Chapter 183: Don'T Be So Stingy

Chapter 183: Don't Be So Stingy

Everyone saw the scene where Cheyenne was writing on the desk

earlier, but at that time, everyone thought she was just playing around.

However, after seeing her oil painting, many people now had high

expectations for Cheyenne's calligraphy skills.

"Are you kidding me? First place in oil painting wasn't enough; now she

is showing her calligraphy skills too?"

"I feel like we're about to experience another visual shock!"

"I'm so jealous..."

"I finally know what sets me apart from rich people - they have talent;

meanwhile I'm just average and broke."

Thankfully, it was summer and with the high temperature, Cheyenne's

calligraphy work would dry quickly.

She casually placed her piece of calligraphy on the table and slowly

unfolded it.

"Reign Over The World"

Black ink on white paper complemented each other as dynamic beauty

flowed through each stroke. These four short words exuded rhythm and

momentum. Her handwriting reflected her personality, free-spirited yet

commanding!

"Oh my god! This is simply amazing! So surprising that I can hardly

contain myself!" Rex almost glued himself to the artwork while fumbling

for his reading glasses from his pocket.

He usually avoided wearing glasses because they concealed his good

looks. He only brought out his reading glasses when he needed to

closely examine a specific artwork. Those who knew him well

understood this habit of his very well.

Seeing Rex pull out his glasses meant that this piece was

extraordinary!

The other two judges didn't even bother looking at it before taking an

award certificate off the table in front of them designated for oil

paintings.

"Borrowing this,” one said as he handed over a pen with its cap twisted

open.

He scratched off "oil painting” written on it then wrote “calligraphy”

instead right in front of everyone else present there including Theo who

could only stare speechlessly at that judge.

The other two judges from the oil painting group said, “Is your

calligraphy group so poor?"

"Don't be so stingy; we're all colleagues. It's not about being poor, it's

just that the awards for the calligraphy group are all used up. But if we

don't give Miss Lawrence first place for her work, this competition will

be so unfair.”

"Yeah, I agree.”

Participants: "..."

The audience was stunned!

Is giving the award certificate so casual an act?

Rex gave his assistants an appreciative look, gazing at Cheyenne's

calligraphy work with fascination. His gaze shifted to the seal in the

lower left corner.

He almost bit his tongue in anger!

His voice grew louder and louder, ringing in everyone's ears.

"This is too much!"

“This is too much, how can you do this!"

“I'm so angry that I'm about to have a heart attack."

This sudden twist made Nora's originally dim eyes suddenly brighten

up again. She didn't dare show too obvious schadenfreude and quickly

coughed to suppress her inner joy.

"Mr. Chambers, what's wrong? Is it because my sister wrote this work

poorly and angered you? That's not it. Maybe it's because she hasn't

practiced for too long and has lost some skill."

Her soft voice sounded out, causing Layne's face to darken slightly with

cold eyes.

Cheyenne smiled at her and said sarcastically, "Oh? You said you

hadn't seen me pick up a pen at home before? Why are you saying I've

been practicing less now?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Cheyenne with suspicion.

They had previously thought she was really considerate but now they

all changed their minds.

Was Nora a liar? If so, her previous "gentle and caring" image were all

fake?

Nora was momentarily speechless as she regretted saying what she

just did...

"Cheyenne, don't be ungrateful! My sister only spoke for you because

she saw that you had angered Mr. Chambers. Look at yourself now!

You're returning kindness with ingratitude! What kind of person are

you!"

Sean Suddenly spoke, which made Cheyenne remember their previous

bet.

Turning towards him, she sneered and said, "Speaking of which, I have

beaten Nora. Shouldn't you also fulfill your promise?"

As soon as the words fell, Sean appeared less arrogant while his

slightly pale face turned red along with his ears twitching; This was his

usual behavior when he felt guilty or nervous.

Before Sean could speak, Rex suddenly interrupted him. “You all

misunderstood me; I didn't say Miss Lawrence's work wasn't good

enough. It's too good but there are still some shortcomings which

makes me feel regretful.”

He had a bad habit of wanting everything to be perfect . Cheyenne's

calligraphy work was undoubtedly too perfect, and he couldn't find any

errors in it. Even though he had been immersed in this field for over

forty years, he still had to admit that Cheyenne's writing was more

elegant than his own.

"What's wrong with it?" Layne blew his mustache and looked over at

the calligraphy.

He could tell that she definitely put her heart into it. As long as

Cheyenne was willing to put in the effort, her writing could easily be

displayed in a museum collection.

Seeing Layne getting visibly angry, Rex quickly spoke up to explain,

"Old Mr. Edwards, don't misunderstand me. The problem is with the

signature on the bottom left corner. It looks like Miss Lawrence used

her fingerprint because there wasn't a seal available."

No one had ever done this before.

From afar, it looked fine, but up close having just one fingerprint there

made it seem like an imperfection on white jade.

“It's easy enough to fix; we'll just cut off that part,” said two other judges

as they handed over the prepared award certificate to Mr. Chambers.

Nora's face went from white to red then finally turned blue.

How could this happen?

She even got first place in Calligraphy!

Cheyenne was clearly someone who didn't know anything before; Nora

saw some of her doodles once and they were extremely childish

cartoons - kindergarten level stuff!

In fact, her doodles were really drawn for the kindergarten.

Kate once worked part-time at a kindergarten and happened upon

Children's Day so she begged Cheyenne for help drawing cartoon

animals for herself.

That was four years ago now; Cheyenne agreed.

She brought back piles of card paper home and started working on

them which was when Nora saw her draw for the first time... and last

time.

She mistakenly thought that those drawings were representative of

Cheyenne's skills.

Big mistake!