Chapter 66 Group photo
"These paintings are quite interesting." Xu Hongdou walked to a stall that was painting anime characters and stopped.

"Handsome guys and beautiful girls, take a look, these are all original hand-painted."

The stall is owned by a couple. The girl, Jiang Yining, is dressed a bit like a cute 2D girl, while Dong Yi, who greets the customers, is dressed like a student from the Republic of China era.

The stall is named "The Other Side of the World" and mainly sells cartoon paintings and calligraphy inscriptions. From the clothes of the two stall owners, it is not difficult to see their respective division of labor.

The characters in the paintings tend to be funny and humorous, with fantastic ideas and creativity, while the inscriptions are some popular expressions of the moment, such as "slacking off", "making money", "not getting any poorer" and so on.

"You can also provide photos and I can draw your own anime character." Jiang Yining also said.

"Can you draw two people?" Chen Mo became interested when he heard that.

"Sure, but it may take a little longer. You can come back later to get it." Jiang Yining nodded with a smile.

"Then how about a picture of the two of us?" Chen Mo looked at Xu Hongdou.

Xu Hongdou thought about it and didn't refuse. Maybe she simply found it interesting, or for some other reason.

"Then two provide a photo."

"it is good."

Chen Mo took out his cell phone and looked through it. He was stunned. It seemed that there were no photos of the two of them.

Chen Mo's phone did have some photos of Lingling and Xu Hongdou when they went to Universal Studios last week, and there were also a few photos of the three of them together, but there seemed to be no photos of the two of them alone.

"Do you have a photo of us?" Chen Mo asked Xu Hongdou.

Xu Hongdou also took out her phone and looked through it. "I only have a photo of the four of us at our first meal, and a photo of the three of us with Lingling."

Because neither of them is the type who likes to take pictures everywhere with their mobile phones, Xu Hongdou takes the most pictures of delicious food to share with Chen Nanxing, while Chen Mo never even posts on WeChat Moments.

"Well, could you please take a picture for us?" Chen Mo said to Jiang Yining.

"Of course." Although Jiang Yining didn't understand why the two of them were in love without even a photo, he still smiled and nodded.

Although Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou didn't hold hands, they looked like a couple. It's not because of their looks, but the intimacy they showed when they were together.

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Let me take the picture for you." Dong Yi next to him took out his camera and gestured.

The looks of Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou made him want to try his hand at it.

If the girl was just average looking, Dong Yi wouldn't bother and would just take a photo with his mobile phone.

"My boyfriend is a professional, let him do it." Jiang Yining also knew her boyfriend's personality and knew that Dong Yi had seen good material.

"Okay, thank you for your help then." Chen Mo thought it would be better if there were professionals who could take better-looking photos.

"Then two come closer." Dong Yi simply adjusted the lens parameters.

Chen Mo moved closer to Xu Hongdou.

"Uh" Dong Yi was a little stunned when he saw the two of them just standing there together.

"You two should be more intimate. Handsome guy, put your arm around your girlfriend's waist, or beautiful girl, hold your boyfriend's arm."

Dong Yi was indeed very professional. Not only did he give instructions verbally, he also demonstrated it to his girlfriend Jiang Yining, showing how close their bodies could be.

Chen Mo looked at it with envy and embarrassment, as he realized how hard it was for his family.

He was too proud of himself just now and asked for trouble. He couldn't even hold her hand. Now he wanted to touch her, but he didn't dare.

Chen Mo looked at Xu Hongdou, and seeing that Xu Hongdou didn't react, he stretched out his hand tentatively. When his hand was about to touch Xu Hongdou's waist, Xu Hongdou grabbed it.

Damn it, there is still no hope.

Chen Mo had already thought of the scene where Xu Hongdou would take his hand away. When he was thinking about how to react to cover up his embarrassment, he found that Xu Hongdou did not slap his hand away, but "took" his palm and placed it on her shoulder.

Chen Mo rubbed his hands subconsciously, and Xu Hongdou patted the back of his hand lightly to stop him from "doing evil".

Xu Hongdou felt that her shoulders had been held by someone in the alley just now, but the waist was different.

You should not touch a man’s head or a woman’s waist.

"It's okay to put your arms around each other's shoulders, but you two should come a little closer." Dong Yi looked at the two of them, nodded first, and then continued.

Chen Mo gently pulled Xu Hongdou and made her move half a step closer to him.

Xu Hongdou looked up at Chen Mo.

"We should listen to the opinions of professionals, and you asked me to hold you tight just now." Chen Mo said in a low voice.

