"Ray, are you too tired? Don't sleep on the table. You'll catch a cold easily."
The voice of my good brother woke me up from my thoughts, and I saw the black-hearted brother Tyler again in a trance.
I rubbed my eyes and confirmed that the person in front of me was indeed Tyler.
I swung my arm and slapped him, but unexpectedly he let out a sharp scream.
"ah......"
Tyler's face was full of disbelief, and I was equally shocked. I had wanted to hit him countless times but had never really succeeded, but this time I actually succeeded!
I noticed that the originally noisy environment suddenly became quiet. Looking back, I saw that everyone in the laboratory was looking at us.
I asked in confusion: "Where is this?"
Tyler covered his face and said in disbelief: " Ray , are you confused because of sleep? This is a laboratory!"
I looked up and saw the calendar hanging on the wall. Today was September 1st, and there was still a week left until the end of the competition.
No wonder Tyler was so surprised, he hadn't had time to steal my program and give it to Ethan Smith.
I quickly apologized: "Tyler, I'm sorry, I was confused."
Tyler patted my shoulder and said, "It's okay. I know you've been under a lot of pressure lately. You'll be fine after this competition is over. I'm still waiting for you to treat me to a meal after winning the award!"
I nodded and said, "I've been under a lot of pressure lately and have headaches all the time. I'm going to go back and rest first."
After saying that, I ignored Tyler 's surprised look, packed up my things and turned to leave.
Thinking back to Tyler 's betrayal in my previous life, I suddenly realized that he didn't really care about me, but was just an overseer. He woke me up just because he was afraid that I would sleep too much and affect Ethan Smith's award.
In my previous life, in order to recruit me, Chairman Smith of my school personally came forward and gave me a scholarship of 10 million.
At first, I thought the school just wanted me to be their signboard to attract more students, but I didn’t expect that I was involved in a huge conspiracy.
In order to live up to Chairman Smith's kindness, I participated in all the competitions I could.
However, no matter what competition it was, Ethan Smith 's scores were always the same as mine.
Gradually , Ethan Smith 's fame surpassed mine, and everyone praised him as a handsome, rich, and intelligent man, while I was relegated to a poor kid who only knew how to study.
I was frantic to prove myself, so I entered more competitions, but no matter how hard I tried, Ethan Smith's scores were always the same as mine.
My classmates laughed at my eagerness to win, while Ethan Smith seemed relaxed.
People even said that Ethan Smith knew how to control his score, and he just kept the same score as me out of sympathy.
Ethan Smith put on a compassionate attitude and said, "I don't allow you to say that about Ray . He just doesn't have a high IQ, but he has really tried very hard."
This remark made everyone praise Ethan Smith for his magnanimity, while I was scolded to death.
As graduation approached, I taught myself artificial intelligence, thinking that Ethan Smith would never get involved in this field.
However, he signed up anyway. I remember Tyler once lamented hypocritically: "If there is Yu, why is there Liang?"
Before the competition even started, many classmates started to make sarcastic remarks: "Are you trying to find another way to defeat our idol Ethan Smith? You didn't expect to run into a trap."
"I really don't understand how Chairman Smith could have such a bad vision. He poached someone with such a strong sense of utilitarianism. He might as well have rewarded his son with 10 million."
So I worked harder and harder day and night.
There were multiple directions for this competition. I chose the iris direction of face recognition, but I never expected that Ethan Smith also chose this direction.
He submitted the code the day before me, and after I submitted the code, I slept at home for a day and a night.
After waking up, I found that the whole world had changed. The whole Internet was condemning me, calling me an ungrateful person who took Chairman Smith's scholarship but plagiarized the code of Chairman Smith's son to participate in the competition.
Tyler was with me throughout the competition and he was the person who could best prove my innocence.
However, he told the media indignantly: "I told him a long time ago not to cheat, but he insisted on beating Ethan Smith once . I tried to stop him!"
I finally saw his true face. He was inseparable from me during the entire competition. He must have leaked my answers.
Compared to the groundless accusations from strangers, I can't tolerate the betrayal of people around me.
I was depressed for a long time, but fortunately my girlfriend Nana always patiently comforted me, and I finally came out of the shadow.
However, in order to discredit me, Ethan Smith's fanatical fans spread intimate photos of me and the bald uncle on the Internet. I argued that it was synthesized by AI, but no one believed it.
Later, I suffered even more violent online bullying, saying that I was able to enter this school only because of the money spent by rich uncles. The school also accused me of defamation and demanded 20 million yuan in compensation from me.
I was completely unable to repay, and in the end I had no choice but to turn on the gas and end my life.
Now that God has given me a second chance, I will never be Ethan Smith's stepping stone again. I plan to quit the competition tomorrow and live a peaceful life until graduation.
