Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

"No worries, I've already eaten."

"Alright then." Mr. Tanner kept his warm smile, "Have a seat for a bit; the competition's about to start."

"Mm-hmm."

Flora nodded absentmindedly.

At 9:10 AM.

The host stepped onto the stage, speaking slowly, "Good morning, everyone. Congratulations on making it through the preliminaries to the semifinals. Now, let me go over the details and rules for the second round=" The semifinals would still be individual contests, but team scores would be calculated.

This round, Lone Island would present twenty questions. Contestants needed to answer on stage within a thirty-minute timeframe.

Since it was a draw, only ten out of the twenty contestants from each team would ultimately take the stage.

After explaining the rules briefly, Mr. Tanner rubbed his hands together, silently hoping Flora would be drawn!

The other contestants felt the same way.

With Flora on stage, victory was almost certain.

They had once seen Flora as a weak link, thinking she would drag them down. But now, she was their secret weapon.

What a turnaround.

"Alright, team leaders, please come up to draw."

climbed onto the

Then, the drawing-

...

did

all the

Did we get Flora?

really

his hand, a bit theatrically, and if you looked closely, there was a slight

now I'll announce the names of those competing shortly. First, Selene, second, Joy, third, Debra, fourth, Luiz...

under the expectant gaze of everyone,

"Flora!"

trembled

prompted

This round's

had scored perfectly in the first round. These questions were nothing for her. Another perfect score might be on the

first place in the preliminaries, if they took first

had a shot at

it your

"Good luck!"

rooting

tone carrying a hint of flattery

listened silently, almost grinding

that once belonged to her

proud of Debra, too, was green with envy. Her score wasn't low either, over eighty points. Why did everyone only