Starting with A Divorce

Chapter 75

Chapter 75 On the Day of the Competition

Manuel waved his hand to refuse Ainsley and walked into the kitchen. The decoction was ready. Manuel poured it into a bowl and brought it out. Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.

“It’s warm. I added a lot of water in it, and you have to drink it all.”

Ainsley looked at the bowl, which was bigger than her face. “It is too much.”

Manuel even brought the pot out, and inside it was another bowl of decoction.

“For the sake of your health.” Manuel put on a gentle smile.

Ainsley was helpless. She bit the bullet and drank it with a spoon. When she looked up, she met Manuel’s eyes and felt ill at ease.

“Mr. Gage, it’s late. You should go back and rest.” Ainsley did not want Manuel to watch her drink so much decoction.

This time, Manuel did not refuse. “Remember to finish it.

After that, he left.

The decoction was particularly bitter, and Ainsley struggled to swallow it. Thinking that there was still so much, she did not want to drink it at all.

However, when she put down the spoon, her mind was filled with Manuel’s tall and straight figure and bright eyes. He said to her, “Remember to finish it.”

Ainsley drank some more, and it didn’t seem bitter anymore.

On the day of the competition, Mollie’s appearance caused a storm. The school board invited many reporters to wait for her at the entrance.

When Mollie appeared, Ainsley, with a dozen students, led Mollie into the auditorium.

On the other side of the auditorium, the contestants were all waiting.

Serina saw Kaitlin. Kaitlin took the lead to say, “Serina, you have a good relationship with Ainsley. Did she tell you something about the competition? Why don’t you share it with us?”

Kaitlin’s words attracted many people’s attention. Serina glared at her angrily. “Ainsley is not like someone who only knows how to curry favor with the rich and powerful people.”

“Serina, I treat you well all the time, but you only favor Ainsley. In this competition, I will surpass you, unless you cheat with the help of Ainsley!” Kaitlin said confidently.

“Why are you so confident? Usually, I don’t see you putting much effort into your studies. Moreover, I am not the only one participating in the competition. There are still so many top

students.” Serina glared at Kaitlin and turned to ignore her.

Kaitlin’s gaze rested on the judges’ table, and Ainsley was busy there. Kaitlin said to herself, this time, I must let Ainsley see who is the focus!

Mr. Gage will also come, and he will see me take the first place!

The Student Union had arranged the largest hall for the competition. The judges were sitting in the center. The seat on the left side of the principal was for Mollie.

And the seat closest to the stage was for Manuel.

As the sponsor of the competition and the honored guest, he needed to show up. Ainsley had arranged his seat last night.

More than two hundred sets of tables and chairs were on the stage. All the contestants were sitting in their seats and handed over their mobile phones and unrelated items.

A total of eight judges were also ready.

After the host introduced the judges, it was time for Raymond to make a speech.

A student from the planning department suddenly walked to Ainsley and said in a panic, “Ms. Easton, things didn’t go well.”

“What’s wrong?” Ainsley’s heart ***a beat.

“Please come with me.”

Ainsley followed the student out of the auditorium in a hurry. The safe filled with the test papers was locked on the second floor backstage.

Unexpectedly, it was damaged.

A staff member said in a panic, “Ms. Easton, the student went to take the safe in the consultation room and found that it was destroyed. Originally, there were a total of two hundred and forty-eight test papers inside. But now, only two hundred and forty-seven are left. One was missing-

One was missing?

Ainsley looked at the safe with a serious expression. When she left last night, the safe was still locked, and the only key was in her hand.

“What should we do, Ms. Easton?” The staff member was about to cry.

After Raymond’s speech, it was the judge’s turn to speak. “How about this? Give up on all these test

papers.”

“Give up on all of them? They have also been sent to the judges. Where can we get new ones?”

Ainsley took out a flash ***. “A brand new test paper is in the flash ***. Bring two trusted people to get five hundred copies and go back as soon as possible.”

The contestants were present and their mobile phones had been handed over. Later, the new photocopied test papers would be sent to them directly. This way, nothing would be leaked again.

“Okay!”

The students of the planning department had no choice but to listen to Ainsley.

Ainsley returned to the auditorium and sat down. Raymond just finished speaking.

When Mollie spoke, the audience suddenly quieted down.

“I am Mollie Randall. Before, I never thought of being a judge of a certain competition. You should know me well. I will never waste time on anything worthless. I came here because of Ms. Easton. She invited me several times, and I refused her. Then, she showed me some theses, and only then did I realize that the students from the University of Washington were all talented…”

Mollie praised the authors of the excellent theses she thought. Those students thanked Ainsley even more. If not for her, how could Mollie have seen their research?

When all the speeches were over, the host turned to look at Manuel. “This time, other than the contestants and judges, Mr. Gage, the sponsor of our competition, is also present. Welcome!”

Ainsley turned around. Manuel stood up and nodded slightly at the host. Then, he looked in the

direction of Ainsley.

Meeting his gaze, Ainsley felt pressured and immediately averted her gaze.

The audience screamed. An outstanding man like Manuel was attractive to many young girls.

The competition had three rounds. As there were too many contestants, the first round was a knockout match. All contestants needed to finish ten multiple-choice questions. Ten points would be deducted for a wrong answer, and the ones who got less than ninety points would be eliminated.

The second round was a team competition. The contestants would be divided into groups of five. After watching a video, they had to note down the psychological problems that the people in the video suffered and discuss the solutions. The judges would score, and the top two groups would

advance.

The third round was about quick response questions. All the advanced contestants answered the questions and ranked according to the judges:

The students from the Student Union distributed the test papers to the contestants. Kaitlin looked

at the paper confidently and then at Ainsley arrogantly.

However, when she checked the questions carefully, she was completely stunned. Why were they

different?

All of these questions were changed. Kaitlin looked at Ainsley and found that Ainsley was looking at her with a smile.

“Ainsley…” Kaitlin was angry and called out Ainsley’s name through gritted teeth.