Xia Sanghuan watched the furious woman striding towards the backstage with a smile, then got up and sat down beside Shen Ruoyan.
"Miss Xia really knows a lot about flowers."
Seeing her sit down, the woman beside her said casually, with not a bit of sincerity in her smile.
"I'm still a bit inferior compared to Miss Shen."
The girl was irritated by her sarcastic tone, but still maintained basic social etiquette on the surface.
After saying this, she didn't give her another look. Instead, she focused her attention on the audience seats.
When she was in the waiting area just now, she happened to catch a glimpse of Leng Chuanjin.
But now he was nowhere to be found.
She couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed.
Although she didn't care what others thought of her, in front of the person she liked, she still wanted to show her strengths.
"The first round is over. Let's congratulate the three winning contestants!"
The host walked out from the backstage, followed closely by three staff members. Each staff member was pushing a cart filled with all kinds of tools.
Although the girl had never seen them before, she recognized at first sight that these were tools for flower arrangement.
"If I remember correctly, Miss Shen has been learning the art of flower arrangement since childhood, right?"
The contestant from Group One, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked.
"Yes. My mother loves flowers very much, but my elder sister has no interest in flower arrangement. So my mother had no choice but to teach me."
"Miss Xia, did your mother teach you anything?"
As soon as she said this, Xia Sanghuan's face instantly changed.
The fact that Mrs. Fu passed away at a young age because she insisted on giving birth to her youngest child had already become an unspoken secret among the big families.
However, due to the power of the Fu family, no one dared to say much.
And Shen Ruoyan was the first one who dared to mention Mrs. Fu in front of Miss Fu.
Her action was no different from stabbing Xia Sanghuan in the back and saying that it was she who killed her mother.
A flicker of gloom flashed across the girl's eyes, but she didn't show her unhappiness.
"No."
"My mother passed away early. I didn't see her many times."
She admitted it generously.
"However, my mother did teach me not to pretend to know what I don't know in fields I'm not good at."
There was a smile on her face, but her eyes were cold.
"You..."
Just as Shen Ruoyan was about to ask what she meant, she was pulled by the woman beside her.
The woman frowned, shook her head at her, and then lifted her chin, signaling her to look at the audience seats.
The audience in the seats were closely watching the movement on the stage. Seeing Shen Ruoyan getting excited suddenly, their gazes became even more intense.
She snorted coldly and ignored Xia Sanghuan.
The girl was happy to be left alone. Otherwise, she was afraid that she couldn't help pulling out this gossiping woman's tongue.
"Next, it's the second round of this Flower Goddess Contest."
The host took a step back, revealing the carts behind.
The rule of the second round was very simple. The contestants had to use the flower bouquets and tools provided by the organizer to create flower arrangements.
To ensure the fairness of the competition, the time for flower arrangement was two and a half hours.
This not only ensured that the contestants had enough time to arrange the flowers, but also ensured that the audience wouldn't feel too bored.
But the girl scoffed at this event.
Although she didn't have prejudice against others, as she walked through the exhibition hall with Leng Chuanjin, she didn't see many people who were really interested in these plants.
Rather, everyone just came to the plant exhibition for socializing.
Coupled with the conversation she heard just now, it was very likely that the organizer of this plant exhibition was the Shen family.
And this so - called flower arrangement competition was just a means for the young ladies from various families to show off.
Otherwise, why were the other contestants dressed more gorgeously than each other except her?
She didn't want to sit there like a vase and be judged by others.
But things had come to this point, and she couldn't quit halfway.
She still had to teach Shen Ruoyan a lesson and at least make her dare not cause trouble for her and Leng Chuanjin in the short term.
As soon as the host finished speaking, the staff placed three small wooden tables in front of the stage, and there were cushions under the tables.
The girl stood up with the other two and sat on the cushion.
Before she could sit still, she knew there was something wrong with the cushion.
It was too thin.
Compared with the cushions of the other two, hers was really too thin, as if a piece of cloth was just stuffed with a ball of cotton carelessly.
In fact, it was exactly so.
The girl's knees had to bear her own weight and rub against the ground.
If she wasn't so light and had got used to this posture when picking herbs on the mountain before, she would have been in great pain.
As the mastermind, Shen Ruoyan was smiling smugly, waiting to see her joke.
The flower arrangement competition started as soon as the host pressed the timer, leaving her no chance to ask for a replacement cushion.
Well.
Xia Sanghuan picked up the flower foam in her hand.
Wasn't it just sitting on her knees for two and a half hours? It was much harder when she picked herbs on the mountain before.
Although she loved flowers very much, she really had no talent for flower arrangement.
Moreover, she hadn't learned it systematically, so her works were a bit indescribable.
She could even hear someone in the audience whispering and laughing at her.
She raised her eyes indifferently and looked in the direction of the person who was laughing at her.
Less than half a minute later, that person fell silent.
The flower arrangement competition was going on "in full swing". Shen Ruoyan beside her sat upright, looking like a water lily.
Her fair hands gently glided over the flower branches. After careful selection, she inserted the most satisfactory one into the flower foam.
Although they were of the same gender, watching her smooth movements, the girl had to admit that she was really good at it.
After an hour and a half, the host suddenly paused the timer.
"Please stop your actions. We will have a thirty - minute intermission next."
As soon as the host finished speaking, the three people on the stage stopped their hands.
Just as the girl was about to stand up and stretch her stiff knees, a hand pressed on her shoulder.
"Miss Xia, contestants are not allowed to leave their seats during this competition."
The host's sweet voice rang in her ear.
She looked up at her and then changed her sitting position from kneeling to sitting cross - legged.
"What, you even have to control how I stretch my legs?"
Maybe her action was too "bold", which made the host not react for a moment.
After receiving a look from the second young lady, she came to her senses.
"No, as long as you don't leave your seat, you can adjust your sitting posture as you like."