be late

With the door closed and the curtains drawn, Nan Xue seemed to be having a very serious secret meeting, lowering her voice in the dim light.

"Who do you like?" Lin Lan asked.

"Shu Yubai."

"!!!"

Lin Lan dropped her cell phone, and with a touch, she bent down to pick it up again, held it close to her ear and listened, Nan Xue's breathing was still there, softly, and she did not hang up the phone.

"You like her?"

Lin Lan confirmed again, still in shock.

Nan Xue admitted softly: "Yes. Didn't you always say that I like her before? How did you know that?"

Lin Lan: "..."

That's nonsense.

It took her roughly 5 minutes to understand the cause and effect with Nan Xue, probably: Shu Yubai confessed to her, but Nan Xue refused, and she refused, leaving no hope at all; as a result, after a month, Nan Xue came back and realized that she actually liked her... But she fell in love a bit late, Shu Yubai already had a group of people who also liked her.

Now she wants to chase him back.

"I don't know how to chase girls."

Lin Lan thought for a while: "There are many ways to chase people. Invite her to watch a movie, go on a date, create opportunities...the time is ripe to confess."

"Oh."

Nan Xue roughly wrote it down.

Lin Lan asked on the phone, "Why is your voice so low?"

Nan Xue: "Shu Yubai is outside. I'm afraid she might overhear." After speaking, she glanced through the gap in the curtain.

Lin Lan: "..."

After a while, she asked Nan Xue: "Then do you think she still likes you?"

Do you still like it?

Nan Xue looked out through the gap in the light beige curtains. In the snowy sky, the woman turned her back to her, holding a pencil in her hand, still drawing, and didn't even pay attention to her.

Nan Xue: "It's hard to say."

Lin Lan paused, then asked again: "That is, is it possible to still like it?"

Nan Xue: "I don't know."

Lin Lan: "However, if she still likes you, why doesn't she agree to be with you?"

Nan Xue's fingertips turned white and became stiff.

If you still like it, why don't you agree.

Many thoughts flashed through Nan Xue's mind, and she felt a little timid for a while.

Lin Lan thought for her for a while, and said on the other end of the phone: "How about this, let me ask you what Shu Yubai is thinking now."

"Okay, thank you." Nan Xue answered with her head down, not forgetting to ask carefully: "Don't say I asked you to ask." After a while, Lin Lan was about to hang up the phone, Nan Xue blushed a little, and asked again: " Don't tell me I like her."

Lin Lan: "I know."

After that, I hung up the phone.

the other side.

When it was almost lunch time, Shu Yubai got up, sorted the paintings on his lap, and walked into the room through the small yard covered with crushed snow.Pushing open the door, the phone rang in the room.

She put the painting on the table and glanced at the screen, it was Lin Lan.

"Hey?"

Shu Yubai picked up the phone.

"Nan Xue told me just now that she likes you." Lin Lan asked, "What do you think?"

What did Nan Xue tell her?

Shu Yubai lowered his head, looked at the rolled-up drawing paper on the wooden table, smoothed it gently with his fingers, and coughed lightly in embarrassment: "She told me once before, but I didn't take it seriously."

"She...may be possessive."

"Or, I can't tell the difference between good feelings and love between lovers."

"That's it."

Lin Lan murmured, "Maybe so."

Shu Yubai leaned against the window, looking at the tall sycamore tree in the courtyard, slightly lost in thought.A certain image resurfaced in my mind.

If you really like her, why do you hate kissing her so much?

After kissing her that day, Nan Xue's expression has been lingering in her mind.

...

With a thin white index finger, he wiped away the water marks on his lips vigorously.

His eyes became strange.

Frightened, a moment of indifference and alienation, so repulsive.

It's like being kissed by her and defiled.

Shu Yubai lowered her head, with a strand of hair covering her side face. She didn't want to go deeper into this issue with Lin Lan, she just said: "And sometimes, friends are better than lovers."

"Longer."

"right."

"I have it in my mind."

Shu Yubai glanced out of the window again.

……

The two chatted for a while. Outside the window, Ying Ran's assistant stood in the yard and waved to her, telling her to go to lunch. Over there, Nan Xue also came out.Shu Yubai looked at the time, it was past twelve o'clock, so he hurriedly ended the conversation: "I'm going to eat."

"Okay. Go ahead."

Lin Lan hung up the phone.

Over there, Nan Xue received a message from Lin Lan:

Lin Lan: Maybe she doesn't believe you like her?

Nan Xue: Why don't you believe it?

Lin Lan: ...

Lin Lan: I don't know.

Nan Xue was somewhat at a loss.

