Chapter 200: An Ugly Death!
Editor: Millman97
Neither question was easy.
At that moment, the gazes that focused on Xinghe were laced with pity.
She was doomed to fail that day.
Hopefully, the challenges posed by the two professors weren鈥檛 so harsh that they completely ruined her confidence. Unlike Ruobing, they didn鈥檛 want to break her spirit.
Xinghe surprised them all by saying, "Next question please."
"Looks like she鈥檚 throwing the handle after the blade," someone in the crowd observed knowingly.
The thought was echoed in everyone鈥檚 mind. Since she couldn鈥檛 answer any of the questions might as well have all of them written on the board.
Maybe the last professor would take pity on her and come up with a simple question...
To nobody鈥檚 surprise, Professor Wong that showed the most impatience gave her a simple math problem to solve.
"Surely you must know this," Professor Wong said as he set the chalk down.
Ruobing took the opportunity to add, "Professor Wong, you鈥檙e being too kind."
In other words, she was chiding him for being too charitable towards Xinghe!
Xinghe smiled slightly and said, "I appreciate Professor Wong鈥檚 consideration, this question is indeed very simple."
Looks like she only knows how to answer this!
The crowd鈥檚 disdain bore down on Xinghe. All of them knew the solution to this problem.
"But, for the sake of fairness, Professor Wong, please come up with a real question," Xinghe suddenly added, surprising everyone.
Did they mishear her? Why is she doing this?
Or could it be that she really was much more capable than they predicted?
Ruobing tutted disapprovingly, "Xia Xinghe, it is important to know one鈥檚 limits. Professor Wong is looking out for you so that you don鈥檛 get too humiliated, so you can drop the act. Getting one question correct is better than getting none, right?"
"You got the professors here because you want to give me the fairest challenge, didn鈥檛 you? Since that鈥檚 the case, there鈥檚 no reason to do this with a half-effort!" Xinghe retorted plainly.
Ruobing smirked with anger. "You are one stubborn fool! Professor Wong, your consideration is not appreciated so you might want to rewrite your question."
Professor Wong鈥檚 patience was already wearing thin.
Since Xinghe didn鈥檛 deign to appreciate his kindness then... so be it.
He turned back to the blackboard to jot down an incredibly difficult question.
Everyone could see the annoyance radiating off Professor Wong.
The question he posed was even more difficult than the two before it!
It stumped everyone present. Probably even the two other professors would need some time before they could come up with the solution.
Xinghe was seeking death, and her death wouldn鈥檛 be pretty!
"There you go, all three questions like you wanted. Come up and solve them. As the good book says, pride precedes destruction. Young lady, a little humility goes a long way. Do you seriously think mathematics is such an easy subject?" Professor Wong lectured Xinghe.
Ruobing derided her openly, "Xia Xinghe, as per your request, you have all three questions on the blackboard. Go ahead and impress us. But if you can鈥檛, I advise you to just pack up and leave, you鈥檝e already wasted a lot of our precious time!"
"I bet she doesn鈥檛 even know where to start," the taller engineer that had been following Ruobing mocked.
He and the other smaller engineer were like Ruobing鈥檚 left and right hands, echoing her every word.
The smaller engineered concurred with a sneer, "She should have packed up and left when given the chance, and save herself the humiliation. But a conceited prick like her deserves to be taught a lesson!"