Chapter 32: Champions
Peter's strategy is to be steady, both when it is clamped and when it is put in the mouth, while Rose's strategy is fast, after she catches the meatball, she will send the meatball into her mouth as quickly as possible, and after it is delivered to the mouth, she will chew it in a few bites and swallow it.
Rose's score improved rapidly, 3, 4, 5, 6, while Peter's score improved two beats slower, 2, 3, 4.
Rose's fast strategy allowed her score to improve quickly, but it also led to mistakes, and when she picked up the seventh, she sent the meatball into her mouth prematurely before it could be clamped, and as a result, the slippery meatball fell to the table and rolled all the way to the referee's table.
Seeing this, Xu Xincheng drew a small diagonal line outside Rose's square and said, "Rose, deduct one point." ("Rose, deduct one point.") ”)
Unfazed, Rose grimaced at him, immediately adjusted, slowed down a little, and put her chopsticks into the plate again, picking up a meatball and sending it to her mouth quickly.
Peter took the opportunity to pick up and eat his fifth meatball, closing the gap in scores.
Look at Jogesh, he's eating his third meatball, because he was deducted 1 point, he only has 2 points now, and the score is much behind, but he still takes it very seriously and carefully, and then puts the meatball in his mouth at a very slow speed, and he is still very engaged in the game.
Owen, on the other hand, was already in a state of passive sluggishness, only to see him unhurriedly clipping, then slowly sending his second meatball to his mouth, and then chewing it slowly. At this time, he seems to have nothing to do with this game.
At this point, the competition has entered the final stage of the tiebreaker, and the current scores of the players are as follows: Peter has 5 points, Rose has 7 points, 1 point is deducted, Jogesh has 3 points, 1 point is deducted, and Owen has 2 points, 1 point is deducted.
There were only 4 fish meatballs left on the plate.
Peter increased his speed a bit, Rose continued to maintain his adjusted pace, Jogesh was out of the question, but he continued to play seriously and was enjoying the game, while Owen continued to chew on the second meatball in his mouth slowly and leisurely, and did not bother to take the third.
Peter, Rose, and Jogesh picked up a meatball almost at the same time, and all successfully delivered it to their mouths, and at the moment there was only one meatball left on the plate, if Peter grabbed it, he would tie with Rose, and if it was grabbed by Rose, she would win by two points.
Rose, who was about two seconds faster than Peter, was the first to reach for her chopsticks on the plate and quickly picked up the meatballs.
However, to everyone's surprise, she did not send the meatball to her mouth, but to Xu Xincheng's mouth, and said to him with a smile: "Steve, this one is for you." ("Steve, this one is for you.") ”)
Xu Xincheng was very surprised and embarrassed, he looked at the smile and sincere look on Rose's face, his brain turned several times in an instant, he thought to himself, if he refused, she would definitely be disappointed and embarrassed with her sincere and sincere face.
In the past few hours, if it weren't for Rose, his reception would have been much more difficult and boring, and he should have reciprocated with enthusiasm and sincerity, so he smiled in return, opened his mouth, took the meatball she had brought, and chewed it earnestly.
In order to relieve his embarrassment, after spitting out the meatballs, he immediately said to the four of them: "Well, it tastes so good, now I finally know why you guys like them so much." ("Well, it tastes good, and I finally know why you like it so much.") ”)
Then he turned his head and smiled at Rose and said, "Thank you!" Now I know why you wanted to win.” ("Thank you! I now know why you want to win.") ”)
Xu Xincheng looked at the score sheet and announced the results of the game: "Now, please allow me to announce the final scores, Rose scored 7 points; Peter scored 6 points; Jogesh, 3 points; Owen, 1 point. The winner is Rose.” ("Now, allow me to announce the final score, with Rose scoring 7 points, Peter scoring 6 points, Jogesh scoring 3 points, and Owen scoring 1 point.) The winner was Rose. ”)
Rose danced with joy as she stood up and shouted, "yes! I won! I am the champion。 ("Awesome! I won! I'm the champion.") ”)
She laughed and walked over to high-five everyone, as if she had won a big tournament.
Peter shrugged his shoulders with a frustrated gesture of regret, but he quickly turned that expression into a genuine smile and was convinced by the result, giving Rose a thumbs up and high-fives with her, smiling and saying, "You are good!"
Jogesh smiled and congratulated her despite her defeat. Owen, on the other hand, looked a little uncomfortable, but he was British, and he had to show his gentlemanly demeanor anyway, and he tried to squeeze a smile out of his face, nodding at Rose with a smile, and high-fived her, chatting about her victory.
Rose then celebrates with Lee, David, and Josh, who are not competing.
After high-fives with the six, Rose ran over and high-fived Xu Xincheng.
Xu Xincheng couldn't help but be infected by her cheerful personality, and he noticed that many colleagues who were dining in the same restaurant had seen the scene just now.
The eight of them sat in the southeast corner of the restaurant, and the dozens of colleagues sitting at the table next to them were also infected by her joy, and everyone laughed with her.
He high-fived her and smiled and said, "Congratulations!"
Rose raised her long, thin eyebrows, blinked her big beautiful turquoise eyes, and smiled as bright as a blooming rose, and she said happily, "Steve, thank you so much!" ("Steve, thank you so much!")
“Well, the game is your idea, and it’s a very good idea.” ("Well, this game was your idea, and it's a very good idea.") ”)
“Steve, you are a good judge, and most importantly, the rules you set up made the game so much better, so much funnier. Those rules made it a good game. We had a lot of fun just now because of them, and because of you.” ("You're a good referee, and most importantly, the rules you set make the game a lot more fun and fun.") Those rules make it a good game. We just had a lot of fun because of those rules, because of you. ”)
“I am happy that you guys had fun.” ("You guys just had a good time, and I'm so happy.") ”)
Seeing Rose, Peter, and Jogesh happy, he was happy for them.
Peter belongs to the kind of calm and calm people, while Rose and Jogesh are not discouraged when they encounter setbacks and accidents, they are good at learning from failures and lessons, and can quickly adjust and constantly improve themselves.
The best person is of course Rose, who is both creative and charismatic, who can both be fully engaged and enjoy the process of the game, but also be able to think outside the box and notice the world outside of the game.
Xu Xincheng added a lot of points to the three of them in his heart.
As for Owen, it is clear from this little game alone that he does not adjust and deal with setbacks very well, and unfortunately in the report, he will faithfully include these observations.