Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 37 - The Work Fell
Chapter 37: Chapter 37 The Work Fell
Chapter 37 -37 The Work Fell
Lin Zhiyi glanced at the audience, her gaze landing on the man in the VIP seating area.
Beside her, the head of the organizer was bowing his head, speaking cautiously.
Yet the man seemed indifferent, leisurely in demeanor, and not paying attention to what he was saying, holding a teacup, and looking through the steam at Lin Zhiyi with a dark, deep gaze.
The intense sense of oppression made her feel uneasy, and she couldn’t help but quickly shift her gaze.
Below the stage, most people did not look at Lin Zhiyi with any expectation.
After all, it was rare for someone like Song Wanqiu to enter a competition with a million-level uncut stone, not to mention that her design was both complete and innovative.
Even the head of the organizer thought so.
“Third Young Master, rest assured, I just asked Teacher Xue Man, and she is very satisfied with Miss Song. This time, first place undoubtedly belongs to her.”
Gong Chen sipped his tea and said indifferently, “Really?”
The head of the organizer was momentarily stunned, somewhat puzzled by his thoughts, and he glanced up following his gaze toward Lin Zhiyi on the stage.
He thought for a moment and suddenly understood.
“Third Young Master, I understand.”
Gong Chen truly didn’t care about what he was saying, his eyes fixated on the stunning figure on the stage.
The head of the organizer bowed and left the VIP area, muttering something to a staff member.
The staff member immediately ran off.
On stage, Lin Zhiyi nodded to the host, indicating that her piece could be revealed.
A staff member immediately came over with a tray covered by a cloth.
When handing it to Lin Zhiyi, the staff member fumbled, and the tray dropped from Lin Zhiyi’s hands.
With a clang, her work shattered instantly, its original form completely unrecognizable.
The staff member retorted, “I already handed it over to you, everyone saw it.”
Song Wanqiu covered her mouth, pretending to be shocked, “Zhiyi, how could you be so careless? If you don’t want to compete with me, you could just say so. Isn’t this embarrassing for me and Teacher Xue Man?”
As she finished speaking, Xue Man, sitting in the judges’ area, frowned, visibly displeased.
Fans who were flattering Song Wanqiu began to jeer at Lin Zhiyi.
“She’s too arrogant for her own good!”
“She must be afraid of losing to Wanqiu, so she’s resorting to petty tricks!”
“People from her school say her grades are all because of a lecherous old teacher; look at her, all dolled up like a vixen.”
But there were some more rational fans.
“No way, right? She’s wearing an RR showpiece, and those dresses are unique – once they’re ordered, they become limited editions. Usually, only people with power and influence can get their hands on those dresses. Even Wanqiu’s wearing a common showpiece. Could a teacher really get her such a luxurious dress?”
A girl holding a Miss Song fan sign sneered, “Looking so provocative, maybe she has more than one patron? How could she compare to Wanqiu’s nobility and elegance?”
Song Wanqiu was as popular as a celebrity on the internet, with a substantial fan following. To curry favor with top fans to rally support for herself, she had deliberately arranged for seats behind the VIP area for her fans.
She hoped the fans would take some appealing photos of her and spread them online.
At the same time, it also satisfied some fans’ desires to be closer to Gong Chen.
Thus, all these words reached Gong Chen’s ears in the front row.
Gong Chen put down his teacup with a little extra force and glanced at Chen Jin beside him.
Chen Jin nodded and left.
Minutes later, five security guards arrived and, under the pretext of disturbing the order of the competition, covered the mouths of Song Wanqiu’s fans and removed them.
The fans struggled and turned to Song Wanqiu for help.
But Song Wanqiu had no intention of dealing with these people; her only wish now was to get Lin Zhiyi out of the competition.
She smiled at Lin Zhiyi and said with apparent generosity, “Zhiyi, just apologize to everyone and step down, I will ask Teacher Xue Man and the other judges not to blame you.”
Everyone nodded in admiration of Song Wanqiu’s consideration for the big picture.
But Lin Zhiyi simply glanced at her sideways and took two steps forward.
“Although we’re classmates, are we that familiar? Even if there needs to be an apology, it wouldn’t require a competitor to make it, would it?”
“You…” Song Wanqiu was momentarily taken aback, revealing a hurt expression.
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One of the judges, aware of Song Wanqiu’s extraordinary status and thinking of Gong Chen standing behind, immediately stood up to scold her, “Lin Zhiyi, you’ve smashed your own work. Miss Song is kindly trying to help you out of this mess, and this is how you respond? Security! Take her away! Without a work, there’s no qualification to compete, don’t waste everyone’s time.”
Song Wanqiu wiped the corner of her eye, looking lightly at Lin Zhiyi with evident satisfaction in her eyes.
Lin Zhiyi, however, was especially calm, “Who said I don’t have a work?”
She turned to look at Song Wanqiu, continuing slowly and clearly, “Life is unpredictable, and I was afraid of accidents, so I specially prepared two sets of samples.”
Song Wanqiu’s expression stiffened.
The next second, the staff member Lin Zhiyi had paid to wait stepped onto the stage with another item.
Looking at Xue Man below, Lin Zhiyi nodded slightly, “This is the birthday crown I made, Star and Moon.”
Upon hearing ‘birthday crown,’ the first thing that came to everyone’s mind was the golden crown worn on the head when blowing out birthday candles.
Such an item with a preconceived design is hard to innovate.
Thus, Song Wanqiu revealed an almost imperceptible smirk.
What new tricks could there be with a little crown?
The next second, Lin Zhiyi uncovered the cloth on the tray.
The crowd looked on, faces filled with confusion.
Song Wanqiu gave a faint smile, “Zhiyi, are you… not quite yourself? Where is your crown? All I see in this tray are some scattered pieces. If you truly didn’t manage to finish it in time, actually…”
Xue Man, who had been silent and doubtful of Lin Zhiyi, quickly glanced over the tray and was instantly struck by a revelation, interrupting Song Wanqiu.
“Wait, this is indeed a crown.”
Hearing this, Song Wanqiu’s face turned white and she laughed awkwardly, “Teacher Xue Man, how could this possibly be a crown, it is clearly just…”
Before Song Wanqiu could finish, Lin Zhiyi stepped forward to pick up the so-called scattered items, one by one placing them on herself.
A necklace, earrings, a bracelet, and a ring.
“This is the full set when adorned, the main theme is the Victoria Starburst, a crescent embracing the curve, with diamonds and sapphires inlaid in the crescent reflecting different gleams of light, soft and gentle, the Star and Moon complementing each other.”
“As for the crown…”
Lin Zhiyi removed the ring, gave it a tug, and the small ring expanded into a circle. Then she unfastened the necklace, matching all the clasps in place.
The necklace stood erect on the circlet, with the crescent cradling the star in the central position, as the crescent spun, the stars too rotated, radiant yet always exuding a soft glow, sacred and tender.
The earrings were used as an accessory, which could be assembled and matched, or not used at all.
Once the crown was assembled, Lin Zhiyi placed it on her head, then slowly moved forward.
Light from above her head fell down, shining on her flowing silhouette, her dark hair setting off the crown’s brilliance.
She looked breathtakingly beautiful.
It took a full several seconds for the audience to come back to their senses.
Xue Man asked, “Why do you call this a birthday crown?”
Lin Zhiyi answered with a faint smile, “Because there’s someone who wishes to spend every birthday with me, saying she wants to accompany me for a lifetime, like the stars accompany the moon.”
The stars accompanying the moon, so romantic—thus, most people assumed the ‘she’ in Lin Zhiyi’s story was a man.
Gong Chen included, his face suddenly darkened…
