Early on the fourth day, Yan Zhenfeng and Qin Libin went to a meeting.
All participating teams had free time, meaning today was a rest day.
Since checking her phone that morning, Huo Fanjin had been somewhat distracted. She even ate her breakfast more carelessly than usual. Normally, Big Miss Huo was so picky that even Lin Shumo couldn’t compare.
But today, she seemed different.
Jiang Fuyue noticed but said nothing.
At lunchtime, the five of them, along with Sun Qun, went to the restaurant.
Huo Fanjin began looking around.
Of course, she always looked around in the restaurant, so no one found it strange.
While Jiang Fuyue was getting food, she encountered Edmond and his four teammates.
“Hi, we meet again. Why do we always run into each other in the restaurant?” he said in fluent, standard English.
Jiang Fuyue wanted to say it was because the restaurant was the only place they could meet. Upstairs, contestants from different countries were not allowed to visit each other’s rooms.
“Beautiful lady, why do you never talk to me? Your English is clearly fluent.” He had watched the argument yesterday and knew her English was excellent.
Clearly, he had been fooled by her before!
“If you keep this up, I’ll be really hurt.” The young boy’s blue eyes were full of melancholy, a look that could easily trigger a girl’s protective instincts.
Unfortunately, Jiang Fuyue was an exception.
She remained expressionless and walked around him.
Edmond: “?”
His four teammates laughed out loud—
“Oh, friend, you’re hopeless!”
“The beauty didn’t even look at you.”
“That’s so pathetic!”
Edmond was embarrassed and a bit angry: “Jiang Fuyue! Stop!”
He shouted her name in Chinese, with a strange accent.
She still ignored him and walked to the long table opposite, placing a sausage on her plate.
Edmond left his teammates and chased after her.
“You’re very arrogant,” he said.
“Thank you,” Jiang Fuyue replied.
“?”
“Don’t block the way.”
Edmond finally heard her speak, but her words were not pleasant: “Hey! The theoretical results are coming out this afternoon. Do you dare to make a bet with me?”
Jiang Fuyue shook her head: “No bet.”
“Huh?” This person didn’t follow the script?
Just as Edmond was feeling frustrated, Jiang Fuyue had already walked past him.
“My score will definitely be higher than yours!” he shouted, perhaps due to his intense emotions, in his native language.
This immediately attracted attention.
Edmond didn’t feel embarrassed; he enjoyed the attention because he had the confidence and strength.
He thought Jiang Fuyue wouldn’t respond, but to his surprise, she stopped, turned around, and said in perfect French—
“I’m afraid I don’t think so.”
Edmond was stunned.
She knew French?!
Did that mean she understood all the dirty jokes he and his teammates had made when they first met?!
F*k!
After lunch, Jiang Fuyue and Huo Fanjin returned to their room. The other party kept checking her phone, but it didn’t seem like she was anxious about the results.
Yes, the theoretical results would be out today.
Although not officially announced, the results would be shared beforehand. Each country’s team leaders were part of the organizing committee and could easily find out. Some countries chose to inform their students, while others did not, fearing it might affect their performance in the experimental part.
“Captain…” Huo Fanjin hesitated, looking at Jiang Fuyue with pleading eyes, “I asked Frank to meet again.”
Jiang Fuyue raised an eyebrow, waiting for her to continue.
“He didn’t agree. I emailed him asking why, but he hasn’t replied. Why do you think that is?”
Before Jiang Fuyue could answer, a phone buzzed with WeChat notifications.
In the group chat—
Sun Qun: [The results are out.]
Ten seconds of silence—
Lin Shumo: [How is it?]
Ling Xuan: [I want to know.]
Fang Canyang: [Can you tell us?]
Huo Fanjin grabbed her phone, heart pounding: “It’s out! Sister Yue, the results are out!”
Jiang Fuyue picked up her phone, calmly saying, “I’m checking.”
She seemed unbothered.
Sun Qun sent a [relaxed] emoji but didn’t immediately reveal the scores, clearly teasing everyone.
Lin Shumo and Ling Xuan were not anxious. They already had a sense of how they performed.
Fang Canyang was also patient.
Only Huo Fanjin was most nervous and curious—
Huo Fanjin: [Professor Sun, what’s my score? Please tell us.]
Huo Fanjin: [Please, please.] JPG
Sun Qun stopped teasing and sent a voice message—
“Congratulations to everyone!”
Jiang Fuyue, Ling Xuan, Lin Shumo, and Fang Canyang all scored perfect 30s.
Huo Fanjin was slightly behind with 25.
But she was satisfied—
“I thought I wouldn’t get any points on the last question, but I got five! I’m very content.”
No need for consolation.
Sun Qun, relieved, privately reminded her: “Do your best on the experiment part tomorrow.”
“Yes, yes! I’ll do my best! If I’m in a good mood, I’ll perform well! Don’t worry!”
Sun Qun muttered, “Hopefully, you stay in a good mood…”
Otherwise, her score would be too unpredictable.
Other countries also got their results.
Not only did they know their own scores, but they also knew China’s.
In the theoretical part, there were seven perfect scores, and China had four of them.
The other three were—
R country’s Chiba Tosaki, F country’s Edmond, and D country’s 弗兰克Frank.
In a room, Edmond looked at the screenshot of the results: “Sh*t! She got a perfect score too?”
Jiang Fuyue showed little emotion upon seeing the results, as if she had expected it.
At that moment, Huo Fanjin suddenly exclaimed—
“Captain! Frank agreed to meet me! Will you go with me?”
