TWWMABMTBH Chapter 36
by Volare[Anger Points 5000]
This is practically a direct taunt!
All the academic aces at the door glared at Rong Ziyan, feeling like he was secretly showing off. After all, he was the only one who got a perfect score in this mock exam.
Especially the top student from the Human Geography department, he couldn’t help but directly challenge Rong Ziyan, “Don’t be arrogant! A temporary lead doesn’t count as winning, the last laugh is what matters. If you have the guts, choose our team for the upcoming battle, let’s settle it on the field.”
This was a declaration of war against Rong Ziyan!
Everyone else subconsciously held their breath, wanting to know how Rong Ziyan would choose.
As everyone knows, there’s a pattern in the show. The scope of the mock exam is basically the scope of the live broadcast competition.
Therefore, it was obvious that this live competition would basically focus on Human Geography.
None of the three from Rong Ziyan’s agricultural university were related to that major. However, the team from the Human Geography department was different. One of them had a double degree in History and Archaeology.
Thus, even if Rong Ziyan himself was fine, his team definitely couldn’t compare with them.
However, under the current circumstances, if Rong Ziyan refused, it would give people the suspicion that he was being cowardly or faking it. After all, his mock ranking had already shocked everyone.
The show’s dedicated thread on the agricultural university’s forum had already exploded with people cursing the production team.
“Damn it, have they lost their minds! Rong Ziyan being good at Human Geography is good for our agricultural university. He’s a genuine researcher who has produced results! Are these people crazy to create hype?”
“They’re playing us like puppets! Each profession has its specialization. I’m in the Human Geography department, and this exam’s questions are not difficult; the scope is just very broad. Many questions are obscure. If you have a broad knowledge base, you can do well, but if you want to delve deeper, that’s when it gets tricky.”
“I also want to say something fair. The production team is really targeting our agricultural university. I’ve volunteered at the Beijing Library. If you’re curious, you can check the lending records. Search for keywords related to Rong Ziyan, and you’ll be surprised. I’ve roughly counted that Rong Ziyan has borrowed about sixty percent of the humanities and social science books. Based on the borrowing time, he probably read them all!”
“Holy crap! Really?”
“Then this means our academic star has real talent! Damn, I’m so angry!”
The students at the agricultural university were all furious. Meanwhile, netizens were waiting for Rong Ziyan’s response.
Public opinion is like a tiger built by three people. If something is said three times by different people, it becomes the truth.
For example, right now, sixty percent of netizens believed that Rong Ziyan was either cheating or had the answers beforehand. They think that if Rong Ziyan doesn’t agree or doesn’t win against the Human Geography department, it would prove that their claims are true.
Suspicion and anger kept growing. Through the system, unfamiliar names flashed through Rong Ziyan’s mind.
The system was almost crying: These bastards are inhuman!
However, Rong Ziyan didn’t seem angry at all. Instead, he leaned against the desk and stared at the people at the door for a while.
When Rong Ziyan didn’t smile, his eyes were very indifferent.
The person from the Geography department was a bit timid but forced himself to be brave, “Do you dare to accept the challenge?”
“Make it quick! Give us a straight answer!”
[Bluffing Value 1000]
“I don’t have a problem, but what are you afraid of?” Rong Ziyan seemed to suddenly realize something, turned his head and asked his PD, “Have the results been released?”
This was his first time participating, and he didn’t know that the mock exam was graded by the machine instantly.
Earlier, some classmates ordered Salted Duck Eggs for their families, so after finishing the exam and ending the live stream, Rong Ziyan went to pack the delivery. He didn’t pay attention to this matter.
It wasn’t until he saw the crowd’s reaction that he realized this.
The PD got a reminder from the director team and quickly leaned closer to Rong Ziyan and said, “Yes. You got a perfect score, ranking first.”
“Ah! I see.” Rong Ziyan nodded, then asked the person from Human Geography, “So, you didn’t score higher than me, right?”
“???” [Shame Value 1000] Isn’t this obvious? You got first place, of course, I have fewer points than you. The person from Human Geography almost coughed up blood from anger.
However, Rong Ziyan’s next question was even more outrageous, “Then how many points did you score less than me!”
Damn it! This was a direct slap to the face. Now everyone else who came along was shocked and looked at the Human Geography top student with sympathy.
The Human Geography top student, not wanting to lose face, gritted his teeth and said, “Two points.”
“That’s not much.” Considering that this guy’s emotions were so high that he was about to break down, Rong Ziyan very kindly comforted him, “This exam was really difficult. I wasn’t sure about the last question, and it took me two seconds to figure it out.”
“You don’t have to worry about losing two points, because there’s no limit to learning.”
Was this even human talk? Why were they all humiliating themselves?
This time, it wasn’t just the top student from the Human Geography department. Everyone who came to ask Rong Ziyan for his result was speechless.
For a moment, everyone felt like they were fools who had come to be mocked by Rong Ziyan. The anger from earlier was gone after this conversation.
“I’m going back to study first.” Someone in the team who came to challenge him was the first to speak and prepared to leave.
After all, there was no limit to learning, and wasting time here was worse than going back to read some more books.
Then, more and more people did the same.
In the end, only the person from the Human Geography department was left standing in front of Rong Ziyan’s door, but he stared at Rong Ziyan for a long time, and besides getting angrier and trembling, he couldn’t say anything.
