501 Oh, God, That’s a Great Idea!
In Shi Xi’s opinion, the conversation between the two of them sounded like that between kindergarten students.
They were so childish that they wanted to tell the teacher.
In any case, a heavier sword wasn’t that heavy to Shi Xi.
Ron looked at Shi Xi. “I’m friends with the manager here. You don’t have to worry. ”
Shi Xi smiled. “Let the girl have her way.”
Seeing the doll’s flustered and exasperated look, she was really worried that the doll would cry.
“Her name is Mei Yinni,” Ron said in a low voice, “She and her brother are frequent visitors of the fencing hall.”
“She should have her own sword, but I don’t know why she’s here to pick.”
The doll glared at Shi Xi and immediately took away the heavy sword that Shi Xi had chosen. “I’ll choose this one!”
Seeing the doll’s actions, Shi Xi didn’t mind and chose another one.
In any case, it didn’t matter to her which sword she used.
“Do you want to pick one?” Shi Xi looked at Ron and asked.
“I’m using a custom-made Baroque sword,” Ron said. “I’m using a special one.”
Frequent members like them all had their own exclusive equipment.
However, it was Shi Xi’s first time here, so Ron brought her to pick.
“Take your time, I’ll go buy some drinks,” Ron said.
“Alright,” she said.
Shi Xi had picked her sword and was waiting for Ron when she heard the doll shout, “Yunzhou, I’ve picked a very good sword for you!”
When she heard the familiar name, Shi Xi couldn’t help but turn around to take a look.
Could they have the same name?
But this was M Nation!
Just as she turned around, Shi Xi saw a familiar face in a foreign country.
What was Xie Yunzhou doing here?
And he even knew the doll?
On the other side, Xie Yunzhou had already put on his fencing suit. It looked like he was going to play fencing with the doll.
When Shi Xi turned to look at Xie Yunzhou, he seemed to sense something and looked up at her.
The two of them looked at each other from a distance.
When Xie Yunzhou saw Shi Xi, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. He strode over and explained, “I’m here with my partner. She’s my partner’s sister.”
“It’s alright, you guys can have fun,” Shi Xi said.
She was not jealous, not jealous at all.
“What are you doing here?” Xie Yunzhou asked.
Just then, Ron came over with a drink and said, “I didn’t know what you would like to drink, so I bought you an iced Americano. Is that okay?”
Shi Xi’s eyes curved into crescents. “Sure, thank you.”
“No, she won’t feel well if she drinks iced coffee,” Xie Yunzhou said coldly.
Ron was stunned. “Sorry.”
“It’s alright,” Shi Xi said while holding her iced coffee. “It’s fine to drink it once in a while.”
“It’s better not to drink it. If you get a stomachache and get hospitalized, you’ll cry again.” Xie Yunzhou’s eyes were calm as he asked, “You guys came together?”
Ron saw Xie Yunzhou and asked Shi Xi, “He’s your boyfriend?”
“We’re friends,” Shi Xi said.
He was jealous.
“We’re just friends,” Ron shrugged and laughed. “He really cares about you,” he said.
The doll noticed that Xie Yunzhou kept talking to Shi Xi and walked over unhappily. “Yunzhou, you know her?”
The doll glared at Shi Xi as she said that.
It was obvious that she still bore a grudge against Shi Xi for snatching her sword.
Shi Xi was helpless.
It was clearly the doll that was too overbearing.
“This is Shi Xi, a very good friend of mine,” Xie Yunzhou introduced.
The doll looked at Shi Xi warily.
At this moment, another man walked over. He seemed to be the doll’s brother.
“If we all know each other, then let’s play together,” the elder brother suggested.
Oh, god, that was such a great idea!
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502 As Long As You Touch Me, I’ll Admit Defeat
“I’m fine with it,” the doll Mei Yini said with a smile. “But this lady doesn’t seem to know how to fence. Would you like to play with us?”
Ron was not afraid anymore.
Mei Yinni’s brother was Angev, the champion of the city-wide fencing competition.
Although he was the city champion, he still had a few points to score in front of the champion.
On the other hand, he didn’t even get a single point from Shi Xi.
The only time he had managed to land a hit on Shi Xi was when she had dodged it.
“It’ll be more fun with more people,” Ron said. “Why don’t we all play together?”
After a few words, the crowd moved to a larger fencing practice room.
