Lin Shu's choice of painting put Ji Yunshu in a difficult position. It was not because of her fear of being subpar. She was, in fact, worrying about her extraordinary painting skill. In order to get rid of this bothersome sticky candy, she had to let Lin Shu win the competition. But, painting? It would be easy for her to win the competition, but much more challenging for her to lose without being obvious.

Noticing Ji Yunshu's hesitance, Lin Shu snorted as he continued to provoke Ji Yunshu, "Are you scared now?"

"No. I'm not. I offered to let you pick and you picked painting. Painting it is."

"Fine!" Lin Shu yelled a command, "Prepare the tools."

The next moment, the crowd moved to the side to make space for Lin Shu and Ji Yunshu. Some of them were working to shift the study desks. They put together a big table by combining eight study desks before they laid out the stationery on the table. This, indeed, had all the trappings of an official competition!

Lin Shu raised his brows as he asked, "Do you know the painting 'Jiangbei Huainan'?"

Ji Yunshu replied, "Of course!"

Oh, save it.

'Jiangbei Huainan' was unearthed from a tomb located in the Pingqiu District of Shanxi Province in modern times. Coincidentally, Ji Yunshu was involved in that project. She had personally witnessed the restoration of the genuine "Jiangbei Huainan". The painting portrayed a gruesome war on the battlefield. In the painting, a captain was leading the troops, charging courageously toward a battlefield that was obscured by dust and flooded with blood. When she saw it then, she was deeply astounded by the painting.

Lin Shu said, "It's a good thing that you know it. How about this? We take 'Jiangbei Huainan' as a reference and each will make a painting out of it."

"As you wish."

After brief contemplation, "If this is a competition, then we need a