Chapter 350
The five minutes pa.s.sed very quickly, and once time was up, someone immediately went forward to take the book away from the two’s hands, while pen and paper had already been prepared on the table for their use.
Jing Yun Zhao had just held onto her pen and wrote a stroke on the paper, when she realised none of its ink showed up on the paper. Her pupils constricted, and she gazed at the judging panel, only to see their masks of ignorance on what was going on. However, no one asked to stop the time.
When every second that pa.s.sed could change the tide, it seemed like there was indeed someone who didn’t want her to succeed.
Jing Yun Zhao let out a long breath and filled the pen with ink, before she started to write with a rub of her hands.
This series of movements used up approximately two minutes, but in these two minutes, it was enough for Sun Yan to write a lot. Especially with Jing Yun Zhao’s problem with her pen; even though she managed to resolve it very quickly, her speed to onlookers looked like she was taking her time, as if she wasn’t in a rush. It practically made everyone watching become anxious for her.
Sun Yan had a decent reputation and could be considered to be an unusually lucky person blessed by heaven in the eyes of most of the people. What’s more, she was quite pretty and her personality was gentle, so she was the most popular amongst the younger generation in the Medicinal Fair.
Meanwhile, it was different for Jing Yun Zhao; she practically skydived into this. Her personality was silent and prideful, and she didn’t even like to socialise with others. Her family background wasn’t that ideal either. Under comparison, it was obvious that very few people hoped for her to win.
While the people below the stage felt nervous for her because of what just happened, most of them still laughed at her.
It was still Tong Yan and Ji Shan Shan who felt uncomfortable.
Especially Ji Shan Shan. Logically speaking, she should hope for Sun Yan to win, but seeing how behind Jing Yun Zhao was, she was willing to kill someone just as long as she could find out who tampered things and slap him to death.
What’s so great about ruining things behind the scenes?! If they had the ability, then just do it in my face!
Either way, if it were up to her, she’d bully them in their face. There was no way that she’d do this kind of cowardly thing!
Unfortunately, the situation was where the Emperor wasn’t anxious but his steward was. Jing Yun Zhao didn’t even show anything on her face, her face was completely straight as she started writing.
From afar, she could only see that her pen was moving at the speed of light. It was almost like she could hear the ‘swoosh swoosh’ from the writing.
In the beginning, the audience thought that her pen would stop after a while, but who knew that as every second pa.s.sed, her writing speed remained constant. In the meantime, Sun Yan had already obviously begun to slow down. Occasionally, she would even pause to think. Her forehead was already beginning to perspire.
Sun Yan was highly conscious of the fact that Jing Yun a Zhao beside her was still writing non stop and her pace didn’t even slow down at all! She felt a little nervous because of that.
Doesn’t she know how to take a break? Is it even possible for her to remember to be so strong that she knows every single thing down to the last letter?!
Even though she had memorised about 70 to 80% of the contents just now, but because time was too short, these kinds of memories usually only could be maintained for an equally short period of time. This was why the contents for the latter parts were foggy for her. Every time she wrote out something, she had to pause and think again.
Sun Yan’s cinnabar lips trembled and wracked her brain to recall. Still, Jing Yun Zhao had managed to affect her train of thought and she became even more uncertain of her answers.
Soon, time was almost up and Sun Yan suddenly comforted herself once she noticed it, thinking that Jing Yun Zhao might only be writing so fast just to throw her off on purpose for tampering with her pen. She was slower to start penning down the items than her by two minutes and obviously couldn’t have written more than her, much less remember everything so precisely!
Going along with this train of thought, Sun Yan completely rationalised herself.
Her hand speed has also consequently picked up a smidge.
The audience below the stage didn’t find the pa.s.sing minutes boring at all, keeping their eyes locked onto the pair of girls on stage. Sun Yan’s beauty was elegant, while Jing Yun Zhao’s beauty was more outstanding. This was free eye candy, who could move their eyes away?
However, when there was only a minute left till time was up, Jing Yun Zhao suddenly stopped…