Shock! I became the protagonist of a female-oriented novel.

She couldn't help but nudge Gu Qiushui with her elbow as they walked.

The man turned his head to the side.

Lips: What's wrong?

Yu Ci snorted, 'You'd better watch out in front of the camera!'

Gu Qiushui said "Oh," and then directly grabbed Yu Ci's hand.

The man carrying the camera behind them instinctively gave a close-up shot, and then Gu Qiushui said, "Watch where you're going, there's a stake ahead."

The tone of that reminder was quite sincere.

This was the first time the two of them had participated in this program, and also their first time in France. They had absolutely no experience with working, but—

No experience, but skills.

After strolling around the art square, Yu Ci saw two students setting up easels and selling their paintings for a fee, and a little idea came to his mind.

"Sister Qiushui! I've got a money-making idea!"

"What?" Gu Qiushui was still wondering whether she should borrow a speaker to perform on the street and see if she could earn some money when she heard Yu Ci's words. "What method?"

Feeling a little smug, Yu Ci immediately pointed towards the easel.

Before heading out, just in case we ran into any problems, we each carried 10 euros in cash. There were places selling art supplies near the art square.

After buying some materials for their street art 'selling' with 10 euros in a small shop, the two chose the center of the square as their shop's location.

but--

Gu Qiushui quickly discovered a problem.

"Some of the locals strolling around here seem to...not understand English."

“It’s alright,” Yu Ci said, pulling a sheet of paper from a stack of white paper. “I speak French.”

A huge sign reads: 1 euro for a watercolor portrait, first three people get it for free!

"Sister Qiushui, you can just stand over there and wait!" Yu Ci said, taking out a chair he had borrowed from the owner of the art shop. "Sit on the stool and wait!"

"You...you boss gave you this stool just so I could sit on it?" A faint smile played in her eyes.

“Of course.” Yu Ci stood up and began adjusting the height of his easel. “I usually stand when I paint.”

As she spoke, she glanced back and saw the camera standing right behind her. She coughed lightly twice, took a small pen from the bucket, scribbled a line of words on a piece of white paper, and handed it to Gu Qiushui next to her.

Gu Qiushui hesitated for a moment, then looked down and saw that on the textured white paper, the small, bright blue characters were written straight and upright: 'I told you before you came that I wouldn't let you suffer at all, so don't lie to Teacher Cheng!' She glanced at it and couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Qiushui smiled, and the cameraman immediately wanted to give her a close-up. He saw Gu Qiushui quickly roll up the small note and put it into her small bag.

Photographer: ...

Perhaps because the first three paintings were free, the small painting stall quickly welcomed its first customer.

After communicating for a while, Yu asked someone to stand a little further away. Just as she was about to start writing, she saw Gu Qiushui suddenly move her chair to the person who came.

“Alright, Yu Ci, the chair is for the guest. I…” After looking at the easel for a while, Gu Qiushui realized that she didn’t seem to have anything to do. She paused, picked up a book next to her, and said, “I’ll fan you.”

Just as I was about to refuse, I heard Gu Qiushui say, "Alright, hurry up and paint, the guests are getting impatient!"

The original owner was a student in the art department at Harvard. Although I can't say I've fully mastered the original owner's abilities, it's not difficult for me to exert about 80-90% of my strength in this body.

Watercolor is considered a compulsory course in painting, testing students' ability to control water. The original owner had an extraordinary grasp of watercolor, so she was incredibly fast at painting human heads.

The first painting was completed in about ten minutes.

The blond hunk saw his self-portrait, laughed, and exclaimed in French, "Great!"

Yu Ci smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

“I’m not just saying that!” He gestured for a while, “It really is beautiful.”

Praised from multiple angles and on multiple levels, Yu Ci's smile deepened. "Thank you, sir. You can take the painting with you now."

However, at that moment, the blond young man shook his head.

Before I could understand what that meant, I heard someone say something in perfect French—

"Excuse me, beautiful girl, may I ask what the name of the pretty lady who was fanning you is? Could I add her on Facebook?"

Yu Ci's expression stiffened at a visible speed.

In just a second, she pulled the painting off the easel and shoved it into the blond handsome man's hands, saying, "Sorry, no."

The rejected man left somewhat dejectedly.

Gu Qiushui couldn't understand French, so she didn't know what had happened.

"Yu Ci, what happened to the person I was about to draw?"

"nothing!"

"Huh? So what have you been talking about for so long?"

"It's nothing!" Yu Ci placed another piece of paper on the easel. "He just asked for your contact information, Sister Qiushui."

No wonder... he didn't look well.

So that's why.

In the short time it took to talk like that, the small painting stall welcomed its second customer.

