Xia Yu was stunned by the sugar paintings the two had made too. Their sugar paintings could give the director's drawings a run for their money.
Seeing Xia Yu's stunned expression, Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai lowered their heads even further.
After three rounds of instruction from the old man, Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi took turns making their first attempts at sugar painting.
Beside them, Jiang Xiubai and Yun Xi rallied, both pairs of eyes fixed on Xia Yu's hands.
Time ticked by, and the outline of a kitten began to take shape. Although the lines around the edges were a little shaky, anyone who looked at the sugar painting would recognize it as a kitten.
Jiang Xiubai and Yun Xi looked rather grave. Both silently raised their hands.
Hou Yunqi's sugar painting was a little better than Xia Yu's, because he kept his hand especially steady as he drew.
After inspecting Xia Yu's and Hou Yunqi's sugar paintings, the old man let out a huge sigh of relief. Sure enough, his teaching wasn't the problem.
When Xia Yu saw Hou Yunqi's finished piece, he excitedly hugged his arm. This was great! He felt they had their lunch money sorted out.
Unlike the bright sunshine on Xia Yu and Hou Yunqi's side, things on Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai's side had already turned from cloudy to light rain, with every sign of escalating to moderate rain and then a downpour.
[Yun Xi and Jiang Xiubai's instant change of expression really cracked me up.]
[The contrast between these two pairs' expressions is so stark. Sunshine after the rain for one, a bolt from the blue for the other (doge).]
[The old stallholder beside them clearly looks like he just let out a huge sigh of relief.]
[The old stallholder secretly