CHAPTER 367: CHAPTER 367: AWKWARD

Chapter 367

The morning incident involving Chu Jiaojiao, Sheng Qingyan, and others didn’t affect Ji You’s appetite. After breakfast, she immediately rushed to the Material Department auditorium.

When she arrived, it was neither more nor less, exactly eight in the morning.

However—

Standing on the grand stage of the auditorium, looking down, Ji You’s face looked a bit strange.

The grand auditorium, capable of accommodating nearly 50,000 people at once, was now sporadically seated. Counting from front to back, there were barely 600 individuals, among which 500 were student management personnel arranged by Director Wang, specifically responsible for maintaining order and stability at the event.

In other words, the total number of audience members was less than 100.

Truly—

Even to describe it as pitiful wasn’t quite appropriate.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

After a moment, Yue Qiguang swaggered to a chair with a backrest, sat down, and, swinging his legs, said: "What are you all standing around for? Sit down! Looking at the situation, seems like we won’t even need a few bodyguards for protection."

Following him, Yue Qiyuan sat down and said, "Indeed not needed."

Isn’t it obvious? Less than 100 spectators, but there are 500 to maintain order, do you still need bodyguards? To protect what? The tables and chairs in the auditorium?

Chu Jiaojiao cautiously glanced at Ji You, noticing her expression was strange yet calm, Chu Jiaojiao heaved a sigh of relief. Raising her hand, she pointed to a seat not far away and told Ji You, "Ji You, I’ll go sit over there for a while. If you need anything, just call for me."

Then, Chu Jiaojiao took a seat, and Shen Changqing followed suit.

Only Sheng Qingyan remained. He was always lazy; preferring to sit if possible, lie down if he could. He wouldn’t exhaust himself in any situation. Instead of joining Chu Jiaojiao and the others, he sat down next to Ji You, yawned, and said, "You poor dead, I’m going to take a nap here. If I fall asleep, you’re not allowed to wake me up, got it?"

Ji You: "..."

Sheng Qingyan spoke, then laid his head down on the table and fell asleep.

Ji You: "..."

Suddenly—

Sheng Qingyan, who had just laid down, suddenly lifted his head, his eyes a groggy haze, and said, "Also... don’t wake me up for anything... If something comes up, get those bulky guys over there to do it..." With that, he pointed towards where Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang and a few others were seated.

After pointing them out, Sheng Qingyan completely laid down again.

Not long after, soft snoring sounds could be heard around the venue.

Ji You: "..."

Even Ji You, who prided herself on being experienced and knowledgeable, was feeling a bit embarrassed face to face with the current scene...

Awkward.

A kind of ’awkward’ element, the moment Ji You stepped in, began to spread gradually around, and soon, it pervaded every corner of the auditorium, every inch of the land and air.

"Cough cough..."

Looking at the time, Ji You struggled to maintain her composure and looked around, saying: "Hello, everyone, I am Ji You from class 131’s self-funded program. I’m glad you all could join my open challenge. Without further ado, shall we begin? Is there anyone here who would like to come up and compete with me?"

Once she said this, the place remained incredibly quiet.

So quiet, you could hear a pin drop.

Ji You: "..."

Embarrassed.

At this moment—

"Applaud!"

Chu Jiaojiao suddenly barked out the command, followed by Yue Qiyuan and Yue Qiguang reluctantly clapping their hands. Shen Changqing, however, took it very seriously, trying hard to clap and cheer for Ji You.

*Clap Clap Clap*...

After Chu Jiaojiao and the others took the lead, scattered clapping of various intensities broke out from the audience, barely saving the situation from being too awkward.

What did Ji You feel about this scene? It was probably akin to the absurd sensation of ’Damn it! I’ve already stripped, and you’re making me watch this?’

To prepare for today’s competition, she had been burying herself in research since three days ago, afraid of any slip-ups. Because of that, she had even eaten double portions this morning, all to shine today!

But what was the result?

Not a single soul showed up.

This—

How could ’awkward’ even begin to describe it?

In any case, Ji You’s complexion went from red to purple, to black, and then turned white... before gradually regaining calm. Her heart shifted from the initial embarrassment to something akin to recklessly smashing a broken pot!

No audience? So be it!

The show must go on without them! Otherwise, the 100,000 points swindled out of her by Director Wang would have just created this little spectacle?

Speaking of which, where was Director Wang?

Don’t tell me he sneaked off after seeing the low turnout?

Just as she was considering this, a tall girl in a uniform walked out from the crowd maintaining order. She had a round face, pitch-black eyes, fair skin, and a high ponytail. In short, she had a brisk and valiant look about her.

The girl came over and, with a somewhat uneasy expression on her face, said to Ji You, "Hello, Ji You. I am the student leader in charge of maintaining order at the scene. My name is Cheng Jing. If you have any instructions today, you can call me directly."

Ji You flashed a standard, eight-tooth smile and said, "Hello, Cheng Jing. Thanks for your hard work today along with the other students maintaining order."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jing felt a bit uneasy. With such a small crowd, there was no real need to maintain order. Talking about hard work... what hard work was there, really?

Cheng Jing had a rather thin skin, so the scene also made her feel extremely awkward.

But—

Cheng Jing still said, "It’s no trouble, this is the responsibility of our student council office."

After saying this, Cheng Jing looked at Ji You, pondered her words carefully, and then said, "Ji You, I just received a call from Director Wang, who said he’s busy right now and will come over later."

Ji You: "Huh???"

Cheng Jing’s round face was on the verge of turning as red as an apple as she confessed, "Director Wang’s exact words were that since no one is challenging Ji You at the scene, he will come over when there are challengers."

Ji You: "!!!"

Shameless!

Utterly shameless!

This is reaping the benefits without doing the work!

After saying this, Cheng Jing felt like she could hardly stand there any longer and quickly looked for an excuse to leave, saying, "Ji You, I’m going to maintain order now. Call me if you need anything."

Ji You quickly asked, "Wait a minute... What about the judges Director Wang promised to invite? Why hasn’t a single one shown up?"

Cheng Jing hesitated, "This... this..."

Ji You already had a bad feeling, "Don’t tell me—the judges also think no one will challenge me and decided not to come at all?"

Cheng Jing’s face tensed up, trying to explain, "No... that’s not it... The two judges really had something come up and will be late."

Ji You trembled with indignation, "You’re... bullying people..."

Cheng Jing hurriedly scooted off, "I’m going to work now."