“Don’t talk about the things about Rose Club,” said Li Ze as he looked at Liu Yuou who was touching his daughter’s face. “Even if my daughter doesn’t know what we’re talking about. I don’t think it’s very good.”
“So what do we talk about?”
“How’s your lining up?”
“You guess,” Liu Yuou said.
“I’m going to get a pen and some paper.”
Li Ze walked towards the main bedroom.
A moment later, Li Ze took a sketch pad and pencil out of the main bedroom, and placed the two items on the coffee table.
Liu Yuou still wanted to continue playing with Weiwei. But seeing Li Ze’s serious expression, Liu Yuou put Weiwei down. Sitting on the sofa, she moved a little farther, Liu Yuou picked up the pencil. HShe looked at Li Ze sitting beside her and then looked at Weiwei standing beside her. Only then did Liu Yuou raise her eyebrows and start to line up.
However, there were still obvious black spots on the arcs.
Seeing this, Li Ze asked, “How are you so stupid?”
“Teacher, you’re discriminating against a fool!”
Listening to Liu Yuou self-deprecatingly, Li Ze wanted to laugh.
After clearing his throat, Li Ze said, “I’ve already told you. At the moment the pencil touched the paper, you must be very, very gentle. I’ll give you an example. If I slap you with only the tips of your fingers, you would not hurt. But if my slap hit your face heavily, you would definitely hurt. Therefore, if you want to line up well, you need to be gentle. ”
“Actually, it’s more painful to slap with tips.”
“How can this be?”
“Because your nails might scratch my face. That’s why it hurt even more.”
“Forget it. I’m too lazy to explain. I already told you. You can practice it yourself.”
“Teacher, I’ve come to your house as a guest, not for my studies.”
“Do what you want.”
At this moment, the door was pushed open and Ding Jie came in with a bag of vegetables.
Seeing that Liu Yuou was drawing, Ding Jie smiled and asked, “Do you work that hard?”
“Teacher Li forced me,” Liu Yuou said. “I said I came here as a guest, but Teacher Li said that I was too stupid and didn’t even have mastered lining up. So he just let me practice. Mrs Ding, do you think Teacher Li is too strict? ”
“Sometimes.”
“I’ll accompany you in the kitchen!”
As she said that, Liu Yuou immediately stood up and walked towards Ding Jie.
“No need, no need,” Ding Jie said, “You’re the guest. Just stay.”
“I’m not a guest. I’m only Teacher Li’s student.”
“Then go and chat with my husband about painting. I’ll call you later after preparing food well. I don’t care if you’re a guest or a student. Since you came to play at my house for the first time, I couldn’t let you help me. Of course, if you come over next time, I’ll ask for your help in the kitchen. ”
“Alright, then I’ll wait for my meal.”
“Right.”
After the conversation, Ding Jie walked into the kitchen, while Liu Yuou sat beside Li Ze.
Because Li Ze didn’t want his wife to suspect the relationship between him and Liu Yuou, he said, “I think you might be too nervous. In fact, your feeling towards lining up is the most important. Your hand holding the pencil must be relaxed. In addition, lining up is the foundation pf sketch, so you must learn this basic technique well. However, since you’re a guest of my family today, I won’t let you continue to practice. I’ll draw a sketch for you so you might be inspired. Let’s use the teacup on the tea table as a sketch object.”
“Hm!”
After that, Liu Yuou patiently observed Li Ze.
Ten minutes later, a lifelike teacup appeared on a drawing paper.
After handing the sketchpad to Liu Yuou, Li Ze said, “Anyway, you’ll be able to write it this way when you’re familiar with it.”
“I’ll work hard!”
“Your dad asked me just now if you were on my side. I said yes. He also told me to send you home at night. It’s not safe for you to go back alone in the neighborhood where you live. ”
“Won’t he come to pick me up?”
“He said he has a dinner party at night. He might drink wine in dinner so he wasn’t suitable to come and pick you up.”
“Mm, I’ll have to trouble Teacher Li then.”
Actually, this matter had already been settled before. So their conversation was purely for Ding Jie. Plus, Li Ze didn’t tell Liu Yuou beforehand, but Liu Yuou could actually act as if she had just heard the news. This made Li Ze to admire Liu Yuou’s ability to adapt.
The four of them sat around the table around six o’clock.
Mapo curd, scallion mutton, quail eggs burn drained and old duck soup.
Looking at the four dishes, which were so fragrant and delicious, Liu Yuou quickly picked up the chopsticks and ate a quail egg and to her mouth.
After chewing, Liu Yuou said with excitement, “Mrs Ding! You are a good chef! ”
“They’re all family dishes. Nothing special.”
“Other than this Mapo tofu, these three dishes are extraordinary They are obviously private dishes! I really don’t like eggs, because I think the taste of eggs is too simple and the egg yolk will sob. But Mrs Ding, your quail egg is too delicious. If let me give a score for this dish, it would be perfect. Otherwise, I would give you a score of 99 because I am afraid you will pride.”
Hearing Liu Yuou’s words, Ding Jie, who was laughing extremely sweetly, said, “Actually, it’s just a family dish. You don’t need to exaggerate it. I think Yuou’s literary talent is very good. You could get a high score in your Chinese, right?”
Before Liu Yuou could speak, Li Ze, who had just eaten a piece of mutton, said, “Yuou has almost perfect scores for every class. So she was the hottest candidate for Peking University or Tsinghua University this year.”
“That’s really amazing. I admire most those who are strong in reading books,” Ding Jie said. “Yuou, come on. This duck leg is for you. You’ll be able to go to Tsinghua University after eating it.”
“Mrs Ding, this duck leg is too big. I can’t finish it.”
“You’re in the crucial period of growing up, so eating more meat is good.”
“Thank you!”
On the surface, the atmosphere was very harmonious.
But, in fact, the truth was not so at all.
Because of Liu Yuou was beautiful, Ding Jie was worried that the relationship between her husband and Liu Yuou was not simple, so she was observing her husband and Liu Yuou. For the moment, she had not found any problem. Actually, there were two reasons for Ding Jie’s conclusion. First, Liu Yuou was as good as she at covering her emotion. Secondly, Li Ze was a reserved person who didn’t like to show his emotions.
After eating dinner, Li Ze took the initiative to clear the dishes.
Although he had a conflict with his wife, Li Ze still wanted to show his love towards his wife in front of Liu Yuou. So that Liu Yuou would not say any more ambiguous words to him.
When Li Ze finished washing the dishes, he heard Liu Yuou crying in the main bedroom.
Li Ze couldn’t figure it out. He just walked out of the kitchen.