"Well done!"
Although Xiao Qingyun was gritting his teeth in hatred, he held it in. With so many eyes on him, he still had to maintain his image.
After all, his every action now represented not only himself, but also the academy behind him.
"Senior."
Ye Yunyin rose to comfort him, but Xiao Qingyun waved a hand to indicate that he was fine.
"Don't disgrace our academy."
Leaving her with those words, Xiao Qingyun returned to the spectator stands with a dark expression.
Pressing her lips together, Ye Yunyin stepped onto the stage and glared at Ye Qing. "I'll teach you the meaning of regret."
"All boobs and no brains. Are you sucking up to Xiao Qingyun so you can snag a rich guy?"
Ye Qing clicked his tongue and shook his head. Such good looks were wasted on a woman like her.
Ye Qing hadn't lowered his voice, so everyone present heard him.
Ye Yunyin hadn't expected Ye Qing to say that. Her face flushed with anger. "What nonsense are you spouting?!"
"Outrageous!"
Professor Qian's expression soured. Ye Yunyin was his prized student. How could he let someone speak of her that way?
"Oh, they're just children. What's wrong with a little youthful hotheadedness?"
Principal Jiang laughed heartily, throwing the other man's earlier words right back at him.
Below the stage, Xiao Qingyun remained utterly unmoved. Of course he knew how Ye Yunyin felt, but with his status and wealth, he had no shortage of women like her around him. Why would he give up an entire forest for a single tree?
"Just you wait."
Trembling slightly all over, Ye Yunyin gritted her teeth and put away the Poké Ball already in her hand, then took a different one from her waist.
"Pika!"
A yellow Pikachu materialized in the