Gu Xi and Sheng Xiuyan finished answering the questions and left the venue. Before they could enter the waiting area, they were surrounded by a group of excited students from A University Affiliated High School.
"They're here, they're here!"
"Xiu Shen, Xi Shen, you guys are amazing!"
"Two great gods, hurry up and tell me, how did you do it?"
"Yes, yes, let's interview you. How do you feel now? Did you feel good doing the questions?"
Faced with their excitement, Gu Xi was dumbfounded. What's going on?
"What's going on?" Gu Xi asked in confusion.
Even Sheng Xiuyan, who was at the side, was confused.
"Are the results out yet?" Gu Xi asked again.
Hearing this, the students from A University Affiliated High School reacted and explained, "We don't know if the results are out yet, but this time, your entire answering process was broadcasted live!"
"Oh yes, you guys probably don't know yet, but you got all the questions right!"
600 questions, all correct. Their ability was simply terrifying.
If this was what it meant to have a sense of the questions, then they might never be able to 'understand' them in this lifetime.
"Really?!" Hearing these people's words, Gu Xi was pleasantly surprised. She felt that the questions this time were not difficult and the entire answering process was quite smooth, but she did not expect them to get all the questions right.
In fact, Gu Xi's score last year was not low either. Unfortunately, she met Gao Zifan, that arrogant pig of a teammate.
"Of course it's true. Look, the results are still on the big screen in front of the waiting area. If you don't believe me, you two can go and see for yourself." Although they were not the ones who got the results, as people from the same school, they were simply too proud in front of the students from other schools in the waiting area.
"Masters, please accept a bow from us mortals." The few of them made a somewhat strange gesture of worship.
Their actions almost made Gu Xi laugh.
"So your last question, that 233, was really a wild guess?"
"You can say that." Gu Xi nodded.
"F * ck! God's luck! "
…
A University Affiliated High School was bustling with noise and excitement.
On the other hand, Li Ming's expression was completely gloomy.
Seeing Gu Xi and the others walk into the waiting area, Li Ming and the others' faces stiffened. They either lowered their heads or looked away.
A trace of suspicion flashed through Gu Xi's eyes. He turned to Yang Mengmeng and asked, "What's going on? Did Gao Zifan not perform well?"
"Hmph, not only did she not perform well," Yang Mengmeng snorted softly, her tone full of sarcasm. She then explained to Gu Xi, "Senior Gu Xi, you don't know this, but the surveillance videos of all the schools in the arena have been released to the public. That Gao Zifan's performance was simply a disgrace."
On the field, Gao Zifan would either drop his pen or run out of straw paper, so he asked the students next to him for more. He had used several sheets of paper to solve a single question, but in the end, he was still wrong. Gao Zifan was even worse. He couldn't answer the question and even smashed his pen.
In short, he made a fool of himself.
"The funniest thing is that the more he did, the more mistakes he made. The screen was filled with red dots, and he made the most mistakes." If there was a ranking for the percentage of mistakes, Gao Zifan would definitely be number one.
"But that's not the best part. Do you know what the best part is?" The others were getting more and more excited as they spoke. They said to Gu Xi, "The results of the previous competitions, including everyone's score, can now be checked."
"By the way, Gu Xi, you're too awesome."
The people from the other schools didn't know that the legendary "Lin Xi" who had obtained the highest score in the competition last year was actually Gu Xi. But because of Li Ming and the other two idiots, the people from A University's affiliated high school knew that Lin Xi was Gu Xi.
At this moment, they were full of admiration for Gu Xi.
"It's obvious that Gao Zifan was the one who dragged you down. How dare he accuse you of influencing him!" someone complained in dissatisfaction.
"That's right. I guess Li Ming and the others must have checked the scores of you and Gao Zifan last year. They're so embarrassed now that they don't even dare to look at you."
— —
Really?
Gu Xi glanced at Li Ming and the others again. Sure enough, they lowered their heads even more.