When Shi Xi saw the training room, she felt that it was much bigger than the previous one and had more comprehensive equipment.
“I won’t bully you,” Mei Yini said arrogantly.
“How about this? As long as you touch me, it’ll be my loss.”
“Sure,” Shi Xi replied casually.
Mei Yinni noticed Shi Xi’s carefree personality and Xie Yunzhou’s constant stare at her. “Fencing isn’t that interesting. Why don’t we have a wager?”
“What’s the prize?” Shi Xi asked.
Mei Yinni thought for a while and said, “How about this? The loser will treat everyone to a meal at the Kiol Center today.”
“Sure,” Shi Xi replied.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you,” Mei Yinni said. “The food here is very expensive. Anything here costs at least ten thousand dollars. US dollars.”
“That place is indeed very expensive,” Ron said worriedly.
“It’s okay,” Xie Yunzhou said lightly, “If we really lose, I’ll pay.”
Hearing Xie Yunzhou’s words, Mei Yinni was not convinced. “I asked you to buy me a bag just now, but you didn’t even want to!”
And that bag was only twenty thousand yuan!
“I have no choice,” Xie Yunzhou shrugged, “I don’t have money.”
He was poor in front of the person he didn’t like, and he was rich in front of the person he liked.
Xie Yunzhou, the peerless double standard.
Mei Yinni was even angrier when she saw that. At the same time, she found Shi Xi even more unpleasant to the eye.
After the two of them were dressed, they prepared to fence.
Mei Yinni was not worried about the match at all.
She had learned fencing since she was a child and was the sister of Angev, the city’s fencing champion.
How could she lose to an ordinary girl in such an environment?
After getting into position, Mei Yinni said, “Don’t cry when you lose later.”
Shi Xi smiled but did not say anything.
Beside them, Ron thought, ‘Shi Xi might not be the one who’ll end up crying.’
The match began.
Mei Yinni raised her sword and attacked.
Just as Ron had thought, Mei Yinni’s swordsmanship was not bad.
With a fencing champion as her brother, how could she be bad?
However, Shi Xi was more powerful.
As Shi Xi dodged, Mei Yinni could barely touch her.
Mei Yinni finally lost her patience and said, “Do you only know how to dodge?”
Even Angev didn’t agree with that.
Both offense and defense were an ability of fencing, and not being attacked was also an ability.
However, if they didn’t attack, it would be even more disadvantageous in the competition.
After all, in a competition, one could only win by scoring points.
On the other hand, Shi Xi had been dodging all the time, so she hadn’t been able to score a single point in the official competition.
Of course, Mei Yinni didn’t get any points either.
Xie Yunzhou looked at the well-built Shi Xi, his eyes dark and gloomy.
He had never known that Shi Xi knew swordsmanship.
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503 Cripple Her Hand So That She Won’t Be Able To Hold a Sword Anymore
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
On the other hand, he had never seen Shi Xi in this state before.
How did he know so little about Shi Xi?
After Mei Yinni’s anger subsided, she started to lose her momentum.
Shi Xi’s footsteps were still as calm as ever, as though she didn’t care at all. It was as though she was just taking a stroll.
Finally, just as Mei Yinni was about to attack, Shi Xi’s sword stabbed into Mei Yinni’s heart.
The electronic judge rang.
Mei Yinni was so angry that she continued to attack.
However, the more Mei Yinni attacked, the easier it was for her to reveal her flaws.
Mei Yinni’s steps were getting more and more erratic, while Shi Xi’s steps were getting more and more steady.
At a glance, it seemed that Mei Yinni had defeated Shi Xi.
However, upon closer inspection, it was Shi Xi who was in control of the battle.
Shi Xi didn’t even retreat to the safe zone.
Mei Yinni’s eyes were fierce as she twisted her wrist and stabbed at Shi Xi’s arm.
In an official match, the flower sword was not allowed to attack the arm.
In other words, attacking the arm was useless.
However, Mei Yinni chose to stab in that direction.
Shi Xi retracted her sword and blocked the attack. Then, she used some strength to push the girl back and said, “It’s almost time.”
The girl’s voice was relaxed and happy.
On the electronic screen next to her, Shi Xi had already scored a few dozen points.
As for Mei Yinni, she had zero.
The score hit Mei Yinni’s heart. She threw her sword on the ground and said, “Unorthodox methods! Not presentable!”
“With your skills, you can only use them in the practice room. You won’t be able to get any results on the stage.”
