Chapter 206: Is An Yinan Putting on Airs?

"It starts in two minutes, why hasn't the lecturer arrived yet?" a young male voice asked.

A girl beside him said, "Maybe she's running late."

Another girl beside the first one said, "She really has become famous, and now she's starting to put on airs. A country bumpkin who only knows a little bit of this and that, actually coming to our Beijing to put on airs. I don't know what the Leaders above are thinking!"

"Liu Liu, say less." The girl who had just spoken looked displeased.

An Yinan pushed open the door, interrupting the crowd's chatter.

Liu Xicai followed closely behind and sat in a seat that had been specially marked.

The list of people for this batch had been finalized last night, and names had been posted on all the desks according to the Project Department.

"The usual clichés, self-introduction: I am An Yinan, the person in charge of the Phase II Project of the Mind Map." An Yinan pressed both hands on the lectern; her eyes no longer held the pitiful look from when she was acting spoiled, nor the softness that made one want to pet her, but instead revealed absolute dominance and sharpness.

She swept her gaze across the room, and the few people she focused on felt their hearts skip a beat.

An Yinan raised her hand to check her watch, "There are ten minutes left; if you have any questions, you can ask them now."

"But if you delay my lecture later, I don't think you can afford the consequences."

"Let's begin!"

In an instant, the entire classroom became extremely quiet; you could hear a pin drop.

Liu Xicai watched with a curled lip, seeing how she had controlled the entire classroom with absolute pressure from the moment she appeared. It was hard to imagine that the person standing on the podium was the same soft, cute little girl who was always acting spoiled at home.

The current her was dominant! Serious! Possessing an air of authority that could not be defied!

She seemed to adapt to any environment; no matter where she was, she had a way of being self-consistent.

At this moment, a young man raised his hand.

An Yinan looked at him and nodded.

The young man stood up immediately, "Teacher An, I have read the materials for your Phase I Project, but there are many parts I don't understand. Could I ask for your guidance after class?"

An Yinan had been hoping for a troublemaker so she could make an example of them.

She hadn't expected a humble seeker of knowledge to show up, leaving her with no target for her strength.

"Of course you can!" An Yinan smiled, and the intense pressure from just a moment ago dissipated slightly.

"Teacher An, may I ask, how did you come to develop the Mind Map?" a young man asked.

An Yinan silently prayed, "Great masters of the future, please don't kill me!"

An Yinan raised her head, just about to answer that she wasn't the one who had developed the Mind Map.

At this moment, a knock on the door sounded.

The door only had a small piece of glass, making it impossible to see the situation outside, so An Yinan said, "Please come in."

The person who pushed the door open was someone she knew: the Principal of Qingmu University.

The Principal first gave An Yinan an apologetic smile, "There are a few people who wanted to participate in this project, but time was tight, and they only just arrived."

An Yinan raised an eyebrow, "Weren't the seats in the back reserved for them?"

There were clearly more than a dozen empty seats in the back, and all the seats in the classroom today had been assigned...

Did they think she was stupid?

"Cough, cough, I told you, just tell the truth!" At this moment, a familiar voice rang out.

An Yinan widened her eyes, and the Professor Zhang who had been sitting as steady as Mount Tai just a moment ago immediately stood up, his face turning a few shades paler. He went from being a big-shot professor to looking like a lackey in an instant!

An Yinan saw the dozen or so big shots flooding into the room...

They were all members of the Phase I Project!

"Teacher An, long time no see. We old folks are here to bother you again!" Professor Zhang from the Physics Research Institute laughed, still holding his notebook and fountain pen obediently, and even holding a bottle of ink in his other hand...

An Yinan walked down from the podium, stood in front of these dozen or so people, and said with a wry smile, "I was wondering who had the power to make the Principal pull strings, and even dare to be late for my class."

"So it was you few. You didn't manage to anger me in Phase I, so you've come to settle the score in Phase II?"

Among them were a few who had looked down on her during Phase I.

As old matters were brought up, those few looked at each other with wry smiles. One of them pointed at An Yinan and said, "Look at this, with Teacher An's sharp tongue, no one can afford to offend her!"

Another person said, "How would we dare to settle scores? We're afraid we won't be able to hear your lectures anymore!"

The group of big shots laughed; each of them represented a Project Department.

"The others were too far away to make it in time, so they made us promise to photocopy the materials and mail them over," Professor Zhang Feng said.

Professor Zhang Feng, an important project leader at the Physics Research Institute, could be considered the face of the Physics Research Institute.

He was also an Honorary Professor at Qingmu University, though he spent all his time on projects and rarely taught classes anymore.

"They even said they wanted Old Zhang's notes!" someone said.

Everyone burst into laughter, and Professor Zhang pointed at that person, also smiling silently.

There weren't many of them in Phase I, but after their discussion on original intentions last time, although they were scattered across various research institutes, their connection had not been broken. These people, who used to be loners, had found new friends at this age.

The collision of various knowledge points and questions from different perspectives had all benefited them greatly.

"Everyone, allow me to remind you, five minutes have already passed." An Yinan used her finger to point at her watch in the air.

The dozen or so big shots who held sway in their respective Project Departments obediently went to the back to find empty seats, and not a single person spoke throughout the process...

She had wanted to make an example of someone to ensure this project proceeded smoothly; after all, managing these people one by one was too much trouble, and she hated troublesome things.

She hadn't expected the arrival of these dozen or so people to directly shatter her plan.

Those disgruntled troublemakers were all quiet and well-behaved now...

Fine, all roads lead to the same destination!

"I originally wanted to let you ask questions, but since there's no time left, let's skip the Q&A session," An Yinan said. Her casual posture was nothing like the domineering aura she had displayed at the start.

"Let's talk about..."

"Open your materials to page 67, let's look at the case studies for this course."

The estimated duration was two hours, but as An Yinan gave a case study for every knowledge point she explained, time flew by, and before they knew it, two hours had passed.

The people in the classroom remained silent; apart from those dozen or so big shots, only a small portion of the people had brought notebooks and pens.

At this moment, they felt incredibly fortunate that they had listened to the experience of the seniors in the Project Department; had they been even slightly less attentive, they would be just like those other people right now, staring blankly at each other and relying solely on their brain's memory.

Zhang Feng became more and more engrossed as he listened; originally, they had thought the Phase II Project would have the same content as the first phase, but they had benefited greatly last time and wanted to come to this session to consolidate what they knew.

Who could have imagined it?

Only one-third is the same; this time, they even expanded on the Mind Map's corresponding outlines, as well as the application of tables.