Chapter 115 -115: It Must Be a Mistake!
“I’m not afraid of the improbable, just the off-chance.”
Lu Zhaozhao lifted her arm and gently prodded her, “What are you thinking about? With so many connoisseurs watching on the big screen, how could there be any favoritism?”
This was, after all, a painting competition held at Yuqing University, where art students and teachers were certainly not mere decorations.
Although opinions on art could vary greatly, in most cases, there was consensus.
Unless… the work was excessively unique.
Clearly, Xia Wenjin’s work didn’t belong to that category, so Lu Zhaozhao wasn’t worried.
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“Thank you for your patience, everyone. Now, I will announce the list of winners!” the host’s voice timely rose within the gymnasium.
Xu Zhenzhen immediately became nervous, clutching Lu Zhaozhao and saying, “It’s starting, it’s starting.”
Lu Zhaozhao looked at her, barely suppressing a chuckle.
She leaned in close to Xu Zhenzhen’s ear and whispered, “Didn’t you say you were planning to win by lying low till the last place?”
Xu Zhenzhen shot Lu Zhaozhao a glare, “I’m sure to win if I’m last, but I’m worried that little bitch Xia Wenjin will overshadow you with her flair.”
The painting competition had only ten winning spots, and naturally, everyone was bent on clinching a prize, after all, it was a chance to get noticed by someone as eminent as Teresa.
Even though she felt Lu Zhaozhao didn’t need it, she would be really upset if someone like Xia Wenjin got on stage by pulling strings.
“Alright, now only the last three places are left! Are you all even more excited?”
The host’s voice slowly filled the stage.
Then, the top three paintings were all displayed.
Xu Zhenzhen immediately spotted the paintings by Lu Zhaozhao and Xia Wenjin.
This made her even more nervous.
And at this moment, Xia Wenjin’s lackeys were stirring with excitement.
“Jin, your painting is there! My God! You are truly a genius!”
“Teacher Teresa will definitely recognize her own student’s painting at a glance!”
“Jin is undoubtedly outstanding as everyone knows! So different from certain impostors!”
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Xu Zhenzhen, hearing their somewhat targeted words at Lu Zhao, suddenly grew cold in her gaze and eyes, “There are three spots in the top three, yet it’s still uncertain who will rank where!”
Perhaps it was seeing Xia Wenjin among the top three that the sycophants seemed much more aggressive than before.
“Hmph! Just take a closer look at the paintings on stage, isn’t Jin’s first place a foregone conclusion?”
“Exactly, and who is Jin’s mentor anyway?”
“Jin is definitely first! If she’s not, I’ll livestream standing on my hands and washing my hair!”
Xu Zhenzhen’s lips twitched and she glanced at the three paintings on the stage.
Honestly, she had always had little understanding or appreciation for paintings and thus found them incomprehensible.
Especially for this art competition, which required artists to paint hands.
She had no idea why hands were worth painting, but!
Lu Zhaozhao’s painting somehow exuded an indescribable warmth from the hands within it.
It was on a completely different level from Xia Wenjin’s painting!
Her painting was indeed meticulous with solid fundamentals, but Xu Zhenzhen just felt Lu Zhaozhao’s was better.
Of course, she might be viewing Lu Zhaozhao through rose-colored glasses, which is why she was now anxious about the upcoming rankings.
Just then, the host’s voice rang out again, “Alright, since we’ve announced the third place, let’s move on to reveal the scores for first and second place!”
As he spoke, he handed the microphone to Teresa.
Immediately after, Teresa’s clear authoritative voice echoed in the gym, “I and several other teachers have taken a careful look at these two students’ works, and one of them has made it very difficult for us to decide.”
As she said this, she took out Lu Zhaozhao’s painting, “This is the one.”
When Xia Wenjin saw Teresa single out Lu Zhaozhao’s painting, she snorted disdainfully, “A work so perplexing even teachers can’t make a call, must be quite something indeed!”
Lu Zhaozhao glanced at Xia Wenjin, “You really need to fix that habit of listening to only half of what’s said, or else you might find it rather painful in a moment.”
“You…”
Before Xia Wenjin could finish her sentence, the voice from the stage continued, “We all believe this child has a bright future, one that cannot be summarized by just a sentence or two. If possible… I truly wish she could become my apprentice.”
With that, the entire venue exploded once again!
Teresa actually wanted to take Lu Zhaozhao as her apprentice?!
And she said she had a promising future?!
Impossible! It must be a mistake! It must!
Maybe Teresa meant to talk about her but got her painting mixed up with Lu Zhaozhao’s, which is why she said that!
She had to correct this error!
Xia Wenjin sprang up from her seat, grinding her teeth in anger, and shouted toward the stage, “Teacher Teresa, I am Xia Wenjin. Please give some comments on my piece as well.”
As she said this, she purposely flashed a radiant smile and added, “It’s the painting right beside you.”
Teresa seemed surprised that Xia Wenjin would interrupt her like this and her brows furrowed slightly, a hint of displeasure crossing her gaze.
She had once given painting instructions to Xia Wenjin, so she was particularly familiar with her painting skills and style; how could she not recognize it?
Back when she was teaching her painting, Xia Wenjin nearly wrecked Xia Wenyan’s hand over a school painting competition.
Although the situation now was different from that time, Xia Wenjin’s nature remained just as unpleasant as ever.
Her beautiful blue eyes swept over Xia Wenjin, the tone of her voice noticeably colder than before, “We teachers have also discussed this student’s painting thoroughly, and, to tell the truth, we hesitated over giving her the second place since it was so close to the third place in various aspects.”
Teresa paused for a moment before continuing, “However, in the end, because this student’s technique was a bit more refined, we gave her the second place. Congratulations.”
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Xia Wenjin’s face turned utterly dark after that “Congratulations.”
The lackeys beside her had also fallen silent.
Although second place was not bad, Teresa’s words had just equated her with third place.
Now things were even more embarrassing.
“Tsk tsk… Someone was saying something about washing their hair upside down just now, remind me during the live stream,” Xu Zhenzhen couldn’t resist taunting, obviously enjoying the spectacle.
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Seeing the other person’s frustrated expression gave her immense satisfaction.
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She had thought that Teresa, being acquainted with Xia Wenjin, might show favoritism, but she never anticipated such a drastic turnaround at the last moment.
Not only did Teresa not help Xia Wenjin, but she also dealt a stunning blow right there, tsk tsk… She wondered if the replay of the livestream would capture that moment.
She had to record it!!! Zoom in eight times! Watch it at 0.8x speed and relish the highlight!!!