158: Chapter 158: The Ancients Were Truly Not Deceptive 158: Chapter 158: The Ancients Were Truly Not Deceptive When Yuan Yuxi was feeling deeply upset, Wang Yixin was completely relaxed, crossing her arms leisurely and looking at Yuan Yuxi with a sense of pride and provocation.
Although she didn’t say anything, that smug look, that victorious stance with arms crossed, nearly set Yuan Yuxi’s heart on fire with anger.
She wished she had won the gold dal, so she could have shown off to Wang Yixin and let her taste the bitterness of defeat.
However, she had already won the bronze dal, and although Wang Yixin hadn’t won the gold, her award was still higher.
Of course, if she allowed Wang Yixin to invisibly defeat her like this and chose to silently endure, wouldn’t that be akin to admitting defeat to Wang Yixin?
As two major rivals who had been competing against each other in every matter since middle school, Yuan Yuxi certainly wouldn’t admit defeat to Wang Yixin.
Yuan Yuxi suppressed her anger, but smiled sweetly at Wang Yixin, and said in a voice only the two could hear, “Wang Yixin, even though I got the bronze dal, you shouldn’t expect to get the gold dal either.”
Wang Yixin was taken aback by Yuan Yuxi’s words: in her view, the gold dal had to be between her and Yuan Yuxi; now that Yuan Yuxi had won the bronze, there was a 99% chance the gold was hers.
As the art departnt’s flower of art, Wang Yixin was quite confident in her abilities.
As for Gu Yiming, who also had high hopes of winning, Wang Yixin didn’t regard him as a threat at all.
Gu Yiming was far below her and Yuan Yuxi in skill level.
Since Gu Yiming couldn’t possibly win the gold, Wang Yixin couldn’t imagine any dark horse in Art Class 1 snatching the gold from her.
Of course, although Lin Fei had said a month ago that he would win the gold, in Wang Yixin’s eyes, it was just a joke, not to be taken seriously.
“Yuan Yuxi, are you trying to fool ?
If I don’t win the gold, then who, you?” Wang Yixin’s eyes twinkled as she leisurely said to Yuan Yuxi, “When I win the gold later, don’t envy .”
Yuan Yuxi almost bit through her teeth in anger but quickly reminded herself that anger ages won faster.
She took a deep breath to calm herself and said, “The gold won’t be yours, so what would I envy you for?”
“I know, it’s sour grapes since you can’t have them,” Wang Yixin laughed, covering her mouth.
“You…” Yuan Yuxi’s beautiful eyes almost caught fire.
anwhile, Lin Fei, witnessing the silent battle between the two girls, shook his head helplessly: “Where there are won, there is war, the ancients did not deceive !”
His gaze then turned to the stage.
Elder Kong walked over to the right, where teachers were carrying a painting.
He addressed all the students, saying, “This piece, which won the silver dal at our art exhibition, is titled ‘The Last Wish,’ and was created by Wang Yixin from Class 1.”
The red cloth was lifted, revealing a richly colored and vibrant oil painting to everyone’s eyes.
In the painting, an elderly lady with a head full of silver hair lay sick in bed, as a young man played a suona for her.
The painting had a complex composition but perfectly captured and vividly portrayed the characters’ clothing, actions, and emotions.
The substance, overall structure, and artistic expression clearly surpassed Yuan Yuxi’s ‘Young Divine Doctor.’
“The art flower is truly the art flower, the painting is just too good!”
“Seeing this painting, I finally understand what vividness and indescribable beauty an.”
“But why does the young man playing the suona in the painting look so much like Lin Fei?”
Soon, perceptive classmates noticed that the young man playing the suona in Wang Yixin’s oil painting, like the young divine doctor in Yuan Yuxi’s painting, bore a striking resemblance to Lin Fei.
If they thought the resemblance of the young divine doctor to Lin Fei was a coincidence, the young man in Wang Yixin’s painting looking very similar to Lin Fei was definitely not seen as a coincidence by many students.
Though reluctant to admit it, they realized Yuan Yuxi and Wang Yixin might have used Lin Fei as a model when painting the young divine doctor and the young man with the suona.
After discovering this truth, many male students who harbored fantasies about the two school beauties felt as though they had been dealt a million points of critical damage, the hurt was too great.
On the stage, Mayor Luo and Principal Zhu, along with other provincial and municipal officials, also lavished praise on the revealed silver and bronze dal paintings.
However, when Wang Yixin heard Elder Kong announce her silver dal, she was struck as if by lightning, completely dumbfounded!
Silver dal?!
Not the gold dal?
It felt as if Wang Yixin’s heart echoed with the sound of breaking glass.
This blow shattered all her hopes.
She didn’t win the gold dal?
Yuan Yuxi had already lost to her, yet she still hadn’t secured the gold dal?
Wang Yixin was about to lose her mind.
“Ahem, Wang Yixin, didn’t you say you would win the gold dal?
What, did I hear wrong just now?” Yuan Yuxi sweetly smiled, looking at the color-changing face of Wang Yixin.
Wang Yixin glared at Yuan Yuxi: “You!…”
Yuan Yuxi imitated Wang Yixin’s earlier pose, arms crossed in leisure, and said, “Wang Yixin, have you ever heard the saying that pride cos before a fall?
Sotis it’s better to be humble, as humility leads to progress.”
Wang Yixin almost fainted with anger at Yuan Yuxi.
This woman really holds grudges, retaliating so quickly.
But Wang Yixin was no ordinary girl.
She quickly cald down and coldly said to Yuan Yuxi, “Although I missed the gold dal, it’s still a silver.
No matter how inferior the silver, it’s better than the bronze, right?
Doesn’t that an I’m stronger than so people?”
Yuan Yuxi laughed, “Yeah, my bronze can’t match the silver, but soone wanted the gold and didn’t get it.
Must be feeling awful, huh?”
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Listening to the two won exchange snide remarks, Lin Fei shook his head again, thinking: No wonder there’s a saying, ‘only petty n and won are hard to deal with,’ once again the ancients do not deceive .
On the stage, the artworks, the silver and bronze dal pieces, were already revealed, but the paintings held by the two teachers in the middle were still covered.
All the students around the stage looked with eager anticipation at the last yet-to-be-unveiled painting, and there was much discussion: “This is the gold dal piece!”
“I really want to know who painted the gold dal piece?”
“Who else?
Since it’s not Yuan Yuxi or Wang Yixin, it naturally must be Gu Yiming.”
“I didn’t expect the top prize, the gold dal, to go to Gu Yiming, what an upset!”
Many turned admiring and envious eyes towards Gu Yiming in the crowd.
Gu Yiming felt the discussions about him and sensed that all eyes were on him, filling him with an incomparable sense of vanity and indescribable excitent.
He had finally beco the center of attention.
Today he would seize the brightest gold dal and beco the most enviable victor.
Of course, he believed that winning the gold dal would surely capture Yuan Yuxi’s heart.
Gu Yiming felt as if enveloped in radiant light, a king among n, looking down on the world, his sense of superiority swelling instantly.
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