CHAPTER 105: CHAPTER 66: THE COST OF QIN MANMAN’S REFUSAL TO CONCEDE [REQUEST FOR MONTHLY TICKETS]

Outsiders watch the excitement, insiders watch the intricacies.

The crowd was growing thicker and thicker, and Elder Lin stood among them, holding Yu Lian’s phone like it was a treasure, his eyes unblinking.

At the same time, he also wanted to focus on the metal Dragonfly casually held by Yu Lian, wishing he could be Nezha reincarnated with three heads and six arms.

He also had to endure the angry shouts of other familiar judges.

"Old Lin, have you finished looking? You’re getting on in years, give me the chance!"

"Get out of here, I’m the youngest one here!"

"Being young is useless; I’m the expert in this field!"

As if anyone here wasn’t an expert?

...

Yu Lian was clearly the main character, but she had become an outsider with no room to speak.

But the crowd was growing, and the gaze around her was becoming hotter; she couldn’t help but voice her opinion.

"The phone is too small, how about I cast the screen for you all to see?"

"Nonsense."

Elder Lin flatly rejected!

"The technology contained here is too precious, how can it be casually displayed like this?"

Although the core inside isn’t afraid of casting a screen for operation, what if it attracts certain people’s attention?

Why Elder Lin was wholeheartedly dedicated to the nation, Yu Lian thought:

But back then, I just watched others display it back and forth in a live stream and then casually won it as a prize!

If it weren’t for the name having a ’round’, I wouldn’t have carried this little Dragonfly today.

But seeing the fervor of the crowd, she kept quiet about it, and Elder Lin quickly looked around and came up with a new plan.

"There is an empty office in this venue, quickly arrange one."

His assistant immediately took out a phone.

...

And at this moment, the audience below was bustling, yet the display stage remained lonely.

Standing there were Qin Manman and others, seemingly like clowns.

Should they leave? The most crucial comments and scores had yet to be given. But if they don’t leave... who has time to evaluate them now?

Qin Manman still held the microphone in her hand, their drone cautiously cradled by Lu Ran.

Yet at this moment, the excitement belonged to others, and had nothing to do with her.

"I’m not accepting this."

She whispered on stage.

"This is clearly picking a fight with us, deliberately looking for trouble."

"Manman, you can’t say that."

Lu Ran was still rational.

"Their drone is indeed excellent, and most importantly, I simply can’t figure out what technology they used; they are on a completely different level from us..."

It’s almost impossible to even feel defeated, only numb and frantic, feeling like these years at college have been wasted.

"I didn’t mean it like that."

Qin Manman gently wiped the corner of her eye, her voice aggrieved yet soft:

"I’m just feeling for you, Brother Lv, and Brother Wang... you clearly worked so hard, first rushing against time without sleep or rest every day, then picking up Hu Sisi’s workload when she suddenly dropped it... "

As she spoke, her eyes reddened.

"After giving so much, when we were supposed to have Elder Lin and the judges’ evaluations, we got interrupted by some outsiders out of nowhere..."

Lu Ran’s originally bewildered state instantly relaxed—there was no doubt their skills fell short, he had seen it firsthand, there was nothing to say.

After all, since entering White Bird Academy, most geniuses quickly learn one thing—that they aren’t geniuses enough.

They had never been afraid of failure in what they do.

It’s just witnessing such a huge gap firsthand and having been too confident before made the disparity hard to bear.

But now, Qin Manman’s gentle and caring manner... Not to mention Lu Ran, who was already fond of her, even Brother Lv An and Wang Yiran felt a bit warmed at heart.

"I’m not willing."

After a brief sadness, Qin Manman quickly perked up, this time spoke with a sense of righteousness:

"Brother, no matter what, I refuse to let us be disregarded like this."

"We obviously put so much energy and effort into it, we worked so hard, how can we not have any gains? I must find out where our research falls short compared to others."

"Manman!"

Lu Ran reached out to stop her, but Qin Manman had already grabbed the microphone and intercepted Elder Lin and his group who were heading to the office.

The girl’s appearance was tense and uneasy, yet carried two parts of stubbornness and defiance. Her face was pale; she seriously asked while looking at Yu Lian.

"Fellow student, with such achievements, why don’t you openly participate in the competition?"