551 It's Impossible To Avoid a Disaster
"There's a fencing hall nearby. I'll take you there," Shi Chen said.
Shi Xi wasn't very familiar with the rules of fencing, so she needed to compete with more people in order to master the rules.
After all, in the competition, everyone followed the rules and advanced based on the points they scored.
Shi Xi nodded. "Alright, I'll go and change."
She didn't have any work today, so she could go to the fencing hall to familiarize herself with the rules.
After Shi Xi changed her clothes and went out, she saw Ron sitting on the bench by the door, looking like a drenched chicken. He was holding a bunch of flowers in his hand.
That's right, a bunch of roses was drenched by water.
Shi Chen saw that Ron had not left and frowned.
He was already so drenched, yet he was still so persistent?
He thought that Ron had already left.
Ron heard footsteps and looked up to see the two of them. He said in surprise, "Xi Xi!"
Shi Xi was puzzled. "Why are you here? How did you end up like this?"
Ron looked at Shi Chen with a bitter expression.
However, Shi Chen was Shi Xi's brother and he did not dare to offend him.
"It's nothing. I came at the wrong time. I touched the lawn and it watered automatically. Where are you guys going?" asked Ron.
"My brother is bringing me to a fencing hall. What about you? Do you want to go back and change?" Shi Xi asked casually.
After all, he was already drenched.
When Ron heard that Shi Xi was going to the fencing hall, he immediately perked up and said, "I also want to go to the fencing hall!"
Shi Xi: ?
"Aren't you going back to change your clothes?" Shi Chen said expressionlessly.
Ron was already drenched, but he was still so persistent in chasing his sister.
He was really difficult to deal with.
Shi Chen was not touched at all.
He only felt annoyed.
"No need, it's just a little water." Ron flicked his hair.
Water droplets flew everywhere.
Shi Xi dodged backward.
"Xi Xi, do you want to learn fencing?" Ron looked at Shi Xi and offered, "I can teach you! I can even be your sparring partner."
"There's no need for that. There's a coach in the fencing hall."
Ron extended a finger and shook it. "All the good coaches are already leading the team."
"And I'm always on call, and I was the third place in the last city-wide fencing competition. Where can you find someone better than me-"
"That's me," Shi Chen replied indifferently.
The smile on Ron's face shattered.
Shi Xi looked at Shi Chen with sparkling eyes. "Brother, you're more powerful than Ron?"
"Shi Chen was the runner-up of the previous city-wide fencing competition," Ron said weakly.
The champion was Mei Yinni's brother, Angev.
He had fought with Shi Xi the last time.
Shi Xi looked at her brother and asked in surprise, "You've never said that before~"
She had thought that Shi Chen was just casually practicing.
Shi Chen coughed. "It's just the runner-up. There's nothing to be proud of."
Third place Ron: "..."
"I'll practice with my brother then," Shi Xi said.
Ron ran his fingers through his hair, his hand wet. "Shi Chen can't be at your beck and call, but I can."
Ron picked out a flower that didn't seem to have been ravaged from the middle of the bunch of flowers and brought it to Shi Xi. "Beautiful Miss Xi Xi, I suggest that you consider letting me be your sparring partner. I'll be there whenever you call me. I'll be there either way."
The corners of Shi Xi's mouth twitched as she looked at the Rose before her that had managed to escape a calamity.
It was dotted with a few drops of water, looking delicate and beautiful.
It looked pretty good.
The next second, Ron, who was drenched and blown by the wind, sneezed loudly.
"Achoo-"
His saliva was all sprayed on the flower.
...It was impossible to avoid this calamity.
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552 Let Shi Chen and Mei Yinni Get Married
Shi Xi rejected him with a smile. "I can practice by myself."
Shi Chen did not bother to hide his disdain and walked past Ron.
After the two of them left, Ron looked at his flowers and felt extremely sad.
However, the watering device that had been set was activated.
Ron scored twice and got poured with water again.
*
When they arrived at the fencing hall, Shi Xi realized that it was the same one she had been to the last time.
Shi Chen watched as Shi Xi picked up the sword with ease and asked, "You've been here before?"
"Yes, Ron brought me here once before." Shi Xi gave a brief account of what had happened last time.
Hearing that his baby sister was not bullied, Shi Xiang heaved a sigh of relief and said, "There's nothing good in the Mitchell family. If you see them in the future, avoid them."
Shi Xi stuck out her tongue. "I know."
Even though they had only met once, Shi Xi could sense that these two people were up to no good.
However, she encountered something she didn't want.
