After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 545: Should Not Provoke

Chapter 545: Chapter 545: Should Not Provoke

Hearing Zhuge Qingqing say "unnecessary" over and over, Shi Yiqing’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"You think just by saying it’s unnecessary you won’t target me anymore? Don’t think I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with Shi Yaoguang."

"Maybe you two conspired together to mess with me, really thinking I don’t know anything, that I would just stupidly let you pull the wool over my eyes?"

"I’ve already explained what needed explaining. If you insist on being contentious with me, it becomes meaningless."

Zhuge Qingqing crossed her arms over her chest, "I question your painting, not because I have anything against you; after all, we were strangers before this."

Shi Yiqing didn’t believe her, "Then why do you say my painting is bad?"

Zhuge Qingqing looked calm and collected, "Because what I said is the truth."

"You can’t just not care about the quality because you’re painting for free."

Seeing that Shi Yiqing still wanted to say something, Zhuge Qingqing reluctantly made an analogy, "It’s like if you put a bowl of shit in front of me and said it’s free."

"Because it’s free, I’m not even allowed to comment on it."

"Because I didn’t spend anything when I got this bowl of shit, questioning it would seem like malicious nitpicking."

"But in reality, I’m truly not nitpicking."

Listeing to Zhuge Qingqing’s elaborate explanations, Shi Yiqing was nearly dizzy.

Min Zekai watched Zhuge Qingqing do this and couldn’t help but heave a sigh inside.

If he had known he’d encounter such a difficult girl, he wouldn’t have agreed to come out and paint with Shi Yiqing.

Painting for free might earn a few tips, but what’s the use of those measly earnings?

Especially when compared to Shi Yaoguang’s easy win of thirty thousand.

Min Zekai wished he could travel back to the start of the program, shamelessly sticking close to Shi Yaoguang.

Staying by Shi Yaoguang’s side meant certain victory.

He only regretted that his skin wasn’t thick enough back then.

While Min Zekai regretted not seizing the chance to win effortlessly, Shi Yiqing spoke up again.

She looked at Zhuge Qingqing with a face full of mockery, "Since you think my painting is bad, why don’t you paint something yourself and show me?"

Zhuge Qingqing first shook her head, then nodded.

Shi Yiqing couldn’t understand what she meant, "What are you trying to say?"

Zhuge Qingqing explained, "The ’bad painting’ is something you said yourself, I was just agreeing with you."

Shi Yiqing: "???"

"I said that myself?"

Zhuge Qingqing snorted, "When I came over, I heard you saying you were not skilled enough in your art, haven’t you forgotten?"

"I’m someone with high standards, really can’t stand those who show off without genuine skills, so I spoke up."

"After all... If you’re not good at painting, you should be devoted to practicing, studying hard."

"Only by settling down to hone your skills can you have a broader future."

Flooded with such platitudes, Shi Yiqing was almost corroded by the sugar-coated bullets.

Fortunately, she still had her senses.

Knew she couldn’t be easily beguiled and go astray.

She immediately said, "Don’t think that just by saying that, you can fob me off."

"You insist my painting isn’t good enough, then show me the evidence that it isn’t good enough."

Zhuge Qingqing hesitated, "Do you really want to see?"

"Nonsense."

Shi Yiqing snorted coldly, "Are you getting cold feet now?"

Zhuge Qingqing stood tall and proud, "What would I be afraid of?"

"Since you really want to see, I’ll just perform on the spot then."

As she spoke, she muttered under her breath, "My bad, my bad, I didn’t learn all this to show off, it’s just that today I was provoked, and I hope heaven won’t blame me. After all, it wasn’t intentional, blame this lady here..."

Shi Yiqing, listening to her muttering "big sister, big sister," couldn’t help but curl her lip, "I’m even younger than the ’Sister Fairy’ you mention. If you call me ’big sister,’ then what is she?"

"The boss lady?"

Zhuge Qingqing: "Hahaha, you really have a sense of humor."

Shi Yiqing: "..."

Zhuge Qingqing continued: "How can a mortal like you dare to compare yourself to a fairy?"

"A day in the heavens is like ten years on earth." As she spoke, she looked at Shi Yiqing with an expression reserved for idiots, "Don’t you understand this principle?"

"The age of a fairy is different from us mortals."

"In your eyes, perhaps the Sister Fairy is already over ten thousand years old, an old demon, but in reality, she’s still a young girl."

Having said that, she put on an "I don’t want to explain too much to you" face, pushed past Shi Yiqing, and looked at the painting she was nearly finished with.

Zhuge Qingqing had originally asked Shi Yiqing to paint a portrait of her.

Now that Shi Yiqing had almost finished, with both the contour and details filled in, aside from a few minor areas that needed touching up, the painting was nearly complete.

Looking at the finished draft, Zhuge Qingqing was clearly not satisfied.

"Look, look, I’m not trying to criticize you, but this is the extent of your painting skills."

Hearing her disdainful tone, Shi Yiqing rolled her eyes, "If you’re so good, why don’t you do it?"

"Hey, I actually am good."

Zhuge Qingqing was very confident, "I gave you face and you didn’t want it, so now I can only show you what real skill is."

Shi Yiqing: "Then don’t dilly-dally."

Zhuge Qingqing wasted no more words, took up the paintbrush, and with white paint obliterated the pupils Shi Yiqing had painted, wiping them clean.

The area where the eyes were located was restored to its blank paper state.

Zhuge Qingqing chuckled and began to paint the pupils.

Although it was just a pair of eyes, she spent quite a lot of time on them.

A full hour.

Despite the lengthy process, the effect was very noticeable.

Originally, Shi Yiqing’s character portrait only looked like a photograph.

Although realistic, there was nothing particularly special about it.

Any mature artist could have drawn it.

After Zhuge Qingqing whitened the painted eyes, she started tweaking the details bit by bit.

As a result, the eyes she drew looked real.

They had a truly eye-catching effect.

At first, Shi Yiqing was unhappy with Zhuge Qingqing for scribbling and altering her painting.

But after seeing what she had produced, she suddenly felt...

Emmmm.

Face pain.

If only she had known Zhuge Qingqing was so skilled, she wouldn’t have provoked her deliberately.

Now, great, she wanted to show off with her painting.

Her own reputation hadn’t even been established, and she was already being overshadowed by Zhuge Qingqing.

What’s worse, this was all happening during a livestream.

Even if she wanted to keep it secret, she couldn’t hide this incident.

Feeling annoyed, she heard Zhuge Qingqing say, "Although your painting isn’t as good as mine, it’s not bad either. Compared to an amateur, one could call you a ’great master.’"

Shi Yiqing didn’t feel consoled at all.

She had absorbed Shi Ruhong’s painting talent. Under such circumstances, Zhuge Qingqing comparing her to an amateur was indeed an insult.

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