At this moment, a tall boy in the third year of Liming Junior suddenly stood up and walked over to Gu Xi. He lowered his head and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry. I misunderstood you last year."
Thinking of what happened last year, the tall boy was now angry and embarrassed. He had also participated in the competition last year. After the final results came out, Gao Zifan secretly told them behind the teacher's back that the score was so low because Gu Xi didn't cooperate with him. The two of them did the same questions. Moreover, because one of them made too many mistakes, the final score was very low.
At that time, almost everyone stood on Gao Zifan's side without thinking. They thought that Gu Xi didn't have team spirit and was dragging them down, so they all ostracized Gu Xi.
Who would have thought that the truth was the exact opposite of what they thought?
The more they took for granted at that time, the more their faces hurt now.
After the boy finished speaking, he didn't dare to look at Gu Xi again. He directly left the waiting area without looking back. He didn't wait for Gao Zifan and Yu Fangfang, who were still in the competition.
—
When the competition ended and the entire answering system shut down, Gao Zifan had no choice but to finish answering the questions. He reluctantly threw away his pen and angrily rolled up a pile of draft paper in front of him into a ball and threw it away. Then, under the staff's repeated reminders, he left the competition venue with the rest of the people.
Gao Zifan didn't feel good about this competition. Although he didn't know the score, he could feel that he didn't perform well, even worse than last year.
Last year, it was because of Gu Xi's influence, and this year was the same.
Thinking about the comparison with Gu Xi, Gao Zifan's heart was filled with nervousness. The more nervous he was, the more he made a mess.
"Damn it!"
Gao Zifan cursed with a dark face.
Before walking into the waiting area, Gao Zifan forced himself to put away the ugly expression on his face and thought of an excuse for himself.
—
In the waiting area, some of the schools that had arrived had left early, but some of them were still there.
Gao Zifan found Liming's seat. Strangely, Lin Anxin wasn't there, and neither was another person from the same grade. Only four people were still sitting there. However, no matter if it was the teachers or the other students, their attitudes were a little strange when they saw them return.
Gao Zifan felt a little uneasy, but he still forced himself to put on a disappointed and angry expression and said, "I'm sorry, I don't think the results will be ideal this time. The schools next to us have been affecting us, but I don't know if I can complain to the competition organizers."
Gao Zifan said this in all seriousness. If they didn't know the truth in advance, they might have really believed his nonsense.
Hearing Gao Zifan's words, the teachers in charge frowned, and the other four students directly laughed sarcastically.
"Gao Zifan, if you didn't perform well, you didn't have to push the blame to others." Someone looked at Gao Zifan and said angrily, his face full of disdain.
— Didn't Gao Zifan mean Gu Xi's school?
However, the surveillance video was clearly there. Gu Xi and Sheng Xiuyan were quietly answering the questions from beginning to end, so how could they have the time to affect others? Gao Zifan, on the other hand, was throwing his pen and rolling his draft paper, which affected Yu Fangfang quite a bit.
"You can't do it yourself, but you still want to blame others. How disgusting," another person said coldly.
"Yang Jing, what do you mean by that?"
"What do I mean? Can't you see for yourself?" Yang Jing pointed at the results on the screen in front of them and the still-active surveillance video for Gao Zifan to see for himself.
The moment Gao Zifan saw what was on the big screen in front of them, how could he not understand what was going on? Instantly, he turned pale with fright.
"This, this is impossible!" His results, his performance just now, wouldn't everyone know?!
Yu Fangfang, who had returned to the waiting area behind Gao Zifan, also saw the results on the screen. While she despised Gao Zifan, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.
— — Fortunately, there was this surveillance as a witness. Otherwise, if the competition system was the same as before, and the contestants' performance and their respective scores could not be seen, wouldn't she end up like Gu Xi last year, being framed by Gao Zifan and pushed the blame to the other party?
