Chapter 823: Chapter 820
The physics competition was scheduled for nine in the morning. Wen Yu’s high school was in Hebei, and they had sent a five-member physics team, which was the strongest one from the area. Although Wen Yu was not the captain, he was the smartest member of the team.
He was the kind who didn’t like to meddle in affairs and hated trouble. Moreover, for him, those matters were all pointless minutiae.
He had other, more important matters to busy himself with.
Just now, however, an unexpected situation had arisen.
Outside the competition school, a high school physics team from Hebei anxiously waited. The team’s coach kept eagerly checking his watch while also making calls on his cell phone.
But each call was met by the same official-sounding female voice: [“Sorry, the user you dialed has turned off their phone, sorry…”]
The team’s captain was a girl with a ponytail, and unlike everyone else’s anxiety, her youthful face showed more concern.
She was worried about where he had gone, worried about why he had suddenly disappeared.
“Teacher, we have half an hour left till the competition starts. Where on earth could Wen Yu have gone…” she asked, again filled with concern.
Yes, the person they were waiting for was indeed Wen Yu.
The competition featured many strong rivals from renowned institutions, and Wen Yu, having won many awards and termed a “master” by others, made them feel much more at ease.
But now that he was absent, they were truly worried and uneasy.
Because the competition mattered not just to the team as a whole, but to each individual as well.
After another fruitless phone call, the teacher sighed in helplessness:
“If he doesn’t show up, you’ll go in and do your best in the competition. I’ll contact the police for help in finding him.” A person can’t be officially considered missing if less than 24 hours have passed, to say nothing of the fact that this young man was already grown up—could he really have disappeared?
He likely had some urgent matter to attend to.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, tension was building.
In the southern part of the city, the streets were wide with cars flowing ceaselessly along each side of the central barrier; it was the rush hour, and hailing a taxi was impossible.
Caught in the rush hour, the traffic was terrible.
On the side of the street stood a young man attempting to hail a cab, tall and striking, with wavy dark brown hair and soft locks. His skin was fair, showing signs of a sleepless night with faint shadows under his eyes.
But these were not the important points. The critical thing was that the app on his phone now showed 18 people ahead of him, with a 40-minute wait time.
Forget taking 40 minutes; his competition started in just half an hour.
He rarely made mistakes with timing, but this time, an unexpected issue had delayed him.
And then there was that audacious fool, boldly asking him to choose between ten million and a guaranteed spot at Peking University.
A fool would have had to choose, but he wanted both.
However, looking at the current progress, Wen Yu still couldn’t help but frown.
If things continued like this, everything would be too late, and the competition surely missed.
But just as he was checking his watch repeatedly and looking down in wait, suddenly, a motorcycle slowly appeared.
Just like that, a woman dressed in a black motorcycle outfit and still in a driving pose, came into his view.
Clearly, for her, traffic jams were irrelevant.
“Little brother, need a ride?” Unmoved by his situation, her familiar voice reached him.
She took off her helmet, and her hair cascaded down instantly. With a smile on her lips, she looked at Wen Yu.