“Yahoo, I’m back~”
Ling Xiaoyou returned to the spectator stand, greeted her friends, and then sat back in her original seat.
The nine were originally watching Ling Xiaoyou’s championship moment on the big screen.
Upon hearing her voice, they all turned to look at her.
Su Taosheng nodded at Ling Xiaoyou and offered congratulations.
“Congratulations.”
Su Lihua became even more excited.
She looked at Ling Xiaoyou and said with admiration and envy:
“Xiaoyou is really strong. It’s so nice. I wish I could be that powerful too.”
“Then just train hard. You’ll get strong sooner or later.”
Ling Xiaoyou replied.
After speaking, she looked at Bai Shuanglian, who was smiling at her, and the loudspeaker she had been holding was now put away.
“The match was wonderful. Congratulations, Xiaoyou. You’re the champion now.”
Bai Shuanglian ruffled Ling Xiaoyou’s head and congratulated her.
“Hehe, it’s just a group champion. It’s nothing.”
Even though Ling Xiaoyou said that, her smug little face clearly wrote “Praise me more!”
Bai Shuanglian was generous with her compliments.
She said many words of praise to Ling Xiaoyou, such as “You seized the timing well” and “Your magic arts were powerful,” making Ling Xiaoyou feel light and floating.
But Ling Xiaoyou didn’t get carried away.
She soon snapped out of the joy of being praised by Bai Shuanglian and looked at her, saying:
“By the way, after the Golden Core stage matches are over, it’ll be your and Su Taosheng’s turn. Shouldn’t you two be preparing now?”
When she said the latter part, she looked at Su Taosheng, clearly addressing both of them.
“Yeah, we should get going.”
Bai Shuanglian nodded and looked at Su Taosheng.
The latter also nodded, and the two left the spectator stand together.
“Good luck, Bai Shuanglian!”
Ling Xiaoyou waved her hand at Bai Shuanglian’s back, then looked at Su Lihua, crossed her arms, and snorted provocatively.
“Now it’s our battle!”
“Sure, I’m looking forward to it!”
Su Lihua copied her, crossing her arms and putting on a cool expression.
Although not stated, both understood that cheering for Bai Shuanglian and Su Taosheng next was a competition to show whose affection for their respective target was stronger!
At that moment, as they stared at each other, sparks seemed to crackle between their eyes, and the air seemed to smell of gunpowder.
But luckily, the tension didn’t last long.
It was interrupted by a voice.
“Ciallo~ Senior Ling, I’m here meow!”
They looked at the source of the voice and saw an orange-haired cat girl approaching.
Miao Miaomiao first greeted Ling Xiaoyou, then looked curiously at Su Lihua, wondering who this girl was who had been exchanging glances with Senior Ling.
‘Could she be Senior Ling’s opponent?’
Miao Miaomiao was thinking this when she saw that Ling Xiaoyou didn’t greet her first.
Instead, she continued looking at the girl she had been staring at and said with a smug smile:
“Ha, see? My backup is here! You definitely can’t beat both of us later! Definitely can’t beat both of us!”
“Damn it, you actually brought help? That’s too sneaky!”
Su Lihua looked angry.
She pointed at Ling Xiaoyou and huffed, as if saying “I can’t believe you’re so shameless.”
“How is that sneaky? It’s called connections!”
Ling Xiaoyou showed no shame, only pride.
She lifted her little chin and said:
“If you have the skills, find your own backup!”
“You know I don’t know anyone here! Where would I find a backup?”
Hearing that, Su Lihua got even angrier.
Ling Xiaoyou snorted and added:
“I don’t care. To win, I don’t mind using any means!”
“Also, let me tell you, one of my backups hasn’t arrived yet. When she comes, you’ll be one person against the three of us!”
“Wow! You’re too wicked!”
Su Lihua pointed at Ling Xiaoyou, her hand trembling.
She had expected a fair match, but she didn’t expect her opponent to bring help!
“For victory, so what if I’m wicked!”
Ling Xiaoyou crossed her arms and ignored the fuming Su Lihua.
“So…”
Miao Miaomiao found a seat casually and asked weakly:
“Senior, what exactly did you call me here for?”
“It’s like this…”
Ling Xiaoyou explained to Miao Miaomiao.
The latter immediately understood the situation and found it both amusing and frustrating.
When Senior Ling called her, she thought it was an important match, especially seeing Su Lihua so angry upon learning she had brought backups.
But she really didn’t expect that it was just to cheer for two people in the upcoming matches, and to compete to see who could cheer louder.
