Lin Zimao did not go back to try to persuade Qi Jinghe. If the other party did not want to talk, he must have his reasons, and he could not force him.
He and Jiang Xuan played in the ski resort for another day. His skiing skills improved by leaps and bounds. After just one day, he had reached the level of an expert. He tried various postures alternately, and Jiang Xuan was amazed.
The two had a lot of fun and only got in the car to go home after they were exhausted.
Along the way, Lin Zimao commented on his cool poses, saying that this angle was not cool enough, but that height was okay.
Jiang Xuan's lips were always curled up, listening to Lin Zimao talking made him happy both physically and mentally.
After arriving home, Jiaoyan meowed at Jiang Xuan. Jiang Xuan brought him a small can of food. After he ate it, he stopped meowing and wagged his tail at Jiang Xuan. Lin Zimao suspected that he learned this from some dog outside. It was so dog-like.
The winter vacation lasts only one month, and a week has already passed.
Lin Bei never looked for him again after Lin Zimao nearly made him faint last time. However, Mother Jiang sent people to bring them food every now and then.
The New Year is approaching and the weather is getting colder. Lin Zimao stays at home with pepper and salt every day and doesn't want to go anywhere.
Jiang Xuan was different. He received school reports every day, but he would set aside time to have breakfast and dinner with Lin Zimao. Sometimes Lin Zimao would run to school to have lunch with him.
Qi Jing and the researchers over there urged him to invite Lin Zimao over as a consultant. Lin Zimao was too lazy to go and just video chatted with them at home. If Lin You really wanted to hand over everything in his hands to him, that meant that his arrangements on Feige Star would be revealed to him one by one. Lin Zimao didn't want to know too much now, and it was good for him to continue to be a carefree child.
Out of boredom, Lin Zimao had no choice but to start drawing the mecha design draft.
When I was halfway through the painting, I suddenly remembered Jiang Xuan's mecha design competition and almost forgot to ask him how the ending was going.
Jiang Xuan told him that they had entered the finals and would be there to give a presentation in two days. He sent Lin Zimao an electronic ticket.
Of course Lin Zimao had to go and show his support.
Jiang Xuan participated in the alliance-wide mecha design competition. The contestants were all top mecha designers from various planets. His entry into the finals showed that his level had already been ranked among the top in the alliance.
On the day of the finals, Lin Zimao went with Jiang Xuan in his car.
It was about half an hour's drive from where they lived.
It didn't snow today, but it was colder than snowing and very windy.
Jiang Xuan wrapped Lin Zimao in a white compressed down jacket and a scarf of the same style as Jiang Xuan's around his neck. Half of his face was buried in the scarf, revealing only a pair of beautiful, pure big eyes.
“Brother, wrapping me up like this really affects my domineering personality as a star pirate.” Lin Zimao said softly, not like a star pirate at all.
He had just gotten up from the bed and Jiang Xuan forced him to eat a few fried dumplings. He slept for half an hour in the car. After getting off the car, he was awake in the wind, but his voice had not yet changed. He felt weak all over after just waking up.
Jiang Xuan held his waist, very worried that he would bump into the wall while walking: "There will be a lot of people later, don't let anyone bump into you."
The little star thief said a lot of dirty talk: "With my brother holding me, I will definitely not get bumped. Do you think I look like I'm pregnant with your child now?" He held his waist and deliberately pushed his belly out.
Brother Jiang Xuan quietly patted him on the butt: "Want to have my child?"
Little Star Pirate: "People say that men have responsibilities when they have children. Is that also the case with my brother?"
Jiang Xuan: "I'll make you pregnant tonight."
Little Star Pirate: "If you win the championship, I'll give you two babies. How about that?"
Jiang Xuan stared at him with deep eyes: "It's a deal, it looks like Jiaoyan will have two younger brothers."
Little Star Daoist was about to continue talking when he heard someone calling Jiang Xuan.
They both looked towards the source of the voice at the same time, and it turned out to be Ji Chen.
