After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 612: You’re Comparing Journals to Me?

Chapter 612: Chapter 612: You’re Comparing Journals to Me?

It was precisely because Shi Yaoguang had successfully repaired and even enhanced the dolphin that the following scene took place.

Who would have thought that the young master sitting in the front row of the audience would actually go up to the stage holding a bouquet of flowers.

He walked straight up to Shi Yaoguang and knelt on one knee.

"I really like you, can you marry me?"

Whether Quan Jinbei was angry at the young master’s words or not, Bai Zhantang didn’t know.

All Bai Zhantang knew was that he was angry.

He was about to explode with rage.

After all, Shi Yaoguang was now his "protectee."

The other party was blatantly challenging him!

Of course, the other party had no idea of his existence.

Nor did they know that Shi Yaoguang was already married.

To be able to propose with a bouquet of flowers in the middle of a competition...

Cough, let’s just say they had their own way of thinking.

Something ordinary people simply couldn’t learn.

Under these circumstances, it was impossible to reason with him.

Bai Zhantang’s friends clicked their tongues and said to him, "Look, the situation on site is so tense now. Whether Shi Yaoguang agrees or not, the problem has already arisen. If you want to complete the task set by the big boss Quan, you’ll have to solve this once and for all."

Spurred on by this and the provocation of the young master on the stage, Bai Zhantang slapped his thigh and decided to go all in!

"Let’s do this!"

He raised a finger to the sky and said, "You rotten sky, you’d better bless your grandpa here for a victorious outcome! When grandpa comes back in triumph, I’ll burn incense for you!"

His friend, upon hearing this, was speechless, "Are you threatening the Heavens, or are you planning to burn incense and pray to Buddha?"

Bai Zhantang waved it off nonchalantly, "Never mind all that; it’s the thought that counts."

His friend: "..."

He really didn’t worry about much, but the problem was Bai Zhantang himself wasn’t clear on whom he was actually praying to.

In this situation, could his wish really come true?

His friend was quite worried for him.

At the same time, there was a little bit of schadenfreude in their heart.

No, that wouldn’t do.

When a friend is in trouble, help comes from all directions.

They couldn’t stand behind him and snicker.

...

What Bai Zhantang didn’t know was that the idea his friend gave him was basically a gamble with his life.

Therefore.

After bolstering his courage, he decided it was time to set off.

Before leaving, he even looked back at his friend.

His friend gave him an encouraging look.

So Bai Zhantang continued on his way.

...

What Bai Zhantang did not know was that not long after he left, his friend sent a message to Quan Jinbei.

[Boss, it’s done!]

Quan Jinbei glanced at his phone and then turned off the screen.

Fighting for his family’s honor, Bai Zhantang had no idea he had already been betrayed by his friend.

What’s even worse, he’d been sold out and was still diligently helping to count the money.

...

At the competition.

After Shi Yaoguang successfully repaired the dolphin, she gave Ling Qingxue a provocative look.

"You told me to fix the dolphin, and I succeeded."

Ling Qingxue ground her teeth, but couldn’t say anything negative.

She did have objections, oh, yes.

But what of it?

What could she possibly do?

She could do nothing at all.

In the arena of the robotics contest, she was like fish on a chopping board.

Completely at the mercy of whatever Shi Yaoguang decided to do to her.

Ling Qingxue thought a lot in her heart, and her eyes filled with bitterness as she looked at Shi Yaoguang.

Shi Yaoguang meanwhile was utterly puzzled, "What’s with that look?"

Ling Qingxue gave a cold snort, "Don’t think I don’t know what you want to do to me!"

"Oh?" Shi Yaoguang appeared surprised, "You know again?"

Ling Qingxue voiced her thoughts, "All you want is to show everyone that you’re the best, right? Congratulations, you’ve succeeded."

"That’s it?"

Shi Yaoguang couldn’t help but question her soul.

Considering Ling Qingxue’s attitude just now, she thought Ling Qingxue could really do something to her.

To think, it was just that...

Tsk.

Meeting Shi Yaoguang’s disdainful gaze, Ling Qingxue felt extremely frustrated.

She was certain that Shi Yaoguang was here to target her.

Such a person was utterly deplorable!

Ling Qingxue mentally sliced Shi Yaoguang into a thousand pieces to ease her anger, yet she had no choice but to squeeze out a smile on her face.

"I lost and I admit defeat," she said.

