I downloaded the app and discovered that my childhood sweetheart's affection level had skyrocke

Didn't we agree to draw?

"Not bad, not bad, absolutely perfect." Lin Zhou looked down at the photos he had just taken and nodded in satisfaction.

The sunlight fell perfectly on Bai Wanwan's profile, her soft, silky hair shimmering with a soft light. Despite her expressionless face, the way she closed one eye and meowed was incredibly adorable.

Kind of cute.

so cute!

I'll make emojis for Wanwan when I tease her in the future.

No, it's meant to be a precious memento of youth.

Just as Lin Zhou was about to put his phone away, a small, fair hand reached out in front of him.

"Give it to me." Bai Wanwan said expressionlessly.

"What?"

"My cell phone," Bai Wanwan said.

"I also need to use the photos as references for my paintings," Lin Zhou said, hiding his phone behind his back as he tried to justify his actions.

"Models can't stay in the same pose forever."

"Can."

Bai Wanwan sat up straight, propping her chin up with one hand and slightly raising the other. She closed her eyes and earnestly repeated the movement she had just performed.

"Meow."

"..."

Lin Zhou suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Why can Wanwan cooperate with this request without any expression?

"Um, actually, there's no need to say 'meow' anymore."

"Delete the photos."

"It's not a matter of deleting or not deleting; sketching requires references," Lin Zhou said seriously.

"That expression was only for a fleeting moment, and it has an artistic value that cannot be replicated."

Bai Wanwan silently stood up and walked towards Lin Zhou.

"Wanwan, a gentleman uses words, not fists."

"I'm a girl."

"That makes sense, but we still can't just rob people of their phones!"

Bai Wanwan ignored his excuses and reached out to take back her phone. Lin Zhou could only raise his arm, and the two of them playfully circled the small easel for half a minute.

In terms of height, Bai Wanwan naturally couldn't get the chance.

But she grabbed Lin Zhou's clothes and suddenly pulled them down gently—

Lin Zhou was worried that she would fall, so he subconsciously bent down. Bai Wanwan took the opportunity to get close to him, pressing one hand on his shoulder and successfully snatching the phone away with the other.

The distance between the two suddenly closed very close.

Lin Zhou could even see the girl's slightly trembling eyelashes and the faint red color that quickly spread around the edges of her ears.

"It's just stealing a phone, why are you blushing?" Lin Zhou asked. "Are you blushing?"

"Damn it." Bai Wanwan punched Lin Zhou's chest and looked down at the photos she had just taken.

I look a little strange in the photo.

But it doesn't seem... that bad.

Especially since Lin Zhou's photo album only contained this one picture of himself, with no other girls in front or behind him—Bai Wanwan had checked Lin Zhou's phone quite a few times.

The photo album is basically filled with various abstract emojis and figurine pictures used for image searching, while the clipboard is basically filled with various JM car numbers.

Bai Wanwan's finger, which was about to delete the photos, stopped.

"How is it? Isn't it a great shot?" Lin Zhou peeked over from the side.

"It's just so-so."

"Then why don't you delete it?"

"I forgot."

Bai Wanwan shoved the phone back into Lin Zhou's hand and sat back down in her original spot. "No, you can't show it to anyone else. Only I can see it..."

"Then can I use it as an emoji in the class group chat?"

"Can't."

"Sell them to the small fish?"

"Can't."

"Set as wallpaper?"

Bai Wanwan was silent for a few seconds before saying softly, "This... is okay."

Lin Zhou was just joking, but he didn't expect her to actually agree. However, a little time had already passed, so he picked up his pen and said, "Okay, I'll start drawing now."

"Um."

Bai Wanwan rearranged her posture and quietly gazed at Lin Zhou.

Lin Zhou has a very low understanding of painting, but the task only requires him to paint a picture for Bai Wanwan, and it doesn't require it to be beautiful.

He stared at Bai Wanwan for a while, first drawing a circle on the paper, then adding hair and facial features, relying solely on his intuition to sketch.

The eyes are beautiful; draw them bigger.

Just a light touch on the nose and mouth is enough.

Lin Zhou thought he had drawn well, but as the lines increased, the figure on the paper gradually began to develop in an uncontrollable direction.

strangeness.

There's nothing wrong with each step, so why does the combination of them make it so abstract?

Halfway through the class, Lin Zhou looked at his work and fell silent.

It's not that she doesn't resemble Bai Wanwan.

It's only somewhat similar.

"Finished drawing?" Bai Wanwan noticed Lin Zhou stop drawing and stood up from her chair.

"Almost there."

Lin Zhou picked up the eraser, attempting a last-ditch effort to salvage the situation.

As I was wiping, the paper almost tore.

"You won't let me see it?" Bai Wanwan asked.

"I think it's best not to release a work of art too early before it has fully matured."

"Give me."

Bai Wanwan snatched the drawing paper directly from his hand.

The air grew quiet.

She looked down at the creature on the paper, her expression unchanged, but Lin Zhou noticed that the ahoge (cowlick) on her head was slowly drooping down.

It's over.

"Wanwan, let me explain."

"What is this?"

"you."

Bai Wanwan was silent for a few seconds. "Where does it resemble? It doesn't resemble at all... How did it turn into anime/manga... Lin Zhou, were you even paying attention in class?"

Hairstyle.

"It doesn't look like it."

"This is an artistic treatment." Lin Zhou coughed lightly, pointing to the huge eyes. "Look, Wanwan, your eyes are very beautiful, so I exaggerated them on purpose."

"His face is crooked."

"That's X-ray vision."

"Their hands are not the same length."

"Things appear larger when closer and smaller when farther away."

"Don't worry about such details." Lin Zhou put down his pencil and shamelessly asked, "Anyway, this painting is yours, do you want it?"

"want."

Bai Wanwan didn't hesitate at all, carefully pinching the edge of the drawing paper as if worried about wrinkling it.

"You really want it?" Lin Zhou was somewhat surprised. "What are you going to do with a drawing like this?"

I won't tell you.

"It's probably better to destroy the evidence of this kind of thing."

"No." Bai Wanwan held the drawing paper to her chest, looked up at him, and said, "This is the first time Lin Zhou has drawn for me."

The voice was very soft, yet it made Lin Zhou suddenly quiet down.

When they were little, they often did many things together, but thinking about it carefully, it seems that he really never drew a picture for Bai Wanwan.

Even if the painting is somewhat appalling.

But for Bai Wanwan, whether the painting is good or not doesn't seem to matter.

All she cared about was that it was painted by Lin Zhou.

Just as Bai Wanwan accepted the drawing paper, Lin Zhou's phone vibrated slightly in his pocket.

He took out his phone—

Special Mission: Try to draw a picture for the other person.

Reward: Beginner Drawing Proficiency (Completed)

[Claim or not?]

Lin Zhou did not hesitate and immediately chose to accept it.

The next second, a flood of knowledge related to painting rushed into my mind. Human proportions, perspective, light and shadow, and line direction all became an almost instinctive understanding.

He looked at Bai Wanwan again.

What was once just a cute face now seemed to be dissected into countless distinct structures. Light fell on her nose and cheeks, outlining soft variations in light and shadow. A few strands of hair hung down beside her ears, swaying gently with her breath.

So that's how it is! So that's how it is!

I understand now, I understand everything!!!

Lin Zhou took out a new sheet of drawing paper and gripped the pencil again.

"Wanwan, sit a little longer."

Bai Wanwan: "?"