The top three contestants stood on the stage. The first place was Jiang Yu, the second place was Nian Wei, and the third place was Li Lu.
The host said, “Next, let’s welcome artist Sha Wei to present the trophies to our top three contestants!”
Nian Wei stood beside Jiang Yu and whispered, “Your name is Jiang Yu, right? I’m Nian Wei. Do you remember me?”
Jiang Yu smiled and said, “Of course I remember you.”
Nian Wei blushed slightly when she saw Jiang Yu’s smile, she whispered, “Your dance is so beautiful. It’s both beautiful and shocking. I’ve studied for so many years, but I’ve never seen anyone dance with so much power. You’re the first and you’re not even a professional dancer. I’m even more impressed by you.”
Jiang Yu smiled and said, “It’s alright. You have to work hard too. You’ll definitely be more outstanding in the future.”
Nian Wei said, “I got it.”
Sha Wei came up to the stage and handed the trophy to Jiang Yu. He said, “Jiang Yu, you have both talent and strength in this aspect. I have high hopes for you. Please don’t let me down.”
Jiang Yu took the trophy and bowed politely. She said, “Thank you, teacher Sha, for your recognition of me. I’ll definitely work hard. I definitely won’t let you and everyone down.”
Sha Wei smiled with relief. He then took another trophy and presented it to Nian Wei.
He said, “You. Your instructor and I are university classmates. I heard that you’re her student, so I especially paid attention to you. Although you’re not bad, you still need to practice more.”
Nian Wei took the trophy and said, “Thank you, Professor Sha.”
Sha Wei did not give the trophy to Li Lu. Instead, he turned around and was about to leave the stage.
The host quickly stopped him and said, “Professor Sha Wei, you haven’t given the trophy to the third place.”
Sha Wei glanced at Li Lu and asked, “I still have to give her the trophy?”
The host said somewhat awkwardly, “Yeah. After all, she is the third place, so she also has the trophy.”
Not only was the host embarrassed, Li Lu was embarrassed too.
What was this old man talking about? Wasn’t it natural for the third place winner to have a trophy? Why was he pretending that he didn’t know? It was fine if he took her money and didn’t speak up for her, but now he had to embarrass her in public?
Unexpectedly, Sha Wei sighed, took the trophy, and stuffed it into Li Lu’s arms, he said, “If you have time in the future, you should practice more and improve your strength, instead of running around with money. Everyone has money, and it doesn’t matter if you have a few pieces.”
His words contained a lot of information. For a time, the people on and off the stage began to whisper.
“What do you mean? Teacher Sha means that Li Lu went to him with money before the competition?”
“I think that’s what he meant. Otherwise, why would teacher Sha not be willing to give Li Lu the award? Li Lu must have used the money to bribe teacher Sha, but unfortunately, she kicked an iron plate.”
“But teacher Sha did not explicitly say that Li Lu used the money to bribe him, right?”
As if to verify this matter, Sha Wei took out a bank card from his pocket and put it into Li Lu’s hand.
He didn’t say anything more, but this action was enough to explain everything. Before the competition, Li Lu had used money to bribe Sha Wei.
“Teacher Sha…” Li Lu looked at the bank card and pretended to be calm. “What do you mean?”
Sha Wei glanced at her, “No matter if you are a young girl or a young man, you must be down to Earth in everything you do. You can’t do these crooked things. You are a young lady with thin skin. I won’t say anything more. You better take care of yourself in the future.”
Li Lu clenched her bank card tightly and couldn’t say a word.
In fact, she already didn’t know how to explain this matter.
“So… Li Lu really bribed teacher Sha?” Someone asked.