Miao Miaomiao looked helplessly at the smug, “cool” Ling Xiaoyou and the indignant Su Lihua who complained that “the opponent doesn’t play fair.”
‘These two are just kids. What’s there to be angry about…’
Just as Miao Miaomiao was thinking this, she saw another girl approaching them from not far away.
At first, Miao Miaomiao thought she was a passing spectator who was just passing by to go somewhere else.
But she didn’t expect the girl to stop instead of moving on.
She was surprised to see Ling Xiaoyou arguing with Su Lihua.
Realizing, Miao Miaomiao understood that this was the other backup Senior Ling had called.
Seeing that Ling Xiaoyou was obviously too busy to explain to this backup, Miao Miaomiao took the initiative to say to the girl:
“Hi, I’m Miao Miaomiao. Did Senior Ling call you too?”
“Miao Miaomiao?”
Bai Xiqing was stunned.
She didn’t expect someone to have such a name.
But after thinking about her own name, she felt it was normal, at least a bit more auspicious than hers.
‘At least it’s better than mine.’
Bai Xiqing nodded and said:
“Yeah, Sister Ling sent me a message saying she needed my help, so I came.”
Then she added:
“Just call me Bai Xiqing.”
“Bai Xiqing…”
Miao Miaomiao looked at Bai Xiqing, a sympathetic glint in her eyes.
‘I can’t believe there’s someone with a weirder name than mine.’
Then she asked curiously:
“Your surname is Bai. Are you related to Bai Shuanglian?”
“She’s my cousin.”
Bai Xiqing looked around and asked:
“Where’s my cousin? Has she gone to prepare for the match?”
“That’s right!”
Ling Xiaoyou finally noticed her late-arriving backup and chimed in:
“And now we’re going to cheer for Bai Shuanglian!”
“Huh?”
Bai Xiqing was puzzled, but then listened to Ling Xiaoyou’s explanation and understood.
Miao Miaomiao expected her to show the same helpless expression as she had, since this all sounded like children fighting.
But to her surprise, Bai Xiqing didn’t look helpless or speechless.
Instead, she seemed interested and said:
“That sounds great!”
She took the initiative to sit next to Ling Xiaoyou, forming a united front, and said to Su Lihua:
“My Sister Shuanglian will definitely win. You just wait to lose!”
Miao Miaomiao: “…”
‘It’s another kid…’
“Yahoo, I’m back~”
Ling Xiaoyou returned to the spectator stand, greeted her friends, and then sat back in her original seat.
The nine were originally watching Ling Xiaoyou’s championship moment on the big screen.
Upon hearing her voice, they all turned to look at her.
Su Taosheng nodded at Ling Xiaoyou and offered congratulations.
“Congratulations.”
Su Lihua became even more excited.
She looked at Ling Xiaoyou and said with admiration and envy:
“Xiaoyou is really strong. It’s so nice. I wish I could be that powerful too.”
“Then just train hard. You’ll get strong sooner or later.”
Ling Xiaoyou replied.
After speaking, she looked at Bai Shuanglian, who was smiling at her, and the loudspeaker she had been holding was now put away.
“The match was wonderful. Congratulations, Xiaoyou. You’re the champion now.”
Bai Shuanglian ruffled Ling Xiaoyou’s head and congratulated her.
“Hehe, it’s just a group champion. It’s nothing.”
Even though Ling Xiaoyou said that, her smug little face clearly wrote “Praise me more!”
Bai Shuanglian was generous with her compliments.
She said many words of praise to Ling Xiaoyou, such as “You seized the timing well” and “Your magic arts were powerful,” making Ling Xiaoyou feel light and floating.
But Ling Xiaoyou didn’t get carried away.
She soon snapped out of the joy of being praised by Bai Shuanglian and looked at her, saying:
“By the way, after the Golden Core stage matches are over, it’ll be your and Su Taosheng’s turn. Shouldn’t you two be preparing now?”
When she said the latter part, she looked at Su Taosheng, clearly addressing both of them.
“Yeah, we should get going.”
Bai Shuanglian nodded and looked at Su Taosheng.
The latter also nodded, and the two left the spectator stand together.
“Good luck, Bai Shuanglian!”
Ling Xiaoyou waved her hand at Bai Shuanglian’s back, then looked at Su Lihua, crossed her arms, and snorted provocatively.
“Now it’s our battle!”
“Sure, I’m looking forward to it!”
Su Lihua copied her, crossing her arms and putting on a cool expression.
Although not stated, both understood that cheering for Bai Shuanglian and Su Taosheng next was a competition to show whose affection for their respective target was stronger!