She put the phone in her bag, and waited quietly for Shu Yubai at the door. The man just happened to push the door open, and their eyes collided.

Nan Xue looked at her, and just confessed to Lin Lan, the blush around her ears hadn't faded away.

But Shu Yubai avoided her a bit and didn't look at her.

A few days ago, she seemed to be less repulsive to herself. Why did she become a little distant again after Lin Lan got off the phone?Nan Xue was slightly annoyed, not understanding what was going on.

Nan Xue: "Have you eaten?"

Shu Yubai nodded: "OK."

The two kept a close distance.

There was no one in the yard, Ying Ran's assistant had already left, and only the two of them were left. A little sparrow jumped down from the treetop, looking for food in the snow, hopping around.

Shu Yubai was still wearing a white velvet skirt, her waist was very thin, and her long hair was soft and smooth on her shoulders, with a faint fragrance.

Nan Xue walked over and gently held her hand, feeling warm in her palm.

Shu Yubai was startled slightly, and looked back at her.

The hair on the girl's shoulders was jet-black, shining with a cold luster, lifted by the wind, and her chin was as white as ice.

"Let's go." Nan Xue said.

Shu Yubai pushed her, not too hard: "How old are you?"

Holding hands while eating, from kindergarten?

Is it suitable?

Nan Xue looked at her and smiled, her cherry-like lips raised slightly, and her dark eyes reflected the fine light of the snow.

Shu Yubai was startled slightly.

She bowed her head, her long eyelashes were curved, and there was a little warmth in her eyes, not too obvious, but like melting ice and snow.

Later, Ying Ran called her over, routinely inspected the day's paintings, revised and corrected the traces on the paper, and gave some demonstrations. After the end, he raised his eyes and said to Shu Yubai: "Scenery related It's almost done, and then we can start figure painting."

"Have you ever painted figures before?" Ying Ran asked her.

Shu Yubai took out his mobile phone, enlarged the photos saved in the photo album, and showed him one by one—they were all antique pictures of ladies.

"Where are the figures in the oil painting?" Ying Ran asked.

"Painting people in oil...I'm not very good at it."

Shu Yubai lowered his head and explained softly.

Characters are what Ying Ran is good at, but Shu Yubai is weak in.

In her undergraduate Chinese paintings, the characters in them are mostly imitated by the maids or hermits in ancient times, focusing on vividness and not demanding high proportions or realism.

Later, it turned into oil painting, and most of them were landscape paintings.

The characters in Xi's paintings are almost her knowledge blind spot.

"It's okay, just practice more."

Ying Ran returned the painting to her and ended the day's practice.

It was very quiet at night, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. In the distance, the lake water was gently rippling, and there was a slightly cold wind.

Several people gathered around the table to eat, Nan Xue was next to Shu Yubai, and Ying Ran was opposite.In addition to Shu Yubai, Ying Ran also brought an apprentice, it is said that he has studied with him for six years, and he still follows him now.

Compared with him, Shu Yubai's foundation is much weaker.

According to her seniority, she had to call him "senior brother".

Senior brother is a dull gourd, ever since Shu Yubai came here, he has never spoken a word, and he kept his head down when eating, only occasionally serving Yingran food filially, and calling him "teacher" or something.

After eating, the senior brother suddenly raised his head.

"I have two tickets here. I bought them to go with my girlfriend."

He squeezed the phone, clicked to capture two pictures, and sent the ticket collection code to Shu Yubai: "Let's take a look."

Shu Yubai looked at Nan Xue, and then at himself.

After realizing it, "you" refers to her and Nan Xue.

"Why?" Shu Yubai looked at him.

"We just broke up." The senior didn't look up, and continued to pick up rice, Ying Ran glanced at him and patted his head: "It's okay, we have to finish painting for the night after we broke up."

Brother: "..."

Nan Xue sat there, turned around and asked, "Sister, what ticket?"

Shu Yubai lowered his eyes and swiped: "Movie ticket."

Nan Xue put down her chopsticks, and a lot of hidden expectations arose in her heart. She calmly picked up the napkin and wiped her lips gently, and suggested, "Then go after you finish eating?"

Shu Yubai shook his head, calmly, picked up a piece of vegetable with the tip of his chopsticks: "I still want to draw."

Nan Xue was a little confused, she lowered her eyes, and after thinking about it, she decided to forget it.

Drawing is the most important...

As she was thinking, she wondered when Shu Yubai could go out and... date her.

Nan Xue raised her eyes, her dark and moist eyes looked at Ying Ran.

"Uncle, when is she on vacation?"

