After Being Robbed of Everything, She Returns as a Goddess - Chapter 397

After Being Robbed of Everything, She Returns as a Goddess
Chapter 397 – She doesn’t need backing, she is her own support (3)

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“This…” The man stepped closer, and when his eyes fell on the screen, his pupils contracted sharply. He exclaimed, “This painting!”

“The painting depicts the vast rivers and mountains of our Daxia.” Gu Huiyan’s tone was unusually solemn. “Yes, just a sketch. Look at the flow and continuity. This drawing hasn’t even been refined—it’s a rough draft, done casually.”

The middle-aged man’s face froze. “Cas—casually?”

This could be called casual?
Didn’t she have some serious misunderstanding of what “casual” meant?!

“This is the piece Miss Si intends to submit?” The man sucked in a sharp breath. “Then it’s certain to outshine every other work!”

No wonder Gu Huiyan was so determined to pull her into the Tiandi Alliance, even if it killed him.

Plenty of people had painted landscapes of the nation’s vast mountains and rivers, but few had truly captured their essence.

Either they lacked the smoke and fire of everyday life, or they lacked the flames and signal smoke of the borderlands.

“It’s not a painting.” Gu Huiyan’s voice was heavy. “It’s embroidery.”

-landscape embroidery

The middle-aged man was even more shaken. “Embroidery? She can actually stitch this?!”

What a massive undertaking this would be—Tiandi Alliance itself wouldn’t dare guarantee such a piece could be completed in a short time.

“Three months.” Gu Huiyan mused. “If she can sketch it, it means she can embroider it.”

The middle-aged man was beyond words.

“To glorify the might of Daxia!” Reading the inscription at the bottom right corner, Gu Huiyan’s eyes gleamed brilliantly. “Good. Very good. This time, it seems I owe her a debt of gratitude.”

He began to consider whether he should sell off some things and send them to Si Fuqing.

At that moment, the door was knocked.

“Mr. Gu.” A young man entered politely. “Might I come in now?”

“Oh.” Gu Huiyan pushed his glasses up, looking at the middle-aged man.

The man reminded him in a low voice, “Did you forget? The Ji family had an appointment with you.”

“I really did forget.” Gu Huiyan wasn’t the least embarrassed. “Come in.”

The young man entered, and the middle-aged man stepped out.

“Mr. Gu, here’s the thing.” The young man inclined slightly, taking out a box. “This is a piece my lady recently embroidered. Madam asked me to bring it over for your guidance, hoping you would not withhold your wisdom.”

Gu Huiyan nodded. “Alright, let me see.”

The young man drew the embroidery out of the box and unfolded it across the table.

Gu Huiyan looked, but his expression showed no hint of being impressed.

The young man was a little surprised.

Before coming, they had already asked professional embroiderers to review it, and all of them had been full of praise.

As expected of Gu Huiyan—he had seen too much.

“Here, and here as well.” Gu Huiyan finally spoke. “There are quite a few problems, but overall, it’s not bad. She can work harder.”

The young man bowed again. “Might I invite you to Sijiucheng? My lady very much wishes to learn from you in person.”

“As for disciples, I won’t be taking any.” Gu Huiyan shook his head. “Last time your family invited me over, saying there was some genius I had to see. And what came of it?”

Indeed, the girl was talented—but he always felt she was still missing that final spark.

The young man’s expression shifted slightly, but he remained courteous, “Still, thank you, Mr. Gu. I will relay your words to Madam. My lady is still young, with much room to improve. I hope that someday you might be willing to visit.”

Gu Huiyan said nothing more, just waved him off to leave.

Some people still have room to grow.
Some people have reached their limit.
You really can’t compare people.

Gu Huiyan looked at the long scroll painting and sighed. “A genius.”
It was time for the second step of winning over a student. He needed to make a plan.

**

On the other side, at the <Youth> training base—

Last night, Episode 7 was released online. This was a transition episode. It only showed rankings and eliminations.
The popularity wasn’t as high as the performances, but the views were still good.

Xu Xiyun managed to squeeze into the top nine again.
Xie Yu was too annoyed to even talk to this “lucky guy.”

“Xu Xiyun,” a staff member called from outside the dance room, “someone from your company is here. It’s urgent.”

“Oh, coming!” Xu Xiyun drank some water and quickly followed.

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