IN THIS LIFE OR ANOTHER

3.The Face

XZ pov

I put the brush aside and stepped back to have a look at my own creation. I was quite satisfied with my work, l was able to put everything together in this painting but, under my room light it was looking more vivid and mysterious, and only thing that was missing in this painting was "The Face". No matter how much I squeezed my brain, I was not able to figure out how this person in the painting will look. So I left the painting like that and now that my mind is free from this painting, I finally remembered that I have a project to do. And that was the main reason why I went to the library today but found something unexpected and interesting.

Flashback

"Aiyaaaahhh, zhan my eyes are hurting. I'm so tired , I can't carry on"

Ji Li complained. It's been an hour now we both went thorough every page of the books we thought that could be used but to our disappointment there was nothing interesting or useful. I also felt like giving up. But i can't give up so easily, I like this type of tasks and projects given by our professor. I want to prove myself. So, I just ignored what he said and continued my search.

"If you want to stay then stay, I'm going upstairs I will take a nap"

He said and went upstairs without waiting for my answer. I was left alone in the chamber now. There are no other students in the library, they must be busy with their projects. Now that I'm left alone I need to be as quick as possible. I heard from the students that the last section of this room gives off some unsettled vibes. I never happened to be here much, also the corner kind of turned into a lovers point. This place is a bit secluded so the couples can spend some intimate time with each other. Without my notice my legs took me to the last section and here I am standing in front of a shelf slightly different from others.

"Wow, it looks old. Let's see what I can find. " I thought. The books on this shelf looks old. And it's divided into different section according to the date. But one particular collection drew my attention. I looked at its date. " 1020,what!!? ? " This one is the oldest of all. "1000 years old, and it's simply laying inside this library, shouldn't it be stored in a museum." I was really surprised to find a year old book in a University library just like that. I grabbed one book from there, the book doesn't have a name it's just some pepper bind together. I took the book and came upstairs and went to the librarian to issue the book. While I was doing he gave a weird look and I just shrugged it off. Ji Li was just taking a nap , I went to him and woke him up.

"Ji Li, let's go. "

"Oh.you found it, then let's go. "

He looked at the book and said again.

"What kind of weird book is this?"

"I don't know, I was just drawn towards it. I'm curious to know the contents inside".

" Suits you, tell me if you find something interesting "

"Hmm"

I just hummed in response. As we don't have any theory class today, we spent the rest of the day in the studio working with our unfinished works. It's already 4 PM now so I quickly put the finishing touches on the painting and kept it properly to dry. I took my back pack and went to Ji Li.

"Are you not going now? " I asked.

"Yeah, let's go."

We walked out of the studio. And walked through the long corridor.

"Zhan, do you have any plan for this weekend? "

"No.why? "

"Let's hangout. We won't get time after that, the evaluation days are coming up. "