SD Chapter 8: Sweetheart

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Jing Ci's weekend was originally very bad.

He went to see Li Lan on Saturday night. Li Lan was very happy and cooked a large table of dishes for him with his aunt.

Without Tao Mingzhuo's company, all the food was covered in dull gray again. The fish looked fishy, ​​there was fat floating on the fish soup, and even the vegetables seemed a little wilted.

Jing Ci knew that these were actually just his illusions, but he didn't want to move his chopsticks at all.

Maybe it was because Tao Mingzhuo's cooking effect was too obvious. After a short period of time, Jing Ci felt that she might have become dependent on this person to some extent.

Jing Ci reluctantly drank a bowl of fish soup, moved the rice in the rice bowl, pretending to have eaten, and then said to Li Lan: "I'm full."

Li Lan was watching TV and responded . There was a sound.

Li Lan said: "Tomorrow morning I am going to a place to learn oil painting. You can pick me up in the afternoon and then send me to have afternoon tea with your Aunt Xu and let her meet you."

Jing Ci felt that Li Lan's schedule was more complicated than before. My schedule is quite full.

He smiled and asked: "Didn't you study piano before? Why did you change it to oil painting? And why didn't you invite someone to teach you at home?"

Li Lan snorted and said, "You don't understand. I invited you from home." The teacher only knows how to find fault with me. There is a young man in this shop who is very nice and is always willing to praise me no matter what my painting looks like, so I am happy to give them money."

Jing Ci glanced at Li Lan and sent it to herself . The address was found to be a nail salon. The young man in the nail salon taught others how to paint, but Jing Ci always felt that it sounded a little unreliable.

But seeing that Li Lan liked it, he just smiled and said: "Okay."

After waking up the next morning, Li Lan left the egg cake she made by herself. Jing Ci still had no appetite, so he hesitated and finally The egg cake was fed to Alaska raised by Li Lan.

After arriving at the nail salon, he stood bleakly in front of the price list in the store, thinking that after sending Li Lan to the party place later, he could find an excuse to leave for work, and then go home and start sleeping.

Maybe he could sleep until the next morning. When he woke up, it would be Monday, and then he could find Tao Mingzhuo and continue having lunch with him at noon.

But Jing Ci didn't expect that the young man working in this nail salon would be Tao Mingzhuo himself.

Sister Tao Mingzhuo's invitation was an unexpected surprise in a sense. Jing Ci felt that he should seize this opportunity. Since he got sick, he knew how difficult it was to have a delicious meal.

Even if the cost was her own nails, Jing Ci felt that as long as she could delay some time so that she could have dinner with Tao Mingzhuo.

Tao Mingzhuo's expression at that time was very complicated: "Are you really going to do it?"

Jing Ci nodded: "Can't you?"

Tao Mingzhuo was very tall, but he was wearing a pink apron at this time. It's very small, Jing Ci thinks this is a very interesting contrast.

Jing Ci actually wanted to laugh, but she still held it back.

Tao Mingzhuo seemed a little helpless. He lowered his head and sighed: "Let's do this. I'll help you see if there is any paint left. Maybe I can draw a small-sized painting."

Jing Ci said "Ah" Tao Mingzhuo made a sound, feeling that not having to sacrifice his nails was definitely the best result, so he sincerely thanked him: "That's great, thank you for your hard work."

Tao Mingzhuo said a vague "hmm", he didn't say anything, turned around and nodded. Go forward.

Jing Ci looked at his figure and found that his ears were a little red.

Jing Ci felt that Tao Mingzhuo blushed easily. Maybe it was because the weather was getting warmer in spring, or maybe it was because he usually ate well so his energy and blood were strong. She could try to order more light dishes for him in the future.

And Tao Mingzhuo here really felt like he was about to melt.

He didn't expect that just to spend a little more time with him on the weekend, this boss's bottom line could even be pushed to the point where he could even do a manicure.

Li Lan, who had just taken photos here, also packed up. Hearing that Jing Ci also wanted to experience the oil painting project, she told him to use his membership card for a discount, and then left in a car in a hurry.

Tao Mingzhuo put up the small easel and said, "You can choose any of the small paintings hanging on the wall, or if you have a picture you want to paint, a simpler one will do."

Jing Ci thought for a while, He rummaged through his phone and showed a picture: "Is this okay?"

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned: "You want to draw a hamburger?"

Jing Ci nodded.

It's okay, but most of the customers usually choose landscapes or animals. Tao Mingzhuo has never seen any customer want to draw a fish burger.

Tao Mingzhuo mixed the paint for him and said, "If you can draw, compare the pictures yourself and draw a rough outline first."

Jing Ci took the pen and looked at the pictures on his phone for a while, then felt a little clumsy. I dipped some paint on the ground and carefully sketched it on the canvas.

Tao Mingzhuo stood behind him and couldn't stand looking at it for a while: "Um... what you want to draw is a round thing. Don't you think the outline you made is a bit square?"

Jing Ci said "oh", Said: "Then I will change it."

