Nan Huang whispered, "What do you want to say?"
Fu Ya replied, "I just want to tell you, Leaf Sister, that Five Lord and I have a childhood friendship. The Fu family and the Rong family have a long-standing friendship. Sister, why would you compete with me?"
Nan Huang smiled, "If Rong Feng is really yours, do you need to say all this to me?"
Fu Ya continued, "Have you noticed the leather strap on his wrist? The longer you wear it, the shinier it becomes. Can't you see that the leather strap has been worn for many years? If you look closely, you'll see cracks on the strap, and it's stained with obvious black marks."
Nan Huang frowned slightly.
Fu Ya smiled and said, "Perhaps you don't know. I gave him that strap. The cracks on the strap were caused when he saved me when I accidentally fell into the water when we were kids. And the black stain was from a meal I once had. Think about it, if our relationship with Five Lord is ordinary, why would he wear the strap I gave him for so many years?"
Nan Huang's heart sank a bit, but she still smiled lightly. "Did Fu Er Miss notice that the watch on his hand is the same as mine?"
Fu Ya looked at Nan Huang's wrist and suddenly froze.
Nan Huang's watch was subtly luxurious, but Fu Ya recognized it at a glance. It was the world's only pair of high-end mechanical watches. It had been bought by Rong Feng.
Fu Ya couldn't believe it. Did Five Lord really give it to her?!
Fu Ya composed herself and continued with a smile, "Sister, Five Lord treats you differently indeed. But, shall we make a bet?"
"What kind of bet?" Nan Huang asked.
Fu Ya said, "Xie Jing Ge is a member of the Xie family. In other words, he's also from one of the prominent families in the Imperial City. I just took a look, and even though I don't understand calligraphy very well, I can tell that your writing is not inferior. Let's bet on how Five Lord will score you. Through Five Lord's score, we can see how important you are to him."
Fu Ya continued with a playful smile, "I bet that Xie Jing Ge's score won't be lower than yours."
Nan Huang smiled, "This is a competition, and Rong Feng won't favor anyone. If my score is lower, it's because my writing wasn't good enough."
Fu Ya looked very playful and said, "That's not necessarily true. But Sister, I'm supporting Xie Jing Ge. I think Five Lord will definitely not want me to be unhappy."
Xie Jing Ge, who had just been called by Fu Ya, came over, greeted Nan Huang, and then left.
Nan Huang stared at the direction where the scores were being announced, thinking about Rong Feng's leather strap in his hand.
The results were almost all out. Xie Jing Ge's scores were 9.4, 9.3, 9.5, with an average of 9.4.
Nan Huang's scores were 9.0, 9.3, 9.9, also with an average of 9.4.
Apart from them, the average scores of the other participants were at most 8.5.
Nan Huang noticed that the 9.0 score was given by the professor from the Imperial University. She understood that the professor might be biased towards students from his own college.
With a slightly narrowed gaze, she then looked at Yuan Gong's score.
Yuan Gong announced his scores loudly, and his scores were fair and impartial. If Yuan Gong gave herself 9.9 and Xie Jing Ge 9.5, would that prove that she was superior?
However, the scores given by Rong Feng for herself and Xie Jing Ge were exactly the same.
Could it be true, as Fu Ya had said, that Rong Feng couldn't bear to see her unhappy?
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