Chapter 18

Harvey took time to look at Shirley's sketches. Now he can understand why Shirley doesn't like landscape painting very much. The close range of the landscape sketch he saw was acceptable, and the lines at a little distance became messy, and the scenery became rather blurred, which was no longer the style of losing the sense of hierarchy.

The problem lies in Shirley herself. If Harvey is not wrong, Shirley should be short-sighted and the degree is not low.

Harvey Adrian's own memory of Shirley squinting at him is exactly the reason, with her silent appearance is really a deterrent.

Harvey was dumbfounded and put down the sketch to consider whether to pull her to get a pair of glasses one day.

Shirley's painting skills are very exquisite. In this era, she belongs to the level of professional painters. Those professional painters usually serve the nobility and rich businessmen. They don't open for three years, and they can open for three years. All the famous painters' works can be sold to support the leisure life of painters for several years.

Harvey can't afford to hire these painters. Shirley is different. With a little guidance, she should be able to draw good novel illustrations.

It's not uncommon for novels to have illustrations in today's era, but most of them are ordinary simple strokes. Only a few strokes can outline the characters and scenery. What Harvey pursues is the sketch illustration that can be comparable to the standard of later generations.

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Elroy Library

"The historical classification of Barzel's epic, the poetry anthology of Bretz's wandering poems, and the novel the fallen leaves of Boyce have been registered. This is your proof of borrowing." Diana took the book from the librarian and hesitated to look in the direction of the second floor of the library when she was ready to leave. There was no one there except the empty tables and chairs.

"Give up?"

Diana sighed with a slight loss that the man was her fiance, or at least hoped that he would make a difference.

"Ma'am, do you care about the gentleman who used to sit there reading books a few days ago?" The female librarian suddenly asked, there are few people here. Diana and Harvey are very eye-catching types. The former is because of their appearance and temperament, and the latter is because of their strange behavior. The librarian confirmed that Diana and Harvey knew each other.

Diana replied, "I don't care."

"That gentleman seldom comes here to read books now, but he comes to rent books in the afternoon every day. He borrows six or seven books every day, and then returns them the next day. It's really doubtful that he hasn't finished reading them." The librarian explained with a smile, and was impressed by Harvey.

Diana's delicate eyebrows flicked, nodded to the librarian and left.

Ansel University, a college founded by a royal nobleman in Elroy hundreds of years ago, covers an extremely large area. The accumulation of hundreds of years is enough to make this college famous. Because of its glorious tradition, it is still one of the first choice schools for the noble children in Elroy. As for the so-called glorious tradition, which is inherited from the social world, this college does not pay attention to education.

Women are obsessed with dressing themselves up in all kinds of gorgeous clothes. When they take part in all kinds of social activities with heavy makeup on their faces, they seem to find the meaning of life, and the blooming flowers will naturally attract bees and butterflies.

As for men, noble men with good status basically enjoy themselves here, while those with low status are flattering to get into that circle.

Diana hated this college, but her father meant to come here. She didn't get married, and her former female had no choice.

"I'll graduate from here in a year." Diana looks at the symbolic bronze statue of the founder at the gate of the college, and shakes her head in a mixed mood. She hates it here and feels confused about the future. After graduating from here, she will marry Harvey Adrian, a man he disdains. Her future is bleak.

Sometimes she would sigh that if she were a man, she would be free to do what she likes.

Through the aisle of the school, she saw women dressed up on both sides of the lawn, with umbrellas on their faces and bright smiles. They were wearing the dinners' crenoline skirts, and the high skeletons embedded in the red dress could not even let them sit down.

It was originally a place to learn knowledge, but it was full of ignorance and vulgarity.

She lives in the dormitory of the college, but it's quiet only in the middle of the night. But she has to go to the last quiet holy land of the college, Ansel library. The library of the college is not rich in books, but who cares? Those women who wear expensive dresses all day? Ignorant, arrogant, amorous male aristocrats? Here, they even disdain to understand the knowledge used to decorate themselves, because this is the best period of their lives, and they don't need to decorate with anything.

But today's college library doesn't seem to welcome her very much. Before she enters the library, she has heard the sharp laughter of women.

Diana frowned and went in. She saw a group of aristocratic children in luxurious clothes sitting inside and whispering. It can be seen that they are not the same level as the students outside. Even if the clothes are not so conspicuous, the elaborate lace and lotus skirt can show that these clothes are expensive, and each of them has a delicate folding fan, These folding fans are the necessary props for every lady to socialize. Different actions will express completely different meanings, which can be used to express her wishes implicitly. As for men's dress is a lot more casual, their high spirited look revealed confidence enough to determine their identity is certainly not bad.

She's going to leave here. It's good everywhere. It's just a quiet place.

"Diana."

A noble man stood up and stopped him. He had broken blonde hair and a handsome face. His confidence and heroism were enough to make most women look at him. He got up and trotted to Diana to apologize: "sorry, we can't find a quiet place. If you want to read, we won't disturb you."

When she heard him calling her name, Diana frowned and glanced at the women who covered half of her face with a fan. She said, "you're here to prevent me from reading. This is a library, not a playground."

The handsome noble man was embarrassed to scratch his head and said, "we are discussing about novels. No one uses them here. We can just find a lot of reference materials."

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in novels," Diana said with a cold look

At the end of his speech, he turned away with three books in his arms, one of which is a novel.

Looking at Diana's back, the handsome noble man's eyes were not angry and helpless. When he looked back at his companion, he changed back to the noble gentleman's appearance, which caused a burst of coquettish laughter.

"Cathy, why don't you just give her up? According to your identity, you can find as many lovers as you want. It's not worth marrying a woman who doesn't understand her amorous feelings. "

"I don't know how long she'll be able to act like that."

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Diana certainly knows what he's talking about. The essay solicitation activity of Leonard press was spread in this college at the beginning of the essay solicitation. In the final analysis, the essay solicitation activity itself was initiated by members of the Leonard family in this college. It's just a social game between nobles, which adds a little glory to their prominent family reputation. Who is the winner of this essay contest?

The second son of the Elroy family, Kathy Elroy, is the only one in the social circle of the college who often shows off his literature. His prominent family, handsome appearance and good literary accomplishment are all women's dream lovers.

Diana is not cold, his disgust than Harvey's disgust is hundreds of times higher. With her eyes, we can see through the narrowness of Cathy's perfect conditions. Literary accomplishment is really high in this college, but that's all. Cathy's vision is limited to this, feeling proud of what he has, deliberately showing off what he has, and falling into Diana's eyes is pure childish arrogance.