Ming Xiaoxiao's face turned pale and then flushed, a truly spectacular sight, before she finally fled in panic.

The stares from her classmates made her feel like she was being pricked by needles.

She went to Wenling's office, and thankfully, Wenling had regained his composure.

Ming Xiaoxiao bit her lower lip with some guilt. "Teacher Wen, I'm sorry, I've embarrassed you."

Wenling: "Shameful? You've already done a great job making it to level 54 in S-level mode. There's no shame in that."

"Are you still busy working lately? Put that aside for now and come to my tutoring center for a while. I'm planning to help you apply for the National Youth Genius Program."

Ming Xiaoxiao never expected that Wenling would contact her because of the Young Genius Project!

She thought she had failed the challenge and the plot had been completely rewritten, so she was genuinely pleasantly surprised.

"Teacher Wen, really? Can I be selected?" If I am selected, my future will be limitless.

This was originally her goal, but now Xie Li's situation is repeatedly slipping out of control, making her nervous and almost doubting whether her protagonist aura still exists.

Wenling: "Your performance in this test wasn't bad, and your new problem-solving approach was quite tricky. If you can strive to be in the top ten of your grade in the next joint exam, you'll have a very good chance."

He himself came from the youth genius program and later came to teach at Linjiang No.1 Middle School, where he had the right to recommend talents.

As for Xie Li clearing the SSS difficulty mode, it may attract a lot of attention, but so what? The choice is in his hands.

He decided to personally mentor Ming Xiaoxiao to win this battle, so that he would be more convincing when recommending talent later.

He also believed that Ming Xiaoxiao had that potential.

Ming Xiaoxiao was also very confident; the Young Genius Project... according to its original trajectory, should have belonged to her.

——

In the afternoon, at the time of school dismissal.

Xie Li made a special trip to the floor where the second-year high school students were located.

Upon seeing Xie Li, Qu Wenbin's eyes flickered. "You're here to see A Si? Sorry, he's not here right now."

It was unusual that the others didn't follow Pei Si, which Xie Li found a little strange, but he didn't say anything and turned to leave.

Qu Wenbin: "You're just leaving like this? Don't you have anything to say? I can pass on your message to A-Si."

Xie Li gave him a strange look. "...Who said I came to see Pei Si?"

Qu Wenbin choked. He didn't expect Xie Li to dare to deny it. His intentions were so obvious, why did he still refuse to admit it?

"You cleared the Encyclopedia King on SSS difficulty, which is really impressive. It proves that you are not an empty-headed fool, and you may even be as good as Xiaoxiao."

Qu Wenbin paused for a moment, then continued, "But liking A Si is useless if you can't compete with Xiao Xiao."

"Xiaoxiao is the one who is most qualified to stand by A-Si's side!"

He always had a smile on his lips, but the curve of the smile was... very strange!

Xie Li paused for a moment: "...Are you out of your mind?"

Are all the people around Pei Si as ordinary yet overly confident as he is? They even think that she passed the encyclopedia challenge to prove herself to Pei Si.

Does she need to prove how good her grades are to a student who is academically weak? Is she sure she won't cause psychological trauma to the student?

Qu Wenbin: "Otherwise, how can you prove why you targeted Xiaoxiao so much?"

"If I remember correctly, you are all from Tiandu Mountain, so you should have a good relationship. Xiaoxiao also genuinely considers you a friend."