After Transmigrating, I Married the Male Lead’s Sister (GL) - Chapter 52
The art school at University A had a distinctive style. The walls were covered in ivy that climbed up in twists and turns. Li Suimei leaned against the wall, waiting for Fu Yanxiao to come out of the restroom.
It was quiet here, as most people were watching the performances in the auditorium. After Qin Qing gave her speech, she disappeared. Fu Yanxiao found the performance boring, so she dragged Li Suimei out.
“Are you done?” Li Suimei asked in a slightly raised voice.
Fu Yanxiao’s muffled voice came from inside, “Just a moment—”
With nothing to do, Li Suimei took out her notebook from her bag and prepared to continue drawing. For a creative person, inspiration was necessary, and so was practice. If she didn’t draw for a long time, her skills would become rusty. Recently, besides her formal work, Li Suimei had started sketching casually.
She flipped through the notebook and tapped the tip of her pen on a sketch that hadn’t been finished.
Li Suimei paused and tapped her chin with the pen, recalling Qin Qing’s appearance.
The woman with her picturesque features, the aloof expression that was a perfect blend of elegance and natural coolness, and the gentle look in her eyes when she smiled casually. Qin Qing was almost two different people when she was smiling and when she wasn’t.
Li Suimei: “…”
After admiring Qin Qing’s unparalleled beauty again, Li Suimei pressed the automatic pen tip and was about to draw when she heard footsteps.
Qin Qing was walking with a group of school leaders. Although most of the deans and professors were bald or overweight, they still had a scholarly air and demeanor. There were also some art teachers who were fashionable and good-looking. Among these people with such different temperaments, Qin Qing was the most eye-catching.
Li Suimei saw her immediately and quickly hid her notebook behind her back.
From Qin Qing’s perspective, the little girl was standing with her hands behind her back, looking sideways with a very obedient expression. Li Suimei’s face was small, and compared to the green ivy next to her, it was hard to tell which was brighter and more charming.
“Sister Qin Qing!” Li Suimei called out.
Qin Qing nodded.
“Suimei!” the dean called out to Li Suimei, “It’s been months since we last saw you. You’ve become even more beautiful!”
Li Suimei smiled and greeted the dean and the principal.
No matter how old she grew, meeting teachers outside the classroom was always a bit awkward, especially with Qin Qing around. Li Suimei just hoped that these people would leave soon.
A professor suddenly stopped Li Suimei, “Li Suimei, have you started planning your graduation project?”
Li Suimei: “……”
… Graduation was still a year away, was it necessary to be in such a hurry?
“Not yet, isn’t it… too early?” Li Suimei touched her nose.
The professor looked at her, “Have you decided on a theme?”
Li Suimei’s hand, which was holding the notebook behind her back, tightened. She quickly glanced at Qin Qing and said, “I haven’t decided on a specific theme yet. The content will probably involve people.”
Because of their conversation, Qin Qing and the others also stopped.
A few meters away, in the restroom, Fu Yanxiao suddenly exclaimed, “Someone’s coming!”
Li Suimei: “……”
Qin Qing glanced at her, and Li Suimei smiled sheepishly, pointing behind her and saying in a low voice, “Xiaoxiao is inside.”
The people around them chuckled. Fu Yanxiao was still asking Li Suimei nervously in a loud voice, but soon, she probably heard the laughter and stopped talking.
“……”
Li Suimei felt so embarrassed that she didn’t even want to admit that Fu Yanxiao was her friend. Qin Qing smiled slightly and asked the other teachers and leaders to go ahead first, leaving herself to talk to Li Suimei for a while.
“Why are you blushing?” Qin Qing asked.
Li Suimei sniffed, “Nothing.”
Qin Qing nodded, and the atmosphere suddenly became a bit awkward. Li Suimei didn’t know what to say, so after a while, she took the initiative to break the silence and asked, “Why did you come here?”
Qin Qing replied, “Qin Corporation will be recruiting a batch of interns in the fall, so I came to see how the school and the students are doing.”
So that was it. Li Suimei thought to herself, she had been overthinking it.
Li Suimei smiled, “How is Qin Zhan doing?”
Qin Qing replied, “He’s still in the hospital. He needs a minor facial surgery.”
Li Suimei asked, “Will there be a scar?”
Qin Qing shook her head, “The wound isn’t deep, and the scar will be almost invisible after the surgery.”
Li Suimei said, “Oh.”
Qin Qing asked, “Why are you asking?”
“…..”
Li Suimei thought Qin Qing was funny. How could she not ask about her fiancee’s near-disfigurement?
She pursed her lips and casually said, “I’m afraid he’ll be disfigured. After all, I’m obsessed with looks.”
Qin Qing looked at her.
