Jewel got up and sat down beside Ellen. I’ll sit here with you!” She signed before she wrapped her arms around Ellen’s. Ellen giggled. “Go to bed. I’m a light sleeper, so I’m used to staying up.”
However, Jewel shook her head and insisted on staying by Ellen’s side. After a while, Jewel got up and pulled out a chessboard before typing some words into her phone. ‘Let’s play chess’, she typed.
“Sure. Let’s play chess.” Ellen beamed. Since everyone went to bed late the night before, they all woke up late the next day and only had breakfast during noontime. After lunch, North requested to go to the playground as he was hoping that he could bump into the young girl again. But, nope… The few of them played in the hot sun and went on all sorts of rides, but they didn’t see the young girl anywhere.
North grew rather dejected after a while, and he hung his head low once he arrived home. Eugene knew what had happened, so he went over to comfort his son. “It’s rare for others to come out and play during the new year. Look at how empty the park is!”
“Are you saying that Dora is spending her new year at home?” North asked. “Yeah. We only came here because Grandma’s here, right? We would’ve spent our new year at home otherwise!” Eugene explained. North figured that this explanation made sense, so his spirits were lifted after a while. While they were on the way back home, they bumped into a doll- like boy on the road. The boy was doll-like not just because of his fair skin and flawless face, but also because of his extremely well- groomed hair.
He was dressed in a white shirt and pants that didn’t have a speck of dust on it. There was a rather gloomy look on the boy’s face as he held a brush up to paint the view of the sunset in front of him. He took a look at the view before he dipped his brush into some mustard yellow paint. Then, he began to draw whatever he saw.
Perhaps it was because the boy was too clean and neat, or perhaps it was because he was standing in an eye-catching spot, the boy seemed rather out of place. Olivia and the rest of them couldn’t help but slow their footsteps down. Why isn’t there an adult by this kid’s side? Olivia wondered to herself.
She walked over before giving him a generous compliment. ‘Your drawing is wonderful!” The boy lifted his icy gaze and glanced at the people around him for a moment before he looked away and continued drawing. The corner of Olivia’s lips twitched as she thought, Fine. This kid is an arrogant brat.
“Are you here alone?” She wasn’t ready to give up yet, but the boy didn’t look up and continued painting. “Get them to leave. I need peace!” he ordered in a flat tone. Olivia was just wondering who the boy was talking to when two men approached them from afar. They didn’t look like the boy’s parents, but his bodyguards.
The two men were relatively polite. “Please leave. You don’t want to disturb our young master,” one uttered. Olivia finally understood that the boy did have other people by his side. She felt a little less worried about the boy after that.
When she took a glance at the boy’s painting, she was shocked to see that there was now a clear image as compared to the random shapes on the canvas a while ago. Although she didn’t know much about drawing, she found the painting extremely beautiful.
After looking up at the view in front of her and gazing back at the boy’s painting, she was shocked as it seemed like the boy had crafted at replica of the view in front of him. This kid’s artwork is so good. Is he an artist?
As much as she liked the drawing, they still left in order to respect the boy’s privacy. None of them thought much of this random encounter with the boy. While they were on the way back, Olivia turned to look at North. “Do you want to learn to draw, North?” North stuck his hands into his pocket as he spoke in an icy tone, “No!”
He even increased his walking speed after that. Olivia looked toward Eugene as she questioned him with her eyes. What’s up with North?
