Chapter One Hundred and One: She Was Qin Sheng?!

Everyone was stunned. This was only the second bout of the tournament, and they were already eliminating someone without giving her the slightest chance?

Shen Shi did not think there was anything improper about it. He only wanted to finish the assignment and get off the stage as quickly as possible, so he even gave the audience a very polite bow.

Qin Sheng: "..."

"First match, number ninety-seven, Shen Shi wins!"

Only when the referee announced the victory did the crowd below erupt into applause. Shen Shi was handsome and formidable; after only one appearance, he had already won over quite a few girls in the audience.

Including A Di beside Qin Sheng.

The moment A Di saw Shen Shi win, she was almost bouncing out of her seat clapping, and Qin Sheng felt a little sour inside. When she had gone to compete and come back, A Di, as her disciple, had barely reacted at all.

Why was she so different when it came to Shen Shi?

Just because he was handsome?

Qin Sheng would not accept that reason.

"How come you didn't react this much when I won?"

As if sensing her master's jealousy, A Di felt a little embarrassed. She licked the corner of her mouth and hugged Qin Sheng with a smug sort of sweetness. "I didn't react that much because I knew you're the best and you would definitely win."

Qin Sheng could only laugh helplessly. Indeed, A Di had patted the flattery in exactly the right place.

Qin Sheng fell for that. Seeing that Qin Sheng did not pursue the matter further, A Di's gaze once again stuck to Shen Shi.

Qin Sheng could not just let this little fangirl keep staring at handsome men.

At that moment, Shen Shi was walking toward Guo Ting.

There seemed to be someone very familiar beside him.

Wasn't that Qin Mengchun? When had she gotten mixed up with Shen Shi?

No, rather, when had she gotten mixed up with Guo Ting?

A Di tapped Qin Sheng and motioned for her to look toward Shen Shi. "Master, isn't the person on Shen Shi's other side Qin Mengchun?"

Qin Sheng glanced over and nodded, not the least bit surprised. Qin Mengchun being able to know to stop Shen Shi and confess to him must have come through Guo Ting.

"When did she get mixed up with that Guo Ting? Besides, what does Guo Ting have to do with today's competition?" A Di snorted disdainfully. Seeing Guo Ting struggle to open a water bottle and hand it to Shen Shi so he could open it for her, A Di ground her back teeth so hard it made a sound.

"Deliberate, definitely deliberate..." A Di glared fixedly, and when she saw Shen Shi twist the cap off and hand the water to Guo Ting, she got even angrier. Huffing, she sat back down. "Fine. I quit being a fan today."

Seeing A Di puffed up like a tiny river pufferfish, Qin Sheng could not help laughing and teasing her. "What is it? Why are you this angry?"

A Di had no heart to pay attention to the progress of the matches. With her teeth clenched, she complained to Qin Sheng, "Anyone hanging around with Guo Ting can’t be a good person."

Qin Sheng pressed her lips together and did not answer.

From her limited understanding of Shen Shi, it seemed Guo Ting had been the one who took the initiative to cling to him.

Should she tell A Di that?

Before Qin Sheng could finish debating it, A Di continued, "And I think that Qin Mengchun also seems to have feelings for Shen Shi. I can't be wrong about that look..."

Qin Sheng nodded in agreement.

There was indeed something there, and she had seen it herself.

"What I don't understand is, I can tell Qin Mengchun has feelings for Shen Shi, but Guo Ting can't?" That was what A Di truly did not understand.

Qin Sheng thought the same way, but it seemed Guo Ting showed no guard at all toward Qin Mengchun.

She even brought her to Shen Shi's match.

Either she thought Qin Mengchun could not steal him away, or Qin Mengchun still had some use to Guo Ting.

Looking at it that way, the first possibility seemed more likely.

For someone as proud as Guo Ting, she must have confidence that Shen Shi would not be lured away by Qin Mengchun, or else that Shen Shi would not dare go with Qin Mengchun.

And she still had her greatest trump card: Guo Jun.

The second match also drew to its end as Qin Sheng was lost in thought.

This time the winner was a muscular young man. From his build, he should have been working as a fitness coach or in some similar line of work.

His opponent was a girl, and the big fellow was embarrassed to lay hands on her.

In the end, he simply lifted her up and carried her down off the stage.

Decently gentlemanly. That was Qin Sheng's first impression of Wang Qiang.

"The next match will be between number one and number five."

For a moment Qin Sheng was distracted, and when she looked back she found that it was already her turn. She gave Jiang Miaomiao and the others a reassuring glance, then stepped up onto the stage.

The moment Qin Sheng stood, Guo Ting's side immediately became alert.

Shen Shi glanced toward Qin Sheng and, seeing that she was walking toward the stage with her back to him, looked away.

Thinking of what Guo Jun had specially told him yesterday, Shen Shi became somewhat interested in Qin Sheng.

It was the first time he had ever heard of a girl who could make Guo Jun so cautious.

She was clearly no ordinary person.

Yet Guo Ting and that Qin Mengchun beside her seemed even more interested in Qin Sheng.

The empty mineral water bottle in Guo Ting's hand was twisted until it gave off a shrill sound.

Shen Shi shot an unhappy glance at Guo Ting and saw that she was staring fixedly at Qin Sheng.

"It seems you have a great deal of hostility toward Qin Sheng?"

At the sound of Shen Shi's voice, Guo Ting finally came back to herself. Her first reaction was to avoid his gaze, not knowing whether she had just shown some ugly expression.

