After playing a round of projects, Zhong Chen and Cai Ji walked towards the restaurant.
The restaurants in amusement parks are generally crowded, and the weather is hot, even if they are not in the meal, they are already full.
There is a row of open-air seats at the door.
They saw Qi Linqing sitting in one of the seats.
There is a parasol canopy above the head, which is not as good as the indoor air conditioner, but it can also bring a bit of coolness.
Zhong Chen walked over and pulled out the chair opposite to sit down.
There are two plates of exquisite afternoon tea cakes on the table, and two cups of mellow milk tea with stockings and ice cubes.
"Order for us?" Zhong Chen raised his eyebrows.
"Um."
Qi Linqing pushed the cup on the left towards him and said, "I asked the waiter to add more sugar to your cup."
Cai Ji's eyes fell on the thermos cup he always kept in his hand, and he couldn't help asking:
"Brother Qi, don't you eat?"
"I don't eat sweets." Qi Linqing smiled, opened the thermos cup and took a sip of tea, and said, "I can just drink this."
Zhong Chen: "Do you still drink hot tea on a hot day?"
Qi Linqing: "No, I asked the housekeeper to make cold brew tea when I went out."
Zhong Chen: "..."
It turns out that the old man will also make changes because of the weather.
Zhong Chen picked up a spoon and took a bite of the cake and put it in his mouth. For no reason, he found it very sweet.
It is sweeter than any pastry I have ever eaten.
"The afternoon tea in this restaurant tastes good." He said.
Cai Ji was speechless in his heart. Ah, is the cake sprinkled with artificial sweetener? Even he can easily taste the sweetness that is enough to make his teeth so sweet.
As soon as the words fell, a child's cry came from behind them:
"Ma Ma, I don't want to eat this cake, it's so unpalatable, woo woo woo..."
Cai Ji glanced at the price of 89 yuan on the menu, and exclaimed: "So expensive?! Its taste doesn't match at all, it's too sweet."
Zhong Chen: "..."
Hello! Don't tear me down in public, okay
He glanced at Qi Linqing.
I thought that if the cake is sweet, it is really sweet, but if it is greasy, it is really a little greasy.
But because the other party bought it, it tastes good.
"Is it too sweet?" Qi Linqing frowned, pointed to the thermos cup in his left hand and said, "Would you like some tea to clear your mouth?"
Cai Ji didn't dare to drink, so he waved his hands quickly.
Zhong Chen took the cup, and took a sip from the rim.
puff-
His whole face wrinkled into a ball due to the bitterness, and he almost spit it out.
bang.
He put the thermos cup on the table vigorously, took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, feeling unbelievable in his heart:
How did the other party drink such bitter tea with relish
Passing by the place where the shooting target balloons were exchanged for dolls, Cai Ji unconsciously slowed down.
"Do you want to try?" Qi Linqing asked him.
"No, no, no." Cai Ji shook his head and said, "I'm not good at it, but that rabbit doll is pretty pretty."
He pointed to the big doll on the wall.
Zhong Chen rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, "I will."
Qi Linqing remembered that the opponent's archery level had won the provincial competition award, and nodded immediately:
"Well, let Brother Chen try."
Cai Ji: "Huh?"
Qi Linqing paid for the currency exchange, one hundred yuan can be shot ten times.
Just shoot once to get a doll.
And the rabbit doll that Cai Ji mentioned is the first prize, which must be scored eight times in a row to get the perfect score.
Many young couples surrounded the shooting area.
Since the bunny doll is really cute, the girls are pointing at it and clamoring for it.
But almost no one can hit the center of the target eight times in a row.
With a big belly, the boss proudly said, "I only have two rabbit dolls in total. They are limited editions specially brought back by my wife from Tokyo. You can search for them. You will never be able to buy them on a certain treasure..."
Of course, the value of these two rabbit dolls is also quite high, and the genuine price is thousands of dollars.
And the shooting booth they opened in the amusement park has an explosion-proof mechanism like a claw machine.
It is very difficult to reach full marks easily.
The voice just fell.
boom. boom. boom...
Zhong Chen picked up the gun, half closed his left eye, and hit the bull's-eye seven times in a row.
The boss's smile froze on his face.
boom!
Hit the bullseye again.
The display on the wall jumps out the number: 8.
The mechanical female voice played automatically: "Congratulations on winning the first prize."
The people around immediately looked towards Zhong Chen, amazed.
"He's too powerful!"
