cast a peach

Chapter 23: No Longer Lonely

The girl's eyes are extremely clear, and when looking at people, there is a special kind of frankness and seriousness, like a clear stream in the mountains, which can almost reflect the face of the person in front of her.

Tan Mingli was startled, and said in a gentle voice, "Okay. Thank you, Xiao Shui."

After thinking about it, I asked again: "Hmm... do you want to draw again?"

"I might be able to try again..." Tan Mingli said without giving up, wanting to try again.

"No need," Zhao Guangshui rolled his eyes and shook his head with a smile, "I can draw like this."

"Huh?" Tan Mingli was a little confused, "Don't you need to follow the picture?"

Zhao Guangshui seldom saw Tan Mingli in a daze.Most of the time, sister Li is always gentle and calm, as if she is able to handle everything in the world with ease, and because of her ease, she has a kind of tiredness and indifference that is well concealed.Of course, she also likes to admire Sister Li who calmly guides and explains her; but the rare confusion and hesitation in front of her makes her feel as if she is getting closer to Sister Li.

I just feel that such a sister Li seems to be more lively.

Zhao Guangshui couldn't help feeling soft in his heart, and said softly, "I'll just draw a sketch."

In fact, sketches should be drawn according to people, but Zhao Guangshui is very familiar with Tan Mingli, and has unconsciously recorded her usual expressions and movements, so he hardly hesitated and paused when he wrote, and he had already outlined a picture in a few strokes. Simple figures.

Tan Mingli also leaned on Zhao Guangshui's shoulder to watch curiously. To be honest, she was also quite curious about what kind of image she would have in Xiao Shui's heart.

Zhao Guangshui's brushstrokes are clean and smooth.Although Tan Mingli doesn't know how to draw, he knows how to draw. It can be seen that Xiao Shui's sketch skills should be quite good.Little liar, she thought in her heart, with a lingering smile unconsciously in her eyes—who told her "only a little bit" just now?

Zhao Guangshui was shorter than Tan Mingli, and it was just right for her to lean on Xiaoshui's shoulder.The girl's shoulders were slender and thin. Tan Mingli glanced at Xiao Shui's snow-white ears and neck, and subconsciously pinched the bones of her shoulders lightly, feeling that Xiao Shui was still a little too thin.

"Sister Pear..."

Zhao Guangshui trembled all over, and called her softly.

It was only then that Tan Mingli realized that Xiao Shui was drawing, and she suddenly pinched her shoulder, why did she suddenly apologize, "Sorry, sorry, did I bother you?"

Zhao Guangshui bit his lip and said softly, "It's okay."

In fact, when she was pinched just now, she could hardly even hold the pen, her heart was beating so hard that she almost drew a diagonal line.

She seldom has physical contact with people, and her body is very sensitive, especially when the person touching her is Sister Li, for some reason the reaction is always great.

Maybe because of... nervousness?Still shy?Zhao Guangshui couldn't figure it out.

She managed to calm down and put herself back into painting.

Sister Li...Tan Mingli, what kind of person is she?When she writes, it seems that she is also outlining the impression and picture of Sister Li in her heart.

She is always gentle and appropriate, a beautiful and dignified woman, and also an excellent woman with outstanding intelligence. She seems to follow the rules and never makes mistakes, but in fact she is the least respectful of rules in her heart, and she is so free and easy that she is even a little rebellious.

When alone, he will show such a quiet and indifferent look.

Sister Pear, seems very lonely.she thought silently.

She drew a round of bright moon, and drew a branch of thin and slanting plum blossoms as the final supplementary setting.

Mingyue and Shoumei, she thinks are the most suitable for Sister Li's charm.The bright moon shines brightly, and the strength of character is natural.Zhao Guangshui handed the drawing board to Tan Mingli.

Tan Mingli took the painting with a smile and looked at it carefully.

The woman in the painting can't see her face and expression clearly, leaning against a wintersweet plant and looking at the moon in the distance, stroking a plum blossom with her fingertips, and holding a wine glass casually with the other hand.

The desolate and indifferent artistic conception contains a little bit of emotion.

Tan Mingli was slightly taken aback.

Xiaoshui is very sensitive, she knows it, but she didn't expect Xiaoshui's eyes to see people so accurately, pointing directly to her deep-seated nature that never shows to others.Even she didn't expect that Xiao Shui's painting would suit her mood so much.

She suddenly understood why sister Zhihua didn't want to see Xiaoshui.

"It seems that the drawing is not a sketch, like..."

Zhao Guangshui leaned over, gently held her cold fingers, pinched the brush and looked at the picture, "Well, the feeling of traditional Chinese painting?"

The girl pondered for a while, feeling that the picture was a bit empty, and added a few strokes around the woman on the painting, drawing a furry cartoon fox lying on the woman's lap, smiling at Tan Mingli, and beckoning: "Sister! Look, this is me."

"With me here, I don't seem so lonely." Zhao Guangshui looked at the fox and said softly as if talking to himself.

Tan Mingli looked at the painting quietly for a while, and replied softly: "It is indeed so."

Since Xiao Shui came to her, she no longer felt lonely.

As soon as the cold dew passes, autumn is getting stronger.There have been several autumn rains in Jiangcheng, and it is no longer as hot as it was a while ago.

At the end of this month, seeing that Sister Li is going to celebrate her birthday, she still hasn't decided what to give her.Zhao Guangshui lay down on the table and sighed.

