Chapter 682: Chapter 683: Encounter
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Ji Sisi, ninety-eight points.
The remaining two points were doubts from the judges about her smart brain, but Ji Sisi’s Mecha was undeniably formidable.
After passing the preliminary round, Ji Sisi had secured her qualification to compete tomorrow, leaving her nothing to do for the rest of the day.
She secured her Mecha and walked toward the spectator stands, heading directly to where Nian Shutong was seated.
Ji Sisi waved her arms and shouted to Nian Shutong, who was sitting in the fifth row, “Mr. Nian, I made it!”
“Great! Let’s talk outside!”
None of them cared about who else had advanced as Nian Shutong, along with Dou Dou and Lian Qing, headed out of the arena.
Meanwhile, Ji Sisi was also making her way out, walking in circles.
Eventually, the four of them met up at the front of the competition building.
“Mr. Nian, I’m getting closer and closer to the prize money.”
“Not bad, keep up the effort.”
Nian Shutong’s praise definitely made Ji Sisi beam with joy, smiling foolishly.
“Let’s go back and rest.”
Leading Dou Dou, Nian Shutong walked ahead, with Ji Sisi and Lian Qing following behind, all four of them striking figures as they walked from the Mecha competition building toward the hotel across the street.
As they entered the lobby, a girl in the right-side seating area spotted Lian Qing in an instant.
She nudged the person next to her, pointing in Lian Qing’s direction and said, “Look, that guy is so handsome!”
“Tiantian, he’s totally your type!”
Having finished their competitions, Ji Tiantian and the others didn’t linger and went straight back to the hotel.
But with their room being so crowded, it seemed better to stay in the hotel lobby for a while.
Ji Tiantian tugged at her own arm, incredulous, “Forget it, you always say they’re handsome, I don’t believe it!”
Her statement came out unexpectedly and with a bit of girlish sweetness.
“Really, Tiantian, look quick, he’s about to leave!”
Ji Tiantian, as if she couldn’t argue with her friend, turned her head helplessly and looked in Lian Qing’s direction.
It turned out to be true.
At this moment, Ji Tiantian felt as if her fantasies were finally meeting reality.
Her heart was thumping uncontrollably.
“How about it? Isn’t he your type? You still don’t believe me now,” the girl next to her had a hint of jealously in her eyes, but her words and gestures were affectionate.
Ji Tiantian, slightly embarrassed, lowered her head and said shyly, “You’re right, everything you say is right, okay!”
At this time, Lian Qing and others were queuing for the elevator; it was rather crowded.
The Ji Family was quick in their competitions, coming out early without anyone being eliminated. This was the Ji Family’s confidence.
“Tiantian, go ahead, ask for his contact or something.”
“Exactly, go now. He’s about to leave.”
“Right, go boldly, you’re a ninety-five-point player, what’s there to fear?”
“Ninety-five points, that’s the highest score ever.”
“It looks like this year’s champion is pretty much decided.”
People teased Ji Tiantian, but she herself was less willing to accept it, saying, “Don’t talk nonsense, what if someone more formidable appears later.”
However, her heart actually agreed with everyone; traditionally, anyone scoring above ninety points was a frontrunner for the championship, let alone her ninety-five points.
“Tiantian, are you going or not? He’s really about to leave.”
“Just give it a try, why not?”
Ji Tiantian really admired Lian Qing’s attractiveness and the aura around him, and finally, she stood up with a firm look in her eyes, albeit somewhat shyly, and walked over.
“Just give it a try, why not?”
Although Ji Tiantian said she was just trying, she was actually quite confident; she believed no one could resist her charm,
or rather, the charm of a Mecha genius backed by the Ji Family.
Ji Tiantian was planning what sort of coincidental meeting she should stage as she walked step by step, and just as she wanted to stage a dramatic rescue, the elevator doors opened.
The people in front had gone up and Lian Qing along with a few others followed; Ji Tiantian, in her urgency, also wanted to rush over.
“Sorry, you’re overweight.”
“Auntie, the elevator won’t move once you get on.”
Standing at the door, Lian Qing and Dou Dou, one after the other, made Ji Tiantian, who was standing at the elevator doors, wish she could just disappear.
“I… I’m not… Ji Sisi!”
“Ding!”
The elevator doors closed.
Inside the elevator, Nian Shutong looked at Ji Sisi, who appeared a bit surprised, but it was only for a moment, and then he resumed his usual expression.
Holding hands with Dou Dou, who was frowning slightly and pouting, said, “So it was that auntie!”
It seemed there was indeed a story here.
At this moment, downstairs, Ji Tiantian stood at the elevator doors as if struck by a thunderbolt.
A few people from the Ji Family walked past her, and the girl who had encouraged her to come over also approached, hugging Ji Tiantian’s arm sympathetically.
“Tiantian, it’s okay, it’s just a man, we don’t need him!”
“Yes, he really has no taste. Tiantian is the most formidable, youngest Mecha genius; it’s his loss not to want you.”
“Exactly!”
Everyone babbled in Ji Tiantian’s ear; she just gave a accommodating smile and then made an excuse that she wanted to rest, and went back to her room alone.
The others said they wouldn’t return yet, leaving some space for Ji Tiantian, and told her to rest well.
Ji Tiantian maintained a somewhat feigned strong yet still sweet smile, and took the elevator.
When she reached the floor, she walked to the door where she thought she had seen Ji Sisi yesterday, raised her hand, and then lowered it again.
In the end, she did not knock; she didn’t want the Ji Family to know that Ji Sisi was around at all.
Ji Tiantian felt a bit confused and was even somewhat scared as she returned to her room.
What should she do? Ji Sisi was here too, was she here to compete?
What if they met?
What panicked Ji Tiantian was that her entry for the competition had been personally designed by Ji Sisi before she left the Ji Family, even though it hadn’t been finished at the time.
Ji Tiantian suddenly grasped at a lifeline; after all, Ji Sisi hadn’t completed the design, and she had improved and finished it herself, so how could it not be hers?
After reassuring herself a few times, Ji Tiantian came to believe it herself.
In fact, deep down, Ji Tiantian was deeply envious of Ji Sisi’s talent and, from the bottom of her heart, was afraid of it.
However, thinking that she still held an ace in her hand, Ji Tiantian gradually calmed down.
“No one will accept you, no one will, Ji Sisi.”
After calming her emotions, Ji Tiantian really did rest.
On the other hand, Ji Sisi showed no emotional fluctuation at all; after all, it was just another Ji Family person.
Nian Shutong just asked once, seeing that Ji Sisi really didn’t care, and said no more.
No matter what happened, she could protect Ji Sisi, and that was enough.