Chenxi And the Foreigner (2008)
“Anna looked up at him in surprise. She had been concentrating so hard on her painting that she hadn’t noticed him come in. It was Monday morning. Anna had been worried about him all weekend. Apart from a dark ring around his left eye, Chenxi’s face had almost healed, but he had worn his hair down to cover the neat bandage on his forehead. Anna felt a rush of tenderness towards him.
‘I meet you at your apartment after class,’ he said.
Anna nodded.
The morning was tedious. Anna glanced towards Ch...enxi several times, hoping for a secret look, but as usual, and as if nothing had ever happened between them, he spoke to her only to translate something important the teacher said.
At one stage, Lao Li caught Anna gazing at Chenxi. He stared at her. Anna put her head down again and tried to concentrate on her painting. She was working on another copy of a fan on silk, this time a bird and flower composition, but somehow it lacked the interior force of the landscape she had painted on her own that Saturday morning.MoreLess
‘I meet you at your apartment after class,’ he said.
Anna nodded.
The morning was tedious. Anna glanced towards Ch...enxi several times, hoping for a secret look, but as usual, and as if nothing had ever happened between them, he spoke to her only to translate something important the teacher said.
At one stage, Lao Li caught Anna gazing at Chenxi. He stared at her. Anna put her head down again and tried to concentrate on her painting. She was working on another copy of a fan on silk, this time a bird and flower composition, but somehow it lacked the interior force of the landscape she had painted on her own that Saturday morning.MoreLess
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