There were always people watching them. If she resisted, they would use Zane Lennox to threaten her.
In the past, Peter Hughes had taught her many techniques for painting bamboo. More often than not, she would paint with him.
However, she could never settle down back then. She was always getting distracted by other things, so she often gave up halfway through.
'Calm down, Nancy. You can do this.'
She composed herself, gripped the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to paint on the paper.
Nancy Hughes truly had a great talent for this. She could commit the painting to memory after just one look.
In truth, she must have painted this piece thousands of times, but she had never completed a single one.
She stood for the entire afternoon as the bamboo slowly took shape on the paper.
Without drinking a single sip of water, she glanced up at Zane Lennox across from her, then picked up her brush and continued to paint.
