The True Heiress Is The Real Bigshot

Chapter 283: 272 Monitoring, feeling completely crushed by the boss【3 updates】

Initially, the professor stated that creating this physical mechanical device was a mandatory group assignment.

Each group consisted of three people, who had to complete the task together, and the final score would be based on the results of the experimental tests.

This score would directly affect the overall score for this training session.

Training camps exist in various countries, and the professors hail from ten universities around the world.

Thus, after this training session concludes, the scores of each group will also be submitted to the organizing committee.

The committee will use these scores to preliminarily assess the contestants, which could potentially be linked to the international finals.

The physical mechanical device was not particularly difficult to create, but it was very troublesome to assemble.

Especially the core of the device.

It would take three people three days to complete it.

Xiu Yan could see clearly that in Ying Zijin’s group, it was Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue who had been working all along, while Ying Zijin did nothing.

And yet, she was still known as God Ying?

A bunch of people online were also blindly following her, fueled purely by her physical attractiveness.

However, Xiu Yan had to admit, Ying Zijin really was very good-looking.

Having entered the entertainment industry for a year, she had seen plenty of female stars who were deemed as goddesses in beauty.

Even the currently acknowledged top female superstar in the entertainment industry couldn’t eclipse Ying Zijin in terms of looks by the slightest bit.

Luckily, Ying Zijin wasn’t entering the entertainment industry.

Xiu Yan sighed softly.

What a pity.

Such a person was a good friend of Xiu Yu.

It proved they could only be on opposing sides.

No matter whether Ying Zijin really had genuine talent and learning or not, she couldn’t allow Xiu Yu to gain additional support.

“Was it you?” Teng Yunmeng couldn’t stand Xiu Yan’s insinuations. She slapped the table sharply and sneered, “You’re also on the third floor. If you wanted to enter my room, it wouldn’t be impossible.”

When she went out to purchase components in the morning, the device was still intact.

But upon her return, the core had been burned. How could it be such a coincidence?

Xiu Yan stopped smiling, her expression turning cold, “Teng Yunmeng, spreading rumors is illegal. Who knows whether you accidentally damaged something?”

“We’ve also built this device and know how easily the core can be damaged. If you didn’t handle it properly, don’t blame others.”

Feng Yue quickly held back Teng Yunmeng, shaking his head at her.

The Xiu family was powerful, and Xiu Yan was their young mistress. It was best to avoid conflict with her if possible.

Xiu Yan paused, then smiled again, “Also, Teng Yunmeng, based on your reasoning, Ying Zijin is also on the third floor. Wouldn’t it be even easier for her to enter your room than for me?”

Teng Yunmeng was left breathless with anger at her shamelessness, “You’d better hope that I don’t find any evidence.”

Xiu Yan shrugged carelessly, still smiling, “Well, then, you search.”

Ying Zijin paid no attention. She continued to examine the cuboid mechanical device, her expression slighting changing.

The other two groups also asked with concern and then sat by waiting.

A little while later, several professors arrived as well.

Following them were a few staff members, carrying a machine as tall as a person.

“Today is the time to test the devices,” Zuo Li clapped her hands, “I will give you your scores in order shortly. Is everyone okay with that?”

“We have a problem.” Before Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue could speak up, the girl next to Xiu Yan immediately raised her hand, “Professor Zuo, Teng Yunmeng’s group’s device is broken. They can’t participate in today’s test.”

Hearing this, Zuo Li was taken aback, “Broken? What happened?”

“We don’t know who tampered with it, but the core is burned,” Feng Yue sounded helpless, “Professor Zuo, could you give us a little more time?”

“Why should we?” The girl crossed her arms, “A burned core means you didn’t wire it properly. Finishing the device within the given time is expected.”

Xiu Yan just smiled, saying nothing.

Zuo Li ignored her, furrowing her brows and pondering for a moment, “Then I’ll give you half a day extra.”

She paused, then spoke listlessly, “Classmate Ying, you can start working now.”

Ying Zijin’s hands, manipulating the cuboid mechanical device, halted. She looked up, slowly raising an eyebrow, “Are you serious, Professor Zuo?”

Zuo Li had been watching her for a while to prevent her involvement.

“Very serious, very serious,” Zuo Li said, holding her forehead, “Just take it easy, that’ll do.”

She really couldn’t bear to watch her bully the other students.

But given the situation, there was no choice.

One couldn’t lower the entire group’s score, especially since it would be submitted to the organizing committee.

If the scores were missing, it would negatively impact both Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue.

Ying Zijin: “I’ll do my best.”

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“That settles it,” said Zuo Li, clapping her hands again, “Everyone go back first. We have prepared new questions. Come back at five in the afternoon for the test.”