A girl patted her boyfriend in dissatisfaction, and complained: "Look at him!"
boom. boom.
When the number on the display jumped out of 10, bystanders were even more surprised.
"Let's do another round." Zhong Chen twisted his wrist in a still unsatisfied manner.
Cai Ji opened his mouth wide, "You are amazing."
Zhong Chen smiled, "It's nothing."
He slung the gun over his shoulder and continued aiming at the balloon target.
This round is full marks again.
From time to time, passers-by exclaimed.
The boss could only hand over the two rabbit dolls to them with a mournful face.
"Thank you." After Zhong Chen finished speaking to the boss, he transferred one of the rabbits to Cai Ji.
Cai Ji hurriedly thanked him.
Qi Linqing looked at the flower-armed boy who was smiling brightly in the sun, and his expression was dazed for a moment.
On the way back, the driver first drove to the courtyard according to the navigation.
Qi Linqing got out of the car and said to the driver, "Please wait for a while."
Zhong Chen: "Huh?"
Qi Linqing: "I'll go in and get you something."
Zhong Chen's heart moved slightly. Could it be that the other party wants to give you a gift
He opened the phone calendar and saw that today was not a special day.
After about fifteen minutes, Qi Linqing came out.
He handed Zhong Chen an exquisite small square brocade box.
Zhong Chen: "For me?"
"En." Qi Linqing thought for a while and said, "You gave Cai Ji a doll today, and I should give you a gift in return."
The tone and meaning of this sentence reveals the taste of an elder.
The corners of Zhong Chen's mouth twitched slightly.
But he didn't refuse, he secretly put the brocade box in the car and said, "Thank you."
Qi Linqing: "You're welcome, go home early."
"Um."
The car started slowly and left the street.
Zhong Chen opened the brocade box in the car.
Inside lay a delicate and small jade seal, with a cute rabbit and the word "Chen" engraved on the bottom.
He closed the lid, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly unconsciously.
Time passed by, and it was the end of August, and soon it was the day of the multi-school joint exam.
The examination room is set in a large studio classroom in City B.
Several buses transported students from different studios. The teacher mobilizes them before the test:
"Everyone check whether you have forgotten anything, ID card, painting utensils... This is equivalent to a simulated entrance exam. You have to put 200% of your energy into it, you know? The result should not embarrass our studio."
Every year, the multi-school mock joint exam is jointly organized by various studios in City B.
The top ten will be awarded unified famous painting materials and bonuses.
Of course, when the final results come out, the bottom-ranking studio is always very embarrassed.
This is related to the reputation and glory of the studio, the principal valued it very much, and even came to the scene in person.
Several principals from different studios stood at the door chatting.
"How about the newly recruited Qi Linqing in your studio?" asked the principal of Zuo Yi's studio.
Gossip is human nature. Now that Qi Linqing is so popular on the Internet, it is inevitable that they will discuss it in private.
Zhimo's bald principal smiled and said, "He's very good, he's already entered our elite class."
"Ouch."
The other principals looked at each other in blank dismay, and there was a flash of surprise in the eyes that met each other.
"Old Xie, are you kidding me?"
The bald headmaster smiled without saying a word.
Although Zhimo is an old-fashioned studio, it has not been ranked among the top three in the multi-school joint examination in the past few years.
The main reason is that the pressure of competition in the studio is too great, and the introversion is crazy.
Many studios issued regulations to recruit repeat students free of tuition fees, in order to increase the enrollment rate.
In the buses of other studios, some students were chatting.
"I heard that Qi Linqing will also take the multi-school joint exam."
"true and false?"
"Didn't it mean that he just learned Western painting, could he draw badly, hahahaha."
"I really look forward to seeing him in real life. It is said that he looks a hundred times better in person than in the photos."
"Exaggerated exaggerated."
"His Chinese painting is so good, wouldn't it be embarrassing to wait for the college entrance examination to overturn."
"It will be great if I can surpass him in points at that time, hehe."
"..."
While chatting, the car arrived.
Students swarmed down with their luggage.
It just so happened that the imprint of "Zhimo Studio" was printed on the bus opposite the parking lot.
The group of students who were chatting just now were suddenly excited, and stretched their necks to look over there.
Just like meeting an internet celebrity, no one wants to see with their own eyes what Qi Linqing looks like.
The students of Zhimo Studio also came down at this time.
Qi Linqing's height stood out in the crowd.
Among the people present, almost no one was taller than him.
