The sunny boy from Cardcaptor Sakura

Xia Yu glanced at Xiao Ying but didn't give a specific answer. When an interest becomes a task, it will be painful no matter what you do.

If drawing is a hobby, then you can naturally feel joy, but if it becomes a task, then all that's left is torment and pain.

"Too much of a good thing is bad..."

Seeing that Xia Yu was saying something she couldn't understand again, Xiaoying stopped worrying about it and turned to ask Tomoyo, "Tomoyo, where are you going to paint?"

“I want to paint that statue here.” Tomoyo pointed to the statue standing in the courtyard. It was a sculpture composed of different shapes, slightly abstract, and would be a real test of painting skills.

Where is Xia?

"I'll paint a sculpture too, since it's been a long time since I've painted a sculpture that incorporates both geometric shapes and circles."

"Okay, let's draw together!"

After finding a suitable spot, the three of them sat down together.

Sakura excitedly opened her sketchbook. She had practiced sketching with Kero last night, and Kero's portrait was in this sketchbook.

"Huh? Eh—!"

However, Sakura paused for a moment after opening the sketchbook, then let out a scream that echoed throughout the art museum, startling Chiyo and Natsumi into covering their ears.

In an instant, the homeroom teacher, who had already left, rushed over and raised her index finger at Sakura: "Shh... the art museum needs to be quiet."

"Sorry……"

Sakura covered her face with her sketchbook, lowered her eyebrows, and weakly apologized. After the homeroom teacher left, she looked at her sketchbook with some displeasure. The drawing of Kero on it had been completely altered, and there was a line of bold red words written on it—This is the real me!

"You're so annoying!"

Chapter 46 Oil Paintings in the Art Museum

Art gallery.

Time always flies when you're fully engaged in something.

Before long, Sakura finished her drawing. After comparing the drawing in her sketchbook with the statue, Sakura nodded in approval.

It's so lifelike.

"It's finished!"

Xia Yu, who was adding shadows to the dark side, glanced over and suddenly stopped, snapping the pencil in his hand with a snap.

Xia Yu: "..."

What a soulful painting! The messy lines are grand and imposing, and the broken lines look like insects crawling across the canvas. If he didn't know that Sakura had been drawing seriously, he would have thought that it was a doodle that Sakura had drawn casually when she was out of her mind.

I never expected someone who is so cute to have such abstract artwork.

"Ahem, it's not bad, the style is very... unique."

Xia Yu coughed lightly and offered a reluctant compliment, thinking that since he was still just a child, he shouldn't be so harsh.

"is it?"

Sakura scratched her head a little embarrassedly, then turned to look at Xia Yu's sketchbook: "Xia-kun, what about you?"

"Wow."

Upon seeing Xia Yu's sketchbook, Xiao Ying couldn't help but gasp. Although there was no color, the details of light and shadow were vividly portrayed, and the relationship between light and shadow was perfect. It could be included in an art textbook.

“It’s a really nice painting.”

Sakura couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Compared to this, her drawing looks like a child's doodle."

"Of course, after all, I'm a man who even strives to be at the pinnacle of painting."

Xia Yu showed no modesty whatsoever; after all, he was just that powerful.

"By the way, Tomoyo, what about you?"

After looking at Xia Yu's painting, Xiao Ying couldn't help but turn her head to look at Zhi Shi. She was sitting between Xia Yu and Zhi Shi, so she could easily see their paintings when she turned her head.

On Tomoyo's sketchbook, a lifelike watercolor painting appeared on the paper. Tomoyo was coloring the painting, and the picture looked perfectly harmonious.

“It’s a really nice painting.”

Sakura exclaimed in surprise again. Recalling Xia Yu's sketch and looking at Tomoyo's watercolor, she suddenly realized that she really couldn't draw.

They're both elementary school students, so why is there such a big difference? Waaaaah...

Just then, Chiharu and the others waved to them from the courtyard, and Sakura waved back.

"Tomoyo, Natsumi, shall we go take a look at the central courtyard?"

Tomoyo stopped painting and replied, "I'll finish this painting first before I go."

Xia Yu then switched to a new pencil and started drawing again in his sketchbook, casually replying, "Me too."

"Then I'll go first."

