[This is a reward you won! You can enter this art studio to study. As for how to use it, you can read the instructions after you receive the reward.]

Hearing the system's explanation, Xia Wan was still full of curiosity, but decided to claim the reward first.

She took a deep breath and silently said in her heart, "Take it all."

After successfully claiming the reward, Xia Wan began to carefully study the introduction about the artist's study room.

This so-called artist study room was quite different from what she had imagined; it was a special space that could provide a comprehensive learning experience.

This space perfectly simulates various realistic painting scenes and environments, making learners feel as if they are in a real art palace.

What's quite amazing is that the flow of time inside the learning space is very different from that in the real world. Every hour spent inside the space is equivalent to only one minute passing outside.

In this way, learning efficiency can be greatly improved, allowing people to make significant progress in a short period of time. Thinking of this, Xia Wan became somewhat looking forward to this mysterious artist's study room.

But she's not in the mood to learn those things right now; she'll wait until she gets back to study them.

Unfortunately, you can only enter through consciousness, and once inside, you can only learn about painting, such as traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, sketching, and so on.

Xia Wan was about to take another look down when suddenly, a noisy sound came from not far away.

It was the Huaihua Brigade marching in this direction in a grand procession. Leading the way was the brigade leader, who strode at the head of the group, followed closely by a dozen or so strong young men.

As the group of people drew closer and closer, Xia Wan's heart leaped into her throat.

She instinctively shrank further behind a large rock, as if to completely hide herself and avoid being discovered. At that moment, time seemed to drag on endlessly, each second an agonizing ordeal.

Xia Wan quietly hid behind the rock, waiting silently.

Gradually, she began to feel cold; the cold wind, like icy little snakes, crept into her body through her collar and cuffs. She secretly rejoiced that she had been careful before going out and had prepared thick clothes in her spatial storage.

Thinking of this, she quickly reached into her spatial storage and took out the warm cotton coat, putting it on as soon as possible, which made her feel a little better.

After an unknown amount of time, just when Xia Wan felt she was about to be completely frozen by the cold, she finally heard a burst of laughter coming from afar.

She cautiously peeked out and saw five or six figures appear in her line of sight.

Although it was late and the light was dim, making it difficult to make out the general shapes of the people, Xia Wan recognized several of them at a glance based on her usual understanding and familiarity with them.

Her gaze swept quickly across the group of people, finally landing on a tall figure—Wu Guangli.

However, what truly surprised her was not Wu Guangli, but that she actually spotted Xia Shitou among the group!

This unexpected discovery stirred a wave of doubt in Xia Wan's mind: How did Xia Shitou end up with these people? Was he also one of the "coal thieves"? Countless questions flashed through Xia Wan's mind...

No wonder this person wasn't home for dinner tonight. It turns out he had a fight with Li Zhenzhen and then hung out with this group of people. This is the way to make money that Li Zhenzhen forced him to come up with.

As Xia Wan pondered this, she quickly turned her head and looked in the direction of the captain and the others, eager to see how they would react.

She had expected to see the captain become emotional, but the result was far beyond her expectations. The captain and his group were unusually quiet, as if everything around them was completely unrelated to them.

Xia Wan couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the captain and the others didn't see Xia Shitou and the other person clearly? Or perhaps they simply didn't take these two people seriously?

Xia Wan guessed it was the former, since the captain and his men were in a relatively concealed position, and their field of vision might have been limited to some extent, so they couldn't clearly identify the two people.

Just then, a train slowly approached and came into view.

As luck would have it, these people arrived at the perfect time. They had barely arrived when the train appeared like a timely rain.

"Look, big brother, the train is coming!" one of them shouted excitedly.

"I'm not blind, I don't need your reminder! Quickly hide, and whatever you do, don't let anyone see us. We'll start from the back carriages later, it's much safer there!"

The man called "Big Brother" couldn't hide his excitement in his voice. With his command, the others sprang into action, each finding a suitable hiding place to conceal themselves.

Look at this guy directing everyone so methodically; it's clear this isn't the first time he's done something like this.

Compared to others, he was significantly more experienced, to the point that others listened to him without any resistance.

The reason they chose to hide near the railway was so that they could quickly launch an operation when the time was right, ensuring the successful implementation of their coal theft plan.

Xia Wan turned her gaze back towards the direction where the captain and his men were, and noticed some unusual activity there. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the captain and several of his men were having a minor argument.

However, perhaps because they were worried about alerting the people who were stealing coal, they all spoke in very low voices and were extremely restrained, despite their agitated emotions.

Even though Xia Wan wasn't too far away from them, she still couldn't hear the specific content of their conversation.

Just then, accompanied by a piercing whistle, the train gradually approached, its speed increasing.

Just as the train was about to pass by, the man who had been called "boss" suddenly swung his arm, as if giving some kind of command.

Immediately afterwards, the others who followed him climbed onto the train without hesitation.

Seeing that the captain and others had not yet recovered from this sudden turn of events, Xia Wan made a quick decision and took out a cloth from her spatial storage to cover her face completely.

Then, like an arrow released from a bow, she ran straight towards the group of people who were moving. At this moment, Xia Wan was not afraid of being recognized.