Chapter 311 – "Where are we going this late in the night?" (2)
Gu Shishi had no idea that her little actions gave the man a lot of room for imagination.
She was just curious why the boss stopped again.
"It's so late already. Where are we going?"
Huo Sishen cleared his throat and finally turned the dim burning in his eyes away from her.
"Sit here."
He pulled out a chair when they arrived in the dining area.
"Oh."
Gu Shishi sat down and rested her head on her palm.
Huo Sishen didn't elaborate nor did she ask.
She only wiggled a little in discomfort after Huo Sishen had dumped out all of the coffee from the cat claw mug.
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But, quickly, her attention had gone from the 2 yuan a bag instant coffee to the wide back of the man.
The curvature of his back was aerodynamic, broad and sexy. His muscle was taut and that V-shape was enough to make one's blood rush...
Tsk.
Its proportion was perfect.
Only a body like this could make a suit look good and domineering.
Even with just a white shirt on, it was still candy to the eyes.
Gu Shishi only wished she could pull off his shirt and really study his muscles. After all, her gongbi drawing needed to be realistic.
Behind every glamours drawing was tens and tens of years of hard work.
Behind every successful line was built upon tens of thousands of failed strokes.
The only way to success nonstop studying and pondering.
"What are you thinking?"
A steaming cup of latte was placed in front of her.
Gu Shishi parted her red lips and said, "How are you so good looking?"
Huo Sishen, "......"
Even his fingers that was holding onto the coffee mug twitched for a second there.
It was only after there was an awkward silence in the air when Gu Shishi finally realized what she had just said.
Mmm. Haha. How shameful was that!
"No, I meant." She immediately waved her hand, wanting to fix the misunderstanding. "Your back is somewhat pretty. Ugh, I meant to say, you are better looking than all the men that I have drawn... oh... PEI!"
"In short, I wanted to study... you... um..."
How was he so good looking?!
Oh boy! Oh boy!
The more she said, the worse it seemed to get.
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Gu Shishi felt desperate.
If only she could level up from shame, she'd be at max by now!
She closed her eyes desperately.
Truth be told, she was a flirtatious kind of girl.
This truly was spoken from an artistic and academic angle.
"Mr. Huo. Did you know that Gu Kaizhi had once said that when it comes to drawing, people are the most difficult to draw, followed by nature scenery, followed by animals?
"When it comes to portraits, impressionistic ones notwithstanding, realistic ones require the studying of bone and muscle proportions and how their appearances change when performing different actions... that is the only way to give the characters under your brush flesh, blood, and beauty...."
Gu Shishi rambled on and her head hung lower and lower.
Huo Sishen had no expression on him but the corners of his mouth raised a little.
"Mmmhm, that's why you were studying why I am so good looking?"
"Mmhmm!"
Gu Shishi nodded repeatedly, then stiffened again.
That was certainly a conclusion that could make one blush.
"Oh, is this the coffee that you've made?"
Gu Shishi tied to change the subject and that was when she noticed the cup of coffee sitting in front of her.
"Having too much instant coffee is bad for your health."
A smile flashed through Huo Sishen's eyes and he didn't continue the subject that she found embarrassing.
He nodded and pushed the cup of coffee closer to her.
"Try this. Whenever you want them in the future, have Aunty Lin bring it to you."
Gu Shishi lowered her head.
She blushed once again.
There was milk foam in the mug....
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The boss was very deadly!
Was this all meant to be?
She lifted her flushed face and looked at the man who was sitting calmly across from her, also with a cup in his hand.
Okay. It's now or it's never!
She closed her eyes, lifted the mug with both hands and took a sip out of it.
She kept her mouth closed.
She took a small sip. The milk taste was rich and the coffee taste strong. The sensation spread in one's mouth and, surely, was much richer than that of the instant coffee, except not as sweet without the sweetener.
Feeling a round of wetness above her lips, she blinked her eyes and look over at the man sitting across from her with her limpid eyes.
Huo Sishen put down his mug and saw the girl, in his wide sweater, holding onto the mug delicately with her two hands and blinked and looked at him with her limpid eyes.
Her fair cheeks were pink and puff with a around of soft milk foam above her lips. There were stars sparkling in her limpid eyes.
She looked like... the puppy next door begging for a treat.
Chapter 312 – "Why are you unhappy?" (1)
"I can make you another one tomorrow if you like it so much."
His lips curved upward a little.
Gu Shishi blinked and pursed her lips a little.
But a tissue... was pushed over by Huo Sishen.
"Here, wipe it off."
He picked up the mug elegantly.
Feeling defeated, Gu Shishi's shoulders drooped.
"The maid coming to clean in a little bit is going to laugh at you," said Huo Sishen bluntly.
That was true too. They were inside the dining area where people could walk past any minute. How could they be doing the so-called coffee kiss here...
