Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 167 The painting is beautiful, the person is even more beautiful

Hearing this, Tao Ru was stunned for a moment.

Cai Ling is the best painter in Tiansheng, famous all over the world. Moreover, he is young, handsome, and unrestrained, which makes countless women crazy about him. Tao Ru has naturally heard of his reputation, but she could never have imagined that such a leading painter would be willing to condescend to paint her portrait?

Before she could speak, Shen Nankui started laughing.

"This is a good thing, Miss Tao, why are you still standing there? Why don't you agree to it quickly?"

Tao Ru finally came to her senses and nodded with a red face.

Cai Ling asked Hei Niu to bring pen and ink, and he spread out the paper and started painting in the teahouse.

When he was painting, he looked extremely focused, as if immersed in his own world, with only the rice paper in front of him and the characters he was painting in his eyes.

When Shen Nankui saw people coming to watch from the teahouse, he was afraid of disturbing Cai Ling, so he quickly gestured to keep quiet. The crowd was sensible and just watched from afar without coming closer.

Half an hour later, Cai Ling put down his pen.

Shen Nankui went to take a look and saw that Tao Ru in the painting was so realistic and lifelike that it was as if she were actually there. Especially the peony on her forehead, which was transformed from a birthmark. After being painted by Cai Ling, it made her look more lively. The whole portrait was breathtaking.

Shen Nankui couldn't help but praise: "I heard that among Mr. Cai's ten portraits, only one or two are portraits. Everyone said that you are not good at painting figures. Now it seems that this is a false rumor."

There was undisguised admiration in her eyes.

Cai Ling smiled faintly and looked at Tao Ru, "Miss Tao, the painting is done, I hope you will accept it."

"For...for me?"

Tao Ru was a little bit unbelievable.

Although the person in the painting is myself, it was painted by Mr. Cai himself. I heard that one of his paintings is worth a fortune in the market, so he actually gave it to me like this?

She was both happy and surprised, and said hurriedly: "I can't take Mr. Cai's paintings for free, why don't you name a price, or if there is something you want, or something you want to accomplish..."

"No need."

Cai Ling shook his head. "If Miss Tao really feels bad about this, just lend Master Shen to me temporarily. I have something to ask her today."

Shen Nankui laughed, "Am I an object that you can push around?"

Even so, she still said to Tao Ru: "Miss Tao, Mr. Cai has something to talk to me about, so I will not accompany you today."

Tao Ru nodded and said, "Of course, Boss, you and Mr. Cai can go and do your business. When you are free, you are welcome to come to the Tao family anytime. I will ask my mother to prepare some flower and fruit drinks for you!"

After the two men left, she walked up, picked up the painting, and began to admire it carefully.

I was watching intently when someone said something.

"The painting is beautiful, and the person is even more beautiful. The girl painted a peony on her face, which is really ingenious!"

Someone agreed, "That's right. Although the painter just now looked young, he had the demeanor of a master. Could he be a famous artist? Look at how he painted this girl. It's so lifelike!"

Most of these people were discussing Cai Ling's paintings, but Tao Ru only noticed the first sentence: "The painting is beautiful, and the person is even more beautiful."

This was the first time in her life that a stranger had praised her for her beauty.

"Everyone... do you really think this peony on my face is pretty?"

"looks good!"

A customer responded without hesitation: "Excuse me, young lady, is this the latest makeup? I wonder what kind of rouge and powder it uses. I will buy some for my wife and ask her to try these new things too!"

There were many people in the teahouse who knew or had heard of Tao Ru. When they heard what this person said, they couldn't help but want to laugh. However, when they met Tao Ru's eyes and saw how she looked so graceful and elegant now, they could no longer look down on her as they did before.

Tao Ru smiled slowly, "I use the Chixia rouge that I made myself. Recently, I also developed a new rouge, which the owner named Taowu."

"Chixia and Taowu are both good names, but I heard that although your workshop is large, the products in it are only sold to other places. Isn't this giving up the near for the far? Why don't you sell such good things to Yongzhou first? Even if we want them, where can we buy them?"

"Don't worry, I will pass on your words to the boss."

Shen Nankui did have the idea of ​​opening a store in Yongzhou, but he had been busy forming a caravan and had not had time to do so.

"Then you better hurry up! We will definitely go and show our support for this great thing!"

Yongzhou is rich in flowers and is also famous for its prosperous rouge and powder trade, so both men and women are familiar with this.

Tao Ru agreed with a smile and carefully put the painting away, thinking that she would find someone to frame it when she had time to go to the provincial capital.

She was in a very good mood. After leaving the teahouse, she did not rush home, but strolled on the street with an umbrella.

Along the way, she no longer walked hurriedly with her head down as usual, but stood up straight and accepted the gazes of everyone.

"This is... the girl from the Tao family?"

"Hey, she actually drew that birthmark into a flower? That's quite special!"

"You know what, it's really pretty if you look at it this way! She painted a peony, right? I like apricot blossoms, and I'm going to paint one on my face tomorrow!"

"I think it's not that the peony on Tao Ru's face is beautiful, don't you find that she seems to have become a different person?"

"..."

In the past, when Tao Ru faced such discussions, she always wanted to escape quickly.

She was afraid of hearing others talking about her, and even more afraid of them pointing fingers at her appearance.

Today, she did not react at all. She even smiled at a few people after hearing her name from others.

The people who were talking about her were stunned, and after a moment they also smiled.

"Tao Aru, you look so beautiful now."

The person who said this had often openly or covertly belittled Tao Ru's appearance, but now he praised her highly. Tao Ru was filled with emotion, and the image of Shen Nankui popped up in her mind.

The boss is right. To love others, you must first love yourself. Instead of trying to please others, it is better to please yourself.

After she changed from the inside out, the world's hostility towards her didn't seem so great anymore.

"Thank you."

She nodded slightly, said thank you, then walked away alone with an umbrella, leaving everyone with a look of surprise on their faces.

"She, she wasn't mad at me and even said thank you to me? I thought she would ignore me after I said so many teasing things to her before..."

……

It's still raining.

Yunxi Ancient Town is located near mountains and rivers. The mountains are naturally continuous mountain ranges on all sides. As for the water, there is a river running through the town. Even the houses in the town are built along the river.

Shen Nankui held an umbrella and walked slowly along the road along the shore with Cai Ling.

"Mr. Cai, you just said you had something to talk to me about?"

Cai Ling nodded, "Master Shen, maybe you forgot that you still owe me a favor?"