Although Ling Qingxue said she admitted defeat, she didn’t mean it at all.

Her expression still carried a touch of haughty defiance.

Shi Yaoguang could tell what she was thinking, "The competition hasn’t even started and you’re already thinking about how you’re going to beat me?"

"Of course," Ling Qingxue responded briskly, patting her chest, "I don’t think I can lose to you."

Shi Yaoguang nodded, "Then we shall wait and see."

As the exchange between the two came to an end, the robot competition was also drawing to a close.

The host took the stage to present the final results.

...

Soon, the second match arrived.

This time it was a competition on the extraction of biological cells.

Such an experimental task naturally couldn’t be directly contested.

Though the laboratory building could provide enough space, experiments inherently carried certain risks, so it was better to avoid them if possrble.

Therefore, the competition involved presenting research papers.

It was essentially a contest of research results.

Ling Qingxue believed that with the aid of the System, she had reached a masterful level in the field of biological cell extraction.

In light of this, she was extremely proud.

Feeling confident, her gaze towards Shi Yaoguang was tinged with a hint of scorn and disdain.

"Aren’t you quite the expert? Well, I’d like to see how you plan to sweep the top three spots with me here."

Shi Yaoguang took out the paper she had prepared and smiled slyly at her, "Thanks for your generosity."

Unlike Ling Qingxue’s simple printed A4 paper, Shi Yaoguang held a magazine publication.

Of course, this wasn’t just any magazine.

It was a periodical published by the highly prestigious NLM in the field of biological cells.

Any content published in it had gone through rigorous peer review.

Since Ling Qingxue had researched on biological cells, she was naturally aware of this.

Watching Shi Yaoguang taking the stage with the journal in hand, she couldn’t help but mock, "You’re not seriously thinking of competing with me with a journal, are you?"

"Why not?" Shi Yaoguang retorted.

"Of course not!" Ling Qingxue snorted derisively, "Those aren’t your works, what gives you the right to compare them with mine?"

"All of these are someone else’s hard work; doesn’t holding onto them make you feel guilty?"

Shi Yaoguang smiled brilliantly, "I don’t feel guilty."

"You said it yourself, the papers in the journal are the authors’ hard work.

"I don’t think I can’t compete with my own hard work," she continued.

Hearing this, Ling Qingxue’s voice raised several decibels, "What did you just say?"

"Am I not clear enough?" Shi Yaoguang lifted the journal in her hand, "The work I brought to compete with you is my own."

"It seems there’s no rule against bringing one’s own work to the competition, so this shouldn’t be against the rules, right?"

Of course, this wasn’t against the rules.

As a matter of fact, the school administration was pleased with such occurrences.

"Yaoguang has kept things so well-hidden; if she hadn’t come out with it herself, we wouldn’t have heard a whisper about it," a director from the school board couldn’t help but say.

Upon hearing this, the principal smiled but remained silent.

Seeing his expression, the director knew there was something more and promptly asked, "You old fox, you knew about this all along, didn’t you?"

The principal grinned and appeared quite smug, "Of course!"

Upon hearing this, several directors gave him dangerous looks.

The principal didn’t want to become their target and quickly changed the topic, "Aren’t you all curious to see which paper Yaoguang has written?"

Everyone was instantly distracted by the principal’s words.

Although just being published in the NLM journal was proof of a paper’s excellence.

There were still differences in the way they were presented in the publication, similar to a competition between the center spotlight and a regular position.

Originally, the directors thought it would be impressive enough for Shi Yaoguang to be published in the journal.

But now, according to the principal, could it be that Shi Yaoguang’s achievements were far greater than they had imagined?

With that thought, all the directors turned their inquiring gazes towards the principal.

He flashed a mysterious and knowing smile.

It was an expression that truly made people itch with curiosity.

"Principal, that’s not fun, we are all acquaintances here, there’s no need for secrecy, right?" one asked.

The principal inquired, "Do you really want to know?"

"Obviously!"

"Then spit it out already!"

With his old friends urging him on, the principal said proudly, "Since you’re all so curious, I shall tell you."

He pointed to the most prominent position on the journal.

"Look here."

Everyone followed his gesture, and they all gasped in disbelief, "No, it can’t be?"

"You’re not fooling us, are you?" they asked the principal.

The principal’s moustache curled with pride, and his tone was full of enjoyment, "What benefit would I get from lying to you?"

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