I was dedicated by the female lead to the male lead

In the auditorium, the students sat in low voices, full of envy and excitement of watching a good show:

"Two teachers compete for a student, my God, it looks better now."

"Genius is so sought after, international masters are struggling to get it."

"Asura field! Xia Xiaomu will offend the other party whoever he chooses, what should he do?"

"It's to offend Master Zhou and ask me to definitely choose Professor Xie!"

Looking up at Xie Wen's smiling gaze, Xia Xiaomu didn't know how to answer for a while.

Zhou Tingsheng gave him a bad feeling, but that doesn't mean he would be willing to worship Xie Wen as his teacher.What's more, she is Xie Weiwan's aunt.

However, on such an occasion, rejecting two masters of the painting world consecutively, with their reputation and status, is simply going to cut off their own path in the painting world.

Xie Wen could see Xia Xiaomu's hesitation, so she didn't continue to ask him, gave him a comforting smile, and then smiled at Zhou Tingsheng.

"Oh, Mr. Zhou, this is the first time I have met such a talented student. I really like it. How about you let me? Besides, Mr. Zhou is already full of peaches and plums, and I, Xie Wen, am a disciple no."

Her tone was brisk, with a slightly joking request, which made the students and teachers below burst into laughter.

Xie Wen's paintings have won many world-class awards.Her reputation and status have always been internationally renowned, far higher than Zhou Tingsheng.

Everyone understands that it will be more promising to have Xie Wen as a teacher.

Zhou Tingsheng shrugged his shoulders, and smiled to hide the embarrassment and unhappiness on his face: "Mr. Xie wants to take an apprentice, how dare I, Mr. Zhou, snatch it from you, but this classmate Xia Xiaomu doesn't seem to want to be a teacher."

The gazes of the dozen or so senior teachers in the painting world on the stage, as well as the many students around them, shifted to Xiao Mu in a blink of an eye.

Even Xu Zhe has an incredulous expression, unexpectedly two such powerful masters don't like it, Xia Xiaomu, what are you thinking!

Xia Xiaomu was stared at by the eyes of the surroundings, feeling uncomfortable all over.

Whether this Zhou Tingsheng intends to accept him as a disciple, he does not know.

But on such an occasion, saying such things would simply give Xia Xiaomu a reputation for arrogance.

Xia Xiaomu looked around helplessly, and was looking at herself with Xie Wen's smiling eyes.Her eyes were bright, with a trace of warmth, Xia Xiaomu felt relieved inexplicably.

Xie Wen took the microphone again and turned to Zhou Tingsheng and said, "Mr. Zhou, you misunderstood, student Xia Xiaomu just looks shy."

He looked at Xia Xiaomu again: "Student Xia, how about we talk about this alone after the review is over?"

He didn't say publicly that he was going to be accepted as an apprentice, but just chatted privately.

It gave Xia Xiaomu a leeway to maneuver, and solved such a dilemma.

Xia Xiaomu nodded gratefully: "Thank you, Teacher Xie."

Having already talked about this point, Zhou Tingsheng didn't want to pester him, so the head of the department hurried out to smooth things over. After congratulating Xia Xiaomu on his victory, he presented a medal and a reward to Xia Xiaomu.

After the end, Xia Xiaomu was left behind. A young woman who claimed to be Xie Wen's assistant took Xia Xiaomu to Xie Wen's professor's office.

Xie Wen has not officially started teaching, and the office has just been prepared for her by the school. It is very empty inside, except for a desk and a sofa set.

Xie Wen greeted him with a smile: "Sit down and talk. Do you want a drink? I'll ask A Ling to buy it for you."

Xia Xiaomu sat on the sofa beside her: "No, no, no need, Mr. Xie, I'm not thirsty."

Xie Wen was also sitting on the sofa opposite him, and said with a smile: "There is no water dispenser in the office, so calling you here like this is not enough for me to entertain you, but let's make a long story short."

Compared with looking at each other from a distance in the auditorium, this will be closer, and we can see each other more clearly.

She is small in stature, has a cheerful tone of voice, and a sincere smile. Although she is over forty, she looks young and full of vitality.

Coupled with the fact that she has lived in a western country, she always has some body movements when speaking, which makes Xia Xiaomu very relaxed, and she can't help but want to get close to her.

Xie Wen praised him: "What a handsome boy, young and talented, you are simply God's darling."

