I became financially independent right after entering college.

Chapter 88 Diligence and Thrift in Housekeeping
"You finished it so quickly, you didn't just draw a line draft?" Jin Xiaozhou questioned Bai Chou's painting skills.

It’s not that she doesn’t believe it, but more than ten minutes is too short. It’s even longer than Baichou’s time. What kind of thing can she draw?
It will take at least half an hour.

Bai Chou said nothing, but silently turned the easel towards Kim Hyo-joo.

In the painting, Jin Xiaozhou has a pair of charming peach blossom eyes and his soft lips are slightly raised, which is intoxicating. Every frown and smile are perfectly outlined by Bai Chou's brush.

The lines are smooth and expressive, the light and shadow are handled just right, and the overall composition is balanced...

Besides that, the most significant characteristic is its cleanliness. It’s not the kind of cleanliness that uses a few hastily drawn strokes to depict subtle details, but the kind of cleanliness that is so rich in detail and smudges that it rivals a black and white oil painting, without giving the impression of being dirty.

Kim Hyo-joo doesn't understand painting and can't appreciate things like unique style and brushstrokes that only insiders understand. She just feels comfortable, and it's very, very comfortable at first glance.

"Wow!"

Her soft lips parted slightly, and she subconsciously exclaimed in amazement. She climbed down from the bed and approached the painting to examine it carefully: "Is this a painting of me? No, no...

Why do I feel like I look better than in photos, than when I look in the mirror? "

It’s not Kim Hyo-joo’s fault for not being confident, it’s mainly because the gap in details and spirit is too big.

Kim Hyo Joo has taken many selfies, but none of them can be as charming as the one in the painting before her.

"This is how I see you." Bai Chou chuckled. It was very reasonable that the sketch looked better than the real person.

The camera lens distorts space, and photos are static, capturing only a single moment, but reality is three-dimensional.

It is very likely that a girl's eyebrows and eyes are the most beautiful in one moment, but the next moment the details of the corners of her mouth become more charming.

Bai Chou's paintings piece together all of Kim Hyo-joo's most charming details and expressions at different moments, naturally creating an effect of "beautified but not really beautified."

This is how I see you.

The corners of Jin Xiaozhou's mouth rose slightly, and her eyes flashed with surprise and touching: "You are quite good at saying sweet words."

"This is the truth."

Bai Chou laughed, hugged Kim Hyo Joo and sat on the edge of the bed, gently lifted Kim Hyo Joo onto his thighs, rested his chin on Kim Hyo Joo's shoulder, and rubbed her ears against his.

Jin Xiaozhou turned his head, closed his eyes and took the initiative to kiss Bai Chou. As they kissed, they fell on the bed and the bath towel draped over their flawless bodies naturally slipped off...

After a long time, their lips finally parted. Feeling Bai Chou's hot breath and even hotter... eyes, Kim Hyo Joo resisted slightly, but not completely.

"I still feel uncomfortable..."

"What are you thinking about? I just want to hold you to sleep. Why do you think about that all day long?"

"What do you mean I think about that all day long? I said no before..."

Kim Hyo Joo pouted, clenched her little fist and gently hit Bai Chou. She didn't say anything else, just thinking how nice it was to be Bai Chou's girlfriend.

"Go to sleep."

"Ah."

Holding the charming Kim Hyo-joo in his arms, Bai Chou turned off the desk lamp and fell asleep as the sun was about to rise.

He was not tired at all. Bai Chou had the physical fitness of an F1 driver and still had the energy to plow the field two or three more times. But it was already four or five o'clock and he was really sleepy.

At around 1:00 PM, Bai Chou was suddenly woken up by Jin Xiaozhou. As soon as he opened his sleepy eyes, he saw Jin Xiaozhou putting on clothes. Bai Chou asked what was wrong?
Kim Hyo-joo sat next to Bai Chou and urged him anxiously, saying, "Hurry up and get up, it's almost two o'clock and it's almost time to check out of the room."

It is common sense that most hotels only allow guests to stay until 12 noon or pm the next day to leave enough time for guests to clean up their rooms after checking out.

Bai Chou grabbed Jin Xiaozhou's arm and pulled him back into his arms, saying, "Why are you in such a hurry? It's not like I only booked a hotel for one day. Just sleep a little longer."

Kim Hyo-joo was slightly surprised. The hotel cost more than 100,000 yuan a night, which was such an expensive hotel. She thought Bai Chou had only booked one night.

"How many days did you book?"

"Two days. It's the first time I'm checking in with my sweet girlfriend. Booking a hotel for only one day is way too petty."

In two days, that’s more than 200,000.

Kim Hyo-joo once again sincerely felt that it was great to be rich. More than 200,000 yuan, including the roses, miscellaneous expenses and service fees, was almost the same as her family's total annual income.

In order to have the most perfect experience with her, Bai Chou spent money without blinking an eye. How can this not be romantic?

Although she was touched, Kim Hyo Joo still felt it was not worth it and whispered that we should not book such an expensive hotel next time we go out.

Bai Chou smiled and asked, "Do you really want to go out with me and get a room again in the future? It seems that I didn't satisfy you last night. I have to work harder tonight."

"Oh, you're so annoying!" Kim Hyo Joo's cheeks flushed slightly, and she hit Bai Chou shyly.

Bai Chou added, "I didn't expect my girlfriend to be so frugal. I really should book less hotels like this in the future."

The Ritz-Carlton presidential suite is indeed very nice and the butler service is very thoughtful, but Bai Chou still feels it is not worth it.

Two aliens in the American TV series "The Orville" described the feeling of smoking for the first time: it was like having been standing for the past few decades and suddenly sitting down.

Bai Chou didn't feel that way.

Of course, the bottom line is that he is just a lowly guy with less than 10 million yuan in pocket money every month and no real estate.

If his pocket money could be doubled, or if he could get rebates on his spending, he would definitely follow the example of those rich writers and book a suite for a year.

Unfortunately, he didn't have that, so he could only consider the overall cost-effectiveness and cut expenses in areas that he didn't pay much attention to.

If he stays in a hotel in the future, Bai Chou will give priority to the presidential suites of ordinary five-star hotels that cost thousands or tens of thousands of yuan, or the executive suites of top luxury hotels that cost around ten thousand yuan.

After whispering to each other for a while, the two got up and put on their clothes.

Kim Hyo-joo stood in front of the painting for a long time, took several photos with her mobile phone, and said, "Why don't we go out in the afternoon to find a place to frame the painting."

Bai Chou said that Grace could just do it, that’s how a butler is used, and the service fee cannot be paid in vain.

According to the traditional process of a cool novel, at this time the two people do find a place to frame the painting, and then the framing master or a supporting character is amazed after seeing the painting, and wants to spend a certain amount of money to buy the painting, or wants to introduce Bai Chou to a painting master, etc.

But Bai Chou chose to say no.

Two people took a painting and went to great lengths to find someone to frame it?

Stop joking, that doesn't fit his logic at all. Just throw it to Grace and be done with it. He doesn't want to leave the Deji building all day.

(End of this chapter)