at the same time.
After the Tsinghua University anniversary performance ended, Liang Conglin and Nie Mi took the stage to speak and were interviewed by the media.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Qiao Nian sent a message to Jiang Li and slipped out through the back door first.
Liang Conglin wanted her to accept an interview on behalf of Tsinghua University students, but Qiao Nian never liked being in the news. If she didn't leave, she would be caught, and by then she would have no choice but to be in the spotlight.
As soon as she walked out of the conference hall, she ran into someone she didn't want to meet at the corner.
"It's you?"
Steven and Elena were talking outside. Before they had said a few words, they heard a noise from the side and behind. They looked up and saw someone slipping out of the side door and preparing to escape.
He narrowed his deep blue eyes and quickly recognized that the girl in front of him wearing a baseball cap and carrying a shoulder bag was the Tsinghua University student who had slapped him hard in the face at the experimental base just now.
Steven's face didn't look good, and his eyes weren't friendly when he looked at Qiao Nian. He was very alert, as if Qiao Nian didn't just happen to come out from the side door, but was deliberately hiding there to eavesdrop on their conversation.
He said very unhappily: "Why are you here?"
Elena naturally also saw the girl coming out of the side door. She glanced at Qiao Nian's left arm, then retracted her eyes. She pinched the fingers hanging by her side, her nails digging into the flesh, and she tried to maintain her decency with the slight pain.
Qiao Nian didn't expect that she would run into someone she didn't want to see after coming out early. She was only depressed for a short while. When she heard Steven's words, she raised her eyebrows, her dark eyes swimming with cold mist, and stood up straight. She didn't show any impoliteness and replied bluntly: "This is Tsinghua University, where do I need to report to outsiders?"
"You!" Steven raised his eyebrows in anger, but before he could lower them.
Then Qiao Nian sneered and looked at him: "Steven... Professor?"
She emphasized the last syllable of the word "professor". The title of "professor" sounded more like a mockery than a respect, mocking the fact that the master of physics and engineering was just like this despite his reputation.
Steven was used to being respected, but this was the first time someone called his name in such an impolite tone, and he frowned.
Qiao Nian didn't give him a chance to speak, and said slowly, "If I remember correctly, it was you who lost at the base a few hours ago. Why? Cambridge still wants to compete?"
She glanced at Steven and the woman beside him, raised her eyes in annoyance, and her smile gradually faded: "...or do you, Professor, and your favorite student still want to discuss things with me in private?"
Steven was still upset about losing the game, so he called Elena out alone and asked her if she knew Qiao Nian's background.
Before they could say a few words, they ran into the person they were chatting with coming out of the side door and were ridiculed in person.
Even though Steven was old, he still couldn't keep his composure. He said angrily, "You only won once. How immodest!"
Qiao Nian raised his hand and pulled down his baseball cap. There was no smile in his eyes. He looked at the two people in the dark, and only their shadows were imprinted on his eyes.
I answered in a nonchalant tone: "If I can win once, I can win twice, three times, countless times. I'd better keep the professor's words for myself. Cambridge needs those two words more than Tsinghua University."
Steven knows who he is. He only needs to use his brain a little to know what two words Qiao Nian said. She was sending back words that required humility!
"you…"
"I have something else to do. I'll quit." Qiao Nian interrupted him rudely, impatiently pulled the shoulder strap of her shoulder bag and prepared to leave.
(End of this chapter)