Ying Zijin got to her feet and nodded at Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue, “You guys go work on the problems. Leave this to me. It’ll be fine by the afternoon, don’t worry.”

After saying this, she took the cuboid mechanical device and walked out.

“Yanyan, what did Professor Zuo mean by those words?” The girl was puzzled, “Why did she ask Ying Zijin to take it easy?”

Xiu Yan was unconcerned, “Perhaps she thinks Classmate Ying is very capable. Maybe it’ll be intimidating when she makes a move.”

Hearing this, the girl laughed out loud, “How could she be intimidating? Could she possibly fix the device within just half a day? If the core of the device is damaged, it needs to be remade.”

Zuo Li’s additional half-day was practically no different from giving no extra time at all.

Half a day wouldn’t be enough to even finish the wiring.

If Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue combined couldn’t do it, what could Ying Zijin do alone?

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“Forget about them,” Xiu Yan glanced briefly, “let’s go back and solve problems.”

Teng Yunmeng didn’t leave; she was replying to Ying Zijin’s message on WeChat.

Feng Yue leaned over, “What did God Ying send you?”

Teng Yunmeng scratched her head, “She asked me where I bought the components.”

Because the students were required to independently design the device, the training camp did not provide any components.

After all, the design blueprints were different, so the components needed would not be the same either.

Feng Yue nodded, then didn’t ask any further.

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The half-day went by quickly.

At four fifty in the afternoon, the students gathered again in the large classroom.

Ying Zijin hadn’t returned yet.

Zuo Li glanced at his watch, “You all go test first, Teng Yunmeng’s group will go last.”

Although Xiu Yan was not the best performer in her group, she was the team leader.

She brought forward the finished mechanical device and placed it into the machine.

However, a full minute passed, and not only did the machine not move, but it also didn’t make a single sound.

This proved that the mechanical device they had made was not up to standard.

Xiu Yan’s smile stiffened for a moment, and she pinched her fingers.

“At least it didn’t explode,” Zuo Li recorded a score in his notebook, his voice level, “Okay, next one.”

Xiu Yan took out the device, bowed her head, and quickly moved to one side, her cheeks flushing with shame.

Whether in the entertainment industry or in the Xiu Family, she was used to being praised and had never been ridiculed like this before.

If it wasn’t for increasing her popularity and gaining supporters for the Xiu Family, she wouldn’t have come to this training camp.

The mechanical devices of the next two groups made the machine move, but they failed to make it operate completely.

“Not bad at all,” Zuo Li was quite surprised, “Really good, this has the potential to be excellent.”

He had also received news from other training camps.

The students from other countries were not all able to get their machines moving.

As for complete operation, that was only achieved by one or two groups.

Ying Zijin arrived just at that time, at exactly five minutes past five.

She twirled the device in her hand, stepped forward, and placed it into the machine.

Teng Yunmeng was somewhat nervous, “Feng Yue, we’re not going to explode, are we?”

“How could we?” Feng Yue was confident, “With God Ying, what is there to fear?”

“It’s mainly because there is too little time,” Teng Yunmeng worried, “I don’t know if Zijin could have completed all the circuitry.”

Xiu Yan, with her arms crossed, watched coldly from where she was.

She was quite curious to see what Ying Zijin could come up with in an afternoon.

They had failed despite working for four days, and she didn’t believe Ying Zijin could succeed.

It wasn’t just Xiu Yan; the eyes of the other students were also fixed on the machine.

With everyone looking on, Ying Zijin pressed the switch.

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No sooner had it started than a dull thudding sound emanated from the machine.

Immediately, not even three seconds having passed, each light on the machine lit up in succession.

Other parts also began to move, triggering the full operation of the entire machine.

This was a complete drive!

Teng Yunmeng covered her mouth, letting out an ah.

Xiu Yan’s gaze drastically changed, and she finally took matters seriously.

Zuo Li’s mouth twitched, “…”

He had known it.

The device wasn’t particularly difficult, and given enough time, every group could make the machine operate completely.

The problem was the lack of time.

Just getting the machine to move was enough.

He had told her to take it easy, and yet she had not slowed down.

“There’s nothing to say, everyone saw it,” Zuo Li sighed, “Full marks.”

No one objected.

Xiu Yan’s fingers clenched tighter.

“Classmate Ying, you usually are very punctual,” Zuo Li asked offhandedly, “why were you late this time?”

Ying Zijin’s timing could be precisely to the second.

He truly didn’t know how she managed it.

She was more punctual than a clock.

Ying Zijin turned off the machine and took out the device, casually speaking, “I went to Dong Street to adjust a surveillance camera, took me a few minutes.”

“Professor Zuo, have a look.”

She lifted her hand, placing a USB drive on the table.

Dong Street, that’s where Teng Yunmeng bought the components.

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