"I already announced it. Xiao Qian's team took first place in this Hunting Tournament."
Gu He forced himself to speak, a flicker of panic crossing his eyes as he tried to gloss over the matter.
He knew as clearly as if looking into a mirror that something was wrong, and his student Liu Ling was undoubtedly involved.
From what Lin Ye had said earlier, combined with all the irregularities during the tournament, anyone could tell that Liu Ling had been pulling strings behind the scenes.
But he truly did not want to tear the whole thing open. If they kept pursuing it, relations between everyone involved would only worsen. Better to muddy the waters like this and brush the matter aside.
Yet Yun Yun had no intention of acknowledging him. As though she had not heard a word, she slowly descended toward Nalan Yanran.
With graceful bearing and gentle movements, she slowly crouched before Nalan Yanran. The icy severity in her eyes when she had faced Gu He instantly faded, becoming as gentle as water.
"Teacher!"
The moment Nalan Yanran saw Yun Yun, the emotions she had been struggling to hold back broke loose like floodwaters bursting through a dam.
Like a child who had suffered endless grievances and finally found her closest loved one, all her hurt surged up at once, impossible to restrain. With a wail, she threw herself into Yun Yun's arms and sobbed aloud.
She cried as though her heart would break, tears pouring down like pearls from a broken string. Her body trembled uncontrollably as she choked out, "They ganged up on us and bullied us... boo-hoo..."
By "they," she naturally meant Lin Ye, Liu Ling, and the others who had played dirty during the tournament and were now turning black into white with their