"How could we?"
Xie Chuchu deftly opened the ride-hailing app on her phone.
She didn't even need to ask.
Master Xiao definitely hadn't called a car.
After all, Master Xiao hadn't planted a surveillance camera on them. How could he have predicted when they'd arrive and booked a car ahead of time?
"I'd feel so bad making you wait."
"Xiuxiu got me up first thing this morning..."
Xie Chuchu muttered.
She was the type who liked to stay in bed.
Of course,
if she set an alarm, she could still get up.
She just tended to take a little longer.
With Xiuxiu urging her along this morning, she felt like she'd been incredibly quick.
Chi Xiuke looked innocent.
"You heard the alarm go off, but you just turned it off and went back to sleep..."
She had finished washing up and found someone still fast asleep under the covers, so she'd gone over to wake her.
"Hehe."
Xie Chuchu smiled sheepishly.
"I was only going to get up after a minute..."
"I didn't expect..."
to fall asleep again so quickly.
Chi Xiuke shook her head, amused.
"That's what you get for staying up so late."
Xie Chuchu shrugged.
It couldn't be helped.
She was a night owl.
"Ah."
"The car's here."
Xie Chuchu called to the other two.
"Let's go."
Thinking about the upcoming final, Xie Chuchu felt her heart start to beat a little faster.
As usual, Xie Chuchu greeted Teacher Gao first.
And, as usual, she didn't go see Xue Jiamin before the competition.
They didn't take up too much of Teacher Gao's time.
It was the final, after all.
Teacher Gao clearly wanted to stay by the contestants' sides and help them make their final preparations.
"Ah."
After sitting down in