Time slipped by, and in the blink of an eye, seven full days had passed.
Finally, two days before the Elimination Tournament drew to a close, Lin Qi, Zhao Bufan, and the others emerged looking refreshed, their faces still steeped in lingering pleasure.
"Hmph!"
Lin Xue's eyes widened as she glared fixedly at Lin Qi, who was so giddy he could barely tell north from south. Resentment and anger filled her heart.
She fumed inwardly. Did Lin Qi have any idea how I spent these seven days?
"Hehehe, how was it?!"
Meanwhile, Ying Ming Hao kept waggling his eyebrows at Lin Qi, Zhao Bufan, and the others with a wicked grin, looking every bit like a street scoundrel.
Had Lin Zihan and the others not happened to be standing nearby, he would probably have lost all restraint and started asking outright about those things unfit for anyone's ears.
"Nothing but praise!"
Faced with Ying Ming Hao's sleazy expression, Lin Qi merely smiled and generously gave him a thumbs-up, expressing his complete satisfaction.
That said everything without another word. It was absolutely a five-star review!
Ying Ming Hao immediately followed up, unable to wait. "Then all the problems have been taken care of?"
After all, that was what concerned him most.
If every hidden threat had not been thoroughly eradicated, it would be like a fire sweeping across the plains. Even after winter's cold and summer's heat, it would blaze up again when the spring breeze blew.
"All cleaned up."
Lin Qi's voice was slightly subdued, as though tinged with an indescribable lingering attachment.
Yet that emotion vanished in an instant, concealed beneath his calm exterior.
The corners of Ying Ming Hao's mouth lifted into a sly smile. "As long as it's all cleaned up!"
For people like Lin Qi