Yu Zihan spent a wonderful day at Pei's house. Here she had a family who loved her and her own independent room.
She ate steamed pork with rice flour and stewed pork ribs made by her grandmother. She also gained the follower Pei Shuyan.
In the evening, Pei Xiao sent her back to the guesthouse.
Her classmates had already left, so she shared a room with Teacher Hou.
Teacher Hou didn't ask her where she went during the day. After all, she was just a temporary instructor.
Her responsibility was to guide students in English competitions, so she patiently explained the relevant content of the competition to Yu Zihan.
On May 6, the rematch of the National Middle School Students' English Talent Competition was held at the original venue.
The format of the semi-finals is very simple, and all the tests are oral.
Individual assessment is still adopted.
After entering the examination room, a video clip, mostly classic foreign films, is played entirely in English. Afterward, participants are asked to answer questions based on their understanding of the film.
Yu Zihan was very interested in this type of assessment. She happened to have a few favorite foreign classics, and she was hoping to be lucky enough to pick a film she liked and was familiar with.
The fact shows that Yu Zihan is lucky. She drew a movie that she likes very much, "Roman Holiday". Although the ending of this movie is not perfect, it ends with the hero and heroine breaking up.
But their love is sweet and dreamy. The breakup at the end is also realistic. Although there is a little regret and sadness, the audience is still moved by the romance and sweetness in it.
Watching such a film will make people believe in love and beauty.
This film tells women that the person they love in the end must be themselves, and being the best version of themselves is the true meaning of love.
The teacher played Yu Zihan the most classic scene in the film, the one where Audrey Hepburn cuts her hair.
With short hair, Hepburn was as beautiful as a fairy. She walked through the streets, temporarily forgetting her identity and enjoying the ordinary happiness.
Then the classic song "Yesterday Again" was played. When the familiar and beautiful music sounded, Yu Zihan almost hummed along with the tune.
Both the movie and the song were familiar to her and she was not afraid of any questions the teacher asked.
Yu Zihan once again surprised the judges in the semi-finals and entered the finals with a first-place finish.
Pei Shuyan's result remained the same as in the preliminaries, still fifth. What Yu Zihan didn't expect was that the second-place finisher was Xu Anna, the very girl he had clashed with that day.
"It's really a narrow road for enemies to meet." Yu Zihan couldn't help but sigh. The world is too small and people always meet people they don't want to meet.
"Haha, this Xu Anna is actually your biggest competitor. But I believe that I will not be defeated by her.
I am really happy that she has always been proud of her excellent English skills in the circle.
Now she's been defeated, and the person who defeated her is my sister. Hahahaha, I'm so happy. I can imagine that this person must be gritting his teeth and cursing you behind your back." Pei Shuyan was a little gloating.
"Look at your gloating expression. Is this good for your sister?" Yu Zihan rolled her eyes at her.
Pei Shuyan’s prediction was really accurate. The Xu Anna they said was really angry.
At the end of the preliminaries, she found out that Yu Zihan was the first place winner and she was second. So she investigated the first place winner, and to her surprise, it turned out to be the old-fashioned person who had embarrassed her.
Before the rematch, she imagined that Yu Zihan was just a country girl from a small city, and that she would definitely lose to herself with the assessment method in the rematch.
After the results came out, she felt a sense of crisis. Yu Zihan still ranked first.
She couldn't understand such an outcome as she had been strictly trained by her mother since she was a child.
However, my performance in other aspects is not satisfactory, and I am only quite talented in languages, especially foreign languages.
Xu Anna has always been proud of this. When she learned about the English competition, she vowed to win the championship and let her mother give her a smile and a hug.
My mother was my only daughter, but for some reason, we never had the close relationship that other mothers and daughters had. We were very distant. My father and mother also had a bad relationship, and he wasn't very nice to me either.
So although Xu Anna was born into a wealthy family, she lacked maternal and paternal love and was a loveless child.
For this reason, she always wants to stand out in every aspect in front of others and use this method to attract everyone's attention.
Seeing that her championship might fall to someone else, she was very anxious.
They didn't have a competition on May 7th. Yu Zihan made her restless. Winning the championship was her obsession, and if she couldn't win, she wouldn't allow Yu Zihan, that old-fashioned guy, to win.
Xu Anna wanted to find someone to talk to and relax, but she had no friends. She looked down on ordinary people, and those in her circle didn't get along with her.
She thought of Pei Shuyan and decided to go find her. She knew Pei Shuyan's uncle was the chief judge of the competition and the dean of the Foreign Languages College of Imperial Capital University. Perhaps she could get some useful information from her.
Yu Zihan and Pei Shuyan were busy in the garden with Grandma. May was the time when roses were in full bloom. Grandma Pei loved tending to the flowers and plants.
The Pei family's back garden is planted with seasonal flowers and plants. The old lady's motto is to live up to the years and cherish the love, and to be happy with the flowers blooming and falling.
As soon as Yu Zihan walked into the garden, she was attracted by the fallen rose, not because of its fragrance, but because of its posture.
The flowers are in full bloom, and the walls of the yard are covered with its vines, with clusters of roses blooming among the vines.
The three of them were working hard, sweating profusely, when they heard the housekeeper, Uncle Chen, come over and report: "Miss Shuyan, a girl named Xu Anna is here to see you."
"Ah, how did she find our house? I don't know her well." Pei Shuyan's voice was so loud that both grandma and Yu Zihan heard it.
The grandmother's upbringing did not allow her granddaughter to speak like that. She said, "Since you are here, you are a guest. How can you speak to you like that?" There was a tone of preaching in her voice.
Pei Shuyan made a face at Yu Zihan.
"Then let's wash our hands and take a rest." Grandma ordered.
After washing up, they went to the living room.
Xu Anna saw Yu Zihan and Pei Shuyan walking in, talking and laughing.
"Why are you here?" She blurted out this question full of questions.
Mrs. Pei was immediately dissatisfied with the little girl. She was so confident that she could interfere in other people's affairs. It was obvious that such a child had no upbringing.
"Xu Anna, why do you care about my family's affairs? Are you free? Why do you come to my house to meddle in other people's business so early in the morning?" Pei Shuyan didn't give her a good look.
"I'm not meddling in your family's affairs. I'm talking about her." She pointed at Yu Zihan innocently.
"Nonsense, I know you are talking about her. She is my sister. Do you think you are meddling in my family affairs?" Pei Shuyan pulled Yu Zihan to sit on the sofa.
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