That was a mistake on her part!
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Disappointed, she stood up with the mug in her hand and was about to walk away. "Thank you for the coffee. Good night then..."
She had just taken one step when a burning hard touched the waist.
"Why are you unhappy?"
Huo Sishen had noticed how Gu Shishi's emotions had gone from happy to anticipation to finally becoming dispirited and disappointed.
When she turned around disappointed, the words had slipped out of him.
Subtly, there was a stirring inside of him – he didn't want her to be sad.
"Why are you unhappy?"
He asked again when he didn't get an answer.
In fact, with his clear head and strong analytical skill, he quickly lowered his cold and fierce dark eyes.
"You... want to sketch?"
Sketch?
The word bought back some of her rationality from the touch of the burning palm placed o her back.
Her burning cheeks had recovered some.
"Where are we going?"
Sketching is a necessary part of every artist.
Chinese painting worked a little bit differently. It wasn't about drawing accurately what was in front of one. It was about looking at a lot of sceneries before one went home, closed one's door, and create from one's memories of the scenery what was in their mind.
Huo Sishen's lips twitched obviously.
He looked around the dining area and his face grew longer.
"To the study."
Gu Shishi, who thought they would at least be visiting some scenic areas, "? ? ?"
Five minutes later, when she walked inside of the study, coffee in hand, she saw – the boss, his face long, his shirt gone, his look uneasy, and his muscular back...
Gu Shishi, "! ! !"
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All she wanted was a coffee kiss but the boss... had taken off his clothes.
"You have 10 minutes."
Huo Sishen turned around.
Gu Shishi, "......"
Forget about sketching, she was feeling so lucky right now!
No wonder her master had always told her that holding the paint brush was a very sacred and lucky thing.
She never quite got his meaning before but now she did!
There was no language or phrase in this world that could be used to accurately describe the beauty in things.
Even the broad and profound Chinese, many phrases could only describe the beauty in the artistic conceptual way but not accurately preserve the moment.
Painting, on the other hand.... Could.
Gu Shishi's mouth cracked open.
She had already forgotten all about coffee or tissue!
Perhaps because the boss had always jogged in the morning and trained, his muscles were defined but not overly so. His lines were smooth.
His body that was so strong and straight could make women scream.
Even... the desire to touch.
As she was thinking, her fingers were already placed on his back reflexively.
Huo Sishen shuddered.
The cool touch felt like a piece of ice being tossed in a pot of boiling water in his brain. The steam that they've caused made him lost his ability to think!
As though liking the way it felt, Gu Shishi pressed down harder.
"So, this piece of bone is over here..."
Huo Sishen, "......"
He closed his eyes deeply.
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And gritted his teeth.
"You... have 9 more minutes."
"Okay!"
Gu Shishi's mouth cracked open happily.
That was a sleepless night for Gu Shishi.
Lord knew whether it was from the one sip of instant coffee, or the coffee from the coffee machine, or the sketching...!
Gu Shishi felt light headed.
Lying in bed with her eyes closed, she could still see the boss in front of her with his robe half way down, his back exposed.
The boss... certainly knew what he was doing!
Chapter 313 – "Why are you unhappy?" (2)
The most visually stimulating effect was not giving someone access to all, or none. It was when it was somewhat hidden, sort of there and sort of not, displaying half and covering up the other half.
Same "beauty holding onto a pipa with half of her face covered [by her hair]" type of beauty as described in the poem. Simply indomitable. So seductive that would make one stir for half a night and still couldn't get it out of their minds.
"Aye!"
Gu Shishi tossed again helplessly.
Then she decided to just sit up.
She had taken sketching classes in the past. She had been to quite a few art institutions with her master in the past and there were even a few of Westerner models.
To an artist, a model is nothing but a tool. They are "objects" whose purpose is none other than carrying the beauty.
Any one who had taken classes like that would know that, regardless of whether they were looking at males or females, there were no emotions involved. Calm was the word.
The only thought that one had was how to interpret the curves of the model's muscles, how to handle the bones, and how to insert the light and shadow effects.
Who would have lingering thoughts about the models?
Nobody would!
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They were all professionals! There was homework to be done! They needed to climb the tree in the realm of art!
Nevertheless, Gu Shishi... after tossing and turning in bed for over 100 times, realized that she was far from being calm.
She gritted her teeth and finally decided to give up on sleeping. She got back up to practice drawing lines and drawing portraits!
Tis was 1 AM.
Gu Shishi pulled out her foot spa and turned on streaming with no hesitation.
She needed companionship. Companionship would help her keep her mind clear.
"Today I am going to draw a.... man's... back.... using traditional painting technique."
Having said that, Gu Shishi smacked herself on her good-for-nothing cheeks that were still burning a little.