"Also, we've seen last year's results. You don't have to falsely accuse Gu Xi anymore." After saying that, they ignored Gao Zifan and left together with Yu Fangfang.
Even the teachers who had always thought highly of Gao Zifan looked disappointed when they saw Gao Zifan. If there was a problem with the results, he could work hard to change it, but if there was a problem with his character, then it would be a big problem.
"We'll deal with your matter when we get back to school."
Now, not only the few people present, but also the entire school probably already knew about Gao Zifan's performance today.
While everyone was waiting in the waiting area, many people had already spread the news of the competition.
It wasn't targeted at anyone, but most people felt that this competition between A University and Affiliated High School was too exciting, so they directly forwarded the situation and results to their own WeChat Moments or their respective school forums.
Although Liming's school forums had been closed, there were many small groups among the students.
Now, almost all of the groups were reposting this matter.
"Now, no matter which group I go to, they're all talking about Gao Zifan."
"Last year, this year, they're all talking about it."
"Isn't it all because of Gao Zifan? No one would blame him if he didn't do well, but it's too much to harm others."
"But his performance was really too bad. I'm starting to wonder if he's the one who cheated in school."
"If I knew this would happen, I would have gone up for the last round." This time, because of Gao Zifan's consecutive mistakes, Liming's ranking was miserable …
As they left, everyone began to discuss.
— —
Watching everyone leave, Gao Zifan's face completely lost all color. He fell onto the stool, his face full of fear.
"No, I can't let anyone else know!" Otherwise, everything he had in school, his image as a prodigy, his reputation as the school hunk, would all be ruined.
Gao Zifan panicked.
Panicking, Gao Zifan took out his phone from his pocket and dialed his father's number.
The Gao family had a wide network of connections, and they were also the sponsors of several teaching programs in school. Through the power of the Gao family, it shouldn't be difficult to completely suppress this matter and turn off the results of the competition.
However, after Gao Zifan made the call, no one picked up.
"What's going on?"
Gao Zifan then dialed Gao Shengde's assistant's number.
This time, the call went through, but the other party's voice sounded a little panicked.
"Is my father at the company? Why didn't he pick up my call? "Gao Zifan asked.
"There's a situation at the company, and the chairman is dealing with it urgently."
Gao Zifan frowned. "Then I'll tell you. Help me deal with it."
"I'm sorry, Young Master, but I really can't spare any time."
After saying that, the other party hung up without waiting for Gao Zifan to ask again.
— —
On the other side, the group from A University's affiliated high school had already left the waiting area, chatting and laughing.
From time to time, they would refresh to see when the scores and rankings would be released.
At this moment, the latest news suddenly popped up on Yang Mengmeng's phone browser.
"Eh? Gao Sheng Corporation? " Yang Mengmeng looked at the news headline, raised his eyebrows, and asked the people next to him, "Gao Sheng Corporation is in our City B, right? The one that opened the Kittu import mall? "
"I think so, what's the matter?" The people next to him looked over.
"It's on the news. It seems like something happened," Yang Mengmeng said.
"Is that so, I'll take a look too." The people picked up their phones. Sure enough, the first push news that popped up was about "Gao Sheng Corporation", and it was even pushed to several mobile apps.
"Damn, I remember now. Isn't this Gao Sheng Corporation the company of Gao Zifan's family?"
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. There was a banquet held by Gao Sheng Corporation before, and my dad took me there. At that time, I saw Gao Zifan." As he spoke, the person muttered, "I was wondering why he seemed a little familiar."
"What happened?" The few of them clicked on the news.
[Gao Sheng Corporation has been investigated for smuggling prohibited goods. At present, all the company's business has been suspended, and all the online and offline shopping malls have been closed.]
The news was short with only 30 words, and there was no further explanation.
"It's so sudden …" One of them sighed.
"What contraband?"
"It's hard to say."
However, according to the general situation, the fewer words in the news, the bigger the matter.
And just because it was investigated, there was such a big commotion, so that thing must not be simple.
