The three walked to the car.
Shi Jing stepped forward first and opened the back door for Gu Wanqing.
Gu Wanqing lowered her eyes, whispered a thank you, and then got into the car.
A hint of helplessness flashed across Shi Jing's eyes. Thinking of how the two who were once so close had become so estranged, he felt a pang of sadness and heartache.
Shi Jing's eyes darkened. The thought of the culprit who caused all this made him want to kill Shi Chu right now. He shouldn't have been soft-hearted and agreed to the old man's request back then.
However, Shi Chu was indeed cunning, as he actually went to the Independent Continent.
The Independent Continent is an independent world with its own rules, not bound by any external forces or countries. Even members of reclusive families must follow the rules of the Independent Continent when they go there.
Moreover, he really doesn't have time to deal with Shi Chu right now.
Shi Jing sighed softly, closed the car door, and walked around to the other side to get into the car.
Shi Miao waited until the two of them got into the car before opening the door and sitting in the passenger seat.
She fastened her seatbelt, turned her head to look at the two slightly reserved people in the back seat, and didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, she wasn't the kind of person who could liven up the atmosphere, which was quite a headache.
Shi Miao looked at the scenery rushing past outside, her long, slender, pale hand lazily supporting her chin. After thinking for a moment, she simply decided to give up and play dead.
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The Weibo post Qin Mingyue made these past two days has gone viral, with related terms about the International Physics Competition trending on social media.
For a soon-to-be freshman to participate in such an international competition, there are praises and compliments, but also doubts.
Some people have suggested why Shi Miao, who scored full marks, wasn't allowed to participate in the competition. Wouldn't Qin Mingyue be a more convincing candidate?
Some even tagged Tsinghua University's official Weibo account hoping for a reasonable explanation, since international competitions are related to the honor of one's country.
Qin Mingyue's fans were unhappy to see these comments and immediately joined forces to defend their idol.
It's said that Qin Mingyue was admitted to Tsinghua University through its independent admissions exam, which is naturally much more difficult than the national college entrance examination. Shi Miao's perfect score doesn't necessarily mean she's better at physics than Qin Mingyue. Furthermore, since Qin Mingyue can represent Tsinghua in the International Physics Competition, isn't that Tsinghua indirectly acknowledging that Qin Mingyue is better than Shi Miao?
One comment replied that Shi Miao also took Tsinghua University's independent admissions exam and even got a perfect score.
However, not many people noticed that it was all buried by other people's comments.
Even those who saw it thought it was fake. How could someone get a perfect score twice in a row? Is that even human?
Of course, Shi Miao, who is also Ye Yu's fan, is not one to be trifled with. She said that if Qin Mingyue is so great, why doesn't she go and take the college entrance examination and get a perfect score? Can she please stop trying to take advantage of their idol?
The debate on Weibo was fierce.
Qin Mingyue leaned back in her chair, swiping her phone screen with her fingers, her face looking rather grim as she scrolled through the comments section.
I felt a lump in my throat, unable to breathe, and I never expected that a Weibo post I casually made to create a persona would become a trending topic.
These netizens really have nothing better to do than tag Tsinghua University's official account and demand a reasonable explanation. She herself naturally knows how this competition spot came about.
What she couldn't understand the most was that this matter had even involved Shi Miao.
Although her original intention in participating in the competition was to prove that she was better than Shi Miao, she did not want others to know that Shi Miao had even scored full marks in Tsinghua University's entrance exam.
Qin Mingyue turned off her phone and tossed it on the table, her eyes narrowing slightly. Right now, the most important thing was to defeat Shi Miao in this competition.
As for Tsinghua University, to save face, they naturally wouldn't admit that she got the competition spot through connections.
She took a deep breath, picked up her pen again, and continued writing the test paper that Huo Yudong had compiled and summarized for her.
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Department of Physics, Tsinghua University.
"Professor Huo, something terrible has happened!" Yu Sen rushed in, phone in hand.
Huo Yudong had just finished grading Shi Miao's paper, and his excitement and enthusiasm were undisguised. He was full of confidence for the competition.
He rubbed his sore neck, looked up at Yu Sen who walked in, and asked cheerfully, "What's wrong?"
Yu Sen said with a grim expression, "Right now, there's a huge uproar online because of Qin Mingyue's participation in the competition. Everyone is demanding that Tsinghua University give a reasonable explanation for why they allowed a freshman to participate in the competition."
Huo Yudong paused, slightly taken aback, his eyes filled with astonishment. "What did you say?"
Yu Sen handed him the phone, pursed his lips, and said in a deep voice, "See for yourself."
Huo Yudong frowned and picked up his phone to look through it.
After reading it, his temples throbbed, and he remained silent for a moment with a somber expression.
Yu Sen coughed lightly, "Professor Huo?"
Huo Yudong's eyes held a hint of restlessness as he handed the phone back to him, rubbing his temples with a slight headache.
He really couldn't understand what Qin Mingyue was thinking about every day.
Don't they know how they got involved? They even posted it online in a big way, putting Tsinghua University in the spotlight. If their results in this competition aren't as good as in previous years, Tsinghua will probably be bombarded with criticism.
"Let's leave this matter for now and see how Principal Li handles it."
"Okay, I understand."
After Yu Sen left, Huo Yudong could no longer contain his anger and picked up the phone on the table to call Qin Mingyue.
The phone rang several times and was almost finished before Qin Mingyue finally answered it.
"Hello, Uncle..." Qin Mingyue's somewhat apprehensive voice came from the other end of the phone.
Huo Yudong was truly enraged by her this time, and he retorted without any mercy, "Qin Mingyue, are you out of your mind? Why did you post something like this online? Don't you know how you got in here?"
Knowing she was in the wrong, Qin Mingyue said softly, "Uncle, I don't know how this became a trending topic... I didn't mean to..."
"Uncle, believe me, I'm sure I'll get a good result in this competition," she said again.
Huo Yudong took a deep breath, pressed his temples, and forced himself to calm down, knowing that saying anything more now would be useless.
After all, she was his own niece whom he had doted on since childhood, so Huo Yudong naturally wouldn't abandon her and still hoped that she could achieve good results in the competition.
Moreover, Qin Mingyue is quite talented in physics. The results of doing the tests these past few days have been quite good, and she has indeed improved a lot in a short period of time.
"Alright, have you finished today's test?"
"There's one more thing."
Huo Yudong frowned upon hearing this and said in a serious tone, "You're a bit slow. There's a time limit in the competition. In the same amount of time, I've already finished grading Shi Miao's paper, and you're still not done. Besides, this year's questions might be even harder than the paper you're working on now."
"Uncle, I will be careful!" Qin Mingyue said urgently.
"Um."
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