Seeing her like this, Zhou Ziheng decisively began to pursue her.

"Apprentice?" He put on a worried expression, frowned, and whispered, "Why aren't you talking? You haven't... really painted enough, have you?"

Jia Xibe is now numb. This man is so cunning. He looks very worried on the surface, but his eyes are clearly full of gloating.

Seeing that Jia Xibe didn't say anything, Wen Wan knew that something must have happened, but she didn't ask directly. Instead, she looked at Jia Xibe silently, waiting for her to answer.

Jia Xibei felt uncomfortable under her stare. After rolling his eyes slyly a few times, he pretended to be anxious and said, "Oh! I suddenly remembered that I left the gas on when I left!"

After she finished speaking, she stood up and prepared to run away, but Wen Wan seemed to have expected it. She quickly put her hand on her shoulder and with a little force, she couldn't move.

Jia Xibei was instantly in tears. "Wuwuwu! There's no getting away!" She would never again talk about the "Super Girl" (yyds).

"Are you sure you didn't turn off the gas?" Wen Wan looked at her with a smile and asked in a very gentle tone.

The words sounded gentle, but they sounded terrifying to Jia Xibei. She swallowed silently and said stubbornly, "It's okay! It's okay! I have to go back and save Kele!"

Wen Wan raised her eyebrows slightly, gently raised her other hand and pinched her fingers, then asked meaningfully again, "Are you really sure?"

Jia Xibei: “…”

Even after taking all this into account, why are you still asking her?! What kind of devilish behavior is this?!

She prepared herself mentally for a moment, then sighed silently and said, "Okay... I'm not sure!"

Seeing that she answered truthfully, Wen Wan withdrew her hand and asked directly, "Where's the homework?"

"Well..." Jia Xibei lowered his posture and bowed his head pitifully, trying to get away with it. "Homework...homework is not finished yet!"

Wen Wan pouted in dissatisfaction and poked her head a few times with her finger, "What have you been doing all this time? Just slacking off, right? Is 500 drawings that difficult? Can't you just draw a dozen a day and finish them?"

Zhou Ziheng clenched his fist and placed it before his lips to hide his gloating smile, adding fuel to the fire, "Disciple, this is your fault."

"Your master asked you to draw more talismans so that you can lay a solid foundation. How can you be so lazy?"

Jia Xibei: “…”

It's too hard! Life is really too hard! She really has no words to express her suffering now! She can't do anything except curse Zhou Ziheng for being insidious in her heart!

Although she had previously felt that drawing talismans over and over again was a bit boring, she still planned to finish drawing all five hundred of them.

What she should never have done was to ask whether Wen Wan had given Zhou Ziheng homework like this when he first started learning. After all, they had similar talents and their practice methods should be similar.

As a result, Zhou Ziheng told her that there was no such thing, and also hinted at it in some ways. Wen Wan was just saying it casually and actually didn't check it, so she believed it.

She asked this out of curiosity, but she ended up being so confused that she willingly fell into the trap.

Although she was tricked, it was ultimately due to her own lack of determination. She brought this upon herself and cannot blame anyone else!

Jia Xibei sighed silently, and finally admitted his mistake and said honestly, "Master, I'm sorry!"

"This is all my fault. I shouldn't have been so weak-willed and lazy about my studies. I'm going back to draw the talismans now. I'll definitely hand you a thousand of them by the end of the week!"

After she finished speaking, she stood up and prepared to go home to draw the talisman properly, but Wen Wan held her down again.

"Master?" Jia Xibei looked at her doubtfully.

Wen Wan didn't fly into a rage like usual this time, but asked calmly, "Tell me honestly, do you find drawing talismans boring?"

"...Yeah." Jia Xibei bit her lower lip hard. Although she felt a little embarrassed, she still answered honestly, "A little bit."

After receiving a positive answer, Wen Wan nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask her, "Don't you also understand why I asked you to draw it over and over again five hundred times for just one talisman?"

Jia Xibei didn't say anything, but just nodded vigorously.

Wen Wan didn't continue talking, but looked up at Zhou Ziheng on the other side.

Zhou Ziheng understood what she meant immediately. He reached out and moved the dishes in front of her away. Then he stood up and went to the side to get the tools for drawing talismans and gently placed them in front of her.

Wen Wan didn't give any extra explanations, but just whispered, "You draw one."

Although Jia Xibei was a little confused, he still picked up the pen obediently and drew a picture in no time.

After she finished her painting, Wen Wan started another one and handed the pen to Zhou Ziheng next to her.

Zhou Ziheng didn't waste any words and calmly drew the same one. Then he gently put down the pen and arranged the three talismans together.

"Take a look for yourself, what's the difference between our three paintings?" Wen Wan arranged for Jia Xibei.

Jia Xibei was completely confused at this moment and had no idea what she meant, but he still compared them very seriously.

You won’t know until you compare it. It’s really shocking when you do.

The talismans made by Wen Wan and Zhou Ziheng do not look much different, and every stroke is neat and tidy.

But the one by Jia Xibe is obviously inferior in comparison. Although the shape is still the same, it does not look the same. There are many fewer details and there is a lack of brushstrokes in many places.

"I...my paintings are not as beautiful as yours?" Jia Xibei said tentatively.

Wen Wan: “…”

Zhou Ziheng: “…”

Wen Wan couldn't help but sigh, and she pulled Jia Xibei into her arms, rubbing her head and said, "Tell me, what's in your little head?"

Jia Xibei didn't understand what he was saying, but he added seriously, "My drawings aren't as pretty as yours, but does a talisman have to be pretty? Isn't it enough for it to be usable?"

Wen Wan was at a loss for words when she heard this, and finally had no choice but to explain helplessly: "It's not a question of whether it looks good or not, it's a question of whether you're short of weight!"

"Ah?" Jia Xibei finally understood what she meant. He sat up from her arms, scratched his head embarrassedly, and explained, "It's not that much missing...right?"

"I've tried all these talismans, and they all work. Isn't it okay if they're almost the same?"

Wen Wan sighed silently, then turned her head and looked at Zhou Ziheng, and they shrugged at each other in tacit understanding.

It seems that this person still doesn't realize where the problem lies...