Qin Beiting watched the woman's indifferent receding back and suddenly felt she was somewhat special. He never easily struck up conversations with women; this was the first time he had actually been disliked!
This made him feel a bit uncomfortable. Every day, countless women wanted to climb into his bed, yet this woman actually disliked him!
He wasn't sure if it was the effect of his rebellious nature, but as he looked at the woman's retreating figure, the more he looked, the more familiar she became. He felt a strange sensation, as if he should know her!
"Seventh Master, the car is here,"
At this moment, Qi Xifeng, who had finished his business, came to remind him. Seeing Qin Beiting gazing at something, he followed his line of sight and saw a woman's figure disappear at the entrance of the stadium.
Qi Xifeng was a little curious.
There was actually a woman who could catch Brother Ting's attention?!
Qin Beiting snapped back to reality. "Let's go."
—
During the mid-game break.
In the lounge.
Ye Zi Zheng knocked on the door of contestant number one's lounge. This contestant's programming style and methods were almost identical to his own, which made him unable to help but pay attention.
All his programming code was learned from his elder sister. His coding style had certain differences from typical programming learned in school or from tutorials.
His sister had an accident five years ago, and her remains were still unfound; he had never taught anyone else. How could someone have such a similar style to his?
The lounge door opened from the inside. Yue Yue, dressed in a black tracksuit, stood at the door and asked, "What is it?"
"You..."
"Brother, this cake is so delicious. If you don't come soon, I'll eat it all up~"
Ye Zi Zheng then noticed that there was a little girl in the lounge who looked exactly like the little boy. The little girl was holding a small cake given by the organizers, eating it with great relish.
The little girl's mouth was full of cake, her cheeks puffed out like a little squirrel's, soft and plump, making one want to poke them. She was incredibly cute.
"If there's nothing else, I'm closing the door." Seeing the visitor remain silent, Yue Yue prepared to close the door.
"Wait a moment." Ye Zi Zheng snapped back to reality and immediately blocked the door with his hand. "Who did you learn your code from?"
"What's it to you?" Yue Yue said coldly.
He had investigated his mother's information before, but it was all blocked.
His mother was so capable, yet all her information was sealed, and she had amnesia. Therefore, he suspected his mother might have been involved in clandestine work, like a secret agent, so he couldn't expose her.
Ye Zi Zheng was stunned. He hadn't expected such a young child to be so arrogant!
"Who did you learn from?" Yue Yue countered.
"Heh~" Ye Zi Zheng chuckled, amused and exasperated. He wouldn't tell others, yet he wanted to know where they learned from?
Ye Zi Zheng: "If you don't tell me, why should I tell you?"
Yue Yue: "..."
Was this person mentally ill?
"Brother, who is this?" Duoduo came out holding her cake and immediately recognized Ye Zi Zheng. Wasn't this contestant number eight, who was tied for first place with her brother?
The little brother was quite handsome!
Like Mommy, he had a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes.
But being handsome was useless; he was competing with her brother for the championship!
The streamer had said that this little brother was their defending champion. Wouldn't that mean her brother's prize money would be gone?
The thought of the eighty thousand yuan championship prize money slipping away like a cooked duck made Duoduo's eyes redden, and tears streamed down her face as if they were free.
She swallowed the cake in her mouth and said pitifully,
"Big brother, the championship is very important to us. Can you please let my brother win it?
We siblings came from Country F to compete for the championship prize money to cover our living expenses.
My mommy was tricked by a scumbag, and after giving birth to us, she worked three jobs a day to support us. She couldn't eat enough and couldn't sleep warmly, and we also suffered from not having enough to eat or sleep warmly. Look, I'm so thin I'm almost skin and bones."
As Duoduo spoke, she rolled up her sleeve, revealing a fair and plump section of her arm. Then she pulled over Yue Yue's arm for comparison.
Um... it was actually a little plumper than her brother's.
Ye Zi Zheng: "..."
Yue Yue: "..."
Duoduo's eyes darted, and she immediately said, "It must be this small cake I just ate that made me gain some flesh! I've never eaten such delicious cake."
Yue Yue's face was covered in black lines. His mother's cakes were hundreds of times more delicious than these mass-produced commercial cakes!
Could she lie a little more reasonably?
"No need for him to yield. I'll still win against him in the second half!" Yue Yue said confidently.
A competition at this level was nothing to him.
"Hmph, a brat with a big mouth!" Ye Zi Zheng sized up Yue Yue and said earnestly, "You won't win against me!"
He hadn't even used his full strength in the competition yet!
Seeing the determined rivalry between the two, Duoduo became even more worried about her brother's prize money slipping away. She pouted, as if she were about to cry again.
Ye Zi Zheng felt a pang of sympathy when he saw this.
Although this little girl was talking nonsense, she looked much cuter than the little boy. They looked almost identical, but their temperaments were worlds apart.
"Little sister, since you're so poor, there's no need to travel so far to compete. Even if you come, you might not win the championship, and it would be a waste of plane tickets."
As Ye Zi Zheng spoke, he took out a bank card from his pocket. "There's a hundred thousand yuan in this card. You can go back. The championship is mine."
Duoduo's eyes lit up at the sight of the bank card. One hundred thousand yuan!
That was twenty thousand more than the prize money!
She could buy so much meat, and it would help ease her mommy's burden!
Duoduo rubbed her little hands together, looking at Yue Yue with expectant eyes.
However, Yue Yue made a beckoning gesture. "Teacher, I want to report contestant number eight. He tried to bribe me with money to withdraw from the competition!"
Just then, two teachers who maintained order came to notify the finalists to prepare for the second half of the finals. They happened to overhear Ye Zi Zheng's subsequent words. With a witness and evidence, he was caught red-handed.
This kind of bribery was the biggest taboo in competitions.
Even if the other party had been a world champion.
"Contestant number eight, Ye Zi Zheng, your behavior is inappropriate. Please accompany us to the office for investigation," the two teachers said.
The second half of the competition was about to begin. Going to the office for an investigation at this time was equivalent to disqualifying him from the finals.
Ye Zi Zheng: ???
Ye Zi Zheng: !!!
Holy crap!
No, when did he bribe him?
That was clearly a show of dominance!
But the two teachers didn't think so and forcibly took him away.
Ye Zi Zheng: "Yu Chen Yue! Don't leave after the competition. Meet me by the back door!"
"Wow, brother, will he find someone to beat us up? I'm so scared~" Duoduo shrunk behind Yue Yue.
"Don't be afraid, he won't," Yue Yue comforted her, then led her back to the spectator seats.
Before he returned to the stadium, Duoduo asked again, "After the competition, shall we leave through the back door?"
Yue Yue: "..."
Yue Yue: "We'll leave through the front door."