Chapter 7 She’s in the Picture
She had liked drawing ever since she was a child. When she was five, Gu Moming went to Italy to study abroad, and she went with him. It was then that she began learning how to paint, and it was also then that she parted ways with Shen Yanchen.
The teachers always said she was a talented child, that her drawings carried a certain soul.
She didn't really know what a soul was, only that she wanted to draw what she wanted to draw, put emotion into her work, and make her paintings come alive. Perhaps that was what a soul was?
She had studied a variety of subjects, drawing still life and figures, using colored pencils, gouache, oil paints, and ink, though she mostly used colored pencils and gouache.
Before long, the table was cluttered with 120 colored pencils in a disorderly fashion. Gu Qimiao carefully paired the colors together, so focused that she didn't realize how time slipped by.
When Shen Yanchen returned, it was already one o'clock in the morning. As soon as he opened the door, he looked towards that room, and light was still leaking through the crack.
So late, and she still wasn't asleep?
He changed his shoes and walked in. In the quiet room, he could hear his own footsteps.
He didn't knock but directly opened the door.