At that moment, as they stared at each other, sparks seemed to crackle between their eyes, and the air seemed to smell of gunpowder.
But luckily, the tension didn’t last long.
It was interrupted by a voice.
“Ciallo~ Senior Ling, I’m here meow!”
They looked at the source of the voice and saw an orange-haired cat girl approaching.
Miao Miaomiao first greeted Ling Xiaoyou, then looked curiously at Su Lihua, wondering who this girl was who had been exchanging glances with Senior Ling.
‘Could she be Senior Ling’s opponent?’
Miao Miaomiao was thinking this when she saw that Ling Xiaoyou didn’t greet her first.
Instead, she continued looking at the girl she had been staring at and said with a smug smile:
“Ha, see? My backup is here! You definitely can’t beat both of us later! Definitely can’t beat both of us!”
“Damn it, you actually brought help? That’s too sneaky!”
Su Lihua looked angry.
She pointed at Ling Xiaoyou and huffed, as if saying “I can’t believe you’re so shameless.”
“How is that sneaky? It’s called connections!”
Ling Xiaoyou showed no shame, only pride.
She lifted her little chin and said:
“If you have the skills, find your own backup!”
“You know I don’t know anyone here! Where would I find a backup?”
Hearing that, Su Lihua got even angrier.
Ling Xiaoyou snorted and added:
“I don’t care. To win, I don’t mind using any means!”
“Also, let me tell you, one of my backups hasn’t arrived yet. When she comes, you’ll be one person against the three of us!”
“Wow! You’re too wicked!”
Su Lihua pointed at Ling Xiaoyou, her hand trembling.
She had expected a fair match, but she didn’t expect her opponent to bring help!
“For victory, so what if I’m wicked!”
Ling Xiaoyou crossed her arms and ignored the fuming Su Lihua.
“So…”
Miao Miaomiao found a seat casually and asked weakly:
“Senior, what exactly did you call me here for?”
“It’s like this…”
Ling Xiaoyou explained to Miao Miaomiao.
The latter immediately understood the situation and found it both amusing and frustrating.
When Senior Ling called her, she thought it was an important match, especially seeing Su Lihua so angry upon learning she had brought backups.
But she really didn’t expect that it was just to cheer for two people in the upcoming matches, and to compete to see who could cheer louder.
Miao Miaomiao looked helplessly at the smug, “cool” Ling Xiaoyou and the indignant Su Lihua who complained that “the opponent doesn’t play fair.”
‘These two are just kids. What’s there to be angry about…’
Just as Miao Miaomiao was thinking this, she saw another girl approaching them from not far away.
At first, Miao Miaomiao thought she was a passing spectator who was just passing by to go somewhere else.
But she didn’t expect the girl to stop instead of moving on.
She was surprised to see Ling Xiaoyou arguing with Su Lihua.
Realizing, Miao Miaomiao understood that this was the other backup Senior Ling had called.
Seeing that Ling Xiaoyou was obviously too busy to explain to this backup, Miao Miaomiao took the initiative to say to the girl:
“Hi, I’m Miao Miaomiao. Did Senior Ling call you too?”
“Miao Miaomiao?”
Bai Xiqing was stunned.
She didn’t expect someone to have such a name.
But after thinking about her own name, she felt it was normal, at least a bit more auspicious than hers.
‘At least it’s better than mine.’
Bai Xiqing nodded and said:
“Yeah, Sister Ling sent me a message saying she needed my help, so I came.”
Then she added:
“Just call me Bai Xiqing.”
“Bai Xiqing…”
Miao Miaomiao looked at Bai Xiqing, a sympathetic glint in her eyes.
‘I can’t believe there’s someone with a weirder name than mine.’
Then she asked curiously:
“Your surname is Bai. Are you related to Bai Shuanglian?”
“She’s my cousin.”
Bai Xiqing looked around and asked:
“Where’s my cousin? Has she gone to prepare for the match?”
“That’s right!”
Ling Xiaoyou finally noticed her late-arriving backup and chimed in:
“And now we’re going to cheer for Bai Shuanglian!”
“Huh?”
Bai Xiqing was puzzled, but then listened to Ling Xiaoyou’s explanation and understood.
Miao Miaomiao expected her to show the same helpless expression as she had, since this all sounded like children fighting.
But to her surprise, Bai Xiqing didn’t look helpless or speechless.
Instead, she seemed interested and said:
“That sounds great!”
She took the initiative to sit next to Ling Xiaoyou, forming a united front, and said to Su Lihua:
“My Sister Shuanglian will definitely win. You just wait to lose!”
Miao Miaomiao: “…”
‘It’s another kid…’