After a couple of bouts between the examinees, Zhu Ling gradually grew bored at the site.
There was nothing really there that would have caught her attention, nor those of those above. Currently, the filtering is just if they are strong or not.
And this was boring her out.
She began to think when would the two behind her have their turn?
At this very moment, as if on cue, the two who were silent during the examination save for some hushed murmurs, began to sound quite panicked.
"It's that guy's turn now probably" Mao Huan suddenly stated.
"That uncultured man from a while ago?" Tao Xiulan grew curious at who Mao Huan was referring to but she had a slight idea.
When she mentioned this, Mao Huan's face grimaced and turned dark as he answered "Yes, him"
Not too long ago, just before they had entered the stands in the stadium, they were placed in their respective rooms for a small briefing.
This was where their fateful encounter occurred.
Mao Huan was for one, quite a loud mouth and it was in his nature.
It was not that he did not know the weight his words carried, but his mouth just flies off its top without him being able to do anything about it.
Or so he says.
Because of his frivolous and carefree attitude, he began bickering with Tao Xiulan about something that was really unimportant right before they were briefed about the rules and regulations of the exam, and Tao Xiulan responded to him half heartedly as she was still focused on her nerves that were far from calm.
This was when Yu Xing suddenly showed up from behind them and brushed past Mao Huan's shoulder harshly causing the latter to slightly move from the momentum.
Yu Xing had made comments to Mao Huan about him being even more gossipy than women and if he really was a man.
Mao Huan, being the hotheaded and non-logical-when-teased-person he is, nearly gave the man in front of him a punch before he was held back by Tao Xiulan. But this action fuelled the insults that Yu Xing threw at him even mentioning that he was pathetic as he was being protected by a woman.
Which, unsurprisingly was both insulting to Tao Xiulan and Mao Huan.
Mao Huan was mad because of the nerve that Yu Xing had to unscrupulously hit his shoulder and call him a gossiper, which although he undeniably was and he was aware of this, he still was fuming because he didn't like being called that plus the man had the audacity to insult his friend.
The same was with Tao Xiulan, as she did not see the problem of a girl being stronger than a guy. Not that she was claiming she was stronger than Mao Huan, but she knew they were equals, and that there were a ton of women who were even stronger than both of them even including the damned Yu Xing.
The trio almost got into a brawl, but was cut off by the discipline master as he entered along with their instructor. But this did not stop the tension in the air along with the daggers being sent flying between the three.
As Tao Xiulan remembered what happened a while ago, her aura started to go awry.
"You should keep that for later, being mad at someone like him is useless" Mao Huan said as he patted Tao Xiulan's shoulder.
Tao Xiulan looked surprised as she stared at Mao Huan "There is actually something sensible that comes out of your mouth?" She looked like she was suddenly in deep thought "Maybe we should ask the help of this Yu Xing to bring you back to your senses, right?"
Mao Huan looked flabbergasted and placed both his hands at his hips. "Ask him my foot! What would you want with a guy who has the brain a size of a pea?! His eyes are too tiny as well! That's probably why he so stupidly brushed pass me that time!" He began to fume as he too recalled the event.
"Ah, I was wrong. The unfiltered mouth is back" Tao Xiulan said as she withdrew her hand from his shoulder and shook her head. "It's almost your time as well, aren't you after him?" She said as she looked at him.
"Right. He better be ready to eat his words back! Ah, if only he were my competitor, then it would be okay to whip him up to a fluff!" He bellowed as he made some whisking actions.
Mao Huan was really hyped up and so blindly thought he could easily defeat Yu Xing.
"Following this, shouldn't you be somewhere else by now?" Tao Xiulan looked at Mao Huan and flicked her head towards the waiting room of the examinees.
Mao Huan looked curiously at Tao Xiulan before her words registered into his brain clearly.
He stood up abruptly and appeared surprised.
"Ahh! No! They wouldn't cancel me out just cause I wasn't there in time right? No! I am not out of time, Yu Xing still hasn't gone up!" After rattling on while being drenched in nerves, Mao Huan bade goodbye to Tao Xiulan as he ran towards the lower stage.
For one, Zhu Ling finally understood one thing about Mao Huan. He was one with a really active mouth.
Tao Xiulan who was left behind gave out a sigh and calmed herself down.
She too were next in line soon after Mao Huan finishes.
Although unlike Mao Huan, she did not have to prove herself to anyone else aside from the headmasters as they had to be pleased to a certain level, but she still felt that tingling sensation that grew from her fingertips to encapsulate her entire body.
Yes, she was nervous.
It was nothing surprising, as anyone who would be placed in her situation would feel exactly the same.
Who wouldn't? With being spectated by a bunch of people and some of who would wish for a failure to satisfy their own joy even if it would be in the loss or shame of another.