"Fu Yan's family has something going on, so he is unable to participate in the competition. His spot has already been given to a student from the third middle school," Lv Yibo said with regret. "That's too bad. With Fu Yan's abilities, he would definitely be able to advance and obtain a spot for the finals."
Teacher Zhao was just as regretful inside, but there was nothing that could be done about the situation.
Out of the three of them, the only one with hope of advancing was Ren Ran. The other two were questionable.
Among the students selected from each city this time, there were several good candidates.
"Let's go!"
The three arrived at the hotel. Since the school had sufficient funds, each person was given a room.
After eating dinner at the buffet, they each returned to their rooms to rest.
When Kong Lian entered her room and shut the door, she did not seem to want to interact much with them.
Lv Yibo had just opened his door when he heard Ren Ran call out, "Lv Yibo."
He looked at her questioningly.
Ren Ran walked over. "Do you take this math olympiad competition seriously?"
"Of course." Lv Yibo thought it was strange she even needed to ask this.
"The competition is coming right up. You need to pay attention to your diet. Don't eat any food or drink given to you by anyone, remember that it's anyone."
"What's wrong?"
"I'm thinking about how Fu Yan got food poisoning last competition, so I wanted to give you a reminder."
Lv Yibo smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take good care of myself."
"Okay. Get some rest early."
"You too."
Back in his room, he called Gao Ying.
"Any news over there?"
"Miss, those contestants you mentioned are all safe and sound."
"Safe and sound?"
No, according to how things went in the previous life, a genius from the neighboring city and his teammates got into a car accident this afternoon.
And now it was already night, yet there was no movement over there.
Could it be that Ruan Fengru and her daughter changed their strategy? Or did something come up that delayed them?
"Keep an eye on that side. Send more people to watch Ruan Fengru's side, pay extra attention to the people she contacted and places she went to these past few days."
"Okay."
In the middle of the night, Ren Ran was woken up by her ringtone. It was a call from Gao Ying.
If it wasn't an urgent matter, she would never call at this time.
Ren Ran turned on the bedside lamp. "What happened?"
"Those contestants from De City got food poisoning. They're being sent to the hospital right now."
In the previous life it was a car accident, but in this life it was poisoning.
"Explain in detail."
"They went to eat night snacks at a restaurant. Not long after they returned, they started having diarrhea and vomiting. The doctor's examination showed it was food poisoning. They won't get better for 3-5 days at least."
Once 3-5 days passed, the exam time would also pass.
"According to the police, the food at the restaurant didn't have any issues. The problematic food was brought by the students themselves. I've already sent someone to look into the student who brought the food."
"Good, you did well."
Gao Ying continued her report, "Also, Secretary Ruan's secretary is staying at the same hotel as you, Miss. That secretary went to room 1808. That room belongs to Director Lin, who is here for the math olympiad."
Now this was interesting.
Whether something like this happened in the previous life or not, she didn't know. But no matter what they tried to do this life, things would not go as they wished.
"This is a big fish. Keep a close eye on it, don't let it get away."
"I will."
"Do you have enough activity funds?"
"Enough."
The money given by Ren's President was enough for the young miss to splurge for 10-something years.
"Remember to tell me if it's not enough."