Chapter 44: Hugh's POV - Is She a Painter?

The next morning, after a head examination confirmed I was fine, I was discharged from the hospital.

Henry and Esther came to pick me up together.

"It's Grandma's birthday today. Have you prepared a gift?" Esther reminded me in the car.

"Grandma likes painting. I bought a watercolor by the artist Lian Yang."

I remembered Grandma saying at an exhibition that she liked this artist's work, praising her bold use of color that gave watercolors an intensity rivaling oil paintings.

Upon returning home, I realized Grandma's birthday celebration was more grand than I'd imagined. The servants had already set up a flower-adorned corridor on the lawn outside the mansion and arranged a nearly ten-meter-long white dining table.

I had thought it would just be a family dinner, but some group shareholders and company partners had also come. This was probably David's arrangement, hoping to use this opportunity to improve business relationships.

Shelia's entrance caught everyone's attention at the