One delay and two delays, I didn't expect that it would be delayed from September to October, and if I didn't think about it, I would have no time to prepare.

Seeing her distress, Du Jingrong suggested, "Um, would you like to give me some lipstick? Or a bag?"

This is not good, Zhao Guangshui shook his head.Sending lipstick and bags is not wrong, but it always seems a bit clichéd.

And I feel that Sister Li is not the kind of person who likes these things.

Hey, this is a bit difficult, Du Jingrong scratched her head.

"Why don't you go back and ask your elder sister Li what she likes? Ask quietly, try around the bush, don't let her notice."

Du Jingrong compared the walking posture of a villain with her fingers, and turned around with a heck, "Actually, Xiao Shui, your sister Li likes you so much, I feel that she will be happy if you give her anything..."

What are you talking about? Zhao Guangshui smiled helplessly, shook his head and said softly, "It's different."

There is a difference between being careful and not being serious, and being serious is not the same as not being serious. Zhao Guangshui understood this truth a long time ago.Although she knows that most people won't notice or care, but it's different because it's different. She doesn't want to lie to herself, and she doesn't want to be perfunctory to Sister Li.

"Oh, by the way, did you tell Sister Li about the welcome party next week?" Du Jingrong suddenly remembered something important, and hurriedly asked her, "Didn't you prepare for it for a long time?"

The welcome party encourages freshmen to participate and give extra credits.Du Jingrong joined the school's dance club as soon as school started. There will be performances at the party, and she has been practicing for the past few days.She is lively, cheerful, and loves to be lively, so she naturally wants to bring her good friends to participate. First, there are many companions, and second, she is afraid that Xiaoshui will be too lonely alone.

Xiaoshui is too quiet, and a little socially fearful. She doesn't like to deal with strangers very much. She has had very few friends since high school, not to mention that she is a newcomer at Jiangcheng University of Science and Technology. Apart from her, she may have no acquaintances.

And Xiaoshui's college life is really too peaceful and calm!He spends his whole day studying and reading, taking a walk around the campus after class at most, going home on time after class, and never lingering.

She saw Zhao Guangshui as the face of a beautiful girl and the heart of an old cadre.Ah no, the heart of a living Buddha—the kind that cuts off all emotions and desires and only has the ancient Buddha with a green lamp to accompany him for a lifetime.What a waste of that pretty face!

Oh, it's not completely desperation, at least Xiao Shui misses her beautiful, dignified, gentle and considerate sister Li, the world's number one sister, every day.

For various reasons, in short, Du Jingrong tried her best to persuade Zhao Guangshui to also participate in the performance at the welcome party.

As for how the mobilization was successful in the end, Du Jingrong was speechless.At that time, she was both soft and hard, and her mouth was dry, Zhao Guangshui just refused to agree gently, until she thought of Tan Mingli and said, "You think you can invite your sister Li to come to the party, so that she can see you It's time for a show." Zhao Guangshui was moved, and after thinking for a moment, he agreed to participate.

Pay more attention to sex than friends, bastard Xiaoshui!If it weren't for Sister Li who is really beautiful, Du Jingrong would have a hard fight with Zhao Guangshui today!

"Not yet."

Zhao Guangshui smiled a little embarrassedly, "Well, I'll talk about it when I get back tonight."

Hey, Du Jingrong really can't bear the little girl's mood that she unconsciously reveals when she mentions Tan Mingli, she covered her eyes speechlessly: "Help, you'd better go home and find your sister Li, Flash me too."

Zhao Guangshui nodded apologetically to his best friend, put his schoolbag on his back and stood up: "Then I'll go first? You should have a good rest. You've been working hard at dancing recently."

No, let's go now?Really gone?I rely on.

Du Jingrong was dumbfounded.

Very good, Zhao Guangshui, you are very good, if you don’t even come to see my rehearsal, you will leave me, No.1 who emphasizes sex over friends!

"Mingli, the weather forecast says there may be a typhoon in the near future. I wonder if you have prepared for it. It's cold, so you should wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold. Qingzhou."

Another text message from Shen Qingzhou.

... How many mobile phone numbers did he buy?Tan Mingli deleted the message and blocked the number, and pressed the space between his eyebrows wearily.

Maybe I really need to change my number, Tan Mingli thought.

As for the typhoon, Shen Qingzhou did not bother to remind her that all kinds of things in her house were always well prepared.Although Jiangcheng is along the coast, it is not greatly affected by the typhoon. It is just that there will be heavy rain, and it is prone to power outages.

Tan Mingli sat quietly for a while before getting up.

Xiao Shui's painting was specially framed by her, and it was placed in a small frame on the bedside table in the bedroom, so you can see it when you look up.Whenever she sees the little fox in the painting, she always feels a soft warmth in her heart.

Seeing that she was so serious and formal, Zhao Guangshui felt embarrassed, and said that it was just a line draft, and the drawing was rough, and he wanted to ask her not to frame it, if she wanted to draw another one for her.Tan Mingli was very resolute in such a small matter, which was rare, and gently rejected Xiao Shui, saying that she just liked this one, and there was no need to draw another one.

Tan Mingli picked up the painting and looked at it carefully for a while. After calming down a lot, he smiled and nodded at the little fox with a fluffy tail on the painting.

So cute.

Speaking of it, Xiao Shui seems to like this little fox very much, and even his profile picture is this cartoon image.Does this have any special meaning?