CN-TST 2021 Problem 3

Given positive integer $n$ . Prove that for any integers $a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_n,$ at least $\lceil \tfrac{n(n-6)}{19} \rceil$ numbers from the set $\{ 1,2, \cdots, \tfrac{n(n-1)}{2} \}$ cannot be represented as $a_i-a_j (1 \le i, j \le n)$ .