When Shi Xi was picking her sword, she ran into Mei Yinni, who was also there to practice.
When Mei Yinni saw Shi Chen and Shi Xi, her face turned pale and she immediately avoided them.
Shi Xi: I'm not the one being rude.
"How could she run so fast?" Shi Xi was puzzled.
Even if she had scammed Mei Yinni of a large sum of money last time, she shouldn't have looked so bad, right?
"She probably ran away because she saw me," Shi Chen said.
Shi Xi's eyes lit up with the color of gossip. "Oh?"
"When I first came here, I didn't have a firm foothold here, and everything didn't go well. I started with her to get close to her father," Shi Chen recalled.
Shi Xi's eyes widened.
Shi Chen shrugged. "She found out later on. She said that if I slept with her for a night, she would take me to see her father."
Shi Xi's eyes widened even more. "And then?"
"I was afraid of getting infected, so I refused. After that, I asked our family for some money. I used that money to pave a way for myself," Shi Chen replied nonchalantly.
Shi Xi wasn't too sure about that.
Father Shi and Shi Xu rarely talked about business at home. When they really needed to talk, they would talk in the study.
"Then why did she run when she saw you?" Shi Xi asked.
"Probably because I thought she was dirty, and I said it out loud." Shi Chen explained.
Shi Xi: "..."
Such words were indeed a blow to girls.
"Don't blame me. She changes her boyfriend every month." It was rare for Shi Chen to gossip, so he conveniently stepped on Ron's foot and said, "Ron even had a room with her before. You should stay away from Ron too. The relationships between men and women here are very messy."
Shi Xi nodded solemnly. "Don't worry. I won't do anything rash."
She was afraid of being photographed by the media.
Shi Chen heaved a sigh of relief.
He didn't want his soft and cute little sister to be led astray by the people here.
"Does Big Brother have a girlfriend here?" Shi Xi asked.
Looking at his precious sister's sparkling eyes, Shi Chen immediately put on his helmet and said, "No, I don't."
He still preferred Chinese girls.
The girls here were too bold and unrestrained, and he couldn't accept it.
The two of them entered the fencing practice room. Shi Chen began teaching Shi Xi basic theory. Before he left, he even gave Shi Xi a few theory books.
Meanwhile, Mei Yinni was extremely annoyed to see the two people she hated the most together.
She hated Shi Chen, not just because he called her dirty.
It was also because after Shi Chen's rise to power in K City, the first family to be suppressed was the Mitchell family, which she was from.
After that, when they saw Shi Chen's rise to power, the Mitchell family had suggested that Shi Chen and Mei Yinni be married.
Shi Chen rejected without even considering it!
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553 The Opening Picture, The Content Is All Fabricated
This made the proud Mei Yinni unable to swallow her anger.
However, Shi Chen had already gained a foothold in K City with his money and they could not do anything to him.
Mei Yinni's lips curled up slightly when she saw Shi Xi in her fencing suit.
She took out her phone, took a picture of Shi Xi, and posted it on Twitter.
[Wow! Shi Xi has appeared in the fencing hall.]
[I heard that she's going to participate in the annual fencing competition in K City!]
[Look at how confident she was when she said she would win the championship. She's so cute!]
Mei Yinni was using her own social media account. She loved fencing and had won many awards. She was fair, rich, and beautiful, so she had many fans on her account.
As soon as this blog was posted, someone replied immediately.
[Ah? Did Shi Xi tell you that she wanted to win the championship? Hahaha, this year's best joke!]
[I'm afraid Shi Xi doesn't know who you are.]
[K City is a city of swordsmanship. I'm afraid that Shi Xi is trying to get into trouble by saying such things.]
[...]
The netizens all felt that Shi Xi was overestimating herself.
However, most people thought that Shi Xi was cute when she said that.
After all, to the netizens' knowledge, Shi Xi didn't know how to fence.
More and more comments were posted on this blog, and it was getting more and more popular.
By the time it spread to China, the haters had already interpreted it in hundreds of ways.
[Isn't Shi Xi too shameless? In front of the swordsmanship champion's sister, you actually said that you wanted to win the championship?]
[The more daring a person is, the more daring they are when they brag. I'm already blushing for Shi Xi.]
[...]
The fans were unhappy.
[It's just a picture at the start, and the content is all fabricated? I only saw Xi Xi in her fencing suit, but I didn't hear her say anything.]
[They really f*cking started a rumor with one mouth and ran their legs to refute it. They started to make up a story with a lousy picture? If I say that Shi Xi is my wife, does that mean it's true?]
