As the doors opened to either side, a faint fragrance drifted out, mingled with the smell of medicine.
On a broad-backed chair lined with a velvet cushion, a girl in a white dress sat as still as a doll.
Her hair was very long, probably reaching her thighs if she stood. Two maids stood on either side of her, carefully tending her lovely hair with combs.
She had a slender, delicate figure and a gentle, refined air. Unfortunately, a large scar covered her right eye, like a blemish on a pearl.
"Mr. Shen Qi, I took the liberty of holding a race and inviting you here."
"The race..."
Shen Qi quickly realized that this race had been deliberately arranged.
Before heading to Fuchsia City, Shen Qi had not known where to get the other regular race finishes he needed, so Servine had helped ask around.
Since he needed lower-level regular races where it would be easier to place, and Servine had paid little attention to low-tier races before, the word he had put out was:
A friend who had just earned his racing license wanted to build up his record of race finishes and was looking for information on races in Saffron City or nearby cities.
Shen Qi had just competed in two regular races in Saffron City and had interacted with Servine. Anyone paying attention could easily deduce that Shen Qi was the one who needed them.
With this heiress's connections, the Lurantis sisters' connections in racing circles, and their particular attention to Shen Qi, they could naturally find out that the driver Servine had mentioned was Shen Qi.
And so the regular race at Vermilion Harbor had come about...
Shen Qi had thought the luxury cruise ship's owner had applied for a low-level regular race because there was