Chapter 561: Tan Mo Is Here Again

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

When the Hua University students saw the partic.i.p.ants of Beijing University, there was no glimmer of worry in their eyes.

It was as if the Beijing University mathletes were not regarded as opponents at all.

An onlooking student, who seemed like he was purely there for the excitement, said with a relaxed expression on his face, Ooh, Beijing University is here.

Bring it on. Its not like any of you would change the results of the compet.i.tion.

Thats true. Although Beijing University always wins second place each year, theres always a big gap in the number of medals won between our university and theirs, a student said. I guess that just means the schools ranked beneath Beijing University are that much lousier.

I think Should we keep a low profile? A couple of students recalled the fear of being wiped out by Tan Mo in the previous Ancient Text Compet.i.tion. Back when we took part in the Ancient Text Compet.i.tion, many of us thought the same way, but we ended up losing catastrophically.

Thats different. The Department of Chinese has always been Beijing Universitys strong suit. Our capability in that field had been suppressed for many years, which speaks volumes of our schools standard in that specific major.

Needless to say, Tan Mo had been partic.i.p.ating in the Ancient Text Compet.i.tion every year since she had entered Beijing University.

As a result, Beijing University had come out on top year after year.

As it was Hua Universitys turn to host the compet.i.tion when Tan Mo had partic.i.p.ated in her freshman year, the next few seasons were held by other schools.

Thus, Hua University never got the opportunity to set new rules.

However, other schools had learned from Hua Universitys disastrous defeat, so they took the liberty and came up with specific rules just to stump Tan Mo.

Despite that, all of it proved futile against her.

Time and time again, Tan Mo still won the compet.i.tion for Beijing University with crus.h.i.+ng momentum.

The hosting university for the following season again learned from their predecessors and continued to set new rules in a targeted manner.

As a result, they were all so busy targeting Tan Mo that they had forgotten that apart from her, the other contestants from Hua University had also been busy preparing themselves against her.

When all their attention was focused on Tan Mo, she became the only one who was tackled.

The other contestants of Beijing University took advantage of their distracted opponents and completely crushed their compet.i.tion.

Thus, Beijing University had always come out on top since Tan Mos freshman year all through to her senior year.

The other schools never stood a chance against them.

Once the student finished speaking, he saw that all the students from Beijing University had gotten off the bus.

The Beijing University contestants stood scattered in front of the bus. Tan Mo, who was trailing behind, came into view.

The Hua University students were stupefied.

Holy cow!

Why is Tan Mo here again?

One student turned around and suddenly sprinted away.

As he ran, he shouted, Tan Mo is here again! Tan Mo is here to take part in the math compet.i.tion!

The Hua University students stared in disbelief.

The Beijing University contestants watched as the faces of the crowd from Hua University suddenly turned pale.

The Beijing University students were equally as startled.

Had Tan Mos impact on Hua University students come to such an extreme extent?

Among their fellow schoolmates, Chi Xuanzi and Du Zeyang were the ones closest to Tan Mo.

With a look of utter shock across her face, Chi Xuanzi asked Tan Mo in a hushed tone, Tan Mo, is everyone in Hua University that afraid of you?

Tan Mo replied, I dont know. Am I that scary?

Everyone from Hua University was baffled.

Ha-ha!

Whats with the innocent act?

Professor Yao chuckled while secretly feeling proud inside.

Lookie here, just Tan Mos presence alone was enough to have such a dramatic effect on them.

Who cares what results Tan Mo gets from this compet.i.tion? Professor Yao thought.

Her stepping foot in Hua University was enough to cause such an impact. Having her come along was the right decision.

Those from Hua University whispered, What is Tan Mo doing here?

She cant be here just to cheer for her fellow schoolmates from Beijing University, right?

Well, she cant possibly be here for the mathematics compet.i.tion either.

Suddenly, everyone was silent.

A small voice asked, What if she is?

Everyone was silent again.

Theres no way, right?

It wasnt until Tan Mo took out her admission slip to enter the examination hall that all the Hua University students, who had gathered to watch the excitement after hearing of her arrival, were finally affirmed that Tan Mo was, in fact, there for the math compet.i.tion.

Chi Xuanzi happened to be in the same examination hall as Tan Mo.

However, they were not seated by each other. Tan Mo sat in the first row.

After entering the examination hall, there were only 15 minutes left before the exam began.

Thus, Chi Xuanzi did not go over to talk to Tan Mo.

Instead, she sat in her seat and tried her best to calm her nerves.

Tan Mo had never partic.i.p.ated in a compet.i.tion of this nature before, so she wasnt the least bit nervous. Rather, she was even curiously looking left and right.

Seeing all the nervous contestants around her, they each had different expressions and behavior.

Tan Mo did not mean to gloat, she just suddenly realized that everyone responded differently to pre-exam jitters. After all, the way everyone expressed themselves differed from person to person, which was quite intriguing to her.

Just then, she heard a guys voice. Are you Tan Mo?

Tan Mo was too occupied with watching other peoples reactions. When she suddenly heard the voice, she turned her head in surprise. As she looked up, she saw a boy standing by her desk.

Yes, thats me. Tan Mo looked puzzled. And you are?

She saw the guys arrogant face. He sneered, You dont know who I am, yet youre sitting for the exam on behalf of Beijing University.

The guy hesitated for a moment and asked, You are here on behalf of Beijing University, arent you?

Tan Mo tilted her head and said, I cant represent the entire school all by myself.

The guy chuckled mockingly. Youre so good at picking your words. Its such a pity you arent majoring in the Department of Chinese Literature.

Tan Mo raised her eyebrows sarcastically. Immediately, her voice turned cold, Well, arent you a particular fellow for suddenly coming up to me and speaking so rudely? You asked for my name, yet you dont mention your own. How impolite.

Which school are you from? Tan Mo asked.

Hearing Tan Mos questioning tone, he found it difficult to say that he was from Hua University now.

He suddenly felt as if he had somehow embarra.s.sed Hua University.

As the guy was contemplating on how to answer her question less embarra.s.singly, someone else suddenly spoke before he could.

Since youre not from the Department of Mathematics, youre probably not aware, another boy said. This is Ji Jiayi. He is ranked fifth in the Department of Mathematics at Hua University.

Although he had merely introduced him, the boys tone had a touch of insult.

I forgot to introduce myself. Im Xue Xingzhe from the Department of Mathematics of Shuang University. The expression on Xue Xingzhes face seemed a lot more friendly as he spoke to Tan Mo.

Tan Mo looked like she had met an old acquaintance. Shuang University, you say? So nice to meet you, buddy!

Everyone from Hua University was speechless.

Xue Xingzhe laughed aloud.

Tan Mo had always seemed to have a vendetta against those from Hua University, but she was very polite when it came to students from other universities.

However, that was all because of the way the Hua University students carried themselves.

They were always looking down on Beijing University.

As long as there were compet.i.tions, they would act all high and mighty, pointing their noses up against the Beijing University contestants.

He was asking for it by showing that degrading att.i.tude right in front of Tan Mo.

After Tan Mo finished her sentence, she turned around again and swept her eyes over Ji Jiayi, sizing him up. Ah, youre only ranked fifth?

Ji Jiayi hesitated and asked, Whats wrong with being ranked fifth? Whats your ranking?

Tan Mo shook her head and said, Im not from the Department of Mathematics. Without the results of that department, how am I supposed to have a ranking?

If you are aware that youre not from the Department of Mathematics too, then what are you here for? Ji Jiayi was annoyed by Tan Mo taking part in everything.