[Look at the post. It's Mei Yinni. She doesn't need to lie.]
[Mei Yinni is the sister of the fencing champion of K City. Would she lie about Shi Xi?]
[Let's share some common knowledge. K City is also known as the City of Swordsmanship. Many world fencing champions come from this city.]
[...]
Shi Xi didn't say anything like that.
Oh, that's not right. Shi Xi and Shi Chen had expressed their desire to win the championship.
But she had never told Mei Yinni about it!
When the fans explained again, the haters changed their words.
The anti-fans said, [Shi Xi isn't focusing on being a teacher. Instead, she's participating in a sword arts competition. That's a dereliction of duty.]
Fans: mmp
Couldn't she have her own entertainment time as an artiste?
...
The internet was chaotic, but time was peaceful.
At the same time, [The Top]'s third public performance was coming.
Shi Xi had no choice but to prepare for the fencing competition while preparing the stage.
Thanks to her high popularity, she would be in the same group as Felomina in her third public performance.
That was what the script said.
Shi Xi didn't want to do this at first, but she had no choice but to lower her head.
If she wanted to take the money, she would have to follow the script.
However, on the day of the recording, Felomina changed sides at the last minute and chose another male mentor. Conrad.
Conrad was also surprised, but he accepted it with a smile.
Felomina secretly rolled her eyes at Shi Xi.
Shi Xi: "..."
It was casual.
She didn't want to have anything to do with this female trainee anyway.
Hence, Bai Cangyang chose Shi Xi, while the rest of the groups chose their respective mentors.
Everyone was getting ready for the third performance.
Shi Xi and Bai Cangyang had known each other for a long time. For this collaboration, they skipped the step of getting used to each other and immediately started practicing.
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554 'Damei' and 'Yamatte'
When this episode was broadcast, when everyone saw that Felomina had made the first choice but it was not Shi Xi, and even rolled her eyes, their impression of Felomina dropped.
However, her actions had made those who disliked Shi Xi stand on Felomina's side.
[Felomina's true to her nature. She must have rolled her eyes at Shi Xi because she could tell that she's cheating on her.]
[People from M Country don't buy Shi Xi's act of letting her say whatever she wants.]
[Shi Xi is indeed a green tea? Charming men on the show, even Felomina couldn't stand it.]
The black fans' hostility toward Shi Xi could even rise to the level of a nation.
Shi Xi's fans were furious.
Unfortunately, Shi Xi was the coach on this talent show, so they couldn't vote for her.
As such, fans began to vote for Bai Cangyang, hoping to win over Felomina.
In a mixed selection of women and men, male trainees had an advantage.
In addition to this dispute, [The Top]'s popularity went up another level.
...
During the practice, Shi Xi realized that most of the time, the male guests would bring the female trainees with them, and the female guests would be in a group with the male trainees.
After all, there were many ambiguous actions in the middle of the stage. Of course, it would be more exciting and beautiful if the opposite s*x were together.
Shi Xi and Bai Cangyang were very familiar with each other, so she did not think too much about it when they interacted.
There was no such thing as who would take advantage of who.
However, when Shi Xi passed by the other practice rooms, she saw the male instructor hugging the female trainee's waist and even looking at her chest.
He didn't have to keep staring, right?
Shi Xi's face was filled with disdain.
The trainee was angry but dared not say anything.
Fortunately, there were cameras, so the male teacher would not go overboard.
He only dared to hug her waist and touch her legs.
He even said that he was sacrificing himself for the stage.
Shi Xi didn't know much about this, so she could only tell herself that art was amazing.
However, when she saw that someone else's stage was so demanding, Shi Xi felt melancholic.
She couldn't lose to anyone on her stage!
Hence, Shi Xi added a couple's interaction overnight.
Li Jinfan was also in the same group. When he saw Bai Cangyang hugging Shi Xi's waist, he was extremely jealous.
"Brother Bai, why don't we change our positions?" Li Jinfan suggested in private.
Bai Cangyang was speechless.
"I don't want to be in the center position. Just give me the dance in the middle. I'll give you all the rest of my parts!" Li Jinfan endured the pain and said.
"Don't even think about it," Bai Cangyang rejected.
"You know how I feel about Sister Xi." Li Jinfan continued to pester him.
"You can look for Teacher Shi Xi and ask her to exchange for it," Bai Cangyang said.
Li Jinfan sighed. "Forget it, I'm just asking."
The duo dance was considered the last part of the song, so how could they change it?
At the thought of not being able to hold Sister Xi's waist, Li Jinfan drank the wangzi milk in his hand.
