This actor is full of tricks.

Chapter 96: Sculpture without a Face
[Plot 2: You successfully applied for a sculpting model position. Today is your first day at work, and you meet a student who is different from the others...]

Bi Zheng walked in front and Lin Jue followed closely behind. When they arrived at the bottom of the teaching building, Bi Zheng held the handrail of the stairs and gasped for breath. It was very difficult for him to walk such a short distance.

Many students who went upstairs cast glances at him, some with sympathy, some with fear, and some with mockery. They all moved away, as if they thought Bi Zheng was something terrifying.

Lin Jue stood quietly by and did not offer a hand to help. After Bi Zheng recovered, the two of them walked upstairs.

Students have been arriving in the classroom on the second floor one after another. Lin Jue sits obediently aside, listening to Bi Zheng's instructions.

His job was simple: just sit there and do nothing.

According to the theme assigned by the teacher, make corresponding facial expressions and movements for students' reference.

At nine o'clock, the sculpture class starts on time.

The teacher wrote two words on the blackboard.

【suffering】

"This is today's theme, and our model happens to fit this temperament perfectly. You can tell at a glance that she's someone who can endure hardships."

The teacher put the chalk on the desk. Lin Jue, who was surrounded by a group of students, curled his lips, not knowing how to react to such words.

"This time we are making a human head sculpture in a realistic style. This work will be directly linked to the final grade, so I hope everyone will take it seriously."

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Bi Zheng in the corner. This student was currently the most troublesome person in the class.

Bi Zheng was previously a recognized genius, but recently for some reason he was unable to complete a complete work. If this continued, he would fail the entire course.

The key point is that Bi Zheng is lagging behind in not only this course, but many courses. If he fails too many subjects, it will not be as simple as delaying his graduation. The college may directly persuade him to drop out.

Bi Zheng's eyes were blank, and it was unknown what he was thinking. The teacher coughed heavily: "Bi Zheng, did you hear that?"

This sound seemed to wake Bi Zheng up from his dream, and he lowered his head: "I...I know."

"Alas." The teacher sighed in frustration and turned his gaze to Lin Jue, who was sitting in the middle. "Model, start! Make an expression based on your own understanding of suffering."

"But remember, don't move after you make your expression."

"Okay." Lin Jue nodded in agreement and began to think about what expression would best fit this theme.

suffering……

He thought of the scene when he saw the Eternal Night Tower in the welfare home, and those desperate wails appeared in his mind.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to that time. The negative emotions brought by the Eternal Night Tower began to grow in his heart again, and he brought himself into the events described by those voices.

A middle school student whose hobbies were deprived by his parents, a worker whose value was denied by his boss, a poor woman whose private photos were taken after being violated, a filial son whose mother's life-saving money was embezzled...

All the pain described in those voices seemed to converge on Lin Jue. His originally calm expression changed, and the light in his eyes gradually disappeared.
It's like a survivor who falls into the deep sea and struggles, or like a desperate person who has experienced countless pains but still grasps at any hope.

He was in the swamp of misery, and could not find any raft to escape from it.

An atmosphere of utter despair permeated the entire classroom. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at Lin Jue, who sat in the middle. It was hard to imagine what kind of experience could cause such a strong sense of despair in a person. Just how painful must this model's life be?

Some sentimental girls couldn't help but shed tears. They didn't know why they were crying, but seeing the person in front of them was more tear-jerking than watching a sentimental TV drama.

The teacher was also stunned. He felt that he was not looking at a model, but more like looking at an airtight prison. Boundless darkness enveloped him and he almost couldn't breathe.

Only Bi Zheng's eyes slowly lit up. He seemed to be touched by this emotion. He picked up the tools at hand and began to carve on the plaster.

Although his movements were slow, they were continuous and there was no pause at all. Before long, the rough outline of a human head slowly emerged.

Only then did the other students come back to their senses and start working one by one. The only sound in the classroom was the clinking of tools and plaster.

Many times, the influence of the model on the sculpture is crucial. A model who can express emotions can definitely inspire the sculptor.

And now Lin Jue is the most perfect muse of suffering. Even students from wealthy families who live a life of luxury can deeply feel that emotion, and their hands never stop moving.

It was not until noon that the teacher signaled Lin Jue that he could rest.

Lin Jue rubbed his stiff cheeks. The works of a group of students had already begun to show their outlines and facial features.

However, it has to be said that the carving skills of these students are really not that good. Although they have captured the emotions, the facial features are a little crooked. Anyway, Lin Jue thinks that these works do not reflect his handsomeness.

He walked to Bi Zheng, who had stopped carving an hour ago. He thought the guy had finished, but he didn't expect that the sculpture in front of Bi Zheng had no facial features.

This is a sculpture without a face.

"What's going on? Wasn't he the first one to start? Even if he was slow, he wouldn't be this slow, right? The other students have more or less carved out the facial features, and only the finishing touches are left."

"And he stopped an hour ago. Doesn't he want to carve his facial features anymore?"

Lin Jue thought of a story from his previous life, which added the finishing touch.

If you paint eyes on a dragon, it will come alive. Did Bi Zheng not carve facial features because once a sculpture has a face, it will come alive? Just like those guys in Wu Fang's room before.

Asking when you don't understand has always been a good quality of Lin Jue. He put his face close to the sculpture and asked in a puzzled manner: "Hey, um, why did you stop? This sculpture...it's not finished yet."

"It's... done." Bi Zheng said expressionlessly.

"But... there are still facial features." Lin Jue pointed at the sculpture and said jokingly, "Are you afraid... that if you carve out the facial features, the sculpture will come alive?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that Bi Zheng's expression had changed significantly. This sentence seemed to have hit a sore spot in him, and his pupils were trembling violently: "Are you telling, telling a fairy tale?"

Bi Zheng's reaction explained it all. A sculpture will come alive after it has facial features, so his work is only half complete. It's not that he can't carve it, but that he is resisting it.

"Bi Zheng." The teacher walked up behind Bi Zheng and said angrily, "Is this your work? If you hand this in, you will definitely fail the final exam!"

Failing the course was not the teacher's intention. He just didn't want Bi Zheng to waste his talent, so he wanted to push the student.

Bi Zheng pursed his lips tightly, holding the carving knife but unable to start. Lin Jue saw the struggle in his eyes. He cherished the opportunity to study in the academy, but his strange ability made it impossible for him to continue sculpting.

(End of this chapter)