"I thought I recognized the wrong person. Why is Zimao dressed so casually?" Ji Chen felt that this was not Lin Zimao's style of dressing.
Lin Zimao pointed at Jiang Xuan with his chin: "He gave it to me to wear."
Now Ji Chen regretted calling them. Just these random words were full of dog food.
The three of them entered the venue. As a contestant, Jiang Xuan had his own seat and did not sit with them.
When Jiang Xuan was about to leave, Lin Zimao quietly pinched his fingertips. Jiang Xuan looked back at him, shook his hand back, and then went to find his seat.
Ji Chen was relatively familiar with the venue. He took Lin Zimao to find a seat and pretended not to see his buddy flirting with Lin Zimao.
It's simply blinding the dog.
Although the weather is not too warm today, there are still many people coming to the venue to watch.
In addition to some respected seniors who were waiting in line, many senior executives of mecha manufacturing companies also came to the scene, waiting to see who would win the award, take pictures of the design draft, or sign contracts with the designer on the spot, etc.
A live schedule was displayed on everyone's seat, with the names and relevant information of the twenty finalists.
Lin Zimao went through the names of the contestants and brief descriptions of their entries one by one.
In addition to Jiang Xuan, he saw a familiar person: "Huh? Cheng Chen also made it to the finals?"
"Yes, his work is said to be pretty good." He also thought of the bet between Lin Zimao and Cheng Chen at this time, "You made a bet with him, how is the design of your work going? Do you need our help?"
"That's not necessary." Lin Zimao took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, and then reluctantly took out another piece and handed it to Ji Chen, "Do you want to eat it?"
Ji Chen took it: "I'm not picky."
"If you don't want to eat it, I can have a piece. Jiang Xuan made it for me." His face was full of boasting.
"So I ate the chocolate made by Jiang Xuan himself?" Ji Chen didn't know whether to cry or laugh. "I've never eaten it since I knew him! Oh, when I was a child, he did feed me uncooked carrots, but he cooked them for me with his toys."
Lin Zimao could imagine Jiang Xuan feeding Ji Chen unripe carrots with a stern face, and he couldn't help laughing.
After he finished laughing, he asked Ji Chen: "By the way, senior, can I ask you something?"
"You ask." Ji Chen found that the chocolate was not very sweet and tasted better than those sold outside, which of course contained his love for Lin Zimao.
"Why can't Jiang Xuan ride on a mecha?" The last time he took Jiang Xuan to the sky for a thrilling experience, nothing happened to him.
"This symptom seems to be congenital. He has space phobia. Whenever he goes into space, his whole body will convulse and he will turn pale with fear. I remember my aunt told me that when they first took Jiang Xuan to travel to other planets, they didn't know that Jiang Xuan had space phobia. When Jiang Xuan went into shock, they almost scared them. Later, they had to give him sedatives all the way back." Ji Chen sighed, "If he didn't have this symptom, he probably wouldn't have developed his talent for mecha design."
"A genius can shine anywhere," Lin Zimao said. "So is there any way to solve the problem of space phobia?"
Ji Chen: "If it's just a physical reason, then an operation will be enough, but if there are psychological reasons, it will be more difficult."
Lin Zimao: "You mean Jiang Xuan has some mental problems? Has anything happened to him?"
Ji Chen sighed and said, "Originally, he should have told you this, but it doesn't seem to matter if I mention it. He might be too embarrassed to say it. It's like this. The children of the Jiang family are very talented in driving mechas. You should know Jiang Man. They also have a cousin who is very good. When they were young, the Jiang family had already prepared small mechas suitable for children to practice. Who knew that after Jiang Xuan's mecha was started, he felt something wrong. However, the mecha was controlled by the backstage staff. No matter how he cried and shouted, the elders did not let him out. He almost suffocated because of fear before the test was over. Fortunately, his aunt discovered that something was wrong with him. This incident should have happened before the space travel. No one expected that this incident would have such a big impact on him."