Sakura casually put away her sketchbook and pen, preparing to go to the courtyard to see how the others were doing.

There must be people who draw similarly to her, but people like Xia and Tomoyo are in the minority. That's right.

However, on her way there, a small disturbance suddenly caught her attention.

A young, pretty child is about to destroy an oil painting hanging on the wall.

The main subject of the painting was a cold woman with long white hair and wearing a dark blue dress. Before the child could get close, the security guard rushed over to stop him.

However, taking advantage of a moment when the security guard wasn't paying attention, the child suddenly broke free from his grasp and ran towards the painting again, and the security guard hurriedly chased after him.

Just as the noise at the scene grew louder and louder, the woman in blue in the painting suddenly moved.

She raised her index finger and made a "shh" gesture.

The next moment, the world seemed to be muted; neither the running security guards nor the tourists chatting nearby could make a sound.

But only Sakura noticed this scene. She raised her hand to her ear, but couldn't hear a sound.

It wasn't until the security guards arrived and apprehended the child that the world seemed to gradually return to normal.

Sakura approached the painting with some confusion. The woman in blue in the painting had returned to her original pose, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

"what?"

As Sakura was examining the painting, she suddenly noticed a small tag at the bottom of it, which seemed to be the name tag that the child had just dropped.

After picking up the name tag, Sakura didn't have time to examine it closely when the call to assemble suddenly came. Sakura could only temporarily put aside her doubts and run towards the assembly point.

Not long after, the homeroom teacher organized all the students to leave the art museum and prepare to return to school.

Although sketching classes can be held outdoors, they are different from extracurricular teaching days. Students will not stay outside all day and will still need to return to school.

While waiting for the green light, Sakura became increasingly preoccupied with what had just happened, and couldn't help but tell Tomoyo and Natsume beside her.

"A painting that moves when it hangs on the wall?"

"That's right!"

Sakura nodded somewhat fearfully: "After the woman in the painting started moving, the surrounding sounds suddenly disappeared, though only for a moment..."

As she spoke, Sakura began gesturing wildly: "Could it be that? The painting must be cursed because the resentful, disillusioned painter who died tragically was so terrifying!"

"So it's possible that a ghost possessed that painting?"

Xia Yu suddenly made a guess, then said with a sinister expression, "Xiao Ying, maybe that painting really does hide a ghost. Guess where the ghost was most likely to be floating at that time?"

"Where are we floating?" Sakura couldn't help but shrink back, and suddenly felt a chill around her.

"Think about it, generally speaking, ghosts like to float behind people, so doesn't that mean a ghost is floating behind you..."

"Eek!!!"

Before Xia Yu could finish speaking, Xiao Ying's exclamation resounded through the sky, immediately attracting the attention of the surrounding classmates.

Xia Yu didn't seem to mind; he was used to being stared at anyway. But Xiao Ying blushed and hurriedly apologized to the classmate who had been frightened by her.

After the other students had all looked away, Xiaoying couldn't help but glare angrily at Xia Yu: "Xia Yu, you're so mean! You scared me again!"

"Hey hehe~"

Seeing Sakura's sullen expression, Tomoyo covered her mouth and chuckled, "Sakura, you can use magic, so why are you still afraid of ghosts?"

Hearing this, Sakura silently shed tears in her heart. She was just scared. Even if she could use magic, what difference would it make? She would still be scared.

After laughing, Tomoyo suddenly tapped her chin with her index finger and guessed, "Sakura, do you think it could be that?"

"That? Ah... the Clow Cards!"

Upon hearing Tomoyo's reminder, Sakura paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "That's right, maybe it's not a ghost, but the Clow Cards playing tricks?"

Just like the illusion card last time, this one might be a new Clow Card!

"Hehe, I can prepare new clothes for Sakura again."

Tomoyo covered her face with one hand, unable to resist fantasizing: "Is she a witch of the night? Or a phantom thief hidden in the darkness? I really want to try both."

Sakura, somewhat embarrassed by Tomoyo's fantasies, said, "Tomoyo, it's best not to investigate at night..."

Before Sakura could finish speaking, Tomoyo shook her head firmly with her hands crossed: "No, magical girls must have their own battle suits. I will not back down."

"I think that since we're going to investigate, the more discreet we are, the better..."