Once everything was confirmed, he went upstairs to read for a while before starting to contemplate the main task: How to paint the twin sisters Ai Lan and Ai Ya beautifully.
"As we discussed before, the sisters look too similar. To truly capture what I want, I must paint in several stages and layers."
"First, observe and sketch, then outline the bone structure, spend some days knowing them better while traveling, and then make a final sketch... I'll slowly delve deeper. The first two rounds are merely the foreplay, setting the stage for the final optimal portrayal."
At one-forty, Li Shi grabbed his car keys and went downstairs again, driving to the high-speed train station.
He parked the car in the parking lot and sent a message in the group chat to tell sisters Ai Lan and Ai Ya that he had arrived. Then, he got out of the car and went to the exit. Soon, his phone buzzed.
He thought it was a message from the group chat, but when he checked, it was from Sun Shou Wen.