Lee didn't expect to stand out so much.
He was by far the oldest one here – all the boys and girls were at most twelve years old and even though he was only a teenager, he felt old. More importantly, it turns out he signed up for the event as the first – the rest registered in the last moment, hoping their works would be inspected last. Apparently the prevailing idea was that a good item the judges held in hands was better than a great piece they saw earlier in the morning.
Lee didn't particularly care whether it was so. In fact, he kind of liked the number one spot, right next to the spectator crowd. His spot wasn't directly in front of the seats where the Xiao clan sat, but from the corner of his eye he could see Xiao Lian and his gray hair, at least Lee thought it was him. More importantly, since he was in the first group, he could get over with the competition sooner, and then go for a meal.
