Xi Ruzhu was full of confidence in herself.
Especially today, when her father visited the school to see Fang Yumei, Fang Yumei was quite pleased and personally revised and polished her speech at lunchtime. It was absolutely stunning.
Even more fortunate, she just drew lots with other students from various schools, and she got the second last position to appear—a superb spot, as she would be the second to last to present.
It was as if heaven was helping her!
Xi Ruzhu couldn’t help but glance at the seats not far away for the East Sea Class.
Haha, that fool Zuzi hasn’t even shown up yet.
It wasn’t until the competition was about to start that Zuzi, unhurried and unruffled, gracefully walked in.
A pair of big eyes lazy yet tender, lightly shimmering like rippling waves, as if still lingering in the pleasant dreams of a nap, unwillingly participating in the competition just for the sake of it.
"Fool, probably not even fully awake yet."
Xi Ruzhu thought to herself silently.
This countryside bumpkin was no match for her at all. Even if she luckily scored high in other subjects, in English, which requires hard work, didn’t she score zero?
Not to mention that by paying for expensive tutors since she was a child she learned a standard London accent; how could a countryside-grown Zuzi possibly catch up?
Today’s stage was sure to be her time to shine, Zuzi’s nightmare.
The competition officially began.
The first thirty minutes were for participants to answer the written test questions. The top ten classes with the highest scores could participate in the final speech contest.
Nanshan Class unsurprisingly achieved the highest score in the city.
Although the East Sea Class was on average quite poor, because they had English aces like Gu Jingyan and Wu Qianman participating, they managed to squeeze into the top ten.
The results came out, and East Sea Class erupted in cheers—after all, honor was collective, and they sincerely felt proud of this achievement!
Next, it would all depend on Zuzi and Wu Minghao’s performance on stage.
Wu Minghao was particularly nervous: "An, An, Ancestor, I, I, I’m feeling a bit tongue-tied now, what should I do?"
Zuzi smiled slightly: "No worries. I too am not familiar or good with English, Ancestor."
Wu Minghao: "..." Oh Ancestor, you making it worse with that comment, aren’t we just a couple of wrecks going on stage, lying there for mockery?
Gu Jingyan glared angrily at Zuzi: "..."
See, you refused my one-on-one tutoring, regretting it now, huh!
Everyone else: "..." Already in despair.
Well, go ahead, Ancestor, and Little Mouse, do as you please, sigh, we’ll just share the shame of making a fool in front of the entire city together.
In the Nanshan Class camp.
Xi Ruzhu suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! My speech is missing. Zhao Yi, where’s your script?"
The boy partnering with her, Zhao Yi, patted his pocket and his face changed: "I, mine’s not here either!"
The speech time was twenty minutes, in a conversation format, with almost 600 lines in total, and it was basically impossible to perform without referring to the script in the middle.
If the script was lost...
The performance on stage would certainly be diminished, maybe causing awkward moments like forgetting the lines.
The Nanshan Class students were all anxious: "How could the scripts just disappear like that? There’s no time to reprint them, Zhuzhu, Zhao Yi, please search again?"
Xi Ruzhu carefully checked her pockets again and shook her head heavily, "It’s really gone. I remember... when we were in the drawing room, it was still there."
With Xi Ruzhu’s reminder, someone recalled: "Damn, this must be a conspiracy by those East Sea Class trash!"
"Since their scores can’t beat ours, they resorted to these tricks, taking Zhuzhu and Zhao Yi’s scripts while in the drawing room, to make us embarrass ourselves on purpose!"
"But the evidence..."
"Did you forget? Zuzi was the last one to leave the drawing room, if she didn’t steal something why was she so guilty being the last? Must have been secretly disposing of the stolen goods, afraid we’d find out! Damn trash!"