As the Kongming lock was being played with, the 88 wooden strips were twisted into many different shapes, and time passed by unnoticed at my fingertips...
Gradually, the light of the stars dimmed. A hint of dawn appeared in the east, and the light dispelled the darkness. The first ray of sunlight in the morning fell on the two people. Xi Shaoyuan turned off the flashlight, but his fingers were still turning the Kongming lock.
Between the towering mountains, the morning sun gradually rises. Its golden light is bright but not dazzling. The rays of golden light it scatters are like a gushing out of the sky, coating the gaps in the clouds with brilliant light.
The students were woken up by the alarm clock, and three or two of them came out of the tent. At 5:30 in the morning, everyone woke up and gathered at the observation deck.
After searching for a long time, the behind-the-scenes video couldn't find Zhou Xiu, so he called out "Xiu Xiu" and Zhou Xiu appeared on the observation deck.
This was the first time in many people’s lives that they watched the sunrise together with a group. Xu Qing recorded a VCR. Together with Chaoyang, he filmed all the classmates.
Huaxu called Du Heng via video, and Du Heng answered the phone quickly. Du Heng's voice was thick with nasal sounds: "What's wrong? When will you be back?"
The lazy tone seemed to be mixed with a little dissatisfaction.
Then, Huaxu turned the camera of his mobile phone, and the sun rose slowly. The mist was like rolling water, and the clouds that blocked the morning sun drifted away. In an instant, the golden light shone everywhere. Du Heng stopped talking.
Many classmates also secretly filmed this scene and sent it to the person they secretly loved.
…
Monday, Yude Middle School.
Lao Wang checked everyone's homework. Although these students all went on the autumn outing, none of them missed their weekend homework. Lao Wang was very satisfied. In the conference room, he analyzed the upcoming game schedule and the team that Yude would be playing against.
The gimmick of the "Intellectual Confrontation" finals is "North-South Battle". Yude will challenge H Middle School, and No. 4 Middle School will challenge R Middle School. The teams that win the semi-finals will compete for the championship.
Lao Wang watched the video of last year’s H-level game and fell silent after watching it. He never mentioned any extravagant hopes again.
It’s too difficult…
H Middle School is a championship team. It is not only a championship team, but also a well-known super high school in the country and an enhanced version of No. 4 Middle School.
After Lao Wang passed this information to the team members, he said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, relax. The principal said that he will charter a plane for you to go to City B next weekend!"
Everyone: “…”
Lao Wang thought very positively and optimistically: At worst, this trip can be regarded as a two-day tour of City B. The school needs fame, and now it has it, without any burden.
The system thought quietly: What nonsense are you talking about?
[Young man, you want to win the championship, right? Go for it! 】
Zhou Xiu smiled: [Well, thank you. 】
Although 100,000 yuan is not a lot, with each person getting only 20,000 yuan, Zhou Xiu spent several days competing seriously. Zhou Xiu wants to play and also wants to win prizes.
After the "Intellectual Confrontation" is over, it will be the National Biology Competition. There are two biology national competition contestants in the team. In Lao Wang's eyes, competition is much more important than entertainment programs. After the meeting, Lao Wang specifically encouraged Zhou Xiu and Xu Qing:
"I won't burden you this week, just focus on reviewing biology!"
"come on!"
Zhou Xiu read the newly purchased "Cell" scientific magazine word for word, and found some interesting topics to research. The week passed quickly.
On Friday, the members of the Yude team took a day off for evening self-study, and after school in the afternoon they rushed to the airport with Lao Wang. The school chartered a plane and took the fan club and the participating team members to City B together.
Yu Qingyan chattered excitedly on the plane. She covered her chest and muttered to herself, "I never dreamed that our school would become one of the top four in the country."
"It's still a North-South final, and we are the representative team of the South!"
What a grand event this is!
But no one paid any attention to her.
On the plane, Lan Xin asked Hua Xu: "Sister Xu, Du Heng and the others should have left as well, which hotel are they staying in?"
Lan Xin wanted to ask Du Heng to come out tonight to meet up and treat everyone to a meal or something...
Huaxu shook his phone and said, "They left a long time ago. The hotel they stayed in, um, let me see, it's here——"
Everyone looked at the map on the phone. The hotel was in another district far away from the TV station, so they would have to get up very early tomorrow morning. Don't even think about partying tonight.
No. 4 Middle School is too stingy.
Everyone: “…”
At nine o'clock in the evening, the plane arrived in City B. Lao Wang announced some precautions and took everyone to find food. The behind-the-scenes video was about taking a few girls to the front desk to pick up the newly booked hotel room cards.
The front desk clerk received a call and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sorry, there was a system error during the peak period. There was a conflict in the order. The VIP suite you booked is no longer available. We will refund all the fees to you."
The girls from Yude were in an uproar. Lan Xin wiped her face. She had just laughed at No. 4 Middle School for booking a remote hotel, but now she saw that the nearby hotels were almost full.
At this time, a girl dressed in fashionable and beautiful clothes and wearing all luxury goods came to the front desk. She took off her sunglasses and asked, "System error? So is the VIP suite we booked still available?"
The receptionist looked at her name and saw that her surname was Jiang, Jiang Dongxue, and she was from R Middle School in B City. The students in this school are either rich or noble, and it is not easy to offend them.
The front desk clerk handed her the room card.
