But thinking she might already be asleep, he held back and sat on the sofa alone, biting his fingers, unable to calm down for a long time.

However, Ji Shen’s reaction tonight... was indeed a bit strange.

Was he too nervous because of the upcoming competition?

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The next morning, when Yun Qiqi woke up, Yan Yan had already left, and he had even ordered breakfast for her, a double serving.

Yun Qiqi called Song Shijia over to eat with her,

and when she saw Shijia, she was shocked: "What happened to you?" Those dark circles are so heavy!

Song Shijia was obviously out of it, but still not quite back to her usual self: "Last night... Ji Shen came to see me."

"What did he want?"

"Nothing much, but before he left, I gave him a hug," Song Shijia paused, then said, "He didn’t refuse."

Just that was enough to keep her up all night.

Ji Shen is truly wonderful!! He actually allowed me to hug him! And didn’t show the slightest displeasure!!

Truly worthy of being their Ji Shen, he’s just too nice to his fans!!

Yun Qiqi couldn’t quite understand her excitement, but didn’t expect that Ji Ruofeng was right, and Yan Yan really went to see Shijia!

She said seriously, "Maybe he likes you too."

Song Shijia was stunned, then quickly shook her head, saying, "That’s impossible, Luo Luo, don’t overthink it. He probably just sees me as a friend or fan."

Yun Qiqi didn’t say more, but she really felt it was quite possible! 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

After hurriedly finishing the luxurious hotel breakfast, the team members were already gone by the time they went down, so they didn’t run into them.

Even though there was still time before the competition started, with nothing else to do and no set travel plans in a foreign land, they went to the venue early.

When they arrived, the whole arena was already bustling with noise.

This was completely different from the competitions they watched back home. The world tournament had people from all over the world, the venue was ridiculously large, and there were so many people, with everyone speaking various languages, even English with all sorts of different accents.

Their tickets were for the front row, and after quite a walk, a staff member who spoke Chinese guided them to their seats.

Upon seeing their ticket stubs, the staff member’s expression changed.

She enthusiastically led them to their seats, then brought over drinks for them, providing particularly attentive and warm service.

Finally, she looked at them with a gossipy expression: "May I ask... what’s your relationship with UT’s Ji Shen?"

Both of them were taken aback: "What?"

The staff explained: "Because you have family tickets, and they’re Ji Shen’s two tickets. Ji Shen specially instructed me yesterday that if I saw you, I should take good care of you."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiqi misunderstood, thinking the staff suspected their identities.

She stiffened her little face and immediately said: "He calls me Little Sister-in-law."

After saying this, she felt a bit guilty, since she’s not actually his sister-in-law.

She always thought of the term Little Sister-in-law as a kind of nickname, after all, Ji Ruofeng and the others called her that.

However, the staff member seemed to understand, so this was the real sister-in-law, and thus she certainly isn’t Ji Shen’s girlfriend.

So, she silently shifted her gaze to Song Shijia next to her.

Thinking to herself, this young lady is really pretty too, no wonder!!

But, doesn’t she look a bit familiar?

Oh, she remembered! During previous competitions in the country, this young lady often appeared in the audience, and she’d even seen her backstage a few times!!!