Chapter 633-634

Chapter 633: The Young Marshal Is The Most Suspicious 　 Yun Xi raised her head, closed the book, and chuckled lightly. Her smile was radiant in the afternoon sun. “It’s the first time I’ve participated in this kind of competition. I don’t know what the teachers’ and professors’ assessment criteria are. I guess I’ll leave it up to fate. Even if I can’t represent the country, it’s a good experience to be able to participate in this training camp!” Zhao Yumo nodded. “You’re right. More importantly, I get to meet a lot of new people. Let’s communicate, learn and improve with each other!” Not everyone was aiming for first place in this competition. If Zhou Chengzhe wasn’t so persistent, they would just be here as a formality. It’s a shame that he doesn’t know right from wrong, and so, they had no choice but to respond and force him to show his true colors. There is no other way since he insists on digging his own grave! ———— In the huge office, the bright winter sun filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Shen Yichen was standing by the window and looking at the urban jungle below him. The sunlight accentuated the chiseled contours of his somber yet handsome face, which emanated an aura of maturity and level-headedness. Secretary Xu Han knocked on his door before stepping in. He saw Shen Yichen by the window. He looked down at the folder in his hands and walked over. 　 　 “President, this is the latest trend report of the Han Corporation. Something’s not quite right.” Upon hearing these words, Shen Yichen turned around. Xu Han hurriedly passed him the folder and continued with his report. “Han Zhongteng lost two big projects in a row. The projects were almost done deals. This caused the Han Corporation to lose hundreds of millions. I’ve asked our guys to investigate the people in charge of these two projects. They came out of the blue to snatch the business away from Han Corporation. There’s probably a mastermind behind the scenes, but it’s been a few days and our investigation hasn’t revealed anything yet.” “It seems that the mastermind is pulling the strings.” Shen Yichen looked through the information in his hand. The report contained the data details of the two projects, as well as the stock price fluctuations of the Han Corporation during this period. Because of the loss of two projects, the stock price of the Han Corporation has plummeted. Han Yaotian had just taken over the position of CEO. After this incident, the confidence in Han Yaotian brought about by the previous cooperation between the Han family and the Shen family will go down the drain. “For someone to do this so cleanly and with such power... I guess that it has to be one of the three major families in Jingdu.” “Apart for them, who else could sabotage the Han family so easily? The four prominent families have always been embroiled in a game of mutual checks and balances. No one can break this power dynamic so easily. Recently, the members of the Han family seriously offended the Young Marshal. If someone really was doing it deliberately, the Young Marshal is the main suspect.” 　 　 No one in Jingdu should underestimate how omnipotent Young Marshal Mu was! Not only was he in control of the power dynamic, but he also had unmatched wealth. Both money and power were in his hands. With that deadly combination, it would be easy for him to mindlessly cause trouble for anyone he chooses. “So it has to be the Young Marshal then...” Xu Han let out a long sigh, but it was filled with awe and admiration for this legendary man. “I asked you to find out which of the three major families has been supporting him recently. Have you found anything?” “Yes. The investigator found out that Second Master Jiang has been very close to the young lady of the Zhao family recently.” “Beidi’s Zhao family?” “Yes! And the Zhao family has been very prosperous recently. It has won a lot of projects. It can be said that their time has come. It would be difficult to discover if it wasn’t for our previous suspicion and careful inspection.” After a pause, Xu Han added, “This eldest lady of the Zhao family is a good friend and classmate of Miss Yun. Miss Yun seems to be very protective of this friend. She went to the Zhao family’s villa several times, and she secretly treated the Old Master.” “Really?” Shen Yichen raised his eyebrows. His eyes gloomy, he looked down at the folder in his hand. “Make sure no one knows about this and don’t let it leak out. I don’t want the other three families to notice the Zhao family. If something happens to this young lady, Yun Xi definitely won’t leave it alone. I don’t want to see any accidents!” “Yes, I understand!” *** Chapter 634: Unexpected Default Selection 　 Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Knowing what Zhou Chengzhe was up to, Yun Xi didn’t need to make any complicated arrangements. His little tricks just needed to be guarded against. However, what Yun Xi hadn’t expected was that the person in charge of the organizing committee would come to find her. As she was preparing to go to class the next day, she saw that the head of the organizing committee was standing at the school gates, and the professors and experts from each subject were there also. 　 　 It was right as everyone was going into the multimedia classroom. They all stopped when they noticed all the teachers standing in the doorway. Because Zhang Peipei had had stomach issues, Yun Xi, Zhao Yumo, and Jian Junling had been waiting for her to recover before rushing over to the classroom together. For this reason, they had arrived a little late. When they saw everyone gathered at the door, they stopped. “Yun Xi, come over here.” The teacher, Lu Zhiwei, stood at the front of the professors and the other people in charge, holding a folder. Hearing her name, Yun Xi froze. She looked at the group of people who had gathered. She had no idea what was going on. Even though so many professors and other dignitaries hadn’t shown up when they’d assembled yesterday, they’d all come today. Everyone was wondering if something important had happened. There were lots of people gathered here, but they’d only mentioned Yun Xi. For a moment, everyone’s attention fell on Yun Xi. The atmosphere suddenly became electric. Yun Xi felt very confused. She turned and looked at her three roommates, and she noticed that Zhou Chengzhe had a very smug look on his face. What was he feeling smug about? Was he happy because he was going to see her suffer? She hadn’t done anything wrong, so why did he appear to be gloating? Turning her head, she raised her eyes to look at Teacher Lu Zhiwei and walked over to him with her facial expression calm and composed. Compared to this large group of classmates who were worried yet gleeful to watch her get in trouble, she herself seemed completely calm. “Teacher Lu, are you looking for me for something?” Bewildered, Yun Xi raised her eyes in puzzlement to meet Lu Zhiwei’s gaze. 　 　 Lu Zhiwei nodded, then looked at all the classmates gathered around the door, and counted the number of people. “Everyone is here, so we have an announcement to make.” Teacher Lu Zhiwei immediately calmed the crowd. Everyone looked at the teacher, then at Yun Xi, and suddenly became nervous. “After our organizing committee had made its decision, one of the contestants selected for this training camp was selected in advance to directly represent the national team in the International Biology Olympiad without having to go through the selection process. This person is Yun Xi.” “Huh?” After the announcement, the group of students suddenly started buzzing with many different conversations. There were only two places in total. Now the head of the organizing committee had directly selected Yun Xi to be one of them. The remaining one had to be selected from among the 49 of them, who were left so it would be a one in 49 ratios. This kind of competition was too fierce, too cutthroat, and too cruel. Yun Xi was completely caught by surprise. The news came too suddenly, and it was completely unexpected by her. “Teacher Lu, don’t you have to wait until the training is over and choose according to the results? Why did they decide now that it should be her?” “Yes! It’s obviously a default selection, so isn’t it unfair?” “Why does it get to be her? This training has just begun. Who knows how she will perform next?” “...” Various dissatisfied voices were raised in protest. His facial expression gradually becoming ferocious, Zhou Chengzhe turned and looked at Yun Xi with an incredulous look of disbelief on his face. The hand that was in his pocket suddenly tightened into a fist. He raised his head, frowned, and asked in a cold voice, “Teacher Lu, even if she participated in the training camp after getting first place, your organizing committee can’t be so partial with a default selection, right? This isn’t fair to our other students at all!”