She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 222

And so, the challenge initiated by Riley—a pharmacology Scientific Challenge—would now feature Melanie competing in place of Adrian.

The audience immediately erupted with sounds of dissatisfaction.

Compared to Riley, Adrian was far more famous among the students.

They had come today primarily to witness Adrian’s professional expertise up close.

Online, news that Adrian wasn't competing had already begun to appear and spread across relevant platforms.

Some believed this showed Adrian's dignified confidence.

Others thought he was guilt-ridden and had backed out at the last minute.

Still others believed Melanie was a mere pawn, thrown out as a scapegoat.

Sitting in the audience, Dominic couldn’t help but scroll through his phone, reading what people on various platforms were saying about the competition.

Almost everyone was convinced—

Riley would definitely win.

If it were Adrian competing, the odds might have been 50/50.

But the competitor was Melanie.

Now, it had turned into a competition with virtually no suspense.

The more Dominic scrolled, the more a cold knot of dread tightened in his stomach.

He couldn't watch anymore.

He couldn't understand what Melanie was doing.

On stage, the triumphant smile on Riley’s face was now permanently fixed.

If he had known his opponent would be Melanie instead of Adrian, he wouldn't have gone through the trouble of humbly asking Schrödinger's Pill to create the questions.

But this was good too. Given the difficulty and trickiness of the questions from Schrödinger's Pill, it was impossible for Melanie to answer even a single one correctly.

This way, his victory would be even more brilliant.

The more Riley thought about it, the more excited he became.

***

Meanwhile, at Stellaris PharmaTech.

Gabriel was sitting in his office, looking at his phone held sideways.

Just before walking out of the office, Preston suddenly looked back and murmured nonchalantly, “Melanie won’t lose.”

After Preston left, Gabriel scratched the back of his head.

Why was his brother so certain that Melanie wouldn't lose?

Her opponent seemed quite formidable.

But then, a thought struck Gabriel, and he had a moment of clarity.

His brother was so confident because he must have arranged things with the judges beforehand.

No matter what Melanie answered, they would count it as correct. That way, her victory was guaranteed.

Gabriel crossed his arms, nodding repeatedly, convinced of his own genius.

***

Back at the Aldoria University exhibition hall.

The Scientific Challenge had begun.

A judge would present a question, and within the time limit, Melanie and Riley would write their answers on their respective whiteboards.