78: Won't you answer?

Won't you answer?

As soon as the countdown began, the screen shifted to the first question. Only half a second had passed and, before anyone could even read what the question was, someone had already pressed the buzzer.

Huang Mingshun's hand was still on top of his button, but he wasn't the one who'd pushed it. Instead, he was glaring at Qin Yan.

He clearly understood what Qin Yan's strategy was, but he didn't have the guts to mimic her. It only made him even more frustrated and furious.

The host's expression showed that he had already expected this outcome and said, "Shengyang high school! Your answer, please."

Qin Yan answered calmly, "The answer is B."

"B is the correct answer!" the host announced. "Now, on to the next question."

However, what followed next sent shivers down the audience's spines.

Qin Yan slammed her buzzer for the next few questions as soon as the question appeared and answered all of them correctly in her calm voice.

It was as if everyone was watching a replay over and over again.

The other participants didn't even have a chance to answer.

Huang Mingshun had already given up.

It didn't take long before it was time for the final question of the third round because of Qin Yan's speed.

The whole hall became eerily quiet.

Surprisingly, once again Qin Yan did not push the buzzer.

Huang Mingshun's eyes got wide as he began to suspect that Qin Yan was planning not to answer the last question for each round.

As he turned to glare at Qin Yan, he realized that the other participants also had their eyes fixed on a single person.

However, that person was not Qin Yan, but Huang Mingshun himself.

What the heck are you guys staring at me for? Huang Mingshun was speaking to himself.

"Um, you from Jixia Academy. aren't you going to push your buzzer?" the competitor from S International high school asked.

"What..?" Huang Mingshun was surprised by the question.

"Well, there's no way we are going to answer it," the participant from Si Cheng high school smiled. "Why don't you give it a try?"

Even the students from Longmen city's high school and Jia Yong High school had smiles on their faces. Their stares were like those one would get from an old relative, friendly and compassionate.

What the h*ll are these guys doing?

It was then, when Qin Yan turned toward Huang Mingshun. "Aren't you going to push the buzzer?"

"What?"

"I'm going to answer if you don't want to."

The expressions of the other competitors from Jixia Academy were as dark as it was possible to get.

It was obvious now that Qin Yan was doing this on purpose. She purposely left the final question unanswered so that she could humiliate the competition.

If they were to push the buzzer, not only would they be humiliated if they got it wrong, it would also prove to everyone else that they did not have the knowledge to answer the last questions of every round.

However, if they didn't push the buzzer, Qin Yan would answer it and get a full score.

The students from Shengyang High school had smirks on their faces as they waited to see what would happen next.

"Hey!" Ying Siyuan suddenly asked, "You from Jixia Academy, are you sure you don't want to answer the question? What if Qin Yan doesn't know the answer?"

Are you kidding me?

That was the reaction from the Jixia Academy's participants.

When they saw Qin Yan not pushing the buzzer for the final question in the second round, they had had the same conclusion.

But they had all been played by her as she still answered the question correctly.

It was clear that Qin Yan knew the answers, but was just trying to toy with them, especially Zhang Xiaosheng and Zhao Xiaoou.

Their faces were both twisted in anger, and fire could be seen in their eyes.

During the last round, they'd also thought that Qin Yan did not know the answer to the final question. They were proved wrong when Qin Yan answered it correctly and realized her intention was to embarrass Zhao Xiaoou.

This was why they didn't buy it when Ying Siyuan said that Qin Yan might not know the answer.

Zhang Xiaosheng quietly cursed as he glared toward the stage.

After what had happened in the previous two rounds, no one could tell for sure if Qin Yan knew the answer or not, and no one would want to bet on it.

In the end, Qin Yan's strategy turned out to be successful.

Even if she did not know the answer, the participants from Jixia Academy wouldn't take the risk as she might actually know the answer.

At the same time, she had already shown them the knowledge she really had by answering all the questions in all three rounds correctly except for the last one and the final question in the fifth round as well.

The participants from Jixia Academy still weren't sure if she knew the answers or not, but judging from how many questions she had answered correctly, it was enough to give them a huge shock.

The aces of Jixia Academy, Zhang Xiaosheng and Lin Zhenhui, were only knowledgeable on a couple of topics. However, their answers weren't as accurate as Qin Yan's, or else Zhang Xiaosheng wouldn't have lost so badly to Qin Yan during the fifth round.

The other participants were only knowledgeable on a single topic, and after witnessing Qin Yan's talent, they wouldn't even dare to call themselves knowledgeable anymore.

"Aren't you going to push the buzzer?" Qin Yan asked.

Huang Mingshun did not reply.

"I'm going to push it then…"

Just hurry up and push the damn buzzer, Huang Mingshun yelled in his head.

And Qin Yan did just that.

"Shengyang high school! Your answer?" the host asked.

"C is my answer," Qin Yan replied.

"Correct!"

After the seventh round ended, the host announced the topic for the eighth round.

Below the stage, the professor from Jixia Academy turned to Wang He. "Wang He, it's your turn."

"Okay," Wang He nodded and got up.

"Wang He…" The professor suddenly stopped him. "We can't embarrass ourselves any further…"

Wang He didn't reply as his confidence had already been shattered.2

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