752: Chapter 752: Another Five People Eliminated!_1 752: Chapter 752: Another Five People Eliminated!_1 Zhongjing University on the weekend, tranquil and serene.
In the campus, those students, both male and female, either strolling in pairs or sweating profusely on the sports fields, all enjoyed their own leisure ti.
However, inside a lecture hall, there was an atmosphere filled with solemnity and tension.
Twenty adults sat upright, eagerly waiting for their petite examiner.
Even if soone spoke, the voice was always very low, as if afraid that speaking louder would startle others and themselves as well.
“Bai, you say, there are only three assessnts in this second phase, and now, we’ve passed two in a row!
I don’t know the scores or the rankings, and I’m feeling particularly uneasy,” Zhao Qianze said with a furrowed brow, worried.
Bai Xiaosheng smiled, comforting her softly, “Zhao, take it easy.
Just do your best, and don’t push yourself too hard.
Otherwise, even if you barely make it through this stage, there’s still the final phase.
If you’re this stressed, you might collapse before the results co out, don’t you think that’s a loss?
Besides, worrying won’t do any good but only harm your beauty.”
Such comfort made Zhao Qianze laugh out loud, giving him a glance, “You really have a way with words!”
Eased by his banter, Zhao Qianze felt considerably better.
“Hmmph!
Mr.
Bai, those words of yours must be born from your own experiences, a realization of your own limits, not wanting to press beyond your capacity.
Not bad, not bad, you’re quite insightful!” Behind Bai Xiaosheng and Zhao Qianze, soone sneered.
The two glanced back.
Zheng Qinghong had actually moved behind them.
Seeing Bai Xiaosheng looking over, Zheng Qinghong smiled coldly, “Perhaps this ti, when the elimination list is read out, you will be on it!
Are you ntally prepared?
Even if you pass this ti, what cos next is a competition of connections, resources, and abilities.
You won’t be able to keep up!”
Zheng Qinghong spoke as if he was pronouncing Bai Xiaosheng’s fate.
Bai Xiaosheng chuckled lightly, not bothering to engage with him.
Zheng Qinghong’s gaze shifted to Zhao Qianze’s face, and suddenly, it was like a warm spring breeze, as he leaned forward with an eager smile, “Qianze, in the workplace, a woman really shouldn’t push herself too hard.
Having abilities, being outstanding, that’s certainly good.
But being a full-ti wife, shopping, spending money, that’s not too bad either.
It’s called ‘You just be pretty, and I’ll earn the money to support us’!”
“Mr.
Zheng!” Zhao Qianze cut him off coldly, then seriously added, “If you think that’s so great, go find a woman who thinks the sa, but don’t try to persuade .
I, Zhao Qianze, do not have the habit of depending on a man to support !”
After saying that, Zhao Qianze tugged at Bai Xiaosheng and turned her head away.
Zheng Qinghong still wanted to say sothing but was t with the backs of their heads.
He opened his mouth but in the end, he just glared fiercely at Bai Xiaosheng.
This scene was observed by Mu Beichen, sitting off to the side, who smirked silently.
Just then, the lecture hall door opened, and Lin Ke strode in, heading straight to the podium.
This ti, she wasn’t late at all, right on the dot.
Everyone saw her and instantly fell quiet.
Lin Ke stood on the podium, sweeping her gaze over the crowd, and asked, “Is everyone here?”
“Everyone’s here,” soone called out loudly.
Twenty people, not one less!
“It’s fine even if not everyone is here.
Those who didn’t make it, their scores will be halved!” Lin Ke’s voice was like a silver bell, crisp and pleasant, imnsely pleasing to the ear, yet still sending shivers down people’s spines.
“It’s been about ten days to half a month since we last t, and two rounds of assessnts have already passed.
How ti flies.
I know you have been impatiently waiting, and so even used their connections to make inquiries,” Lin Ke said with a smile, “So I won’t beat around the bush.
I will read the list of those eliminated now!”
From her entrance to her words, not even five minutes had passed, and now she was announcing eliminations!
Everyone’s hearts instantly jumped to their throats.
“Cheng Tao, Lu Guobin, Wang Yicheng, Zhao Tianyu, He Jiaguo,” Lin Ke read out five nas in one breath, without any hesitation.
“Congratulations, you can go ho early,” Lin Ke smiled.
The announcent was made without pause, without subtlety, direct and to the point, like a swift cut through the ss.
No one blad Lin Ke for this; on the contrary, those called felt a sense of relief and gratefully smiled at Lin Ke.
To be given a clean break was also a kind of rcy.
The wait for the verdict is the most torturous part, but Lin Ke spared them from the agony.
However, being eliminated is ultimately not a good thing.
Those who had to leave were sowhat saddened.
Among them, Cheng Tao felt it the most.
He was the first to et Bai Xiaosheng on the first day, but later felt that Bai Xiaosheng’s conflict with Zheng Qinghong was inappropriate to get involved with, so he distanced himself.
But now, to Cheng Tao, none of that mattered anymore.
“Let’s give them a send-off!” Lin Ke was the first to initiate a round of applause, and the others followed suit.
The five of them could only stand up, bid everyone farewell, and then leave one by one.
The remaining fifteen watched them go.
Then, they continued to look towards Lin Ke.
Soone couldn’t help but say, “Officer Lin, aren’t you going to read out the nas of the top five?”
At that remark, Mu Beichen and Zheng Qinghong both had gleaming eyes.
They were eager to hear their rankings!
Lin Ke asked with a smile, “Does everyone want to hear?”
“Yes!” Many people replied urgently.
“But I don’t want to tell!” Lin Ke’s face turned stern as she flatly refused.
The crowd was montarily at a loss for words.
Lin Ke glanced at Bai Xiaosheng.
Her silence, to a considerable extent, was also about “protecting” Bai Xiaosheng, which was fundantally similar to what Feng Li had done initially.
The only difference was that one was about keeping Bai Xiaosheng low-profile, while the other was about hiding Bai Xiaosheng’s high-profile status.
“So, what, we ca here early in the morning just to hear who got eliminated?” soone couldn’t help but grumble.
A few beside them chid in agreent.
Lin Ke laughed, “For this stage of the assessnt, I have full authority!
I’ve traveled all the way from Linshen to see you guys this early in the morning just to do this little thing, and even I feel it’s a loss!”
“So, I’ve added a little task!”
Lin Ke looked at the fifteen people in front of her, her eyes shimring with a hint of cunning.
The crowd, upon seeing her expression, suddenly felt uneasy.
“I’m going to the classroom next door now.
Each of you co find one by one, I have questions to ask!
Rember, soone co every five minutes, manage your own ti.
Once I’m done questioning you, leave imdiately, no idle chatter here.
Otherwise, if I find out, I won’t be nice!”
After speaking, Lin Ke gave the crowd a threatening look and walked away.
Everyone watched her go, then exchanged glances with one another.
“What’s she up to now?” soone couldn’t help but ask.
The sudden developnt put everyone on alert.
Zhao Qianze couldn’t help but glance at Bai Xiaosheng, who smiled, “Zhao, do you want to go first?”
Zhao Qianze quickly shook her head.
Bai Xiaosheng laughed, “Okay then, I’ll go first!
The sooner I go, the sooner I’m done, that’s good!”
With that, Bai Xiaosheng stood up and headed straight for the door, under everyone’s gaze.
As he walked outside, his own eyes glead with curiosity.
“Little girl, what kind of trick are you up to this ti?
Let go and take a look!”
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