"Hmph!!"
Juzi had an orange in her mouth as she stepped forward and snatched a cup of chilled 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 matches for the morning had already ended, and there was still a final bout in the afternoon.
This was the third round of semifinal selections. It would decide who advanced to the finals the morning after tomorrow, and in those matches, fourteen geniuses would be chosen.
The entire selection tournament was designed to sift through the students of two grades.
Contestants fought one-on-one, and the winner advanced to the next round. But for the sake of fairness, and to ensure no genius was overlooked, the academy would give the losers a chance to try again.
In other words, the losers' 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 to have lunch with Meng Hongchen.
Once he had eaten and drunk his fill, Xu Qing was just about to return to the arena for an easy, leisurely bit of post-meal exercise, only to discover that he had actually received a bye!
What kind of nonsense was this!!
Wasn't this an inside job?!
Some rejoiced, while others grieved.
With nothing else to do, Xu Qing could only drag the Angel off to do... things.
Evening. The center of the Ming Capital, the Hongchen Family residence.
Moonlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling window and broke across Xiao Hongchen's face.
He sat before a desk, where