Magic potion

Meanwhile, Lanni spent most of her day catching up with her mother, then painted for a while. Now that she was no longer under so much pressure, she found that she could actually paint as well as she did in the past. 

It turned out that she didn't hate painting. She could do it and do a good job, just not under the constant pressure of deadlines and requirements to make each work better than the last. She was different from Cheng Yu, to whom greater pressure only served to push her determination further. 

… 

In the evening, she decided to pick Xiehan up from work. The latter had already sent her a text message to explain that he was busier than usual these past few days, so he would leave work at 6:30 pm.