CH 840.1

The two middle-aged men sighed in their hearts and thought ‘I am afraid it will no longer be possible to compare our students with Cheng Guyi’s students in the future.’ 

They realized that they could not even say anything good about their students in front of Su Jing who had such a monstrous talent and he was still growing.

“Mr. Su, what do you plan to do with these other paintings? If you want to sell them, I’m afraid you will have to get the consent of the women you have painted” Cheng Shiyao asked as she looked straight at Su Jing.

“This…I’ll think of something.” Su Jing was feeling a little embarrassed after hearing Cheng Shiyao’s words.

Cheng Shiyao smiled and didn’t ask any further questions. They stayed a little longer, then said goodbye and left. Of course, everyone was still recovering from their shock and amazement. They knew that a new star is rising in the Chinese painting industry.

Cheng Shiyao did not go back to the training class as it was way past the time she allowed herself to learn how to paint for the day. She went directly to the Siya Company as she had several ads scheduled for new clothes in the afternoon. 

When she went upstairs, she took her portrait and prepared to put it in her office. A colleague of hers is quite proficient in designing various things and they both belong to the same company. 

She has a strong hands-on ability, and she also has a hand in designing frames for portraits and the like. When the time comes, she will ask her to help with the frame for this portrait and she is going to choose a frame that is beautiful and fashionable.

“Shiyao, have you finished your painting class so soon?” Wang Siya asked as she and a couple of attractive girls walked toward her.

“Yeah, I left a little earlier.” Cheng Shiyao said.

“Then let’s start filming now, and finish work early.” Wang Siya said.

“I’ll put this away first.” Cheng Shiyao shook the painting in her hand as she spoke.

“What is it?” Wang Siya asked curiously, and the other girls also showed curiosity.

“Nothing, it’s nothing.” Cheng Shiyao was a little shy.

“Hehe, you are getting embarrassed. Was it given by a certain man? Let’s see, there is nothing wrong with us seeing it.” Wang Siya joked.

“It’s just a portrait, nothing to see.” Cheng Shiyao said.

“If it’s just a portrait then why won’t you show it to us?” Wang Siya laughed.

“That’s right, show us what it looks like?” Another girl said.

“What’s there to hide, could it be… God, is it a naked body portrait, Shiyao, you are so bold.” A girl deliberately widened her eyes and spoke in a very exaggerated manner.

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Cheng Shiyao was so embarrassed that she stamped her feet in shame, and she opened the picture scroll for fear that they would really think it was a naked body portrait and showed it to them, and said, “Look at it, it’s just a normal portrait, I don’t have a naked one nor would I ever want one. Get your head out the gutter.”

Wang Siya and the others took a closer look and couldn’t help but widen their eyes.

“Wow, so beautiful.”

“The drawing is so beautiful, it’s almost as beautiful as Shiyao.”

“Shiyao, which boy gave this to you, he is so talented.”

“If any boy had painted such a picture for me, I would have been moved to death.”

“Shiyao, who sent it, do we know each other?” Wang Siya and the others were amazed and envious.

…

When Cheng Shiyao saw several women staring at her curiously, wanting to know who had painted such a beautiful portrait, she hesitated a little, ‘Should she tell them? If I tell them, they won’t think something wild again, right?’

“I see, it must be from Huang Jinghong, right?” Zou Xue didn’t wait for Cheng Shiyao to answer and suddenly said, with a look that screamed that she had suddenly figured everything out.

“Huang Jinghong? Is that the handsome guy who came to pick up Shiyao at the door last time? I heard that he is also in your father’s training class, and his painting level is very high, but I didn’t expect it to be so high.” A woman with short hair was surprised when she heard Zou Xue’s words.

“That Huang Jinghong is so young and has such accomplishments.” Wang Siya was also surprised.

“It’s not Huang Jinghong, you guessed wrong.” Cheng Shiyao shook her head and glanced at Wang Siya and Zou Xue, she rolled her eyes, and spoke with a smile on her face, “You know the person who did this painting, Sister Siya and Little Xue. In fact, you know him better than I do”

“We know the person who painted such a beautiful picture?” Wang Siya and Zou Xue were stunned for a moment. 

They carefully recalled all the friends they knew and it seemed that non of their friends knew Chinese painting and even if one had started learning, they wouldn’t have been able to draw a picture of this quality.

“Shiyao, are you sure you aren’t just saying this to confuse us? Tell us the truth, this picture was painted by Huang Jinghong, right?.” Wang Siya said.

“It’s not.” Cheng Shiyao smiled and shook her head. She was being teased by them just now and seeing that they were anxious to know, Cheng Shiyao couldn’t help but deliberately teased them and didn’t say anything.

“Who is that?”

“Just tell me who it is, don’t keep me in suspense.”

Several women saw Cheng Shiyao holding her tongue so they went over to her to get some answers by tickling her.

“Okay, don’t do that, stop, haha, I’ll say, I will tell you the name.” Cheng Shiyao was no match for several people alone and was ticklish, so she quickly surrendered, saying, “This painting is actually painted by Su Jing.”

“A’Jing?” Wang Siya and Zou Xue were stunned again.

“Su Jing? You mean Sister Siya’s Godbrother?” The other girls thought they had heard wrong.

“That’s right.” Cheng Shiyao nodded and said.