Gu Qiushui continued fanning, and Yu Ci continued to write. Then, when Gu Qiushui handed Yu Ci a tissue, she reached out and turned off the microphone on her collar, saying in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I only like you. It doesn't matter what others think of me."

Yu paused for a moment as he picked up his pen. "I understand."

The cameraman, who had no idea what the two were talking about and could only capture their lips moving and their expressions changing unpredictably, was almost in tears.

This is a reality show! How can they turn off their microphones? To get attention and clicks, shouldn't they be saying something exciting? They actually turned off their microphones!

He couldn't hear a sound at all, and he was about to start whimpering!

-

The two businesses got off to a good start, and since the third girl who was drawing was free, and she really wanted to thank Yu Ci and Gu Qiushui for drawing for free, she voluntarily stayed to stand on the street and give the two businesses a shout-out.

Chapter Seventy-One: Painting for You

Business picked up quickly, and Yu Ci became busy as well.

On a sweltering day, as the morning progressed, the sun outside grew stronger and stronger. Gu Qiushui, who used to fan herself with a book, would occasionally use a small handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Yu Ci's cheeks and forehead.

Because standing for so long was boring, the two would occasionally chat together.

Normally they would speak loudly, but if something unusual happened, they would mute their microphones and whisper. The two of them were quite unrestrained.

At noon, Gu Qiushui ran off to buy lunch. The photographers discussed it briefly and then followed her.

The food here is really not cheap. After wandering around for a while, Gu Qiushui finally saw a hamburger shop. As soon as she walked in, the photographer saw her quickly gesturing and ordering two hamburgers, one with meat and one without.

The photographer immediately thought...

Wow, Gu Qiushui's reputation for high intelligence in the industry must be genuine, right? She even bought her teammates things with less meat.

With mixed feelings, the photographer followed Gu Qiushui back to the center of the square. He saw Gu Qiushui smiling as she gave the hamburger to Yu Ci.

"There's meat!"

"Your favorite beef." Gu Qiushui opened her hamburger bag as well. "I've brushed it with your favorite sweet bean sauce. Hurry up and eat. After we finish, let's go to the mall entrance over there and continue setting up our painting stall. We'll come back to the square when the sun is a bit more overcast."

"Okay."

Taking a big bite of the hamburger, Yu Ci squinted his eyes, looking very satisfied.

After taking a couple of bites, she suddenly realized that Gu Qiushui's hamburger had no meat in it!

"Sister Qiushui, why don't you buy yourself one with meat?"

"To maintain your figure, don't eat."

"!"

Yu Cicai didn't believe it. When she ate at home with Gu Qiushui, the meat and vegetables on the table were just casually placed, and she never saw Gu Qiushui refuse to eat any of them to maintain her figure. It must be because the hamburgers here are expensive—

Suddenly realizing the hamburger in her hand was a little hot, she stopped eating and instead tugged at Gu Qiushui's hand, offering her hamburger instead. "The meat is delicious. I haven't even taken a bite of this half yet. Qiushui, you can have a bite!"

Gu Qiushui glanced at her, smiled, and lowered her head. "Okay, then I'll take a bite."

Photographer: ...

Even though it's nothing serious that one woman took a bite of another woman's food, why does he feel like he's been force-fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection)?

Is it because I haven't been in a relationship for too long that I'm having these misconceptions?

After leisurely finishing the two hamburgers, the two dragged their things to the small shopping mall next to the square.

Most of the people who come here to buy things are middle-aged, but there are relatively few people who want to have their paintings painted, so the small painting stall doesn't do much business between 2:00 and 3:30.

With no business, there's even more time to get together and chat.

"You look so beautiful when you draw."

"Hmm..." Yu Ci held the pen, "You're good-looking too."

Gu Qiushui hummed in agreement, then whispered, "I know that in your heart, I am the most beautiful."

"I've seen you tag me on Weibo and call me goddess for many years."

"...You actually looked at my Weibo?"

"Why can't we look?" Gu Qiushui placed a stool behind Yu Ci. "Let's rest for a while and talk while we sit down."

"Please sit down—" Yu Ci said, about to stand up.

But Gu Qiushui had already put her hands on her shoulders. "No, sit down. Sit down and tutor me."

"What kind of tutoring?"

"Nobody's coming over now, right? I'll draw one too, and you can give me some pointers on whether it's right or wrong."

"also."

Since Gu Qiushui had never painted before, Yu Ci thought for a moment and then only taught her to paint ordinary color blocks.

This kind of color block application, as long as you fill in the color and create a gradient, even if it doesn't look good, it won't be too ugly, and it won't easily discourage beginners.