Chapter 51: Chapter 51 What Can I Do Without You?
The location of this competition was in S City of Lin City, and early the next morning, everyone got on the bus to the competition venue.
“Have you been to S City?” Xu Siyan asked Shen Zhaozhao on the bus.
“Not yet!” Shen Zhaozhao shook her head.
“I have, I remember the snacks there are especially delicious, and there are so many people lining up for the sugar porridge,” Xu Siyan said excitedly.
The mention of food instantly brightened Shen Zhaozhao’s eyes, “I also really want to try! I wonder if we can ask the teacher to take us there after the competition.”
“I think we can, maybe? Shall we ask him after the competition?” Xu Siyan suggested.
Their relationship with Lao Chen had grown much closer over the past month, and they felt much warmer toward each other than before.
In the past, they wouldn’t have dared to make such a request.
“Sure, let’s decide on that!” Even before the competition had begun, Shen Zhaozhao was already thinking about the food in S City.
Seeing the two chatting enthusiastically, Sheng Chuyi’s face darkened as she said to Shen Zhaozhao, “Don’t you get carsick?”
Shen Zhaozhao’s expression changed immediately upon hearing this.
Oh no, she had actually forgotten something so important.
She drooped and said, “What should I do? If I get really carsick, could it affect the competition?”
“Here!” Sheng Chuyi glanced at her, then took out a bottle of mineral water and a white pill from her bag, twisted off the cap, and handed both to Shen Zhaozhao.
“What’s this?” Shen Zhaozhao looked at the pill in her hand with curiosity.
Sheng Chuyi: “It’s seasickness medicine I prepared for you.” Just knew she wouldn’t remember.
Shen Zhaozhao was delighted upon hearing this, and immediately accepted the pill with joy, “Thank you, Yiyi, you’re truly my savior, what would I do without you?” Then, she quickly took the seasickness medicine with water.
Sheng Chuyi remained unimpressed by Shen Zhaozhao’s flattery, her heart untouched.
Heh, she’s ‘Yiyi’ when needed, and ‘Sheng Chuyi’ when not.
“Zhong Wuyan when there’s trouble, Xia Yingchun when all’s well”— she had this act down to a science.
“You two have such a great relationship!” Xu Siyan smiled as she looked at them, with a hint of envy in her eyes.
Shen Zhaozhao glanced at Sheng Chuyi and also smiled, “Right, we’ve known each other since we were in our mothers’ bellies, over a decade of friendship, of course we’re close. Right, Yiyi?”
Sheng Chuyi: “Shut up and sleep!”
“Okay!” Shen Zhaozhao passed the water to him, then obediently closed her eyes.
Finally, the world was quiet.
Perhaps due to the medicine, Shen Zhaozhao quickly grew sleepy, her little head nodding off.
Sheng Chuyi quietly shifted to her side, allowing her to lean comfortably against him. Shen Zhaozhao, feeling his proximity, instinctively rested her little face against his shoulder and unconsciously rubbed her head against it, finally settling into a sound sleep.
In efforts not to wake her, Sheng Chuyi maintained a straight posture throughout the journey.
The competition results were announced the same day.
As expected, Sheng Chuyi won first place in the contest.
Shen Zhaozhao also won a prize, but hers was third place.
For someone who had only been studying for the competition a few months, this was a considerable consolation.
It was like she hadn’t studied in vain.
Coming out of the competition venue, Shen Zhaozhao blocked Zhou Junming’s way and demanded, “Apologize!”
“Apologize for what?”
Mimicking his earlier demeanor, Shen Zhaozhao lifted her chin and looked at him, “Of course, for doubting our abilities and suspecting we stayed on through connections, you owe us an apology.”
They had proven themselves with their abilities.