Wait.
Whether the leopard appeared...
wasn't something she could control in the first place.
What she'd said just now was merely a beautiful hope of Xie Chuchu's.
She hoped that Xue Jiamin and the leopard were destined to meet again.
If they weren't...
then all she could say was that her hope had been dashed.
That's right.
That was it.
As long as she explained things properly to that kid...
he shouldn't get too angry, right?
"Have you already accepted that Xue Jiamin will win tomorrow's championship?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
Huh?
Both girls were taken aback.
They thought back over what they'd said earlier.
It seemed...
they really had assumed that.
"We were just making... a contingency plan, weren't we?"
Xie Chuchu finally managed to say.
She'd initially wanted to say they were preparing for the worst.
But then she thought...
that didn't sound quite right.
Xue Jiamin was going to win the championship.
How could that be a bad thing?
It was wonderful news.
In that case...
"I believe in that kid."
Xue Jiamin nodded.
"Since that kid said he was going to win the championship, he'll definitely work hard to do it."
"Otherwise..."
"He already made that big a claim."
"If he doesn't follow through in the end..."
"That'd be a little embarrassing."
"That kid cares a lot about his image."
"Chuchu, you can start drafting your explanation."
Chi Xiuke offered kindly.
"I believe you'll come up with a good way to explain things to Xue Jiamin."
Xie Chuchu: ...
"...Then you have to help me think of one."
This was such a headache.
She'd probably said more nice things to Xue Jiamin over the past few days than she had in all the years before.
Suddenly, she felt that their