79: Press the buzzer as soon as question appears!

Press the buzzer as soon as question appears!

Before the competition, Wang He had been filled with confidence. On the day of the competition, he had vowed to embarrass Qin Yan and make Jixia Academy the champion. However, now, he could not even give his professor a definite reply.1

He wasn't sure he could win anymore.

The professor sighed. Even his confidence had been shattered by Qin Yan after seeing the state Wang He was in.

He turned around to look at the rest of the students who were supposed to participate in the later rounds, only to find all of them with their heads down.

Not one of them had the guts to face Qin Yan in battle.

The whole team was dispirited with not an ounce of fighting spirit left in their tank.

The professor let out another sigh and was determined to change the situation.

He grabbed Wang He's arm and said, "Wang He, once the round begins, do what Qin Yan has done for the last few rounds."

"The professor's right," Zhang Xiaosheng agreed. "Ignore the question, and push the buzzer first. Suppose you know the answer, then, if you don't, just simply pick one. With how the situation is now, there's nothing more for us to lose, right? Let's just do what we can. It's better to get the wrong answer than not getting the chance to answer."

Even he was in a dispirited mood and was beginning to doubt his own ability.

This person who had high self-esteem had completely lost his pride after being embarrassed in front of everyone.

"Got it?" the professor asked.

Wang He hesitated for a moment before nodding and walking up to the stage.

On the other hand, the students from Shengyang High school were all staring at each other with the same thought in their heads.

Qin Yan is amazing!

She alone had destroyed the confidence of the whole Jixia Academy team.

Despite the cruelty that Qin Yan had shown, the Shengyang High school team had huge grins on their faces when they saw how dejected the Jixia Academy's team was. Except for Qin Muran of course. She felt that Qin Yan had gone overboard.

Even Wang He had completely lost his confidence.

After seeing what had happened to all his team members who had gone before him, Wang He decided to ignore Qin Yan completely when he got onto the stage.

He didn't even curse at or belittle Qin Yan like he always did, as he was afraid he might be the one who was humiliated in the end.

However, even if Wang He didn't want to talk to Qin Yan, it didn't mean Qin Yan had the same idea.

"Are you going to give your best this round?" Qin Yan asked with a pure, innocent expression.

Wang He immediately turned to glare at Qin Yan. Are you going to ask the same question every round? Can you stop it?

It took him a long moment before he replied, "I'll do what I can…"

"That's good then." Qin Yan nodded.

'Good? What's good about this?' Wang He cursed in his head. 'What's good about me doing all I can, and you still winning by a huge margin?'

It didn't take long for the eighth round to begin.

"Please take a look at the first question," the host said.

Despite his professor making it clear that all Wang He had to do was push the buzzer whether he knew the answer or not, just like Qin Yan did, he still hesitated when the time came for him to do that.

The pressure one had to handle on the stage was far more than most people could imagine, and that was why he couldn't be decisive.

And because of that hesitation, the buzzer was pushed by Qin Yan first.

After giving the correct answer, she turned to glance at Wang He.

She had noticed that Wang He was going to push the buzzer as soon as the timer started.

Is he trying to copy me?

She then turned to look at the participants from Jixia Academy.

Their professor was staring at Wang He with his fists tightened. "Just push the buzzer! Push it!"

Qin Yan smiled. 'It looks like they really are trying to copy me. That won't do.'

She had already decided that she would not let Jixia Academy gain a single point.

Until the third question, Qin Yan remained the first to hit the buzzer while Wang He hesitated.

But at the fourth question, Wang He finally made up his mind.

Just like Qin Yan, as soon as the timer started, he pushed his buzzer.

As soon as the buzzer sounded, he was surprised to find that the pressure he had been feeling was gone.

As Wang He was about to answer, the host suddenly said, "Shengyang high school, your answer?"

Wang He turned around and his eyes widened. He was sure he had pressed the buzzer first, but the podium that Qin Yan was standing at was the one that lit up.

She's still faster than me?

"My answer is A," Qin Yan answered.

After that, Qin Yan turned around to stare at Wang He innocently.

It was as if she was asking him a question. 'Did something happen?'

Wang He took a deep breath and was determined to be faster on the next question.

However, for the rest of the round, Qin Yan was always one step ahead of him.

She even went for the buzzer on the last question, not giving him a chance to answer for the whole round.

Once again, she got everything correct.

When Wang He returned to his seat, he shook his head before the professor could even say anything. "She's too fast. I admit that I hesitated on the first three questions, but I went all out from the fourth onward. I thought I'd gotten to the buzzer first, but she was faster. And she only got faster for the rest of the round. Even when I was all focused on pressing the buzzer first, she was still quicker than me."

After a moment of hesitation, he frowned and turned to his teammates. "We have no choice but to continue with this strategy. Just press the buzzer even if you don't know the question and don't hesitate. Heck, you saw how focused I was, and I still couldn't get it."

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