She quickly picked up her paintbrush and started calming down.
[Eh, Channel Master is a night owl like me?]
[I just thought I'd check on here before I go to bed. Lo and behold, the Channel Master that I have seen in a while is on?]
[Long time no see, Channel Master. You voice is even more delicate than before~]
[Channel Master, your fan is right here! I am still awake as well!]
[Painting man in the middle of the night... oh, Channel Master, you are no longer the same girl that we've once known! Has spring time arrived?]
[Pretty boys! Pretty boys! I want to see Channel Master painting ancient style pretty boys, can I?]
Many texts scrolled through the screen.
Sure enough, so many were still awake at this hour.
Gu Shishi let out a sigh of relief. She felt much better knowing that wasn't the only sleepless one out there.
Plus, there were so many girls who wanted to look at pretty boys in the middle of the night. She wasn't the only crazy one.
"Hmm, okay. Ancient style then."
That didn't matter too much to Gu Shishi.
A few simple etches and a man's back could be vaguely seen amidst the azure, misty rain.
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Donations started to be thrown around the channel.
Gu Shishi, nevertheless, did not stop there. The tip of her paintbrush carried on painting.
Chapter 314 – "Why are you unhappy?" (3)
Not too long later, another beautiful woman appeared leaning up against the handsome man.
The girl worn a fuchsia tianxiang silk with ornamental engraving. In her hair that was tied into a bun with a jadeite butterfly. Much like the man, only her back could be seen, but others could still feel that she was a gorgeous beauty.
The couple sat together with butterflies flying around them.
A breeze passed by and the red and black loose sleeves waved in the wind, overlapping each other... as those they were walking side by side.
[Dang, dang, dang! Dog food drawing?]
[Eh... em, I can imagine that's me in the painting! Thank you, Channel Master, for only painting her back! Muahahaha!]
[Such kind of painting at this hour. Ee, ee, ee. Carry on. Don't stop!]
All the audiences were very emotional.
As she was drawing, Gu Shishi's interest rose as well.
She added some trees; then she added more details on the patterns on the clothes; the next moment she added more layers to the colors...
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Finally, before she knew it, it was already 2:30 AM.
An abrupt knocking came from the outside.
"You should go to bed."
The voice was deep and seemingly not too happy.
"How much longer are you going to stay up?"
Gu Shishi was taken aback some.
The boss was... still awake?
Ugh. She looked at the light that was on in her room, shrank her neck some, and said, "Oh, okay. Turning in right now."
[Ooooooohhhh! Who, who, who? Who was that talking?]
[What is his relationship with Channel Master?? That was such a magnetic voice!! Shoot! So sexy!]
[That voice is so refreshing in the middle of the night! Channel Master, is that your husband? Or your brother? I am hoping he's the latter. That way I still have a shot at it!!]
[Upstairs, at this hour... of course that's her husband. Only the husband will notice in the middle of the night that the person next to him is gone and come looking for her. I am telling you. Brothers and sisters don't sleep in the same room and a brother will not know that the sister is staying up late!]
[Channel Master's husband... has such a nice voice? I am turning into lemon demon again!!]
[Can the Channel Master please paint her husband to show us? I felt that he is going to be sooo handsome. Aye, lemon in the middle of the night. So sour!]
Gu Shishi, on the other hand, dared not say an extra word but docilely turned off the streaming.
She glanced back at the channel again after she had turned it off.
The text in the Channel Master made her lips curved upward once again.
His voice was melodious and he was sooooo handsome. Yes on all counts.
Rowr!
With that thought, the idea of having the boss all to herself was quite pleasing.
Gu Shishi put her cellphone down in content and crawled under the blanket.
With no more random thoughts on her mind, she fell asleep soundly after a short while.
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Huo Sishen, still standing outside the door, waited until the lights inside the room was all off and there was no more noises coming from inside before he turned and left.
The wedding date was getting closer and closer in time.
And Gu Wushuang's surgery, too, was getting closer and closer.
She had finally received a gift that she was happy about.
After she had been sharing pictures in her friend's circle that only Huo Wencheng could see expressing how envious she was about certain someone being able top pick from all the diamond rings in town and buy out all of the wedding gowns, Huo Wencheng finally made a big move to appease her.
Without her knowing, he bought a tiara that was once worn by a Spanish Queen in an auction.
There were over 300 diamonds on it with 8 tear-drop shaped pearls in the middle. It was elegant and lustrous.
Huo Wencheng spent most of his capital on this tiara.
All of that for a smile on the beauty.
Gu Wushuang started to cry when she saw the tiara.
And then, she couldn't wait to post pictures of it in her girlfriend's chat group.
She cried as she typed.
"Brother Cheng, you are too nice to me."
Huo Wencheng let out a sigh of relief. He was worried that she would think that he was being too wasteful.