"The Gao family is probably done for this time."
Not only the Gao family, but there were also people in the comments section who mentioned that as the Gao family's long-term transportation partner, the Lin Corporation, seemed to be implicated and had a big impact.
— —
Gu Chenyi swiped through a few more comments on his phone, then closed the news.
He raised his eyebrows, turned to Gu Xi, and said, "The Gao family's matter must be a big …"
Halfway through his sentence, Gu Chenyi almost exposed himself, but fortunately, he stopped himself in time.
"I mean, it's their family's retribution." Looking at Gao Zifan's character, he guessed that the Gao family was not a good person either.
Seeing how Gu Chenyi was trying to hide it, Gu Xi tried hard not to laugh and nodded.
Glancing at Gu Xi, who did not seem to notice him, Gu Chenyi opened the Gu family group and @ his uncle.
[Gu Chenyi: Hehe, Uncle, were you behind the Gao family's matter?]
Uncle Gu came online and replied calmly: [I taught them a small lesson.]
In the past few years, the higher-ups had been planning to gradually get rid of certain pests, and all he did was make a phone call. The Gao family was too weak to be investigated.
Seeing his uncle's casual reply, Gu Chenyi's mouth twitched: This is just a small lesson?!
If nothing unexpected happened, the Gao family was completely done for this time. Perhaps a few years in jail would be considered a light punishment.
Sure enough, the world of adults was different from theirs.
Uncle Gu was ruthless and did not speak much.
[Gu Chenyi: Uncle, why didn't you destroy the Lin family at the same time?]
He had long disliked the Lin family, especially when he thought about how Xixi had lived under the shadow of that family for 14 years. Gu Chenyi was even more displeased.
[Gu Feng: The Lin family's situation is more complicated, and there are some other implications.]
[Gu Chenyi: What implications?]
[Gu Feng: Children should not blindly interfere in adult matters.]
The Lin family's matter was not small, and the Gu family was also involved. Since Second Brother was handling this matter, Gu Feng could not act rashly, so he could only teach the Gao family a small lesson first and also give the Lin family a warning at the same time.
"…" Tsk, if you don't want to say anything, then don't say anything.
Gu Chenyi pursed his lips and looked at Gu Xi again. "Anyway, don't worry, the Gao family and Gao Zifan will not be an eyesore again."
As he spoke, Gu Chenyi suddenly looked in a certain direction in front of him and widened his eyes.
“woc！ Two, two —! "
Gu Xi had a strange expression on his face and looked in the direction Gu Chenyi was looking. Then, he saw Gu Shao not far away, walking towards them.
"Dad?!" After being stunned for a second, Gu Xi's face showed a hint of surprise.
Why did Gu Shao suddenly come here?
If not for Gu Chenyi's reaction, Gu Xi would have thought that he had seen wrongly.
— —
On the other side, Gu Shao also saw Gu Xi in the crowd. He handed the documents in his hand to the organizer of the competition and said, "That's all for now."
"Okay, then we won't disturb Professor Gu." The two of them left, but before they left, they did not forget to look in Gu Xi's direction. Professor Gu's daughter had obtained the highest score in the competition today.
— —
On the other side, Gu Xi ran towards Gu Shao with a look of surprise on her face.
When Gu Shao saw the young girl running in front of him, the expression in his eyes softened subconsciously. At the same time, he looked at the large cup of milk tea in Gu Xi's hand.
When Gu Xi noticed the direction Gu Shao was looking at, she was stunned.
Although Gu Shao did not tell her, he had told Aunt Mei not to eat junk food.
Tea is a healthy food, and milk is also a healthy food, so milk tea is also a healthy food … right?
Gu Xi thought about it guiltily.
"Um, Dad, this isn't … uh, this is Gu Chenyi's."
This was indeed what Gu Chenyi had bought for her when she came out. At this juncture, Gu Xi did not hesitate to 'sell' Little Yi Zi out.
As Gu Xi spoke, she pointed behind her.
