Chapter 3689 — The Little Bear's Word Decides
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But so long as it did not clearly recall that day's events, everything would be fine. After all, even a young lady like Shangguan Lan'er could hardly level a baseless charge against the two of them, or target them outright over her pet's mere dislike.
"Fine, then. I'm done here—carry on, all of you." Shangguan Lan'er shot the little creature an exasperated glare. Just as Meng Jueming and the other had supposed, she was Shangguan Tianxia's granddaughter; before such a crowd, every word and deed of hers had to reflect upon her grandfather's image. She could not simply indulge the little creature's every whim.
The bald elder nodded and was about to announce the results just like that, when Shangguan Lan'er pursed her lips at Meng Zhou below and said, "I may have no quarrel with you, but if even Xiaobai finds you so detestable, then it proves you're no good man! Hmph!"
"Er..." Meng Zhou was on the verge of tears. He had been congratulating himself on escaping disaster, only to be blacklisted on the spot by this young lady. Truly, nothing had gone right for him today.
Still, thankfully, the business of abusing the little bear that day had not been exposed on the spot—which was already a blessing in misfortune. And he could at least console himself with the fact that he had still come away with first place in the trial.
But the bald elder's next words nearly made him spit out a mouthful of blood: "In this trial, the Qingyun Pavilion newcomers Meng Zhou and Wei Zhao may have finished with identical scores. Yet looking at the trial as a whole, Meng Zhou incited the other newcomers to gang up on Wei Zhao—resorting to trickery, his conduct improper. Therefore, this elder holds that first place in this Qingyun Pavilion trial belongs to Wei Zhao. Does anyone object?"
What the devil? First place to Wei Zhao?
From Xu Lingchong and Hu Yunfeng above to Meng Jueming and Meng Zhou below, the whole lot of them were struck dumb. It had been agreed beforehand that Meng Zhou was to be first—this was not how the script was supposed to go!
"No objections," the two elders beside him said with a nod. As for everyone else, however great their objections might be, they had not the slightest right to speak—not even Young Master Xu Lingchong himself.
"Then it is settled," the bald elder concluded, his final word driving the nail into the coffin of this newcomers' trial.
Good grief! Xu Lingchong and his crowd were left gaping. The situation had turned so abruptly it made their heads spin.
Xu Lingchong stared at the bald elder in disbelief. This was a public slap in the face—better to have refused him from the very start than to go back on his word like this! How was he, a great young master, supposed to hold his head up now? He had sworn to Hu Yunfeng and the others that he could settle this matter with ease!
The bald elder gave him a look and gestured toward Shangguan Lan'er. The meaning was plain: between Young Master Xu and the young lady Shangguan, the latter's face clearly counted for more. Even if Xu Yuanzheng was a bigwig on the elders' council, how could he compare with Shangguan Tianxia, master of the all-powerful Chongtian Pavilion?
Shangguan Lan'er had declared before everyone that Meng Zhou was no good man. If he had still gone ahead and awarded first place to Meng Zhou as planned, would that not be openly defying the young lady? (To be continued...)
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