Chapter 166: Getting Closer to Xu Yihuan
The two sentences of discussion weren't very loud, and by the time they reached the stage through the crowd, they were almost inaudible.
The four of them were on tenterhooks.
An AI teacher was the first to pick up the microphone.
"First of all, your topic is very novel, and your presentation slides are very well done, but I would like to ask about this topic, and about that girl."
Throughout all these competitions, this teacher usually has a smile on his face; he rarely appears so serious and intimidating.
Therefore, the audience below the stage tacitly shut their mouths at this moment.
The eyes of everyone on the stage turned to Xu Yihuan. They all felt that Xu Yihuan had the best spoken English among them, and if anything happened, they would probably ask her.
Xu Yihuan was also stunned for a moment, pointed to herself, and looked somewhat surprised.
"I?"
The judge shook his head: "The girl next to you."
Although the female student didn't understand, she took a step forward, bowed slightly, and said again, "I humbly request the teacher's criticism and guidance."
The judge paused for a moment, then said, "Your topic is very interesting."
"The combination of AI and surgery is indeed a relatively novel topic."
"But I'm very curious, how come you chose the exact same theme as the previous group?"
At this point, almost everyone understood what had happened; it had been suspected of plagiarism.
But if that were all, the judges wouldn't have stopped to say anything.
Sure enough, the man spoke again.
"Furthermore, if I remember correctly, you should be the one explaining the principles of AI. I'm not an English major, so I can't tell your English proficiency, but I can tell that your content is almost identical."
"Even if you wrote two articles yourself, you might not be able to come up with such a straightforward way of writing. Do you have anything to say?"
He's been in the industry for so many years and has seen plenty of plagiarism, especially in Chinese-to-Chinese translations, but this is the first time he's seen someone copy directly from another source.
He simply can't tolerate even the slightest thing!
As soon as he finished speaking, whispers and discussions arose nearby.
"No, no wonder I said it looked familiar, it really is exactly the same."
"They just used him right away? And he has to be an English major. Being favored means you don't have to worry about anything."
The female student was stunned and subconsciously looked at Pei Yuli.
He asked Pei Yuli about the principles of AI surgical robots almost all the time, and her part, which was basically the key core that Pei Yuli told her, was modified quite a bit.
Was the topic chosen for the previous group also this?
So, Pei Yuli actually knew that they had chosen the same topic, but he didn't stop or persuade either of them to change it?
The female student was somewhat incredulous.
Pei Yuli frowned slightly. He had already figured it out earlier: Tangtang's core principles were taught by him.
This girl is the same, of course.
Unexpectedly, these two people had the same idea and made almost no changes.
Pei Yuli was a little unhappy, after all, in his eyes, Pei Yutang was his sister.
These almost entirely unedited statements should belong to him, and what is his belongs to his sister.
Therefore, Pei Yuli looked displeased and picked up the microphone, ready to speak.
No matter what, Pei Yutang is his sister after all. If he doesn't protect Pei Yutang, who else can he protect?
Xu Yihuan heard these words and noticed the expression on the female classmate's face. She could roughly deduce the cause and effect of the matter from these words.
Her content overlapped with Pei Yutang's content from earlier.
They assigned the principle part to this female student because she volunteered, but unexpectedly, they ended up working on the same topic.
Xu Yihuan knew that Pei Yuli would definitely condemn them if he spoke, so she pursed her lips and spoke before Pei Yuli could.
"I'm sorry, teacher, but I don't quite agree with what you said. I think it's necessary to explain what you misunderstood."
"First of all, this topic was decided by our entire group. On April 5th, after we finalized the organizers for the competition, we jointly decided on the topic."
"And on the same day, we had already put together a general outline using Word."
"If I remember correctly, our classmates started working on her part and went to ask Teacher Pei for advice within those two days."
The girl was stunned when she heard this, but then she felt Xu Yihuan touch her and realized, "Yes! I still have chat logs with Teacher Pei from back then!"
"I admit that these principles all come from Professor Pei's original words. I haven't made too many modifications or alterations because I'm afraid that too many modifications might distort the facts."
"We have always trusted Professor Pei's professionalism."
"I just don't know why, but our topic clashed with the previous group's, and Teacher Pei didn't remind either of us?"
The girl was only stunned for a moment at first, but after she came to her senses, she spoke much more calmly and even logically.
She was a local from Beijing, and her family wasn't poor. Whether at home or at school, no one could make her suffer such a huge loss in silence.
She only thought Pei Yuli was handsome, which is why she wanted to get closer to him. Did she really think she had a good temper?!
Upon hearing this, Pei Yuli's gaze remained calm, showing no sign of fear.
He's just a teacher who gives guidance to students, what could he have done wrong?
Since the themes are similar, it's a favor to remind them, but it's their duty not to.
But if we just cancel their scores, won't that hurt Huanhuan's feelings?
Pei Yuli looked at Xu Yihuan thoughtfully.
But what about Tangtang? She has never suffered any injustice since she was a child.
Pei Yuli was somewhat conflicted for a moment.
But in the end, they decided to protect Pei Yutang one more time.
After all, the person who plagiarized, although it was Xu Yihuan's group, was not Xu Yihuan herself.
Pei Yuli cleared his throat, preparing to speak, but when he met Xu Yihuan's stubborn and indifferent gaze, he subconsciously felt a pang of pain in his heart.
The words I had prepared were stuck in my throat, yet I couldn't bring myself to say them.
All eyes turned to Pei Yuli, who tried to turn his head away from Xu Yihuan, but unexpectedly met the gaze of Jiang Tingbai below the stage.
Jiang Tingbai, dressed entirely in black, leaned lazily against the doorframe, arms crossed, head slightly tilted back, his gaze fixed on Pei Yuli, his expression blank.
His face held an indifference that an eighteen-year-old boy wouldn't have. He was more like a judge than Pei Yuli, coldly watching this farce. If the result didn't meet his expectations, he would leave at any time.
Pei Yuli's pupils contracted slightly.
He knew what Jiang Tingbai meant. He and Jiang Tingbai had agreed to get close to Xu Yihuan first, and then plan the rest later.
Oh right, how could he have almost forgotten something so important?
Pei Yuli pursed his lips, a slight joy rising in his heart.
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