Xia Xiaomu was embarrassed by the words: "Don't praise me like that, I'm still far behind someone as powerful as Mr. Xie."

Xie Wen: "No, no, don't be humble. When I was 19 years old, I couldn't reach your caliber. You don't even know that when you saw your "Time and Space" for the first time, you were attracted to it At that time, I couldn't believe that such a high-level work was drawn by a student.

"And I understand that no teacher can teach a student who can draw such an imaginative work. This is a worldview created only by your own imagination, without inspiration and talent, no matter how good it is No skill in painting can paint such a work."

When it came to the teacher's teaching, Xia Xiaomu remembered the serious matter of being here: "Mr. Xie, in the auditorium today, I didn't mean to offend you and Mr. Zhou, I..."

Xie Wen smiled and signaled him not to care: "I know, I can see your embarrassment. And don't worry, I have no intention of accepting your apprentice."

Xia Xiaomu's heart skipped a beat, and she looked up at her in surprise.

In that case, Xie Wen deliberately rescued herself today.

But the one who snatched Zhou Tingsheng on the spot wanted to receive an apprentice, so she wasn't afraid of making trouble with Zhou Tingsheng and offending a person in the painting world.

Xie Wen comforted him: "Don't think too much, I can see that you don't want to. On the other hand, I think Teacher Zhou's good painting method is not suitable for teaching students like you. His skills have limitations. , and you have infinite possibilities."

"Besides, he is more utilitarian. This will cause students who follow him to only look at the immediate benefits and ignore the real value brought by art itself. Do you understand what I mean?"

Xia Xiaomu looked at her gratefully again, nodded slightly, he probably understood.

Some painters paint for the sole purpose of raising their social status, but over time they forget the meaning of painting itself, making the created works gradually lose their due artistic value.

Xie Wen curled her lips again, shook her head, and said with a look of disgust: "Also, he wants to accept apprentices in public, and he doesn't consider the wishes of the students himself. I don't like that either."

Through this brief contact, Xia Xiaomu could see that Xie Wen's personality was straightforward, outgoing and free and easy.

He couldn't help laughing: "You helped me out today. I'm really grateful for asking you. But if you help me like this, will it cause you trouble? After all, Mr. Zhou also has many people in the same circle."

Xie Wen didn't care: "It's okay, I, Xie Wen, was afraid that he would fail. By the way, you said your father taught you your paintings?"

Xia Xiaomu nodded: "My father... is not good at socializing, let alone managing himself, so he has been unknown, and almost no one knows him."

Speaking of this, Xia Xiaomu suddenly remembered that at Grandpa Lu's birthday banquet, Xie Pu said that Xie Wen had brought home two paintings by Xia Qianbai.

He hurriedly said to Xie Wen: "You may also know my father, his name is Xia Qianbai..."

Xie Wen kept looking at Xia Xiaomu's eyes with a smile, and suddenly opened them wide when she heard the name.Then his body shook violently and hit the corner of the table behind him.

She looked straight at Xia Xiaomu and asked, "Say...what's your father's name?"

The clear and cheerful voice suddenly became a little trembling. Xia Xiaomu was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "My father's name is Xia Qianbai, Mr. Xie, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Wen's face gradually turned pale, her lips trembled twice, she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything, she just kept looking at Xia Xiaomu, her eye circles seemed to be gradually turning red.

Xia Qianbai's son... Xia Qianbai's...

It was only after a few seconds that she realized her gaffe, she forced herself to turn her gaze, and half turned around: "No, it's okay, I really..."

She adjusted her breathing, but still couldn't help it, and looked deeply at Xia Xiaomu again: "I have indeed met your father, if he..."

Xie Wen bit her lips tightly after speaking halfway, her always bright smile suddenly became heavy and hurt.

He was completely different from the cheerful teacher Xie just now, his expression seemed to be holding back something, but he just stared at Xia Xiaomu without blinking, and watched closely.

Xia Xiaomu was frightened by her eyes, she always felt that there was something too heavy inside, and even the atmosphere in the office became heavy.

He stood up from the sofa and took two steps back: "Mr. Xie, are you feeling uncomfortable? Do you want me...I'll call your assistant over?"

Xie Wen adjusted her trembling breathing deeply again: "No, no, your name is Xia...Xiao Mu, right?"

