Chapter 29: Want to form an alliance?
Liu Dongsheng looked into Lin Xi's eyes. In this June weather, he inexplicably felt a chill and he involuntarily took two steps back.
Liu Caifang heard the noise in the yard and ran out of the house, staring at them blankly. She seemed to have heard something about the top scorer in the college entrance examination in the house just now. Maybe she had heard it wrong. Why did her father suddenly say this? She ranked sixth in the school this time, and she was not the top scorer in the school.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Lin Fenfang and her daughter come in and close the door heavily.
Her father, Liu Dongsheng, suddenly turned around and looked at her fiercely, "I provide you with food and drink, and this is how low your score is? Do you think you are worthy of me?"
Liu Caifang was dumbfounded. A few hours ago, when she called to tell him her college entrance examination results, her father praised her and said that the family had finally published a book. Why did his attitude change in such a short while?
Liu Dongsheng yelled at her, "Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Is the rice cooked? Are the vegetables fried?"
Liu Caifang felt very aggrieved. She bit her lip and walked towards the kitchen with her head down.
At this time, the gate of the yard opened and Huang Juan walked in with a smile on her face, holding a plastic bag in her hand.
Seeing Liu Dongsheng and his daughter in the yard, she said cheerfully, "We bought beef and fish today. Caifang from our family has passed the first-tier universities, so we have to celebrate."
Liu Caifang stopped and the grievance she had just felt from being scolded by her father suddenly came out. She cried out with tears in her eyes, "Mom—"
Huang Juan then realized that her expression was not right. "Hey, what's wrong with our college student? He has already passed the first-tier line, why is he still crying?"
Liu Dongsheng stared at the plastic bag in Huang Juan's hand. "You have so much money to burn! Why would you buy such expensive food for no reason?"
"Celebrating? What's there to celebrate? Isn't it embarrassing enough to get such a low score?"
Liu Caifang finally couldn't hold it in anymore, tears welled up in her eyes, and she ran back to her room.
Huang Juan opened her mouth and took a long moment to come back to her senses. "Liu Dongsheng, are you sick? Are you not satisfied with Caifang's score? I just ran into Caifang's homeroom teacher, and she praised her for her stable performance and good performance on the test."
Liu Dongsheng was reluctant to tell Lin Xi that she was the top scorer in the college entrance examination. It was obvious that this would not only fail to bring him glory, but would instead cause him more trouble.
He glared at Huang Juan fiercely, returned to the house angrily, but was thinking in his mind how to ease the relationship with Lin Xi.
Even a fool knows that the top scorer in the national college entrance examination, with the highest score in history, must have a bright future.
Huang Juan rolled her eyes at Liu Dongsheng's back. Ever since she gave birth to her son, she had straightened her back. Now that she had been established in Beijing for many years, she knew very well that without this house to settle down in, Liu Dongsheng would be nothing in Beijing! His salary was just enough to make a living and pay the rent.
Huang Juan turned and went into the kitchen to cook.
Not long after, Lin Yuan also got off work. The mother and daughter closed the door and happily ate in the house. Lin Yuan excitedly said, "Xixi, just focus on your studies in the future. Even if you want to get a doctorate, I can support you. Don't worry, money is not a problem."
At worst, I can find a way to do some part-time work.
Lin Fenfang hesitated to speak, and after a while she sighed, "It's all because of Mom that you've been dragged down."
Seeing the atmosphere at the table becoming heavy again, Lin Xi smiled and said, "Tomorrow is the final of 'Extreme Survival'. Aren't you, Mom and Sister, going to cheer me on?"
Lin Yuan glared at her and said, "Just be careful and don't get hurt."
Lin Fenfang's attention quickly shifted. "I saw on the official website that tomorrow's match is a group fight. Xixi, it doesn't matter if we can't win. We can just withdraw. Don't force it."
Lin Xi nodded, "Yeah, I understand."
The next day, Lin Yuan switched shifts with someone else and insisted on taking Lin Xi to the competition venue.
The competition venue is the largest hall in the convention and exhibition center, and the TV station has already set up various equipment here.
A ring was built in the center of the hall, and more than ninety contestants from all over the country would stand on the ring to fight in a group.
Anyone who falls to the ground and cannot get up within ten seconds, or falls off the ring, will be eliminated.
Those who are willing to admit defeat can also come down from the ring on their own.
The two players who can finally stand on the ring will be qualified to participate in the "Extreme Survival" Global Challenge.
After the competition, a signing ceremony for the players will be held.
Lin Yuan sent her sister to the door of the convention center.
A red carpet was laid at the entrance, and various media outlets had already set up their cameras there. All the fans were kept outside the isolation line.
Along the isolation line, there is a security guard maintaining order every one meter.
As soon as Lin Yuan got out of the car, he was shocked by the scene at the door.
When Lin Xi came down from behind her, cheers rang out from the crowd of fans, "Lin Xi is here!"
"Lin Xi——"
Zhu Tingting, Liu Yuan, Li Xiaoqiu and many other students from Class 154 were crowded in the crowd. Zhu Tingting even jumped up and waved, hoping that Lin Xi could see her.
In an instant, all the cameras turned and aimed at Lin Xi.
Even with contestants from all over the country gathered together, Lin Xi still ranked second on the contestant popularity list.
Lin Yuan quickly moved to the side. She saw Lin Xi waving at her and stepping onto the red carpet with a smile on her face.
Lin Yuan was in a daze for a moment, and suddenly felt that this girl walking on the red carpet with an indifferent expression was like someone from a different world from her, and she needed to look up to her.
Just half an hour ago, they were sitting together in a small shop eating beef noodles.
Lin Xi walked onto the red carpet and soon discovered that the group of people waving particularly enthusiastically in the crowd were all her classmates.
She waved and smiled at them, and the group erupted in high-pitched screams.
She quickly walked into the convention center hall. There were fewer cameras inside, and only a few official media were allowed to enter to film the official venue.
There were already quite a few people in the rest area below the ring.
Many of them gathered in pairs, talking about something.
Lin Xi understood that these people should be forming an alliance.
Because there are only two final contestants, if they form an alliance and fight the enemy together, they will have certain advantages in group battles.
Just as she was thinking about it, Qian Guotai, the contestant who qualified from Beijing, walked towards her.
Qian Guotai's expression was a little depressed. Lin Xi saw that there was a person standing where he had just walked past - Qi Mo.
The three of them officially got to know each other after the last Beijing City competition.
Walking closer, Qian Guotai forced a smile and said to Lin Xi, "How about it, are you interested in forming an alliance?"
(End of this chapter)
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