71: Losing badly

Losing badly

Qin Muran she paused for a moment before smiling helplessly, "You also know that girls are actually far inferior to you guys in terms of thinking ability. I only know how to learn the knowledge from books."0

This sentence quietly flattered the male contestants present. Everyone listened to it very well. At the same time, it was indeed in line with everyone's stereotypical impression of girls.

Girls were good at the early stages because they had a simple rudimentary knowledge and worked hard by rote. In any case, girls were not good, and they lacked motivation in the later stages.

Even though there were girls who had made it to the present stage, the boys clearly did not take the girls seriously.

Qin Muran was actually the top student of Shengyang, but she was willing to take the initiative to show weakness. This in itself was very pleasing to many people.

Lin Zhenhui's face was filled with pride. His ego was satisfied, "You're too modest. Actually, you're quite good too," he immediately complimented Qin Muran.

At this time, a girl contestant from Si Cheng high school interrupted their conversation, "Student Qin, if you are not good enough, please accept it. Don't drag all the people of same gender in it. I refuse to believe that we are weak because of our gender. Today, even if I lose, it is because I am less capable, it has nothing to do with my gender."

Qin Muran's face darkened hearing the girl's refute. Just as she was going to reply to her, the host announced the beginning of the third round.

Although Qin Muran asked to go easy on her, she herself was quite capable. The third round ended in Shengyang High school's favour.

The scores of the third round were:

Jixia Academy - 3 points

Shengyang High school - 4 points

Si Cheng high school - 3 points

Jia Yong High school - 0 points

S international high school - 0 points

Longmen city senior high school - 0 points

Lin Zhenhui was upset at the scores, but Qin Muran again flattered him, "Student Lin, I won barely by a point. You were too good." Lin Zhenhui instantly regained his confidence.

So after the third round, Qin Muran remained on the stage while others were swapped.

Director Guo's face improved but he knew that Shengyang was still much behind from Jixia.

In the strands of Jixia Academy, the teacher in-charge said, "Zhang Xiaosheng, you are the next. Remember, she is the only strong contestant of Shengyang. If you are able to defeat her, I doubt Shengyang will be able to score even a single point in the further rounds."

Student Zhang nodded and stepped on the stage.

When the fourth round started, Qin Muran was brimming with confidence. But as the round progressed, the frown on her face increased bit by bit.

When the last question was up, Qin Muran felt that it was too embarrassing for her to gain only two points. If she answered the last one, her loss would be minimised.

What she didn't think was if she gave the wrong answer, the team would lose a point and the situation of the team would become precarious.

"Here come the last question of this round," the host announced.

Clang!

Even before reading the question, Qin Muran had pressed the buzzer.

"Shengyang High school, please answer."

When Qin Muran read the question, cold sweat developed on her forehead. What the hell is this! Before she could understand the question, the timer started.

"Shengyang High school, please answer within the time frame, otherwise you will lose a point."

After hearing the words of the host, Qin Muran's mind became blank. Even after the time was over, she could not answer the question and the points of their team stood deducted.

The fourth round was scored as follows:

Jixia Academy - 5 points

Shengyang High school - 1 point

Si Cheng high school - 2 points

Jia Yong High school - 1 point

S international high school - 0 points

Longmen city senior high school - 1 point

Director Guo's face turned extremely dark. All his students were defeated. He knew they would not be able to defeat Jixia Academy, but he didn't know that the loss would be so severe.

Director Liu saw Director Guo's face and said sarcastically, "Old Guo, relax. This is just a small competition. It's not that important. Even if you lose, it doesn't mean much. In any case, you guys will gain experience, right? You all will be able to bear it this year. It's merely another loss for you. Your students are already used to it."

Director Guo ignored Director Liu's sarcastic comments and focussed on the stage. Now everything was dependent on Qin Yan.

At this time, Mr. Lao also walked towards Qin Yan, "Qin Yan, now everything is on you. Do your best. You are up now."

All the contestants other than Qin Muran were on the verge of crying. If the toppers couldn't last, what would they be able to do. Han Jun appeared nonchalant but his leg was shaking in nervousness.

Qin Muran, on the other hand, was still trying to digest her loss.

Qin Yan glanced at her teammates and assured them, "Mr. Lao and fellow team members, please rest assured that I will not leave the stage until the very last round."

The fifth round began. The difficulty of the competition increased with the increasing number of rounds, so everyone was quite nervous.

The first question popped out.

CLANG!

After just three seconds, when no one else had even fully processed the question in its entirety, Qin Yan pushed down on the buzzer.

All eyes were on her now.

Zhang Xiaosheng looked at her suspiciously. This Qin Yan, does she actually know the answer, or is she just clutching at straws?

Qin Yan was participating in the competition for the first time, so nobody knew what her level was. Only when her name was announced did everyone know who she was.

Most of them thought that she was just here to learn and was a beauty without brains.

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