Xia Hua wanted to showcase her drawing skills, but the stage time was only a few minutes.
How could there be enough time for her to display her talent? Maybe she would have just started when they told her time was up and to hurry off the stage! So what Xia Hua thought of, of course, was to present it in the form of a video!!
She needed a really good computer webcam.
Some equipment used for live streaming.
And even more importantly, a computer with decent performance.
Lin An said he could get her these things, but still asked doubtfully on his phone, “You want a webcam, live streaming equipment, and at least a computer that can handle streaming— are you planning to stream live?”
“Stream your head.” Xia Hua rolled her eyes at him.
“I’m just planning to record a rather long video, that’s all.”
“My current lousy computer can barely even run ‘OBS’ recording software, let alone record a high-definition, lossless, and huge video file??”
The computer she was using now was originally configured just for office work.
During the summer break, it could barely run an E-commerce Software.
As long as it could handle daily office work, it was good enough.
“Alright! I’ll get it for you tomorrow.” Lin An said.
How should he put it? The two of them hadn’t known each other long, at least from Lin An’s perspective.
He’d only known Xia Hua for about a week! But this girl seemed to have some sort of magic— whether it was helping him get that Notorious Keyboard, or the trouble they ran into yesterday.
Just speaking of yesterday’s crisis, after going through hardship together—
No matter what, Lin An now considered Xia Hua a friend.
And this girl, apparently… damn sweet! In the past few days, his good friend Ji Fan had been bringing up Xia Hua’s name all the time, always using her as a topic for conversation.
“OK, OK~ Thank you so much.” Xia Hua sent a thank you emoji.
“It’s nothing. What are you doing now?” Lin An asked.
“Not much, just finished showering…” As if she remembered something, Xia Hua said excitedly, “Oh, right, right, let me tell you! I just weighed myself, and I lost over a jin!”
“You’re not even fat, there’s no need.” Lin An said, thinking Xia Hua wasn’t fat at all.
“Don’t say that, it’s my own body, I do care a bit. Not much, though! If I slim down to about 96~98 jin, that would be perfect, that’s my ideal body.” Xia Hua replied happily.
She was now sitting in front of a fan, letting the cool breeze dry her hair. After using conditioner,
her hair was no longer so unruly.
Every now and then, she would play with her damp hair. This was Xia Hua’s precious early video of taming her hair…
While waiting for her hair to dry and chatting with Lin An, Xia Hua reached up to scratch her scalp. Why did it feel a little itchy? Well! Girls’ hair is so long, that’s normal.
Xia Hua didn’t mind. While Lin An hadn’t replied yet,
she picked up an Art Assignment Paper, uncapped her Water Pen, and started writing on it: “Youth!!” After quietly writing those two words, her thoughts flowed.
She used to be a Ceramic Designer, and now it was like she’d met Party A again.
And Party A had only given her a single theme.
That was the word “Youth”.
Thinking around those two words, Xia Hua bit the end of her Water Pen and said, “High School is said to be the last youth of one’s life— it’s green, it’s innocent, it’s love, it’s friendship, and even more, it’s a lifelong obsession and memory.”
“So what scene best represents High School and Youth?”
“Innocent love is undoubtedly the most classic.”
“But our youth is more than just romance.”
“When we look back after many years,”
“What you still remember in your heart definitely isn’t the girl you once had a crush on.”
“What will you remember?”
“……”
Xia Hua held the Water Pen and casually drew a window on the Art Assignment Paper.
Then a willow tree outside the window, swaying in the perfect sunlight, the curtain on the window fluttering in the breeze, and at the familiar single desk, a boy sleeping on a desk piled high with books.
“Yes, this is the feeling.” Xia Hua slapped her thigh excitedly.
Of course, this was just a draft of a painting in Xia Hua’s mind, which could be put at the end.
Since she was presenting it in a video, having only one painting would be too underwhelming.
So Xia Hua wrote another title, also confirming the framework of her work.
‘Blue Sky Summer’
Also translated as ‘Memories Under the Azure Sky’.
How could a single painting represent all high school students’ memories?
So! “I want to draw all their memories about high school…” Xia Hua laughed, because her thoughts were now completely clear.
This was already the same as
designing the Product Concept required by Party A in her past work.
Next, she just had to get started.
“Well! Just need to wait until tomorrow to get the equipment from Lin An. As for now…” Xia Hua scratched her slightly itchy hair again and said, “Of course, it’s time to happily go to sleep.”
“Ah crap, do I have prickly heat on my head?”
“Who knows.”
“Maybe it’s just too hot!”
By the end of May, the weather was already scorching.
There’s a saying: June is hot, July is fire, in August even stones can fry cakes.
May! Blue Sky Summer, just the beginning of Memories Under the Azure Sky…
Xia Hua always slept well. If she didn’t have to stay up late, she never did.
The next day, she tied her hair in a ponytail… emmm, ponytail was the only hairstyle she knew! Actually, Xia Hua had many ideas— she wanted to try twin braids like a literary girl.
But she couldn’t! She didn’t even know how to braid.
“No problem, I’ll just learn from a video in a few days.” Xia Hua thought it was no big deal.
She scratched her hair and hurried off to school, full of excitement.
Lin An had already been waiting at the school gate for a long time. What surprised Xia Hua was that Ji Fan was also there.
“Good morning.” Xia Hua greeted them.
“Morning.” Lin An smiled, quickly handed Xia Hua the things in his hands, and said, “I can only lend you a laptop, but this webcam, fill light, and microphone are all Ji Fan’s.”
“Ah, well…” Xia Hua hesitated for a moment, but still accepted them, “Alright, thank you.”
When borrowing things from Lin An, Xia Hua felt no burden at all.
What’s our relationship? We’re best friends, your stuff is my stuff. But now that Ji Fan’s things were mixed in, Xia Hua felt a bit of a gap using them.
There’s a big difference between best friends and someone you just met.
“I’ll head off first, bye.” Xia Hua waved goodbye with the equipment in hand.
Everything was ready, but time was still a bit tight for Xia Hua.
On these peaceful days, Xia Hua continued to plan out the details of her drawings.
The only thing that caused a stir was Chen Kailun coming to class with a black and blue face, claiming he just accidentally fell.
Xia Hua just smiled and said nothing when she heard.
“If he really fell,”
“Then he’ll have plenty more falls in the future!!” Every time those two delinquents got beaten up, they’d turn around and beat up Chen Kailun to vent their anger.
It’s just a matter of cause and effect.
But Chen Kailun not only had those delinquents beat up Lin An, he also bullied Xia Hua.
He ought to receive an even harsher punishment!
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