Lin Zimao: "That's a serious problem."
Ji Chen: "Anyway, after these two incidents, his family no longer forced him to learn how to operate mechas. He actually liked mechas, so he later switched to researching mecha design. He loves what he does."
Lin Zimao said that Jiang Xuan actually wanted to be a chef, but Jiang's family must have felt that being a chef was not respectable enough for him, so they did not let him do it and could only cultivate it as a hobby.
After Ji Chen cleared up Lin Zimao's confusion, he also understood why Jiang Xuan vaguely sensed some resistance when he mentioned going to space. Perhaps he was afraid of spoiling his fun, so he never mentioned his space phobia.
When Lin Zimao wanted to ask something, a man who looked somewhat similar to Cheng Chen sat next to Ji Chen.
Ji Chen asked him, "Why are you here?"
The person who came was Cheng Chen's brother Cheng Xi. He said, "My brother said that today is his highlight moment, and asked me to come and have a look. If I can't get first place, second place is fine. He wants to stand shoulder to shoulder with Jiang Xuan."
Ji Chen actually doesn't care much about Cheng Chen now. He won't pull Cheng Chen and Jiang Xuan together again, but he doesn't understand how Cheng Xi can do it so naturally.
He didn't say much, just said: "I hope so."
Lin Zimao covered his face with a scarf. Cheng Xi didn't know that Ji Chen was talking to him. When Cheng Xi started chatting with Ji Chen, he had no scruples and thought that Lin Zimao was just an ordinary passerby.
Cheng Xi: "By the way, I heard from Chenchen that a fellow student wanted to challenge him to a mecha design challenge. Do you know who that person is?"
Ji Chen: "So what if you know?"
Cheng Xi: "Chenchen is weak. In order to compete with the opponent, he has not eaten or drunk these days to design a new mecha. I feel sorry for him. Let's see if we can find that classmate to talk to him."
Ji Chen glanced at Cheng Xi: "Do you want the other party to admit defeat directly? Cancel their competition?"
Cheng Xi: "It's about the same. I can give him some money."
Ji Chen seemed to be getting to know his friend for the first time, and if he didn't know Lin Zimao, he would seem to agree with Cheng Xi's proposal, because he first mentioned that Cheng Chen was unwell, and then used money to get rid of his opponent.
It seems reasonable and logical, but they all want to take advantage of his and Jiang Xuan's connections, which is terrifying when you think about it carefully.
Cheng Xi was also from the same school, so it was impossible for him not to know Lin Zimao. But why did he have to tell him? According to his personality, as long as his friends needed help, he would help as long as it was not too excessive, and then he would become the bad guy, while Cheng Xi and Cheng Chen seemed to have no involvement in the matter at all.
This is really taking advantage of others. Ji Chen felt very uncomfortable, and his eyes turned a little cold when he looked at Cheng Xi.
Ji Chen said coldly: "I think it may not be cancelled."
After listening to this, Lin Zimao thought the Cheng family was very interesting. He sat sideways and sent a message to Jiang Xuan to cheer him up!
Finally, I quietly ordered a bouquet of flowers.
At this point, the venue was still following the process step by step.
The official staff first gave an opening speech, and then each contestant started his speech.
The more it went on, the more exciting it became. Jiang Xuan's speech was scheduled to be the last, with Cheng Chen behind him.
Cheng Chen took the practical design route, which won him a lot of applause from the audience, and the judges on the scene also nodded their heads.
But of course, after Jiang Xuan came on stage, the audience's applause had nothing to do with him anymore.
A super cool holographic display appeared on the big screen.
A leopard cat lying on the ground let out a low roar at the audience below the stage. It broke through the glass wall that was restraining it and pounced towards the audience. When the audience almost thought they would be pounced on by the lifelike leopard cat, a silver light flashed, and all that was left in front of the audience was an extremely exquisite silver-white mecha, standing in the audience seats, dazzling!