ROTCGIS, Chapter Forty Five

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Rebirth of the Charming Girl in Space

Chapter 45:

Portrait

His daughter showed him her ability to handle things a few days ago, so he felt reassured by handing the money to her.

The two nodded obediently, "Yes, Dad."

After Murong Zhe left, Murong Kuan saw his sister immediately spreading the paper she just bought on the table, holding something he couldn't name and starting to draw something in her hand.

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When her father was still an imperial physician, she had asked for a tutor to teach her music, chess, calligraphy and painting. The tutor also said that she had good talent in painting, so Murong Kuan didn't find it strange. But what was the thing in her hand?

“A’Ran, what’s that in your hand?”

Murong Lingran said while drawing, "Willow charcoal strips."

“What are willow charcoal strips?”

“It’s charcoal made from willow branches.”

Murong Kuan was confused, can charcoal strips be used for drawing?

While he was thinking about it, the portrait in Murong Lingran's hand had begun to take shape. After a while, a child's face appeared in front of his eyes.

"This...isn't this the fourth brother? How do they look so similar? It's amazing." After speaking, Murong Kuan picked up the portrait and looked at it carefully, muttering something to himself.

Murong Lingran followed his gaze and began to paint again. It didn't take long before she painted the faces of their fifth and sixth brothers.

She was very lucky that she put all her painting tools into the space when she moved, because now they came in handy.

"Fifth brother? Sixth brother?" After the shock of the first picture, Murong Kuan calmed down a little after seeing the next two, "A’Ran, what kind of painting method is this? Why have I never seen it before?"

Murong Lingran said calmly: "Our teacher taught it to me."

“How come I didn’t know that he taught it to you?”

Haven’t they always been in class together?

"Our tutor taught it to me alone. He said that it is a skill passed down from his family and is usually not easily taught to others. It's just that I saw him while he was painting. He was originally unwilling to agree, so I begged. It took him a long time before he agreed, and also asked me not to show it in front of outsiders at will, so as not to cause trouble."

“Are you telling the truth?”

“Of course it’s true, how could I lie to Third Brother.”

Every word she said was true.

At that time, when her tutor agreed to teach her, she was so happy that she didn't sleep much that night. Later, she was reborn in the 21st century, and her parents there enrolled her in a painting class, and she realized that what her tutor showed her was called sketching.

At that time, she also doubted whether that gentleman was from ancient times or actually the 21st century.

After all, she can appear in modern times, and naturally modern people may also appear in ancient times.

It’s just that not long after her tutor taught her, bad news came to his home. He never came back, and she didn’t know whether he was alive or dead now.

Murong Kuan also felt that it was impossible for his sister to lie to him, so he didn't think much about it.

Murong Zhe came back and saw her, and after being shocked, he believed his daughter's story as well.

After all, the gentleman he hired before was very knowledgeable and did not look like an ordinary person. It was normal for him to have some personal skills.

He asked her to draw a few more pictures so that they can take them out and inquire about them wherever they go.

However, he also told her that since her tutor asked her not to show it to outsiders at will, she should try not to draw like this in the future unless there is a special need.

Murong Lingran naturally agreed readily.

The next day, Murong Lingran went to the city with her father and brother to sell the medicinal materials they had accumulated in the past few days. Thanks to her help, the quantity was larger than before.

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