Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 168 - 97: Those Who Care About Face and Those Who Don’t_3

Chapter 168: Chapter 97: Those Who Care About Face and Those Who Don’t_3

Qiao Yu analyzed that there were only two possibilities for the Little Fatty to rank 21st. Either this guy made up the situation when reporting his test results, or he’s lucky that he got quite a few points for the process on some questions he scribbled on.

Qiao Yu thought Yu Wei would definitely rather believe it was the former.

Because if it were the latter, that guy would probably be even more upset, pondering over where the grader’s lovely little brain deducted those points from.

Well, these are just Qiao Yu’s inner thoughts, which don’t really count.

Aside from that, the final average score of all participants in this year’s CMO was 62.8, with the national team cutoff being 89.

The Beijing delegation took the first place in the team competition.

Qiao Yu’s Xingnan only had five people make it to the 60-member national team shortlist this year, one less than last year, which was somewhat regrettable.

However, Captain Luo didn’t actually seem too unhappy about it.

It wasn’t just Xingnan Province; the neighboring Xingbei Province was in a similar situation, with even two fewer people than last year.

Moreover, to be honest, Xingbei Province has more university resources and better educational development trends than Xingnan Province, but not being able to retain excellent competition coaches makes it normal for the results to decline.

But it doesn’t really matter, because the current trend in the five major subject competitions is like this. If the current policies continue, the level of competition in Huaxia’s central region will only continue to decline. In the end, only the coastal areas will be able to compete with Beijing, while other regions will just stand by and watch the fun.

And if you add the unexpected surprise of Qiao Yu from Xingnan Province this year, there’s really nothing to regret.

In any case, this competition ended successfully, and everyone could head home the next day.

What surprised Qiao Yu was that just as he was about to leave, he bumped into Yu Wei again in the elevator.

"Huh? You’re not leaving with your main team from Linhai?" Qiao Yu asked as he walked over to Yu Wei.

Yu Wei was coming down from upstairs with his coach. When the elevator door opened, it was originally just the two of them, but it was now completely packed by a group of Xingnan participants.

Hearing Qiao Yu’s voice, some people even turned their heads to look at the two of them.

"Yes," Yu Wei responded casually, sounding as arrogant as ever.

"You can’t let winning first place in Linhai this time make you think you’re great, become arrogant, look down on others, and take off from the group to act alone. Look at me, even though I took first place in the competition, I’m still with the group all the time. Always remember the old saying, ’humility benefits, pride harms.’

Qiao Yu admonished earnestly like an adult.

Yu Wei’s mouth twitched noticeably.

It wasn’t just Yu Wei; the coach next to him couldn’t help but glance at Qiao Yu, then at Lan Jie standing beside Qiao Yu.

At this point, Lan Jie really wanted to move away from Qiao Yu, but with so many people in the elevator, he had no room to move and could only turn his head to look in another direction.

To his disappointment, the elevator walls in the hotel were shiny metal, like a mirror, allowing him to clearly see the not-so-pleased look in the other coach’s eyes. So Lan Jie tilted his head back and looked at the ceiling.

However, Qiao Yu continued to chime in, "Besides, the CMO questions were relatively easy this year, and for you not getting full marks is a failure. If you don’t discuss with your little Linhai pals more, how are you going to make progress? Mathematics can’t be learned behind closed doors; otherwise, why hold so many exchange activities? Understand?"

"Shut up!" Finally, Yu Wei couldn’t stand it anymore, his face flushed red.

"Ha, see, with such a lack of humility, you’ll never get first," Qiao Yu said disdainfully.

Thankfully, the elevator reached the first floor.

After watching the group of Xingnan youngsters with complicated expressions exit the elevator, Lan Jie directly grabbed Qiao Yu’s hand and pulled him out of the elevator.

Yu Wei and his coach remained in the elevator, whether they really needed to go to the basement or just didn’t want to interact with Qiao Yu anymore, who knows. It’s most likely the former because Qiao Yu noticed the button for floor -1 in the elevator was lit.

"I’ll wait for you in Beijing next year," Qiao Yu said, turning and waving goodbye to Yu Wei as the elevator doors closed.

"Why do you and Yu Wei never seem to get along?" Lan Jie couldn’t help asking after releasing Qiao Yu’s hand.

"He often slanders me, saying things like I’m sick," Qiao Yu retorted with confidence.

After speaking, Qiao Yu pulled out his phone from his pocket.

Sure enough, it had vibrated twice earlier, and it was a message from Yu Wei on WeChat.

"Sorry, I left early not because I’m arrogant, but just because I’m only used to traveling in business class on the high-speed train."

Both sides were smart enough that after some exchanges, they already found each other’s weaknesses.

So Qiao Yu replied without changing his expression, "See, I knew it, compared to me, you’re just a guy with nothing but money right now."

"But you really want it, don’t you?"

"Yeah, I want money because I want to use it to go further in mathematics, like having a theorem named after Qiao Yu in future math textbooks. If your son studies math in the future, he’ll still spend your money buying textbooks with my name on them. Oh, and it might just be a textbook I write, and I’d get royalties!"

"Go on boasting, let me see how much you can boast!"

"Oh, right, you’re so right! The last Little Alibaba Math Competition, I said I got full marks, and you said I was bragging; in the league, I said I got full marks, and you still thought I was bragging; for this CMO, I said I’d absolutely be first, and you didn’t believe it, but results speak louder than words! On the other hand, you always vowed to beat me, but alas..."

After waiting for a long time, until the captain called the roll, there was no reply from the other side, and Qiao Yu just felt disinterested.

Who could have thought that the other side was such a weakling in a fight!

He had originally planned to have a debate with Yu Wei for the few hours back to liven things up, but before he could get on the bus, the other side already stopped playing.

As for Yu Yongjun, forget it, arguing with this Little Fatty is pointless.

Because you can never defeat someone who immediately backs down when they sense danger and acts as if nothing happened, even getting somewhat excited by failure. It’s like how no one can conquer Paris before the Gallic rooster raises its wings.

A victory won too easily can’t bring much excitement, but if by chance one was overtaken by someone like Little Fatty, it would be nauseating, like swallowing a lump of dung.

What’s more annoying is that defeating such a guy might still allow him to benefit...

After thinking it over, Qiao Yu suddenly realized that Yu Yongjun, with his harmless plump face and outgoing nature, was truly the insidious and cunning villain. As for the slightly aloof Yu Wei, he was actually quite adorable, after all, Yu Wei has some pride!

This damn world!