Chapter 774: Chapter 773: The Future Favorite of the Xiao Family

The competition this time would be conducted by the mentors drawing pairings randomly for one-on-one battles, a total of six groups, each competing separately. The rule was that every victory earned one point, while a defeat incurred no penalty.

The six winning contestants would then compete against each other.

The six losers would also compete amongst themselves.

After the entire set of competitions finished, the contestants’ total points would determine the eliminations.

Lu Mian and Pei Wenda joined the challenge later, taking the place of previous contestants, and also inherited the previous contestants’ points.

The current ranking had Lu Mian in fifth place, and Pei Wenda in sixth.

“The first match, now begins!”

With a command from the host Yin Feng, the twelve contestants on stage entered the intensely fought competition.

—

Xiao Jianli, glued to the television, was completely absorbed in the program.

Sitting rigidly on the sofa, when the match got tense, he grabbed Mo Si’s hand beside him, deeply worried for Lu Mian.

No amount of reassurance from Mo Si could ease him.

While watching the show, Xiao Jianli noticed a voting method displayed at the bottom of the screen.

As an older man, he had no knowledge of these things and asked Mo Si, “Mo Si, tell me, how can I support Mianmian, how do I vote for her?”

“Elder, you are too nervous. Such competition is no challenge for Miss Lu,” Mo Si said as he picked up the old man’s phone and opened the voting channel for him.

“Just this, you just need to vote every day. Everyone has one vote, and it updates once every day at midnight.”

Xiao Jianli clumsily tried it out and muttered, “Even if Mianmian doesn’t win the brain champion, getting a popularity award is fine!”

Mo Si was quite moved, the Xiao Family truly cared for Miss Lu sincerely. From the old patriarch to the madam, every person welcomed her joining.

Lu Mian would definitely be the Xiao Family’s darling in the future.

He must secure his position well with Miss Lu!

“Mo Si, I have finished voting, how else can I support Mianmian?” Xiao Jianli felt it was too simple, Xiao Qimo could buy tickets to support her on site, yet he only flicked his fingers to vote at home, which he found quite dull.

“So, what else would you like to do?”

“How about I buy Wucheng’s largest billboard? I’ll advertise for Mianmian and have everyone support her!” The more Xiao Jianli talked about it, the more feasible he thought it was.

Mo Si didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Recently, Wucheng’s billboards are quite busy. Dean Kang Hongbin also said he wanted to book the largest billboard.”

“Oh?” Xiao Jianli thought for a moment, “Could it be he also wants to promote Mianmian?”

“I don’t know, Qimo tasked me with helping out, so I contacted the dean for him. But, from what the dean said, it seems he has someone to meet in Wucheng as well,” Mo Si recounted.

Xiao Jianli’s eyes never left the television, and he found the conversation a little dull, “Then I’ll just book Wucheng’s largest building advertisement!”

Mo Si was impressed, “Dean Kang also asked several times if you could arrange a meeting with Miss Lu!”

“We’ll see about that, depending on his sincerity! If he genuinely promotes Mianmian this time, then I’ll help him out,” Xiao Jianli said nonchalantly, but as he continued watching the TV, he grew dissatisfied again.

“Why do I feel like our Mianmian gets so little screen time…” Xiao Jianli felt it was not right. Several other winning contestants got individual interviews and various long shots and such, while their Mianmian, after being asked some tricky questions at the beginning, was basically glossed over afterward.

Xiao Jianli lifted his hand, looking at the commercial break in the program, and came up with a great idea.

“Mo Si, what if I sponsor their program?”

Mo Si: …

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On the live show.

After several rounds of competition, Lu Mian, undefeated, won one round after another.

On the big screen, behind her score, there was always an extremely conspicuous number: a 100% win rate.

Among this group of strong competitors, she was the only one.

The barrage of messages was nearly going crazy.

[A 100% win rate?! Who else is there!]

[She’s too powerful; she practically instant-kills her opponents. This makes me question if it’s really a live broadcast, right?]

[The live broadcast is definite, but I think the production team might have leaked the questions to Lu Mian… otherwise, how could someone solve the problems so quickly? I didn’t even understand the question, yet she’s already done.]

[The person before, don’t make wild guesses. Look at Lu Mian’s attitude; does she seem like that kind of person to you?]

[…]

The result of this competition was that, relying on her own abilities, Lu Mian’s total score leaped from fifth to third place.

The reason she wasn’t first was that she joined the challenge later and had participated in fewer competitions than those in first and second place, so naturally, her total score couldn’t keep up.

This result was quite unexpected, especially for the production team.

Of the six remaining competitors, indeed, there was a spot for Lu Mian, but they only meant to give her a spot, not intending her to break into the top five.

The top five competitors, who wasn’t briefed about the questions beforehand and started preparing in advance? Therefore, the rankings were pretty much pre-determined by the production team.

They really didn’t expect that Lu Mian would not lose even once and even defeated the competitors who knew the questions in advance.

This… was just freaking awkward.

But there was nothing they could do; this was a live broadcast, and everyone had to accept the result.

The host announced this outcome with a cryptic undertone.

Pei Wenda silently glanced at Lu Mian.

And Zhai Qingtong, who was originally in third place, had now fallen to the fifth position. She gazed somberly at Lu Mian and forced a smile to finish the competition.

Many in the live audience were chanting Lu Mian’s name.

Online, the topic about Lu Mian being “tough and reticent, a beautiful young lady” proliferated even more.

The show ended.

Xiao Qimo ghostly stood up and left his seat, casting deep glances at the boys who were ogling Lu Mian, and left.

He sent Lu Mian a message, telling her to meet him directly at the parking lot.

After tidying up backstage, Lu Mian prepared to leave without expression when someone called out to her from behind.

“Lu Mian.”

It was a girl’s voice.

Lu Mian calmly turned around, her brows slightly raised in a wild and unruly manner.

“What’s up?”

The person who had stopped her was Zhai Qingtong, whom Lu Mian recognized as one of the competitors who had advanced this time.

Zhai Qingtong took a deep breath, looked around to make sure no one else was nearby, and said, “Lose the next competition.”

Lu Mian glanced down, swept her gaze over Zhai Qingtong with confusion.

“In the next competition, out of six people, four will remain, and those four competitors will vie for the Brain King trophy. Lu Mian, I intend to go all the way to the end,” Zhai Qingtong said, apparently missing Lu Mian’s gaze and continuing to speak her mind.

Lu Mian narrowed her eyes and said, “You’re sick,” then turned and walked away.

Zhai Qingtong took a few steps to catch up, persistently asking, “Lu Mian, how much money do you want? I’ll give it to you!”