Not to mention that face, under the sun, it seemed that the automatic beauty buff had been turned on, shining brightly and dazzlingly.
Everyone was stunned.
This, this real person is even more beautiful than the photo!
"I heard from friends in Zhimo Studio that Qi Linqing has already entered the elite class."
"How is it possible?! It's a lie."
"You don't have to pay to enter the elite class... I don't believe it."
Along the way, almost everyone who saw Qi Linqing was discussing him.
Maybe there is a kind of person who is born to be as eye-catching as a star.
Some people are also discussing Zhong Chen, saying whether their cp is a hype.
Qi Linqing was completely indifferent to this. He has a habit of ignoring the criticism around him.
He carried the painting box and sat down in the examination room ranked in order.
This time, he and Zhong Chen were not in the same examination room, and there were no acquaintances here.
When the examiner announced the start of the exam, he completely immersed himself in painting.
Sketch, sketch, gouache.
I took the exam all afternoon.
When Qi Linqing walked out of the examination room, he could still hear people around complaining that the test questions were difficult this time.
"Brother Qi, do you find it difficult?" A red-haired boy approached him and asked him.
Qi Linqing paused, vaguely remembering that the other party was in the same studio as himself, and also in Class A.
"It's fine," he said.
The boy smiled and said, "Yes, anyway, this kind of difficulty is nothing to you."
The boy's words were sincere compliments. Because he was in the same class, he could see Qi Linqing's paintings every day.
At that level, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the master of the art test is reborn.
But other passing students overheard this conversation, and felt a little pimple in their hearts.
Qi Linqing has only just learned Western painting for two months, why is he so crazy
However, one day later, the scores of the multi-school joint examination were officially announced.
Qi Linqing: [First]
Zhong Chen: [The twenty-fifth]
They were so shocked that they were instantly slapped in the face.
Several studio student groups had heated discussions.
[I rely on! ! ]
[I'm just petrified]
[Good guy, did he really only learn Western painting for two months?]
[… What is the concept of being number one in the multi-school joint examination, so Qi Linqing is equivalent to number one in our studio in city B? ! ]
[King, I wipe]
[There is also Zhong Chen, who is also ranked so high]
[I kdl woo woo woo again]
[No wonder he was able to attend the elite class of Zhimo Studio]
[I regret! ]
[I also want to sign up for Zhimo Studio. Is it still too late?]
…
The biggest winner of this multi-school joint exam is undoubtedly Zhimo Studio.
Relying on Qi Linqing's trump card that won the first place, it directly promoted Zhimo Studio to the first place in the industry.
For this reason, President Xie not only fully refunded and reduced all his tuition fees, but also offered to sponsor his future university tuition fees for four years.
Although this amount of money may not be worth mentioning to the Qi family, it is a little bit of their studio's dedication to cultivating geniuses.
—The above are the high-sounding original words of President Xie.
But now, Qi Linqing's reputation as a genius has spread throughout the studio.
Everyone knows that his painting skills are even better than the teacher.
at the same time.
Qi Hui found that there was an extra refund amount on his card.
No more, no less, it happened to be the tuition fee that I had paid to Qi Linqing.
Qi Hui felt strange and called his wife to ask what was going on.
Qi Linqing has not contacted his family members recently, and he is busy with work and does not know how the other party is doing in the studio.
Yan Qiongfang: "Could it be returned by the studio?"
Qi Hui: "How is that possible? It is impossible for someone to refund a large amount of tuition fees."
They are all businessmen, of course Qi Hui understands the benefits.
"Did Linqing say anything to you during this time?" He asked.
Yan Qiongfang: "No, he didn't even answer the phone. The old man said he was studying painting seriously and told us not to bother him..."
Qi Hui had no choice but to make another phone call to ask his eldest son.
When Qi Yingjun heard this, he said in shock: "Could it be Linqing who called you? He wants to draw a clean line with us."
Qi Hui held the phone slightly stiffly, calmed down for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Impossible, he doesn't want to."
Since he was a member of their Qi family, Qi Linqing would never want to completely draw a line with them.
I will never let such a thing happen!
After the multi-school joint exam, Qi Linqing's training career has officially come to an end.
With his current painting level, it is no problem to take the art test.
He spends more time exploring deeper art and thinking about the future.
Every day when Zhong Chen was drawing and doing homework at night, Qi Linqing sat in front of the computer and listened to the class of tablet painting, writing and drawing on the tablet.
Zhong Chen occasionally looked at the paintings on his tablet, and it was hard to believe that they were drawn by the other party.
