Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl-Chapter 47 - Slap in the Face First Place in the

Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Slap in the Face: First Place in the Competition

Chapter 47 -47: Slap in the Face: First Place in the Competition

Master Yue noted down each contestant’s characteristics and scores, his interest somewhat waning.

Then, a contestant named Xiao Meng took the stage.

Master Yue’s mood saw no change, assuming she was just another ordinary participant.

A girl in a white dress walked before everyone, took a bow, and then sat down.

Immediately, the sound of the piano cascaded from her fingertips.

Master Yue instinctively sat up straight, his face betraying a hint of surprise. Jincheng actually had such a contestant?

Such skill, such talent… far surpassing Jiang Fanyue’s.

He couldn’t help but get excited, his pen tapping on the paper in front of him as he listened intently.

Good, this is just too good!

This girl’s future accomplishments will definitely be profound!

If he could take her as a disciple, whether he could take Jiang Fanyue too wouldn’t be much of a problem.

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It seemed that she was going to be the absolute champion tonight!

Down in the audience, Jiang Zhe listened to Xiao Meng’s performance and nodded subtly. Tonight, Xiao Meng was performing quite well, better than her usual. It seemed that the earlier incident hadn’t affected her.

Fen Ye glanced at Qin Jingchen’s expression and knew without asking that among all the piano music tonight, not one was the player they were looking for.

Backstage, Jiang Fanyue’s hands clenched tighter and tighter, her heart in agony.

Xiao Meng, who had casually picked up the piano and practiced for just a few days, could play so well!

Bai Yilian beside her also felt terrible.

Losing to Jiang Fanyue she could accept wholeheartedly, but what did losing to Xiao Meng mean? She had practiced the piano for so many years, worked so hard and so earnestly, how could she be bested by Xiao Meng!

Soon after, the announcement of the award winners could be heard from outside.

Several excellence awards were given to a few contestants. Jiang Fanyue didn’t listen attentively to who exactly they were, but she did hear Bai Yilian’s name among them.

Bai Yilian’s eyes were red as she bit her lip. Her ability had the potential for a third-place finish. Even if the third place would not catch Master Yue’s eye, it was still highly likely to be picked up by another teacher.

But with Xiao Meng…

She listened to the voice outside.

Third place was awarded to a boy.

Second place—Jiang Fanyue!

A round of applause filled the room, but the smile on Jiang Fanyue’s face just couldn’t fully unfurl.

This wasn’t the result she wanted. She had always been known as a piano prodigy, universally recognized. The champion in everyone’s eyes was also supposed to be her. Securing this second place felt deeply unsatisfactory to her.

Jiang Zhang and Liang Jinlan were also somewhat surprised, “Only second?”

Seeing Jiang Fanyue hang her head in disappointment, Jiang Zhang consoled, “Second place is also very good. As long as Master Yue agrees to take you as a disciple, what does it matter if it’s first or second?”

Jiang Fanyue finally cracked a smile.

“The winner of the first place is…”

“Xiao Meng!”

The voice came from outside.

Then thunderous applause followed.

It was indeed Xiao Meng!

Even with mental preparation, Jiang Fanyue still found it hard to accept.

She looked toward Bai Yilian’s direction, now the only hope lay with Bai Yilian.

Bai Yilian bit her lip harder, without Xiao Meng, she would comfortably be in third place!

“Let’s go, we should head to Master Yue first!” Liang Jinlan was a bit anxious, everyone knew that Master Yue was very picky when it came to taking on disciples, usually only one at a time, what if he fancied Xiao Meng and gave up on Jiang Fanyue?

The family of three walked towards the outside, and sure enough, saw Master Yue talking to Xiao Meng.

And standing in front of Xiao Meng was none other than Jiang Zhe!

How come Jiang Zhe was there too!

Hearing that Xiao Meng won first place, Jiang Zhe’s face revealed a gratified smile, and Qin Jingchen was still holding her hand.

After several hours of competition, Jiang Zhe’s hand had been enveloped by his all this time.

She drew back slightly, “Are you going to lead me onto the stage like this?”

Only then did Qin Jingchen let go of her, on an occasion like today, he decided not to make things difficult for her.

Once released by Qin Jingchen, Jiang Zhe felt a bit of numbness in her fingers, yet the fingers that were usually cold had become warm.

She placed her hand that had been grasped in her other hand and gently rubbed it, her heart stirred slightly, ignoring Qin Jingchen, and headed straight in the direction of Xiao Meng.

Fen Ye watched her retreating back and commented, “Sister-in-law seems to be getting colder.”

Qin Jingchen simply smiled and said nothing.

“Master Yue, so you’re here! Fanyue was just looking for you to celebrate!” Liang Jinlan hurried over, blocking him from Xiao Meng, and shot Jiang Zhe a cold glance.

“We can talk about the celebration later, I have a few words to say to Xiao Meng.” Master Yue was now eager, he did not want to miss out on such a good prospect.

Liang Jinlan didn’t dare to actually block her way, and as she was trying to find a reason, she heard a voice say, “Master Yue wants to take Xiao Meng as his disciple, right?”

Master Yue looked over and saw another competitor approaching, still wearing her performance order number, which bore her name, Bai Yilian.

Master Yue smiled, “Of course, Xiao Meng performed very well just now, she’s full of potential, I do intend to take her as a disciple.”

Jiang Fanyue felt a hitch in her chest, Master Yue’s attitude towards her hadn’t been as certain as this before.

Bai Yilian said, “Master Yue, I remember you’ve said that before learning art, one must learn virtue, an individual’s artistic cultivation is very important, but so are morals and character, right?”

Master Yue nodded, “Naturally, only art that is built on excellent character is truly valuable.”

Jiang Zhe, hearing Bai Yilian’s words, looked up and sized up Bai Yilian.

Bai Yilian had already numbed to pain this evening, and her caution lessened under Jiang Zhe’s gaze, feeling it cold but not particularly fearful.

What more did she have to fear, having lost her opportunity?

“So if Xiao Meng is of poor character, does Master Yue still want to take her as a disciple?”

With that one sentence from Bai Yilian, everyone was stunned.

Liang Jinlan’s face immediately revealed an expression of malicious glee, the Xiao Meng who had emerged out of nowhere that night was someone she intended to deal with, and now someone was taking the initiative to cause trouble, which was perfect for her!

Xia Enci immediately wanted to step forward, but Jiang Zhe held her back, “Let her speak!”

Bai Yilian said loudly, “Since transferring to our class, Xiao Meng has never lived at school, but instead moved out and lived off campus with Jiang Zhe! Two girls living off-campus, dining and meeting with different men every day, what does that suggest?”

She raised her phone, which displayed several photos—pictures of Xiao Meng and Jiang Zhe dining with older men!

The older men looked respectable in the pictures, but who would have thought they would do such things!

Truly disgusting.

These words caused an uproar throughout the venue.

Everybody looked towards Xiao Meng and Jiang Zhe, it was well-known that Jiang Zhe was enchantingly beautiful, while Xiao Meng was the soft and cute type; both of them were exceedingly attractive and lived off-campus for a long time, it made people wonder, could the two of them really have been involved in such dirty deeds?

School officials and event organizers, sensing trouble, quickly stepped in to stop it!