Chapter 1428


    Lina narrowed her eyes and asked, “Are you sure you don''t want to forfeit?”


    Lucy nodded. “Yes, I''m sure.”


    “All right, then. You may take your seat and carry on. I just hope you won''t regret this choiceter on,”


    Lina said with a shrug and ced her microphone down.


    Lucy''s heart was racing as she sat down in her chair.


    I have a really bad feeling about this... Why would Ms. Cohen say that? What is she implying? For


    some reason, I think she''s either trying to give me a hint or mock me.


    Lucy decided to dismiss those thoughts when she looked at the judges'' panel and saw Lina scribbling


    on a piece of paper.


    Yeah, I''m probably just overthinking it. Ms. Cohen was just concerned that I wouldn''t be able to perform


    at my full potential when she saw how nervous I looked.


    With that in mind, Lucy lowered her head and continued racking her brain toe up with a design that


    would fit the theme.


    Lina leaned toward Natalie and whispered, “Hey, Nat. Is Lucy actually stupid? I just gave her an


    opportunity to forfeit and save her reputation, but she chose to throw it away!”


    Natalie rolled her eyes at Lina. “You didn''t make it clear enough, so there''s no way she''d have taken


    the hint! Instead of giving her an opportunity, you''ve nted a seed of doubt in her heart. All that''s left


    to do is wait until she exposes herself in the uing rounds.”


    “Haha! You know me so well, Nat!” Lina eximed with a chuckle.


    Natalie''s expression grew serious as she said, “All right, let''s stop talking about Lucy and observe the


    other designers. See if we can find any issues with the rest of the participants.”


    A few days ago, the two of them had been going through the profiles of the participants. Due to the


    overly basic information provided and the participants''ck of poprity, they couldn''t really gauge their


    skill level to see if they had cheated their way into thepetition as Lucy did.


    Lina put her game face on after hearing that and began analyzing the participants seriously.


    The first round of thepetition came to an end after two hours.


    The staff collected their designs and handed them over to the judges.


    Lucy anxiously sped her hands as she sat there waiting for the results.


    One of the participants who was close to her leaned over and asked, “What do you think of your


    design, Lucy?”


    “I-It''s all right, I guess...” Lucy replied with a forced smile.


    I actually have zero confidence in my design, as I don''t know what the theme “Night” means. I tried


    combining a few of the designs I memorized, but a ck skirt was all I managed toe up with. I''m


    really lucky that no participants will get eliminated during the first round of thepetition. Otherwise,


    I''d probably get eliminated right away! It seems my sess depends entirely on the themes that they


    choose. Once I head back tonight, I''ll review themonly used themes in pastpetitions and try to


    prepare myself for the uing rounds!


    “You sure are confident in your abilities, huh? Well, I suppose that''s fair. Your designs are quite


    creative, so I''m sure you''ll get assigned to a great judge. I hear the top ten participants get to chooseBelongs to N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved.


    their mentors! If you don''t like the mentor who chose you, you can object to that decision and go with


    the mentor you prefer!” the participant said with a smile after hearing her response.


    She then let out a sigh as she continued, “I don''t feel that confident in my abilities, so I doubt I''ll make it


    into the top ten. Right now, I just hope I''ll get assigned to Ms. Smith and Ms. Cohen''s team. We''ll


    encounter participants who specialize in designing jewelry when we get to theter rounds of the


    competition. I''m sure Ms. Cohen will be able to help me pick the most ideal partner!”