“I’m sorry. It’s my first time fencing today, so I don’t really understand the rules.”
“So, I can’t dodge it?”
Her apologetic words made Mei Yinni so angry that she almost vomited blood.
“Of course it can be dodged,” Ron said.
However, to others, dodging was just dodging backward.
To Shi Xi, dodging wasn’t just retreating, it was also an attack.
“Miss Shixi,” said Angev, “How about I play a round with you?”
Ron asked, “What’s wrong? Your sister couldn’t beat her so is big brother going on stage?”
“I just thought that Miss Shi is very talented,” said Angev with a smile. “I just wanted to have a friendly match with you.”
“Sure,” Shi Xi replied nonchalantly.
In any case, she hadn’t practiced with a sword for a long time, so it was a good time to practice.
Ron hesitated for a moment before he pulled Shi Xi aside and reminded her, “He’s the previous champion of the city-wide swordsmanship competition. You have to be careful!”
“The stronger the opponent, the better the practice,” Shi Xi said.
“He’s playing with a heavy sword, so be careful not to get hit.” Ron reminded again.
Shi Xi nodded. “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”
She had finally picked up the sword technique that she had neglected for a long time.
However, Shi Xi had not expected it to be in such a setting.
Angev picked up his heavy sword and stood opposite Shi Xi.
While helping Angev tidy up his fencing suit, Mei Yinni said in a low voice, “Brother, teach her a lesson for me!”
“It would be best to cripple her hand so she will never be able to hold a sword again!”
Her voice was extremely soft, but Shi Xi’s hearing was very good, so she still managed to catch her words.
Shi Xi lowered her eyes slightly.
She didn’t expect Mei Yinni, who looked so cute, to be so vicious.
She had only won against Mei Yinni, and Mei Yinni wanted to cripple her hand?
What shocked Shi Xi even more was that Angev didn’t blame Mei Yinni. Instead, he touched Mei Yinni’s head and said, “Just wait at the side.”
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504 Plum Blossom’s Three Strokes
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Shi Xi didn’t know what Angev was thinking, but she was more serious about this match.
This was no ordinary competition.
If she wasn’t careful, she might lose her hand.
Shi Xi looked at Xie Yunzhou.
Xie Yunzhou had actually come to the fencing hall with such a person?
If they could play together, they must at least be business partners.
At that thought, Shi Xi felt that it was quite normal.
After all, Xie Yunzhou was a vicious villain in the game, and this was his normal circle of friends.
If Xie Yunzhou was as innocent and kind as she was, why would he throw her into the river to feed the fish in the original plot?
She couldn’t forget his real setting because of his usual gentleness!
After letting her thoughts run wild for a while, Shi Xi looked at Angev calmly.
The two of them stood sideways, their swords pointed at each other, and their hands that were not holding swords were behind their backs.
Ron picked up the electronic judge and shouted the start.
Angev had chosen a heavy sword, which had a wide range of attack.
In the beginning, Angev aimed at her head and started to attack.
Shi Xi dodged to the left and right and kept retreating. Finally, her expression turned serious.
When they were fighting Ron and Mei Yinni, although they had some skills, they were more like amateurs.
However, Ron didn’t use his full strength, which was why Shi Xi was able to score.
Of course, even if Ron had used all his strength, he still wouldn’t have been able to defeat Shi Xi.
But Angev was different.
Those who could win the championship were naturally different.
He played steadily as he focused on all of Shi Xi’s movements, attacking and defending.
As Shi Xi dodged, she analyzed her opponent’s moves.
This was also a habit she had when she first learned swordsmanship.
When sparring with the other party, one had to know the other party’s depth. Only then would one be able to win with one move.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never lose a hundred battles.
Just as Angev was about to stab at Shi Xi’s helmet, Shi Xi tilted her head and dodged the attack. Then, she stabbed forward and started to attack Angev.
Seeing that the tip of his opponent’s sword seemed to have three afterimages, blocking all his blind spots, Angev was shocked and didn’t know which sword to defend.
But he was faster.
His reflective parry allowed him to block Shi Xi’s attack.
The three afterimages combined into one solid sword.
…
Ron looked at the exchange of blows between the two from the outside and sighed. “Angev is indeed the champion. I can’t dodge this sword!”
Mei Yinni snorted. “Of course! There’s no one in K City who is a match for my brother!”