"When did I ask you to hold me tight?" Xu Hongdou asked in a low voice.

"Just now I wanted to hold your hand because I was afraid you would get lost, so you told me to hold you tight (and call the police). I thought that made sense. If I hold you tight, you won't get lost." Chen Mo explained.

Xu Hongdou took a deep breath and quietly pinched the soft flesh on Chen Mo's waist from behind.

"Hiss~~ Why are you doing it again?"

"Words are obviously unnecessary when dealing with a shameless person like you."

"Kacha! Kacha!"

Watching the two people's little interaction, Dong Yi instantly took a few photos.

Yes, this is the right feeling.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou noticed Dong Yi's camera and stopped their little movements.

It’s okay to play around behind closed doors, but you still have to be careful about the impact in front of outsiders, and it’s also a bit embarrassing in front of the camera.

"Take a look." Dong Yi showed the two of them the photos he had taken.

"That's really good, what do you think?" Xu Hongdou nodded in praise, worthy of being a professional.

In the photo, Chen Mo's expression looks a bit like begging for mercy, while Xu Hongdou looks playful and a little proud, and there are small movements of their hands, which makes the picture more vivid.

"Well, it's pretty good. It captures your arrogance and my pitifulness." Chen Mo commented.

"I'm domineering? You're pitiful?" Xu Hongdou slapped Chen Mo's arm every time she said a word.

"Look, look, you say no, then what are you doing?" Chen Mo accused as he looked at Xu Hongdou's actions.

"I am punishing evil and promoting good, and upholding justice." Xu Hongdou said and clapped twice more.

"You two, if it's ok with you, this is it?" Jiang Yining interrupted the two people who were showing off their affection as if no one was around.

Although she has a partner and often makes dog food for herself, she still feels that the sugar content in this dog food is a bit too much and she will get high blood sugar.

"Well, this is it." Xu Hongdou nodded, "But I want to draw another one of me and my friend."

Xu Hongdou found photos of her and Chen Nanxing.

"Of course no problem, let's add each other on WeChat and you send it to me." Jiang Yining nodded.

"No, we have to draw three pictures, two for each of us." Chen Mo suddenly remembered that he and Xu Hongdou didn't live together, and there was a wall between them, so who would he give this picture to later?

Put Xu Hongdou there, and then he drilled a hole in the wall to steal the light? If he wants to see the photo, he just peeks into the hole?
It's not impossible, but is the wall between them a load-bearing wall? It's illegal to attack a load-bearing wall.

"Then I'll take another photo for you." Dong Yi said immediately. He didn't expect to receive such a chain order.

Although he didn't know why he had to draw two pictures of the two people together, if they were not together, he could just draw each of them separately, so why draw a group photo?
But it just so happened that he hadn't taken enough pictures just now, and it would be a pity to only take one picture of such good material.

Money has to be earned, and art has to be pursued.

"Then let's get your boyfriend's arm around him this time, how about hugging him from the side?" Dong Yi suggested. Chen Mo gave him a thumbs up in his heart. Listen to this instruction, two words, professional.

Just hearing this sentence, Chen Mo had a picture in his mind:

Xu Hongdou put her arms around his waist with a sweet smile, and gently rested her head on his chest. He also gently hugged Xu Hongdou, lowered his head slightly, and looked at her in his arms with doting eyes.

Chen Mo was thinking about whether he should treat the boss to lunch at noon and give him a chicken drumstick.

Chen Mo looked at Xu Hongdou expectantly. Xu Hongdou did not listen to Dong Yi's "instructions". Instead, she thought about it for herself, held Chen Mo's hand with one hand, and gently placed the other hand on Chen Mo's arm.

Obviously Xu Hongdou listened to Dong Yi's initial suggestion, "hold your boyfriend's arms with both hands."

But I only listened to half of it. One hand was holding and the other hand was lightly resting on top of it, so it could be considered a half hug.

Just like the hug just now, since Chen Mo had held her hand before, it would be acceptable to hold it again.

"That's fine." Although Dong Yi felt it was a bit of a pity, he had no choice but to accept the customer's cooperation. After all, the customer came mainly to buy paintings, not to take pictures.

Little did he know that Chen Mo felt even more regretful, but fortunately the hand was held again.

"Beauty, you can lean your head on your boyfriend's shoulder and interlock your fingers, so that you can be more intimate." Dong Yi said while looking at the camera.

This time Xu Hongdou didn't refuse.

Xu Hongdou leaned her head gently on Chen Mo's shoulder with a smile on her face. Chen Mo turned his head to look at Xu Hongdou, with a mixture of smile and love in his eyes, and his hands unconsciously clenched a little.

