Chapter 667


    “Michelle, you’re too full of yourself. Aside from using top–notch essential oils, your piece, ain’t


    nothing special! All these yearster, and you seem to be stuck on this ‘noble‘ theme! Forgotten


    your roots, have ya?


    “Every time there’s an internationalpetition, I look forward to your entry, but yet again you’ve let


    me down. I suggest you go back and take a good look at your previous work.”


    Hearing this, Michelle’s face turned beet red. She clenched her teeth, but still felt defiant.


    Over the years, she had spent every day thinking about how to improve and break through herself.


    And now she was being told to go back and look at her old work, what was that about?


    What pissed her off even more was that she had actually lost to Keira?!


    “Can I see Rosanna’s piece? At least let me admit defeat?”


    “Hell, no!”


    Michelle clenched her teeth and stubbornly stood her ground, refusing to leave.


    An looked at Michelle’s stubborn refusal to admit defeat, furrowed his brows, but finally handed


    her a scent strip of Keira’s piece.


    “An, that’s not right!”


    “What’s there to be afraid of? All these pieces will be showcased at this year’s award ceremony


    anyway.”


    Michelle quickly took the scent strip, sniffed it, and her face immediately changed.


    Her resolve seemed to waver.


    Then, she chuckled bitterly. “Rosanna said it embodies the first snow of the morning? Ha, she’s


    describing such a gentle piece with the cold, icy snow? I don’t get it,


    how did she create such a perfect piece!”


    The judges also shook their heads.


    “You noticed too? We don’t get it either. How the creator doesn’t understand the gentleness and


    warmth it brings.”


    Michelle put down the scent strip, scoffed, full of sarcasm.


    In the end, she walked out of thepetition venue with her head held high.


    Chloe watched Michelle’s retreating figure, her eyes serious. mShe was indeed a strongpetitor,


    but had some character ws.


    After two more contestants were evaluated, Chloe finally stopped what she was doing.


    Looking at thepleted piece in front of her, Chloe exhaled softly, dabbed a bit on her wrist,


    sniffed it, and finally a slight smile appeared on her lips.


    Then she walked towards the judges‘ table with her piece.


    This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Seeing Chloe approaching from a distance, the judges all had anticipatory looks on their faces.


    An looked particrly eager.


    By the time Chloe stood in front of them, they were like obedient students waiting for their teacher,


    having already found her form. There was no need to ask, just


    had to look for the one marked “tar.


    “Let me see it.” An clearly couldn’t wait any longer. He took Chloe’s piece from her hands.


    The moment he picked up the scent strip and sniffed it, An’s expectant smile suddenly froze.


    The other judges had almost the same reaction.


    “This has a very strong scent, very… very warm, warmer than normal…” An murmured, his voice


    devoid of any emotion.


    “This seems to be theplete opposite of Rosanna’s piece. Rosanna’s piece felt icy and


    refreshing at first, but this one… it’s not just warm, it’s like a fire, a fire that would burn your heart


    and lungs.“