162: put a spoke in wheel

Seeing Gu Xiaoyue looking for her, Su Anxi declined Min Rui's suggestion to get drinks.

"Rui'er, I have something to take care of right now. Let's talk later."

Gu Xiaoyue led Lv Hao and Su Anxi away from the tea party venue.

"Yesterday, I treated Min Rui, and Student Su still owes me resources. I wonder if that still counts?"

"Of course it counts!"

Su Anxi answered hurriedly, "Rui'er is in good condition now. Whatever you want, as long as it's not unreasonable, I can agree to it!"

Gu Xiaoyue crossed her arms over her chest and stared intensely into Su Anxi's eyes.

"Since Student Su and Min Rui are such good friends, will you go easy on West River when you get on stage later?"

Su Anxi was a little puzzled; she had always given her all on the arena.

Even though she and Min Rui had a good relationship, she would not go easy on her.

She subconsciously glanced at Lv Hao, "Why does Student Gu ask that?"

"It's nothing. It's just that today's National Competition is somewhat different from previous years.

It involves the succession of Lord Howard's title, so I'm just here to take advantage of the situation."

Lv Hao pondered for a few seconds, "Lord Howard did not specifically come to discuss anything regarding the title with us.

I suppose he might be confident of victory, regardless of the ranking obtained in the National Competition."

The Lord Howard that Lv Hao referred to was Vincent.

Sons of dukes who have not yet inherited the title are all addressed as Lord.

Gu Xiaoyue also thought for a while; they didn't know much about the matter of the title.

Perhaps even Charlie himself didn't know.

However, as things stand, the pet levels of Vincent and Harry are both Mature Tier 3.

Vincent's are at the late and mid-stages of Mature Tier 3.

Harry's are at the mid-stage of Mature Tier 3.

On the surface, Vincent's strength still seems stronger.

Gu Xiaoyue made awkward small talk with Lv Hao and Su Anxi for a while longer, during which she caught a glimpse of Min Rui from afar.

She was holding drinks and seemed anxious, but could only wait helplessly.

In the end, Gu Xiaoyue and Su Anxi agreed on one han jiang grass as the fee for Min Rui's treatment.

As soon as the transaction ended, Lin Zhiyi came to call Lv Hao and Su Anxi.

"It's almost time to go on stage, Captain, Anxi!"

Lv Hao and the others agreed immediately, greeted Gu Xiaoyue, and went up to the arena.

Gu Xiaoyue walked leisurely to the side of the arena and stood there; presumably, this match wouldn't last long.

Min Rui was still holding the drinks even after getting on stage.

"Anxi, I just got these for you. Let's drink them before we start the match."

Su Anxi had no guard up and reached out to take a drink.

Unexpectedly, Pei Ran rushed out and knocked over the drinks Min Rui had prepared, along with the tray.

"What are you doing!"

Min Rui's expression turned incomparably ugly, and she roared at Pei Ran.

"What am I doing? How can you drink Duan Yao's drinks? If you drink them, I'm afraid your insides will rot!"

Pei Ran was no soft touch; after being yelled at by Min Rui, he naturally yelled back.

It's just that he actually didn't know the drinks had been drugged; he simply felt that one shouldn't drink anything from the enemy.

"But I got these! I got them for Anxi, Lv Hao, and you all to drink!"

Min Rui stomped her feet in anger. She had thought that since Duan Yao had injured all of Huaqing's pets a few days ago, West River could take advantage of the situation.

Who knew that when Su Anxi's pets fought the next day, they looked as if they hadn't been injured at all.

She only found out through probing that not only Su Anxi's, but all of Huaqing's pets had been healed by a high-level healer they had hired!

Min Rui saw that even Huaqing couldn't beat Duan Yao, so West River certainly wouldn't have the ability to either.

Their duel with Chongbei was also a narrow victory; if they lost to Huaqing and Nanya as well, then Harry definitely wouldn't be able to earn the title.

That was why she came up with a bitter ruse to provoke Cao Yuyang and Duan Yao, to make Su Anxi lure out the so-called "expert."

It was just a healer. If the person obediently complied and only treated them during the National Competition, that would be fine.

If they didn't listen—she would just kill them and seize an Immortal Tier healing pet; that would be good too.

Min Rui's plans were clicking into place, but unfortunately, she miscalculated—the high-level healer Su Anxi spoke of was Gu Xiaoyue.

Now, the drugged drinks had also been knocked over by Pei Ran.

"I don't care if you got them or who got them! In any case, we can't take anything from Duan Yao!"

Min Rui held back her anger, her chest heaving violently, but she couldn't leave the arena to prepare again!

She gritted her teeth and stared daggers at Pei Ran; damn him for ruining her plans!

"What are you looking at!"

Pei Ran didn't indulge Min Rui, "Are you fighting or not? If not, hurry up and admit defeat!"

Min Rui clenched her fists and returned to her team.

Raising her eyes, she saw Harry's cold gaze. She wanted to explain, but Harry turned his head away and refused to look at her again.

Gu Xiaoyue, who was off-stage, watched this resentful man and infatuated woman with great interest.

The referee's whistle blew, and Huaqing dealt with West River in no time at all.

Gu Xiaoyue smacked her lips; it was really boring.

After losing the match, Harry was the first to jump off the arena and head towards his private dormitory.

Min Rui wanted to chase after him, but because the two of them hadn't made their relationship public, she still had to avoid suspicion.

She could only watch Harry's retreating figure with tears in her eyes.

Gu Xiaoyue sighed internally, melodramatic, truly melodramatic—

Next was the battle between Nanya and Yiheng.

As expected, Yiheng admitted defeat.

Gu Xiaoyue thought that continuing to hide their strength was also quite good.

She, along with Chu Li, Charlie, Ye Wanrou, and Chen Yixuan, arrived at Duan Yao's fan tea party.

Duan Yao was still busy taking photos with fans, and waves of free drinks were being served one after another.

"Let me taste it; how does it taste?"

Ye Wanrou picked up a cup and slurped it down.

"It's just so-so."

After finishing, Ye Wanrou gave an objective evaluation.

Gu Xiaoyue brought everyone back to the dormitory, "Wanrou, try summoning your pet."

Ye Wanrou blinked her big eyes, "Why summon a pet?"

Although she didn't know what was going on, she still obediently drew the summoning array.

She drew it over and over again, but no pet was summoned.

"Eh, what's going on?"

Gu Xiaoyue chuckled and looked out the window.

"Some little fool is going to take the blame!"

Everyone was confused and cast puzzled looks at her.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't explain it to them; she only said that tomorrow, when facing Huaqing, they could pretty much use their real strength.

"Haha, my three-headed dog and Hydra have been stifled! They can finally make an appearance."

Charlie rubbed his hands excitedly.

Duan Yao's fan tea party was in full swing.

Several participating team members from an unknown school arrived aggressively.

"Smash it!"

The boy in the lead shouted loudly.

Several big, burly boys rushed out from behind him, wielding baseball bats and smashing everything in sight.

"What's going on, what's going on?"

Manager Jiang from the organizer, Yongle Shopping Mall, hurriedly came over to ask, "Stop first, let's talk this over!"

The leading man pushed him away!

"What's there to talk about! The drinks you provided are problematic. I've already reported it to the National Competition officials! None of you are getting away!"