Chapter 715: Chapter 715

Chapter 715:

Harlee thought Fleming was referring to the challenge aimed at Rhys, so she handed him the phone without a second thought.

But before handing it over, she tapped the answer button and quickly briefed Rhys on the situation. She couldn’t help but worry. If Rhys started with something like “Lee, I miss you” or “Lee, I love you,” it would make his challenge the hardest one yet.

“Hello, Fleming,” Rhys’ voice crackled through the speaker.

“Don’t get too familiar,” Fleming replied coldly.

“And don’t even think about accusing me of deliberately making things difficult for you.”

“For the challenge, you can choose whatever you are best at.”

With that, Fleming ended the call and handed the phone back to Harlee.

“Let’s go. We are already running late.” Harlee stood there, still confused.

But when she heard his words, she didn’t ask any more questions.

At the National Physics Laboratory’s Basic Department, a tense atmosphere hung in the air. The ten test makers had only managed to scrape together twenty questions in total, half of them coming from Jodi. The last question was the infamous most difficult one. The other nine had each contributed a question that was as easy as pie.

Jodi held her notebook with care, its pages weighed down by questions that had troubled her for what felt like an eternity. Watching Jodi with a mix of impatience and mockery, Annalise couldn’t resist sneering.

“I told you it was pointless, right? It’s been nearly half an hour, and she still hasn’t shown up. Maybe she chickened out and snuck out the back door of the core division. You really went and fooled yourself, thinking she will solve your problems. Look at our seniors.

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All of them are busy. Why don’t you let me take a look at that notebook and handle the questions for you?”

Jodi replied sincerely, “But you can’t solve them, Annalise.

Even Bruce can’t.”

A ripple of laughter spread through the group.

Easily embarrassed, Annalise assumed the others were laughing at her after hearing Jodi’s words.

Her face flushed with anger.

“Jodi, how dare you, a bottom-ranker, talk down to me like that?”

Without warning, Annalise stepped forward and tried to snatch the notebook from Jodi’s hands. Suddenly, the door creaked open from the outside.

Annalise froze, and the employees in the National Physics Laboratory’s basic department followed suit, all pausing mid-task.

Harlee had actually arrived.

But as their eyes flicked to the four core division members trailing behind her, their initial disdain quickly shifted to astonishment.

It was rare enough to spot core members in the basic department, and it was almost unheard of for them to pay a visit.

And yet, here were Kieran and Lenny, two legends of the basic department.

Aurora and Ronald had been personally selected for the core division last year, being the exception. Since then, no recruits had been taken under the division’s wing.

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