1416 Qiao Chen Was Tricked Like a Monkey
Fu Ge could tell from her tone that she wanted to watch the show.
He frowned.
“Mom.” Qiao Chen noticed Fu Ge’s ugly expression and quickly stopped Shen Qiongzhi. “Mom, stop talking.”
Her eyes flickered and she bit her lip. She seemed to be very understanding. “Since Sister has decided to participate in the competition, she must be confident. We have to believe in her…”
Fu Ge’s expression softened, and his tone became much gentler. “Chen Chen, it’s best if you think that way. After all, Qiao Nian is representing the country in this competition. If she wins, we’ll also be able to hold our heads high overseas.”
Ah!
Qiao Chen’s face turned even paler. She lowered her eyelashes and suppressed the jealousy that she almost couldn’t hold back. Her tone changed and said softly, “I know. It’s just that…”
“Just what?” Fu Ge looked at her again, not understanding what she was trying to say.
Qiao Chen adjusted her emotions and looked up. Her beautiful eyes were a little lost as she said helplessly, “I heard someone say that she lost her hard drive on the way here.”
“What did you say?” Fu Ge jumped and reacted strongly. He immediately stood up and looked at Qin Si and the others in the inner court.
It seemed to confirm Qiao Chen’s words. Ye Wangchuan and Gu San were not around.
The competition was about to begin, but neither of them returned.
His heart plummeted.
Qiao Nian didn’t just represent an individual this time. She represented the entire country!
It had been a long time since they raised their heads in a high-tech territory like this one. Everyone overseas thought that they were a weak country in this field.
This time, it wasn’t easy for Qiao Nian to represent the country from the elimination round to the finals. It hadn’t been long since Yin Wenzhi’s incident. How could something like this happen again?
Fu Ge couldn’t tell what he was feeling.
His heart was a mess. Of course, he didn’t see Qiao Chen’s flickering gaze and her obvious shady tone.
“I heard she lost her hard drive. Won’t she…”
Embarrass herself? Qiao Chen had yet to finish her sentence.
“Wait a minute.” Fu Ge had been staring at the stage. As the game began, he saw the girl take something that looked like a hard drive from her pocket and put it into the computer very naturally.
His tense nerves immediately relaxed. He turned to look at Qiao Chen, his handsome face filled with confusion. “Qiao Nian didn’t lose her hard drive. Where did you hear that?”
Qiao Chen had thought that victory was in her hands and that she had the initiative this time. Although she said that she sympathized with Qiao Nian for losing the hard drive, she was actually waiting to see Qiao Nian make a fool of herself.
Her face paled upon suddenly hearing that Qiao Nian had not lost her hard drive, and her eyes widened involuntarily as she turned toward the arena.
On the big screen, the camera zoomed in on Qiao Nian. The girl wearing the baseball cap slowly inserted the hard drive into the computer.
She turned it on and entered the program. It was done in one go!
“…How, how?” Qiao Chen could hardly believe what she was seeing. She rubbed her eyes and opened them again.
Qiao Nian had already pulled out the program from the hard drive.
It was evident that the hard drive was intact!
Qiao Chen’s lips turned pale, and her fingers trembled uncontrollably. She was completely stunned by the situation in front of her.
Qiao Nian had another hard drive?
Qiao Chen’s mind went blank and her lips turned pale. She suddenly realized that she had been tricked.
She had been played like a monkey!
Chapter 1113: Results of the Draw, One After the Other
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Zhou Moyan has gone to draw lots. What if we’re the first few to perform and she can’t make it here in time?”
Yin Wenzhi didn’t listen to her words and continued with a cold face while shaking her hands, “We’ve already collided with other people’s songs. It’ll only make things worse if we’re also late.”
No one from the Chinese Medicine Faculty spoke.
Song Tian wanted to defend Qiao Nian, but she didn’t want to quarrel with her companions, or she would be laughed at by others.
She endured it, but she couldn’t help but feel sorry for Qiao Nian.
After all, no one from the department was willing to perform with her, and she and Qiao Nian only came forward to win glory for the department.
They didn’t want such a thing to happen, either.
It was the track she had chosen by herself at the beginning, but it was the same as the performance track of the Clinical Department. She could accept it if Yin Wenzhi and the others blamed her.
She was the one who chose the song, after all.
It did have a bad impact on the department even if it was an unintentional loss.
But Qiao Nian was not in the wrong, how could Yin Wenzhi get angry and vent her anger on her?
Not wanting to talk anymore, she pursed her lips and sat on the stool of the dressing table.
Yin Wenzhi realized that she had gone a bit too far, but she couldn’t put her pride down to apologize and felt aggrieved upon seeing Song Tian ignoring her and sitting with her back to her side.
The door opened at this moment.
Qiao Nian entered. She still wore the same clothes as usual, very casual, with a big bag on her shoulders, but her aura was stronger than the bag.
The backstage lounge seemed reinvigorated as soon as she came in. Everyone seemed to have found their backbone, and their faces changed slightly.
“Qiao Nian.”
“Qiao Nian.”
A few people greeted her.
Song Tian even stood up and looked at her excitedly.
Huh? What was happening?
Qiao Nian raised her eyebrows, found a place to put down the electronic keyboard she brought, took a bottle of mineral water provided, unscrewed it, and leaned there. She then asked casually, “Why are you looking at me? What happened?”
Yin Wenzhi saw her sloppy temperament and felt a little uncomfortable. She didn’t answer Qiao Nian when she thought about their predicament.
She didn’t speak, but Song Tian told Qiao Nian the ins and outs of the matter. The corners of her eyes were a little red. She didn’t want Qiao Nian to see her vulnerable side, so she turned her face and raised her hand to cover her eyes.
“… That’s what happened.”
She felt most guilty towards Qiao Nian for this incident. After all, people like Yin Wenzhi would not go onstage with her.
Only Qiao Nian wanted to go up with her to face the shameful moment.
And because of her song selection, Qiao Nian also had to perform the same song as Jiang Xianrou!
“Qiao Nian, I’m sorry.”
The two people who went to draw lots with Zhou Moyan came back just as she finished speaking.
Yin Wenzhi stood upright and immediately asked when she saw them, “How was the drawing of the lots?”
There might be time to change the song if they were performing later on.
“Not good.” Zhou Moyan shook his head. His expression was solemn as he looked at everyone very seriously. “We’re No. 6. The Clinical Department is ahead of us, No. 5.”
Right after Jiang Xianrou’s performance was their performance? Wasn’t this causing trouble?
They were too unlucky!
Song Tian couldn’t bear it and said through gritted teeth, “Why don’t I tell the teacher-in-charge that you’re not going onstage? I’ll ask them to play the CD. Anyways, we’re dancing individually, and there’s no requirement for a one-on-one accompaniment.”
