Astonishment often comes in the very moment of reaching the finish line.
When the contestants at the tables to the left and right had all completed their works and received high praise from the judges, it was only then that everyone remembered there was still one table in the middle. Three paintings, regardless of the quality of each, were to be lifted side by side for all to see, demonstrating fairness in judgment.
Jiang Yan put down his brush. The judges, without even having the chance to turn back to see what he had painted, as the works of the other two groups were already hung. After obtaining the consent of Manman and her group, the staff promptly hung up their freshly-made paintings next to the other two works.