The Romance of a Young Painter

In the blink of an eye, school starts, and Zhou Nianjiu officially starts his black senior year in high school.

Jin Bao went to Sweden a week before school started. His parents got Swedish citizenship this year. As a left-behind child for many years, Jin Bao finally managed to stay in the cloud. He will continue his studies there. Before leaving, he half-jokingly said to Zhou Nianjiu: "It can be regarded as having escaped the calamity of the college entrance examination. From then on, I no longer have to stay up late to memorize and brush up questions. But I will miss you, brother who sleeps in the opposite bed..."

The new dormitory assignment list has also been released. Zhou Nianjiu found that he didn’t know any of his roommates, but he didn’t have time to communicate with his new dormmates and go to the opening ceremony of the new semester together. Instead, he worked alone in the grade office. The placement test paper, this is the opportunity Wen Juan won for him.

Wen Juan knew that with Zhou Nianjiu's high school entrance examination results, the best situation this semester would be to be in upper-middle classes. He also graduated from tenth middle school. Class, in order to widen the gap with other schools in the high score during the college entrance examination.Wen Ju'an hoped that Zhou Nianjiu could stand in the first echelon from the very beginning, so that the starting point could be higher, and with Zhou Nianjiu's cleverness and focus plus a spare time during the holidays, he believed that his younger brother was already qualified for that position.

The results were quickly approved, and Zhou Nianjiu used the scores to prove that Wen Juan's confidence did not come out of thin air, and then Zhou Nianjiu, who was originally in Wen ([-]) class, was transferred to Wen ([-]) class.Zhou Nianjiu entered the class two days later than the other students because of the placement test. The seat in the class was arranged earlier, and the head teacher temporarily arranged him in the last row.For this paratrooper, most of the students who didn't know the inside story thought that the school took special care of him, because although Zhou Nianjiu was top-notch among the special students before, his cultural achievements were all ranked outside the [-]th grade, which made the class full of bullies The students didn't think it was threatening at all, not to mention that girls accounted for the vast majority in the liberal arts class. The boys who existed as green leaves became rare animals. The girls all expressed their warm welcome to the new male students, and some had already started to whisper Whisper up.

"He Xinxin, you were in the same class as him before, and they were also special students." A girl pushed her deskmate.

"Hmm." The girl who answered pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose, looking a little dazed.

"This Zhou Nianjiu looks quite handsome, how is he, is he easy to get along with?" the girl asked again.

"Well, I haven't talked to him much," He Xinxin replied in a low voice, "He's usually quite aloof."

"Can you be colder than Meng Xing?" When it comes to coldness, the girl's first reaction is the school girl.

"It's not the same kind." He Xinxin quickly waved his hand, "Student Zhou Nianjiu feels like the kind of expert who is not interested in anything other than painting."

Her tablemate chuckled and asked, "Then does he have a girlfriend?"

He Xinxin thought for a while and said, "There are quite a few girls who like him among the special students, but I haven't heard of anyone he's dating."

When they bit their ears, Zhou Nianjiu was already surrounded by several girls.

"Student Zhou Nianjiu, I'm class monitor Li Jing, welcome to join class one." It was a girl with a high ponytail who spoke, she looked like a passionate big sister.

Another girl continued: "My name is Xu Yingzi, and I am a study committee member. If you want to make up the notes from the previous two days of class, you can come to me."

"Thank you." Zhou Nianjiu said.

The other girls glared at Xu Yingzi a few times, and those who were more courageous asked directly: "Student Zhou Nianjiu, you used to be a special student, right? Why did you come to our class?"

"Yes, yes, why did you come to our liberal arts class?" The people around also echoed and asked.

"Sorry, I still have to tidy things up." Zhou Nianjiu felt a headache from these chattering girls.

"Everyone, the new classmates have also seen it, so let's go." Class monitor Li Jing said.

Only then did Zhou Nianjiu's side become quieter. When he took his seat, he saw Meng Xing who was sitting across the aisle from him. The other person was reading a book in his hands. The movement around him didn't seem to affect him at all.

It turned out that he was also in Wen ([-]) class, Zhou Nianjiu hesitated for a moment, but still greeted him.

Meng Xing gave him a cold look and continued to read.

Zhou Nianjiu was at the same table as one of the few boys in the liberal arts class. He kindly explained in a low voice, "Meng Xing is notoriously unreasonable, so don't take it to heart."

"Understood, thank you." Zhou Nianjiu said.

The tablemate saw that Zhou Nianjiu looked more talkative, so he said: "Actually, I'm also quite curious why you can't think about switching to liberal arts, but if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it."

Zhou Nianjiu said vaguely: "It's nothing special, I just want to try."

"The single-plank bridge is not easy," the deskmate shook his head disapprovingly, and then said enthusiastically, "But this is youth, let's work hard together!"

"Okay, let's work together!"

Although Class One is the key class among the key classes, the learning atmosphere in the first two weeks of school is not very tense. The characteristic of the class with the majority of girls is that they get together in groups of three or five when the class is over, and from time to time they send out messages of unknown meaning. I really don't know how they can talk about so many things, and the rare boys are almost scattered at the back of the classroom, doing their own thing one by one.Zhou Nianjiu habitually took out his sketchbook to paint and draw after class. Since Shen Guangji inspired him the idea of ​​portrait painting last time, he has been practicing, and these adolescent girls are the best objects to practice.

