"Isn’t it just painting a picture? What’s impossible about that?"
Chen Nan said nonchalantly, completely unaware that he had just crushed someone’s confidence, then looked up and smiled, "Little girl, now you know how awesome your cousin is, right?"
Su Qingqing pulled a long face, filled with frustration as she looked at him, "I just don’t get it, is there anything you can’t do in this world?"
"Of course there is!" Chen Nan grinned, "For instance, I can’t give birth, that’s your women’s specialty."
"Oh God, strike him with lightning, please!"
Su Qingqing said weakly, slumping onto the desk.
She had always considered herself smart, able to learn anything with ease, but now that she was comparing herself with Chen Nan, she realized that she was an idiot, truly a case of comparing oneself to others brings endless grief.
"Don’t be so downhearted, you still have areas where you’re better than me." Chen Nan patted her back, his voice full of cheer.
Su Qingqing rolled her eyes, "Only English is a bit better than yours."
"No, no, no, didn’t I just mention it? You ladies can give birth, and that’s something we men could never catch up with." Chen Nan said reassuringly, yet Su Qingqing bristled at the words, grabbing Chen Nan’s arm and pinching hard—
"I’ll give birth to your head, your head, your head!"
Chen Nan looked at her with an innocent face, "You girl, I haven’t said anything wrong. Don’t you plan to marry and have kids someday?"
Su Qingqing was speechless, this idiot, why does he always say the weirdest things?
"Silence implies consent, that’s right," Chen Nan patted her back again, "Getting married and having children, it’s something every girl will experience. Why are you shy? Isn’t that right?"
Su Qingqing remained speechless for a while, then rolled her eyes, "I don’t want to get married at all. Marriage is the grave of youth!"
Chen Nan scratched his head, surprised, "Not getting married? You mean to remain alone all your life?"
Su Qingqing really wanted to spit in his face. No matter what was said, why did it change completely when it came out of this idiot’s mouth?
"When I say you’ll get married someday, you’re unhappy, when I say you’ll end up alone, you’re also unhappy." Chen Nan tapped his forehead, "Sigh, the thoughts of you girls, why are they so complicated!"
Su Qingqing said angrily, pinching him yet again, her voice laced with irritation, "Hurry up and finish your painting, or else I will pinch you, really hard, to death."
Chen Nan with a head full of black lines, "Alright, alright, you read your book, I’ll continue painting."
Seeing Chen Nan grabbing the pencil and continuing to paint, Su Qingqing’s eyes darted around, and then with a mischievously curious look, she leaned in closer, "Hehe, the person in your painting, it looks like a human figure, right? Who is it?"
"Anyway, it’s not you."
Su Qingqing of course knew the painting wasn’t of her, since it was intended for Han Yuting, but Chen Nan’s tone was particularly annoying to her, "Stupid idiot, are you deliberately trying to make me angry?"
Chen Nan nodded, "Yeah, how’d you know?"
Su Qingqing grabbed her hair in frustration, looking on the verge of a breakdown, "Do you believe I will strangle you to death, strangle you!"
"Of course, I believe it. You’re like a crayfish, after all. Pinching people is your strong suit."
Chen Nan continued to paint as if nothing was bothering him, leaving Su Qingqing significantly annoyed. After glaring at him a few times in anger, she snorted, "Hmph, I’m angry now!"
Chen Nan paid her no attention, just kept on painting.
Su Qingqing stomped her foot in frustration, "Stupid idiot, I’m really angry now!"
"Yeah, go ahead and get angry, just don’t die from it," Chen Nan said cheerfully, irking Su Qingqing so much she snatched the pencil from him, "Apologize to me!"
Chen Nan suddenly pointed to the door, and Su Qingqing quickly looked up, but as she did, Chen Nan snatched the pencil back, "Hehe, little girl, you’re still too green to compete with your cousin."
Su Qingqing rolled her eyes again, glaring at him, "You big liar!"
"Hey, you can’t really say that. As the Art of War says, ’War is the way of deception. When able to attack, we must seem unable. Strike where they are unprepared, appear where you are not expected.’ This is strategy, not deception, get it?" Chen Nan said with a smile.
"Understand your dead head, hmph, liar, liar, dead liar!"
Watching an irate Su Qingqing with her eyes puffed up, she truly looked the part of an adorable little sister.
Chen Nan could hardly hold back and, unable to resist, pinched her cute face, "Are you really angry?"
"Hmph, I’m not talking to you anymore!"
Su Qingqing turned her head away, ignoring him.
"Well alright then, without your disturbances, I can calm down and focus on my painting," Chen Nan said heartlessly, picking up the pencil to continue his artwork.
Su Qingqing figured that this guy was just talking and would definitely start talking to her on his own after a while.
So, she stayed quiet, just waiting silently.
However, after a whole two minutes, Chen Nan showed no reaction at all, eventually, she couldn’t wait any longer, turned back around and stared at him, "Stupid idiot, you heartless thing, you don’t even comfort me when I’m angry."
"You’re the one who said you wouldn’t talk to me!"
Chen Nan put down his pencil, smiling, then sighed, "So you wanted to be comforted. You should have said so earlier. My dear cousin, don’t be mad, your cousin is here to comfort you."
Su Qingqing was completely speechless.
Comfort needed to be requested from him? And even for that, was this his idea of comforting someone? He really was an idiot!