Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 568

Her speech was gone?

When word spread, the students started murmuring.

“Didn’t she check before going on stage? Dropping the ball at a critical moment!”

“All the deans and bigwigs are up there, and the cameras are rolling live. This dead air is so awkward!”

“The university took this opening ceremony very seriously. If this turns into a joke, Juniper will have to take the blame!”

“Can she speak or not? If not, she should just get off the stage and not waste everyone’s time!”

The students were all baking under the hot sun, their patience wearing thin. They wanted nothing more than for this to be over so they could go back to their dorms and sleep.

“Hattie, weren’t you holding Juniper’s speech?” Lola asked, confused. “We even saw the pages inside. We’re sure she brought it, so how can it not be in the folder?”

“I know!” Hattie was on the verge of tears, her voice trembling. “I was holding it the whole time and never even opened it, I swear.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Cynthia and Lola quickly comforted her. “We believe you. Something must have happened along the way.”

“I’m just so worried I’ve ruined things for Juniper…” Hattie looked at the seemingly helpless girl on stage, her eyes red with guilt.

Seeing this, a smug smile spread across Yolanda’s face. “So you stole the ‘freshman representative’ spot that was rightfully mine? Thought you could steal the show? Well, this is quite a show, isn’t it?”

She reveled in Juniper's apparent predicament.

“This…” Lionel hadn’t anticipated such a mishap and worried that the important figures beside him were growing impatient.

Amid their doubts, Juniper’s calm and steady voice began to fill the silence.

The professor, who had been frantic just moments before, instantly calmed down as he listened to her speak. Good heavens. It was the content of the speech. Had Juniper actually memorized it?

The reporters quickly readjusted their cameras, focusing on the poised and confident Juniper. The entire incident, from crisis to resolution, had lasted no more than three minutes. They had expected her to leave the stage in disgrace, but instead, she was delivering the speech from memory! As expected of the top scholar—truly impressive!

“I think she memorized the whole thing…” Hattie and her friends exchanged looks of disbelief, finally letting out a collective sigh of relief.

At first, they had been worried she would stumble or forget her words. But now—ten minutes in—she was not only speaking eloquently but also infusing her words with emotion, her tone rising and falling with perfect cadence. She was completely at ease, handling the situation flawlessly.

The students in the audience stared at Juniper, their mouths slightly agape, completely captivated.

“Damn. Could we borrow a piece of that brain? Is there anything she can’t do?”