NOVEL WEB
Chapter 59
The next day
Ren Ran went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast as usual. As soon as she arrived, Lv Yibo rushed over.
"Ren Ran, have you heard? Five contestants from Deyuan City were collectively poisoned and they have to withdraw from the competition."
"How did they suddenly get poisoned? Didn't their team teachers remind them not to eat random things?"
"They were definitely reminded. I heard the food they ate was brought by one of the contestants from home. Who knew it would be poisonous?" Lv Yibo patted his chest feeling lingering fear, "Be careful these few days, don't eat anything from outside."
"Okay." Ren Ran nodded.
The news that five contestants from Deyuan City were poisoned spread among the participating contestants.
Old Zhao didn't dare let the five of them eat at the buffet alone either. He watched them eat together every day, and strictly forbade them from going out, for fear that they would eat contaminated food outside.
Three days later, Old Zhao sent the three of them to the exam room safe and sound.
After the exam ended, the five returned to Haishi City the same day, and went home separately.
The next round after this competition is the national finals, which will be held in the capital in December. Whether they can get the admission ticket will be announced in a week.
During the wait for the competition results, the topic of praising and denigrating continued, and it became more and more intense.
The one praised was naturally Ren Ran, and the one denigrated was naturally Kong Lian.
After all, the two made a 'century' bet that brought them great fame in the school. Now both of them participated in the math olympiad, so comparing them was natural.
A week's time passed in the blink of an eye. Teacher Zhao entered the classroom with a smiling face.
Someone joked, "Teacher Zhao, what good thing happened?"
"Teacher Zhao, did the math olympiad results come out?"
"Did Ren Ran advance?"
Facing the students' enthusiasm, Teacher Zhao wasn't annoyed at all. He smiled and raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down.
After the students quieted down, he finally spoke.
"The math olympiad results are out."
Everyone looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to announce it.
Kong Lian unconsciously clenched her fists, and glanced at Ren Ran from the corner of her eyes, wanting to see her lost and shocked expression. However, she didn't see anything on her face.
Humph! Just pretend!
Someone couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Zhao, did you get it wrong?"
"How is it Kong Lian?"
Kong Lian's follower Ji Qing elbowed Ren Ran and congratulated her prematurely.
Many students' gazes fell on Ren Ran.
Under the students' urging, Teacher Zhao stopped selling off the announcement. "The provincial champion this time is Kong Lian."
"Damn!"
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked!
The students looked at Ren Ran, then at Kong Lian.
Kong Lian had a smile on her face, and looked at Ren Ran intentionally, wanting to see her disappointed and shocked expression. However, she didn't see anything on her face.
Humph! Just pretend!
Someone couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Zhao, did you get it wrong?"
"How is it Kong Lian?"
Kong Lian's follower Ji Qing said, "What's impossible? Last time, Kong Lian was physically uncomfortable. Even when she was unwell, she could still get a spot. It shows her ability."
"We didn't hear about this before." Someone muttered softly.
Another follower Hu Xiyue also said, "Kong Lian is not all talk. What's there to say? If you really want to talk about it, you're afraid people will say she's making excuses for her lower ranking."
"Kong Lian, isn't this just like what they say online? When you were unknown, you worked hard quietly, then shocked everyone!" A classmate joked.