Evening.
Xia Yu left the competition venue first.
Meng Hongchen did not leave with him because she had matters to attend to with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy Team.
Xia Yu did not say much about it.
After all, Meng Hongchen was the vice-captain of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy Team, and she had not handled team affairs for an entire month.
Now that the tournament had begun, there were naturally matters that needed to be coordinated with her.
That was perfectly normal, and Xia Yu had no reason to stop her.
Before long, he returned to the residence alone.
After dinner and washing up, Xia Yu had just taken a bottle of red wine from the cellar and begun drinking alone beneath the moon when Meng Hongchen returned.
She was no longer wearing the Sun Moon Imperial Academy Team uniform from earlier that day.
Instead, she had changed into a fitted dark-red silk gauze dress, paired with a black lace shawl.
She wore black-and-red crystal heels, and her long, straight legs under the lights were dazzling to the eye.
That outfit outlined her tall, graceful, exquisite figure to perfection.
And she had been drinking too. Her cheeks were faintly flushed, her eyes hazy, and the seductive charm at the corners of her eyes could not be concealed.
"Why did you change outfits? And why did you drink so much?"
Xia Yu could not help frowning slightly as he looked at the somewhat tipsy Meng Hongchen.
Then he stepped forward and reached out to catch the slightly unsteady Meng Hongchen.
"Heh, there aren't any matches for the next few days... After the meeting, the others on the team suggested going out for a few drinks to celebrate."
"As for the clothes, I changed into them downstairs