Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Many men were drawn to her beautiful figure and unconsciously turned their gazes toward her.

Hanabi Hanamaru tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as she walked to the subway station under such gazes.

The subway wasn't too crowded today. Hanabi Hanamaru had barely sat down when she received a call from Sakakisa Kitagawa:

"Hanabi-chan! Remember to wait for me at Shinbashi Station today!!"

"Okay." Hanabi Hanabi replied to Kitagawa Sakakisa on the other end of the phone, glancing up at the display screen inside the carriage. "We'll be at Shinbashi Station in a bit."

"Ah!?" Kitagawa Sakakisa's voice was anxious. "You're almost there?"

"Mm." Hanabi Hanamaru nodded, holding onto the handrail on the tram with one hand.

"Then I will! Then I will! Wait a minute!! I'll be right there!!"

A flurry of sounds.

Hanabi Hanabi asked over the phone, "Is Sakakisa still at home?"

"Hoo hoo~, Hanabi-chan, don't worry, I'll be there soon!!"

"Don't rush, I'll wait for you. Running so fast will—"

Before Hanabi Hanabi could finish speaking, she heard an "Ouch!" on the phone, and then heard the sound of a body hitting the floor.

"You'll...fall down..."

......

Although Kitagawa Sakakisa was very enthusiastic, she was still late.

Hanabi Hanabi got off at Shinbashi Station. I waited for her for five minutes before I saw her running towards me in a panic at the subway entrance.

"Phew~" Kitagawa Sakakisa breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally made it."

Hanabi Hanamaru noticed that she was still wearing a black dress today. "Actually, there's no need to be in such a hurry."

"It's alright, it's alright," Kitagawa Sakakisa said quickly, resting her hands on her knees and bending over to catch her breath for a while before asking Hanabi Hanamaru, "Didn't Uesugi come with you today?"

"Kai-kun... left home earlier than usual today."

"Oh, I see. By the way, that watercolor assignment..."

The two chatted all the way as they rode the tram to Tokyo University of the Arts, which was more than ten kilometers away.

Tokyo University of the Arts is not as high-profile as the University of Tokyo. Its main gate is just a red brick wall like the entrance to a park, and a vertical plaque that reads "Tokyo University of the Arts" stands on that red brick wall, which is less than 50 centimeters long.

The gate is also made of wood, and once it's open, you'll find lush greenery reminiscent of a park.

There's a saying that goes, "If the gate is like a park, and the scenery inside is like a park, then it is a park."

Many passersby who come here don't even see the sign for the Tokyo University of the Arts, and just walk in as if it were a park.

Hanabi Hanamaru and Sakakisa Kitagawa are both in the painting department, and today's painting class seems to be about sketching a male model.

Even though there were strips of cloth covering their private parts, as freshmen, the girls still couldn't help but blush and feel shy.

The two arrived at the art classroom, grabbed a drawing board, and found a suitable place to sit down.

In the middle of the classroom, there is a round pillar, which is where the model lies.

It's tiring to not be able to change positions for several hours, and this kind of money isn't easy to earn.

As soon as Hanabi Hanabi and Sakakisa Kitagawa sat down, the female classmates around them started talking.

"Is the nude model we're hiring today a handsome guy?"

"No way... I heard he's a homeless man..."

"Huh? He's not a handsome guy?" one of the girls said, sounding deflated.

Japanese universities generally do not have fixed classes, and there is a lot of turnover, so Hanabi Hanabi and Sakakisa Kitagawa were not very familiar with them.

"What's so great about handsome guys?" Kitagawa Sakakisa scoffed at them. "Right, Hanabi-chan?"

"Hmm." Hanabi Hanamaru scrolled through her phone, looking at some picture books and techniques.

Shortly after, Rika Kyuu arrived. Kitagawa Sakakisa happened to look up, saw her, and waved to her:

"Lixiang, come quick, I've saved you a seat, let's sit together."

Rika Kuju didn't refuse and sat down next to Hanabi Hanabi, putting down the shoulder bag she was carrying.

"Rika, why are you smiling? Is... something good happening!?"

"No."

"You definitely have that expression on your face!"

"Really do not have."

The students chatted for a long time, and soon after, the painting professor arrived; he was a very thin gentleman.

He clapped his hands to signal everyone not to sit too far apart, but to gather around him.

Hanabi Hanamaru put down her phone, stood up, and as soon as she looked up, she found Kai Uesugi standing at the door, who should have been studying at the University of Tokyo at that moment.

He was smiling at himself.

Hanabi Hanabi looked puzzled, not understanding why he was there, and tilted her head slightly:

"棣...君..." chapter

###Chapter 464 Togei University’s Uninvited Guest Uesugi Chu###

"Kai-kun...?"

From the moment Uesugi Kai appeared until he sat down next to her, Hanabi Hanamaru wore a puzzled expression.

