Before the match began, Branden went backstage and found Catherine.No pep talk. No worries or anxiety. He was calm, as if he was only visiting his girlfriend before class with a box full of food. The box contained everything that Catherine loved to eat, including bread, fruits, and small snacks.Just a few minutes before the match began, Catherine picked some small snacks and stuffed them into her mouth, eating them slowly.Branden accompanied her so quietly, as if someone would support her no matter what she did.The phone buzzed. The caller ID showed it was a call from Marshall. Catherine knew he called to urge her to go back. She did not pick it up.She glanced at her watch. It was about time. She was ready to go to the match. Before she stood up, she asked Branden, "Are you approaching the Hacker Alliance?"Branden looked at her gently and nodded slightly. He had made it clear long ago that he had no secrets with Catherine. As long as she wanted to know, he would tell her ev
The public confession of Marshall made everyone tremble. No one expected him to say this. After all, he was always proud.They looked at each other, not knowing what to do.This was the first time Eamon saw Marshall being so angry for all these years."Professor Hartley," said Eamon. Marshall waved his hand at him to stop him. "Since you're not interested in playing, there's no need to compete in this final. We're losing anyway, so why bother playing? Am I right?"How ironic was that? The most shameful thing was not to be a loser but a deserter!Hearing what Marshall said, everyone looked at him with disbelief and exclaimed in surprise. "Professor!"Marshall squared his shoulders and looked at the crowd firmly. "I've made up my mind. I will face the consequences by myself. I won't stop you if you still want to compete by yourselves."To compete by themselves? Was it a joke? Viola did not expect things to go this far. She only wanted Catherine out.The staff came over and over a
Halfway through the game, the Ace Team was leading all the way, while the Styre Team was still struggling to study the experiment steps in the early stages.There was no miracle. At this pace, the Styre Team was going to lose for sure. However, under the leadership of Catherine, the Styre Team seemed to have not seen the incoming failure and was still proceeding with the game in order, utterly unaffected by the external.Many audiences lost the desire to watch the game. A game without a cliffhanger was not worth watching. As the mentor of the Ace Team, Atticus even began to doze off in front of the global camera, showing his contempt and disdain for his opponent in this final.The members of the Ace Team also showed great disdain for the Styre Team upon seeing this. However, they were not as careless as the Johnville Team. They would not relax on such a significant occasion. They never thought of the Styre Team as their opponent. The only one they wanted to defeat was themselves. So
Viola trembled furiously, accusing Catherine of joining forces with others to bully her.But even Paxton did not take her seriously, let alone Branden and Catherine. Paxton sneered and looked at Viola, who was constantly condemning Catherine. "Why are you barking like a dog? Are you in such a hurry to get rid of suspicion? We haven't mentioned that you sold your team to get the offer from a lab.""You are slinging mud on me. That's a dirty lie!" shouted Viola, trembling with anger.But the next second, Paxton slapped her in the face by showing everyone the most direct evidence. He threw the evidence in the air, which fell like snowflakes. They were late to get that evidence.Facing the indisputable truth, Viola swallowed her arrogance. She yelled terrifiedly, "It's a trap. You must have framed me!"People were not fools. They knew very well whether she had been framed or not.Paxton looked at those who were angry because of what Viola did. He could not help but continue, "Look at
Catherine was not a God. But she did create a miracle. No one had ever thought that the Styre Team, ill-matched with the Ace Team and undermanned, would win the championship. Those who were deceived by Viola and withdrew from the game were regretful. They gave up a chance to be famous.Marshall's eyes were filled with tears of excitement. He was sorrowful of his inability to educate at first. But to his surprise, Catherine gave him such a delight. He wanted to thank Catherine for enlightening the dawn in his darkest night. Marshall came to his senses from the surprise of winning the championship and was about to thank Catherine. He turned around only to find Catherine was leaving."Catherine, Where are you going? You should be on the stage to receive the award later," asked Marshall."To the lab," replied Catherine without turning around.Looking at Catherine from behind in silhouette, Marshall expressed his amazement. "Catherine does not care about rewards or glory. All she has
Branden knocked on the door of the lab right at six pm. Catherine stopped the experiment when she heard the knocking. She knew who was there without looking. Only one man dared to interrupt her at this time. There was no one as principled and persistent as him.After Catherine saved the experimental data, she turned off the computer. The experiment was not in a hurry. She found inspiration from the competition just now and made a breakthrough. She transferred all the subsequent data to Rodge and asked him to continue studying with Scott.She put away everything and turned around to look at the man leaning against the door frame. "Let's go."Branden grabbed her slim waist and whispered in her ear, "Do you want to eat outside or go home?"With many things to handle, Catherine did not want to spend too much time on supper. "Let's grab a bite outside."Seeing her frosty face, Branden knew what she was going to do.He asked Paxton to arrange a restaurant that Catherine liked and order
Catherine threw Atticus in front of Paxton, who grabbed the limp and helpless Atticus and directly attacked him, leaving Atticus's hands disabled.In Paxton's opinion, Catherine shouldn't do such vulgar work, so he would take care of it."AHHH!" Atticus fell to the ground, crying out in pain.Paxton coldly snorted, looking down at Atticus, who was lying on the ground. "Is that all?" he thought. His speed of attack was fast enough, yet Atticus was still screaming like that. "You're truly weaker than a woman," Paxton commented in his mind.Faced with Paxton's disdain and scorn, Atticus had no ability to fight back. He had no idea what to do now. He didn't even know what his future would be. The successive defeats were discouraging enough, and now his hands had been disabled. How could he conduct experiments? Without his hands, he was worthless and would be mercilessly abandoned.Catherine couldn't even be bothered to spare Atticus a glance, simply turning and walking away.Paxton f
Upon waking up, Catherine felt aches all over her body, even more intense than the soreness from carrying a 100-pound load for six miles.What was supposed to be a simple hair wash turned into something ambiguous as the water temperature rose, and their desire escalated, leading to a natural sex.Catherine rested for a while. She was about to get up when Branden pushed the door open, carrying food in his hands.Seeing the array of food, Catherine couldn't help but smile in resignation. Since she had known Branden, her stomach troubles seemed to have miraculously disappeared, never bothering her again. Branden was always there, never forgetting to satisfy her stomach. Branden set down what he was carrying and looked at Catherine with a gentle smile, his voice so indulgent as he said, "Freshen up and have something to eat. Then, you can do whatever you like."Catherine nodded in agreement with Branden's proposal.The competition ended, and the Styre Team won the championship. Mars