Chapter 256 - 255: The Camera
Yang Yi requested a piece of white paper and a pencil and began to sketch a portrait of Zhang Yong.
To Boer, Yang Yi’s actions didn’t raise much interest, but once Yang Yi started his drawing, Xiao Ran said with genuine curiosity, "You can draw too?"
"Yeah, I’ve been learning since I was a kid. My mom insisted on it and even hired a very good teacher for me, but..."
"But what?"
Yang Yi paused his pencil, and after a brief moment of bewilderment, he shook his head and said, "Nothing much, my teacher said I was like a human photocopier, but I lack the most important trait of an artist—creativity. So no matter how much I practice, I’ll always be just a human photocopier, never becoming an artist."
In truth, Yang Yi wanted to say that he stopped learning to draw after his mother passed away, but eventually, he shared a different sentiment.
Some things, Yang Yi didn’t want to share with anyone else.
Picking up the pencil again, Yang Yi continued working on Zhang Yong’s portrait. Although Zhang Yong wasn’t in his presence, for Yang Yi, it hardly made a difference whether the person was there or not.
After watching for a while, Xiao Ran started to get bored because Yang Yi’s sketching was slower than average. So she lay down on the bed and said, "I’m going to rest for a bit. Call me when you’re done."
Yang Yi drew very slowly. Over an hour later, he finally finished the sketch.
"Done."