Chapter 107: Finding the Ancestral Master and Announcing the Results
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Unable to help it, Niu Rui had to redial.
Niu Chunhua: “I already said if they want your life, give it to them. Why are you still calling? Can’t you understand simple words? Your Mother want to sleep!”
“It’s not… Mom… can’t you leave me some face in front of the new Master?”
The voice on the other end hesitated for a moment, “What new Master? Where did this new Master come from?”
Niu Rui explained the situation to her.
Then…
“Nonsense! The Mechanical Pendant could never fall into someone else’s hands!”
Niu Rui: “But it’s really Auntie Lou’s handwriting… I’ve seen it, and I’ve compared it with a machine…”
Silence from the other end.
At this moment, Jiang Fuyue reached for the phone and said, “Let me talk to her.”
Niu Rui handed her the phone.
There was a brief silence, and then they both spoke simultaneously:
“You look better in moon-white qipaos.” Just like the one in that painting.
Niu Chunhua froze for a moment, two seconds of silence, and then she shuddered as she replied slowly, “Wh-why?”
“Because,” Jiang Fuyue smirked, “you look like a rotten tomato in red.”
There was a loud clang from the other end, as if a heavy object had fallen to the ground. “It’s you! You’re back! I knew it! I knew it!”
Jiang Fuyue didn’t say anything.
Niu Chunhua took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. “You need the permission key?”
“Yes.”
She rapidly recited a string of numbers.
Just before hanging up, she reminded Jiang Fuyue repeatedly, “You stay in the capital, wait for me to return to the country! Don’t leave! You must not leave! Do you hear me?!”
Jiang Fuyue: “…”
After obtaining the permission key, she operated the computer, quickly found what she was looking for, printed it, and spread it out on the table. Then she beckoned Niu Rui, “Come here.”
“Me?”
“Is there anyone else here?”
“….Okay.” He obediently walked over to Jiang Fuyue’s side, his expression slightly hesitant. “According to the rules, I’m not supposed to have access to S-level permissions at my level…”
“That’s why I printed it out.”
Niu Rui scratched his head, “That works?”
“The S-level permission standard is set to prevent too much access to the confidential database, which could lead to leaks. When we say ‘cannot access,’ it doesn’t mean you can’t know the specific content of S-level encryption, but rather that you cannot freely access the S-level database. Do you understand what I mean?”
“I understand. In simpler terms, it means that others can tell me what’s inside the database, but I can’t open it by myself.”
Jiang Fuyue snapped her fingers, “Smart.”
Niu Rui smiled, his face showing a hint of shyness, and he turned his attention to the paper. “Hmm? A map?”
“Do you recognize the location?”
“It’s the capital!”
Jiang Fuyue gave a soft confirmation and circled a specific area, pointing to a particular spot. “More precisely, it’s this area in the East District of the capital.”
“So, what can I do?”
Jiang Fuyue suddenly raised her eyes, her gaze intense. “Help me find someone. The East District is an area he has frequented for almost twenty years, especially around here…”
Niu Rui focused his attention, “A school?”
“Take a closer look, besides the school, what else do you see?”
“…An internet café!”
“Help me find him!”
“What are the physical characteristics of this person, height, age…”
Jiang Fuyue smiled, “No need to ask too many details because you also know this person.”
“Me?” Niu Rui was surprised.
“Yes, Ye Qianji – Niu Chunhua’s master and your ancestral master!”
…
When they left the bar, it was already noon. Jiang Fuyue turned back and glanced at it.
The neon sign wasn’t lit, the front door was half-open, and at first glance, it looked quite desolate.
The bar’s sign was surrounded by a circle of colorful lights, not turned on, and on it, two crooked words hung with a mischievous artistic style – “Dangui*.”
* gui = return
That was the name of the bar.
Who were they hoping to return?
…
Three days flew by in the blink of an eye, and the candidates who had traveled around the city gradually returned to the hotel.
It was finally time for the announcement of the results.
“After breakfast, everyone will gather in the third-floor conference room. At that time, we will announce the results of this competition and the list of students selected for the summer camp.”
The staff finished speaking and left, leaving everyone in whispered conversations, feeling anxious and hopeful.
“They’re really going to announce it so soon, I’m so nervous!”
“What are you afraid of? Your grades are usually so good…”
“The written test questions were more difficult this time compared to previous years. I’m not sure I did well.”
“I heard some people submitted their papers early. What’s going on with them? Did they find the questions too easy?”
“I’m not sure, I didn’t ask.”
“Tch,” Keran snorted upon hearing the discussion. “What else could it be? If you can’t do it, just don’t do it. The difficulty level was there, and there’s no way to finish it in less than two or three hours. Those who handed in their papers in less than twenty minutes didn’t want to get a perfect score, did they?”
“That’s not for sure. We haven’t seen their papers, so we can’t draw conclusions too early. Maybe they have the skills.”
Keran chuckled, “This is getting more absurd. If Jiang Fuyue can score a perfect score, I’ll twist my head off and use it as a ball.”
Huh!
“…” Nobody dared to quack.
Fanye stuffed the last piece of bacon from her plate into her mouth and squinted her eyes in satisfaction. “The food in the capital is so delicious; I really want to stay here longer.”
Huang Hui smiled.
Gao Zhaoming shook his head.
Fanye, noticing the two’s reactions, couldn’t help but hum softly, “You think I have no ambition, that’s because you’ve never been hungry and don’t know what it’s like to be hungry. If you’ve experienced it, you’d be just like me!”
She spoke with unusual seriousness, her jet-black pupils shining brightly.
“Sister Yue, isn’t that right?”
Jiang Fuyue finished her milk, placed the cup down, and said, “Yes.”
Fanye instinctively leaned toward her, as if she had found an ally, dividing herself from Huang Hui and Gao Zhaoming into two camps.
“Sister Yue, I will work hard to stay!” she declared.
Jiang Fuyue patted her head with a smile.
For a moment, Fanye seemed to see Agata again – beautiful, gentle, always giving her care and courage.
…
Exactly at nine o’clock, everyone gathered in the conference room.
Jiang Fuyue and her companions arrived relatively late, and only the last two rows of seats were left.
After they took their seats, the organizers appeared without any introductory words. They directly turned on the projector, and the next moment, the results and rankings appeared on the screen.
The names were arranged in order from the highest total score to the lowest. The first column displayed the written exam scores, the second column showed the machine test scores, and the third column showed the rankings.
Everyone instinctively held their breath and started looking for their names.
However, when their gazes fell upon the name of the first person on the list, gasps of shock seemed to be contagious, echoing in succession.
Keran was sitting below, nervous to the point where her heart raced, and her breath became difficult. She was so anxious that she didn’t immediately look at the screen.
For the sake of consoling her, Lin Yuan, who sat beside her, had been talking to her the entire time and was unaware that the results had been announced.
Only when they finally noticed the unusual gasping sounds from their surroundings did they both, in unison, turn their attention to the front…
Face slap warning!
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