"Silly."
He patted her on her head.
"You are my precious."
Gu Wushuang would need at least 6 months' time to recover from her surgery.
It would not be appropriate to have their wedding during this time.
Even though he had spent most of his capital, but he should be able to give her a grand wedding in a year's time.
"Don't worry. I will make sure that you will have what others have."
Chapter 315 – One Hundred And Ten Invitations.... What the heck? (1)
Gu Wushuang smiled sweetly and couldn't wait to lower her head and read the praises from everyone.
[Gu Wushuang: Gift Brother Cheng, I am so touched~]
She then posted a picture of her wearing the tiara with her eyes reddened.
She expanded the picture and appreciated it some more.
Then she went to read the comments.
With just one glance, she was so shocked she started crying.
[Zhou Mi: Eh, @Wushuang. Can you ask him whether he know who bought the one that Queen Elizabeth had worn at the highest price ever in history?]
[2333: @Wushuang, your Huo Wencheng is so nice! But that secret man was pretty amazing too. That Queen Elizabeth crown has over 1,000 diamonds on it. That's three times yours! Plus, yours are pearls. That one has 12 gigantic diamonds! I think the total diamond weight is 5 times that of yours...]
[Li Yiru: @Wushuang. Hoho. That crown is rumored to be over 80 million yuan. Aiya, when you add in tax and transaction fees, it must have cost over 100 million. Yours cost less than 20 million, right?]
Gu Wushuang, "!"
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Gu Wushuang almost broke the tiara in her hands!
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Gu Shishi refocused on her work.
She realized that her assignments were very challenging after all.
Boss Huo started working overtime and coming home late again.
Per Siyi, presumably the boss wanted to take care of all work at once so he could have more time to spend with her later on.
While blushing, Gu Shishi had no choice but to put her assignments on back burners for the time being.
It was like there was much she could do when the male lead was absent.
She carried on with her daily life of drawing and going to class.
Teaching entry-level students too, was also an opportunity for her to learn.
After explaining that a few times, she noticed that her comprehension of the basics had gone up even more.
If her over 10 years of experience had allow her paint brush to flow smoothly, then now, she had truly grasped all of it and every stroke of hers were clean and precise.
Her straightening of her own knowledge on traditional art had calmed her. She felt that she was at yet another breakthrough.
There was only 7 days left to the wedding.
She started planning on her planner at night.
What time she should be getting up on the day of the wedding; which gown should she wear; what time the makeup artist would arrive... what time would they be welcoming the guest; when would the banquet begin...
What time was the flight the day prior...
She jotted down all of those.
"Noodles... coffee... tissue..."
As she was planning and planning, she had reflexively started planning her days after the wedding.
She started planning their interactions asked for by the system by sketching them out on the calendar.
She placed a question mark next to the time on the calendar.
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No set date yet.
What could she do?!
Gu Shishi tossed away her pen and rolled onto the bed.
She was pulling her hair out over them.
She had no idea how was she going to complete these crazy assignments!
It's so shameful!
Gu Shishi rolled herself up inside the blanket, turned the lights off, and decided to go to bed.
Going to bed early was good for the skin.
She certainly didn't want to have dark circles under her eyes on her wedding day.
Mmm~
While Gu Shishi was sound asleep, Huo Sishen, on the other hand, received an interrogative call in the car on his way back to the mansion.
It was a call from Gu Jiangxin – his father-in-law and Gu Shishi's birth father.
"Ludicrous! I don't even know that my daughter is about to get married. I only saw the invitation on someone else's WeChat!"
Gu Jiangxin did not sound happy at all.
Siyi, sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head awkwardly. "Mr. Gu, please calm down..."
Gu Jiangxin didn't even call Huo Sishen but called up Siyi instead.
"Put him on the phone!"
"I can't remain calm!"
Siyi turned his head and saw the very cold cool on Huo Sishen. He appeared to be even more solemn than usual.
Gu Jiangxin was very loud and Huo Sishen could hear him clearly from the back seat.
He had no intention of taking the phone from him.
Siyi moved the phone closer to him.
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"I don't think it is necessary for someone who didn't show up at the engagement ceremony needs to show up at the wedding," said Huo Sishen expressionlessly, as though he was talking to a stranger rather than his father-in-law.
"Huo Sishen, what kind of attitude was that? I let my daughter marry you because of the promise between your grandfather and the Gu's! I kept up my side of the bargain. How dare you, one of a younger generation, talk to me like that?!"
It was obvious that Gu Jiangxin was enraged.
"Gu Shishi is my daughter! As her future husband, you can't even send an invitation to the Gu's? Do you not understand what courtesy is?! Have you no shame?!"
Huo Sishen ended the conversation with one word, "No."
Then he lifted his hand and gestured for Siyi to hang the phone up.