SIAS Chapter 247.2

In short, whether she could buy a house sooner or not depended on Li Mengxue’s exploration, so she encouraged her: “Mengxue, keep it up!”

“???” Li Mengxue’s face was full of questions.

“Keep it up for what?”

Keep it up for buying a courtyard house! Yi Qingqing silently wished her well.

Then she patted another large wicker trunk next to her: “Keep it up, get back to packing! You’ve already bought a trunk. You’re not planning to pack your clothes in a bundle when you go, are you?”

“There are still two days left. No rush, no rush. Let me lie down a little longer. How can I have the energy to work if I don’t get enough rest?”

Li Mengxue continued to lie there, shifting to a more comfortable position.

“Lazy as ever!” Yi Qingqing said irritably.

…

The next day, Li Mengxue lay in the guesthouse for half a day. In the afternoon, she could not stay any longer and said that she wanted to go out for a walk.

Yi Qingqing was very excited and, very considerately, didn’t ask any questions. She just waved her hand and said, “Okay!”

These past two days, the girls have had free time.

Qian Lailai and Chen Zhihe went for a walk in the nearby park.

Wang Lingling and Xie Shiyan went to the cinema to watch a movie.

Yi Qingqing and Yun Guyuan also made an appointment to go to the bookstore together in the afternoon.

At that time, bookstores were only worth reading for newspapers, which allowed one to keep up with current affairs. Apart from textbooks, there was basically nothing worth reading.

The two of them selected some recent newspapers and then went elsewhere to buy pens, pencils, erasers, ink, and a few notebooks.

Afterward, they strolled aimlessly along the street, carrying their purchases.

When they got tired, they sat down by the roadside to rest.

They chatted idly about the people and scenery along the way.

As they were walking around, they arrived at a nearby park.

The two of them sat by the flower bed.

Yi Qingqing took out the fountain pen she had just filled with ink when she bought it and opened the first page of her notebook.

“Let me draw a portrait for you!”

Yun Guyuan had received several paintings from her. He knew that she could paint, so he agreed without much thought.

Then Yi Qingqing asked him to sit facing her.

She was sketching with a fountain pen, actually quite fast.

But due to someone’s selfish motives, her pen moved incredibly slowly, carefully observing Yun Guyuan before each stroke.

Such an open and aboveboard opportunity, with legitimate reasons to stare at him, someone, who loved good looks, shamelessly took advantage of it for personal gain.

Yun Guyuan went from being calm at first to feeling shy and awkward, and then regaining his composure and becoming secretly happy. He went through a long period of ideological struggle in between.

It wasn’t until Yi Qingqing finally finished drawing a small portrait, wrote the date on it, and tore off the page of paper to give it to him that Yun Guyuan said, “If you need portrait models again, remember to contact me!”

“Okay!” This was such a great opportunity, so Yi Qingqing readily agreed.

“Qingqing!”

Qian Lailai and Chen Zhihe saw them and walked over.

Seeing the small portrait that Yun Guyuan hadn’t put away yet, Qian Lailai said in surprise, “Qingqing, you can do this too? It’s so lifelike!”

Yi Qingqing’s enthusiasm for drawing hadn’t waned: “How about I draw one for you two too?”

“Is that alright?” Chen Zhihe was also looking forward to it.

“Sit over there. It’ll be done quickly.” Yi Qingqing pointed to the flower bed opposite.

Then Yun Guyuan watched as Yi Qingqing glanced up, and her pen quickly sketched the lines.

The two people’s portraits took less time than she had spent drawing one for him.

Yun Guyuan suddenly understood something. He pursed his lips, glanced at the girl beside him, and then looked at the small portrait in his hand, his eyes softening.

“Done!” Yi Qingqing skillfully wrote the date in the corner of the paper.

 

 

 

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