This, however, gave Qin Mengchun the chance to perform in front of Shen Shi.

"To be honest, Qin Sheng is my half-sister. My sister has poor character and once verbally attacked me... and the rest of us." Qin Mengchun noticed Guo Ting's unfriendly gaze and hurriedly changed her wording.

"Yes, Brother Shen Shi, and her friend, the one called A Di? She even made me cry with her words." As Guo Ting said this, she pouted as if wronged.

Shen Shi had only asked a question, yet Qin Mengchun and Guo Ting were already chiming in together.

He ignored Guo Ting and let his gaze settle on Qin Mengchun. He knew very well those eyes.

Qin Mengchun grew nervous under Shen Shi's stare, fearing he might bring up that day when she had taken the initiative to draw near.

If Guo Ting found out, it would be very troublesome.

Qin Mengchun pressed her lips together tensely, her eyes turning a little misty and aggrieved, as though begging Shen Shi not to say anything about it.

Of course Shen Shi saw through her thoughts.

Then a plan formed in his mind.

He curved his lips into a very beautiful smile and looked at Qin Mengchun with sudden gentleness. "You really are different from your sister."

Shen Shi was already strikingly handsome, and with that smile, Qin Mengchun was indeed bewildered.

She shyly bit her lip and did not answer, as though too embarrassed.

Naturally, she also missed the contempt and calculation hidden in Shen Shi's smile.

When Guo Ting saw that Shen Shi, who never smiled at her, was actually smiling at that vixen Qin Mengchun and even praising her, jealousy made it hard for her to sit still.

Qin Sheng was no good; this younger sister of hers was also a little seductress.

Guo Ting had no heart left to watch Qin Sheng's match. She only wanted to wait until the tournament ended so she could properly ask Qin Mengchun what she meant by this.

How dare she make such an expression toward Brother Shen Shi? As long as she was here, that was one thing, but if she weren't, Qin Mengchun probably would have been sitting on Shen Shi's lap already!

Shen Shi wanted exactly this effect. After all, neither Guo Ting nor Qin Mengchun were any good, so using them was nothing much.

At last Shen Shi's gaze fell upon the stage.

Yet somehow, that figure looked very familiar.

Shen Shi narrowed his eyes to see the stage more clearly.

"Number one and number five, are you ready to begin?"

Qin Sheng and her opponent, number five, both nodded.

"Then the match officially begins. Five, four, three, two... begin!"

At the referee's command, Qin Sheng charged at her opponent, and just then Shen Shi finally made out the eyes clearly.

The same ambition, the same ease and composure.

It was her.

It turned out she had been Qin Sheng all along.

Shen Shi truly had not expected the person he had mistaken to be someone else to be Qin Sheng herself.

And it seemed Qin Sheng had heard every word of yesterday's conversation between him and Guo Jun.

For a moment, Shen Shi did not know how to describe his own feelings.

Perhaps there was, somehow, a little surprise mixed in.

He could not tell where that tiny trace of pleasure came from.

In the brief instant he was still puzzling over it, Qin Sheng used the very same move he had used and sent her opponent off the stage.

Everyone: "..."

What was going on? Was it popular today to kick your opponent out with one move?

It was only the third match, and both of them had used exactly the same method.

"I declare number one, Qin Sheng, the winner."

Qin Sheng bowed to the audience below and, before stepping down, seemed to glance in Shen Shi's direction.

That glance seemed almost like a challenge.

For a moment Shen Shi could not tell whether Qin Sheng's silent provocation was aimed at him, or at Guo Ting and Qin Mengchun beside him.

Of course, Guo Ting and Qin Mengchun naturally believed Qin Sheng was challenging them.

After all, they did not know that Shen Shi and Qin Sheng knew each other.

"Brother Shen Shi, look at how arrogant Qin Sheng is. When you reach the third round, you must teach her a proper lesson and let her know that the Seventh Team captain is you." Guo Ting was furious, but unable to show it in front of Shen Shi, so she could only put on a pitiful face.

Shen Shi said nothing, apparently still caught in the fact that the person was Qin Sheng.

"It seems my sister has not changed much at all. She's still the same as ever..." Qin Mengchun did not forget to fan the flames from the side. Her original target had never been Guo Ting, but rather the seed contestant beside Guo Ting who might become the Seventh Team captain: Shen Shi.

Perhaps she believed only Shen Shi could stand against Qin Sheng.

What man could resist a beauty's active temptation?

Qin Mengchun was determined to hold Shen Shi in the palm of her hand.

Shen Shi snapped back to himself and clearly had not listened to the duet Guo Ting and Qin Mengchun had just performed.

And he could not be bothered to listen, either.

"Watch the match."

"But..." Guo Ting opened her mouth, then said no more. It seemed she would have to ask her uncle to blow some wind in Shen Shi's ear and let him know that the enemy was Qin Sheng.

Qin Mengchun had already noticed Guo Ting's unfriendly gaze and knew it was time to keep quiet now.

So she obediently watched the tournament with everyone else.

Not long after, someone slipped in through the back door.

The person sat down behind Qin Mengchun and gently tapped her. "Mengchun, how is it? Is everything arranged?"

Seeing that Yang Yao had arrived, and with Guo Ting nodding, Qin Mengchun leaned close to Yang Yao's ear and whispered, "Don't worry, it's all taken care of. We'll definitely win this time. She took the medicine..."