Chapter 109: The Match

  In the large courtyard of the Shuo family, an old man sat on a wooden floor with a chess piece in his hand, playing against a young-looking man whose eyes shone brightly. The steward beside him took a message from a servant and stepped forward quietly, whispering something into the old man's ear. The old man put down the chess piece: "The people of Cang Xi family have also run to Luo Lan Ke to stir up trouble, they really aren't afraid of causing chaos."

  He stopped playing chess and the man opposite him also put away his hands, kneeling respectfully there.

  The old man stood up with his cane: "Katō Kishi, you go back first, we'll play this game of Go again another day."

  The man nodded, picked up the folding fan placed beside him and left the pavilion. Two attendants came forward to record the moves on the chessboard and then put it away.

  They brought over a rattan chair, and the old man sat down on it with effort: "Tell me, what did the eldest son of the Cang Xi family do in Luo Lan Ke? How did he get involved with that little kid again? None of you are letting me have an easy time. Isn't that little kid supposed to be some kind of Gray King or something? And someone's bullying her?"

  "In response to the old master's words, after Su Yanran became the king of the gray faction, the situation in Lolan Cos had originally stabilized. However, the eldest son of the Cang Xi family transferred here not long ago and his grades surpassed Su Yanran. He even intentionally spread rumors in school, wanting to bring her down from her position, and even hoped that she could be expelled from school." The butler replied, taking out a document which was the score sheet for Lolan Cos' exams over the past month.

  As shown above, Su Zhongyang's scores in each exam were indeed lower than Cang Xuejian. Although she got full marks for most of the scores, Cang Xuejian was ranked first due to additional points, so she was always ranked second.

  "The eldest son of the Cang Xi family should be more concerned about his younger brother, so why did he provoke her?" Mr. Shuo was puzzled, they knew some things about the Cang Xi family, the second son refused to inherit the family business, and the woman from the Cang Xi family had talked to her several times, and finally sent the eldest son over in desperation. But since he came, why did he provoke Su Yanran again?

  "I don't know the reason." The housekeeper replied.

  The old master of the Shuo family sank into thought for a moment: "You go and help her, let the principal limit the score to the original score, without adding points. Also, suppress the rumors in the school."

  "Old Master..."

  "I just don't want Cheng to do something stupid for her again."

  "Yes."

  After the intervention of Shuo's family, there was no scoring system for the results, and Su Yanran's score squeezed back to first place. Although it was tied with Cang Xianjian, it also made her mood much better. Some rumors about her have also been gradually dispelled in recent days, she always thought this was a baseless rumor, and it was normal for them to be dispelled.

  It's just a matter of the Gray faction's king stepping down and yielding to virtue, yet there are still people murmuring about it. Su knew that she couldn't just sit back without taking some concrete action, moreover, she didn't want to become the king of the Gray faction amidst others' distrust... thinking back, it was actually her own self-proclamation in the first place.

  After careful consideration, she finally made up her mind to have a competition with Cang Xi Jian. The winner would be the king and the loser would be the bandit! Only in this way could they shut those people's mouths.

  If she wins, she will still be the king of the gray faction. If she loses, she will give this position to Cang Xi Jian!

  The news that Su and Cang were going to engage in a life-or-death duel immediately spread throughout Loranco, with everyone speculating about what the competition would be. They had been competing for so long already, and since the scoring system was adjusted, neither of them had ever emerged victorious. So what would they compete in next? Sports? Music? Painting? Or perhaps a battle hidden deep within the forest? It sounded like it could be interesting, but who knew who would win or lose?

  The students of the three major factions, Red, White and Blue, were all eagerly looking forward to the start of the match, while those in the Gray faction were worried. Especially Su Yan, who had been very concerned about Su Zhong: "Brother, I think Cang Xuan is deliberately provoking you, just to make you propose this trial, if you lose..."

  "I won't lose!" Su Yuanyan turned back and said resolutely: "You don't have to worry, I absolutely won't lose."

  "Brother..." Su Yan was about to say something, but Su Yang immediately interrupted him: "Don't you trust me at all? I said I won't lose, and I won't lose! Even if I fall down, even if I'm covered in scars, I'll get back up!"

  "I didn't mean it, brother." Su Yan suddenly grabbed her hem: "I just don't want you to worry about these trivial matters anymore. Now that the Gray faction has been established, now everyone knows of your existence, and now people from their other three major factions have also compromised... Brother, why don't we transfer schools? We'll leave this place and go to another school. Live a peaceful life, read peacefully. Brother, I'm running out of time..."

  Su Yanran was startled, Su Yan had never begged her like this before, and what did he mean by saying there's no time?!

  "What's wrong? What happened?" She grabbed his hand, and Su Yan suddenly pulled it out: "No, nothing... I mean, I'm too tired, I don't want to live in this school anymore. Brother, please... let's transfer schools."

  Transfer...? If Su Yan really insists on this, after the competition is over, regardless of whether they win or lose, she can consider taking him away from this school. It's just that Su Yan was really too strange this time, in the past he would never beg for himself like this. In the past, all things were decided by her parents, forcing her and asking her to do things, Su Yan had never spoken up or begged her before.

  Because he always thought of himself as a burden, always worried that he would drag her down. In fact, she didn't think so, although occasionally getting angry with their parents' arbitrary decisions, but as his sister, she was still willing to stay by his side forever.

  "Suyan, tell me, what exactly happened? If there's no special reason, you wouldn't be asking to transfer schools like this." Su Yanran furrowed her brow and grabbed his hand again, no matter how hard Suyan tried to shake it off, he couldn't break free.

  "It's nothing, brother, I'm just a bit tired." He let out a breath: "Too tired."