Those Sweet Times
Chapter 19 Part 1
There were two topics for tonight’s meeting. One was about the election
for the most outstanding club members. “All the clubs and classes will
have their most outstanding students of their respective groups. Our club
has two slots. You all can register first, we’ll have a vote on it at a later time.”
President Waiwai said.
The other was about the Esports competition.
“I have arranged all the sponsors.” Waiwai emphasized, waiting for
everyone to applaud for him.
All the members clapped earnestly for their president.
Then, Waiwai got carried away and started to chatter.
Xiang Nuan got bored and started to draw on her notebook.
Chuyan was behaving like a good student, sitting upright and looking at
Waiwai with a serious look on his face.
Xiang Nuan used the tip of her pen to poke his arm.
Lin Chuyan slanted his head to look at her and raised his eyebrows.
Xiang Nuan whispered: “Don’t move.”
He saw her notebook had been turned to a new page. She had started to
sketch the outline with a carbon fountain pen on the blank paper. He realized
what she was doing and turned his body around to face her. With one elbow
on the desk, he used the back of his hand to support the side of his face to
look at her with a tilted head.
He sure knew how to make a pose…...Xiang Nuan chuckled. Then she said:
“En. Smile.”
Lin Chuyan looked especially good when he smiled. He was very relaxed,
with a shallow smile on his lips and a gentle look in his eyes.
Xiang Nuan sketched very quickly.
Her notebook didn’t have any lines. She called it her “naked notebook.” She
liked to use her naked notebook.
Xiang Nuan had learned some basics of drawing under the instruction of her
father. But she didn’t have enough patience and only had some basic skills.
At the time, she felt it was such a torture to learn. After she didn’t have to do
it anymore, she found the joy in drawing. Now she would draw for fun whenever
she felt bored, though she wasn’t that good at it.
Xiang Nuan used only a few minutes to finish drawing Lin Chuyan. The picture
…...basically captured his looks.
She felt it was missing something. After pondering for a while, she snickered
and added a pair of furry fox ears on top of his head. The sketch of Lin Chuyan
with such big ears looked rather cute.
Then Xiang Nuan wrote:
To: Lin Daji
Nuan god, 11, 11
It was finished. Xiang Nuan looked at the pair of furry ears and felt quite satisfied
with them. She tore off the page and handed it over to Lin Chuyan.
Lin Chuyan thought the picture of himself was quite interesting. He hooked his
finger towards Xiang Nuan. As she drew closer, he came up and whispered next
to her ear: “Thanks.”
The deliberately lowered voice was very pleasant to the ear. It had nothing to do
with what he said, just a pleasant voice.
She pulled back and quickly rubbed her ear.
After the meeting, Lin Chuyan put the drawing into his pocket and asked Xiang
Nuan: “I’ll buy you some late night snacks.”
“Sure.”
Xiang Nuan clipped the pen inside the notebook and walked out with Lin Chuyan.
When they passed by Shen Zumu, Xiang Nuan took a peek at him and discovered
that he happened to be looking at her as well. She felt like she had been caught
and hurriedly waved at him with a bright smile: “Xuezhang, we’re going now. Goodbye!”
“En.” Shen Zemu nodded, without any other word.
Xiang Nuan felt a bit at lost after they walked out of the student union
“What do you want to eat?” Lin Chuyan asked.
Her mood changed: “I want to eat oden and corn.”
There was a 24-hour convenience store across the street from the east gate of
the campus. It had very tasty oden there, plus corn, buns, sandwiches, porridge,
and soups.