A box of light gray blue

As the calendar hanging on the wall of the studio became thinner day by day, Xu Chang found that his life was getting more and more difficult.

When I just came back from province A, the atmosphere in the class was quite relaxed.After all, everyone went out to get some fresh air this time, and when they came back, they re-entered painting with full energy.However, when the end of the month was approaching, many people could no longer hold on.

The original class schedule was from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, but since the color course content increased, Brother Sheng had to extend the sketching evening class time.Xu Yan was the one who finished the homework quickly, but they were still very busy every day.

The studio is always full of people from the morning until nearly twelve o'clock in the evening, except for the sound of brushes rubbing on paper and the teacher's occasional explanations, there is no sound at all.

The most terrible thing is that the students need to hand in all their mobile phones during the day.

"Be patient, the holiday is coming soon." The day before the monthly exam, Fu Zhongzhou packed a large portion of small roast meat for Xu Yu, "How do you plan to spend the National Day holiday?"

Xu Chang glanced at his sketch profile picture that had not made any progress, and wiped his face wearily. "I don't know if the school will let me take a holiday. It's better to worry about tomorrow's exam than this."

He hasn't stayed up late and worked overtime recently, but he feels that he has no energy all day long, and the things he draws have been stuck at a certain stage, and he is not satisfied no matter how he draws.

"You're too nervous." Fu Zhongzhou squatted beside him and squeezed his shoulder, "Relax, painting can't be done overnight."

Fu Zhongzhou can only comfort others, and can't handle his own affairs well.Xu Yan looked up and saw his dark circles, and couldn't help touching them quietly with his hands. "Do you dare to say that you are not nervous? I have been frowning when I saw you drawing recently. Don't think that I can't see if I sit far away."

At this time, only a few students were taking a nap in their seats, and no one noticed them.Fu Zhongzhou grabbed his hand and put it against his cheek, and admitted generously: "Nervous, very nervous."

Xu Yan felt distressed, "Fu Zhongzhou, I want you to regain the courage to pursue your goal, but I don't want you to make yourself like this."

"Don't just talk about me, you're not the same." Fu Zhongzhou joked, "Let's not worry about each other, who hasn't collapsed in painting?" He leaned closer, hugging the warm lunch box in his arms and whispered:

"Wish me success in the exam."

Xu Chang smiled inaudibly, and replied: "I wish you success in recovering your ex-boyfriend."

This monthly exam was held very formally, and the time and process were imitated of the X province's joint exam model.Xu Chang lined up to enter his examination room, and found that Fu Zhongzhou was actually sitting behind him.

When he entered the door, he saw Fu Zhongzhou sitting on the seat arranging tools, feeling a little excited.However, before he had time to say hello, he took two steps closer and saw mottled paint traces on the ground.

"What's the matter?" Xu Yu's heart tightened, and he squatted down to check, only to find that Fu Zhongzhou's paint had spilled out.It stands to reason that a well-tested person like Fu Zhongzhou should not make such a mistake.

The small boxes of jelly paints were not tightly fixed. Although they were stuck in the grid one by one, as long as the lid of the paint box was loosened, it was very likely that all of them would spill out.Fu Zhongzhou looked calm, and picked up the paint that was spilled on the ground back into the box with a scraper.Some of the paint, however, got all over the place and had mixed with other colors in the box.

"I didn't take the paint box home yesterday," Fu Zhongzhou said while moving his hands, "because there are too many things, I just put them in the corridor."

"...And then?" Xu Wei was a little nervous because he could clearly see Fu Zhongzhou's displeasure.

"Someone tampered with it," he said calmly. "The buckle on the lid of the paint box was chipped in two pieces. I didn't pay attention when I picked it up, and then it spilled on the ground."

Before Xu Yan finished listening, a burst of fire surged up. "Who is so boring?" He swallowed the swear words hesitantly, and cursed through gritted teeth: "Damn, I hope he fails the entrance exam."

Fu Zhongzhou was amused by him, and took the paint in his hand. "Forget it, go sharpen your pen, I'll just clean it up myself."

"Why don't you buy a new box?" Xu Wei frowned, looking at his horrible box of gouache paints, "Anyway, I will take the color test this afternoon."

