Chapter 271: Chapter 116: The Dispirited Youths

No matter what the three of them were thinking, Yu Wei still stood beside Gong Jiatao.

Yu Yongjun then stood beside Qiao Yu.

Gong Jiatao chose a question and handed it to Yu Yongjun.

Qiao Yu simply said, “Fatty had five questions on that paper, right? Let’s go with the first one.”

Gong Jiatao felt underestimated, but he just focused on setting up the game while Yu Wei silently took up the paper that Yu Yongjun had just handed him once again.

…

The competition started again.

After Yu Wei read out the question, he watched the characters controlled by the two of them brawling in the middle of the map. This time, Gong Jiatao picked Mi Yue, while Qiao Yu chose Arthur, the character Fatty played before.

His judgment was correct. Qiao Yu on the other side had already begun answering the question while Yu Yongjun also started writing furiously. Gong Jiatao still controlled his character without saying a word.

Just as he was about to try thinking about how to solve the question while watching the game, Gong Jiatao suddenly said, “Read the question again.”

Yu Wei, helpless, picked up the question and read it once more.

“Louder,” Gong Jiatao said again.

Yu Wei instantly understood. Damn, he wasn’t trying to answer the question at all; he just wanted to disrupt the opponent’s rhythm.

But it didn’t matter, so he increased his volume a bit.

Unfortunately, it seemed to have no effect.

In the game, Qiao Yu was still steadily dealing out damage while leisurely reporting his answers.

In the first clash, Gong Jiatao was out of health and returned to base.

“Read it again.”

As expected…

Yet Yu Wei didn’t grow impatient, and after glancing at Qiao Yu, he read the question again.

The first tower was taken down…

“Read it again…”

The first kill…

“Read it again.”

…

Ten minutes later, the word “defeat” appeared on Gong Jiatao’s screen. After a moment, Yu Yongjun silently handed the transcribed answer to Gong Jiatao.

Qiao Yu, having exited the game, looked at Yu Wei and asked, “Are the questions ready?”

Yu Wei shook his head and said, “I forfeit.”

Qiao Yu said in surprise, “Really not going to try?”

Yu Wei replied, “I don’t play this game.”

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and said, “We can switch games. How about CS on the computer? You can’t possibly not know how to play a shooting game, can you?”

Yu Wei replied irritably, “I’m not interested in games.”

Qiao Yu wasn’t annoyed and simply stretched lazily, saying, “Well, do you admit defeat then?”

Yu Wei said nothing.

Fortunately, the other two had also finished cross-checking their answers. Not speaking meant they had no doubts about the correctness of the answers.

“Alright then, I’m the dorm leader now. It seems everyone agrees. This training camp lasts nine days; the three of you are in charge of cleaning and getting meals for me if I don’t want to go to the cafeteria. One person per day, in a three-day rotation. Any objections?”

Qiao Yu said leisurely.

No one spoke.

Qiao Yu was too lazy to bother with their feelings and continued, “I know you’re probably not convinced yet, but don’t worry. There are still nine days left. Besides exams and lectures, I need about an hour daily to relax my brain.

During this one-hour brain break, you can all keep challenging me. Getting external help is also allowed, and the rules remain the same: playing games while answering questions. If you can beat me, I’ll listen to you for the rest of the training camp. Seems fair, right?”

They probably had opinions, but no one dared to voice them.

Being shameless is impossible. Not to mention, the three of them felt quite complicated.

This guy calls this game a brain rest? Could he be any more exaggerated?

Still, no one spoke. Qiao Yu couldn’t be bothered to deal with them anymore and said, “Seems like no one has objections, so let’s go with this. Gong Jiatao, you start first today. Remember to get my lunch for me; I won’t go to the cafeteria.”

Gong Jiatao couldn’t help but say, “Why do I have to start first?”

Qiao Yu confidently replied, “Because you were the most sneaky just now.”

Gong Jiatao had no response to that.

He did repeatedly ask Yu Wei to read the question without even attempting to solve it, which was indeed pretty sneaky.

But he had no choice; the pressure Qiao Yu exerted on him in the game was too intense to split his focus.

As for Yu Yongjun, while his idea was shameless, at least he hadn’t actually used it.

“Any more questions? If not, I’m going to do my homework. Remember to bring my lunch.” With that, Qiao Yu stretched again and sat down at his desk to work on his paper.

“But, bro, what if it’s a buffet and they don’t allow takeaway?” Yu Yongjun couldn’t help but ask.

“They allow it, I’ve checked.” Qiao Yu replied without looking up.

…

At the cafeteria during lunch, three teenage boys sat together gloomily. Even Yu Wei started to seem a bit more sociable, sitting quietly without rolling his eyes at Yu Yongjun.

“I really feel beaten down,” Gong Jiatao said dejectedly.

During the winter camp, he was also someone who could score full marks, and when he was on stage with Qiao Yu, he didn’t feel Qiao Yu was that strong. But today made him realize, the perfect scores they got in the CMO were really not the same.

“It’s just the beginning. Ask Yu Wei how bad he’s felt. Even he’s not as down as you,” Yu Yongjun said with a glance at Yu Wei, who still preferred not to speak.

“Shut up!” Yu Wei glared at the fatty as usual.

However, Gong Jiatao looked at Yu Wei and asked, “Was he like this often before?”

Seeing the once confident guy now looking so disheartened, Yu Wei thought for a moment and then nodded quietly.

Yu Yongjun chimed in at the right moment, “But honestly, he was never this brutal before.”