Wen Wan rubbed her throbbing temples and couldn't help but roar in her heart, "Raising a child is so difficult!"
She calmed herself down a bit and forced herself to continue speaking calmly, "Disciple, have you ever heard of... the saying about being almost the same?"
Jia Xibei asked in confusion, "What?"
Wen Wan answered seriously, "When I'm practicing, it's always almost there, but at the critical moment, it's always a little off!"
"You've said it yourself before. The reason it's called almost is because there's still a gap. It's like that when looking for a partner, and it's also like that when drawing talismans."
Jia Xibei frowned as he listened, then expressed his thoughts, "I was thinking that this way of painting would be faster and save time. Wouldn't it be great if it could improve efficiency?"
Zhou Ziheng took the initiative and said, "Saving efficiency is good, but it should be based on the need for saving, and it should also be based on not compromising quality."
"That's right!" Wen Wan nodded in agreement, explaining carefully: "You have tried a few of these talismans, and they all work and there are no problems with them, but everything has its probabilities."
"The ones you tried are fine, but that doesn't mean every talisman drawn this way will be fine. If the talisman in your hand suddenly fails at the critical moment, you will suffer a great loss! So you must nip this tiny chance in the bud!"
"You can save where you can. For example, burning incense and bathing are time-consuming steps that you don't need, so you can just skip them. But you can't save on the details of the talisman!"
"If you were really pressed for time, racing against time, and running out of time, you could just draw a few like this. But now that you have plenty of time and you can clearly do your best, why do you insist on doing just enough?"
After hearing this, Jia Xibei nodded in sudden realization, "So this is why you asked me to draw the talisman?"
"But...it's not like I can't understand. Why don't you just tell me directly?"
Wen Wan couldn't help but roll her eyes. "I was thinking that if you discovered it yourself, it would be more impressive. Who knew that your cleverness would backfire and you still haven't noticed it!"
"You're still a genius, but if I don't tell you, you'll end up going underground to be a genius someday!"
Jia Xibei curled his lips and muttered quietly: "Just go underground, at worst I can go down there and take the civil service exam."
"What did you say?" Wen Wan heard vaguely and asked her with narrowed eyes.
"Nothing!" Jia Xibei was very flexible, but he was frightened by her words and immediately gave in. He shouted, "I know I was wrong! I will definitely correct it!"
She would definitely remember this lesson and do her best to draw the talisman! She would never trust anyone else's words again!
"Yeah." Wen Wan finally nodded in satisfaction, and put her arm around her shoulders and said, "Repeated copying isn't the goal; discovering problems is! Learning should be flexible, not rote."
"Although we are both teacher and friend, and you rarely call me Master, no matter what, I must shoulder the responsibility of being your Master and train you well!"
"I know." Jia Xibei pursed his lips and promised seriously: "I will definitely learn from this and never make this mistake again!"
"I hope so!" Wen Wan said with a chuckle, then handed the talisman drawing tools to Jia Xibei, moved her own bowl and chopsticks back and continued eating.
Jia Xibe had already eaten before coming, so she was not very hungry. She obediently took the talisman drawing tools and walked to the living room and started practicing seriously.
Wen Wan nodded with satisfaction when she saw this, then picked up the chopsticks and inhaled the food like a whirlwind. The two of them finished their breakfast in no time.
"Disciple, go and help the master wash the dishes!" Wen Wan looked at Jia Xibe not far away and shouted, smiling and blowing her a kiss.
Woohoo! Her lovely wife is back!
Jia Xibei was very excited. He immediately stood up to put away the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them.
After watching her leave, Zhou Ziheng finally couldn't help but chuckle.
"How dare you laugh!" Wen Wan saw him like this, and scolded him with a smile, then complained, "Why are you framing her for no reason?"
Zhou Ziheng restrained his smile slightly and asked softly, "How did you guess that about me?"
Wen Wan couldn't help but roll her eyes and said disapprovingly, "Do we even need to guess?"
"She's usually so well-behaved, how could she suddenly not do her homework? And you were so deliberate in fanning the flames just now, it's hard for me not to know! Why are you bullying a child for no reason?"
Zhou Ziheng said confidently, "I just wanted her to see how dangerous the world is, so she won't be deceived again in the future."
"Besides, she is already an adult, even older than you. She is no longer a child, let alone your child."
"Why isn't he my child?" Wen Wan retorted in dissatisfaction, "Once a teacher, always a father!"
Zhou Ziheng: “…”
There's nothing wrong with what he said, but when used here... why is it so strange?
"It's strange to say." Wen Wan put her arm on the table and supported her chin, saying thoughtfully, "When I first met her, I felt like I was familiar with her, as if we had known each other before."
Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this. "Do you feel the same way?"
"What do you mean by 'also'?" Wen Wan was confused and asked speculatively, "Could it be that you have it too, brother?"
"Yeah." Zhou Ziheng nodded decisively, then explained carefully: "When I first met her, I also felt like we were old friends at first sight."
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