What about the old people!
Why can Qi Linqing get used to new electronic devices so quickly
The characters he imitated and drew were exactly the same as in the anime scene.
After passing the stage of imitation, Qi Linqing began to create gradually.
Compared with the current animation style influenced by Sakura Island, he is more inclined to the Chinese style.
Those cumbersome, quaint, multi-entry patterns rich in color and texture. Coupled with classical images such as dragons and phoenixes, his panel paintings have a strong and distinctive personal style, which makes people unforgettable.
In addition to scenery, he is also practicing drawing figures.
Once Qi Linqing begged Zhong Chen to be his painting model.
"I'll buy you milk tea tomorrow, okay?"
Zhong Chen nodded and agreed.
In fact, it wasn't for that cup of milk tea... He looked at the other party quietly, and sighed slightly in his heart.
Hey, that's how it is with a wooden veteran cadre.
Qi Linqing thought that Zhong Chen agreed because of the milk tea.
He smiled, and couldn't help but feel that such a counterparty was a little cute.
A dim warm lamp was burning in the room.
Qi Linqing turned up the air conditioner and sat on the chair with the tablet in his arms.
He looked up at Zhong Chen and said, "Let's begin."
Zhong Chen took off his shirt without hesitation.
A look of astonishment flashed across Qi Linqing's eyes.
Although the two have lived together under the eaves for a long time, they have never met each other sincerely because they were ancient people and still value privacy.
They will go to the bathroom to change their clothes.
This was the first time Qi Linqing saw Zhong Chen's upper body.
The boy's complexion is not white, it's between the sun's brown charcoal. Thin six-pack abs, under the halo of light tone, presents a special contour texture. His body exudes a strong youthful spirit, green and full of beauty, reminiscent of the coconut trees growing vigorously under the sunshine of the island.
"You... are beautiful." Qi Linqing said involuntarily.
Zhong Chen's ears turned red when he heard this ambiguous sentence.
But he soon noticed that Qi Linqing's unabashed gaze contained no intimacy at all, only a strong, shining appreciation and praise for art and beauty.
He suddenly seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water, and his heart sank slightly.
Zhong Chen gritted his teeth and continued to take off.
He didn't believe that the other party didn't feel anything.
Qi Linqing hurriedly called a stop, stepped forward and said, "I didn't ask you to take off your clothes."
Zhong Chen: "Huh?"
Qi Linqing explained: "I draw board-painted characters wearing clothes."
Zhong Chen: "..."
This embarrassment immediately tied him up.
Zhong Chen's eyes were dull and lost their brilliance.
How could he have made such a mistake if it wasn't for the information he learned from his studio classmates recently that the models... all had to take off their clothes!
Ah ah ah ah.
Now he can't wait to find a crack in the ground and get in.
Qi Linqing dug out a white linen gauze gown with buttons of his own from the cabinet and handed it to the other party, saying:
"You wear this."
"Oh..." Zhong Chen took the clothes and put them on awkwardly.
This figure board painting took two days to complete after Qi Linqing's beautification and imagination.
The picture is ancient, with pear blossoms flying all over the sky, and a young man in white under the tree is drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. The details are meticulous, and the knuckles of his porcelain-like fingers are flexible and elegant. The folds of his clothes slid down slightly on the half of his exposed arm, revealing a blood-red phoenix tattoo winding on it.
His side face was as sharp as a sword, but a transparent tear flowed down his nose. His eyes were mournful, revealing a blurred and melancholy look.
The contrast is immediate and extremely impactful.
Moreover, the appearance of the boy in the painting is not distorted. It can make people think of Zhong Chen immediately.
No wonder Zhong Chen used this painting as his WeChat avatar the next day...
Gan Yishan was amazed when he saw it, and asked Qi Linqing if he could show this picture to Ye Runan.
Qi Linqing nodded and said, "I remember that this classmate Ye is very good at drawing boards? Can I ask her to give me some advice by the way."
"certainly!"
In the evening, Gan Yishan sent this picture to Ye Runan for viewing.
At the first glance, Ye Runan was almost drooling: "Damn it, which master painted it? The ancient style is really good."
She fixed her eyes again, hey, why does something seem wrong
Why does the boy in the picture look so much like Zhong Chen
Gan Yishan: "Uh... this was painted by Qi Linqing."
Ye Runan: "..."
The author has something to say: Ye Runan: This dog food, I swallow it first as a respect