The red flower needs green leaves

  The host held the microphone and shouted: "In order to save time, please line up in a queue. In the first round, we will look at your appearance. If you are considered suitable by the judges, they will keep your number and then enter the second round of competition."

  An Lan found this amusing, it was similar to a beauty pageant, the only difference being that a beauty pageant would have a panel of judges, whereas this competition...

  An Lan had just thought of this when she saw a few more people coming on stage, seemingly Yi Shui Han's family members. Alright, it seemed that this marriage selection contest also had several judges.

  An Lan was the most inconspicuous woman in the entire banquet hall, because she didn't wear any makeup, her face was clean and plain, and her hair was simply tied back into a ponytail.

  She was wearing an outdated skirt, mid-length sleeves, deep blue, knee-length, sailor-style, typical school uniform, which didn't match her age at all. This was given to her by Anyu.

  It's rare that none of the beauties withdrew, and despite the change in male lead, everyone remained enthusiastic. At the host's invitation, they all walked over to line up, fearing they would be left behind.

  An Lan hesitated about whether to go and line up, if it were Yi Tianze she would have gone to join in the excitement, thinking that anyway she would be eliminated in the first round, and going back was also good to give her mother an explanation.

  Now that Yi Shuihan is here, she really doesn't want to lose face in front of him, and he probably wouldn't want to see her either, especially not in this kind of situation.

  Someone beside her pulled her: "Come on, go line up."

  "I don't want to go," she said in a low voice, indicating for the person to leave.

  That person immediately looked at her twice, then whispered in her ear: "Are you stupid? Even if you're really not satisfied with the Yi family's matchmaker, can't you just hide it? You're going there now, aren't you clearly showing that you don't give face to the second young master of the Yi family? Besides, the second young master of the Yi family is not worse than the eldest young master."

  An Lan was still hesitating, but the person had already pulled her hand and walked over together. The people behind pushed and crowded, and she actually stood in the middle of the queue, of course, it was the last row.

  She kept her head down, silently praying that Yi Shuihan hadn't seen her, silently praying that Yi Shuihan could quickly finish selecting the beauties, and then she could leave with the others who were eliminated.

  She never thought that she would have a face-to-face encounter with Yi Shuihan, he was like an emperor from ancient times who was above the world, while she was like a humble contestant in a beauty pageant standing below waiting for his selection.

  An Lan lowered her head, lost in thought, and didn't hear clearly what the host was saying until someone came to her side with a smile and asked: "Would you like to be in my group?"

  With her in a group? An Lan raised his head, only to discover that she was actually the most beautiful woman in the entire banquet hall, seemingly named Bi Yu Xiao, an idol star with a family background.

  An Lan didn't expect to be valued so much by this beautiful woman, and it wasn't until she followed the beauty in a daze to the front that she suddenly realized, red flowers need green leaves.

  She is the most ordinary and plain among all the candidates, while beautiful women would not be foolish enough to stand together with their own equals, that's obviously going against themselves.