Free Web NovelChapter 57: Chapter 54 ’Youth Cup’ Champion!
"It’s a tie! It’s a tie!"
"That’s our Xiaoqing, our Xiaoqing! At a critical moment, she nailed it and grasped the opportunity!"
"Zhao Yi is incredible!"
"Liu Jing, your Zhao Yi is so capable! He can answer correctly in such circumstances..."
"Hahaha...."
Zhao Hongjuan turned her attention back to the stage and said anxiously, "That kid, she has no manners, she still didn’t let go..."
As the host announced the correct answer, the audience immediately erupted, especially the parents and teachers from the Thirteenth Middle School, who became very excited.
After excitedly cheering a few times, everyone began teasing the contestants.
For instance, Lin Xiaoqing still had her arm around Zhao Yi’s neck and showed no signs of letting go in her excitement.
Zhao Yi was almost choked.
Zhao Hongjuan looked on from a distance and worried for him, also complained about her child not paying attention to her image. There were several cameras and hundreds of people watching, she actually didn’t let go of the neck of her male classmate, is she still behaving like a girl?
At the contestant’s seat.
Lin Xiaoqing finally let go of her arm, just to hear Zhao Yi cough several times and said in an aggrieved tone, "You’ve grabbed the chance, why are you so excited? I still need to stand up and answer the questions, you blocked my view!"
"Just a little bit, just a little bit more! If it wasn’t for the good luck, we would have lost!"
Lin Xiaoqing lowered her blushing face, she was too excited to seize the opportunity to answer the question, she subconsciously thought they had tied for sure, and forgot that Zhao Yi still had to answer.
She defended herself in a soft voice, "I trusted you!"
"So, I should thank you? Heroine Lin, thank you for sparing my life!" Zhao Yi said with a weird tone, pulling at the corner of his mouth.
The people around burst into laughter.
Lin Xiaoqing continued to keep her head down, ostrich-style. She didn’t even hear what Zhao Yi said. There were so many people on the scene, she actually hugged Zhao Yi for such a long time, it was embarrassing to think about it.
The cheering continued for a while.
The host picked up the microphone again and said to everyone, "After four rounds of competition, Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School and Zhengyang Thirteenth Middle School’s scores are both 220 points, tied for the first place."
"However, there can only be one first place. According to the ’Youth Cup’ finals rules, we will now enter the tiebreaker round." ƒгeewёbnovel.com
"The tiebreaker is also a question round, but the content of the questions will be different."
The host walked over to the four guests and introduced them from left to right, "This is the Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Education, Director Zhou Limin, who once worked at the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences."
Zhou Limin stood up and waved to the audience.
"This is the Dean of the History Department of Jiangzhou University, Mr. Zhang Zhenhua, who has a deep study of history and is also an archaeologist who often joins large archaeological expeditions."
Zhang Zhenhua, the oldest among them, even had a long white beard, looking somewhat scholarly, his appearance indeed could be associated with history and archaeology.
"Professor He Xianglin of the Information Engineering School of Jiangzhou University of Science and Technology, who is devoted to research in mechanical informatization, led a team that won the National Science and Technology Progress Award this year."
He Xianglin, at the age of forty, looked young as compared to the title ’professor’, dressed like an engineer, he appeared very capable.
Last was female writer Shen Qinghua, brimming with the aura of a literatus, let alone the common weakness of women, she was dressed up, looking somewhat incompatible with the other three guests.
The host introduced her as having published a number of best-selling books, serving as a member and representative of the Writers Association etc.
After introducing everyone, the host continued, "These four guests are also the question makers for this ’Youth Cup’, including the preliminary and final rounds, all questions are composed by them."
"They each specialize in geography, history, computer science, and literature."
"Now we are entering the tiebreaker round, both teams can freely choose one of them to ask questions for their team."
"After the question is asked, each team is given three minutes for discussion, and the representative will state the answer. There is no time limit for answering."
"Finally, the four guests will score the answers..."
The tiebreaker rules were clear.
The two teams started to discuss immediately, they would first need to choose a guest to be the questioner for their team.
The contestants from Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School began a serious discussion; the choice among geography, history, literature, and computer science was not an easy one.
The atmosphere at Zhengyang No.13 Middle School was harmonious, Sun Liang simply said, "Zhao Yi, you choose!"
"Right, Zhao Yi, you choose!"
"I agree too, it’s all because of you that we were able to get into the tiebreaker!" Lin Xiaoqing also showed her support.
Everyone turned to look at Sun Jiali.
Sun Jiali quickly waved her hands, "Don’t look at me, I’ve been sitting quietly as a lady." After she finished speaking, she gave Zhao Yi a thumbs up, "Zhao Yi, go for it!"
Everyone laughed.
Ever since Sun Jiali came on stage, she really didn’t do anything, Zhao Yi took care of the risk questions and snatching questions all by himself, she just sat upright, maintaining the image of a quiet lady.
Zhao Yi nodded, "Then I’ll choose computer science."
He was good at computers.
Although having more than a decade of memories, he felt confident about his knowledge in geography, history and literature, but the question askers were all professors.
The other subjects weren’t safe.
When it was about time, the host looked towards the Thirteenth Middle School contestants, "So, what’s your choice?"
