She Became Rich After Divorce (Cheyenne and Kelvin)

Chapter 179: Money Transferred

Chapter 179: Money Transferred

The leader on stage kept talking, while Cheyenne happily received her money off stage.

The sound of the software transfer continued to ring in the background for about twenty minutes.

When the last payment was transferred into Cheyenne's account, Sean sitting in front of hercouldn't take it anymore and turned around to look at her.

He saw that annoying woman sitting there with a country bumpkin look on her face, holding herphone and giggling. In stark contrast was a red-haired young man with tears in his eyes lookingvery upset.

Sean raised his eyebrows with disgust and impatience. "Cheyenne, why are you so annoying? Canyou put your phone on silent? Don't you see that someone's speaking up there?"

Cheyenne sneered and thought, 'Wasn't he chatting and laughing with his girlfriend Mikaela? Potcalling kettle black!'

Without a doubt, Cheyenne gave him an eye roll and then she opened up Paypal to check herbalance. It showed over ten million dollars!

Not bad at all.

"If you find it annoying, you can plug your ears. I love the crisp sound when money is transferredinto my account; it's simply the most beautiful music in this world!"

Sean gritted his teeth; this little bitch was showing off how rich she was!

Jerry felt heartbroken but listened anyway as coins clinked onto the ground...

Finally, after much anticipation, the painting competition began. Thousands of college studentscame to register for participation.

In order to ensure fairness and transparency during judging process, the organizers decided that allparticipants must submit their works on site for review before being admitted into one of fourgroups: oil painting group, traditional painting group, calligraphy group, and creative art group.

Nora studied oil paintings; over these past ten years or so she had won numerous awards amongyoung people which made her quite accomplished in this field.

Her appearance caused quite a stir - it really looked like an idol walking through an airport terminalsurrounded by fans asking for autographs.

Mikaela followed behind Nora along with her friend Eleanor Sharp as they went together to registertheir works.

"Nora is so pretty and talented, really makes me envious," said Eleanor admiringly.

Hearing her friend's admiration, Mikaela replied expressionlessly, "Hmm." A dark glint flashedquickly across her clear cold eyes like mist rising from water covering Mikaela's eyes.

Meanwhile, Cheyenne stood up elegantly, stretching lazily before stepping forward towardsregistration booth in slippers. As soon as Nora submitted hers work, the judges' eyes lit upsimultaneously while glancing at each other approvingly.

"Great! This piece has the master's style, with perfect composition, color and handling of light andshadow. It's her!" The other two also nodded in agreement.

"It would be impossible for this young girl to have such painting skills without at least ten years ofpractice. There aren't many young people nowadays who have this kind of perseverance," onejudge commented.

"Her recommender is Xzavier Rivera. Miss Nora, may I ask what your relationship is with Mr.Rivera?" The elderly judge asked while stroking his beard, his eyes filled with admiration.

"I am Mr. Rivera's student," Nora timidly replied.

The three judges all had a look of understanding on their faces.

"Well done! No wonder you are Mr. Rivera's student, Miss Lawrence. Your painting also embodiesthe consistent style of your teacher and is a rare masterpiece," said the elderly man whose whitebeard covered his face that was full of wrinkles except for his eyebrows which were missingaltogether.

He wore a crystal badge on his chest with his name written on it - Theo Roberts - which made Norafeel hot-headed, almost losing her composure as she realized that this ordinary-looking old manwas actually the vice president of Chulae Art College and one of eight commissioners for OnisteadCalligraphy and Painting Association.

His father Stanley Roberts studied oil painting and became famous both domestically andinternationally. He founded an art gallery which has now become one must-visit tourist attraction inOnistead where many previous famous artworks including works by the Roberts family can befound, each costing no less than six figures.

In front of many participants, Theo placed Nora's artwork separately. He divided the severalhundred thick stack of artworks into three categories: one for those that could advance to the nextround, another for those to be discarded and eliminated, and the third category had only two orthree pieces, which they believed had the potential to win awards. In the minds of these threejudges, Nora's painting was undoubtedly a top contender for the gold prize.

The weather was scorching hot, and the other contestants were queuing under the blazing sun tosubmit their artwork. However, the person under the eaves instantly became the center of attention

for everyone. The woman took out a table from the promotional service area, and after sayingsomething to the people around her, the security guard stepped aside.

A few minutes later, the security guard hurriedly brought a pile of things to Cheyenne.

On stage, Layne felt a headache watching his granddaughter who just started working on herpainting.

Standing next to him was his arch-nemesis, Theo.

They had known each other for years and conflicted because of the competition for vice president ofthe association.novelbin

The former president actually favored Layne's traditional painting. However, for some unknownreason, Theo became the vice president while Layne chose to leave the association altogether.

For years, they hadn't crossed paths. However, Theo had silently kept an eye on Layne for over adecade, including learning about the news that Layne's painting "Summer Retreat" had recentlysold for several million dollars.

In response, he painted his own version hoping to prove that he was better than Layne but endedup getting embarrassed instead.

Summer Retreat is all about capturing the coolness and tranquility through spiritual means - usingobjects as carriers of emotions and giving people room for imagination. On the other hand, oilpaintings are straightforward representations of reality where accuracy in depicting objects andpeople determines its quality. His Summer Retreat failed miserably against Layne's work.

"I remember that girl is your own granddaughter, Layne? I wonder which category she'll compete intoday?"

Whispers from those waiting behind them could be heard murmuring among themselves.

"I saw her materials were all new and unopened earlier on! Is she going to paint live?"

"That can't be right! A painting takes at least half a day; there's no way she can finish it within anhour."

"Hurry up! Look at how fast her hands are moving!"

Amidst everyone's amazement, Cheyenne calmly prepared her colors before picking up twobrushes simultaneously to start painting with her hair tied back using one brush as a holder whilesitting confidently on a blue plastic chair facing away from everyone else around her.

The dark shadow cast by the eaves divided this bustling competition scene outside from insidewhere time flowed peacefully like music playing softly in one's ears.