"No, it costs 200 yuan for a set, and I'm not used to the new one." Fu Zhongzhou urged him again, "Hurry up and prepare, the exam is about to start."

Xu Chang responded muffledly, turned around and went to set up the easel.

The sketches and sketches in the morning were more difficult than the previous exams, but Xu Yu's mind was relaxed, and he even left half of his mind to think about Fu Zhongzhou while taking the exam.

He had only heard of this kind of manipulation behind the scenes before.The seniors in the studio often chatted about the outrageous Waterloo exams, how the pencil case was stolen after going to the toilet, the half-painted paintings were deliberately thrown by the examinees next to them, and there were even students who collapsed on the spot. Tear up other people's exam papers.This was the first time he experienced such a strange thing.Fu Zhongzhou is a signboard in Yimei. His photos and exam results are all displayed in the school hall. Presumably, besides his little fans, there are many pink eyes staring at him, waiting for him to make mistakes.

The more this is the case, the more afraid Fu Zhongzhou will make mistakes; the more this is the case, the more people will try their best to punish him.

Fortunately, Fu Zhongzhou's mood quickly adjusted.Before the exam in the afternoon, Xu Yu divided the few commonly used colors he brought with him in half.

"I really don't need so much white." Fu Zhongzhou watched him pick up a large piece of white with a spatula and stuff it into the box, a little dumbfounded. "Actually, I don't use white very much for painting."

Xu Chang glanced at his paint box.Usually Xu Yu likes to be lazy and use ready-made colors, so the red, gray, green, gray, blue and gray in the box are often empty.Looking back at Fu Zhongzhou's paint box, the paint didn't seem to have been touched much.

"Boss is capricious." Xu Yu shrugged, still filling up the white paint box.

The two of them leaned on the back of the chair and took a nap to recharge their energy and prepare for the exam in the afternoon.

The color in the afternoon is not difficult, it is a combination of still life that has been practiced countless times.It took Xu Wei only two hours to complete it. Looking back at Fu Zhongzhou, he saw that his expression was calm and he was drawing details with small brushes without haste, so he didn't worry about it.

"How is it?" Exiting the examination room, Xu Yan asked impatiently, "It won't affect your performance, right?"

Fu Zhongzhou held the paint box in his hand that he could no longer carry, "No, actually I don't really care if the paint is dry or not."

Xu Wei raised his eyebrows, "I remember when the school exams started, you helped me clean up the paint to make it look like new."

"That's serving others, of course we have to do a good job." Fu Zhongzhou laughed softly, "And the new students always care about the paint, and feel that it's the paint's fault that they can't paint well."

Xu Chang was speechless.

The two walked to the corridor on the fifth floor and found that the studio was still being cleaned, so they planned to put the things outside and go to dinner first.

However, just as they turned around to leave, they heard a familiar voice behind them.

"Hey, as expected of Yimei's facade, you can be so calm when the paint is spilled."

Zou You dawdled in front of the two of them, followed by the two younger brothers.

Xu Chang was annoyed when he saw him, "What did you do?"

"How could it be me who did it?" Zou You moved closer, staring at Fu Zhongzhou with a half-smile, "There are too many people who don't like you."

His appearance was so unbearable that Xu Chang clenched his fists.Just when he was about to teach him how to be a man, Fu Zhongzhou reached out and grabbed Xu Huang's wrist, and led him away from Zou You.

"Hey! What do you mean?" Zou You was still yelling behind him, as if dissatisfied with Fu Zhongzhou's cold-eyed reaction.

Xu Chang was also a little annoyed, and turned around to give Zou You a hard look.

"There's no need to be angry with them," Fu Zhongzhou's voice was very gentle, "It's not good to be angry with yourself."

"You are also big-hearted." Xu Wei was a little upset, "They dared to touch your paint today, and they may have something against you next time."

When the two reached the corner of the stairs, Fu Zhongzhou suddenly stopped and faced him.

"Xu Wei, don't you think you're talking more and more?" There was no one around, so Fu Zhongzhou raised his hand to touch his face, "So cute."

Xu Yan has never been described as "cute" by anyone, and his ears are red when he feels a little awkward.