Unexpectedly, Ye Fei remained calm and collected, instead showing an expression of "you guys really know how to make a fuss about nothing".

With eyes squinting with a smile, she said, "I didn’t insult the other contestants."

"Fei Xiaomo," Ding Ruyun frowned and said, "either you watch your mouth and stop talking nonsense, or if you said it, you have to admit it. What do you mean by saying it but not owning up to it?"

"Some tasteless people, I’m talking about you guys, didn’t you hear it?" Ye Fei widened her eyes, looking at the two with surprise.

"How thick-skinned can you be to not understand good from bad, and still try to pass the buck to others?" Ye Fei was now so fed up that she didn’t even bother to mask her tone.

"You!" Fu Jiaxu was livid with rage.

Ding Ruyun’s face was alternately turning green and red, a sight to behold: "Fei Xiaomo, we originally thought since we came from the same group, we’d have a chat with you with the mindset of making friends, why are you still insulting people!"

But at least, Ye Fei’s words allowed the previously indignant other contestants to relax their expressions.

At least she wasn’t insulting them.

Therefore, the initial hostility toward Ye Fei diminished quite a bit.

But they still couldn’t resist watching the commotion.

Someone murmured, "Isn’t Fei Xiaomo getting a bit cocky? Just got a good result in the audition and looks down on people already?"

"Yeah, even if it’s not aimed at us, we’re still from the same group. How can she be so arrogant on the first day? That’s not appropriate, is it?"

"Being arrogant requires enough strength to back it up," someone said coldly, "she’s being arrogant too soon."

Ding Ruyun felt smug seeing her words change others’ attitudes towards Ye Fei.

But before she could revel in it for long, Ye Fei smilingly said, "You two, one of you suspected that I got my ranking through favoritism. The other openly praises while sneaking in insults by saying I’m 11th, not 1st."

"I am 11th, and I never boasted about it like I nabbed 1st place. Do I need you to look down on me?" Ye Fei said bluntly.

She declared loudly, "Previously, during the group competition, others in the group looked down on me because I was a food blogger. You two didn’t join in the attack back then, but you watched the show from the sidelines. Thinking just because you didn’t participate means that you can come find me today as if nothing happened and speak to me sarcastically?"

"It’s just tasteless of you, am I wrong?" Ye Fei said coldly.

Originally, even if she couldn’t be friends with these two, she wouldn’t have been so direct.

But who asked these two to come with bad intentions?

So she couldn’t even be bothered to pretend with them.

Ding Ruyun never expected Ye Fei would scold them right in their faces!

Who could have thought of this!

Normally, even if one is angry, they curse behind the back, who confronts directly like her.

This indeed caught Ding Ruyun and Fu Jiaxu off guard.

Originally, Ding Ruyun and Fu Jiaxu planned to come and get some words out of Ye Fei.

Although they were being sarcastic, they weren’t directly confronting her.

In such cases, the other party, even if angry, would have no reason to retaliate.

After all, they hadn’t explicitly stated anything.

Who would have thought Ye Fei wouldn’t play by the rules!

Now, the other contestants suddenly understood.

"No wonder they got scolded," someone commented.

"Yeah, if someone questioned my rank and ability, I’d scold them too," echoed another.

"Who strikes first is the low one, that’s the meaning," someone concluded.