However, when she turned around, Gu Xi was dumbfounded. Gu Chenyi, who was originally behind her, had disappeared in just a few seconds.
"Really …" Gu Xi turned her head guiltily and smiled at Gu Shao.
Fortunately, Gu Shao did not seem to have any intention of teaching her a lesson in front of her classmates.
Gu Xi said goodbye to the other classmates and left with Gu Shao.
At this moment, Gu Shao lowered his head and looked at the half-eaten milk tea in Gu Xi's hand.
"Eating too much junk food will affect your growth and make you unable to grow taller," Gu Shao said in his usual serious tone.
Hearing this, Gu Xi nodded obediently. However, she muttered in her heart, I'm not short either.
While Gu Shao was not paying attention, Gu Xi put her hand above her head and secretly gestured to the position of Gu Shao's arm.
"…" Okay, she did seem a little short.
"Dad, why are you here?" Gu Xi asked Gu Shao curiously as they walked.
"I have some work to do," Gu Shao said.
"Oh," Gu Xi responded. She was not too disappointed.
She was quite happy to see Gu Shao here.
"By the way, we got the highest score in the competition this time," Gu Xi said to Gu Shao as if she was presenting a treasure. She paused and said, "Also, I got everything right in the last competition and got the highest score."
Seeing Gu Xi's "eagerness to be praised" look, Gu Shao was a little amused.
After watching the entire competition in the backstage office, Gu Shao not only knew that Gu Xi had gotten the highest score, but he also calculated her score.
At an angle that Gu Xi could not see, the corners of Gu Shao's mouth curled up slightly.
"Not bad," Gu Shao commented.
Gu Xi: "…" Is this considered a compliment? It should be, right?
"In a while, there will be an award ceremony in the afternoon," Gu Xi said.
Gu Shao: "I will attend."
Hearing this, Gu Xi's face broke into a smile.
— —
The award ceremony started at 3 pm.
Originally, the organizers wanted to invite Gu Shao to attend the ceremony as a guest.
If Gu Shao could present the award to the winning team, it would definitely be an honor for the competition.
However, Gu Shao turned them down and explained the reason. He was here to watch the competition today as a parent.
Even so, the organizers still arranged a VIP seat in the front row for Gu Shao.
— —
Although Liming High School did not enter the top three this time because of their terrible performance in the last competition, they still won an individual award because of their good performance in the previous competitions.
However, Gao Zifan and Lin Anxin did not appear at the venue.
Instead, many parents came to watch the award ceremony.
At this moment, the parents sat in the venue and discussed from time to time.
The most discussed topic was the scores of Gu Xi and Sheng Xiuyan in the last competition.
"The fans of A University Affiliated High School are so interesting this time."
"Yeah, I heard that two students from A University Affiliated High School got full marks in the last competition."
"It's not easy to get full marks in these kinds of time-limited questions!"
"One of them is Sheng Xiuyan, and the other girl is also very good."
"That girl wasn't from A University Affiliated High School, right?"
"I heard that she just transferred to A High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China."
"She can perform so well even after transferring? That's amazing. How did their parents raise them? "
…
Gu Shao listened to the chatter of the parents behind him. This time, not only did he not find it noisy, but he even smiled subtly.
Those who knew Gu Shao would definitely be able to tell that he was very happy.
— —
Gu Shao's gaze landed on the award ceremony stage again. The award ceremony had not started yet.
At this moment, someone came over and sat down next to Gu Shao.
Gu Shao glanced at Gu Xuan, who was sitting next to him, and frowned. "Why are you here?"
This person seemed to still be in D Country.
"Can't I come back for a vacation?" asked Gu Xuan.
Gu Shao: "Then you should go back to the Gu family first."
Gu Xuan: "…"
Gu Xuan was choked by Gu Shao's words. He paused before retorting, "Can't I come to see my son?"
Gu Shao raised his eyebrows. "Then please only look at your son."
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