Chapter 30

TangShi put down her brushes and arched her back to work out the kinks from scooping over for too long. Leaning back to admire her handiwork on the canvas in front of her and smiled at the results.

Watercolors were her favorite medium, and she loved how the colors subtly blended into soft hues in the pond scene she had created like a beautiful harmony. Gentle white and orange Koi were meandering under a rippling blue surface and bringing peace to her as she worked.

It had been a quiet few days of getting used to the workings of this family and settling into a life she didn’t want. And things didn’t seem as terrible as the first couple of days here if today was anything to go by. Now that a lot of her appearance demands had been met, her wardrobe changed, and her body primped and preened to Hollywood standards, Aunty was leaving her to find her own busy.

She had been to the clinic twice this week, both as soul-destroying and shameful to her, making her glad the next