Chapter 377


    As time passed by, Ste finally started writing after about forty minutes.


    The nervous people watching outside heaved a sigh of relief in unison.


    rence sat in his seat with his legs crossed, watching this scene silently.


    Ste wasn’t designing something new in the room but instead drawing a piece that she had done


    before.


    That time, the ne that she had sent to the charity dinner held by the Jason family had


    disappeared. And she didn’t know where it had gone till now.


    Moreover, there was no topic for thispetition.


    From thepetition rules at the beginning, to the progressionter, and now to the final round, it had


    revealed a message overall. That was to break the boundaries and not just stick to any subject. The


    courage to innovate was the key.


    So, what it meant was that no matter what the contestants turned in, it was all in line with the title.


    Furthermore, that pocket watch ne had never been shown in any public ce other than to


    Stanford.


    If anyone questioned her, it would mean that the stolen ne was in that person’s hand.


    However, Ste had still altered some of the intricate details that were hard to notice the difference


    other than herself.


    The three hours were soon up, and Ste stopped drawing, letting out a breath.


    After the staff had taken away their work, Ste and the girls left the room separately.


    The judges who had been sitting in their seats also got up and went into the meeting room.


    Before Aurora left, she gave Ste a look and hummed as if to say wait and see.


    On the other hand, Phoebe behaved much more calmly, maintaining her condescending image.


    When Ste was about to go to rence, she found him sitting in the press area while the original


    reporters had all gathered and stood in the corner, looking around and doing their best to lower their


    presence.


    Ste was puzzled.


    rence walked over to her, “What are you looking at?”


    “Why are they…”


    rence didn’t even turn his head as he said slowly, “Maybe they’re ufortable after siting for a


    long time.”


    After a pause, he grabbed Ste’s hand, “Leave them alone. Let’s go to eat.”


    After spending a long time inside, Ste was indeed hungry and said, “The contest isn’t over yet.”


    rence said, “It will take an hour for the results toe out. There’s no point just sitting here and


    wait.”


    That was also true.


    “Let’s go then.”


    It caused an uproar at the scene for them to leave like that.


    And it seemed that they were confident in this match.


    However, Ste didn’t feel much confident. She just thought that there was nothing else she could do


    since the work had already been handed in. So, instead of staying here to wait for the result, it would


    be better to have a meal and returnter.


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    As she ate, Ste asked, “How was Chan doing at you ce over the past two days?”


    rence filled her cup with water, “Well, he’s fine and doing good.”


    “I mean how was his injury…”


    “It’s not like he had hurt his bone and joints, not to mention that it was someone else who got beaten up


    and not him. He had recovered long ago.”


    Speaking of this, Ste frowned, “Still no news from Adolph?”


    rence said, “If he was that easy to find, would he still be alive until now?”


    Ste was silent and didn’t deny this.


    rence added, “I’ve told you not to worry about these things. I’ll take care of it.”


    “But you’re in a mess yourself.”


    “What’s messy about me?”


    “Hasn’t the Conrad family made another move recently?”


    Otherwise, rence wouldn’t be so busy.


    Hearing this, he just smiled, “Nothing new. I’m used to it.”


    It was just a matter of holding a board meeting and making some unreasonable demands.


    Seeing that rence was speaking light-heartedly, Ste was clear that this wouldn’t be simple to deal


    with it.


    After a while, she added, “Ms. Anderson…”


    rence looked at her, “What’s the matter?”


    Ste looked away, “Nothing. I was just asking that when we are done with this period, can we go see


    her?”


    “Sure.”


    Ste was just testing, but she didn’t expect him to agree so quickly. So she was lost for words for a


    while. After a bit of silence, she got back to the topic, “What was Chan doing the past two days? Had


    he been staying and not going out?”


    rence said, “Leaving early anding backte.”


    Ste was puzzled.


    Ste wondered, “What has he been doing?”


    “It’s fine as long as it’s not something harmful.”


    Hearing his words, Ste knew that her worries were superfluous.


    After the lesson learnedst time, Chan probably would not act rashly again with rence by his side.


    They finished their meal very quick, and when they returned, there were still fifteen minutes before the


    results were announced.


    As soon as Ste sat down, the reporters wanted toe over for an interview.


    Many people had ced their bets on Ste and Modesty as to who would win this time. Moreover, she


    had such a significant backing. Even if nobody said anything about it, they all felt that the organizers


    would more or less show respect to rence.


    So, the winner would most likely be Ste.


    And that was why they all came to interview her first.


    Ste smiled faintly and responded politely, “Let’s wait until thepetition is over.”


    If the champion wasn’t her, it would be awkward for her to ept this interview now.


    The reporters left with regret seeing her refusal.


    rence asked her in a low voice, “Having no confidence?”


    “I just think it’s better to be more modest.” Ste said slowly, “What’s more, it’s not my fault to lose this


    match too. I’m just taking a bullet for you.”


    rence was puzzled.


    Ste said, “I’ve heard that the rich and powerful are all very close to each other, especially those


    celebrity girls who usually like having afternoon tea and skin care those, right?”


    “Yes.”


    “Then, do you think that the two women that you have offended will woo otherdies to target me


    together?”


    rence pursed his lips slightly for a while before saying, “There’s one that you have offended.”


    Ste hummed.


    What a wretched man.


    rence held her hand and said generously, “It’s okay if you lose thepetition. I’ll take care of you


    forever.”


    Ste ignored him and took out her phone to reply to Sherry’s message a few minutes ago.


    No matter she won or lost in the end, she had put in all her effort.


    So it was agreed before that once today’spetition was over, everyone from the studio would go to


    dinner together.


    After thinking about it, Ste sent another message to Winnie, asking if she was free tonight.