My family has been wielding knives for generations, but now it's my turn to wield a pen!

Jiang Xiaobai froze, completely stunned.

Despite the thin veil separating them, the warmth on his face, carrying Li Zhiwei's faint fragrance, truly struck his heart.

It should be noted that Jiang Xiaobai was just teasing Li Zhiwei casually.

He pointed to his face, wanting to see if Li Zhiwei could take off her veil.

But he never expected that Li Zhiwei would misunderstand his meaning and boldly kiss him.

Even if the kiss was very light.

After Li Zhiwei finished kissing him, she hurriedly lowered her head, her ears turning completely red.

She was still holding those few sheets of drawing paper in her arms, her fingers gently gripping the edges of the paper, her whole being exuding an unconcealable shyness.

Jiang Xiaobai opened his mouth as he looked at Li Zhiwei's expression.

For a moment, I was completely at a loss for words.

Looking at this scene from behind, Zhang Xinnian's eyes widened in surprise.

Then, Zhang Xinnian silently gave Jiang Xiaobai a thumbs up.

The Crown Prince is quite something!

How long has it been?

They actually managed to charm the most talented woman in the Prime Minister's mansion to this extent?

As for Tang Ningshuang, she fell completely silent at this moment.

She looked at Li Zhiwei, then at Jiang Xiaobai, her face full of disbelief.

The two of them... are they really together?

Yes, if Li Zhiwei didn't have Jiang Xiaobai in her heart, she would never have done what she just did.

This is the most talented woman in the capital.

She actually fell for Jiang Xiaobai?

For a moment, Tang Ningshuang felt that her understanding of this matter had been completely overturned.

The courtyard was quiet for a moment.

The wind rustled through the orchids, making a soft sound.

Li Zhiwei lowered her head, not daring to look at Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Xiaobai looked at her, his heartbeat still not completely calmed down.

After a long while, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly coughed lightly: "So sweet."

what?

Li Zhiwei's body trembled slightly, and her ears turned even redder.

Jiang Xiaobai seemed to have finally found his voice again, and a smile returned to his face: "No, no."

"When I have time, I'll draw a few more and send you one every day."

"That...that won't do."

Li Zhiwei, her eyes still flushed with shyness, immediately looked up upon hearing these words and said urgently, "Now, just this once!"

"Really?"

"Um."

Li Zhiwei responded emphatically.

But as soon as she agreed, she felt that something was off about what she had said.

Is it now only allowed once?

The way you put it makes it sound like... there's still room for discussion later.

Thinking of this, Li Zhiwei's cheeks flushed even more, and she quickly lowered her head, no longer looking at Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Xiaobai couldn't help but laugh heartily when he saw her like this.

This woman, who is usually very intelligent, is now acting rather silly and adorable.

With a smile, Jiang Xiaobai asked, "Would you like to learn how to paint like this?"

"May I?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhiwei's eyes immediately lit up.

Yes, she had never seen Jiang Xiaobai's painting method before.

"sure!"

Jiang Xiaobai agreed readily.

As he spoke, Jiang Xiaobai asked Li Zhiwei to sit down at the table and handed her the charcoal in his hand.

"Actually, this is not difficult. First look at the light and shadow, then look at the outline."

"Ink painting emphasizes artistic conception, while this focuses more on form. First, grasp the general shape, and then add details little by little."

Li Zhiwei listened attentively, but after she lightly made a stroke on the paper with the charcoal, her brows quickly furrowed.

Jiang Xiaobai stood to the side and watched for a moment, then couldn't help but smile: "That's not how you take it."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiaobai bent down and took Li Zhiwei's hand: "Come on, follow me."

Li Zhiwei's body visibly stiffened for a moment.

The warmth from the back of her hand made her look up and glance at Jiang Xiaobai.

Yes, this distance is too close.

She was so close that she could even feel Jiang Xiaobai's breath as he spoke.

Li Zhiwei was already shy, and at this moment, her heart started racing again.

With her head down, she couldn't hear a word Jiang Xiaobai was saying.

Her entire focus was on the hand that Jiang Xiaobai was holding.

After a while.

As Jiang Xiaobai finished the last stroke, he nodded in satisfaction: "All done."

"what?"

Li Zhiwei then came to her senses.

She looked down at the Xuan paper, but the next moment, she was completely stunned.

On the Xuan paper, a large pig's head was clearly drawn.

A round face.

A big nose.

There are also two drooping ears.

"ah!"

Li Zhiwei finally realized what was happening.

She looked up, just about to speak.

Jiang Xiaobai, however, had already jumped away with a laugh: "Haha, Miss Li, I'll be going first."

"I'll come see you again when I have time!"

After saying that, Jiang Xiaobai turned around and walked outside.

"Jiang Xiaobai!"

Li Zhiwei couldn't help but shout out.

Jiang Xiaobai didn't turn around; instead, he laughed even more happily.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Xinnian quickly followed.

After regaining her senses, Tang Ningshuang quickly followed him out.

Soon, only Li Zhiwei remained in the courtyard.

Li Zhiwei stood in front of the table, looking at the Xuan paper with a pig's head drawn on it, and stomped her foot in embarrassment and annoyance.

"That guy... he's really annoying!"

That's what they said.

But when she looked down at the pig's head again, the shame and anger on her face slowly subsided.

After a moment, Li Zhiwei couldn't help but chuckle softly and carefully picked up the paper.

As I looked at it, I couldn't suppress the smile on my lips.

Finally, she gently placed the pig's head drawing together with the charcoal drawing Jiang Xiaobai had just made for her.

At that moment, a slight breeze stirred in the courtyard, and the drawing paper swayed gently.

Li Zhiwei looked down, and the smile in her eyes softened.

……

On the way back to the Marquis's residence, Jiang Xiaobai hummed a little tune, in a rather good mood.

Tang Ningshuang sat opposite, her gaze occasionally drifting towards Jiang Xiaobai.

Yes, she felt increasingly unable to understand this guy, and his behavior was sometimes quite unexpected and difficult to fathom.

For a moment, she really wanted to dig open Jiang Xiaobai's head and see what was going on inside.

"Miss Tang, please don't keep looking at me like that. What if... you take a liking to me?"

Jiang Xiaobai's voice then rang out, tinged with a hint of helplessness.

Indeed, the woman kept glancing at him the whole way, making him quite uncomfortable.

"Ha, you think I'd be interested in you?"

Tang Ningshuang laughed immediately, then snorted coldly, "Don't worry, I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely will not be interested in you!"

Jiang Xiaobai laughed twice and then stopped talking.

Soon, the carriage stopped inside the Marquis's residence. As Jiang Xiaobai led Zhang Xinnian inside, they discovered that Tang Ningshuang was also following behind.

Jiang Xiaobai paused, looking at Tang Ningshuang, and said, "You..."

"His Majesty has ordered me to protect you personally!"

Tang Ningshuang said it in a calm tone.

"so……"

Jiang Xiaobai was taken aback.

"So I'll stay at your place tonight!"