<h4>Chapter 752: Chapter 752: Another Five People Eliminated!_1</h4>


    Zhongjing University on the weekend, tranquil and serene.


    In the campus, those students, both male and female, either strolling in pairs or sweating profusely on the sports fields, all enjoyed their own leisure time.


    However, inside a lecture hall, there was an atmosphere filled with solemnity and tension.


    Twenty adults sat upright, eagerly waiting for their petite examiner.


    Even if someone spoke, the voice was always very low, as if afraid that speaking louder would startle others and themselves as well.


    "Bai, you say, there are only three assessments in this second phase, and now, we’ve passed two in a row! I don’t know the scores or the rankings, and I’m feeling particrly uneasy," Zhao Qianze said with a furrowed brow, worried.


    Bai Xiaosheng smiled,forting her softly, "Zhao, take it easy. Just do your best, and don’t push yourself too hard. Otherwise, even if you barely make it through this stage, there’s still the final phase. If you’re this stressed, you might copse before the resultse out, don’t you think that’s a loss? Besides, worrying won’t do any good but only harm your beauty."


    Suchfort made Zhao Qianzeugh out loud, giving him a nce, "You really have a way with words!"


    Eased by his banter, Zhao Qianze felt considerably better.


    "Hmmph! Mr. Bai, those words of yours must be born from your own experiences, a realization of your own limits, not wanting to press beyond your capacity. Not bad, not bad, you’re quite insightful!" Behind Bai Xiaosheng and Zhao Qianze, someone sneered.


    The two nced back.


    Zheng Qinghong had actually moved behind them.


    Seeing Bai Xiaosheng looking over, Zheng Qinghong smiled coldly, "Perhaps this time, when the elimination list is read out, you will be on it! Are you mentally prepared? Even if you pass this time, whates next is apetition of connections, resources, and abilities. You won’t be able to keep up!"


    Zheng Qinghong spoke as if he was pronouncing Bai Xiaosheng’s fate.


    Bai Xiaosheng chuckled lightly, not bothering to engage with him.


    Zheng Qinghong’s gaze shifted to Zhao Qianze’s face, and suddenly, it was like a warm spring breeze, as he leaned forward with an eager smile, "Qianze, in the workce, a woman really shouldn’t push herself too hard. Having abilities, being outstanding, that’s certainly good. But being a full-time wife, shopping, spending money, that’s not too bad either. It’s called ’You just be pretty, and I’ll earn the money to support us’!"


    "Mr. Zheng!" Zhao Qianze cut him off coldly, then seriously added, "If you think that’s so great, go find a woman who thinks the same, but don’t try to persuade me. I, Zhao Qianze, do not have the habit of depending on a man to support me!"


    After saying that, Zhao Qianze tugged at Bai Xiaosheng and turned her head away.


    Zheng Qinghong still wanted to say something but was met with the backs of their heads. He opened his mouth but in the end, he just red fiercely at Bai Xiaosheng.


    This scene was observed by Mu Beichen, sitting off to the side, who smirked silently.


    Just then, the lecture hall door opened, and Lin Ke strode in, heading straight to the podium.


    This time, she wasn’tte at all, right on the dot.


    Everyone saw her and instantly fell quiet.


    Lin Ke stood on the podium, sweeping her gaze over the crowd, and asked, "Is everyone here?"


    "Everyone’s here," someone called out loudly.


    Twenty people, not one less!


    "It’s fine even if not everyone is here. Those who didn’t make it, their scores will be halved!" Lin Ke’s voice was like a silver bell, crisp and pleasant, immensely pleasing to the ear, yet still sending shivers down people’s spines.


    "It’s been about ten days to half a month since west met, and two rounds of assessments have already passed. How time flies. I know you have been impatiently waiting, and some even used their connections to make inquiries," Lin Ke said with a smile, "So I won’t beat around the bush. I will read the list of those eliminated now!"


    From her entrance to her words, not even five minutes had passed, and now she was announcing eliminations!


    Everyone’s hearts instantly jumped to their throats.


    "Cheng Tao, Lu Guobin, Wang Yicheng, Zhao Tianyu, He Jiaguo," Lin Ke read out five names in one breath, without any hesitation.


    "Congrattions, you can go home early," Lin Ke smiled.


    The announcement was made without pause, without subtlety, direct and to the point, like a swift cut through the mess.


    No one med Lin Ke for this; on the contrary, those called felt a sense of relief and gratefully smiled at Lin Ke.


    To be given a clean break was also a kind of mercy.


    The wait for the verdict is the most torturous part, but Lin Ke spared them from the agony.


    However, being eliminated is ultimately not a good thing. Those who had to leave were somewhat saddened.


    Among them, Cheng Tao felt it the most.


    He was the first to meet Bai Xiaosheng on the first day, butter felt that Bai Xiaosheng’s conflict with Zheng Qinghong was inappropriate to get involved with, so he distanced himself.


    But now, to Cheng Tao, none of that mattered anymore.


    "Let’s give them a send-off!" Lin Ke was the first to initiate a round of apuse, and the others followed suit.


    The five of them could only stand up, bid everyone farewell, and then leave one by one.


    The remaining fifteen watched them go. Then, they continued to look towards Lin Ke.


    Someone couldn’t help but say, "Officer Lin, aren’t you going to read out the names of the top five?"


    At that remark, Mu Beichen and Zheng Qinghong both had gleaming eyes.


    They were eager to hear their rankings!


    Lin Ke asked with a smile, "Does everyone want to hear?"


    "Yes!" Many people replied urgently.


    "But I don’t want to tell!" Lin Ke’s face turned stern as she tly refused.


    The crowd was momentarily at a loss for words.


    Lin Ke nced at Bai Xiaosheng. Her silence, to a considerable extent, was also about "protecting" Bai Xiaosheng, which was fundamentally simr to what Feng Li had done initially.


    The only difference was that one was about keeping Bai Xiaosheng low-profile, while the other was about hiding Bai Xiaosheng’s high-profile status.


    "So, what, we came here early in the morning just to hear who got eliminated?" someone couldn’t help but grumble.


    A few beside them chimed in agreement.


    Lin Keughed, "For this stage of the assessment, I have full authority! I’ve traveled all the way from Linshen to see you guys this early in the morning just to do this little thing, and even I feel it’s a loss!"


    "So, I’ve added a little task!"


    Lin Ke looked at the fifteen people in front of her, her eyes shimmering with a hint of cunning.


    The crowd, upon seeing her expression, suddenly felt uneasy.


    "I’m going to the ssroom next door now. Each of youe find me one by one, I have questions to ask! Remember, someonee every five minutes, manage your own time. Once I’m done questioning you, leave immediately, no idle chatter here. Otherwise, if I find out, I won’t be nice!"


    After speaking, Lin Ke gave the crowd a threatening look and walked away.


    Everyone watched her go, then exchanged nces with one another.


    "What’s she up to now?" someone couldn’t help but ask.


    The sudden development put everyone on alert.


    Zhao Qianze couldn’t help but nce at Bai Xiaosheng, who smiled, "Zhao, do you want to go first?"


    Zhao Qianze quickly shook her head.


    Bai Xiaoshengughed, "Okay then, I’ll go first! The sooner I go, the sooner I’m done, that’s good!"


    With that, Bai Xiaosheng stood up and headed straight for the door, under everyone’s gaze.


    As he walked outside, his own eyes gleamed with curiosity.


    "Little girl, what kind of trick are you up to this time? Let me go and take a look!"