After Liu Nian finished dealing with the last few issues and saved the file, without even turning off the computer, he rushed towards Jing Baisen and said, "I'm going to participate in a competition in a couple of days."

“Okay,” Jing Bosen said, “Go ahead.”

When Liu Nian heard that he was willing to let him go, he immediately laughed. He personally pulled down Liu Nian's pants, then pressed his forehead against Liu Nian's and said, "I have to drain you dry before we go, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

Upon hearing this, Jing Baisen couldn't help but laugh, but he insisted on pretending to be serious and said, "Then we'll have to see what you're capable of."

Xiao Guai thought Liu Nian's words made a lot of sense, and kept shouting, "Go! Go!"

Liu Nian: "...Shut up!"

Little Guai didn't know what she had done wrong. She pouted, turned away angrily, and went to draw circles.

Jing Baisen thought Liu Nian wasn't capable enough, so he took matters into his own hands and kept him in bed for several days.

If you didn't know better, you'd think they were exploiting each other.

When Liu Nian went with the senior students and professors, he always had backaches and sore waists.

A senior student named Fang Xiao, who was traveling with him, noticed that he wasn't feeling well and reached out to support him, asking, "Junior, are you alright?"

Liu Nian smiled and said, "No, it's nothing."

Fang Xiao took his luggage for him. Liu Nian was about to refuse, but Fang Xiao dodged his hand and said, "Let's go."

This is a national mechanical design competition that our school participates in every year.

The first prize is hard to get; many senior students are aiming for the second prize.

They didn't pay much attention to Liu Nian, who was temporarily assigned to them.

After all, university exams are really not that great; even if you get a perfect score, it doesn't necessarily mean you're that good at anything.

But since there was only one perfect score in this exam, and that person was Liu Nian, it was only natural to let Liu Nian take the place.

However, Fang Xiao, who had been Professor Shi's teaching assistant for two years, knew this.

The exam paper was personally prepared by Professor Shi. The purpose of preparing this exam paper was because Professor Shi had a strange temper and wanted to make things difficult for the students.

Surprisingly, a perfect score was actually achieved.

Professor Shi was so surprised that he stood up immediately.

However, apart from Fang Xiao and Professor Shi, no one else in this industry knew about this matter.

Fang Xiao found it somewhat strange, so when there were fewer people around, he secretly approached Liu Nian and asked, "Junior, how did you figure out the last question on the exam?"

Liu Nian winked, a hint of slyness in his eyes, and said, "Just lucky."

Seeing that he refused to talk, Fang Xiao just laughed heartily and didn't ask any more questions.

As soon as Liu Nian boarded the high-speed train, he took a photo and sent it to Jing Baisen.

There was no response from Jing Baisen for a long time, but Liu Nian didn't pay much attention to it.

Little did Liu Nian know that Jing Baisen kept staring at that photo, zooming in and out, intently looking at the hand resting on Liu Nian's suitcase.

After looking at it for a while, Jing Baisen sent a message with a cold face: "Who did you go with?"

Liu Nian couldn't see his expression, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. He answered seriously, "With the professor, four senior students, and one senior student."

Liu Nian then spoke with Jing Baisen again.

"I heard that a senior student is really good; he won an award last year."

Jing Baisen had absolutely no interest in any of this and was simply too lazy to bother with him.

Another half day passed, and Liu Nian had already landed and checked into a hotel. Jing Baisen, who had some free time, looked at his phone for a while before sending another message.

"Compared to you, who's better?"

But this time, Liu Nian, who had silenced his phone, did not reply to him immediately.

Jing Baisen was unhappy that Liu Nian did not reply immediately.

After Liu Nian finished showering, he came out and said to Fang Xiao, who was sitting on the bed practicing on his computer, "Senior, I'm done showering, you can go shower now."

Fang Xiao put down his computer and said, "Okay."

Looking up, Fang Xiao saw Liu Nian's hair was damp and loose, and his whole body was radiating heat. He rubbed his nose a little awkwardly, smiled, and then left.

Liu Nian, who was heading straight for his phone on the bed, didn't pay any attention to this.

He picked up his phone, intending to play a game to pass the time, when he saw a message from Jing Baisen.

Liu Nian lay casually on the bed, raised an eyebrow, and replied to a message immediately.

"Of course I'm better!"

Liu Nian is not exaggerating, nor is he being immodest.

In his view, Fang Xiao, though qualified, lacked experience and could not compare to someone with many years of work experience like himself.

Jing Baisen could even see just how smug Liu Nian was, and without realizing it, he began to feel happy as well.

Liu Nian found sending messages troublesome, so he started speaking to Jing Baisen, telling him everything that had happened along the way.

Just then, a sound suddenly came from inside the bathroom.

"Junior, could you help me take the towel from my suitcase into the bathroom?"

Liu Nian let go of the message, and it was sent.

Liu Nian tossed his phone onto the bed and went to rummage through Fang Xiao's suitcase.

On the other side, Jing Baisen was stunned when he heard the voice message, and then he was filled with anger.

That kid actually dared to book a hotel room with someone else!

After handing Fang Xiao a towel, Liu Nian began discussing the competition with him, momentarily forgetting about Jing Baisen.

Fang Xiao really admired Liu Nian. Although Liu Nian was his senior, he was not ashamed to ask questions and would ask him for advice whenever he had a problem.

Before they knew it, the two had been talking until midnight.

Fang Xiao also felt quite embarrassed, and finally suppressed his curiosity, saying to Liu Nian, "Junior, let's go to sleep first."

Liu Nian was indeed a little sleepy, and without even looking at his phone, he fell asleep.

But to everyone's surprise, Jing Baisen called at 3 a.m.

This phone call almost woke Fang Xiao up.

Liu Nian glanced at the phone groggily, then covered it and went to the bathroom to answer it.

"Hello?" Liu Nian rubbed his eyes, still a little sleepy.

Jing Baisen's voice was a little cold: "Where are you now?"

After a moment of hesitation, Liu Nian finally understood what he was asking and said, "Um... at the hotel."

"Do you need to think about this for so long at the hotel?" Jing Baisen asked again.

Liu Nian thought to himself, "I didn't think about it for that long."

I'm really about to fall asleep.

"I didn't expect..." Liu Nian's voice was soft, and he yawned again.