Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 826 - 825: Smooth Sailing in the Semifinals
After quite a while, Zhen Yu suddenly remembered! Her last assignment didn’t just have cursive script, but standard script too!
So she asked again, "What about my standard script?"
Su Xuan showed no mercy and said, "Not even as good as mine!"
"Uh..."
Zhen Yu felt a bit embarrassed but still sarcastically said, "So you deliberately chose to say the nice things first, huh! What about my painting then?"
Su Xuan didn’t reply for a while.
After quite some time, she spoke with confusion: "Your freehand landscape and meticulous flower-and-bird paintings have already shown great promise! But why has your painting style recently changed so suddenly? It seems you’re heading towards a fusion of styles! There’s even a hint of meticulous combined with freehand..."
"Ah? Haha...Really?" Zhen Yu laughed nervously.
It’s likely because she’s been thinking a lot about comics lately! Hence, when she painted recently, she unconsciously incorporated some modern techniques she was learning... But since she’s learning traditional painting with Su Xuan, Zhen Yu thought for a moment and then found an excuse to explain: "Maybe it’s because I’ve suddenly wanted to paint a Court Lady Painting again recently!"
"Really?" Su Xuan obviously sensed from her hesitation that things weren’t that simple, so she asked an extra question.
Zhen Yu chuckled twice and then said half-jokingly, "Really! After all, you said that painters shouldn’t be confined to one form, right? Only by cross-referencing and learning more can the paintings get better and better!"
"Exactly! That’s it." Su Xuan felt quite happy upon hearing Zhen Yu remember something she once said.
And upon hearing her agreement, Zhen Yu continued speaking.
"Moreover, didn’t you also say! My techniques are already very good, but to further improve my paintings, it will rely on enlightenment! So I thought I’d try painting Court Lady Painting again. Maybe I’ll make a breakthrough or something..."
"Hmm! That’s good too!"
Su Xuan interrupted Zhen Yu and directly assigned her homework: "Then paint three pieces first! Submit them to me in seven days!"
Zhen Yu: "...Alright!"
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With guidance from a master, Zhen Yu’s participation in the next day’s semifinals went smoothly! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
First! Since her standard script still needs improvement, she’ll compete with cursive script then.
As for traditional painting, having painted Court Lady Paintings all night last night, Zhen Yu expressed that her mind is now full of beauties and she can’t really paint anything else...
Fortunately, because the organizing committee considered that there might be participants in both calligraphy and painting, the two sections of the semifinals were held at different times.
So, like rushing to venues, Zhen Yu first went to the calligraphy section.
After entering the calligraphy creation area in sequence, the rules of the semifinals were announced by the organizers when the competition time began.
Firstly, to ensure fairness, items like ink and paper must be event-specific!
Each participant is limited to using only two pieces of official rice paper provided by the organizing committee stamped with the official seal of the competition! Only two!
As for the competition topics, they were quite extensive. They included idioms, couplets, ancient poems, and famous sayings, with topics of varying lengths totaling more than a dozen, and they were divided into simplified and traditional versions.
Participants were not limited to any script style, able to choose one to complete within the competition time.
Because her condition was good, Zhen Yu wrote just one piece and submitted it directly.
Then, as soon as the competition here ended, she immediately rushed to the painting section...
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A morning of competitions quickly came to a close. At noon, after a simple meal at home, Zhen Yu sat down in front of her computer again.
Later, just until dinner time, she only left for a little while! After eating, she returned to her computer again and continued working on her online store.
Han Mingyue did not interrupt her work but quietly nestled on the couch reading and reviewing.
Only when he noticed it was already nine o’clock in the evening did he put down his book and stood up to walk behind Zhen Yu.
"How much more before you’re done? It’s time to sleep. The rest can wait until tomorrow!"
Zhen Yu replied without turning her head, "Just a few more! Give me half an hour!"
Han Mingyue didn’t say anything.
After a while, he suddenly lifted his hands to place them on Zhen Yu’s shoulders and began to massage her.
At first, Zhen Yu felt quite comfortable being kneaded, but later on, somehow, the feeling slowly changed.
"Hmm..." As this sound unconsciously escaped her throat, Zhen Yu’s spine stiffened! She gripped the mouse tightly!
Then she felt her throat was dry! Very dry!
So she quickly swallowed some saliva to relieve it, but it didn’t work, and Zhen Yu felt like her teeth hurt a bit too!
So she wanted to quickly send him away, saying: "I’m thirsty! Han Mingyue, could you get me a glass of water?"
Unknown to her, Han Mingyue’s hands on her shoulders had already stopped moving. First, he didn’t move upon hearing this, and then he slowly lowered his hands. "...Okay."
Only when she heard the footsteps of the person behind her getting farther and farther did Zhen Yu slowly drop her shoulders and close her eyes, letting out a heavy sigh!
"Phew..."
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Elsewhere, Han Mingyue stopped at the doorway to the dining room, hesitating to move forward! Standing at the threshold between the bright and dark, he let out a long sigh.
Then he calmed himself and stepped into the dimly lit dining room.
When he returned with the water, Zhen Yu looked normal, and her work was almost finished.
Noting from the corner of her eye that Han Mingyue placed the water on the table, Zhen Yu said without stopping her work, "You can go wash up! Once you’re done, I’ll be finished here too."
Han Mingyue did not protest, directly answering with a "Okay!" and walked away.
Only then did Zhen Yu, pretending as if nothing had happened, refocus all her energy on the web page in front of her.
As for the glass of water in front of her, Zhen Yu only remembered to drink it when she closed her computer.
She drank it all in one go! Washed up, laid down.
In the darkened bedroom after the lights were turned off, the sound of the ticking clock tonight seemed exceptionally lonely.
For there wasn’t even a single person to deliberately open their mouth to speak...
Exhausted, Zhen Yu quickly fell asleep, but Han Mingyue, with lingering thoughts, lay awake in the darkness.
For a moment! He even regretted why he insisted on moving over and sleeping in the same room with Zhen Yu.
However, that thought only flashed by!
What truly kept him awake wasn’t that, but rather his indecision on certain matters! As well as his lack of perseverance.
One moment he felt, since he’s already determined to marry no one else but Zhen Yu, he could decide early...
The next moment he thought, his mother’s words were words of wisdom. Moreover, listening to advice is nourishment! He should remain steadfast...