Rong Ziyan saw that he was too badly hurt and felt a little pity for him.
After all, he was the pride of heaven and had smooth sailing all his life. It was normal to feel sad when he encountered a setback for the first time.
So, Rong Ziyan walked up to him, patted his shoulder, and asked, “Bro, relax. Winning and losing is part of life. If you really can’t think straight, do you want to come feed the geese with me to relax?”
The person from Human Geography: ???
[Bewilderment Value 1000]
What the heck was feeding the geese? Weren’t they in a competition?
In the end, for some reason, the person from the Human Geography department still followed behind Rong Ziyan to feed the geese in the yard.
He thought that Rong Ziyan had a secret code and wanted to tell him something confidential after they left the camera’s view.
But he never thought that Rong Ziyan meant it literally.
Right now, in the garden where he was standing, there was actually a group of baby geese!
They were small, not even the size of a palm, covered with soft yellow down, and they were running towards them with their short legs.
The baby geese: Daddy, we’re here!
They hadn’t seen Rong Ziyan for half a day, and the young geese were very much missing him. Even though there were two people, their eyes were still only fixed on their father’s very handsome face.
Rong Ziyan squatted down, put down the small bowl of food for the geese, and introduced his new friend to them, “This is someone I just met. Remember to be friendly!”
The baby geese looked up and finally saw the shadow of the top student from the Human Geography department in their bright black bean eyes.
Fluffy things were always the best way to heal one’s heart. He was still depressed, but under the gaze of the cute baby geese, he instantly forgot half of his troubles and even wanted to reach out and touch them.
But as soon as he got close, the baby goose cried out and ran away.
“Wuwuwuwu, this ugly person touched me, I’m dirty, I’m not clean anymore.” As it spoke, it ran to Rong Ziyan, flapped its wings, and asked Rong Ziyan to hug it while saying, “Without Daddy’s kiss, I’m going to cry very loudly and die of dehydration.”
“It depends on if you’re going to pity me, Daddy QAQ”
“Stop being so dramatic.” Rong Ziyan helplessly picked it up, pinched the tuft of hair on its head, and shook it, but he still stroked the round belly of the baby goose.
“Hehehe.” With his wish fulfilled, the baby goose smiled foolishly and squinted in Rong Ziyan’s palm.
The person from the Human Geography department looked very eager and couldn’t help asking Rong Ziyan, “Is it because they don’t know me that they don’t let me touch them?”
“Not really. Geese generally are quite brave.” Rong Ziyan tried to explain it in a less hurtful way, “Maybe the beauty-obsessed ones like to look at good-looking people.”
“…” [Battered Value 1000] The top student from the Human Geography department had completely lost his mind. He left a sentence, “I will definitely beat you in tomorrow’s show!” and then ran away crying, covering his face.
Rong Ziyan, who was left in place, was bewildered and subconsciously asked the system, “Are the young people today this fragile?”
The system was speechless, “Rong, I don’t think this has anything to do with fragility.”
“Any normal person would want to die after being hit like this repeatedly. This top student is already very strong.”
Rong Ziyan: Oh, okay!
So, because the enemy was defeated too quickly, Rong Ziyan could only shake his head and sigh.
And the group of defeated top students all logged into WeChat and discussed in the participant group.
The group leader suddenly interjected, “I think we can pull Rong Ziyan’s team in early.”
“What do you mean?” The other group members didn’t react at first, but then they all understood.
Although today was just a mock exam, it was already enough to see Rong Ziyan’s strength.
As for the challenge from the Human Geography top student, whether or not Rong Ziyan could win, just based on Rong Ziyan as a person, he was already amazing.
Therefore, it was a done deal for Rong Ziyan’s team to join the participant group. There was no need to wait for another competition.
“Let’s vote!” The group leader started an anonymous vote.
Five minutes later, the voting results came out, and it was almost unanimously approved. The group leader asked the team leader of the junior class for Rong Ziyan’s WeChat ID, intending to add him as a friend and pull him into the group.
“Don’t worry, everyone was a bit upset during the day because of the results, they weren’t being very calm. They’re actually all very nice people, there was no malice.” The group leader had already thought out a long speech to comfort Rong Ziyan.
The purpose of their show was to select the strongest team members to form a team to face off against foreign countries. So as long as someone had talent, they should be accepted.
He had previously overheard from the PD that the foreign teams coming were very strong, so the group leader felt more pressure than the others. He really didn’t want to miss anyone with real talent.
However, to his surprise, Rong Ziyan didn’t have any objections and directly accepted the invitation.
“…” The group leader’s words were useless. He could only say after a long silence, “Play well in the group. If you find anyone interesting, you can proactively add them as a friend. Everyone is really nice.”
“Okay, okay, thank you, group leader, I think so too!” Rong Ziyan was very happy when he saw the group leader’s message.
And without saying a word, he clicked on the member list, went through all of the members in order, and added them as friends.
System: Rong, they all don’t like you, why are you adding them?
Rong Ziyan didn’t even look up and asked the system, “They’ve all been in closed training for a month, and they must be tired of the cafeteria food.”
System: …You wouldn’t be thinking…
Rong Ziyan: Yes, I am.
So, half a minute later, all the contestants received friend requests from Rong Ziyan.
The request message: “A line connects us on the internet, cherish this relationship. Brothers, want to take a look at some late night snacks? Honest prices, good quality, buy ten get one free.”