Chapter 135: Chapter 134: The Almighty Tycoon
The plump and slim brothers sang in perfect harmony, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
It was those people’s own fault for lacking discernment and belittling Brother Mian!
Lu Mian, for his part, was as cool as a breeze, tossing a small pebble in his palm, amusing himself.
Xiao Qimo glanced at her, thinking the game must be rather boring for her, since she couldn’t even be bothered to show a hint of joy in her victory.
He could now be certain that the kid’s IQ was at least above 170.
So impressive it was dazzling.
He glanced at the props she had used and wondered how long it would take him to complete them?
The classmate opposite took a full minute to regain composure.
Even Director Qimo had declared it fair and square, what else could they say? Maybe Lu Mian just happened to excel at that game. Besides, there were still two rounds to go—the outcome was still unknown!
Su Luo had lost, and it indeed bruised her pride. Fortunately, she had competed so many times that she had developed a strong mentality and didn’t collapse from the setback.
“I lost the first round, let’s move on to the second!”
She handed two fourth-order Rubik’s cubes to Xiao Qimo for inspection, while also reminding Lu Mian with a rather proud tone.
“Lu Mian, since this is a competition, you just go ahead and use all your skill! I don’t need you to go easy on me! Giving your all is the least respect you can show your opponent!”
It didn’t matter to her, Su Luo, if she lost the game, but to be “let go” by an opponent was nothing short of humiliating.
“…” Lu Mian looked at her with a somewhat complex expression and eventually nodded her head in difficulty, “Alright.”
The fourth-order Rubik’s cubes were fine, and Xiao Qimo distributed them to both parties.
The typical Rubik’s cube is third-order, and the fourth-order is somewhat more difficult than the third-order.
Seeing Lu Mian still tossing the pebble, he knew this little rascal would have no problems. It seemed that even without him as the referee, she wouldn’t suffer any disadvantage.
He felt completely superfluous…
This time Lu Mian took the competition quite seriously, probably because Su Luo had reminded her, so she made a bit more effort.
She kept one hand in her pocket and held the Rubik’s cube in the other. The cube spun around in her hand, emitting crisp and coherent clicking sounds. Before the bystanders could even discern the colors, she had already moved on to the next step, so fast that they were worried the cube might fly away.
It was like a magnificent performance; each of her movements, every flick of her fair fingers, was incredibly pleasing to the eye.
Pang Hao and Shouhao watched in awe, feeling all the more that…
“Brother Mian is an all-around boss, isn’t he…”
“Drop the ‘isn’t he’.”
On the other side, Su Luo was manipulating the Rubik’s cube just as quickly, hesitating slightly sometimes before continuing. As time ticked away, a thin layer of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose.
Hearing the occasional murmurs of surprise and admiration deliberately suppressed behind her, she wrinkled her brow and looked bemusedly across at her opponent.
To her dismay, Lu Mian was just then handing over the completely solved cube to Director Qimo.
She was startled, and the Rubik’s cube in her hand dropped to the ground.
She had only completed one-sixth of it, and Lu Mian had already finished. Was this Lu Mian’s true strength?
Xiao Qimo stopped the timer.
The result hardly needed to be stated, and there was no controversy—Lu Mian had won against Su Luo with an absolute advantage.
She clapped her hands, showing no interest in savoring the joy of victory nor in observing the challenger’s expression, and coolly announced, “I’m out,” before striding away.
Pang Hao and Shouhao thoughtfully added a warning to someone.
“Nobody’s got a chance at stealing from my Bro Mian!”
Lu Mian had left, and Xiao Qimo stayed where he was, pushing up his glasses with a sense of helplessness, feeling quite annoyed.
Little rascal, I’m still here.
He quickly followed suit and left as well.
A group of students watched respectfully as he departed.
The remaining people felt pretty awkward and were very quiet.
Bai Fangfei, seeing Su Luo in a not-so-good mood, quickly comforted her, “Luoluo, don’t be upset. These games don’t mean anything. Next time, we’ll compete with her academically or in Go!”