2409 A Dogfight, How Entertaining

They found a spot far away from Albertine to start getting into character and building up their emotions all over again.

The principal was also afraid of Albertine now, so he specifically sent people over to prevent Albertine from going over to cause trouble again.

But Albertine was really not in the mood now to do that either. He could not care about that.

There was a saying that went, to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. This was exactly what Albertine had done.

The people who originally stood together with Albertine to obstruct the exchange team now all started piling the blame on him.

"It's all because of you. Now, no matter what we do, we are in the wrong and are completely at a disadvantage!" Jared accused.

"Didn't you say something just now? Who was the one who mocked Alfron for being a coward?" Albertine said angrily. "Now you're blaming it all on me? Don't think that just because Lu Man didn't expose you, you guys really didn't do anything!"

Zac said, "Albertine, what are you doing? If you hadn't been so reckless as to go and provoke them, how would things have ended up like this? If we hadn't stood on your side, you would even have blamed us for not being united and would have called us cowards."

Ashley said, "I was really implicated by you! We clearly didn't say anything and it was all just you saying those things. But just now, when the principal and the judges saw us standing together with you, they immediately thought that we are all in on this with you. Even if Lu Man didn't say our names, they still won't believe that we didn't do anything!"

"Great. Now, even if we win, our reputation still won't be good. We clearly could have won based on our own merit, yet other people would still think that it's because we resorted to dirty tricks. No matter what we do, it won't be seen in a good light," Oren also complained.

Oren did not stand on Albertine's side just then, but he did not stand together with Shana and the others either. He stood on Albertine's side, slightly further behind him, and just watched coldly from the sidelines, waiting for a good show.

The moment Lu Man could no longer handle it and started panicking, he would then have made a move.

Alas, Lu Man actually had ways.

In the end, not only did Albertine end up worse off, but Oren was also implicated.

Although he stood further behind Albertine and those people, he had clearly still been thought of as being in it together with Albertine.

Previously, when Lu Man repeated what Albertine had said, he had been really worried that the judges would remember that and have a bad impression of him along with the others as well.

Albertine flew into a rage and bellowed, "You guys are all blaming me now? Why didn't I see any of you stop me then? Didn't you all do it as well just now? When Shana said to walk away, why didn't you all leave with her?

"You guys didn't leave because you also wanted to use these cheap tricks to affect their performance. So don't push all the blame on me!" Albertine shouted loudly.

Lu Man and the others had already found a spot as far away as possible to get into character.

But the backstage area was only so big. So the exchange team could still hear Albertine and the others talking, as well as their shouts.

But now that their mood was different and their stress and pressure had been lifted, they were not afraid of being disturbed anymore.

The uglier the quarrel on Albertine's side was getting, the happier the exchange team felt.

Seeing them in a dogfight was really so entertaining.

They also easily built up the emotions they needed to get into character.

At the 13-minute mark, Han Leilei checked the time and reminded everyone to go and prepare.

So everyone proceeded to the area behind the stage curtains together.

When they passed by Albertine and the others, they took a big roundabout.

They just leaned with their backs pressed against the wall, trying their best to keep their distance from Albertine.

The others: "…"

Why were the people from the exchange team behaving in such a manner?

When someone came to notify them to prepare to go up on stage, the exchange team was already done preparing.