Chapter 26 – Special Guest, The Eldest Daughter, Tang Yuan

Liu Zihao pretended to be deep and serious: “Xiao, have you ever heard of a genius?

They are obsessive, focused, and lonely. They concentrate all their energy on one thing and reach the peak of excellence! And I am that kind of genius.”

“I don’t know if you’re a genius, but in our place, we call that ‘lopsided development,'” Tang Xiao said bluntly.

It sounds good, but the truth is, Liu Zihao was severely lopsided in his abilities.

His best subject was biology, and everything else was just average.

Liu Zihao had signed up for the biology competition this afternoon.

So the three of them arranged to meet at the Jiang’an City library.

The plan was to review at the library before heading to the competition in the afternoon.

Today, Xia Yuxi wasn’t wearing her school uniform. She had on a floral dress, looking youthful and beautiful.

Many people in the library occasionally glanced over at her.

Xia Yuxi looked especially stunning today, no wonder Liu Zihao was trying to show off.

But in Xia Yuxi’s eyes, there was only Tang Xiao. However, she was shy and didn’t dare look at him boldly.

Liu Zihao said, “You’re still young, you don’t understand. I don’t blame you. But tell me, how did you suddenly get interested in the academic competition? Didn’t you used to have no interest? When did you sign up? I didn’t even know.”

Tang Xiao replied, “I got interested the day before yesterday. The principal signed me up.”

Liu Zihao didn’t know that Tang Xiao wasn’t uninterested before, but simply didn’t have the energy.

Tang Xiao longed for family affection, and he put all his effort into that meager love.

He had abandoned all hobbies and had no time to focus on academic competitions.

“You should have said something earlier! I could have lent you study materials to help you cram.”

“Although you’re good at studying, unfortunately, this is my domain. You can’t beat me,” Liu Zihao said coolly.

Liu Zihao was a bit chubby, and his attempt at acting cool made him seem somewhat ridiculous.

However, what he said was true—the questions in academic competitions were far harder than the national exam.

You couldn’t just study the textbook and expect to succeed in these competitions.

But Tang Xiao replied, “I don’t need it, I’ve already memorized everything.”

Liu Zihao grabbed the books on the table and flipped through them twice, like shuffling cards: “That’s it? You think I’m going to believe that?”

Liu Zihao never believed that Tang Xiao learned like this and thought he was just joking around.

“Tang Xiao, you say I’m pretending, but clearly, you’re pretending even more than I am.”

“No, I’ve read it several times.”

“Are you playing with a fool?”

“No, I’m just messing with you.”

Xia Yuxi couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh.

The two big boys were arguing like children, which was very entertaining.

Liu Zihao said, “Look, Xia Yuxi is laughing at you. Yuxi, let’s ignore him.”

He then flipped open a question and showed it to Xia Yuxi.

Xia Yuxi timidly asked Tang Xiao, “Tang Xiao, do you know how to do this question?”

Tang Xiao smiled and answered, “I do.”

“Then… can you explain it to me?”

“Sure.” Tang Xiao agreed.

The two of them happily continued working together.

Meanwhile, Liu Zihao internally screamed: No!! Tang Xiao, you bastard!!

The lunch hour quickly passed.

At the Technology Road Cultural Palace…

The high school biology competition for Jiang’an City was being held here.

At the same time, in a spacious and beautiful office, two people were sitting around a tea set, chatting.

On one side was a short woman in her sixties, wearing reading glasses on a chain, and on the other was a stunning beauty.

This beautiful woman was actually the eldest daughter of the Tang family—Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan was dressed tastefully and elegantly, wearing a pencil skirt that accentuated her graceful curves and a pair of long, slender legs.

The older woman, named Ge Juan, was the overall organizer of today’s competition.

Ge Juan smiled kindly and said, “Tang Yuan, it’s so wonderful that you could come. I remember when you were just a young girl, and now you’ve become a successful career woman. Time flies, doesn’t it?”

Tang Yuan respectfully replied, “No matter how much time passes, I will always be a student of Teacher Ge.”

It turned out that Ge Juan used to teach biology and was a renowned teacher at a prestigious school. She had taught Tang Yuan in the past.

Later, Ge Juan was transferred to work at the Cultural Palace and stopped teaching.

The two had a good relationship, and Tang Yuan often came to visit Ge Juan.

The Cultural Palace was full of youthful energy, and Tang Yuan, accustomed to the deceitful world of business, felt very comfortable here.

Today, Tang Yuan had been invited as a special guest because she held the second-highest score record in the Jiang’an City biology competition!

Ge Juan reminisced, “I remember when you broke the historical record and became number one. After you graduated, your younger sister, Tang Jie, broke your record and became the current record holder.”

The competition had a total score of 1000 points, with a large number of questions and a high level of difficulty. It was impossible to finish the exam in three hours.

That’s why it was called a competition—contestants had to try to score as many points as possible, and rankings were determined based on the scores.

Both Tang Jie and Tang Yuan still held the first and second-highest scores in the competition’s history.

Tang Yuan said, “That’s all in the past. Honestly, although I love biology, I majored in business management in college.”

Ge Juan said, “You had to manage the Tang family business, so I understand. Your sister Tang Jie is quite impressive too. I heard she’s already an associate professor at the medical school.”

Tang Yuan felt proud of her younger sister and apologized, “Tang Jie is so busy with school that she couldn’t make it.”

The Cultural Palace had invited Tang Jie as well, but she was too busy, so only Tang Yuan was able to make time to attend.

Ge Juan said, “No worries. It’s great that you could come. Everyone will be happy to see you.”

At that moment, a staff member from the Cultural Palace entered: “Teacher Ge, Miss Tang, the time has come. Let’s begin the competition.”

Ge Juan nodded, “Okay, I understand.”

The auditorium at the Cultural Palace was decorated with a banner that read “Jiang’an City XX High School Biology Knowledge Competition.”

On the stage, there were several teachers and leaders seated.

In the audience, two or three hundred participants sat, all competitors for the event.

The host introduced the guests one by one.

“This is Teacher Ge Juan, the overall organizer of the competition. Let’s give her a round of applause…”

“This person is…”

“And lastly, we have our special guest, Ms. Tang Yuan! She is a predecessor to all of you. She holds the second-highest score record—this lady here…”

Tang Yuan sat on the stage, elegantly nodding and acknowledging the crowd.

The students and teachers in the audience started whispering among themselves.

“The second-highest score! I remember the second-highest score was 885, right? She’s amazing! I’d be lucky to score 700, and she got over 800! I can’t even imagine.”

“Wait! Tang Yuan! She’s the director of the Tang Group! The eldest daughter of the Tang family!”

“Oh, I remember now! I saw her in a magazine! She’s the ‘Queen of the Tang family,’ Tang Yuan! I thought it was a different person with the same name, but it’s really her!”

“She’s so beautiful, and not only that, she’s wealthy and so good at studying? She’s the real goddess.”

Tang Yuan’s presence caused a small stir among the crowd.

Tang Xiao and the others sat in the audience.

Tang Xiao frowned, feeling uneasy.

Why was she here? And as a special guest?

Xia Yuxi looked at Tang Xiao with concern. She knew a bit about the past between Tang Xiao and the Tang family.

But Liu Zihao was excited: “Tang Xiao, look, a beauty!”