bastard didn’t do anything wrong last night.
Shen Liang went in behind Lin Mao, he hadn’t seen the drawing board yet, he just felt that Teacher Liu’s expression was not quite right.
Huang Dan, who walked into the studio side by side with Shen Liang, noticed it earlier than him, almost at the first sight when he saw Teacher Liu.
Lin Mao realized later, “Teacher, what’s wrong? Aren’t the paintings on the ground all right?”
Teacher Liu said, “You look, is that your face?”
One response to “Chapter 74 You Look, Is That Your Face?”
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It’s a bit off topic. It’s my second novel of this author, and I can’t help but notice how often the characters don’t wash their hands after pooping, or how someone has to fart once in a while, and it always has to be noticed and commented by others. I am curious if that’s some sort of a kink or if it’s just to add realism.
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