After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 574 Misjudged

Chapter 574: Chapter 574 Misjudged

Ink paintings, whether in brushwork, color usage, or artistic conception, are impeccable.

Even the most fastidious critic could not find fault with them.

Even though it was not his first time seeing it, the ink painting still astonished Zhou Danqing.

Looking at this ink painting, he felt his mood become much more tranquil.

Seeing the wisps of smoke rising from the village in the painting, he felt as if he were there, in that setting.

His entire being relaxed.

Despite this feeling, he never really took it seriously.

It was probably just an exaggerated perception of his own.

A painting, after all, no matter how touching, couldn’t possibly be so relaxing, could it?

The reason he felt at ease was probably more due to his own subjective desire.

Thinking this, his thoughts returned somewhat disconsolately.

The person in charge scrutinized carefully, there was not a trace of Yaoguang’s painting on the wall.

Not to mention sunflowers, there wasn’t even a painting with a prevalence of yellow color seen.

Sarcasm immediately filled his eyes.

Facing his sarcastic gaze, Yaoguang raised her eyebrows slightly, "Didn’t see my painting?"

The person in charge snorted, "Do you not have any clue whether your painting is up there or not?"

Zhou Danqing frowned, "What kind of attitude is that?"

"Even if Yaoguang’s painting isn’t here, that doesn’t give you the right to be sarcastic."

The person in charge rolled his eyes and scoffed disdainfully, "Is there a problem with my attitude?"

"Mr. Zhou, Yaoguang simply can’t paint at all. She’s taking advantage of your age, deliberately deceiving you with that talk, and you actually fell for it..."

Seeing that the person in charge still remained incredulous, Zhou Danqing had to step forward and, pointing at "Rural Dwelling", told him, "Look carefully, this painting was personally created by Yaoguang."

Previously, the person in charge had been so focused on finding sunflowers that he hadn’t noticed the "Rural Dwelling".

Now, guided by Zhou Danqing, he was suddenly struck dumb.

"This..." At a single glance, he became speechless.

Looking at the idyllic village scene in the painting, he felt as if he were in the countryside himself.

How marvelous, only those who viewed this painting would understand.

Seeing the person in charge stunned, Zhou Danqing spoke with a sense of pride, "Well, how about this painting?"

The person in charge nodded in admiration, "Extremely exquisite!"

After speaking, he realized what Zhou Danqing had just mentioned.

He immediately looked at Zhou Danqing as if he had seen a ghost, "Mr. Zhou, what did you just say?"

This painting was done by Yaoguang? That’s impossible.

No matter how he tried to convince himself, it couldn’t be Yaoguang’s painting.

But under Zhou Danqing’s firm gaze, he couldn’t help but waver.

Could it really be her work?

With that thought, he began to search for the signature in the painting.

Sure enough, he found a red seal in the corner, bearing the two characters for "Yaoguang".

"This... could it be just someone with the same name?" The person in charge still wanted to struggle a bit.

However.

The truth was indisputable.

Zhou Danqing directly stated, "Among the participants of this exhibition, there’s no one with the same name."

He then looked at Yaoguang with a smile, "Yaoguang’s painting is truly unparalleled."

"This is not something an ordinary genius can match."

Zhou Minran looked at his grandfather’s proud appearance, feeling a bit disheveled.

"Is this ’Rural Dwelling’ really a work by Shi Yaoguang?" he muttered, looking at Yaoguang and asking, "Did you paint this?"

Yaoguang nodded.

Yet Zhou Minran still found it hard to believe, "You painted this, so what about the sunflower we saw just now?"

Yaoguang: "I painted that one too."

Zhou Minran pursed his lips, "You couldn’t possibly be fooling people, right? How can one person’s paintings vary so much?"

Yaoguang countered, "If you can paint a work full of exquisite details, couldn’t you also produce simple doodles?"

Zhou Minran fell silent, unable to reply, and it took him a long while to regain his voice, "Even if one could paint doodles, would a normal person even think of doing so?"

People always talk about aiming high and water flowing low, no one would willingly degrade themselves like this.

To be able to create a masterpiece like ’Rural Dwelling’ and then choose to paint doodles.

It seemed like an utter waste of talent.

No normal person would take that direction.

Zhou Minran grumbled inwardly, unable to restrain himself from casting a resentful glance at Yaoguang.

"Why didn’t you say earlier that you were the one who painted the village scene?"

"If you had told me sooner, I wouldn’t have doubted your painting skills."

Hearing this, Zhou Danqing raised his hand and thwacked him on the head, "What kind of way is that to talk?"

Zhou Minran retorted, "I didn’t say anything wrong."

"If she had told me earlier, I wouldn’t have..."

Zhou Danqing gave him a sidelong glance, "Go on, say it!"

"Alright, alright, I’ll stop," Zhou Minran said, cowed by the old man’s fierce authority, not daring to say more, though what he was really thinking, well, that was another matter.

Zhou Danqing said to Yaoguang, "The child doesn’t know any better, Yaoguang, my young friend, please forgive him."

Yaoguang smiled, "As you said, he’s still young, naturally I won’t take it to heart."

Zhou Danqing was greatly relieved, "That’s good to hear, I was worried that you were displeased."

"Why would I be? His intentions were pure and kindhearted. If he hadn’t been aiming to defend a talented painter, he wouldn’t have confronted me. Ultimately, he thought I was not as skilled."

Zhou Minran: "..."

Could you not explain things in such detail?

As he brooded over this, he saw Zhou Danqing looking at him with angry eyes.

Zhou Minran cradled his head, his tone a touch plaintive, "I realize my mistake, I shouldn’t have doubted Miss Shi."

Yaoguang still had that calm expression, showing no sign of blaming him.

This gave Zhou Minran a bit more courage, and he cleared his throat to voice the question that had been troubling him.

"’Rural Dwelling’ is what you’re using for the exhibition, so what was with the sunflower I saw earlier?"

Yaoguang: "That was a gift I prepared for Elder Zhou."

When the subject of the gift came up again, Zhou Danqing was animated, "Minran, you rascal, you peeked at my gift and didn’t even mention it to your grandfather."

"How is it, Yaoguang’s sunflower, isn’t it marvelous?"

Zhou Danqing naturally assumed that the gift Yaoguang had prepared for him would be no less impressive than the ’Rural Dwelling’.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated.

The gift from Yaoguang really did not compare to the ’Rural Dwelling’.

Zhou Minran straightened his back, indicating he had something to say, "Grandfather, I really must have a serious talk with you about this."

"Indeed, I did see Miss Shi’s sunflower, but it’s precisely because I saw it that I doubted her!"

With that, he even scoffed lightly, "If it weren’t for the fact that you had known Miss Shi for a long time, your impression of her wouldn’t even be as good as mine."

Seeing how firmly Zhou Minran spoke, Zhou Danqing also couldn’t help but grow a bit curious.

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