Zhuang Qian agreed, "After it's over, I'll wait for the Fourth Young Madam in the rest room."

This means he will return earlier than Shangguan Wu.

The champions of the competition will have group photos taken and be interviewed by reporters, so they will return late.

Zhuang Qian is implying that Shangguan Wu will win the championship.

Shangguan Wu understood, and a bright smile appeared on her face: "Thank you for your kind words!"

Zhuang Qian was momentarily dazed, then lowered his head slightly.

He thought of Ji Tiantian's smile. The dazzling sunlight shone on Sister Ji's face, and her smile was as bright as summer flowers and as warm as a spring breeze.

Knock knock knock—

As the knocking sounded, a staff member outside the lounge called out, "All contestants, please prepare to enter!"

Zhuang Qian suddenly came to his senses.

Shangguan Wu stood up: "Let's go."

Du Wei, who had been standing against the wall like a sculpture, walked a few steps to the door and opened it for Shangguan Wu.

Zhuang Qian glanced at him.

Although Du Wei never spoke from beginning to end, he knew that if he dared to harm the Fourth Young Mistress, Du Wei would definitely teach him a lesson.

He learned fighting at the organization's headquarters, but after his talent for hypnosis was discovered, he was assigned to focus on hypnosis, so he couldn't beat Du Wei, who was physically strong and looked very powerful.

Zhuang Qian followed silently behind.

Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't get closer.

When Zhuang Qian revealed that he was a hypnotist from the Divine Envoy Organization, Du Wei almost attacked him.

Suddenly, a tall, curvaceous, fair-skinned woman walked over and said disdainfully, "Shangguan Wu, your smugness won't last long!"

Shangguan Wu's gaze swept over her chest, filled with envy.

However, she wouldn't tolerate those who came to provoke her. She scoffed, "Caroline, we Hua people believe in the saying, 'If you can fight, don't talk.'"

"If you can take action, then stop talking."

Caroline repeated her words, then suddenly frowned: "What does 'beep beep' mean?"

A sly glint flashed in Shangguan Wu's eyes, and she smiled, "Blah blah blah, that's all you've got is that big, blood-red mouth of yours that keeps babbling on and on. What you're really saying is that if you can take action, then take action. Don't talk so much, otherwise you'll become a laughingstock if you have no skills and only know how to talk big!"

When Caroline heard her say "blood-red mouth," she knew it wasn't a good thing. Then she was told she was incompetent and a joke, which made Caroline's face contort with rage.

"Shangguan Wu!"

Caroline raised her hand and slapped her across the face.

Before her hand could fall, Du Wei grabbed her arm.

Caroline cried out in pain, "Ah—let go! I command you, let me go right now!"

Her bodyguard immediately stepped forward.

Shangguan Wu waved his hand, and Du Wei released Caroline, but still stood in front of Shangguan Wu.

"Caroline, I think you've misunderstood. I didn't mean for you to use this crude and barbaric method; I meant I wanted you to defeat me in the competition. Otherwise, your Perfumery Association will suffer a very embarrassing defeat in this competition!"

Shangguan Wu's voice was gentle, and her smile was gentle, but she made Caroline's face turn pale and then red, like a palette of colors.

"You?"

Caroline glared at her angrily, then suddenly sneered, "I will defeat you and trample you Hua people under my feet!"

After uttering those harsh words, Caroline quickened her pace and strode away.

Before coming to Huaguo, her father had warned her that Shangguan Wu was very talkative and that she should not talk to her to avoid being disturbed and having her mood affected.

She didn't believe it at first, but after trying it just now, she found that Shangguan Wu was indeed eloquent.

However, if Shangguan Wu thinks he can distract her and cause her to make mistakes during the competition, then he is underestimating her!

Caroline's eyes flashed with a cold light; she was determined to win the championship!

Shangguan Wu walked at a leisurely pace with a faint smile on her face.

The final competition consists of five rounds, with three hundred kinds of animal and plant ingredients and spices, and there is only one set available. That is to say, if it is used in the first round, it will be gone in the second round.

However, each contestant needs to create five perfumes or essential oils.

If a contestant doesn't have many perfume formulas, they're doomed to lose.

Since there is only one set of materials, it is impossible to conduct on-site experiments. If the proportions are out of balance, the perfume may turn into an unpleasant 'stinky water'.

When the host announced that the best perfume would be chosen by a hundred butterflies in each round, the audience erupted in uproar.

The chat room exploded with comments!

If I remember correctly, butterflies prefer to land on fragrant flowering plants.

Like Zhuang Qian himself, his perfumes are understated.

Shangguan Wu's perfumes are mostly based on Chinese medicinal herbs. Would butterflies like the scent of herbs?

This is basically eliminating all Chinese players from the competition.

Caroline has the backing of the entire Perfumery Association; she has an abundance of perfume formulas.

[Hehehe, why not just announce that Caroline is the champion?]

What kind of association is this? It's disgusting!

[Damn! After watching this competition, I'm never paying attention to this stuff again.]

[That perfumery association is a load of rubbish! They'll never earn a single penny from China again!!!]

The barrage of comments was dense, starting from the moment the contestants began mixing perfumes and continuing until the very end.

The moment the butterflies were released, all the audience members instinctively held their breath.

Only a few scattered comments remained in the live stream.

At this time, the five perfumes were placed in glass cases in the five directions: east, south, west, north, and center.

The players' positions will be different in each round.

At this moment, hundreds of butterflies of different colors are fluttering inside the large glass dome, creating a breathtakingly beautiful sight.

The members of the perfumery smiled with delight when they saw most of the butterflies flying toward Caroline's perfume.

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