Jing Ci drew a few more strokes, and this time Tao Mingzhuo's eyes almost popped out: "The hamburger is indeed round, but it is not a complete sphere. You want to draw a watermelon. "

Jing Ci had a good temper. He thought about the canvas for a while, raised his face, and rolled his eyes at Tao Mingzhuo: "Sorry, I'm not very good at painting."

Tao Mingzhuo paused and said. ...It's okay, just get up and I'll help you shape it."

After Tao Mingzhuo took the brush, he began to help him change the basic structure of the painting. Jing Ci could see that with a few quick strokes, he directly adjusted all the original structural proportions, and even the color levels of the painting became different.

Jing Ci praised: "You are very powerful."

Tao Mingzhuo stopped moving his hands for a moment, but did not speak.

At this time, Tao Xue appeared at the door and asked with a smile: "We are ordering takeout. We are eating noodles today. Which one do you want to eat? Xiaojing, please order more. Sister Li usually gives us some milk tea, so you don't have to mix it with We're polite."

Tao Mingzhuo: "Sour beef soup, spicy, add a fried egg."

Jing Ci smiled: "Just like him."

Tao Mingzhuo's hand shaking the paintbrush said. What if you don’t

like what I like to eat without taking a look at it?

Tao Mingzhuo could hardly hold his pen steady this time.

Looking at the shaken stroke he just painted, Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath, lightly wiped it on the canvas with his hand, and then covered it again with another color.

The prototype of the fried fish burger has appeared in the center of the canvas, and Tao Mingzhuo also realized that he could not continue like this.

Although he still didn't know where Jing Ci's feelings for him came from, Tao Mingzhuo felt that he could no longer get along with him like this, nor could he always eat other people's meals for no reason.

Some things need to be made clearer.

But the problem now is that Jing Ci didn't make anything clear, so Tao Mingzhuo couldn't just say "I'm not interested in you", otherwise he would appear to be a little sentimental.

In addition, the other party is his boss, so he has to use some roundabout and irresistible explanations.

Jing Ci was staring at the painting when he heard Tao Mingzhuo call his name, and he turned his head.

Tao Mingzhuo cleared his throat: "Jing Ci, as you said before, we are already friends, so I will also talk to you about a more personal matter."

"Mainly because I can't tell the office about this secret . "My colleague told me," he said, "so I have been holding back for a long time and have been wanting to find someone to talk to."

Jing Ci was actually a little surprised, but felt that it was a good thing that Tao Mingzhuo was willing to get closer to him. , then nodded: "You tell me."

Then Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo look up at him first, hesitated, and said, "Actually, I already have a sweetheart."

Jing Ci was stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that Tao Mingzhuo would share such intimate things with him, and he was a little stunned for a moment.

Jing Ci waited for a moment, thinking that Tao Mingzhuo would continue to describe his sweetheart's personality or the story of their acquaintance, but she didn't expect that Tao Mingzhuo did not speak again, but just straight up. Staring at his own face, as if waiting for his own response.

So Jing Ci was quiet for a moment, and tentatively gave an answer: "Okay?"

Tao Mingzhuo's eyes widened suddenly: "...Just, okay?"

Jing Ci thought for a moment, thinking that the response he gave was not enthusiastic enough. , then hesitantly asked: "So? Have you confessed to her?"

Tao Mingzhuo seemed to be confused by the question: "Currently... I have no such plan."

Jing Ci said "Oh" and said gently : "So, that means you are not together yet?"

Tao Mingzhuo stammered: "...Yeah, it's true not."

Jing Ci said "hmm", and he felt that if he continued to ask, he would It involved too much privacy, so I watched Tao Mingzhuo stop talking and waited patiently for him to continue.

However, Tao Mingzhuo suddenly fell into a long silence.

Jing Ci was a little confused, thinking that he was shy because he mentioned the person he liked. After thinking about it, he changed the topic more considerately: "By the way, tomorrow is Monday, what kind of cuisine do you want to eat, Sichuan food or Japanese food?" "

If you like, we can try a new Cantonese restaurant. Their dim sum should be better than the previous one," he added.

Tao Mingzhuo himself is in a state of complete aphasia.

He didn't expect that Jing Ci could respond so calmly just now, and in a few words, he easily blocked all his attacks.

The meaning of his words seems to be: Although you have someone you like, you have not confessed to her and you are not together now, so what impact can it have on me?

Even after the conversation ended, he continued to invite himself to lunch as if nothing had happened.

Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath and felt that since he had already lied, he might as well say it more clearly.

"Actually, I... the person I like is one of those colleagues who often had dinner with me before." Tao Mingzhuo didn't dare to look at him, so he could only continue to make up, "I want to have more friendship with that person. Lunch is a more important time for socializing outside of work. "

"That is to say, I probably won't be able to have lunch with you anymore," Tao Mingzhuo said.

The air suddenly became silent for a moment.

Tao Mingzhuo raised his head and saw Jing Ci staring at his face blankly, the smile on his face fading away little by little.

After a while, he saw Jing Ci blink slowly and asked softly: "What did you say?"

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