Xia Xiaomu nodded suspiciously. He saw that every time Xie Wen uttered a word, she was struggling.

"I will declare that you are my apprentice, but you...you can ignore me. If you don't understand anything, if you encounter any difficulties, come to me at any time..."

Claiming that he is her apprentice?

Probably because I rejected Master Zhou in public today, if I let others know that I am not Xie Wen's apprentice, I will definitely be suspected by outsiders, and I even rejected Master Xie.

Since then, he has a reputation for arrogance and conceit.

Is Teacher Xie doing it for his own fame?

Xia Xiaomu was puzzled, but still nodded.

Xie Wen thought of something again, hurried to the desk, picked up her bag and took out a business card from it, because her hands were trembling a little, and she was too flustered, and accidentally knocked over the coffee cup on the table , The brown coffee flowed all over the ground in an instant.

But she ignored it completely, as if she didn't see it, and hurried to Xia Xiaomu's side, and handed him the business card: "Whatever you need...you can come to me, whether it's life, study, painting, anything... ...remember to come to me."

Xia Xiaomu took it, looked at the coffee spilled on the ground, and looked at Xie Wen worriedly: "Teacher, are you really okay?"

Xie Wen looked at him, her face was pale, and the circles of her eyes were obviously red: "No, it's okay, I'm fine... you go back, remember something... find me."

After letting Xia Xiaomu leave, Xie Wen finally couldn't hold it anymore, she put her hands on her heart, her expression became grim because of the pain, she bit her lips tightly, still couldn't control the stream of tears that gushed out.

She was sobbing silently, as if she was gradually squatting down because of the pain in her heart, her slightly thin body was trembling slightly, her head was buried between her knees, she kept sobbing subduedly, and hot tears dripped patter on the bright floor.

After a long time, the office door was pushed open, and the assistant A Ling walked in with a pile of documents. She saw Xie Wen slumped on the ground with her hands covering her heart, crying and trembling.