Ying Ran glanced at the two of them and waved his hands: "Bai will be given a holiday tonight. Go watch a movie."

The senior brother glanced at him: "..."

There was a bit of resentment in his eyes.

"How shall we go?"

"I don't know, I can do it." Nan Xue said.

Shu Yubai went out, but her car didn't come, and it was not far away, and Nan Xue didn't drive either... Should I ask the driver to come over?Forget it, this era of sharing economy...how about calling a car?Nan Xue lowered her head and opened the carpooling app, but Shu Yubai pulled her to walk in another direction.

"elder sister?"

Shu Yubai led her to the bus station, where there was a row of shared bicycles parked there. Nan Xue took a look and thought, why not ride a bicycle there in such a cold weather?

Shu Yubai: "I looked at the map, the movie theater is very close, just two steps away, let's be more environmentally friendly...Nan Xue?"

While she was speaking, Nan Xue had already walked over and started scanning the code. The car beeped and unlocked.

Shu Yubai: "..."

She lowered her head and took out a pair of gloves from the bag on her shoulders. Cycling in winter was very cold, but it was very interesting. It felt slightly cold, and the beauty of cycling around the lake under the night was indescribable.

Nan Xue pushed the car to the side bicycle lane, Shu Yubai walked up and touched her hand: "Is it cold?"

Nan Xue: "It's okay."

His hands were already very cold, Shu Yubai asked again: "Do you have gloves?" Although Nan Xue knew that she didn't wear them at a glance, Nan Xue still lowered her head, searched in the bag decently for a while, then looked up again: "No."

Shu Yubai shared one of his gloves with her: "Put it on your right hand, I'm afraid you will be frozen and unable to hold the brake valve in a while."

"how about you?"

Nan Xue asked.

"I wear it on my left hand backwards."

Nan Xue smiled and returned the gloves to her: "Sister, I am anti-freeze."

Shu Yubai glanced at her, expressionless: "If you fall later, don't blame me for not reminding you."

The two rode slowly around the bicycle path on the lake shore. There was a row of sycamore trees on the side of the road. , invisible edge, sparkling.

Nan Xue followed behind her, and Shu Yubai added a short down jacket on top of the skirt. When riding a bicycle, she could still see her slender waistline, swaying slightly like tender willows by the lake.

Her long hair was blowing up gently in the wind.

There is a gentle lake breeze in front of you. This time is when there are few tourists.The surroundings were completely silent, only the cars whizzing past on the asphalt road, like the sound of distant wind, Nan Xue looked at Shu Yubai's back, and felt a wonderful feeling in her heart.

As if telepathically, Shu Yubai happened to look back at her, the moonlight illuminated her eyes, soft and beautiful, her red lips were slightly curved.

Nan Xue's heart skipped a beat.

...then hit the stone pile in front of him.

The author has something to say: I have been coughing for the past few days, and I actually had a fever when I took my body temperature in the afternoon. During the special period of tvt, everyone must take good care of your body, it is too scary...

ps, the next book "Oiran" asks for an advance order~

Copywriter:

Queen's Parade

Picked up a ragged little girl at the base of the city wall

She brought the little orphan back to the palace

teach her etiquette

But little orphans are ungrateful

I have extra thoughts

empress shame

banish little orphans from the city

less than three years

enemy invasion

The Shang Kingdom, which was already at the end of its strength, was completely captured

The empress fled with her palace servants

Fall into dust

one year later

Xindi tour

Unannounced visit to the brothel at the root of the city wall

"Ask you oirans to play a little tune."

Cintiq is satisfied

Redeemed the oiran back

Zuiwo King's couch

Xindi breathed softly in her ear:

"Sister, do you remember me?"

*0 chasing 1 crematorium

*Under the year, half-grown

*Queen suffers/loyal dog attack

*私设，借用部分女尊设定，帝王大臣都是女性，男性没有执政权。感谢在2021-02-2312:24:06~2021-02-2320:48:16期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: 呔, 2;

感谢投出地雷的小天使：啊呀4个；七五折和吴宣仪的小宝2个；凌晨、不是老得辣、44777147、一顿想吃八个饼、blink小王、喻言的宝贝、稀饭煮小贝、不夜、逍默、沈芙嘉是受、454773301个；感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：4999234145瓶；重心不稳13瓶；稀饭煮小贝11瓶；宋满、不是老得辣10瓶；莫寒的宝贝、＊＊5瓶；哎馬3瓶；傅菁老婆、我也很无奈2瓶；蕾羽、NORA、38086844、50095468、砸砸、我的故事里没有你1瓶；非常感谢大家对我的支持，我会继续努力的！