Chapter 85 - 85 084 The Double Excellence of Painting and Calligraphy_1

85: Chapter 084 The Double Excellence of Painting and Calligraphy_1 85: Chapter 084 The Double Excellence of Painting and Calligraphy_1 In early April, the night breeze was slightly chilly. Lv Zhong, carrying a plastic bag of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, arrived at the Wenhan Flower Garden as usual, ready to give Mu Qiongfang her acupuncture treatment first. Upon reaching the No. 101 Garage of Block B, Lv Zhong found that the iron door of the garage rented by Mu Qiongfang was seemingly closed. Surprised, Lv Zhong knocked on it. “Clank…” A small door of the garage opened slightly. Under the dim light, a beautiful and delicate face appeared in Lv Zhong’s eyes. The willow-leaf eyebrows gave a soft and gentle impression. Her clear eyes sparkled with beautiful brilliance. The caution on the young girl’s face gradually faded away as the small iron door opened. Realizing who was at the door, her cautious expression instantly turned into delight. She looked beautiful even in the plain school uniform, which added a touch of charming quality to her. Her short hair, full of youthful vigor, fell loosely on her shoulders. As the small iron door opened, a night breeze brushed over her, fluttering her hair lightly. The little girl, upon seeing that it was Lv Zhong, looked around before letting Lv Zhong in and hurried to close the small iron door again. At that moment, a cold breeze blew in from the outside, causing her to shudder. “Yan Yan, what’s going on…” Noticing Yan Yan’s strange reaction after opening the small iron door, Lv Zhong couldn’t help but ask in surprise. “L…Little Brother Zhong, the news…the news said that the throat…the throat-cutting man has been rescued. My dad has been out selling vegetables these days, he’s not here, and we…we are scared, so…so…” Yan Yan spoke with a slight stutter. Upon hearing this, Lv Zhong finally understood why Yan Yan had reacted strangely before and broke into a laugh, “Hehe, poppet, you don’t need to worry about that throat-cutting guy. He won’t be able to harm women ever again in his life…” Indeed, four days ago, that throat-cutting man, Mingyu, was not only paralysed by the highly toxic anesthesia of the [Soul-Devouring Bug], but he also got his lower body busted by a conscious Dongfang Linglong. Then, he was turned into an idiot by the [Soul-Devouring Bug] sent by Lv Zhong, leaving him no ability to do evil anymore. However, Lv Zhong was quite disappointed in the police of Yan City. It had been three days since the throat-cutting man had been rescued, but they just let the public know about it. Wasn’t it to cover up their failure? Three days ago, the director of the Public Security Bureau, Jiang Feiyun, had hoped that Lv Zhong would send the “bug” again to track down the throat-cutting man and others. But Lv Zhong directly refused based on the excuse that “it rained on the day, and the scent left by the few people was washed away”. To Lv Zhong, his intervention in that case was only to prevent the throat-cutting man from doing evil again. As for whether the throat-cutting man would be sentenced by the police in the end, Lv Zhong didn’t care at all. “For real?” Yan Yan gave a glance to Lv Zhong in overwhelming joy, and then hurriedly closed the door. “For real!” Lv Zhong nodded, turning his head to look at Mu Qiongfang, who was getting up from the bed, and smiled, “Auntie, I was a bit late today due to some matters. Please forgive me.” Today, Situ Weiqi’s treatment took more than an hour. It was already six thirty when Lv Zhong left Ji Gu Zhai. S~eaʀᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. By the time he arrived at the Wenhan Flower Garden by car, it was nearly eight. “Little Zhong, you don’t need to be so polite. If not for you, I might already be dead. Then, I wouldn’t be able to see my Yan Yan anymore.” Mu Qiongfang said, a look of gratitude on her face. Then, her gaze moved to the little face of Yan Yan, her eyes filled with deep affection. Hearing her mother’s words, Yan Yan’s eyes instantly filled up with dewy mist. She quickly walked up to Mu Qiongfang, hugged her waist tightly and murmured, “With Brother Zhong around, mom can live to a hundred. You can take care of me for a lifetime.” “Don’t worry, auntie. Your condition is improving very well. I believe you will regain your health in no more than ten days.” Lv Zhong also tried to boost Mu Qiongfang’s morale. Indeed, Mu Qiongfang’s vitality had now recovered to 60 percent. Although this was deliberately suppressed by Lv Zhong, the progress was still very fast. “All the credit goes to Little Zhong, I can feel myself getting better!” Mu Qiongfang also seemed quite happy. Now she was full of hope. She couldn’t bear to leave her husband and daughter behind. “Auntie, let’s start today’s treatment!” Lv Zhong glanced at Mu Qiongfang and reminded her. “Little Zhong, I’ll trouble you again!” Mu Qiongfang went to the bed and sat down, taking off her clothes, and exposed her smooth back to Lv Zhong. Even though she had undressed in front of Lv Zhong several times, she still felt somewhat shy. With a calm face, Lv Zhong disinfected the silver needles with alcohol and started inserting them quickly. In a very short time, these silver needles were inserted into Mu Qiongfang’s back at corresponding points. Some were deep, some were shallow, some were trembling, and some were still … With the help of internal true qi, the healing effect of the Yimu Biological Needle was greatly enhanced. Mu Qiongfang’s vitality quickly strengthened. After forty minutes, today’s treatment ended. “Li … Little Brother Zhong, I’ve kept your meal warmed up for you, it’s still hot, you should eat it quickly, don’t…don’t go hungry…” Seeing Lv Zhong finish, Yan Yan acted like a young housewife, slightly shy yet somewhat sweet, ladling out the