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."

the host finished, Mr. Tanner climbed onto the stage, his steps a

Then, the drawing-

...

did we

all the contestants couldn't

Did we get Flora?

rush? It doesn't really

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

now I'll announce the names of those competing shortly. First,

expectant gaze of everyone,

"Flora!"

voice trembled slightly

'Flora' prompted cheers from the

This round's

first round. These

in the preliminaries, if they took

truly had a shot

give it your

"Good luck!"

rooting

buzzed with excitement, their tone carrying a hint of

almost grinding her teeth in

belonged to her was

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