Chapter 44
There were three groups of outstanding students who won awards this time. Kuang Yumin was among them. He was in the second group, and three people received the award together.
Originally, the student union had prepared a bouquet of flowers and girls to present the flowers, but Meng Shunying deliberately said that she wanted to present flowers to Kuang Yumin, and she would also prepare the bouquet.
Kuang Yumin was not particularly eye-catching among the three, but Meng Shunying walked onto the stage decked out in jewels and presented her with a long bouquet of champagne roses, strelitzias, and yellow gladioli. Thunderous applause and cheers immediately erupted from the audience.
Someone said: "It is true that a husband is honored by his wife."
Xiao Shuang said, "Those flowers are very expensive."
Below is the speech by the school leaders. There is still some time before the next award ceremony.
Wang Jiazhi bent down and went out, pulling out the school girl who was giving flowers to Zhou Minlin.
The girl who presented flowers to Zhou Minlin was very beautiful. She was wearing a white dress and had long hair draped over her shoulders today, which was already beautiful enough.
However, Wang Jiazhi quickly recombed her hair and changed her hairstyle. She braided a long braid from the top of her head downwards, tied a light pink silk bow at the end of her hair, and inserted a pink forget-me-not in each braid.
Seeing this, the junior schoolmate excitedly said, "Senior, please take a picture of me later."
Wang Jiazhi laughed and said, "My photo is not very good. I'll ask Zhou Minlin to take a good photo of you after we get off the stage."
Zhou Minlin presented the award alone because he was the top student among the outstanding students and was the popular choice.
Kuang Yumin had run for student union president against him but lost, and ultimately didn't even get the vice-president position, only being an officer. Meng Shunying also intended to save Kuang Yumin's face this time.
When the junior student, her dress flowing and her hair adorned with fragrant flowers, came on stage to present flowers, the audience erupted in cheers. The bouquet consisted of white roses, white cornflowers, and blue-purple cornflowers. Small purple flowers, like grapes, nestled within the bouquet, seemed to radiate a purple glow. Aside from the white roses, the other flowers were wildflowers Wang Jiazhi and Xiaoshuang had picked from the mountains. Zhou Minlin already had a handsome face and a graceful demeanor, and the flowers and beauties only enhanced his extraordinary aura.
Xiao Shuang smiled and said, "At least they didn't steal the limelight."
Meng Shunying and Lai Xiujin were feeling uncomfortable in the audience. Lai Xiujin said angrily, "She really loves to grab the spotlight. You see, she is such a despicable and vain person."
Meng Shunying just frowned and said nothing.
A girl in the back row said to the girl next to her: "Look, Wang Jiazhi is so beautiful even in such a simple outfit."
Wang Jiazhi did not go on stage, but was helping to organize things. The girls on stage were dressed up, she was only wearing a light blue cloth gown, her hair was loose, and she had a white orchid on her head.
Another said, "Indeed, she's beautiful even without makeup. There are indeed some who are prettier than her, but her elegance is truly rare. Even in coarse linen, she still looks like a secluded orchid in a deep valley."
"Yes, she has a good personality and isn't the type to be flamboyant or seek the spotlight. Aside from donating to war charity performances, she rarely participates in social activities. Many people pursued her, but she refused. Instead, she studied hard and wrote articles."
"I know that the teachers really appreciate what she writes. I read it and it's really brilliant and excellent."
"Her paintings are also good. They were on the cover of the school magazine. Everyone says Jin Qiaochu's paintings are good, but I think hers are more poetic and ethereal. I heard that she also purchased and designed the flowers today. They are really novel and unique."
"I said the florist had never seen anything like this before, and it's true. Although they're cheap flowers, they're truly poetic. This person has truly refined taste."
"To say the other influential figures are also very talented, but they come from wealthy families, and their excellence is inseparable from their wealth. Take those oil paintings, for example. Jin Qiaochu has been learning since childhood, and his family has carefully nurtured him. Wang Jiazhi heard that he only learned for a few months, but he can still paint so well. Even with such a poor family background, he is still very talented."
"She is what a new woman should be like: from a poor family, she is self-reliant, focused on her studies, and concerned about the country and the people, instead of focusing on love and marriage."
Meng Shunying and Lai Xiujing in the front row listened without saying a word until the show was over.
It’s a pity that Wang Jiazhi was not there. If she had heard it, she would have been very happy.
Xiao Shuang said to Wang Jiazhi, "Lai Xiujin is really abominable. If he goes too far, you can't always let others bully you like this."
Wang Jiazhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, anyone who bullies us will die in the end."
Wang Jiazhi and Xiaoshuang sat back down. Another girl from the student union said, "The teachers also said that today's flowers are so novel and unique. You guys are amazing. You can make such cheap flowers look so beautiful. Zhou Minlin and the teacher said that these were designed by two talented women in our school."
With limited funds, they could only buy cheap flowers, and the styles available at the florist were too ordinary. Wang Jiazhi thought of using wildflowers, which would be both economical and beautiful. So she and Xiaoshuang took the bus to the mountains the day before to pick some. They each carried a large bucket on the bus back, attracting many people to watch them.
Wang Jiazhi had asked the florist to make simple bouquets, but at night she and Xiaoshuang mixed in wildflowers, which instantly gave the bouquets a fresh and elegant look. They worked until almost dawn, their room overflowing with flowers.
The bouquet given to the principal was cheap white peony from the flower shop, with purple-blue orchids picked from the mountains in the middle.
The principal realized that it was Cailan who wanted to give him medicine, and when he saw the girl who presented the flowers smiling sweetly, he smiled with joy.
The gift for Jin Qiaochu was yellow roses, paired with purple windmill-like clematis, with small white wild chrysanthemums and red wild strawberries in the middle.
Jin Qiaochu smiled and said, "This is such a beautiful combination. I want to plant purple clematis at home when I get back."
In comparison, the bouquet of gorgeous champagne roses given to Kuang Yumin seemed out of place, like a wealthy businessman dressed in gold and silver sneaking in among the elegant mountain hermits.
The principal was very happy to see her when she sent flowers to him. Lai Xiujin and Meng Shunying said, "She really knows how to seduce men and please them."
Xiao Shuang said to the others, "These are all wild flowers that Wang Jiazhi and I picked on the mountain."
Wang Jiazhi smiled and said, "Flowers and plants are not high or low; they are all beautiful. It just depends on how you take care of them to make them look their most beautiful."
Kuang Yumin originally wanted to be in the spotlight, but he didn't expect that Zhou Minlin would snatch it away again.
Meng Shunying said to him: "In my eyes, you will always be the best."
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