The True Heiress Is The Real Bigshot

Chapter 279: 268 God Ying: Sorry, I’ve enlarged it. [2 more chapters]

She went to the Hua Country Calligraphers Association just once, and she could run into them?

An employee standing by saw her stop and asked in confusion, “Miss Xiu, what’s the matter?”

Xiu Yan twisted her brow slightly and lifted her chin without a flicker of emotion, “Do you know that old man? Who is he?”

The employee followed her gaze, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head, “I’m sorry, Miss Xiu, I don’t recognize him.”

He truly didn’t recognize Sheng Qingtang.

Sheng Qingtang had left the Hua Country Art Association four years ago, and the people in the association had changed over and over again.

Not to mention the employees, even some of the new members might not know Sheng Qingtang.

Moreover, Sheng Qingtang had previously lived a leisurely life, not fond of making public appearances.

After retiring, this Old Playful Child went off to buy a villa with a garden in Shanghai City to plant vegetables and melons, only returning to Imperial Capital because he wanted to visit Mu Weifeng.

His contemporaries, the great calligraphy masters, had also retired.

In the Hua Country Calligraphers Association, only the current president knew Sheng Qingtang.

The current president of the Hua Country Calligraphers Association was Sheng Qingtang’s nominal disciple, not an official one.

As for the other two vice-presidents, they were new people promoted by the current president after Sheng Qingtang left the association.

They had heard of Sheng Qingtang’s great reputation but had never seen him.

After thinking for a moment, the employee added, “Earlier I saw them heading towards the exhibition room, they should be tourists coming to view the calligraphy exhibition.”

Xiu Yan pondered for a moment, nodded, and withdrew her gaze, “I’ll be leaving first.”

She knew Ying Zijin was from Shanghai City, and just last week Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue even took Ying Zijin on a tour of the Forbidden City.

The calligraphy exhibition of the Hua Country Calligraphers Association is also a major tourist attraction in the Imperial Capital, so it was normal for Ying Zijin to come here.

Xiu Yan had originally hoped that the Feng Family would put Ying Zijin in place.

Unfortunately, the Feng Family was too useless and even drew the attention of the Yi Character Team.

After getting into her private car, Xiu Yan thought for a moment and still made a call, “Teacher, I apologize for disturbing you at this time, but I want to ask if our association has recently recruited new people?”

Upon hearing this, the vice president said, “Yes, we recruited three people this year. All of them have won prizes at national and international calligraphy exhibitions. Why do you ask?”

“I ran into a girl my age. She writes very well,” Xiu Yan smiled. “I guess she might also be a disciple of some calligraphy master in the association, so I wanted to ask the teacher if there is someone named Ying Zijin?”

“Ying Zijin?” The vice president took out his computer, searched in the student information, and said, “We don’t have a student by that name.”

Xiu Yan was relieved, “I see, thank you, Teacher.”

The Hua Country Calligraphers Association represented the pinnacle of Hua Country’s calligraphy. If one wasn’t even a member, no matter how good their writing was, it didn’t mean much.

Xiu Yan hung up the phone and headed back to the Xiu Family home.

**

On this end,

Sheng Qingtang once again treated Ying Zijin to a meal.

In the afternoon, she received a call from Zuo Li to come back to the training camp for a bit.

Within the professor’s office group,

Zuo Li sat in front of the computer, with a PDF document on the screen.

It contained both images and text.

Seeing her come in, Zuo Li waved her over, “Classmate Ying, I have a competitor’s information for you to see.”

Ying Zijin nodded her head in acknowledgement.

“Originally, I said that it wouldn’t be a problem for you to take first place in the international finals, but today, we received the competitor’s list sent by Yilan Public School to the organizing committee,” Zuo Li said. “However, now you need to pay attention to someone.”

“This Irina.” He pointed at the information on the computer, “She is a prodigy, but at thirteen, she fell into a high fever which affected her nerves, rendering her feebleminded.”

“But her parents did not give up on her, they kept looking for a way to cure her until they found a very famous hypnotist abroad and had Irina undergo hypnotism.”

“Miraculously, Irina returned to normal, and she even learned many things she didn’t know before, even easily spouting sentences in Middle English.”

“She says she recalled her past life, and that she was a scientist in that life, but take that as a joke. What’s important is that she is really strong.”

Ying Zijin was silent for a moment, “It’s not without possibility.”

Hypnotism, in many novels and films, is made out to be something extraordinary.

However, hypnotism is in fact a form of psychological suggestion.

