Silly Bride

Chapter 181

her artwork.“Grandpa.” Yolanda smiled confidently. “I’m the winner of this round, right?”Sebastian heaved a sigh, saying, “Yolanda, don’t you think it’s still too early to tell who’s the winner now?”“Grandpa!” Yolanda was dissatisfied with that. “Then, when are you going to select the winner? Should we spend another thirty minutes waiting for the paintings to dry?”“Well, how about you guys start by introducing your paintings? Who wants to do it first?”“I’ll start first.” Yolanda felt that Sebastian was helping Winnie, so she frowned. “In that case, we can start the third round sooner!”Winnie glanced at Yolanda’s painting and said, “All right.”Ignoring Winnie, Yolanda shot Sebastian a glance and started describing her artwork, “My painting is titled ‘The Cycle.’ The elderly in my painting is up in her years, so she’s weak and ill. Moreover, her time in this world is going to end soon. However, she’s surrounded by her descendants, the consecutive four generations of her family. That middle-aged man, young man, teenager, and the newborn baby lying beside her are all related to her. My painting symbolizes the connection of bloodlines, as well as the cycle of life.”Then, she continued, “My artwork is a painting with line art, and I’ve painted seven people. I admit that my strokes became rougher and rougher throughout the process. Besides, my coloring skill is slightly lacking too. Nevertheless, I’m confident that my painting is much better than Winnie’s.”“Oh?” Flashing a faint smile, Winnie said, “Please, tell me more about it.”“Your painting is lifeless! The houses are in shambles, and the plants are all withered. You must’ve only finished half of your painting, right? I have a question for you. What are those that are floating on the water? Dead bodies of shrimps?”“Ms. Xander, are you sure you can see the painting clearly? Why don’t you come closer to take a look? Why would shrimps have wings on their bodies? They’re mayflies.”“Mayflies?” Yolanda understood what was going on. “Mayflies have an incredibly short lifespan. They are able to mate and reproduce in that short period of time. Is that what you understand about life and death? A lifeless place and a short lifespan? Wait a minute. Why are you laughing? Did I say anything wrong?”“No. In fact, you’re right. But then, you only managed to understand half of my painting.”“Really? What about the other half? Where is it now? Is it in your imagination?”Winnie smiled, saying nothing. Immediately, she turned her painting upside down.As soon as everyone fixated their gaze on the inverted painting, they were stunned. After all, no one expected that painting to look exactly different when it was inverted. Every creature in the artwork showed signs of revival and vitality.For example, the rising sun, growing grass, budding branches, blooming flowers, and flying mayflies.Everyone in the room was so shocked that they couldn’t make a sound, especially Yolanda.After everyone fell silent, Winnie started introducing her painting, “The title of my painting is ‘Endless.’ Apart from the meaning behind my artwork, I think I’ve completed it better than you, Ms. Xander. What do you think?”Yolanda was speechless for a moment. She couldn’t believe that Winnie managed to include both the situations of life and death in her painting in just an hour. Moreover, Winnie’s artwork was so perfect that Yolanda couldn’t find any flaws in it.Following that, Sebastian started commenting on both paintings, “Yolanda, your artwork, ‘The Cycle,’ is a painting about the continuation of lives. Your understanding of this theme is indeed correct. However, your understanding is too superficial, as you only included humans in your painting. We all know that every creature in the world will go through life and death. Besides, you chose to draw a painting with line art when you already know you’ll have insufficient time to complete it. You lack self-awareness. That’s why your painting is barely completed. Hence, this becomes your shortcoming in this competition.”After saying that, he turned around and looked at Winnie’s painting. “As for Winnie, her ‘Endless’ has included everything in this world in the painting. She used only a few strokes to illustrate the signs of death and lifelessness. We can see that by observing the person in the house, the animals, and the plants. However, when we turn the painting over, we’ll see a painting that symbolizes the resurrection of lives. Everything comes and goes, and there’s only a thin line separating life and death. She didn’t violate the rules and theme of this competition. As we look at the flying mayflies in the painting, we can tell that they have no complaints, even though they can only live for one day. Moreover, they are enthusiastic about their life when they have the chance. Isn’t that such an elegant attitude to deal with death? With that, I announce Winnie as the winner of this round. She has won two out of three rounds in this competition. Yolanda, you lost. In that case, you have to keep your promise and let me accept Winnie as my student. You’re convinced now, aren’t you?”Yolanda fell silent. She stared at Winnie’s painting for a long time.Suddenly, she took her painting over and tore it into pieces. Finally, she crumpled it hard.“I admit defeat! Grandpa, congratulations on finding such an impressive student. Winnie, I’ll always keep an eye on you when you’re learning medicine skills from my grandpa in the future. If you upset him, even for a little, I’ll make you pay for