At that moment, the two of them left the chess room and returned to the competition venue once more.
Xia Yanyu had been gone for almost twenty minutes by this point, and everyone had become somewhat impatient waiting for her to come back.
"Yo? Miss Xia, I thought you were so scared that you'd fled the battle."
Piao Yegi was sprawled on his chair with a leg over the other, sitting in front of the chessboard with a wry smile, as he started to mock her.
His fellow South Korean players also covered their mouths and snickered.
If this had happened before, Xia Yanyu might have been angered by such psychological warfare, but now, after being soothed by Xu Fan, there was not the slightest fluctuation on her face.
Exceptionally calm.
She glanced at Piao Yegi indifferently and then sat down directly opposite him.
"Less nonsense, let's start."
"You!"
