Yuanen Yehui was speechless. Was this the fatal flaw of so-called geniuses? How could he be so arrogant? Looking at Qi Ji's utterly confident face, she couldn't help grumbling inwardly.
"He's the challenger"? "I'll win"? Those words sounded like the sleep-talking of a teenager with delusions of grandeur.
Yet his expression was so serious when he said them that she couldn't dismiss them as a joke.
Seeing her incredulous expression, Qi Ji sighed and said, "I knew you wouldn't believe me. But that's fine. I don't care to explain too much. There's just one thing you need to know."
"What?" Yuanen Yehui couldn't help asking.
"Graduate from Shrek-or drop out, if you have to-and leave Shrek City as soon as possible." Qi Ji rose, walked to the window, and pulled the curtains halfway open.
Morning light poured in, illuminating half the room as well as his sharply defined profile.
He turned his head, his golden dragon eyes still clear against the light, like two lamps that would never go out. "Before long, this place probably won't be safe anymore."
Qi Ji's warning before he left still echoed in Yuanen Yehui's ears.
Did he mean Shrek City would become dangerous soon?
She stood in a corridor of the Shrek Outer Court, students coming and going around her. Sunlight streamed through the corridor windows, washing the floor white.
Normally, she would have hurried past with her head lowered, avoiding eye contact with anyone as much as possible. Today, however, her steps slowed a little, Qi Ji's words still turning over in her mind.
"Well, well... isn't this our class president?"
"Oh... what are you talking about? She's the former class president..."
"Isn't she an evil soul master?"
"Hahahahaha!"
Their mocking laughter dragged Yuanen Yehui back to reality.
She turned her head