The deskmate turned his face to take a look, but blurted out: "This is the monitor."

Zhou Nianjiu let out a "huh".

The deskmate praised: "As expected of a master, it is so lifelike." Then he asked cheekily, "Can you draw one for me later?"

Zhou Nianjiu said: "Yes." He painted the rest casually, turned to the next page, and started to draw quickly.

The deskmate was still posing left and right. Seeing that Zhou Nianjiu didn't look at him at all, he asked strangely, "Don't you even need to look at the painting?"

"No need," Zhou Nianjiu glanced at him and said, "Besides, if you are not a professional model, the temporary poses are usually very awkward, so I will just draw your usual appearance."

"Will it be awkward?" The tablemate unnaturally snapped back the shape he had just made, and said, "I made it like a celebrity in a magazine, and I thought it would be very handsome."

"It's also possible to be handsome, as long as you have a good look first, and practice more in front of the mirror if you have nothing to do." Zhou Nianjiu replied without raising his head.

That is to say, I need to go back to the stove and remake it. The tablemate was a little speechless about his directness, but he was quickly attracted by the self he wrote. The sketchbook gradually showed a green and young side face, with one hand With his chin propped up and a pen in his other hand, his eyes were looking straight ahead, as if he had seen something important, with a serious look.

After Zhou Nianjiu finished the last stroke, he handed him the sketchbook and said, "See if it looks like it."

The deskmate looked at his portrait happily, and said, "I can't look like this any more. I didn't expect that I'm usually so handsome."

Zhou Nianjiu said: "No matter who it is, they are very charismatic when they are focused."

The deskmate didn't notice what he said at all, he had already shown off to the two girls in the front seat with the painting.

"Wow!"

The two girls exclaimed almost at the same time, attracting the others nearby, and the sketchbook was passed around in the hands of all the girls for a while.

"This is Li Jing."

"Ah, this is Xu Yingzi."

"Hey, this is you." It was an envious and jealous tone.

Although some people were happy and some were not reconciled, the girls all agreed: "The painting is really good, as expected of an art student!"

Because of this sketchbook, Zhou Nianjiu's attention has once again increased among girls, and his popularity seems to be on par with Meng Xing. This magical development has made all the male creatures in the same class feel sorry for him, including Zhou Nianjiu's deskmate - I thought it was in Seng Shaoyu There are many liberal arts classes that can blossom, but before leaving the teacher, there are two rivals, one of whom is personally sent to the top.

Zhou Nianjiu was actually troubled by this kind of popularity. The girls in the liberal arts class were much more difficult to deal with than the long-term students. They were numerous and full of tricks, and there were always people who would chase and intercept him every day at any time after class. The tricks of rejection are pitifully few, and they are quickly seen through by the girls.After struggling for many days, he finally found a clean corner. This holy place is on the roof of the teaching building.

Zhou Nianjiu leaned on the edge of the roof alone, and took a deep breath of relief. On the top floor, he could see the open sky. The sun was still powerful, but it was not as scorching as in midsummer. He took off the plain mirror and rubbed the bridge of his nose, halfway Squinting his eyes and looking at the playground not far away, the students who finished the last physical education class and the students who will start the next class intertwined into a vivid group portrait, just like the class he is in now, whether it is in class or after class, it seems Every moment is a silhouette of life, but he doesn't enjoy it very much, and he can't blend in. Comparatively speaking, he still prefers to watch from afar rather than become one of them.

Zhou Nianjiu stayed in this position for a while, and suddenly smelled a faint smell of chocolate, but it was a little different. He turned his head suspiciously, and saw Meng Xing leaning on the railing not far away, holding a stick between his fingertips. Brown smoke, a thin wisp of blue smoke curled up and then dissipated in the air.

"Smoking is bad for your health." Zhou Nianjiu quickly stepped forward to take the cigarette out of Meng Xing's hand and extinguished it. Then he quickly realized that the person in front of him was not Wenming Yuan, but Meng Xing who had no friendship at all.

Meng Xing looked at him expressionlessly, his darker eyes were not warm even in the sun.

"I'm sorry." Zhou Nianjiu apologized quickly, and then couldn't help but say, "But smoking is really not good. Although yours smells good, it's still smoke."

"You're too lenient." Meng Xing doesn't actually smoke, the one just now was handed to him by someone with a purpose, and he just wanted to see what tricks that person can play next, But he didn't think it was necessary to explain this to Zhou Nianjiu.

Zhou Nianjiu didn't know if Meng Xing was angry because he was nosy, because the other party's tone was not turbulent, but he quickly remembered what happened at the end of last semester. With a cold look, he still owed the other party a thank you at that time, so he said: "Thank you for that time."

Meng Xing said indifferently: "I was just bored at the time, I hope you didn't misunderstand anything because of this."

Zhou Nianjiu thought for a while and said, "No matter what your original intention was, you ended up helping me, so I still want to thank you."

Meng Xing said: "If you have to thank me, then show your sincerity."

Zhou Nianjiu didn't quite understand what he meant.

"A substantive gift of thanks is much more useful than a simple thank you." Meng Xing glanced at him inexplicably, and said, "There is no kindness without reason in this world. If you are always so naive, reality will teach you severely. "

Zhou Nianjiu was thinking about the meaning of his words, but Meng Xing didn't intend to explain. He took the extinguished cigarette from Zhou Nianjiu's hand, turned and left.