MTLNOVEL Chapter 137 - 137: Design Contest Face-Slap (3)
Chapter 137: Chapter 137: Design Contest Face-Slap (3)
Lu Zhou saw the other judges stunned, and he was the first to snap back to reality.
He was actually incredibly excited.
So his wife’s design level was this high!
It was simply too beautiful, too stunning!
In the past, Fourth Master really missed out on a treasure of a wife!
“Classmate Ming, can you talk about the theme of your design?”
Ming Yao looked at Lu Zhou, her red lips curving slightly, “Nirvana.”
Another judge asked, “Can you elaborate?”
“In legend, the phoenix is the messenger of happiness in the human world. Every five hundred years, it must carry all the unhappiness, hatred, and grudges accumulated in the world, and immolate itself in a blazing fire, exchanging its life and beauty for peace and happiness among humanity! The body must undergo great pain and reincarnation before it can be reborn.”
“And this gown truly signifies the spirit of not fearing pain, continuously striving, improving oneself, and thus achieving true transformation, just like the phoenix reborn from Nirvana!”
The color of the gowns designed by Ming Yao and Ming Wan were both Peacock Blue.
If there wasn’t a comparison with Ming Yao’s gown, Ming Wan’s set was indeed not bad.
But compared with Ming Yao’s gown, Ming Wan’s set obviously paled significantly.
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It wasn’t worth ninety-seven points at all!
“Feathers, Golden Phoenix, they fit your theme perfectly. Fearless of hardship, bravely striving, rebirth from Nirvana, I admire such spirit!”
Hearing the other judges’ comments on her gown, Ming Yao’s lips maintained a faint arc throughout.
Unperturbed by honor or disgrace, as serene as the clouds and as light as the breeze, even such high praise seemed to be not something she found too exciting!
Gu Siting watched the woman on stage, majestic, composed, and tranquil, his deep and unfathomable eyes narrowing slightly.
This woman, she was becoming more and more inscrutable.
How many more secrets did she have that he didn’t know about?
Was this really the same Ming Yao who was once called a good-for-nothing?
After Ming Yao finished introducing her design concept and symbolism, the hall erupted in enthusiastic applause.
Lu Zhou was the first to hold up his placard, “Ten points!”
“Ten points!”
“Ten points!”
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All the judges gave full marks, ten points.
This was the first time in the history of the Li University fashion competition that someone had gotten a perfect score!
This was enough to show how stunning and outstanding Ming Yao’s design was this time!
Old Madam Ming’s face showed a gratified expression; she said to the audience beside her watching the contest, “The one on stage is my granddaughter!”
“Old Madam, your granddaughter is truly outstanding!”
Old Madam Ming’s aged eyes were brimming with tears, her hand holding the cane trembled slightly, “Yes, I have always known that my granddaughter is the best!”
Ming Guoan and Jiang Biyun’s expressions changed several times after seeing Ming Yao’s design.
The shareholders, thinking back on their previous doubts about Ming Yao, couldn’t help feeling a bit ashamed.
“President Ming, Director Jiang, both your daughters are very talented!”
“We misunderstood the eldest Miss before; her design talent seems even better than the Second Miss!”
“No matter what, both young ladies are taking over Autumn Water Studio, we can rest assured now!”
Jiang Biyun shook her head in disbelief, “Ming Yao couldn’t possibly design such a gown, she must have plagiarized it!”
Ming Guoan held back Jiang Biyun, who wanted to stand up and expose Ming Yao, “Calm down, if you rush on stage now, it’ll be our Ming Family that ends up embarrassed!”
“Guoan, the championship was supposed to be Wanwan’s, now with Ming Yao hiring a ghostwriter to take the championship, isn’t that a slap in Wanwan’s face?”
“We’ll settle this with her behind closed doors after we go back, it’s better not to make a scene now!”
Jiang Biyun’s face turned a shade of green with anger.
Ming Wan was also infuriated, but she dared not show it on her face, and could only suppress it in her heart.
Originally, Ming Yao’s perfect score had already made her quite dissatisfied. Following that, a judge proposed, “I want to change my previous score for Ming Wan!”
Without comparison, there is no harm; once the two colors of fabric clashed, the difference in quality was immediately apparent!
“I want to change it to eight point five!”
“I also change it to eight point five!”
“…”
The judges unanimously revised their scores, averaging eight point five.
Although she was still in second place, compared to Ming Yao’s perfect score, the difference was more than just a little bit!
Ming Wan shivered with anger.
She had wanted to use this design competition to redeem herself from the previous scandal in the entertainment industry.
But as a result, she felt as though her face had been slapped hard!
Ming Wan, looking at the brilliant and uninhibited Ming Yao on stage, ground her teeth in hatred.
Ming Wan called Lin Yiyi over and whispered a few words in her ear. Lin Yiyi nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it for you!”
During the award ceremony, the winners of the first, second, and third places could invite their parents on stage.
Ming Yao invited Old Madam Ming, while Ming Wan was accompanied by Jiang Biyun and Ming Guoan.
Some alumni who knew about Ming Yao and Ming Wan’s relationship whispered among themselves.
“Look, despite being sisters, Ming Yao doesn’t receive her parents’ affection. She must be arrogant and domineering at home, not as gentle and sensible as Ming Wan, which is why at such an important event, her parents are accompanying Ming Wan!”
“Did you guys know? Some not-so-handsome junior confessed to Ming Yao, and she actually called him a ‘toad wanting to eat swan meat’!”
“Ming Wan has also been confessed to by not-so-handsome guys, but she rejected them very gracefully.”
“Even though Ming Yao won the championship, her character is so poor, it’s hard to like her!”
After receiving her award, Ming Yao was called to the counselor’s office.
“Ming Yao, can you guarantee that the work you submitted for today’s competition was all drawn by yourself, and is an original creation?”
Ming Yao’s counselor, Sun Lihua, did not like her at all, and even doubted that Ming Yao would graduate. Yet now, she had surprisingly won the championship of the Li University Fashion Contest.
This was simply unbelievable!
Ming Yao did not argue with the counselor, as it was normal for her to have suspicions.
Indeed, the previous Ming Yao’s academic performance was too poor.
Ming Yao nodded, “I guarantee it.”
“You’d better not let me find out you plagiarized, otherwise, I will propose to the principal to expel you from school!”
Ming Yao frowned slightly, “Teacher Sun, is it really that difficult to trust your student?”
“It’s not that I don’t trust you, but you simply don’t have the ability!”
Ming Yao responded, “That just means you can be wrong sometimes too!”
“Don’t argue with me here. I’ll thoroughly investigate this!”
Ming Yao thought, “MMP.”
Does this teacher have a problem?
“Don’t get your hopes up!” Sun Lihua pointed to the office door, “Get out!”
Ming Yao’s head ached a bit.
There were too many people who had a bad impression of her before; it seemed that changing their minds was not going to be easy!
But what did it matter to her? She didn’t care about them!
Ming Yao lazily returned to the classroom to collect her things. Just as she walked in, a hand reached from behind and shoved hard at her shoulder.
Ming Yao, as if she had eyes in the back of her head, deftly dodged the hand just as it was about to touch her shoulder.
The person who tried to push her didn’t succeed in knocking her over, but instead lost their balance, stumbled forward several steps, and struck the corner of a desk with their abdomen, doubling over in pain immediately.
“Ming Yao, you’ve gone too far!!!”