Chapter 73 You Need To Trust Xenia

• The day before the second round, all the contestants gathered in the auditorium to draw their number tags. There were sixty-seven of us in total, and I drew number forty-two. It was only then that I realized this round was even more brutal than the preliminary selection—out of sixty-seven contestants, only twenty would advance to the Acoburg preliminary round.
• If I managed to pass the Acoburg preliminaries, the next step would be the quarter-finals, and then finally, the national finals.
• I knew my singing ability well enough. If luck was on my side, I might make it to the Acoburg preliminary round. If not, this would be the end of the road for me. As for the quarter-finals, I hadn't even considered the possibility.