Even low-level hypnotism is ubiquitous in the lives of ordinary people.

For example, television advertisements are a form of psychological suggestion and can be categorized as a type of hypnotism.

Indeed, numerous case records show that some people, during hypnotism, can recall their past lives and remember many events from their previous or even earlier lives.

However, whether what is recalled is truly past lives remains inconclusive.

Scientists believe it’s very possible that during hypnotism, a person’s potential is fully awakened, consequently elevating brain development to new levels.

As is well known, even those unparalleled geniuses in history, as intelligent as Simon Brand, only managed to develop about 25% of their brain capacity.

25%, and they were already so brilliant.

No one can imagine what a terrifying existence it would be if someone’s brain were developed to 100%.

“She will be a formidable opponent for you in the international finals,” Zuo Li patted her shoulder with earnest, “Classmate Ying, you must bring glory to Hua Country!”

After a pause, he casually asked her another question, “By the way, what are you up to later? Why not join me for a trip to the Imperial Capital University physics laboratory?”

“No thanks,” Ying Zijin glanced at his hair, “Shopping.”

“…”

**

Since arriving in the imperial capital, besides her time at the training camp, Ying Zijin truly spent her time shopping.

Fu Yunshen came to the training camp to pick her up.

It was already evening when their outing ended, and Ying Zijin leaned against a lamppost, looking up at the sky and feeling as if she had forgotten something.

Fu Yunshen turned his head, “Can’t walk anymore?”@@novelbin@@

“Not that,” Ying Zijin shook her head, “I’m wondering if I forgot something.”

“What?” Fu Yunshen raised an eyebrow, “Babysitting the dumb kid or doing problems?”

His casual remark actually reminded Ying Zijin.

“Doing problems,” she took out her phone and tapped it, the other hand tapping her head, “I’ve been too busy to remember lately.”

She had forgotten that there was prize money to be won in the selection competition, and every bit counted.

Hearing this, Fu Yunshen glanced at his watch, “Kid, it’s already half-past ten at night, you should be asleep by eleven.”

Ying Zijin yawned, “It’s fine, staying up once in a while won’t make my hair fall out.”

With that, she began to work on problems.

**

Meanwhile, across the ocean.

Continent O.

Yilan Public School.

Like Zuo Li, two teachers were also closely watching the ISC overall rankings.

This was no longer just an academic competition, it was a bet on national pride.

The rankings refreshed every ten minutes.

Every refresh, the top spot on the overall leaderboard remained stable and unchanged.

The current scores were as follows:

NO.1: Amanda, M Country, 346 points

NO.2: Lance, F Country, 298 points

…

No.9: Karl, Y Country, 268 points

NO.10: Xiang Shun, Hua Country, 248 points

NO.11: Dexter, D Country, 244 points

The gap between the eleventh and tenth place was very close, just two bonus questions apart.

If Hua Country couldn’t even secure the tenth place, it would be quite embarrassing.

“The quality of this batch of students from Hua Country is indeed lacking,” one teacher shook his head, “It’s been two days, and Hua Country’s top scorer is still in tenth place; they are clearly short of people.”

“Even though it’s the tenth place, did you see how far he is from the ninth?” another teacher said, “Twenty points, that’s ten bonus questions. Don’t just look at the two days, the gap will grow bigger.”

“Hua Country is not that impressive after all.”

During the online answering phase, the competitors’ fighting spirit was high.

But as the competition entered the later stages, signs of fatigue would start to show.

Therefore, two days were already sufficient to predict the outcome of the entire selection competition.

At eleven-fifty, the two teachers took one last look at the leaderboard.

Amanda was still in first place, with her score up by 6 points to 352.

It was indeed a formidable score.

“M Country is also impressive,” the first teacher inhaled sharply, “This Amanda is so strong, and yet she didn’t get to go directly to the international competition.”

“Regardless of whether she got a direct pass or not, she won’t be the first one in the international finals,” the other teacher replied confidently, “Irina is much more formidable than her.”

Whether it was recalling a previous life or her brain’s increased capacity, Irina’s level of knowledge was indeed comparable to that of a scientist.

Going to the international finals was like playing children for a giant, wasn’t it?

After confirming the rankings, the two teachers discussed Irina’s situation a bit more.

At that moment, the chime of midnight rang, heralding the arrival of September 17th.

At the same time, the global overall rankings were refreshed.

The two teachers instinctively looked at the screen.

No.1: Username Hidden, Hua Country, 456 points