Crisp, uniform applause rang out the mont Liu Fei finished her final sentence. The eyes of the seven or eight teachers below the stage were brimming with praise.
Her three-minute performance was perfect. Despite one slip of the tongue due to nerves, her overall delivery was smooth and her pacing was excellent.
As for her appearance, that went without saying. It made her a shoo-in for the host position.
A girl that pretty wouldn’t even have to do anything; just by standing there, she could attract plenty of attention.
Everyone was well aware of this.
Once the promo materials went out, netizens would undoubtedly care even more about looks than the Landa University students themselves.
Society was twisted that way, especially in the age of short-form video. If soone happened upon a Landa University video and saw the host wasn’t much to look at, they’d likely swipe past it imdiately. That was just the reality of it.
"Okay, let’s welco our next student, Le Ziling."
The next contestant had been ready since about halfway through Liu Fei’s speech. At the announcent, a girl in a black down jacket and gray jeans scurried down the aisle in small steps, her cheeks flushed as she made her way onto the stage.
Naturally, all eyes were on her.
Le Ziling was clearly not used to this. As she walked, her eyes darted about, not knowing where to land. Finally, she just lowered her head, clutched the microphone, and avoided looking at the audience.
It was clear the students varied greatly in their composure.
Based on these first few seconds alone, Liu Fei was clearly the superior perforr.
As the first speaker, she had gotten things off to a great start, but she had also inadvertently ratcheted up the pressure on everyone who followed. They suddenly felt that, compared to Liu Fei, they weren’t prepared at all...
"This girl’s pretty cute..."
"Cute how?" Liu Nan asked, utterly baffled as he looked at Wei Zhen next to him in astonishnt.
"I think she’s cute, too," Chen Yuan chid in calmly. "She’s not wearing much makeup and her clothes are plain, but she has a really cute face."
"Really?" Liu Nan pondered for a mont, then poked the shoulder of the student in front of him. "Hey, can I borrow your glasses for a sec? I forgot mine... I’ll give them right back."
The roommates were sitting quite a ways from the stage, so with his poor eyesight, Liu Nan couldn’t get a clear look.
The guy was getting antsy.
In fact, it was true. Le Ziling’s face was genuinely pretty, with a hint of baby fat on her cheeks, big eyes, and thin lips. Her features gave her a "sweet girl" look, but her clothes were a bit too plain. She seed like the type who didn’t pay much attention to her appearance.
Take the black down jacket she was wearing—there had to be at least eighty identical ones on campus.
"Hello, everyone. I’m Le Ziling, a sophomore from the Art Departnt..." Le Ziling began cautiously, her voice unutterably reserved and shy.
The mont she finished her opening line, all the male students in the auditorium went wild!
Low gasps and whispers rippled through the audience, and the atmosphere instantly beca a chaotic buzz.
Le Ziling’s voice was unbelievably sweet! It was the most pleasant, high-pitched voice most of them had ever heard! Clear and lodious, each syllable was like a piece of candy wrapped in a colorful wrapper.
Even Chen Yuan’s eyebrows shot up, and the corners of his mouth lifted into an unreadable smile.
’Ah, that voice could just lt your heart. So pleasant to the ear.’
Beside him, Liu Nan hamred on the armrest, his face flushed red. "This one’s the one! She’s the one!"
"The one, my ass! Weren’t you just saying you were going to chase after Liu Fei? How can you change your mind after just one minute?!"
"I was being impulsive just now, Zhen. You know , I’ve always been a sucker for a pretty voice!" Liu Nan grinned like a creep, fantasizing, "I can’t even imagine... what it would feel like to be scolded by Senior Sister Le with a voice that sweet..."
After a mont, the male students realized they shouldn’t be disturbing her speech.
With a surprising, unspoken agreent, they all fell silent, resting their chins in their hands. However, their gazes toward Senior Sister Le were now filled with adoration.
"I’m incredibly honored to have been selected to participate in this preliminary host competition. I’m actually a rather introverted person, and it was my lovely roommates who signed up for this... At first, I didn’t dare to co, but when I was selected, I could hardly believe it. It turns out my performance wasn’t so bad after all. Thinking about that gave courage. If other people can be so brave, why can’t I?"
Her initial nervousness didn’t cause Le Ziling to falter.
Instead, she seed to hit her stride, her performance getting better and better.
And with the added bonus of her sweet, childlike voice, it was as if everyone in the auditorium was getting an ear massage; they all wore looks of pure enjoynt.
"You can do it!"
No one knew who shouted it.
All eyes turned in unison toward the source of the shout. A male student with a face full of acne flushed bright red and quickly lowered his head.
Onstage, Le Ziling heard it too. A brilliant smile blood on her face, revealing the dimples at the corners of her mouth.
In that mont, she was breathtakingly beautiful.
"She has my vote! My vote!"
"Mine too."
"So sweet, bro. She’s totally my type."
In that instant, the students who had just been unconditionally loyal to Liu Fei all defected.
The teachers in the front row weren’t so dramatic. They were more focused on the quality of the speech, lowering their heads to silently calculate an appropriate number of votes.
Jiangg Yao was conflicted. She had just given Liu Fei nine votes, but now, looking at Le Ziling, she felt this performance was no worse than the last... ’Maybe I should give her nine votes, too!’
At this mont, she felt a thrill akin to that of a foolish emperor choosing a new concubine.
The speech ended, applause rang out, and the third female student took the stage.
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