“…What, what’s wrong?” Li Suimei shivered, rubbing the goosebumps on her arms. “I’m just being superficial, I like good-looking and handsome people, is that wrong?”
Qin Qing moved her lips.
“Hey!” Suddenly, someone jumped out from behind, Fu Yanxiao spread her ten fingers wide, making a scary face behind Li Suimei.
Li Suimei was so startled by the sudden noise that the notebook she was hiding behind fell to the ground.
Fu Yanxiao wanted to die on the spot when she saw Qin Qing. She stammered, “…”
Qin Qing didn’t say anything. She bent down to pick up Li Suimei’s notebook from the ground.
In an instant, Fu Yanxiao winked at Li Suimei rapidly, “What’s up with you! Why didn’t you tell me Sister Qin was outside?”
Li Suimei: “……”
She could actually understand what Fu Yanxiao was trying to convey with those expressions! Afraid of being assimilated by this silly girl, Li Suimei looked away, and then she saw Qin Qing looking at her sketchbook!
Li Suimei: “……”
In the notebook, which only had a few pages filled, half of the content was of Qin Qing!
Li Suimei: “……”
Her sleeve was tugged, and Li Suimei immediately glared at Fu Yanxiao, “Why can’t you go to the restroom later! Why now!”
Fu Yanxiao widened her eyes, “……”
Qin Qing flipped through the notebook, pausing for a few seconds on several familiar side profiles and back views. Then she closed the notebook expressionlessly and handed it back to Li Suimei, “Here.”
Li Suimei took the notebook. Qin Qing seemed to be thinking about something, her usually composed face looked a little stiff. She turned and left without saying anything else.
Li Suimei had known before that Qin Qing didn’t like being photographed, and she guessed that Qin Qing probably wouldn’t like being secretly sketched either. Thinking that she was angry, Li Suimei punched Fu Yanxiao’s arm several times after Qin Qing left.
Fu Yanxiao said, “…I didn’t hit you, why are you hitting me?”
Qin Qing suddenly turned around. The two girls of similar age were fighting, and she watched, her expression turning slightly gloomy.
“Damn it! Stop fighting! Sister Qin is angry!” Fu Yanxiao quickly poked Li Suimei, signaling her to look at Qin Qing.
Li Suimei: “…….”
Why was she angry again? She glanced at her notebook. Did she hate being used as a model that much?
It was just a reference, Li Suimei thought.
At dinnertime, Li Suimei and Fu Yanxiao had to attend a gathering with their classmates. The two of them spent a long time getting ready before leaving the hotel.
All the way there, Fu Yanxiao kept regretting what she had done during the day.
Li Suimei spent the whole day thinking about whether she could still use her drawings. She looked at the sketches in her notebook a few times. Although there weren’t many strokes, Qin Qing’s features were very obvious and still recognizable. So, she showed the drawings to Fu Yanxiao.
Fu Yanxiao held the notebook, “Who is this? The side profile is so beautiful, the contour lines look familiar… a hooked nose… it’s so rare.”
Li Suimei looked at Fu Yanxiao as if she was an idiot, but she was inexplicably comforted. Even Qin Qing’s number one fan couldn’t recognize her, so what if Qin Qing…
Forget it! Qin Qing must have recognized it!
“……”
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Outside the school gates, the school officials escorted Qin Qing to the door and scheduled a detailed discussion about cooperation after the school anniversary today. They also invited her to dinner in the evening.
“Miss, are you going to the airport?” the driver asked, opening the car door for Qin Qing.
Because she was coming to the school, Qin Qing had chosen the most low-key car. It was almost lunchtime, and she still had to discuss matters with University A in the evening, so she didn’t plan to return to Haishi today. After thinking for a moment, she told the driver to drive to a nearby luxury store.
“Are you preparing a gift for the Li family elders?”
Qin Qing nodded, “Since I’m here, I should pay them a visit.”
The driver turned the car around, “Then why don’t you call Miss Li over?”
Qin Qing’s expression changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal and said, “She still wants to hang out with her classmates.”
The driver sighed and said with emotion, “Youth is so good. Miss Li is only 20, right? I heard that she will be 21 at the end of the year? Is the wedding set for the end of the year to coincide with her birthday?”
Qin Qing replied, “Mmm.”
“Thinking back…”
Perhaps because she had been away from the campus environment for too long and had suddenly come into contact with so many young people, Qin Qing unconsciously began to miss her youth.
She was 28, almost three generations apart from Li Suimei.
Qin Qing looked out the window. The window was tinted, and her reflection was visible on the tint. Her features were exquisite, her figure graceful, and her peach blossom eyes were slightly narrowed, with no trace of age around them.
Uncle Lin said, “…Miss, what’s wrong?”
“Uncle Lin,” Qin Qing suddenly said, “What do you think… how do I look?”
Uncle Lin: “?”