Hibiscus Cup Finale and the New Year's January Auction

[I'm exhausted (x_x). After sitting in a rideshare for several hours—and being someone who gets carsick—I nearly died in the car. When I got back to my hometown, I lay in bed for ages before dragging myself up to visit my paternal grandparents' graves. Then I felt so awful after coming back that I couldn't get up today and missed visiting my maternal grandparents' graves. Feeling terrible (〃＞＿＜;〃)

When I was writing the Hibiscus Cup earlier, I was only thinking about visiting graves and didn't get the pacing right. I didn't even finish it in three chapters. Sorry (.・＿・.)ﾉI'm sorry~. I'll finish it today.

Also, I spent some time looking at other novels on the site and found that real place names can be used. Uh... that's a little awkward (￣□￣"). Starting from this chapter, I'll use real place names. If it gets banned because of that, I'll switch them back.]

"The final hundred meters!"

The live commentator's voice rang through the entire racecourse. Though already hoarse, he still roared at the top of his lungs. "Can Shu Road Hard hold on? Cloudstream Flying Shadow and Rise with the Wind are rapidly closing in! Cloudstream Flying Shadow on the outside! Rise with the Wind on the inside! Shu Road Hard has only a quarter-length left!"

Foam had already appeared around Cloudstream Flying Shadow's mouth, but her four hooves still flew with all their might.

The chestnut mare was like a streak of brown lightning, tracing a graceful line down the 520-meter final straight.

Shan Yao lay low over Cloudstream Flying Shadow's back, her arms so sore they had nearly lost all sensation.

Yet she still drove her onward with everything she had, once, then again.

"Cloudstream Flying Shadow! Cloudstream Flying Shadow has caught up! She's level with Shu Road Hard!"