When Yu Qingyan saw this scene, her eyes widened with anger.
When beautiful girls meet each other, they will have natural hostility. Huatiao is wearing a red skirt, and she is as tender as a juicy cherry, bright and attractive. She has the same color scheme as the luxury girl.
Later, a group of young men and women came to the hotel. They chatted with the luxury girl for a few words, and the luxury girl smiled like a moon surrounded by stars.
Then everyone's attention turned to a few young men getting off the R Middle School bus. One of the boys was tall and handsome, and the one at the end of the line was Lu Lingshan.
After watching the video and seeing Lu Lingshan and her group, they immediately realized that Yu De must have gone to the same hotel as R? This hotel is indeed the closest one to the TV station.
Yude’s classmates were still outside with their teacher for a midnight snack. Only a few girls who had no appetite chose to go back to the hotel to get their room cards. They didn’t expect this misunderstanding to happen.
With few people and weak power, seeing their rooms about to be taken away by others, the girls of Yude looked at each other in bewilderment. Yu Qingyan asked, "We don't need a refund."
Where can one go to book a hotel late at night?
As the saying goes, enemies become jealous of each other when they meet. Huaxu crossed his arms and looked at the front desk with a cold look. Zhou Xiu was silent for a long time and asked the front desk: "Didn't they say...there are no more VIP suites?"
Zhou Xiu took advantage of the chaos to glance at the hotel management system at the front desk. In just a few seconds, she found their reservation information from hundreds of data. They placed their orders obviously earlier than R.
The receptionist smiled and said, "Sorry, we're out of stock. These guests made reservations first."
Zhou Xiu took out a card from her bag and handed it to the front desk, saying seriously, "Yes, just return the fifty VIP suites we booked to us, and we'll have it, right?"
What bullshit is Xiu Shen talking about?
A series of exclamations flashed across everyone's faces: "!!!"
Is she going to grab the room openly?
As soon as Zhou Xiu finished speaking, all the students in R Middle School looked at her. Even the tallest boy on the team glanced at Zhou Xiu.
When the receptionist saw the card, his expression suddenly became serious. She took the VVIP card and swiped it through the machine. There was a beep and her face turned pale with embarrassment.
The hotel manager noticed the commotion here. He checked the order and when he saw the words "Yude Middle School", he felt dizzy...
He wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I'm very sorry. This is because the new employee didn't handle the situation properly. There was indeed a problem with the hotel's system. You placed the order earlier, so the room should belong to you."
He explained to another group of R students: "I'm very sorry, this is an oversight on our part. We will use rooms of similar price range to replace them. However, the room numbers are not consecutive, but rather scattered. Do you think this is okay?"
Lu Lingshan's companion, a student from R Middle School, suddenly exploded: "How can you go back on your word like this? Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's gone?"
"Why should we give our room to them?"
At this time, the most silent boy in R's team spoke up. He said jokingly, "Come on... why are you arguing about such a small matter?"
"That's it."
Just two simple words calmed everyone down.
The handsome and cute boy in the team took a look at Zhou Xiu and felt that she looked familiar, but he was embarrassed to keep staring at the girl. He turned around and said to the luxury girl:
"Sister, the senior is right, let's go upstairs."
Huaxu, Yu Qingyan and several other girls raised their chins, glanced at them lightly out of the corner of their eyes, and then walked away.
The luxury girl felt uncomfortable. It was the first time in her life that she had been treated like this. She took a deep breath to stay calm.
Lu Lingshan didn't say a word the whole time, but when Zhou Xiu and Huaxu left, she looked up at them.
Lu Lingshan's classmates noticed her movements and asked, "Do you know them?"
Lu Lingshan nodded, "I know them. We were in the same school. They were also so unreasonable before."
The classmate curled his lips and said: "That's right, and he even snatched the room. How uncivilized!"
When they got on the elevator, the girls from Yude surrounded Zhou Xiu.
"Ahhhh! Xiu Shen is so great, I love you so much!"
"You just handed over the card in a very cool way, just like a boss!"
Another girl said hesitantly, "I saw that group of people seemed to have a strong background. As soon as we gave our names, the front desk staff gave them the room. I wonder if we should be more restrained now that we are at the foot of the imperial city..."
Yu Qingyan said, "Isn't it satisfying enough just now? Why should we vacate our room just because of a system error? I don't want to move in the middle of the night. Did you see their attitude? When it's our turn, we'll get a refund, and when it's R's turn, we'll get a room of the same price."
Haha, Yu Qingyan’s heart is full of grass-like plants.
Lan Xin asked in confusion: "What card did Xiuxiu just hand over?"
The chattering of people was about to drown out Zhou Xiu.
Zhou Xiu said softly, "There's nothing arrogant about it. We booked an earlier time. Okay, let's put down our luggage and go eat something."
With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened.
After the girls separated, Zhou Xiucai whispered to them, "This is Xu Qing's hotel."
The three of them suddenly exclaimed:
"The squad leader is really good at hiding things, isn't he? We didn't even know..."
Yu Qingyan bit her lip and said, "When the squad leader comes back later, I will report him!"
"So that card is the prize that Xiuxiu earned when playing games?" Lan Xin suddenly remembered.
Zhou Xiu nodded.
When they walked out of the elevator and took out their room cards, Lu Lingshan and a group of other students were passing them in the corridor...
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