Chapter 167: The Hypnotist
The words he originally wanted to say were swallowed back down, and he changed his story by taking a roundabout approach.
"What this student said is correct. Indeed, I was the one who told the students in both groups."
"This can't be considered plagiarism. Besides, since they're representing our Foreign Languages Department in the competition, we should just give them normal scores."
"After all, in the end, we need to select the person with the highest score, right?"
Pei Yuli's attitude was gentle, yet his tone was confident and justified.
The audience was also confused for a moment.
If one of them has to be punished, the end result will definitely be a lose-lose situation.
No student from any class would agree to that.
After a thorough analysis, the audience members thought they understood Pei Yuli's intentions.
Only the three colleagues from the Department of Artificial Intelligence, who were sitting next to him and were also judges, gave him a surprised look.
If I remember correctly, the girl in the previous group was Pei Yuli's younger sister, right?
They only gave her a slightly higher score because she's Pei Yuli's sister; surely they couldn't have made a mistake? Otherwise, given Pei Yuli's protective nature, how could it have ended so easily?
With a cautious mindset, everyone gave Xu Yihuan and her group a fairly good score when they were giving their scores.
Overall, Xu Yihuan's group's presentation was indeed better than the previous group's.
This outcome is acceptable to everyone.
Only Jiang Tingbai, who was standing to the side, saw this scene, sneered, opened the door, and turned to leave.
One minute later, the scores were tallied and announced by the host.
"After removing the highest and lowest scores, and taking the average, the score for the fifth group is 98.02."
This can be considered the highest score so far.
The fifth group calmly stepped off the stage, and the four cheered the moment they did! Thankfully, their efforts hadn't been in vain.
Xu Yihuan's eyes were full of smiles. She hadn't expected Pei Yuli to not have a relapse this time. She thought he would favor Pei Yutang!
Thinking about it, Xu Yihuan turned her head to look at Pei Yuli, but she didn't expect that Pei Yuli was also looking at her at this moment.
The two of them had identical peach blossom eyes that shimmered with the same faint smile.
Xu Yihuan's lips twitched, and she quickly looked away.
That's weird, what's he so happy about?
Outside, on the large screen, the scores for each group, which had already been displayed, started scrolling around at some point.
Teams that have finished and left can clearly see their scores on the large external screen.
Pei Yutang was also sitting outside waiting, her face smug, her gentle features inexplicably appearing somewhat sharp.
Xu Yihuan and the others should have finished their reports by now, right?
I wonder how the judges will react when they see the same topic reports.
Her explanation of the underlying principles was based on Pei Yuli's exact words to her; no one could be more professional than her!
Pei Yutang was smug and self-satisfied.
Just then, another line of numbers appeared on the scrolling screen.
Group 5, 98.02.
"Holy crap, is this group's score really that high? Let's withdraw, we can't beat them."
"What kind of topics did they choose? I think we're already pretty strong..."
Pei Yutang's classmates were all discussing together; they were only there to see if they could advance.
After seeing the score, they knew that no matter how they calculated it, they were unlikely to advance. Waiting any longer would be pointless, so they might as well go home, wash up, and go to sleep.
The three classmates sighed and prepared to leave, but out of the corner of their eyes they saw Pei Yutang still standing there.
He gently nudged Pei Yutang: "Yutang, aren't you leaving?"
Pei Yutang's face had already fallen.
What does Pei Yuli mean by this? He clearly knows their topics are the same, yet he still gives them such high marks?!
Wasn't he always the one who protected me the most?!
Pei Yutang felt inexplicably wronged.
If Pei Yuli wanted, he could clearly give her this certificate!
Pei Yutang felt increasingly distressed the more she thought about it.
He couldn't hear anything being said and strode away.
She was going to go back and tell her aunt.
Her aunt loves her the most and will definitely teach Pei Yuli a lesson!
Back at the Pei family home.
The house is empty; I have no idea where everyone has gone.
Pei Yutang felt a moment of panic, but fortunately, Pei Yi'an returned from get off work not long after.
Pei Yi'an hasn't been on any business trips lately, so she has a lot more free time.
As soon as she got home, Pei Yutang noticed something was wrong; Pei Yi'an was still wearing that black and white business suit.
But she was holding a large bouquet of white roses, packaged in a very girlish way, the kind of bouquet that any girl, regardless of age, would like at first glance.
Pei Yi'an's left eyelid twitched involuntarily.
But it's just a bouquet of flowers, nothing particularly special.
Pei Yutang took a deep breath.
He put on a pitiful expression and stood up, walking towards Pei Yi'an.
If she just acts cute, she might even get some unexpected benefits.
He stood still in front of Pei Yi'an.
"What's wrong, Tangtang? Why do you look so unhappy? Who upset Tangtang?" Pei Yi'an asked.
“Auntie, it’s Brother Ali…” As she spoke, Pei Yutang’s eyes reddened even more.
"Ali? What happened to Ali?" Pei Yi'an asked, her face full of confusion.
She was the only girl in the family, and she remembered that Pei Yuli doted on this younger sister the most.
Thinking this, my head started to hurt again for some reason.
Pei Yi'an frowned and pressed her temples, her expression serious as she wanted to hear what Pei Yutang had to say.
Just as Pei Yutang was about to speak, Pei Yi'an's phone rang.
Pei Yi'an paused, the corners of her mouth unconsciously lifting, the seriousness in her eyes transforming into a faint joy.
It was obvious that she knew who was making the call.
Pei Yi'an ignored Pei Yutang and took out her phone to answer the call.
"Hello? Yeah, I just got home. The flowers are fine, they didn't wilt so quickly."
“This is the second bouquet of flowers you’ve given me. You’ve gone to so much trouble…” Pei Yi’an said as she walked.
Pei Yutang wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the voices of the people speaking had become much gentler.
And she could vaguely hear some sounds, it seemed to be a man making a phone call to her.
Could it be Xu Yihuan's father?
Upon realizing this, Pei Yutang stopped breathing and immediately followed behind Pei Yi'an.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Pei Yi'an turned around and went back to her room after finishing the call, closing the door behind her.
She completely forgot about Pei Yutang, who was still waiting outside for her to uphold justice.
Pei Yutang's eyes instantly turned gloomy.
What does this mean? Did Pei Yi'an think of something she shouldn't be thinking about?
The grievance I felt earlier vanished without a trace.
Pei Yutang's heart raced, and she bit her lip tightly until it turned white and she felt pain before she finally let go.
If that's really the case, wouldn't she soon remember Xu Yihuan?!
No, she absolutely won't allow it!
Pei Yutang also turned around and went back to the bedroom. The curtains in the bedroom were tightly closed, and the environment looked very dark.
Pei Yutang's expression gradually became unreadable, and she took out her phone to make a call.
"Hello?"
"Has the person been found?"
"It should be soon. We found out that his last known location was in Nancheng. However, it seems that he is sick. His last known location appears to be in the hospital."
"Okay, bring the man here. Money is no object."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, the screen remained lit.
The bright lights made Pei Yutang look somewhat sinister.
Since none of you are on my side, I have to fight for something for myself.
If we catch this hypnotist and have him hypnotize Pei Yutang again, then Pei Yutang will never think of Xu Yihuan and her family again in her lifetime!
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