Su Manor.
Ye Li and Su Yourong wandered around the manor for a while, then went to Su Yourong's boudoir to sit and chat.
Ye Li only took one look at the boudoir's arrangement and knew that Shen Jing and Su Yourong did not have a marital relationship.
"Oh?"
As Ye Li looked around, she suddenly noticed a painting nearby.
It was a painting fixed on a simple easel.
The painting depicted a lifelike woman.
Su Yourong!
However, the style of this painting was different from any painting style she knew.
But it was more vivid than any other style.
The outline of Su Yourong in the painting was exceptionally clear and bright, remarkably lifelike.
Even her strands of hair were clearly visible.
Ye Li leaned in to observe closely for a while, marveling and curiously asking Su Yourong, "What kind of painting style is this? How come I've never seen it before?"
"This... I didn't paint it!"
Su Yourong looked a bit bewildered, then suddenly turned to look at Shen Jing, "Did... you paint this?"
"Didn't you want me to paint for you too?"
Shen Jing winked at Su Yourong.
He had been bored hiding in his room these past two days, so he just did it on a whim.
Su Yourong blurted out, "When did I..."
Halfway through her sentence, Su Yourong suddenly stopped.
Two days ago, when Shen Jing was burning the love poems he wrote for Song Lianxin, they seemed to have talked about this.
However, she had just said it casually at the time, didn't take it to heart at all, and didn't expect Shen Jing to paint for her with his limited artistic skill.
But this painting was completely different from the portraits Shen Jing had previously painted for Song Lianxin!
His painting skills were actually so superb?
"I didn't realize it! You have this talent!"
Ye Li's gaze fell on Shen Jing.
Suddenly, she felt a bit dazed.
The talent from half an ode to the goddess of the luo river.
Superb painting skills.
How could these possibly be associated with this shameless scoundrel?
But precisely, all these came from the hands of this shameless scoundrel!
Could it be that his shamelessness was just a disguise?
"I just painted it casually, as long as the Princess doesn't find it an eyesore."
Shen Jing was uncharacteristically modest for once.
Nonsense!
It definitely wasn't painted casually!
You have to put in some effort if you want to pick up girls, right?
He still wanted to sleep on that bed inside sooner!
Whether they did anything or not, it wasn't really important.
The main thing was that winter was coming, and sleeping together would be warm!
Ye Li secretly pouted, then a thought suddenly struck her, and she immediately said to Su Yourong with a smile: "I've thought of how you can compensate me! This is the first time I've seen such a lifelike painting, so let your husband paint a portrait for me too!"
Su Yourong was surprised, and again cast an inquiring look at Shen Jing.
"This..."
Shen Jing gave a dry laugh, "Princess, actually..."
"What, you're not willing to paint for this Princess?"
Ye Li raised her delicate eyebrows, looking at Shen Jing with an unfriendly expression.
As if to say, 'Dare to refuse and see what happens!'
Damn it!
The 'this Princess' came out!
She was clearly using her authority to oppress him!
Damn it, this girl was just lucky to be born into royalty!
Otherwise, he'd beat her to death!
"It's not that I'm unwilling."
Shen Jing said with a bitter face, "Actually, I was just boasting earlier. This painting takes a very long time, aren't I just afraid of delaying the Princess's important business?"
"Stop talking nonsense with this Princess!"
Ye Li snorted lightly, "This Princess's accounts with you aren't settled yet! If you babble any more, this Princess will send you to the palace to be a eunuch!"
...
Shen Jing was speechless.
That line again!
Couldn't this girl come up with some other threat?
Shen Jing was helpless and had no choice but to agree, but he requested that Ye Li sit there so he could paint while looking at her.
Ye Li didn't refuse, and immediately found a suitable spot to sit down.
Shen Jing re-erected the simple easel and took out a sharpened charcoal stick from a nearby drawer.
"You... you're painting with this?"
Su Yourong looked at Shen Jing in surprise.
"Yes!"
Shen Jing nodded and smiled, "This painting method of mine is called sketching, and it's more convenient to use this!"
Sketching?
Su Yourong and Ye Li both looked surprised.
It was the first time they had heard of such a painting method!
"Princess, just maintain this posture, don't move!"
Shen Jing reminded her, then began to paint, sighing inwardly.
He never expected that the skill he honed in his previous life by painting portraits for the deceased would actually find its spring now.
If this girl, Ye Li, knew that this was a skill honed from painting portraits for the deceased, she would probably beat him to death.
After shaking off the distracting thoughts in his mind, Shen Jing began to paint seriously.
Compared to painting a portrait for Su Yourong, painting a portrait for Ye Li was easier.
After all, there was a living person sitting there as a reference.
Watching Shen Jing scribble on the drawing paper, Su Yourong couldn't help but frown slightly, then gently kicked Shen Jing.
"Why are you kicking me?"
Shen Jing turned his head, looking at Su Yourong in confusion.
"Paint properly!"
Su Yourong glared at him reproachfully, "If you don't paint well, when the Princess hangs you up and whips you, I won't care!"
Still messing around at a time like this?
Hadn't he been hung up and whipped by the Princess, and his body was itching for it?
"Am I not painting properly?"
Shen Jing was speechless, "This is just how my painting method is; just watch."
Saying that, Shen Jing continued to paint.
Su Yourong frowned, secretly worried.
However, as more and more lines appeared on the drawing paper, a look of surprise gradually appeared in Su Yourong's eyes.
Oh?
It actually seems to be quite something!
The more Su Yourong looked, the more amazed she became, and the more curious she grew.
It was the first time she had seen painting done this way.
This scoundrel truly had the air of establishing his own school of thought!
Su Yourong slightly shifted her position, looking at the seriously painting Shen Jing from the side.
At this moment, Shen Jing was completely focused, with no trace of his usual frivolousness on his face.
From her angle, she suddenly found that Shen Jing gave her a strange feeling.
She couldn't quite describe what kind of feeling it was.
She just felt that this person was like a... reclusive master.
"Reclusive... master?"
Su Yourong mumbled to herself, then gently shook her head.
She didn't know why she would think of that word.
Even she herself found it quite absurd.
Logically speaking, a shameless person like Shen Jing could never be associated with a reclusive master.
But now, she genuinely had that feeling.
Unconsciously, Su Yourong was actually a little lost in thought, and also a little... curious!
Yes, it was curiosity!
Under Su Yourong's gaze, the Ye Li on the drawing paper also became more and more lifelike.
At the same time, Zhao Jianzhi also arrived at Su Manor with Song Lianxin.
Before even getting out of the carriage, Song Lianxin felt something was amiss, "Why isn't Su Manor displaying mourning banners or playing funeral music?"
Zhao Jianzhi glanced at the entrance of Su Manor and said with a chuckle, "This is precisely the cleverness of the Su Family!"
"What do you mean by that?"
Song Lianxin was puzzled.
Zhao Jianzhi smiled: "Not holding a grand funeral means not acknowledging Shen Jing as the Su Family's son-in-law! This way, if anyone says Shen Jing was cursed to death by Su Yourong, they can at least refute it!"
Seeking advantages and avoiding harm is human nature.
If it were him, he would do the same.
This was also a good thing for them!
At least it showed that the Su Family didn't value Shen Jing at all!
Just as their previous judgment, Shen Jing was nothing more than a stray dog that accidentally wandered into the Su Family!
"Oh, right!"
Song Lianxin suddenly realized, "I almost forgot about Su Yourong being a husband-killer."
Zhao Jianzhi stopped the carriage and slowly stepped down from it...