TMLSG -Chapter 76 Handsome or Not

At first, Zhang Wei was quietly amused, but after this comment, he laughed out loud.

Accompanying the laughter was a hand landing on Tang Zhen’s shoulder.

Yanjing sat down next to Tang Zhen, his arm draped over her shoulder—a display of intimacy that was obvious to everyone.

The two gossiping behind them suddenly went silent.

The main characters had arrived; continuing to talk now would be awkward.

Still, they wanted to sneak in a comment: Yanjing’s girlfriend was really beautiful!

Even just from the back, she looked ethereal.

Her profile was even more striking!

The area quieted down immediately.

So the conversation behind them became even more noticeable.

“Li Ran, where should we sit?”

After a few seconds, the female lead replied, “Let’s sit here. There are plenty of empty seats.”

Tang Zhen was slightly stunned.

Could it be that the female lead was nearby when Yanjing spoke just now?

111: 【Oh! The female lead just heard what the male lead said.】

【But they haven’t started their romantic storyline yet, so it doesn’t matter that she heard it.】

Hearing this from 111, Tang Zhen didn’t pay much attention to the female lead.

Li Ran’s teammates noticed her slightly troubled expression and asked with concern, “What’s wrong, captain? Are you too nervous?”

Li Ran smiled. “No.”

“But your expression doesn’t look very good.”

Another teammate comforted her: “Captain, our team was just formed recently. This is mainly to gain experience. The results aren’t important. After all, we have a long future ahead. What does a single win or loss matter?”

With the reassurance of her teammates, Li Ran regained a composed expression.

She and Yanjing, with Tang Zhen in between, were separated by a row of seats.

From her angle, she could see Yanjing leaning down to speak to Tang Zhen. She couldn’t hear what he said, but Tang Zhen smiled lightly, her dimples sweetly visible.

What could he be saying?

The interview was about to start—were they really whispering to each other now?

The rest of the proceedings were a blur for Tang Zhen.

The first team went on stage, delivering a long speech that left her confused, but applause broke out, and she clapped along.

Then the second team went on.

Again, a long speech she couldn’t quite understand.

After the speech ended, applause rang out, and she continued clapping.

The third team was the female lead’s Fate.

As team captain, naturally, she was the one to present.

She had no prepared script and appeared to be speaking off-the-cuff. Her opening line was:

“Actually, I started interacting with robots because of a certain person. At first, I just wanted to have some common ground with him, but gradually, the more I got involved in this field, the more addicted I became.”

“I have many ideas in my mind that I hope to realize in the future. Next, I’ll give a rough introduction to the robots I’m currently researching…”

The female lead spoke calmly, with detailed and well-structured content. It was clear she had prepared a lot for this interview.

After her presentation, Tang Zhen also applauded.

Zhang Wei couldn’t resist gossiping: “She got into this field because of someone?”

Zhang Mian, who was close by, replied with a name.

Zhang Wei asked, “Who’s that?”

Zhang Mian: “The father of robotics.”

Zhang Wei: …

Is this what “straight male logic” looks like?

She really couldn’t have a proper conversation with her brother!

The words clearly referred to someone she had a crush on, but her brother assumed Li Ran was just a fan of the father of robotics.

Zhang Wei looked at the other teammates. “Do you all think so too?”

Shen Quanli cleared his throat. No matter why she had entered the field, there was only one answer for them: the father of robotics.

Li Ran had previously requested to join Future, posted “A Letter to Yanjing” online, and revealed that she had read over a thousand related papers. Such actions naturally invited speculation.

But so what?

Shen Quanli retorted, “What else?”

Others gave the same response.

Shen Quanli began introducing the so-called Father of Robotics: “Actually, I’m also his fan. The reason I first wanted to study robotics was because…”

Zhang Wei coldly interrupted, “I don’t want to hear it. I want to listen to the next team’s presentation.”

The chatterbox Shen Quanli was successfully silenced.

After six teams gave their presentations, it was finally Future’s turn.

Up on stage went Yanjing.

Today, he wore a suit and tie. He hadn’t styled his hair deliberately, but having washed it that morning, it fell neatly, giving him an unmistakable top-student aura.

The kind of student every teacher praised during school days.

Tang Zhen rested her chin in her hand as she listened to him explain the team’s vision, his ideas for the future, current research progress, and the challenges they had encountered…

The seven-minute presentation flew by.

When Yanjing stepped down, enthusiastic applause broke out.

Even the judges at the front offered rare praise: “A very impressive presentation.”

From his speech, she felt a sense of vitality.

It was as if the blueprint of the future was unfolding before him, and he could freely paint it, pointing out the path forward.

This ambitious, enterprising attitude was absent in the previous teams’ presentations.

He was the sharpest and most outstanding speaker of the day.

But this brilliance came from confidence—in himself and in his team members.

From that single comment by the judges, the result was already obvious.

The institute officially invited Future, approving their visit during the winter break.

Yanjing leaned close to Tang Zhen’s ear and asked, “Was your husband handsome just now?”

Tang Zhen felt her ear tingle.

She tilted her head slightly, covering her ear, and whispered, “Super handsome.”

From Li Ran’s perspective, this scene looked like they were whispering to each other again.

At the end of the event, Shen Quanli approached Shen Qi with a mocking tone: “Who lost to our Future twice?”

After saying it, he answered himself: “Oh, right, it was Star.”

Shen Qi sneered. “Sugar is being upgraded. When it appears again, it will definitely surprise you!”

Shen Quanli chuckled oddly. “Is that so? But I’m talking about this interview—Star lost to our Future again.”

Shen Qi couldn’t help but retort fiercely, “I want to see how long your Future can gloat!”

Zhang Mian said, “That will definitely be a long, long time.”

After Shen Qi left, Li Ran and her teammates came over to shake hands.

Li Ran looked at Yanjing and introduced herself: “Hello, I’m Li Ran, captain of Fate.”

Then she extended her hand toward Yanjing.

Zhang Mian took the initiative to shake her hand. “Hello, hello. I’m Zhang Mian, vice-captain of Future. Our captain isn’t fond of socializing, so I usually handle that.”

Not fond of socializing?

Then who was the one talking confidently when Yanjing was surrounded by a crowd earlier?

It couldn’t be… someone else possessing him, could it?

Just a handshake—could Tang Zhen not even allow that?

Would Yanjing eventually lose the right to shake hands with anyone of the opposite sex?

Li Ran wanted to smile but couldn’t.

If being a defeated opponent couldn’t attract his attention, she could only try to be the one who beat him.

Her feelings for Yanjing were complicated now.

If it had been pure crush at first, it now felt like a tangled mix of love and hate.

Love might fade easily.

But hate wouldn’t.

Emotions tangled with both love and hate tend to last the longest.

For the first time, she issued a challenge to Future: “We lost to you this time, but not next time.”

“The winner next time will definitely be Fate.”