104: true end The Female Professor
When Liu Lili prepared to leave that night, the hour was already late.
"Lili, did you have fun?" Lu Lele asked.
"Mhm."
Liu Lili nodded. The night breeze brushed against her flushed cheeks as her voice, filled with deep tenderness, drifted forth:
"Although the gas you ca up with were a bit strange, Lele... thank you. Being able to spend this ti with you makes feel very happy."
"Is that so?"
Lu Lele nodded, smiling sweetly, and asked:
"Lili, do you hope our days will always be like this from now on?"
Liu Lili replied:
"Of course... but, isn't that a bit greedy? A life of eternal happiness sounds like sothing that only exists in fairy tales, no matter how I think about it."
"Being greedy in that regard isn't wrong, you know."
Lu Lele continued to smile. When facing her lover, no matter how long she smiled, Lu Lele never felt any sense of weariness:
"Lili, I believe that our love can withstand the test of ti and will eventually beco a beautiful fairy tale."
"...When did you learn to speak such flowery words, Lele?"
"These aren't flowery words, Lili."
Lu Lele raised her head, casting her gaze toward the star-studded night sky, and whispered:
"Let ti be the witness to all this."
The beginning of beginnings, the end of ends.
I, who once knew nothing, am no longer ignorant.
Yet you, who first captivated my soul, remain unchanged.
And my love for you has not wavered in the slightest.
That endlessly flowing ti will witness everything I wish for.
For no other reason.
Only for you.
My Lili.
...
...
Lu Lele asked her sister to hire the best art teacher in Tangerine City. It was a strict and serious female professor in her sixties who would co every Saturday to teach them how to paint.
She was said to be a renowned teacher who had cultivated countless famous painters, with students all over the country. Lu Yanyan had utilized almost all of her connections and spent who knew how much money to hire her as a private tutor.
In the very first class, the white-haired professor asked the two of them to draw whatever they liked so she could see.
It didn't matter what they drew, and there was no ti limit.
In the end, Lu Lele casually drew a human face, while Liu Lili drew a pen. Yes, a paintbrush. It was one of the few objects she could find with a reference that was also easy to draw.
The female professor glanced briefly at Lu Lele's drawing and asked:
"Lele, have you learned to paint before? I can tell you have so foundation."
Lu Lele calmly produced the excuse she had prepared:
"No, but my sister brought a few paintings from Violet Academy in the past. When I was bored, I would copy them and learn their style."
The professor nodded and said:
"I see. That explains it. Your brushwork bears traces of the Free School. It seems you have a very high talent for painting."
The professor then turned to look at Liu Lili's drawing and asked:
"Lili, you haven't learned to paint before, have you?"
"Hmm..."
Liu Lili lowered her head in embarrassnt. Without a reference image, she didn't know what to draw at all, so she could only draw the items she could see in front of her.
The professor offered praise as well:
"Your ability to copy is quite good. You can accurately capture the characteristics of an object. For soone who hasn't studied painting, your talent is excellent."
After giving her simple evaluation, the professor said:
"I have a rough idea of your foundation. You are both perfect unpolished jade, with a little carving, you will beco fine vessels. I believe you will beco excellent students of mine. Girls, what you need to do is put in the effort and don't waste your talent. Do you understand?"
Hearing this, Lu Lele imdiately perford a respectful bow to the professor and said:
"Thank you for your praise, Teacher. I will certainly spare no effort and will not disappoint your expectations."
Seeing this, Liu Lili hurriedly bent at the waist as well and said:
"I, I will work hard and won't let you down, Teacher..."
"Very well. Then, let us formally begin our lessons."
The professor signaled for the two to sit down, then began her lecture:
"Girls, as everyone knows, the Cosmos Republic, known as the Kingdom of Art, is the global stronghold of the painting arts. The Academic School and the Free School are the two mainstream schools of painting in the world. Their representatives are the Rose Academy and the Violet Academy within the Cosmos Republic, respectively."
"However, such a simplistic classification is actually open to debate."
"Painting is an art. Art should not be crudely categorized. Instead, it should be a grand stage of mutual inclusion, where I am in you and you are in ..."
In the first class, the professor did not start teaching directly. Instead, she talked endlessly about her insights and views on painting and art. Moreover, she did not simply impose her own ideas but asked for the girls' thoughts while speaking, engaging in exchange and discussion.
Lu Lele listened intently to the professor's explanation, nodding secretly in her heart.
This female professor's teaching style was indeed very different. It was obvious that she didn't just want to teach Lu Lele and Liu Lili the techniques of painting, she wanted to teach them to understand what art is. In the professor's eyes, understanding art might even be more important than learning painting techniques.
And this was a question that Lu Lele had never seriously considered, even in the past.
After all, in the Yandere Perfect Ending, she learned to paint solely to surpass Liu Lili. Every action was guided by that tenet, she had never considered strange questions like what art actually is.
Thinking about it carefully, the professor's approach made sense. After all, how could soone who doesn't even know what art is beco a qualified artist?
The professor's words benefited Lu Lele greatly, and she nodded repeatedly.
And Liu Lili was listening just as earnestly.
Obviously, in the Yandere Perfect Ending, Liu Lili absolutely never had the chance to receive guidance from a teacher of this level, let alone hear such unique insights into the nature of art itself.
Would this have an influence on Liu Lili?
Lu Lele looked forward to the answer to this question.
In the subsequent second, third, and even fourth classes, the professor still did not rush to teach them painting techniques. The core of all her teaching lay in making her two students understand what art and painting were, and figuring out why one paints, and with what goals and emotions one should paint. These were questions that seed strange on the surface.
Starting from the second month, the professor finally began formally teaching them to paint.
Just as Lu Yanyan h said, the professor was very strict. Starting with the basics of drawing lines, they transitioned bit by bit to perspective, then to simple sketching exercises, followed by practicing the human form, sketching, and color. Every step was taken firmly, building the foundation little by little.
If the drawing was inadequate due to a lack of seriousness or practice, the professor would get angry on the spot. However, as long as they did their best, she wouldn't say a word even if the result wasn't good.
It was obvious that the professor cared more about the students' attitude toward painting. This was one of the most important things she wanted to impart to Lu Lele and Liu Lili.
Lu Lele and Liu Lili studied very earnestly and achieved huge, visible progress.
Ti thus flowed away silently.
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
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