When Chen Zifan finished speaking, he took Yang Ming and left the girls’ dormitory, leaving people to talk behind their backs.
Shen Zhilan looked at Shen Yugui mockingly and approached her before whispering, “Let me tell you, I don’t want Chen Zifan anymore. Even if you pay him, he won’t want you either. You’re just dead weight!”
Shen Yugui’s lips curled at the words.
Her large eyes slanted at the self-righteous woman and she suddenly said, “Do you know what my greatest joy is?”
Shen Zhilan raised her eyebrows.
Shen Yugui smiled. “Your displeasure.”
Shen Zhilan’s expression twisted. “Do you really think that Chen Zifa can make a better optimization? If he could think of one, then he would have done it already! You want to surpass me? Dream on!”
Shen Yugui ignored her and walked past her to leave the dormitory, and saw Yang Ming and Chen Zifan ahead.
She jogged after them and shouted, “Chen Zifan!”
Chen Zifan paused and turned back.
Shen Yugui opened her mouth. “I’m not joining you out of sympathy.”
Chen Zifan smiled coldly with a look full of disbelief.
Yang Ming added, “Shen Congxin, that’s enough. I know that you’re kind, but the three of us is enough. What can you do if you come anyway? Pour tea for us?”
Shen Yugui. “…”
She coughed and approached them, then pointed at herself. “Chen Zifan, look at me!”
Chen Zifan looked over in annoyance.
Before, he never paid attention to her and only knew that the birthmark on her eye was particularly ugly. However, at this moment, he realized that the girl’s facial features were actually not bad. Her eyes looked particularly good, and the upward slant at the tail of her eyes carried a slight feeling of languidness.
Chen Zifan was slightly stunned. The girl’s red lips moved. “Look at my cowardly, self-abased, and substandard appearance. What basis do I have in being sympathetic to you? You’re really mistaken. I’m only here for the extra credit!
Chen Zifan. “…”
Cowardly, self-abased, and substandard?
For some reason, he felt like those words were sarcastic.
The girl’s eyes were too bright, and he quickly averted his gaze. His brow puckered tightly as he said, “Alright, alright. You win!”
Shen Yugui nodded and patted his shoulder. “Don’t worry, I…”‘Will help you.’
Before she could finish, he took a step back as if electrified, and said very perfunctorily, “You’re horrible in class, so just act like you’re working when you come! I’ll try my best to come up with a good optimization method.”
Then, he hurried away with Yang Ming, presumably to the laboratory.
Shen Yugui. “…”
How bad was her elder sister in class for her to be rejected like this?
Would it arouse suspicion if she finished the optimization?
Shen Yugui thought while walking back. As soon as she entered the dormitory, she saw Zhang Qianqian looking at her nervously. “Congxin, did Chen Zifan agree to let you take part in the competition?”
Shen Yugui nodded.
Zhang Qianqian gave a small ‘yay’ before growing worried. “They’ve been trying to optimize for more than a month, but it hasn’t been going well.”
Then, she took out the textbook. “I’ll help you find out which algorithm that optimization uses. Don’t worry, I’ll help you!”
Shen Yugui. “…”
Seeing her good friend hunched over the desk, the ‘I don’t need help’ she wanted to say remained stuck in her throat.