"What are you doing here, Kai-kun?"

"Well, I'm here to attend class, of course," Uesugi Kai said, glancing at the middle-aged professor in front of her before turning back to the girl beside her.

Hanabi Hanabi winked at him, her violet eyes seeming to gleam with suspicion.

Kai Uesugi winked at her and asked with a smile, "What, don't you believe me?"

“Hmm…” Hanabi Hanamaru nodded matter-of-factly, “Besides, in school, students from other universities who audit classes will be kicked out by the teachers.”

Kitagawa Sakakisa seized the opportunity to interject, pointing to the middle-aged professor above and saying, "I can vouch for it, it's true, and it's that professor! That boy was really in trouble. He was all smiles, saying he was there to accompany his girlfriend to class, but Professor Eto kicked him out and made him stand at the door, bowing and apologizing profusely!"

"Is that so?" Uesugi Kai asked skeptically.

"Of course!"

Kai Uesugi glanced at the teacher's face. He had a high nose, a square face, and a left-parted hairstyle. Just one look gave him the impression of a politician in a high position.

Judging solely from her appearance, Kitagawa Sakakisa's statement is true.

However, Uesugi Kai didn't seem worried at all.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of being kicked out."

"Uesugi, are you really that brave?" Kitagawa Sakakisa asked in surprise. "Besides, you wouldn't come to Tokyo University of the Arts to see fireworks during a sketching class."

Kai Uesugi responded to her words with only a faint smile.

He shook his head, took out an IC card from his pocket, and handed it to Hanabi Hanamaru, who was also puzzled.

She didn't understand why Kai would come here during class time.

Hanabi Hanamaru took the IC card from Kai Uesugi and examined it from all angles.

"What is it?" Kitagawa Sakakisa couldn't resist her curiosity. She got off her seat and peeked out from behind Hanabi Hanabi to look at Uesugi Kai's IC card in her hand.

“Tokyo University of the Arts,” Kitagawa Sakaki read aloud the line of text on the IC card title, followed by the three characters that came out of the card: “Student ID Card.”

"Student ID!?" Kitagawa Sakakisa looked stunned as she understood the meaning of the words.

"Why does Kai-kun have a Tokyo University of the Arts student ID...?"

Hanabi Hanamaru looked down at the IC card title again and found that the portrait on it was indeed Kai Uesugi's ID photo.

She still didn't believe it, so she took out her student ID from Dongyi University of the Arts for comparison.

My own, and with Uesugi Kai.

It's exactly the same!

"Now you believe me, right?" Uesugi Kai said with a smile, taking the IC card back from Hanabi Hanabi's hand and putting it in the inner pocket of his jacket.

"Kai-kun...is he really taking classes at Tokyo University of the Arts?" Hanabi Hanamaru asked, her small hands resting on her lap.

“Yes.” Uesugi Kai looked at her slightly flushed face and held up one finger. “Strictly speaking, I’m an exchange student.”

"You're kidding me!" Kitagawa Sakakisa sat back down in her seat, arms crossed. "What kind of schools are that close to each other, especially with exchange students from different majors? The University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts don't have exchange students! You must have used some method, right?"

Kai Uesugi glanced subconsciously at Rika Kyuu sitting quietly not far away, then said to Sakaki Kitagawa:

"Yes, but I was an exchange student who came through the normal process."

Just as Kitagawa Sakakisa was about to say something, Professor Eto, who was in the middle of the classroom, clapped his hands, signaling everyone to look at him.

He made a fist with his right hand, coughed lightly twice, and said:

"Ahem, let's continue with what we had last time."

The slides behind the professor began to play, showing a series of representative ancient works.

"The Renaissance, ah, the Renaissance, regarding the human body, we have to start with ancient Greece. The first peak of human beauty was in the Greco-Roman period. At that time, the aesthetics of the human body had reached a very high level, but only in three-dimensional space, that is, in sculpture."

The scene quickly shifts from murals and sculptures to a series of classical Western artworks.

"During the Renaissance, the expressive power of human aesthetics leaped from three-dimensional space to two-dimensional space—a significant leap forward..."

Once the professor began his lecture, Kitagawa Sakakisa no longer needed to talk to Kamishira, and simply listened quietly.

Hanabi Hanabi agreed, burying her head behind her drawing board and whispering to Kai Uesugi on the other side, "Kai-kun...let's talk after class."

“Okay,” Uesugi Kai replied, giving the girl a friendly smile.

Professor Eto switched the projector's display, and a painting of a naked woman covering half her breasts appeared on the screen behind him.

It is a famous painting by Botticelli.

"The Renaissance was about the beauty of sculpture; it was expressed on a two-dimensional surface, rather than being as simple as before. Artists of that time were able to depict the complex structure of the human body and portray even more intricate scenes..."