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Chapter 337 National Literary and Art League
On the day of the National Literary and Art League. To support the three teams they had sent out,
Loyalty Academy allowed all the students to end school earlier so that the students could go and support
their fellow schoolmates.
Because this was the National Literary and Art League, all the participating teams were elites sent from
the various prestigious high schools. Hence, although this was only the preliminary rounds, it garnered
the entire nation’s attention.
As long as one had access to the internet, one would be able to witness this sensational competition.
Some celebrity teams had a large fanbase online.
Take the representative team from Belmont High School as an example. As the most esteemed art
academy in the nation, students who graduated from there always entered the entertainment industry.
Many students already drew public attention when they enrolled in Belmont High School. The students
representing Belmont High School were determined to win. Their only goal was to win this competition.
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As the team’s representative, Ronin went up to draw lots to decide on the order in which their group
would perform. After what happened last time, Ronin was more vigilant. He would cripple the legs of
whoever dared target them!
“Catherine, I’ll go to draw the lots now! ” he said.
Catherine nodded. Compared to the tense and nervous feeling of the people around her, who seemed
combat- ready, Catherine did not seem like one who was here for a competition. Even those invited to be
spectators of the competition were more excited than her. The lots were drawn quickly. Ronin came back
cheerfully and showed Catherine the lot.
“Catherine, we are the eighth team, which means we’re in the middle. It’s perfect!”
Their team was neither too front nor back. Ronin felt that he was very lucky to draw such a lot. Upon
hearing the result, Catherine was a little displeased. She was hoping that their team could be the first.
That way, after their performance, she could go back and sleep!
If it were not for the fact that she had to fight for the honor of her class, she would not even bother
participating!
For her class to rise in the ranks, Catherine had no choice but to participate in this competition. Liana
had drawn the lot earlier than Ronin. Her team was second and would start their performance earlier.
Catherine checked the time. Realizing that it was still early, she turned to Ronin, who was standing
beside her.
“I’m going to rest for a bit. Wake me up when it’s our turn,” she instructed. The students of Class 8 were
beside Catherine and the rest of the team, accompanying them. When they heard what Catherine said,
everyone was startled. This was the National Literary and Art League!
It was okay if Catherine was not nervous, but should she not use this time to go over the song lyrics and
the movements?
She still wanted to sleep?
It was apparent that Catherine did not take the National Literary and Art League seriously at all!
However, Ronin did not have a problem with that. He even changed his position and blocked the light
shining on Catherine’s face. When everyone saw that, they knew that this fellow was hopeless.
The students of Class 8 turned their gazes to Bryan, hoping he was rational enough to persuade
Catherine.
“Bryan, aren’t you going to do anything about this?”
Bryan glanced at the classmate who had said that and rolled his eyes.
“What do you want me to do? If you have the guts, you do it!”
If that classmate did not have the guts, he should not have come and annoyed him like so. Nobody had
the guts, so why did they think that he was brave enough to do so?
It was a well-known fact that Catherine should not be disturbed while sleeping. He did not want to take
this risk.
What was the worst that could happen? At most, they would be the team that was ranked last. Between
offending Catherine and embarrassing themselves, Bryan would choose the latter option without
hesitation.
Being last was a small matter, but he would be in big trouble if he offended Catherine! Ronin did not want
to do anything, and Bryan was not gutsy enough to do anything.
In the end, everyone could only helplessly watch Catherine sleep openly in a venue where all eyes were
on them. She was most definitely the only one like that.
Meanwhile, at the Duncan Corporation. Someone who should have been in a meeting with his
executives was now sitting in front of a large screen and watching the National Literary and Art League
with Triston. Triston could not help but grumble when he saw the host talking non-stop.
“Mr. Duncan, why is the host talking so much? She should hurry up and announce the start of the
competition! Isn’t Kathy going to be competing today? I’m waiting to watch that!”
Bright and early in the morning, Yesenia had sent many messages in the group chat. She told them that
Catherine was competing today in a nationwide competition and hoped everyone could tune in to support
Catherine.
Initially, Triston thought that judging from how much Branden doted on Catherine, he would be at the
scene to support Catherine.
Unexpectedly, Branden was in his office. Triston thought that if he had not rushed over and turned on the
large monitor, Branden might not have even watched the live broadcast.
Seeing that Branden did not answer him, Triston could not resist adding, ” Mr. Duncan, why do I feel that
you’re not concerned about this at all? If I didn’t come, you wouldn’t have watched the live broadcast?”
Even Paxton, standing at the side, felt that Triston was babbling too much, not to mention Branden.
“Why would Triston think that if he didn’t come, Mr. Duncan wouldn’t watch the live broadcast?” he
thought.
Branden had already instructed him to cancel a very important meeting very early on. After that, he had
been waiting for the competition to begin.
Triston was merely behaving like a smart alec. Triston wanted to say something else, but Branden
glanced at him. Triston’s face turned ashen white in fear, and he hurriedly shut his mouth. He could
offend anyone except for Branden!
The director switched the scene from the host to the audience and the waiting area. Although it was just
a second, Branden still caught sight of that beautiful figure. Among all the competitors, she seemed so
out of the ordinary.
Branden wanted to phone her but stopped himself. Since Catherine was resting, he decided not to
disturb her. That way, she could have a good rest.
When Catherine set out this morning, Branden had personally sent her to the venue. Before she got out
of the car, Branden specifically asked her if she wanted him to go with her. In the end, she rejected him
without any hesitation.
Catherine was the only one who would reject him so promptly and arrogantly. He would listen to her
since she did not want him to go.
Branden would only go if she told him to. Back to the competition venue. After giving the basic opening
speech, the host introduced the competition’s judges.
There was not only a highly reputed and respected elderly senior in the arts industry but also a famous
manager in the entertainment industry. In the end, the host also introduced a mysterious judge.
The host blinked her eyes and stared in fascination below the stage. “Come, let us welcome the dream
man of millions of girls, Grayson Clifford!”
When they were promoting the show, the production team only mentioned that there would be a
mysterious guest. Everyone guessed that that person would be Grayson. However, no one expected that
Grayson would appear as a mentor and a judge.
This implied that Grayson, who never participated in any variety show, would be here from the
preliminary rounds until the finals as a judge. This news resounded in everyone’s ears like a thunderclap.
Everyone burst into an excited uproar.
Catherine was in deep sleep when she suddenly heard the environment become noisy. She opened her
eyes in a daze.
“Is there an earthquake?” she murmured. Using his phone at the side, Ronin heard her words and
answered, “No, it’s not an earthquake. They just announced that Grayson is a judge. Go ahead and
sleep. When it’s our turn, I’ll wake you up.”
Catherine made a muffled sound of acknowledgment before turning her head and sleeping again.
The people around them, who were initially excited, heard Ronin and Catherine’s conversation. All of
them stopped their actions. What kind of queer team was this? This seemed like it was made up of a
mistress and her servant.
Why were they not the least bit excited about such astonishing news? If this continued, they felt nothing
would affect Catherine’s sleep, not even if the sky fell!