Chapter 182 - 182: What A Coincidence

Louie looked at aunt Mcdowell, the only elder here, and he wanted to ask her for advice.

Aunt Mcdowell got up, "I'll go with you."

"I'll go, too." Molly also got up. "Keep an eye on Lucas, Mariah. Don't let him run away."

Louie then nodded and followed Newman to leave, and Mcdowell and Molly accompanied him.

***

After Sophia changed the clothes, she went to the lounge to wait, which led directly to the stage and was convenient for admission.

Albert said he had nothing to do at the moment and went to the lounge with Sophia. Ryan didn't follow up, saying he had work to do and left.

Sophia entered the lounge and saw Ada sitting there. She had never met Ada before, but there were pictures of Ada on the Internet, so she could recognize her.

Ada also knew Sophia, who was the biggest obstacle on her way to the champion of this season, so she did some research on her. She wanted to show her disdain by rolling her eyes, but she couldn't help laughing at the look of Sophia.

Other contestants also saw Sophia and wanted to laugh, but they felt it was impolite and tried to restrain themselves.

Albert whispered to Sophia, "She smiled at you. Do you know her? Are you going to say hello?"

"No."

As she spoke, other people entered the lounge. Sophia was surprised to see them.

"Why are you here?" Sophia got up at once.

"Your coat is so funny, boss!" Molly couldn't help laughing, "Are you cosplaying a hamster?"

Albert was unhappy, "Do I look like a hamster?"

"Don't you?"

Sensing the awkwardness, Louie changed the topic in time, "Boss, the program group invited me to be the guest. I discussed it with aunt Mcdowell. We all felt it was appropriate, and I agreed to it."

Sophia was surprised, "Isn't the guest, Nicole?"

"She's not feeling well," Louie said.

Sophia thought about it and said, "That's good. You're going to be on the show sooner or later, and there will be a lot of variety shows. Don't be nervous when you're onstage. The guest needn't have to talk a lot. It doesn't matter if you don't want to talk."

Louie nodded, "Yeah. Since you're here, I won't be nervous."

The show was about to begin, and Molly and aunt Mcdowell went back to the audience. Also, they took Albert with them. When Louie became a guest, his seat was empty, and Albert could sit there.

Albert had reserved seats before, but he was happy to accept aunt Mcdowell's invitation. They were all here to support Sophia, and he would love to be one of them.

Molly had had dinner with Albert before and knew that he was Sophia's neighbor. Also, she heard from Carol that Albert liked Sophia.

She had been feeling sorry for Sophia about the switchover. After all, it should be her to be on the show this time. Besides, she couldn't win the championship without Sophia's help.

She sat next to Albert. But Albert ignored her because he hated her for saying that his clothes looked like a hamster.

Molly said, "Mr. Pearson, if Sophia can't win the show, will you be mad at me?"

Albert was puzzled, "Mad at you? Why should I do that? How could she not win?"

"Don't you know?" Molly was surprised. "Didn't she tell you?"

"Tell me what?" Albert didn't understand her.

Molly told Albert everything about Ada's bribery. Then, she scolded herself, "Boss got the recording, but she said that she could do nothing to Ada. I'm really sorry for her."

Albert frowned, "Oh, I see…"

He got up. "Excuse me. I'll be back in a moment."

***

At nine o'clock in the morning, the show started recording.

The lights lit up, and Clarence stepped onto the stage, looking fresh in his red suit.

"Hello, everyone, I'm Clarence." Clarence's voice was clear and powerful, "Welcome to the third episode of the Super Quiz. Thank you, everyone. Thank you!"

He bowed to thank the audience and then smiled, "Even though I'm the most handsome host ever…"

The audience booed at once, and it was clear that people did not think so. Of course, everyone knew he said that to be funny.

Clarence didn't mind at all and went on, "However, recently, there is a gentleman, I have to admit that he was a little more handsome than me. Now let's have our guest today, the one who is a little more handsome than me… Louie Delgado."

Many people didn't know Louie and whispered about him.

"Who's that? Shouldn't the guest be Nicole?"

"Never heard of him. Is he a star?"

"What movies did he act in? What songs did he sing?"

Frequent microblog users were popularizing him to people around them, "He's a new guy, no films, no songs… But… he's super handsome! I bet he'll be popular soon."

Those who did not know Louie immediately said they did not believe it.

But as Louie came out, there was a burst of warm applause in the audience. The applause came more from the female audience because the guest was so handsome! He was more handsome than most male stars.

Louie was not used to that. He went to the stage, stood next to Clarence, and said with a smile, "Hello, everyone. I'm Louie."

His voice was a little hoarse, but it was just right, and it sounded very magnetic.

Many girls there became his fans at once.

Yeah, that was how superficial they were.

"This is your first time on the show," Clarence said. "You're still in high school, right?"

Louie said, "Yes, I'm in my third year. I'll take the college entrance examination next year."

"What a young guest! Can you tell us which high school you are studying? Ha-ha…" Clarence asked. "If you say it, I wonder if there will be a lot of people going to your school."

Louie smiled, "Colin High School."

Clarence laughed and said, "Colin High School has a lot to do with our Super Quiz. Molly, the winner of the first show, comes from Colin High School... And Sophia… She will be on stage later... Don't tell me you know each other, do you?"

Louie nodded, "Yeah. We're classmates. Sophia used to be my deskmate."

Clarence laughed. "What a coincidence! What class are you in? So many talented people! The advanced class?"

"No."