“Commander…”
In the courtyard, Yan Hanqi bit her lips and hesitantly looked towards Pan Shiyuan.
Seeing this expression, Pan Shiyuan asked, “Are you unhappy because you got eliminated?”
Yan Hanqi shook her head. “No, it’s not that Hanqi can’t accept this outcome. But Commander, I don’t get it. Under those circumstances, I didn’t think anyone could have seen me. How did Gu Qingjiu discover me right away?”
She followed up with another question. “Commander, I saw that you and the other commanders were watching the competition on the monitors earlier. So did you guys see how I got eliminated?”
Pan Shiyuan nodded and said with a sigh, “Hanqi, we met a formidable opponent this time. I was too conceited, always thinking that you…”
Considering that his words might hurt Yan Hanqi, he said something else. “On the battlefield, you could have just attacked her on the spot. Why did you suddenly laugh?”
Yan Hanqi was speechless.
She was shocked.
‘Everyone heard that subtle laughter?’
She said in embarrassment, “Sorry, Commander, but this is a habit of mine. But…”
“She found you because of that laughter. That Gu Qingjiu has a scarily sharp sensitivity towards sounds and everything around her. You shouldn’t feel too aggrieved losing to her.”
Right after Pan Shiyuan had finished speaking, an imperceptible contorted expression revealed on Yan Hanqi’s face.
Shouldn’t feel too aggrieved?
Under those circumstances, she was damn sure the other party couldn’t have found her. But Gu Qingjiu…
Since Pan Shiyuan put it that way, Yan Hanqi realized that she might have belittled her opponent earlier.
She could detect a sense of danger from Gu Qingjiu, but she hadn’t expected her to be so dangerous…
She lowered her head and could only leave it at that.
Pan Shiyuan comforted her, “Hanqi, it’s okay to be eliminated this time. There will be another chance. Just go back and practice more, and fully prepare for the nationwide competition in October.”
A hint of obscurity flashed across Yan Hanqi’s eyes. “Commander, I heard that Gu Qingjiu has only trained for three months?”
Pan Shiyuan nodded. “From what I heard, that is the case.”
Right after Yan Hanqi was eliminated, he had asked Lu Yimei for some basic information regarding Gu Qingjiu.
One couldn’t help but feel that the heavens were unjust.
Just three months of training and she could perform at such a perverse level…
“Three months, huh…”
Only three months.
She mumbled to herself. With her head lowered, no one could see what was going on in her head.
“But it’s okay Hanqi. We can’t compare with someone in the same league as Yin Ruoyi. You don’t have to take it to heart.”
But how could she not take it to heart?
They were of about the same age.
She had been undergoing stringent training since young, for more than ten years.
And she always had a great deal of confidence in herself, thinking that a combination of talent and hard work should make her invincible.
But this shot from Gu Qingjiu easily crushed the pride she had held on for all these years.
And the thing is, she had only trained for three months!
Three months!
Someone in the same league as Yin Ruoyi…
She did hear of Yin Ruoyi’s reputation. But…
But why could this Gu Qingjiu be considered in the same league as Yin Ruoyi?
Yan Hanqi gripped her fingers tightly, a dejected expression on her face.
Under Pan Shiyuan’s persuasion, she returned to where her teammates were.
Everyone thought her terrible countenance was due to her being unhappy from getting eliminated.
Nobody went to bother her or anything.