" Yeah! I bet she will do well." Minghao did believe in her to deliver.
"That's good, we are three now," Qin Xinyu acknowledged, his gaze shifting to Qing Qing with genuine interest. "Welcome to the team."
Qing Qing looked up from organizing her materials, her fingers pausing mid-motion. For a moment, uncertainty flickered across her face, that instinctive hesitation that came from months of learning to hide, to stay invisible, to not draw attention.
But then Minghao reached over and squeezed her hand encouragingly, and something in Qing Qing's expression steadied.
"Thank you," she said softly in Mandarin, her accent still slightly off but her meaning clear. Then, switching to English with more confidence, "I have been reading about the debate topic. Traditional education versus modern approaches in childhood development.' She pulled out her neatly organized notes, each page color-coded and labeled. 'I found some interesting perspectives from... from different countries."
