These were the rules.
There were many students. Suspending the competition for one person would undoubtedly prove they were very close.
To a greater extent, this was her chance to prove herself. She was quite strong-willed; it was baffling she hadn't come to him for help.
They had fed mosquitoes together in Tong Village. Wasn't that considered a bond?
All the pipas prepared for the competition were right-handed.
For a pipa player accustomed to plucking with their right hand and pressing strings with their left to suddenly switch to a left-hand technique was a monumental task, let alone whether Newton's laws would even permit such a rapid adaptation.
However, the traditional teachings of their ancestors stipulated that a truly skilled pipa player must also be proficient with the left hand.
Zhou Xiangqun did have some interest in watching. If she succeeded, it wouldn't be in vain that she had dug up two mu of radishes in Tong Village.