Bai Cangyang: "..."
He often wanted to cut ties with him because his friends were too stupid.
The two of them returned to the practice room to continue their practice. When they passed by one of the practice rooms, they heard a sound inside.
It was all in Japanese, so they didn't understand.
However, the girl had said "damei" and "yamatte" too many times, and the man's tone was too vulgar.
At the thought of the Cherry Blossom Girl, Bai Cangyang pushed the door open.
He saw the male teacher pressing down on the Cherry Blossom Girl, wanting to kiss her.
The scene was too ugly, and he didn't want to see it anymore.
The male instructor saw the two trainees coming over and scolded, "Get out!"
"Good day, Teacher. I have something to discuss with Mizunashi," Bai Cangyang said.
The Cherry Blossom Girl's eyes were filled with gratitude, and she wanted to crawl over to Bai Cangyang's side.
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555 Don't Let That Love-Brain Boss Come Back!
What made the two of them feel even more disgusted was that the male teacher who bullied the Cherry Blossom Girl was from the same country.
The short man looked decent on the surface, but they did not expect him to be so perverted in private.
The male instructor cursed a few times and let go of the Cherry Blossom Girl.
The Cherry Blossom Girl looked at Bai Cangyang with eyes filled with gratitude.
This was the second time Bai Cangyang had saved her.
After the male mentor left while cursing, Bai Cangyang and Li Jinfan sent the Cherry Blossom Girl back to her dormitory.
The Cherry Blossom Girl didn't understand their language, so she could only keep saying thank you.
After sending the Cherry Blossom Girl back to the dormitory, Li Jinfan joked, "That sister's eyes are full of admiration and adoration when she looks at you!"
"That was a look of gratitude," Bai Cangyang replied helplessly.
"It's clearly a gaze of love." Li Jinfan said on purpose.
"Use this time to memorize the vocabulary for your part." Bai Cangyang did not wish to say anything more.
He was here to be an idol, not to date.
Li Jinfan was the only one who had a brain for love.
He had run so far to chase after Shi Xi.
In the end, they could still see each other every day.
*
Before the third performance began, there was already a lot of gossip.
In particular, the GIF of Felomina rolling her eyes at Shi Xi was widely circulated.
Very few people said that Felomina was impolite. Instead, they said that it was Shi Xi who was green tea.
[Isn't this show just to support Shi Xi? It's great that Mina isn't in the same group as Shi Xi.]
[Shi Xi is a mentor, but she's always snatching the screen time of trainees. Don't you feel embarrassed?]
[It's great that Felomina isn't in the same group as Shi Xi!]
[...]
At the same time, Shi Xi's fans felt that it was great.
She didn't need to be in the same group as Felomina, who looked like a dumbass.
Soon, it was time for the third live broadcast.
Felomina was wearing a short red skirt and dancing with Conrad, the male mentor. They attracted wave after wave of applause.
Their movements were bold, almost at the level of a stage idol.
Shi Xi could only say, "Awesome."
The next few groups also had their own two points.
However, none of their votes surpassed the votes of Felomina's group.
The last group was led by Shi Xi.
When she heard the emcee call her name, Shi Xi took a deep breath and walked onto the stage with a faint smile.
...
Yanjing, hospital.
After staying in the hospital for a long time, Xie Yunzhou had recovered a lot.
The assistant came over with a pile of documents for Xie Yunzhou to sign.
During this time, although the boss had been hospitalized, he had been working. This made the assistant, who loved his work, happy and distressed.
He was happy that his boss was no longer smitten with love and had finally started to run a business!
But he was frustrated because there was too much work.
"Boss, these documents are for you to sign." The assistant pulled the small table on the bed open.
"Yes." Xie Yunzhou opened the document at the top and scanned it.
Xie Yunzhou read through every document that required his signature before signing them.
His phone rang halfway through his checking.
The assistant looked at Xie Yunzhou's phone.
An alarm clock?
Was it time to take medicine? Or an injection?
The assistant guessed.
In the end, Xie Yunzhou just put down his pen, pressed the alarm clock, and turned on the TV in the ward.
The assistant was speechless.
He set an alarm to watch TV?
What kind of television could attract President Xie so much...
The assistant looked over and saw the live broadcast of [The Top].
Ah, this?
Wasn't this the international talent show that Shi Xi had participated in?
Why was the boss still watching?
The assistant's mouth twitched as he prayed to god not to let the boss, who was so smitten with love, return!
If a believer was willing to be a vegetarian for a year, a different boss would be willing to do business for a year!