"Click!" Dong Yi pressed the shutter.

"Perfect!" Dong Yi couldn't help but exclaim, feeling satisfied with his own photography skills as well as amazed by the looks of the beautiful women in front of him.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou were also very satisfied after seeing it.

"Please send these two photos to us later." Chen Mo said.

"Of course no problem, I'll help you with the post-production later." Dong Yi said, and it was obvious that he already had an idea for his work.

In addition to capturing the color composition and picture, post-processing is also crucial in photography.

"No need to be so troublesome." Chen Mo felt that the current situation was good enough.

"No, no, no, it's not a problem. This is your photo and also my work, but it's not complete in its current state." Dong Yi said seriously.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Seeing Dong Yi so persistent, Chen Mo didn't say anything else.

People who engage in art mostly have their own persistence and pursuits.

"It may take more than an hour to draw three pictures." Jiang Yining said.

"Then can we come and get it in an hour and a half?" Chen Mo asked.

"Sure, no problem." Jiang Yining nodded.

"Okay, see you later."

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou continued to stroll around, looking at a variety of handicrafts, including leather brooches and handbags, ceramic tea sets and flower vases, bamboo storage boxes and cosmetic boxes, and paper-folded flower bouquets. There was a wide variety of items.

The two of them walked around for more than an hour and still didn't finish seeing everything. They could only have a cursory look around.

Finally the two of them went back to get three paintings, oh, and two photos.

The passers-by in the background of the two photos have been blurred to create a sense of dynamic movement. The color and brightness of the entire picture have been adjusted to make the picture more three-dimensional and the expressions of the two people more vivid.

When Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou looked at each other, love seemed to take shape at that moment. Everyone in the world was a passerby, and only they stayed for each other.

"Am I so beautiful?" Xu Hongdou couldn't help but say when she saw the photo.

"Yes. Actually, you are not very photogenic. If you don't believe me, just look at the way your boyfriend looks at you in the photo." Dong Yi said with a smile.

"Well, in my eyes, you are more than just this beautiful." Chen Mo whispered softly with a smile close to Xu Hongdou's ear.

"And my love for you is more than what is shown in the photos."

"Itchy." Feeling Chen Mo's warm breath, Xu Hongdou couldn't help shaking her head, and her ears were already flushed with pink.

"And there are these three paintings." Jiang Yining presented the paintings to the two.

All three paintings are very interesting, and the styles presented are completely different from the photos.

Both Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou's paintings are one large and one small.

In one photo, Xu Hongdou was leaning on the edge of the table, poking the dwarf Chen Mo on the table with her big hand. Chen Mo was jumping in anger.

In another photo, Xu Hongdou is sitting on the shoulders of the giant Chen Mo like a flower elf, and the two of them are looking at the starry sky together.

The painting by Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing shows the two of them playing together on the moon.

"It's a really good painting." Xu Hongdou praised sincerely.

"No wonder you two can become a couple. It's the mutual attraction between your artistic temperaments." Chen Mo teased.

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment." Jiang Yining nodded generously.

Dong Yi also glanced at Jiang Yining and smiled proudly.

"Do you need an inscription?" Jiang Yining asked.

The painting does not fill the entire paper, and there is blank space around it for writing.

"Okay." Chen Mo did not refuse and looked at Xu Hongdou, "Take a look at what I wrote?"

The main purpose was to ask someone to help take two photos, and they also did the post-production with great care, so I should do more business for them and return the favor.

"This one says 'Auld Lang Syne'." Xu Hongdou pointed at the painting of her and Chen Nanxing.

"Then there are two paintings left. One says 'Love lasts forever at first sight', and the other says 'Lovers will eventually marry'." Chen Mo said.

Xu Hongdou glanced at Chen Mo, and Chen Mo looked at her with a bright smile.

"Okay." Dong Yi nodded, quickly finished writing the words, and put the painting into the frame.

"Thank you for your patronage. Take care."

"Goodbye."

After a brief farewell, Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou left Panjiayuan.

The two returned to the car and simply sorted out the gains from the market.

"Which painting do you want?" Chen Mo took out two paintings.

"I want this." Xu Hongdou pointed to the painting in which she was poking Chen Mo.

"Okay, so it turns out that you fell in love with me at first sight." Chen Mo joked.

"Tell me the truth, have you been secretly in love with me for a long time?"

The title of this painting is "Love lasts forever at first sight".

"That's what you said, not me," Xu Hongdou corrected.

"The painting is yours, just as you say."

"Whatever you say."

(End of this chapter)