"We won't talk about her." Ruan Chen waved her uninjured hand, not wanting her suppressed murderous intent to resurface. "Has the organizing committee responded to the withdrawal issue?"
“I disagree.” Lin Fengzi said helplessly, “Now all the major media outlets are watching, saying that the organizing committee knowingly awarded the gold medal to someone who plagiarized, wanting to introduce a design with fatal flaws to the market, just for profit. The organizing committee is now hoping that we will come forward and explain a few words to save face for them. Two professors from the National University of M country met with Ruan Yunhan privately before, and now they have also been pushed out as targets.”
"How are the talks with Shengling Technology going?" Shengling Technology is the company that proposed to acquire their patents through equity.
"Jiaojiao and Songcheng are on their flight tonight. They're already at the airport. Your Ye family's firm will handle things directly with them, so you don't need to worry about it."
The sea was calm, and the deck became lively again.
I wonder how many people quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
People noticed Lin Fengzi standing far away on the ship's side, and people gradually came over with wine glasses. Lin Fengzi's group was now a hot favorite.
During the awards ceremony, they hacked into the organizing committee's system, directly telling everyone that the gold award-winning design was not only plagiarized but also rubbish. They even openly demanded an apology from the organizing committee in front of major media outlets and contestants, and directly withdrew from the competition.
Defeating the organizing committee is way more satisfying than winning a global gold medal.
Ruan Chen discovered that Lin Fengzi really had a wide circle of friends. It seemed that he knew people from every college and was incredibly friendly with everyone, able to strike up a conversation with anyone at a time.
"Brother Lin, your group is awesome today! Everyone on our school forum is talking about you guys," a boy handed Lin Fengzi a glass of wine and put his arm around his shoulder. "Brother Lin, come sit with us, everyone wants to chat with you."
Lin Fengzi took the wine glass, took a sip, and smiled gently, "Let's get together when we get back to China. I'm talking to a friend right now and can't leave."
Only then did the boy notice Ruan Chen, who was barely noticeable, leaning against the ship's railing and looking at the sea.
Her profile was aloof and refined. After realizing someone was watching her, she slightly turned her head and glanced at the boy indifferently.
The boy was so startled by that cold look that he took a small step back and instinctively forced a smile, "I'm Brother Lin's friend."
"Call her Sister Ruan," Lin Fengzi introduced.
Even without him saying it, there is no one else with such an outstanding and unique face besides Ruan Chen from Lin Fengzi's group.
"Sister Ruan." The boy extended his right hand, carefully and respectfully.
Ruan Chen didn't move.
She knew it was incredibly impolite. But her right hand was covered in blood—from the wine glass she had just crushed.
She simply nodded casually. "You're welcome."
Lin Fengzi calmly took the boy's hand and shook it, then leaned close to the boy's ear and whispered, "She's having an allergic reaction; she's having some water and soil incompatibility and has developed a rash."
"Oh, oh, oh," the boy suddenly realized, "Sister Ruan, let's get together when we come back to China."
"I'll definitely go."
After the boy left, Lin Fengzi turned to look at Ruan Chen and asked, "I didn't realize you were a germaphobe. What was wrong with you just now?"
"It's nothing, I'm just not used to it," Ruan Chen said calmly.
Lin Fengzi wasn't buying it at all. "Nonsense, let me see your hand."
"It's nothing, what are you thinking about?" Ruan Chen said calmly, extending her left hand.
Lin Fengzi didn't even bother to say anything this time, and simply grabbed Ruan Chen's right hand.
"Damn it, what happened?" Lin Fengzi's face turned pale with fright. Without saying a word, she pulled Ruan Chen back. "Didn't you know to say anything? You were just standing here?"
Inside the cruise ship's cabin, Lin Fengzi, with a dark expression, treated Ruan Chen's wounds, picking out the shards stuck in her palm and applying an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial ointment.
"Let me bandage it for you. Don't let it get wet for the next couple of days," Lin Fengzi nagdredged up. "Luckily, the wound isn't deep and didn't damage any nerves or tendons. You're a grown adult, don't you know how to ask for help when you get hurt?"
Ruan Chen gave a perfunctory reply, saw Lin Fengzi off, quickly washed up, took two pills, and lay down.
She already had trouble sleeping, and tonight's commotion made her stare at the ceiling for over an hour before she could finally fall asleep.
I still couldn't sleep soundly.
In her dream, the scene was absurd yet felt real. She saw herself covered in wounds, curled up in a corner of the ecstasy hall. Brother Le came over and kicked her, cursing, saying that he had spent 50,000 yuan to buy a half-dead good-for-nothing from Cao De.
She saw blood and severed limbs all over the floor, and saw herself walking out of the ecstasy hall like a walking corpse, and setting it on fire.
She saw herself slumped on the misty wasteland. As the mist dissipated, a rusty, tightly shut door was revealed, with the same...
It stands there abruptly and inexplicably in the wilderness, yet it seems to have existed for hundreds of millions of years.
The door opened, and a young, handsome man walked out. He was dressed in a neat military uniform, exuding a spirited air, with deep and refined features.
He looked at Ruan Chen with clear, distinct eyes, leaned down, and asked, "Would you like to come in?"
In her dream, Ruan Chen looked at the gaping door behind him, which resembled the gaping maw of a ferocious beast. She hesitated, not daring to nod, wondering if it was yet another den of iniquity.
The man seemed to read her mind, pointing around. “Look, this is the wilderness. If you don’t come in with me, you won’t survive long here—you’ll be a corpse by tomorrow morning.”
His bony hand reached out to her again.
Ruan Chenzhan shakily raised his hand, which was covered in bloody cuts, and carefully grasped it.
The man led her through the door, and Ruan Chen stumbled along. She was too weak; she staggered, grabbed nothing, and fell to the ground.
The man's tone was somewhat disdainful, "Looks like I've picked up a troublesome one."
But he bent down, scooped her up, and held her in his arms, not caring at all that the blood stained his clothes.
Ruan Chen curled up in his arms like a skinny, battered kitten.
"How old are you this year? What's your name? I'll register you in a bit," the man said in a deep, slightly hoarse voice with a lazy laugh. "To get lost all the way to Crescent Bay, you're quite a rare genius."
"Ruan Chen, I'm... twenty-three this year." She nervously fiddled with the buttons on the man's clothes, her weak voice like a cat's meow.
The man sensed her unease and nervousness. The smile on his lips vanished in an instant. He looked down at her face, which was stained with blood but could not hide its stunning beauty. "She's four years older than me, sister... sister."
The word "sister" exploded in Ruan Cheng's mind like a thunderclap. She sat up abruptly and it took her a while to come to her senses. She pressed her hand to her chest and gasped for breath.
These are cabins on the cruise ship.
She glanced at the time; it was only three in the morning.
This was the first time she had such a clear and coherent dream.
That man was Fu Jianzhi.
She opened the refrigerator, took out a can of iced orange juice, opened it with one hand, and slowly walked out in her slippers. She wanted to go to the deck for some fresh air—the guest rooms were really cramped, and there should be an outdoor barbecue on the deck right now, so she could find something to eat.
As she stepped out of the cabin, her nerves suddenly tightened.
Class A was completely dark and empty.
Under the dim moonlight, you could see countless small boats densely packed around the cruise ship!
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