Genius Club

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 Painting

Boom!

The gossip in this group of girls just exploded!

With pink peach blossoms shimmering in their pupils:

“This must be An Qing, right? It’s drawn so well.”

“Eh~~~~what’s going on here? Could it be…”

“It’s drawn so well, not a single detail is missing, it’s exactly like An Qing! This… this couldn’t be a model drawing, could it? Hehe, when did you guys draw this?”

“Senior Lin Xian and Chu Anqing are what? Yi ya~~~”

…

These girls were looking back and forth between the flustered Lin Xian and the shy Chu Anqing with mischievous smiles in their eyes.

Lin Xian was really at his wits’ end.

How was he to explain this?

He clearly drew CC, but Chu Anqing happened to look exactly like CC!

Moreover, CC was not a person from this era, so even if he told the truth, no one would believe him…

To be honest, he wasn’t afraid of misunderstandings or anything like that; after all, he had already graduated from the school, and gossip and rumors wouldn’t reach him.

But Chu Anqing had just started her freshman year, and she was already a well-known little princess on campus… If she got involved in bad rumors, how would her schoolmates see her in the future?

Having spent four years in college, Lin Xian well knew the importance of reputation for a girl in school. Even if it was speculation, even if it was baseless rumors… words would always become thorns, wounding innocent girls.

Lin Xian took a deep breath.

This situation was caused by him, and he had to take responsibility for it:

“Listen to me, this is me—”

“Ah, I begged Senior Lin Xian to draw this for me, and to think you guys saw it, how embarrassing.”

Chu Anqing, with her easy grace, took the drawing from the girls’ hands:

“I didn’t expect it to be done so quickly, I thought I’d have to wait a few days.”

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The surrounding girls widened their eyes, looking at Chu Anqing.

What exactly was happening?

“It was at the celebration banquet of MX Company a few nights ago.”

Chu Anqing held the folded drawing in her hand, looking at her classmates:

“At that time my dad took me along with him, I naturally love lively events, and since President Zhao was giving my dad a lot of face, he let me join in the fun and take part in their raffle, just for the festivity.”

“And then I drew this~ Hehe, the prize on the slip of paper was for Lin Xian to paint a portrait for the person who drew it.”

“Although the prize had an element of humor to it, Senior Lin Xian still promptly agreed to help me create a sketch… I thought I’d have to wait a long time, but I didn’t expect it to be finished so quickly.”

Chu Anqing waved the folded drawing, her eyebrows slightly raised, her smile blooming like flowers:@@novelbin@@

“So Senior Lin Xian, I’ll accept this painting~ Thank you, Senior!”

“Hmm.”

Lin Xian nodded:

“Don’t mention it.”

This young miss… she’s too clever!

Intelligence aside, her emotional quotient is off the charts!

Obviously, she said this to help him out of a tight spot.

During the celebration banquet that day, it was true she attended and also true she participated in the raffle, but in reality, the prize she won was a super-sized Rhine Cat Doll, which Zhao Yingjun had someone deliver to Chu Shanhe’s car on the spot.

Unexpectedly, she mixed truth with fiction… spinning a perfect, impeccable lie.

Originally thinking these pampered daughters of fortune were all naïve and sweet, who would have thought Chu Anqing could be so cunning and ingenious, truly a resourceful little princess in a tight spot.

“Oh~ so that’s what happened.”

With her explanation, the surrounding girls immediately understood.

Everyone knew that Chu Anqing was Chu Shanhe’s beloved daughter, the little princess of the East Sea; wherever her father went, she would follow, so it wasn’t strange at all for her to attend the MX Company’s celebration banquet.

The annual prize draw always had some awful gifts, which wasn’t surprising either.

The other girls didn’t think much of it.

Because Lin Xian and Chu Anqing were two kinds of people who typically had nothing to do with each other. If it weren’t for that banquet and the lecture today, they probably would’ve never crossed paths in their lives.

Especially with Chu Shanhe, the doting father, protecting her…

Even if the boys had a thousand guts, no one would dare to have designs on Chu Anqing, unless he was tired of living.

With this in mind, the girls lost interest and started to scan for Lin Xian’s WeChat.

“There’s a van outside,”

Lin Xian pointed to the van parked next to the business car outside the teaching building:

“Inside it, we have a batch of the latest Rhein Cat Dolls from our company. Some are new models. If you need any, you can take them; they’re free.”

!

Upon hearing that there were free Rhine Cat Dolls up for grabs, especially new models, the girls swarmed to get them.

Soon…

Only Lin Xian and Chu Anqing remained in the spacious classroom.

“I’m sorry, Senior Lin Xian,”

Chu Anqing said with an embarrassed smile:

“I lied without your permission… I hope it hasn’t brought you any negative impact.”

“How could it? On the contrary, I should thank you for helping me out,” Lin Xian felt very relaxed:

“Actually, this painting…”

“Hehe, you don’t need to explain, senior. I didn’t misunderstand anything,”

Chu Anqing’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled:

“I know it definitely isn’t a painting of me. Don’t worry, I’m not that conceited.”

Lin Xian was somewhat surprised. Was this girl so sensible and understanding?

Chu Anqing then reopened the painting:

“Although it does look a lot like me, I believe that you didn’t paint me.”

“After all… we only met for the first time a few days ago, right? How could you have painted me? So you really don’t need to explain anything. You must have painted someone else, right?”

She closed the painting and blinked at Lin Xian:

“Did you paint a former female classmate? Or was it… just a random drawing?”

Lin Xian scratched his head:

“It’s a high school classmate of mine.”

Lin Xian casually lied.

When it was time to lie, it was better to do so. It would save them both from embarrassment, and maybe Chu Anqing deliberately gave him an out by putting it that way:

“In fact, I had finished this painting days before I met you that day. It was quite strange… I just started thinking of her and sketched it down. I didn’t expect it to look so much like you… It was a surprise to me as well.”

“Oh~~ I see,”

Chu Anqing nodded as if she had a sudden realization:

“No wonder, at your company’s celebration banquet when I entered, I thought the way you looked at me was a bit odd… I didn’t think too much about it at the time, but now, hehe… you were thinking of that high school classmate, weren’t you?”

Lin Xian nodded along with a smile.

There was no choice; once one lie was told, many more were needed to cover it up.

“In that case, I should return this painting to you, Senior Lin Xian.”

Chu Anqing handed over the folded painting with a smile, looking at Lin Xian:

“She must be a very important, unforgettable person to you…”

“Make sure you take good care of this painting.”