A powerful minister who falls head over heels through his own imagination x an artist whose only concern is meeting his deadlines
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Meng Qingyang is an ambitious young man determined to enter the Hanlin Painting Academy and pursue his dreams. After losing his travel money on the way to the capital for the examinations, he ends up homeless and makes a living selling paintings on the street. But just as he sets up his stall, someone comes along and smashes it to pieces.
Meng Qingyang stares blankly at the person who wrecked his stall: handsome and dashing, fit to be painted.
The very next moment, he gives himself a hard slap in his mind: So what if he's good-looking! Ruining someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. This grudge is irreconcilable!
He steels himself and grabs the man's sleeve, his voice trembling with nerves. "Y-you don't pay for my stall... I'll report you to the authorities!"
Xun Feng, who has just beaten up a fugitive, turns back in surprise, blood on his face. "What a coincidence. I'm the authorities."
As compensation, Meng Qingyang is hired as a painter by the Xun residence. He has no worries about food, clothing, lodging, or transportation, and all the brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones he could want. The only downside is that Lord Xun, who is busy from dawn to dusk, loves dropping by his little courtyard to check on his work.
Meng Qingyang: "My lord, why are you here again today?"
Xun Feng sits up straight. "I came to have my portrait painted."
The hand holding Meng Qingyang's brush trembles slightly.
This month, he has diligently painted no fewer than thirty portraits of Xun Feng from all sorts of angles.
This man is so shamelessly narcissistic!
[The love interest's perspective]:
Question: What's the right way to win over a painter?
Xun Feng answers confidently: Commission paintings he'll never finish, and give your full support to the work he loves!
Lord Xun's plan A for winning him over:
Stockpile the brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones he's gathered from all over in Meng Qingyang's courtyard.
Lord Xun's plan B:
Dress up every day and parade around in front of Meng Qingyang, serving as his volunteer model.
Faced with enough art supplies to last a lifetime and a patron who shows up every day with an eager face to demand his work, overworked Meng Qingyang sheds tears under the pressure of his client.
Xun Feng: He's moved to tears! He's fallen deeply in love with me!
Meng Qingyang: ...Don't be ridiculous.
The outline isn't fully worked out yet, but this should be a lighthearted, sweet little story~
Theme: Art is explosive
