The next morning.
"Ugh—"
Xiao Hongchen stepped out of his room, stretched lazily, and yawned beneath a pair of dark circles.
A pillow suddenly flew straight into his face, followed by Meng Hongchen's furious curse. "You stupid brother, what the hell are you yelling about so early in the morning? Want to die?!"
"I didn't want to either." Xiao Hongchen wore an innocent expression. "I was sleeping perfectly well last night, but I don't know which damned bastard kept knocking on my door."
He yawned again. "I'm exhausted now."
"You must've been too tired from traveling and heard wrong."
Meng Hongchen turned her head aside at those words, though the tips of her ears could faintly be seen turning red.
Damn it, stupid brother had even heard the knocking. Yet Junior Brother Yao Shi could still sleep through it? He had to have done it on purpose!
Hmph~
Because of Xiao Hongchen's earlier howl, everyone had been woken up by him. When Yao Shi slowly emerged from his room, Meng Hongchen immediately sidled up to him again.
"Ju-nior Bro-ther, did you sleep well last night?"
Meng Hongchen wore a bright smile, but there was a trace of danger in her tone.
This is bad!
She must be angry that I didn't open the door when she knocked last night.
So Yao Shi chose to play dumb. "Senior Sister Meng, I slept quite well last night. The hotel bed was very comfortable. Why do you ask?"
As he spoke, Yao Shi tilted his head at her in confusion.
Meng Hongchen stared at Yao Shi suspiciously.
Could he really have been asleep last night? Forget it, whatever.
Before Yao Shi could react, Meng Hongchen pressed herself against him again.
"Alright, everyone, head to the meeting room now. We'll hold a pre-tournament briefing."