Chapter 466: 3/20 Will Make it to the Next Round

For Qi Yuefeng to come to the capital to visit her, of course, she felt very happy about it.

“But I’m scared it’ll be troublesome. Don’t you two have school? Also, I heard from your older brother that you might not necessarily get to come out every weekend.”

“Even if I don’t come out, there’s Brother. You can take care of him. Moreover, I’m able to leave school on weekends. Mom, don’t worry. If you’ve made up your mind, give Brother a call. There’s nothing for you to do alone at home, anyway. So, why not come to the capital to look for us?”

Gu Qingjiu encouraged Qi Yuefeng. Upon hearing this, Qi Yuefeng hesitated a little.

She did wish to come.

After hesitating for three seconds, Qi Yuefeng replied, “Then alright, I’ll see if I can book tomorrow’s flight tickets. If I don’t make it tomorrow I’ll arrive the day after.”

“Alright, I’ll call Brother. I have a compet.i.tion in school this weekend and won’t be able to come out. You can look for Brother first.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up the call, Gu Qingjiu felt rather excited at the thought of her mother coming to the capital soon.

This compet.i.tion was just a start.

She wanted to obtain victory and show her mother that one day her daughter would be able to make her proud.

…

On Thursday, the schoolwide compet.i.tion commenced.

First, they had their school a.s.sembly as usual, where the various superiors went up to stage to talk.

After the a.s.sembly, the compet.i.tion formally began.

Gu Qingjiu’s shooting compet.i.tion was in the afternoon, and she was a.s.signed to the first round of compet.i.tion with the ten systems engineering department students, alongside nine other people from her specialization.

The Chief Management Department had sent the name lists to the students’ phones, and it was also posted on the large screen in the school. Also, the instructors would notify them.

There wasn’t a chance that one would forget about it.

Moreover, there weren’t any opportunities for do-overs in the preliminary round, for once a person got eliminated, they would be out for good.

Unlike the selections, where a person of strong capabilities might have a chance to redeem oneself if they accidentally lost.

That was why when the systems engineering folks found out they were up against Gu Qingjiu’s team, they nearly cried.

The twenty students began their compet.i.tion, and the three with the highest points would emerge victoriously.

It was a chance in 3 out of 20. One could see that just the preliminary round was brutal enough.

After all, there were too many people.

The physical training compet.i.tion took place in the morning, and Gu Qingjiu also went to take a look over there.

Frog jumps and long-distance running were the most basic events. The gist of it is the one who could persist and finish in the shortest time possible, would win the compet.i.tion.

Out of the four people in Gu Qingjiu’s dormitory, none of them took part in the physical training compet.i.tion.

Because the physical training compet.i.tion was largely a male-dominated game.

The combat compet.i.tion would start after the shooting compet.i.tion in the afternoon and would last all the way until seven in the evening.

This was to allow those students who partic.i.p.ated in more than one segment to have sufficient time to rest.

If in the morning some students took part in the physical training compet.i.tion and had to go for the combat and shooting segments in the afternoon, it was actually a little disadvantageous to them.

But since the school made this arrangement, there was nothing they could do about it.

The shooting compet.i.tion in the afternoon was about to formally begin. The students in Gu Qingjiu’s specialization helped her change into a compet.i.tion outfit, and she came to the compet.i.tion venue to prepare.

All of the compet.i.tion venues were held outdoors because indoor venues wouldn’t be big enough to contain so many people.

All of the compet.i.tions took place in the sports field—the largest venue on campus. The specialization buildings nearby were all filled with people.

Everywhere one went, they would see a sea of people, just like how it was in the peak Spring Festival travel season.

Moreover, it was the same patch of military green everywhere, and it made one feel giddy if one were to stare at this for long.

The systems engineering students up against Gu Qingjiu’s team had come over. They were looking at Gu Qingjiu and pointing at her, a look of unease on each of their faces.

Because they didn’t know if they would become 2/3 of the lucky ones; after all, 1/3 of the spots had already been occupied by Gu Qingjiu.