"Hmph!!"
Juzi had an orange clenched between her teeth as she stepped forward and snatched a glass of iced orange juice from Xu Qing's hand.
Then she stormed off the stage to settle the score with Keke.
Xu Qing returned to the stands. The morning matches had already ended, and there was still one final match in the afternoon.
This was the third round of the semifinal selections, which would decide who entered the finals the morning after tomorrow. In those matches, fourteen geniuses would be selected.
The entire selection tournament was designed to screen students from two grades.
They fought one-on-one, and the winner advanced to the next round. But for the sake of fairness and to avoid missing a single genius, the academy would give the losers one more chance.
In other words, the loser's bracket would compete again tomorrow. Of course, that had nothing to do with Xu Qing.
Xu Qing returned to the stands and handed his meal card to Ye Guyi, who had nothing on her but a school uniform, allowing her to treat the acute condition known as stomach cramps.
After that, he went with Meng Hongchen to take care of lunch.
Once he had eaten and drunk his fill, Xu Qing was just about to return to the arena for a relaxed, leisurely bit of post-meal exercise, only to discover that he had actually drawn a bye!
What kind of nonsense was this!!
Wasn't this inside dealing?!
Some were happy, some were worried.
With nothing to do, Xu Qing had no choice but to drag Angel off to do... things.
Evening. The center of the Ming Capital, the Hongchen Family residence.
Moonlight spilled in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, breaking across Xiao Hongchen's face.
He sat at the desk, where the soul tool