Chapter 796: Chapter 795: Lu Mian Can’t Possibly Beat Us

Shouhao sniffed.

“I originally thought Director Qimo was an iceberg, but it turns out he’s like a mandarin-duck hotpot. Half mild, gentle and considerate, half spicy, passionate and unrestrained.”

Criticize them for not being serious with their work?

Nonexistent.

Accuse them of making stuff up?

Thanks, Director Qimo has been guiding everyone personally on the art of shipping couples scientifically.

If anyone else says Director Qimo and Mianmian have nothing to talk about in private, he’d be the first to disagree.

The CP fan group went wild, all asking about the identity of ‘Only Mian no Bride.’

Everyone’s been calling each other ‘bro’ all day, and it’s hard to believe that ‘bro’ turned into the teaching director overnight.

About ten minutes later, “Only Mian no Bride” dropped a shocking reply.

“Playing with phones during class, I’ve written down all your names already.”

Everyone: …That’s actually him!

Reported, there’s entrapment happening here!

—

As the group owner, Shouhao had no choice but to kick ‘Only Mian no Bride’ out.

From now on, there probably won’t be that many benefits anymore.

Shouhao and Shouhao felt incredibly regretful. They slightly lifted the corner of Lu Mian’s school uniform and asked, “Mianmian, you’ve also gained quite a lot of popularity on the ‘Extreme Brain’ show, how about we set up a fan club for you?”

“Yeah, Lu Xinnuan released that video, making everyone think you were riding on her popularity. Who does she think she is, clearly coming to leech off your popularity! Hypocritical! Disgusting!”

“Mianmian, with us here, we can guarantee to run your fan club brilliantly!”

Lu Mian lazily opened his eyes, “Too much trouble.”

“Huh? What’s too much?”

Lu Mian paused, “Nothing, focus on your studies. If you make it to Jinjing later, come find me.”

The brothers immediately fell silent, they understood that Lu Mian was really determined to take the college entrance exam this time.

This meant that Mianmian would graduate two years earlier than them, escape the direct recruitment but not the college entrance exam…

Inside, they felt reluctant, yet they nodded firmly.

“Mianmian, wait for us to grow up!”

Lu Mian: …

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Feeling sorry for the fifty million Xiao Jianli invested, in the end, Lu Mian still participated as scheduled in the final of “Extreme Brain.”

The last four contestants, Lu Mian, Pei Wenda, Zhai Qingtong, and Xiang Yu, would compete for the final championship.

The victor would become the brain champion of this season.

Xiao Jianli got tickets for the live show this time, and with Mo Si by his side, he called several old buddies and rushed to the venue with great enthusiasm.

With their presence, the audience seats almost turned into Lu Mian’s fan section, with a majority of the audience holding up light boards with Lu Mian’s name on them.

Mo Si was quite anxious for the old man, prepared several kinds of medicine beforehand, fearing the old master would get too excited at the scene and suffer from heart problems again.

“Old master, if the seniors at the calligraphy academy knew about this, they would say you’re restless!”

In calligraphy and painting, it’s all about the state of mind.

For so many years, Xiao Jianli’s manner has been unhurried, cultivating his character and temperament, but it all changed when it came to Lu Mian.

Fans of reality shows and celebrities not only talk about it, they put in money, and even come to the site.

“It should be them who are impetuous! Do they have a granddaughter-in-law as outstanding as I have? When Mianmian copies a piece of my calligraphy for them, who wouldn’t praise her!”

The elderly was enjoying himself, “Right, what about Qimo? Isn’t he coming?”

“Mo Si has been a bit busy with work recently. It seems like he’s been searching for someone.” Mo Si answered truthfully.

Xiao Jianli shook his head in disdain.

—-

Backstage lounge.

Pei Wenda, Zhai Qingtong, and Xiang Yu took advantage of the fact that Lu Mian hadn’t arrived, and began discussing actively.

“So, did you guys just memorize the answers directly this time?” Zhai Qingtong said bluntly.

By this point in the competition, skill was one part, and connections were another.

Considering that Lu Mian was excessively unconventional, the three of them quickly formed an alliance, standing in the same camp.

Pei Wenda laughed, “As long as I perform normally, there shouldn’t be a problem.”

He secretly clenched the answer in his palm, determined to secure the Brain King trophy so he could continue to be linked with Lu Xinnuan for promotional hype.

Zhai Qingtong pouted her lips.

“Anyway, any one of us three being the champion is fine, but as for Lu Mian, forget it. She doesn’t fit in with the group, and she always acts as if no one is worthy of her attention. Last time Xinnuan came to see her, she even ignored Xinnuan at the production team.”

“Xinnuan won’t mind these little things,” Pei Wenda explained like a protective big brother.

Xiang Yu shook his head while holding a cheat sheet in his hand.

“The previous competition questions all had a certain level of difficulty. Lu Mian has repeatedly defeated her opponents in seconds. It’s impossible that she doesn’t have the answers. I guess that fifty million sponsorship fee was probably for buying answers. Why can’t we be honest about using connections like us? Pretending and playing both sides is really disgusting.”

“I feel the same way. Pei Wenda is a high achiever from Harvard University, I’m a student from Hai University, and Xiang Yu, you were last year’s top humanities student. Each of us is better than this high school student. I would be convinced if you guys won the championship, but Lu Mian… I really wouldn’t accept it.”

Zhai Qingtong and Xiang Yu took turns talking about Lu Mian. They hadn’t had the opportunity to face Lu Mian directly before and found it incredulous that Lu Mian could just glance at the questions on stage and come up with the correct solutions.

“I heard that the people setting the questions this time are from the Brain Science Research Institute. They specialize in studying the brain, and the questions they produce are not simple. When the time comes, we shouldn’t be too direct. We should put on an act before giving the answers,” Zhai Qingtong even offered a melodramatic suggestion.

Pei Wenda nodded, “I also heard from the director that this final, a few scientists from the institute will attend as they will be sitting in the observation room as guests.”

“The more people paying attention to this final, the more prominent the champion becomes. Let’s all do our best!” Xiang Yu clenched his fists.

All three appeared determined to win.

This time, with the three of them united against Lu Mian and holding the answers in their hands, Lu Mian couldn’t possibly win again!

While they were talking, Lu Mian pushed the door and entered.

The three quickly exchanged glances, their expressions varied, and the conversation abruptly ended; they did not continue.

The obvious ostracism and isolation were not missed by Lu Mian, she simply did not care, and so she continued to do as she pleased. Upon reaching the lounge, she didn’t greet anyone but directly found a seat and started playing with her phone.

Lu Mian had never prepared for the competition questions or memorized any answers in the lounge.

In fact, they had never seen her display any emotion besides her usual cool arrogance.

Could it be that Lu Mian had memorized all the answers at home?

But there were so many, it couldn’t all be memorized in a week.

Zhai Qingtong was becoming restless, walking over to Lu Mian with a confident demeanor.

“Lu Mian, stop pretending, we all know you bought the answers.”

Lu Mian had someone standing in her way; she took off one earphone, narrowed her eyes, and gave Zhai Qingtong a glance exuding annoyance.

Zhai Qingtong thoughtfully said, “You might have recorded the answers as an audio file, right? Let me have a listen!”

Without asking, she reached out and snatched one of Lu Mian’s earphones.