Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 842

Chapter 842 Double-Sided Embroidery With Different Patterns

After everything was ready, Elise and Ekaterina began their duel at Blitzy Entertainment's live studio.In a tense and electrifying atmosphere, each of them did their utmost to display their embroideryskills on stage.

Meanwhile, Alexander and Irvin were playing an exciting game of cat and mouse in Elise’s dressingroom. The man and the boy ran around in a space of less than 20 square meters, with the formerchasing after the latter while the latter tried to run away from him. Two minutes later, Alexander wasstill unable to gain the upper hand.

Using the chair for support, Irvin jumped onto the table while Alexander wasn't noticing. Then, hejumped onto the sofa with movements as agile as a monkey's. Alexander turned around to face thesofa, but the former had gotten around behind him.

Curling his lips into a barely perceptible smirk, Alexander decided to stay where he was and seewhat trick the little boy was trying to pull off.

The instant he got distracted, Irvin suddenly brought out a box from his pocket. Then, with a slightpull at the box, he instantly produced a fine silk string between his hands. As soon as he stopped inhis tracks and stood behind Alexander, he swung the box toward the latter's feet, causing the finestring to twist around them right away under the effects of inertia and elastic force.

When Alexander looked down, he immediately realized Irvin's intentions.

At the same time, Irvin tightened up the string in his hands and pulled it with all his might. However,Alexander, who was supposed to fall to the ground in an embarrassing fashion, didn't budge at all.“Crap... Aah!" No sooner had Irvin realized he'd come across a tough opponent than the lattergrabbed his shoulders and lifted him up. “Let me go!” Unwilling to admit defeat, he kept flailing hisarms and legs. “If I were a grown-up, I'd have brought you to my knees by now!"

“There are no ifs in this world,” Alexander replied with a faint smile. Then, he commented, “You'repretty clever, but it's unforgivable to underestimate your opponent. You still need a lot of practiceto overpower me.”

Unwilling to listen to the man’s lecture, Irvin kept on struggling for a moment, but to no avail. In afit of desperation, he simply puffed out his cheeks and rolled his eyes at the former. “Hmph!”

Just then, an alarm clock sounded in the room. Alexia ran inside and picked up the backpack wherethe sound of the alarm clock came from, shouting, “Time's up, Irvin!"

"Okay!" Irvin nodded seriously before turning his head to glower at Alexander furiously. “You let goof me! I gotta go replace my mom. Hurry up and let go of me!”

Alexander cocked an eyebrow. “Is this how you're begging someone for mercy?”

Irvin knitted his brows; his hands instinctively clenched into fists while hanging at his sides.Unwilling to humble himself before the man, he glowered at Alexander furiously with big, roundeyes.

"You're not even willing to say something to plead with me, huh? Seems like your mom doesn'tmatter that much to you,” Alexander teased him on purpose.

Irvin immediately gave up resisting as Elise was his and his sister's weakness. “Fine!” He shouted, “Igive up! Please put me down, Mr. Alexander. My mom needs me very much. Please!”

Alexander's nonchalant expression instantly turned serious as he slowly put Irvin down.

Upon gaining his freedom, Irvin ran over and carried the backpack on his back before runningoutside while taking Alexia and Mimi by the hand.

Alexander stood where he was while losing himself in thought for a long time. Having been absentfrom his son's upbringing for seven years, he had thought that Irvin wouldn't know how to choosebetween his family and his own interests. However, it seemed from the test just now that his sonwas an outstanding person. Dignity was important to men, to be sure, but it was a man'sresponsibility to learn to make compromises for the safety of his lover and family.

Meanwhile, in the live studio, Ekaterina unsurprisingly became the first to finish her piece. She stoodup and turned the embroidery frame around to show her embroidery of a Persian cat before theaudience.

As the camera kept zooming in on the piece, one was even able to see clearly the fluffiness of thecat's fur. The meticulous handling of the details and the clever use of angles made the cat's imageall the more stereographic. However, this alone wasn't sufficient to satisfy the audience'sexpectations for a top master at embroidery, so the piece was only greeted with a lukewarmresponse from the audience.

Ekaterina looked down at the audience while still proudly holding her chin up. After a brief silence,she sent the whole embroidery frame spinning with a wave of her hand. However, the Persian catshe had embroidered remained perfectly still while sitting obediently in the center of theembroidery frame like a living thing.

"She's made a double-sided embroidery!” Clutching the microphone in excitement, the discerningjudge began his professional commentary. “Such an embroidery technique involves the use of over50 kinds of stitches. One has to sew on both sides of the fabric simultaneously in order to producethe same pattern on both sides of the embroidery in the end. One might as well say that onlysomeone who'd mastered various embroidery techniques could achieve this. As expected of the topembroiderer of Rosepeak!”

Ekaterina could hardly conceal her smugness as she flashed a sidelong glance at Elise, who was stillburying herself in her embroidery work. She wasn't as foolish as Abby, who'd put all her skills to use.However hard Cittadelians tried, they'd only end up becoming a foil to her. It's been seven years. Ifthis woman really could defeat me, why would she wait until today? Everything at the moment isjust a show for the Cittadelians who are still vainly hoping to reclaim embroidery as something thatbelongs to them, or perhaps it's a conflict stirred up on purpose by the organizer for ratings’ sake.Whatever it is, it'll only further prove that my skills are unsurpassable.

She couldn't help but lower her head and sigh with a smile at the thought of how her popularitywould rise to a new level.

Just then, Irvin reached the side entrance with his two sisters and quietly observed the situation onstage.

Seeing how Elise’s hands were still moving busily after two more minutes, the audience couldn'thelp holding their breath for her.

“Don't tell me that Anastasia is just halfway through her embroidery?”

"Sigh, it's unlucky of Anastasia to come across Ekaterina. The latter and Abby aren't in the sameleague, after all.”

“Seriously, what's the point of her trying to play the hero? Don’t come on stage if she can't do it!Now she’s gonna bring disgrace upon the nation!”

"Embroidery isn't about who embroiders faster than others! Just go up on stage if you can. She atleast has the courage to take on Ekaterina, but what about you? Just keep your mouth shut if you'rebad at talking!”

The audience had different opinions, but Elise wasn't affected at all. Another ten minutes later, shefinally heaved a long sigh and put down the embroidery needle in her hand under the eager gaze ofeveryone. “Sorry to keep you guys waiting, everyone.”

“You've indeed kept us waiting for a long time, Miss White. Now let's see what kind of surprise she'sgonna bring us!” The emcee impatiently stepped behind the embroidery frame while being followedby the camera. After darting a look at the embroidery, he turned to face the audience professionally."Miss White has made an embroidery of water lilies! I must admit, she’s really gifted in many ways.Not only is she good at playing the piano, but she’s also skilled at—"

Halfway through his speech, a commotion suddenly broke out among the audience. Lookingbaffled, the emcee stopped talking and looked embarrassedly at the team of directors below thestage to ask them what had happened.

The next instant, an assistant held up a white board, on which several eye-catching words werewritten with a marker pen. The words read, “Look in front of you."

In front of me? The emcee hurriedly trotted to the front, only to be stupefied by what he saw. “Anembroidery of flying birds?” Putting up his microphone, he turned to look at the audience insurprise. “Miss White has made two pieces of embroidery at the same time!”

"Could it be the long-lost double-sided embroidery with different patterns?!” The special gueststood up in excitement.