248 The Exquisite Boy


    The next day, after Qiao Yue got up and washed up, she sprayed herself with the perfume.


    The faint woody scent permeated the room, its distinct smell mind-clearing.


    Qiao Yue’s fragrance followed as she descended the stairs.


    This smell really suited Qiao Yue, as if it belonged to her.


    “The perfume that second brother got you really suits you,” Qiao Yu said.


    Qiao Xin asked quickly, “What about me? I’m using the make-up that second brother got me.”


    Qiao Xin’s make-up was always heavy. Qiao Yu chuckled. “You had better remove what you have on and put on lighter make-up. That way, you won’t be questioned by your form teacher.”


    Qiao Xin pouted unhappily.


    Qiao Jing’s favoritism towards Qiao Yue was getting more obvious. The perfume he had chosen for Qiao Yue was specially picked out for him, but he just bought her the usual,test line of make-up.


    Qiao Xin felt bitter in her heart.


    Qiao Yu was also a little suspicious. He had never seen his second brother so enthusiastic about buying gifts. He had even picked out Qiao Yue’s perfume so carefully by scent and name.


    “Qiao Yue, what’s the scent of your perfume? I think it’s pretty good. Can you tell me? I would like to buy the same.” Qiao Yu asked as he ate his breakfast.


    “Fourth brother, it’s better to find a scent that suits you when ites to perfume.” Qiao Yue said to Qiao Yu with a smile.


    Qiao Yue was rarely so petty that he didn’t even want to share with Qiao Yu the scent of his perfume.


    Qiao Yu was a little confused. He sniffed the perfume in the air again and felt that there was nothing special about it. It was just an ordinary woody scent. He had overreacted.


    After breakfast, Qiao Yu didn’t mention the perfume again. Instead, he went on to a shopping website and searched for perfumes.


    He also wanted to give Qiao Yue a bottle of perfume. He didn’t know why, but maybe he was inspired by Qiao Jing, or maybe he just wanted to find a perfume that was suitable for Qiao Yue.


    When everyone finished breakfast, the school-going cousins all got into the car and headed for school.


    Harvey’s anniversary celebration was basically over. But because the school’sputerb was being renovated, theputer science fair was postponed until this week.


    The students from St. Faustina’s stayed at Harvey for an additional week.


    Theputer science fair consisted of two parts. The first part was a hackathon, and the second, a software developmentpetition.


    Qiao Yue and her ssmates were still in their first year, so they didn’t participate in the software developmentpetition. Instead, they focused only on the hackathon.


    This year’s hackathon was a “Capture the g” (CTF) hackingpetition. CTF was an internationally recognized form of hackingpetition where teams or individuals had to solve a series of challenges.


    Once a challenge had been solved sessfully, thepetitor will find a “g” within the challenge that was proof ofpletion. This proof must then be submitted to the organizers in exchange for scores.


    The “gs” this time were nted by Harvey Academy. They didn’t employ the traditional attack and defense format, but one of battle royale.


    All the first-yearputer science students and all the students from St. Faustina’s would take part in thispetition. The first person who solved Harvey’s challenges and got the highest score would win thepetition.


    And the school the winner was from would be the hackathon champion.


    Although thepetition format looked rather straightforward, it was no trivial matter to Harvey as it affected the school’s dignity and honor.


    The small fights they had before the school’s anniversary celebration were small potatoespared to this. Thispetition was the real thing on the battlefield.


    The yer most likely win the championship this time was Oswald from St. Faustina’s. Hisputing skills were known to all, and he had made a name for himself internationally.


    As soon as Qiao Yue and the others arrived in ss, Chang Yuan asked them to go to theputerb.


    Today was the first round of the CTFpetition. The first 30 people who got the “g” would advance to the second round. There was another round after the second round and the challenges would get increasingly harder.


    When Qiao Yue and the others arrived at theputerb, the students from St. Faustina’s were already there.


    They were all wearing the long robes they wore before and looked like a group of missionaries.


    Seated across from Qiao Yue’sputer happened to be Oswald.