She ran over in a hurry: "Professor Xie, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?!"

~~~

After school in the afternoon, Xia Xiaomu saw Lu Jinghan's car parked by the side of the road as soon as he left the campus.Feeling warm in his heart, he quickly ran to the front of the car, opened the back door and sat in.

He smiled and asked, "Brother Jing Han, how long have you been waiting?"

Lu Jinghan looked at Xia Xiaomu who was sitting in the back seat again, and replied flatly, "Not long."

"cake!"

As soon as she sat down, Xia Xiaomu saw the exquisite cake box on the passenger seat.

Lu Jinghan sent a message saying that he would buy him a cake to celebrate his victory in the Qingjun Cup.

Xia Xiaomu was very pleasantly surprised, leaned over her body happily, and asked expectantly, "Can I eat now?"

Lu Jinghan said lightly, "No, we'll eat when we go home."

"But I'm so hungry, it's already 06:30, and I haven't eaten anything yet." Xia Xiaomu whispered coquettishly, with a pleading look in her eyes.

Lu Jinghan turned his head to look at him, and nodded his chin towards the passenger seat: "Then, come here by yourself."

Xia Xiaomu blushed, since she was pushed (rou) to take (rou) pp that night, she didn't dare to get too close to Lu Jinghan, she felt embarrassed, and blushed when she got closer to him, feeling at a loss.

So for days at a time sat in the backseat of the car.

But right now, Lu Jinghan was obviously trying to tempt him to sit in the co-pilot with a cake.

Xia Xiaomu struggled for a while, but still did not resist the temptation of the cake.After all, through the box, he could smell a hint of sweetness, and he was so hungry that he salivated.

In order to eat cake, shameless.

Xia Xiaomu gritted her teeth, opened the car door and got in the car from the co-pilot, lifted the cake box on the seat, sat down and fastened her seat belt.

Lu Jinghan's mouth curled into a smile without leaving any trace.

The cake carton was opened, and there were six exquisite small cakes inside, two pieces of chocolate mousse, two pieces of Mont Blanc, and two pieces of blueberry and mango cake.

Xia Xiaomu's eyes lit up, and her saliva drooled: "Wow, there are so many kinds! Is the chocolate one mine? Mont Blanc wants to eat it too! Can I have two pieces?"

Lu Jinghan couldn't help smiling: "It's all yours. I wish you win the Qingjun Cup."

Xia Xiaomu smiled and said, "That's great, thank you Brother Jing Han."

He put the cake box on his lap, first chose a piece of mousse, picked up a small spoon, and ate it fragrantly and sweetly.

"Brother Jing Han, one of the judges today is Teacher Xie Wen, do you know her?"

Lu Jinghan drove the car seriously: "I only know that her paintings are very valuable, what's wrong with her?"

"She helped me today. A teacher named Zhou Tingsheng offered to accept me as an apprentice in public. I didn't know how to refuse. Fortunately, Teacher Xie Wen came out to help me out."

"Who is Zhou Tingsheng? Why do you want to accept you as an apprentice?"

"I don't know, I don't like him very much." Xia Xiaomu frowned while eating.

"Besides, I always feel that Teacher Xie Wen has something to do with my dad. My dad doesn't like to get in touch with people, but 20 years ago, Xie Wen once got two paintings from my dad, which are still hanging in Xie's house. It's unbelievable."

Xia Xiaomu frowned. When Xie Wen heard Xia Qianbai's name today, his expression suddenly changed, which made him very concerned.

Lu Jinghan glanced at him: "Don't think about it, anyway, you will be neighbors soon, and you will know if there is any relationship."

"A neighbor?"

Xia Xiaomu stopped holding the spoon, and asked pleasantly, "Did you help me find a house?"

"En." Lu Jinghan took out a document from the car door storage with one hand and handed it to him: "It's not far from my house, how about taking a look?"

Not far from Brother Jing Han's house?

There is a large villa area near his home!

Take a look at the information in your hand, sure enough!

He knew that people like Lu Jinghan couldn't be asked to help find a house.

This kind of wealthy young master has no sense of price at all.

Xia Xiaomu smiled wryly: "Brother Jing Han, how much is the rent for this house?"

Because he stuttered the last piece of cake, there was still a trace of chocolate cake on the corner of his mouth, Lu Jinghan couldn't help but look at it for two seconds, then turned his head and concentrated on driving.

"It's an acquaintance's house. He owed me money and repaid it, so he mortgaged the house to me. It's empty anyway. You can move in. There's no rent."

Xia Xiaomu was a little embarrassed: "That's not very good. According to the market price, the rent for such a villa is tens of thousands. I can't take such a big advantage of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere in the car had cooled down, and as if turning his head, Lu Jinghan's expression was indeed not very good.

It must be because I think I don't know what is good or bad.

It's true that he shouldn't refuse his kindness like this, but Xia Xiaomu felt sorry for living in Lu Jinghan's villa for nothing.

But he also couldn't afford the rent set at the market price.

He tried to discuss with Lu Jinghan: "Yes, how about this, you can make me cheaper, and I will pay you [-] rent a month, is that okay?"

Lu Jinghan didn't answer him, just waited for the red light at the intersection ahead, he turned to look at Xia Xiaomu.

His expression was focused, he was no longer indifferent, his eyes flashed with anger or something, Xia Xiaomu felt guilty when he saw him, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Outside the car window, the bustling crowd crossed the wide zebra crossing, creating a chaotic mess.

And the car was quiet, Lu Jinghan's deep eyes seemed to be holding back something, and it seemed that something was about to come out, Xia Xiaomu became more and more flustered, always feeling that something was going to happen.

With a "click", the sound of Lu Jinghan unfastening his seat belt broke the silence.

Immediately afterwards, the whole body leaned towards Xia Xiaomu.

He was startled, and instinctively hid back, leaning his body tightly against the back of the seat.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jinghan kissed the corner of his mouth, his thin lips parted slightly, and the tip of his tongue rolled over it lightly, feeling hot and wet.

The sudden kiss made Xia Xiaomu's eyes widen in shock, her whole body was stiff, she looked at Lu Jinghan's forehead and slightly curly hair motionlessly, and forgot to think.

After Lu Jinghan let go of him, he still looked at him intently, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"This is the rent, do you still have to pay it?"

Xia Xiaomu stayed there for a long time before exhaling the suffocated breath. She leaned on the seat and breathed rapidly. The corner of her mouth was moist, reminding him of what Lu Jinghan did just now.

After realizing the meaning of what Lu Jinghan said, he couldn't even say a word.

He hugged the cake box in his arms and sat on the seat, his face was flushed and hot, and his whole body was rumbling with heat, as if he was about to burn.