It looked like Angev had dodged it easily, but only he knew how dangerous it had been.
It was a reflex that he had developed after practicing swordsmanship for a long time. He had sensed danger and dodged it.
If it happened again, he really didn’t know if he could dodge it!
This girl was not as simple as she looked.
The first round ended in three minutes, and neither of them managed to stab the other.
Mei Yinni said, “Shi Xi, you keep dodging. When are you going to get to the end?”
“I did make a move, but he dodged it.” Shi Xi smiled.
This surprised Shi Xi as she thought that Angev wouldn’t be able to avoid it.
This move, the Plum Blossom’s Three Strokes, had three illusionary forms, which were not something that ordinary people could distinguish.
It seemed that Angev’s championship was not low.
After a minute of rest, the two returned to the arena and prepared to fight.
This time, Shi Xi didn’t focus on defense. Instead, she took the initiative to attack.
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505 Let Go of the Desire To Help Others and Respect Their Destiny.
On the other hand, after Angev sensed Shi Xi’s intention to attack, he slowly retreated and dodged, trying to find Shi Xi’s flaws.
However, just as he was defending, he realized that Shi Xi’s attacks were flawless. He couldn’t find any flaws!
He was forced to retreat step by step, unable to resist at all.
Ron stood aside and said to Mei Yinni, “What’s wrong with your brother? Why isn’t he attacking? You won’t get any points if you keep retreating!”
Mei Yinni’s face turned red with anger when she heard his sarcastic tone.
Xie Yunzhou watched the fight quietly from the side.
Shi Xi’s attack was fierce and fast. In the end, she managed to hit Angev’s arm and scored a point.
This successfully angered Mei Yinni.
Angev smiled and said to Shi Xi nonchalantly, “With your swordsmanship, you can participate in professional competitions.”
“There are too many rules and restrictions here. I’m not used to it yet.” Shi Xi smiled faintly.
For example, there were too many places that could not be attacked, and there were too many limitations to only being able to pierce using the tip.
Mei Yinni waved her flag and shouted, “Brother! Another round! Knock her down!”
Shi Xi was a little tired. “Let’s call it a day,” she said indifferently. “I’m a little tired.”
She had just played with Ron for a long time, and then played a round with Mei Yinni.
She didn’t want to continue.
There were too many restrictions on this kind of fencing, and she could not let go.
Even if she had to fight against Angev, who was extremely good at swordsmanship, Shi Xi still found it boring.
It was like playing basketball with a child. She might as well go home and lie down.
Angev didn’t have any objections, but Mei Yinni said, “Are you afraid? That’s why you ran away after getting a point?”
“Trying to goad me into action is useless,” Shi Xi chuckled.
If she was so easily goaded, she wouldn’t be in the entertainment industry.
“Don’t think that I can’t beat you. I’m just going easy on you!” Mei Yinni said angrily. “When it’s the real competition, that’s my home ground!”
“Maybe,” Shi Xi shrugged nonchalantly. She wasn’t planning to participate in the competition anyway, so she gave her blessings casually. “I wish you all the best in the competition.”
She really didn’t understand why Mei Yinni had such ill intentions toward her.
When she saw Xie Yunzhou beside her, Shi Xi felt that she understood.
In the novel, everyone would be surrounding the male lead and the supporting actor.
Only she, an untainted female supporting role, worked hard to earn money.
Shi Xi really wanted to tell Mei Yinni, “What’s the use of a man? Only money is the most important!”
However, Shi Xi knew that if she told anyone else about this, they would only pity her and think that she had to rely on herself.
Let go of the desire to help others and respect the fate of others.
Ron walked to Shi Xi’s side and said in a low voice, “Well done! I’ve long found this pair of brother and sister to be an eyesore!”
“Be careful,” Shi Xi reminded him. “They might vent their anger on you.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Ron said. “I’m not afraid of them.”
He and Angev were not on the same track at all.
He learned the flower sword.
Mei Yinni’s face turned livid at the fact that she and Angev had both lost to Shi Xi. She threw her sword to the ground and said to Angev, “Brother, let’s go!”
Shi Xi smiled and said, “Didn’t we agree on where the loser has to spend their money? Don’t tell me you want to renege on your debt?”
Mei Yinni’s face darkened. “You’re too calculative. I was just joking. Did you really take it seriously?”
Shi Xi raised her brows and said, “You’re the one who suggested it, not me. You were the one who said there was a prize!”