It’s good not to be wordy. Wordy is boring.
As far as length, your work is going to be as long or short as it needs to be.
Fulfill your vision.
Ok. Here goes:
A NOVEL, by Laz
Stuff happened.
The end.
My definition of wordy is saying more when you can say exactly the same thing with less. We should always try for brevity.
That is not the same thing as saying more to say more that must be said and can’t be said with fewer words.
That is what the AI bot was talking about on how to stretch out the story; adding depth. That strethcing out is fine if the story becomes a deeper story, not if it simply become “wordy”.