Seeing how insistent Qin Jiao was, the young counselor had no choice but to take out a form for her to fill out.
In fact, just last night, Qin Jiao had heard Shen Yi mention this competition in his department. Shen Yi had already signed up, and Qin Jiao had even said she wanted to sign up too.
And now, today, she had actually gone and done it!
The competition was on Friday, and today was Wednesday.
When Xu Wei saw that Qin Jiao had actually signed up, she said, "Even though you have more than a day, this isn’t something you humanities students can pull off by cramming at the last minute!"
Qin Jiao replied, "Let me remind you of something, Xu Wei. It’s not easy to master any subject, no matter what it is. So don’t look down on the humanities. You might be good at rote memorization, but that doesn’t mean you can truly comprehend and apply the knowledge. There’s always someone better out there. If you keep looking at the sky from the bottom of a well, then no matter how outstanding you are, you’re still just the prettiest frog in it."
Xu Wei’s eyes flew wide. "Who are you calling a frog!?"
"Anyone who’s short-sighted and arrogant is a frog."
"You!"
Before leaving, Qin Jiao turned back and said with surprising sincerity, "Xu Wei, if you like Jiu Yi’s clothes, you shouldn’t wear your hair in those big waves next time. And don’t go for such a mature makeup look. This particular Jiu Yi design is meant to be youthful. You’d probably be fine if you just changed your hairstyle and makeup."
With that, she gracefully departed.
Many people snuck glances at Xu Wei... who looked like she was about to burst into tears of anger again.
Finally, the counselor couldn’t stand it any longer and waved his hand, telling everyone to disperse.
Qin Jiao had a civil law class that afternoon. Sun Lili had also heard that Qin Jiao was going to participate in the Computer Science Department’s programming competition on Friday, and she was shocked.
She sidled up to Qin Jiao and said nervously, "Qin Jiao, are you feeling okay? You’re actually going to compete in programming against the computer science majors?"
Qin Jiao nodded. "Mhm. I’m going to beat her at her own game. That’s the only way to solve this problem for good."
Sun Lili knew that Xu Wei was pursuing Shen Yi, and after hearing Qin Jiao’s plan, she fell into deep thought.
Qin Jiao looked up at her and said with a smile, "Don’t you go trying this tactic. Your enemy is a master manipulator, a classic two-faced schemer. With your level of cunning, you’re no match for her."
Sun Lili was furious. "Are you saying I’m dumber than Lin Nian?"
Qin Jiao shook her head. "No. She’s just willing to stoop to levels you wouldn’t."
Sun Lili froze.
How much of that Sun Lili took to heart was up to her. Qin Jiao wasn’t about to advise her to break up with Shen Feng right now.
Because at a time like this, even if her best friend dared to suggest a breakup, Sun Lili wouldn’t listen.
There was a wall in her path, and Sun Lili had to run into it and get bloodied herself before she would learn her lesson.
When Shen Yi came to pick up Qin Jiao at the school gate after her evening class, he finally found out about the bet she’d made with Xu Wei.
Shen Yi’s survival instinct was in overdrive. "Jiao Jiao, don’t be mad. Tomorrow I’ll dedicate a song to her asking if she can ’quietly walk away.’"
Qin Jiao snorted. "Oh, please. The song is called ’Should I Quietly Walk Away?’ Anyway, once the results of the programming competition are out, she’ll be the one quietly walking away."
"But..."
"But what? Don’t you believe I can beat her?"
Shen Yi immediately said, "Of course you can beat her! Even though you’re self-taught, you’re incredibly smart, and you have previous experience!"
The ’previous experience’ he was referring to was from her past life.
Qin Jiao smiled. "Alright, enough with the sweet talk. Once the programming competition is over, we need to start preparing for our trip."
"Right!"