A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 698

Zoe wanted to challenge herself-she would abandon Cora's interpretation of the character and make a completely new character instead. However, doing so had its risks; the audience might not be used to the new character since it went against what they remembered, which in turn would lead to her being slaughtered.

After thinking things through, Zoe decided to stick to Cora’s interpretation.

The audience began to vote after the contestants' performances before the program moved on to the judges' comments.

Hailey was the most experienced amongst the judges, and she had been watching solemnly.

She was even more solemn after watching Zoe's team's performance.

Zoe, Wynn, and Candice felt their hearts racing nervously.

They more or less managed to recreate the performance as it was, but had no idea if the judges and audience would buy it. 1

Hailey then spoke, "First and foremost, it's commendable that the performance overall was replicated without obvious mistakes. Naturally, there were some minor mishaps. For example, corpsing, aren't we, Wynn?"

Wynn smiled in embarrassment and nodded. The studio audience laughed in amusement.

were too quick with your lines,” Hailey added bluntly, pointing out all their mistakes. "It may be

Wynn and Candice were quick to respond

Hailey was as serious as she was meticulous; it was as if no

to Zoe then. "But in contrast, even if she made

an uproar by those words-the one who made zero mistakes, somehow

kept smiling, afraid to react at all since

why I said that?"

passed the micto Zoe, who replied, "Please enlighten me, Miss

but it had neither soul nor uniqueness. I could even put it this way: you were playing Cora Levine, not Zoe York,” Hailey said, cutting straight to the heart

interpretation of the character was

Take Hamlet for an example—the character had been played by countless

Zoe nodded, too fearful to defend

had simply

and Wynn were breathing new life to their characters despite their mistakes. On

critique left Zoe

how to explain that she wanted to stave elimination, and was therefore afraid to get