Hu Bin gave Qin An an apologetic look and said slowly, "I wasn't finished yet. Your performance was good, but there were quite a few things you needed to improve."
Qin An smiled. She knew there had been plenty of obvious shortcomings in her performance. If Hu Bin hadn't pointed them out today, she might have gotten angry. She would have felt that her boyfriend was favoring her instead of judging fairly.
Qin An watched Hu Bin attentively, quietly listening to his critique.
Hu Bin breathed a sigh of relief at her reaction. It seemed his sweetheart wasn't angry.
Now he could speak freely without worrying!
With his concerns out of the way, Hu Bin said, "There were quite a few shortcomings. First, your performance started strong but ended weakly. You did a great job building a sense of mystery at the beginning and really whetted the audience's appetite, but the rest of the performance was too short. It didn't live up to the mystery you'd created."
Hu Bin paused before continuing, "Then there's the issue of that mysterious opening. At first, the stage was empty except for you. Everyone was looking at you, but you just stood there blankly without moving at all. It looked a little awkward, so I'm giving you a 7.5 this time!"
Qin An nodded, sincerely accepting his advice. Her average score currently put her in first place.
In the audience, Qin Shunlong nearly rushed up to beat Hu Bin, but after thinking carefully about his analysis, he decided it made quite a bit of sense and let the matter drop.
He gave a cold snort and continued watching the competition.
Wallace and Steven both looked at Hu Bin with admiration.
Hoenn had its own incorruptible Judge Hu, utterly impartial in his scoring!
He scored