Seducing Childhood Sweetheart - Chapter 32

Chapter 32
Angel on Earth

Feng Xinian’s next competition was a painting competition. The competition kicked off in the morning, and Feng Xinian went to watch Gu Yuan’s match after putting himself at the last number.

In the afternoon, the competition arena was full of people. Gu Yuan watched as Feng Xinian’s fan group pulled up banners and shared glow sticks. If Gu Yuan didn’t know that this was the first round of the Campus Star talent competition, she would have thought that this was Produce 101 and that Feng Xinian would probably be the winner.
T/N: Produce 101 is a Chinese Idol Competition.

Wei Ziqian had reserved Gu Yuan and Xie Yanyan’s place early in the morning.

“All thanks to Xiao Qianqian, we could sit in this excellent angle to watch Feng Schoolmaster.” Even after Xie Yanyan knew that Feng Schoolmaster was Xiao Yuan’s, how could she restrain herself from swooning at such a handsome man?

Wei Ziqian also thoughtfully prepared snacks, fruits, and drinks. Gu Yuan had wanted to open her mouth to say thank you. But Ruan Xiahou said first, “Don’t thank him. These are all prepared by Xinian. There are also mats.”

Gu Yuan took the mats and still said thank you to the two. Xie Yanyan was already too envious to speak. Such a perfect man!
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The theme of the painting this time was the most beautiful thing in the heart. Each contestant paints what they think is beautiful according to their understanding.

Because the competition officially started in the afternoon, unlike other venues, the venue was surprisingly quiet. Everyone mainly saw the process of each contestant’s creation through the screens put up by the cameras. However, it did not directly shoot the paintings, which was the requirement for the blind selection for scoring. The judges are the National University of Fine Arts and R University’s professors.

There was only the sound of paintbrushes rubbing against the canvas in the quiet arena. Gu Yuan quietly looked at Feng Xinian. Since she put down her brush, she could not remember how long she had never seen Brother Xinian paint. When her mom was still alive, she said that if Brother Xinian took the road of painting, the art world would have a new star.

Gu Yuan sometimes thought that Brother Xinian was probably God’s biased creation. Apart from his well-carved appearance, his talent was more than just painting. It seemed that he could achieve excellence in a variety of fields. He would gain all sorts of glory in the future, including engineering and artificial intelligence he was interested in.

Gu Yuan looked at the youth immersed in the painting from afar. She recalled a memory. When she was a child, her mother taught them to draw. As a child, Gu Yuan preferred to be active. She could easily wander off when she looked at the landscape and drew. When she returned to her senses, she wanted to see what Feng Xinian painted, and she saw he was drawing a girl who tilted her head to look at the sky painting. The wind blew her hair, her eyes were bright, her eyelashes were long, and her lips slightly open. The girl wore a white striped dress with two slender calves that naturally fell under the hem.

At that time, she did not understand and thought Feng Xinian was painting to make fun of her distraction. She was very annoyed and angry, ignoring him. Only now did she realize that he had her in his heart. His eyes and heart were all about her. And she was a stupid bitch. It was too hard to look back on the past.
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At the end of the competition in the evening, Xie Yanyan whispered beside Gu Yuan’s ear, “If not for the value of the Feng Schoolmaster, I wouldn’t have lasted this long at all.”

“Indeed. Look at how many Xinian’s fans kill the school web. There are topics on Weibo and Instagram as well.” Wei Ziqian looked at the cell phone and couldn’t believe those vivid pictures of Feng Xinian. This fan girl’s action was really something.

Gu Yuan looked at these beautiful pictures, collected a few, and even chose one of them to set as her screensaver.

“Huh, Little Yuan’er, you’re showing love!” Xie Yanyan caught sight of Gu Yuan’s cell phone screensaver and took a big bite of dog food.

Gu Yuan smiled wryly at her, bright-eyed and beautiful.

A funny thought popped into Xie Yanyan’s mind. Is little Yuan’er turning into a fox? But, with her beauty, perhaps she counted as a fox demon?

In the last hour, a white curtain fell in the middle of the arena to present the audience with all the finalized works. No more contestants on the stage after the curtain drew back, leaving only pieces of work hung in the center. The judges and teachers were commenting and scoring each piece of work.

When the oil painting titled “Angel in the Morning Sun” appeared, Gu Yuan could tell at a glance that it was Feng Xinian’s work. There was no other reason except that the angel in the painting was her. The mottled light and shadow of the angel in the morning sun and her sleeping face were serene and beautiful, giving people a sense of peace just by looking at it.

“This brushstroke is truly identical to the one from Paper God.”

He knew she wanted to see him. He saw her eyes, and he knew. Hence, he couldn’t wait. Several students next to him said they would celebrate. But Feng Xinian politely refused. His girl was still waiting for him, and he couldn’t keep her waiting for him for a long time.
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The first round of the competition officially ended. Gu Yuan didn’t care about the results. She only wanted to hug Feng Xinian.

After saying goodbye to the three, Gu Yuan wanted to enter the arena backstage. She passed through the school plaza where the big screen broadcasted the outstanding performances of this Campus Star Competition. The screen showed Lin Yuan’s piano performance. He said in front of the camera that he would take this opportunity to play this piece for someone and hope she would be happy no matter what happened in the future.

<Marriage D’Amour>

In her previous life, she accompanied him to practice this song thousands of times. Gu Yuan subconsciously stopped. The melody was still the same but with a different state of mind. She had let go of her inexplicable obsession with Lin Yuan and obtained true happiness.

Gu Yuan didn’t realize that she was listening out of her mind and didn’t expect to turn around and see the youth standing not far away.

Feng Xinian did not see Gu Yuan at the venue. He searched for the girl only to see her standing over there out of focus. She has been listening with fascination. On the big screen, Lin Yuan was concentrating on playing <Marriage D’Amour>

Feng Xinian knew that song was Gu Yuan’s favorite. At that moment, he suddenly became sad. Was his efforts not enough? He had lost to Lin Yuan from the beginning. Wrong. He had lost to Gu Yuan. He couldn’t help but laugh at himself. He thought he was important enough to her, but it was only his thought, no?

He dropped everything to find her while she absent-mindedly looking at another person.

Gu Yuan was unprepared to see Feng Xinian. Once she returned to her senses, she only wanted to run to him, but instead, she watched him turn around and leave.

On the screen, Lin Yuan was standing and thanked. Gu Yuan realized that Brother Xinian was angry.

No, it was a disappointment. But in the blink of an eye, Feng Xinian’s figure had already disappeared. She hurriedly called him, but it was a busy signal. That was the first time that he didn’t answer her call.
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Author Notes: No conflict that one good sex session couldn’t resolve. If there were, make it two.
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