The thought of going on a trip with Jiao Jiao—oh, wait, a *business trip* for just the two of them—made Shen Yi incredibly excited all over again.
Poor Xu Wei. She wasn’t underestimating her enemy; she was cramming at the last minute. Meanwhile, the happy couple was in their courtyard house, sweetly making dumplings together.
The days flew by, and soon it was Friday. Not many students from other departments were participating in the programming competition to begin with.
A girl from another department—and one this beautiful, no less—was an even rarer sight!
The guys from the computer science department all stared at Qin Jiao as if she were an alien who had just landed on Earth.
Shen Yi, thoroughly displeased, roared at them, "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a beautiful woman before?!"
One of the guys actually retorted with a smile, "To be honest, no, we haven’t. After all, you can count the number of beauties in our computer science department on one hand. How can we not sneak a few extra glances when a new face like this suddenly appears?"
Shen Yi sneered. "Looking is fine, but don’t get any funny ideas."
The guy asked, "Why not?"
"Because she’s my wife!"
The guy: "..."
Only after declaring his sovereignty did Shen Yi let out a cold snort. They would be using the university’s standardized computers to write their code within a set time limit, then submit it using their student ID numbers.
Qin Jiao and Shen Yi weren’t in the same computer lab, so they had to part ways. After arriving at her assigned seat, Qin Jiao entered her student ID, and her slender fingers became a blur as they flew across the keyboard.
She was so fast that several students sitting around her couldn’t help but look over.
The proctor in charge of the computer lab cleared his throat and reminded them, "Some of you students had better not just stare at others. You know there’s a time limit for this!"
Those students immediately snapped their gazes back to their own computers.
But just over twenty minutes later, Qin Jiao clicked "submit," turned around, and walked out, leaving many to stare after her in astonishment.
’Did... did she give up because she couldn’t do it, or did she actually finish?’
’She must have given up! After all, if such a beautiful girl from a different department finished this quickly, the rest of us might as well go bang our heads against the wall!’
When Qin Jiao came out, Shen Yi was already there. She frowned and said, "You were even faster than me!"
Shen Yi glanced around before whispering in her ear, "Jiao Jiao, you can’t say your man is fast."
"..."
’Does he get uncomfortable if he doesn’t make a dirty joke?’
Qin Jiao was utterly speechless. She said, "Let’s go. They put the primer on the walls today. We can go check on it and see how the light fixture installation is going."
"Mm-hmm."
Shen Yi quickened his pace to take Qin Jiao’s hand, then followed her out contentedly.
Half an hour later, Xu Wei emerged from the exam room. She felt she had done quite well; the final open-ended programming question would surely impress the teachers.
She looked around as other students began to trickle out of their exam rooms. Having already memorized which computer lab Qin Jiao was in, she made a point of walking over to that doorway to wait.
Some students came out and were both surprised and flattered to see the great beauty of their department waiting at the door.
One of the bolder guys approached her and asked, "Miss Xu, are you waiting for someone?"
Xu Wei gave the boy a brief, indifferent glance. ’I don’t know him,’ she thought. ’But there are so many guys in the computer science department. It’s only normal that I wouldn’t recognize someone with such an ordinary face.’
Xu Wei asked coolly, "Was Qin Jiao in your exam room?"