“Xia Nuannuan, what are you doing?”
Liao Juan, the English class representative, approached with curiosity as she was about to leave the classroom.
“Huh? N-nothing!”
Xia Nuannuan immediately panicked and instinctively wanted to hide.
“Don’t move!”
Qin Tian, who was sketching her features, urgently called out when he saw this.
“It’s the crucial part, just hold on a moment more!”
“Okay!”
Xia Nuannuan froze like she had been petrified, not daring to move.
This scene drew curious glances from the surrounding classmates.
“Huh? Qin Tian is drawing you!”
Liao Juan had come closer and, looking down at the sketch on the white paper, her face showed shock.
“Wow, this is amazing! Qin Tian, have you studied drawing?”
“Mmm!”
Qin Tian didn’t have time to chat with her and just casually replied.
Liao Juan didn’t disturb them further, her gaze now fixed with interest on Xia Nuannuan, who was sitting against the wall.
Xia Nuannuan’s pretty face was flushed, and she shyly averted her gaze.
Many of the students around couldn’t contain their curiosity and got up to gather and watch.
Soon, without exception, everyone on their faces showed expressions of disbelief.
“So beautiful…”
A boy couldn’t help but praise.
“Shhh!”
A girl next to him immediately put her finger to her lips in a shushing gesture.
The boy immediately pursed his lips tightly and nodded vigorously.
Everyone maintained a tacit understanding of quiet, watching with bated breath.
Xia Nuannuan felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, her cheeks burning as if they were about to catch fire.
The other students in the classroom also gradually crowded over.
For a moment, the classroom, which should have been quite noisy, fell into an eerie silence.
“Done.”
Finally, Qin Tian’s magnetic voice sounded, and a hearty smile appeared on his handsome face.
“Phew…”
Xia Nuannuan let out a sigh of relief, followed by gasps of amazement from everyone around.
“Good heavens, is this really Xia Nuannuan? She’s so beautiful!”
“What are you talking about? He drew it based on Xia Nuannuan, who else would it be?”
“Qin Tian, how long have you been studying drawing? You’re incredible!”
“It’s drawn so well, and the dress looks great, it suits Xia Nuannuan perfectly.”
“Qin Tian, why did you draw this dress?”
“…”
“I had her be my model, mainly to design this dress. I haven’t professionally studied drawing, it’s just a hobby I’ve self-taught, I know a little.”
Qin Tian answered everyone’s questions with a smile.
Everyone suddenly understood and cast teasing glances at Xia Nuannuan.
Xia Nuannuan felt incredibly shy but pretended to be composed, her large eyes shining as she gazed at the sketch in Qin Tian’s hand.
With so many people around, she couldn’t show her eagerness too much.
“Here, take a look!”
Qin Tian, seeing her thoughts, smiled and handed the sketch over.
Xia Nuannuan eagerly took it with both hands and looked intently at herself in the drawing.
With just one glance, her eyes widened, and she was completely stunned.
Was she really this beautiful?
Unbeknownst to everyone, Qin Tian’s sketch of Xia Nuannuan incorporated elements of the Xia Nuannuan from many years in his past life, the one who, in a red evening gown, stunned everyone upon her appearance.
Therefore, the sketched Xia Nuannuan leaned towards a more mature look than her current self.
It wasn’t that Xia Nuannuan herself wasn’t beautiful.
It was the contrast and artistic enhancement that made everyone feel the Xia Nuannuan depicted on paper was more beautiful.
“Hehe… Nuannuan, are you mesmerized?”
Liao Juan teased with a smile.
“Ah?”
Xia Nuannuan snapped back to reality, her face flushing as if a blush had spread across it. She quickly denied it insincerely, “No, no, it’s not!”
“Qin Tian, you’re not designing a dress, you’re deliberately drawing Xia Nuannuan beautifully to make her happy!”
A girl said with a playful tease.
“Exactly! You, a grown man, drawing dresses for no reason? Who would believe that!”
“Stop pretending, you drew it for Xia Nuannuan, and you drew it so beautifully!”
“You two, just show off!”
Several girls around chimed in, their faces filled with envy.
Xia Nuannuan shyly lowered her head, her expressive eyes stealing glances at Qin Tian, with flecks of light hidden deep within.
“It’s really not!”
Qin Tian denied with a light smile.
“Tsk…”
The girls let out a chorus of dismissive hisses.
Hearing this, Xia Nuannuan felt a small pang of disappointment.
Just then, Qin Tian’s magnetic voice sounded again.
“Because what you’re saying is wrong, in my eyes, she is just that beautiful, she doesn’t need deliberate embellishment.”
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Xia Nuannuan also froze for a few seconds before her face flushed crimson, turning as red as a ripe apple in late autumn in an instant.
“Ahhh, I can’t take it anymore.”
“Thanks for the treat, I’m full, I’m leaving.”
“I’m not coming over to torture myself again, the damage is too great, goodbye!”
“Sorry to bother you, I’m out.”
Once they came to their senses, everyone scattered like startled birds.
This sudden display of affection, like a dog food feast, was a bit overwhelming for the mostly single classmates.
“Heh, that’s it?”
Qin Tian chuckled with a hint of pride.
Novice drivers who hadn’t even gotten their licenses dared to tease him?
They were nothing!
Qin Tian looked at Xia Nuannuan beside him and saw that her head was bowed, her earlobes completely red.
“Ahem, don’t pay too much attention to what they just said, I was doing it on purpose.”
Clearing his throat somewhat awkwardly, Qin Tian earnestly tried to comfort her.
“Mmm, I know.”
Xia Nuannuan nodded quickly, still not daring to look up.
“However, what I said was from the heart.”
Qin Tian changed tack and suddenly added in a low voice.
“Bang!”
Xia Nuannuan felt as if steam was rising from her head, her heart pounding rapidly.
For the rest of the class, she appeared to be listening attentively, but she didn’t absorb a single word the chemistry teacher on the podium said.
Qin Tian, meanwhile, carefully refined the two design drafts and added some measurements.
He planned to take them to an internet cafe after school that afternoon to redraw them on the computer based on these designs.
After school at noon.
“Nuannuan…”
“I, I’m going home to eat, I’ll bring you food later.”
Xia Nuannuan interrupted him flusteredly, then ran away as if fleeing.
“Uh…”
Qin Tian scratched his head with a wry smile.
He had originally wanted to ask Xia Nuannuan not to bring him food for now, especially since her future father-in-law seemed to be investigating him.
“This girl, she’s too easily embarrassed, but she’s really cute!”
Qin Tian grinned.
“Tian Ge, is there a deluxe lunch today?”
Zhang Peng came over with a cheeky grin.
Qin Tian gave him a playful glare and said, “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to a deluxe lunch at the cafeteria, eat up!”
“Tian Ge, what are you scheming?”
Zhang Peng wore an expression of disdain.
“So, are you eating or not?”
“Yeah, let’s go!”