meal from the rice cooker that she had prepared for Lv Zhong, and placed it on the table. As the dishes were served one by one, a hearty aroma filled the room in an instant. “Hehe, then I won’t stand on ceremony.” Lv Zhong, who was already hungry, dragged a stool over to the table and started devouring the food. Frankly, he was starting to indulge in Yan Yan’s cooking. Seeing Lv Zhong enjoying the food she cooked, Yan Yan’s face lit up with excitement and happiness. Recalling her mother’s words a few days ago, Yan Yan felt quite shy. But seeing that Lv Zhong indeed enjoyed the food she cooked, she thought her mother’s words, “To capture a man’s heart, you first have to capture his stomach,” made a lot of sense. **************** After having a hearty meal, Lv Zhong burped satisfactorily. He chatted with Mu Qiongfang and Yan Yan for a bit, then prepared to leave, but remembered that he had yet to finish the painting for Leng Mei’s Adult Ceremony, which was happening the next day. And the classroom and the dormitory were not suitable places for painting. “Yan Yan, can you help clear off the table? I need to use it.” “Ok…Alright!” Yan Yan looked at Lv Zhong skeptically, but didn’t object. Actually, Yan Yan always cleaned the table thoroughly after meals even without Lv Zhong asking. A few minutes later, Yan Yan had wiped the table clean. At that moment, Lv Zhong opened the plastic bag he had previously brought with him and placed his brush, inkstone, paper, and ink on the table. He spread the xuan paper in the middle of the table, pressed one corner with the inkstone, then poured some high-quality ink into the inkstone. Suddenly, a faint scent of ink began to fill the room. Unconsciously, Yan Yan moved to Lv Zhong’s side. A look of surprise crossed her face. It looked like Lv Zhong was planning to draw? “Lit…Little Zhong, are you going to draw? Or are you going to write calligraphy?” Yan Yan asked, suppressing her shyness. She gazed at Lv Zhong with a touch of admiration before quickly shifting her watery eyes away, not daring to stare at Lv Zhong for too long. “Huh?” Lv Zhong paused, then nodded. “Both.” “An artist and a calligrapher? You’re just as talented as Tang… Tang Bohu…” Yan Yan shifted her gaze back to him, her eyes drifting. Every time Lv Zhong looked her way, she was prepared to look away. “Uh” being admired by this little girl, Lv Zhong felt as if he was being flattered, which made him blush. He was suddenly at a loss for words. Ignoring Yan Yan, Lv Zhong started to focus and prepare to finish this painting with his best state of mind. Yan Yan seemed to understand that Lv Zhong was preparing for his artwork, she didn’t disturb him anymore, but just watched from the sidelines. About two minutes later, Lv Zhong concentrated his mind, energy, and spirit completely on the xuan paper. After simulating countless times in his mind with powerful soul energy, Lv Zhong quickly picked up a brush, dipped it in ink. Then, he swiftly moved his right hand, Suddenly, his brush moved as if it was a dragon, the phoenix was flying and dancing, his pen seemed to hold countless spirits dancing on the white paper. The black ink began to express itself on the clean xuan paper with a faintly scented aroma! A few plum trees seemed to spring up magically on the white xuan paper, followed by a cold, proud woman. Stations, ancient roads, horse carts, slanted sun, blooming plum blossoms, crushed snow mud… All kinds of images appeared like flowing water. Yan Yan looked at Lv Zhong in shock, who was engrossed in his writing. She was stunned. Yan Yan really knew nothing about traditional painting, but she felt that Lv Zhong’s painting was better than those master paintings she had seen on TV. Moreover, Lv Zhong painted smoothly, as if a single stroke could outline everything. This was incredible! At this time, Lv Zhong didn’t notice Yan Yan’s expression. At this point, he had completely lost himself in his painting. Once the painting was done, Lv Zhong did not stop. He dipped his brush in the ink again and began to write on the right side of the scroll. One by one, perfect characters jumped from the brush and magically attached themselves to the white paper. “The bridge outside the post station is broken, forlorn without an owner. Now it’s dusk and I’m alone in sorrow, with more wind and rain to come…” Lu You’s famous poem ‘Divination; Ode to the Plum Blossoms’ from the Southern Song Dynasty was written by Lv Zhong’s brush. Using Dong Qichang’s calligraphy style, Lv Zhong flawlessly wrote down the poem “Divination; Ode to the Plum Blossoms”. When his brush stopped, a hint of elegant fragrance hit him. After putting away his brush, Lv Zhong let out a long sigh of relief. The artwork was definitely his best work since he started studying painting and calligraphy. However, Lv Zhong also knew that he was able to complete this painting thanks to the surge of his soul energy. If it were not the case, his work might be good, but it would be far from this painting. Looking at Lv Zhong’s painting, Yan Yan felt a bit lost. Although she was introverted and innocent, she was not stupid. She knew who Lv Zhong’s painting was for. “Lit… Little Zhong, this is the gift you’re going to give to Sister Leng Mei for her eighteenth birthday tomorrow, right?” Yan Yan asked, looking at a happy Lv Zhong beside her. “Yes!” Lv Zhong nodded without any other thoughts. “It’s not proper to attend someone else’s adult ceremony without a present. After thinking about it, the only skill I have is in this area, so it will have to do. It’s also a way to acknowledge our friendship as desk mates for the past two years.” On hearing the indifferent tone in Lv Zhong’s words about his relationship with Leng Mei, Yan Yan’s face lit up with surprise. She quickly responded, “Wow, Sister Leng Mei is so lucky. She will receive a painting from Brother Zhong on her birthday…”