Chapter 1418: A Life-Saving Twist of Fate (3)

Zhou Qi’s reaction was naturally quick; he immediately realized there was a problem, and since they even called Xiao Rou over, there was nothing he didn’t understand.

Those people, do they have too little training normally, with so much free time?

Zhou Qi didn’t want to embarrass his own teammates, so he just smiled, "Thanks for the hard work."

Xiao Rou’s face was still red, her head hanging low, "No... it’s nothing, I prepared breakfast, come down and eat."

With that said, she turned and ran out first.

Xiao Rou returned to the dining hall with a flushed face, and those still having breakfast exchanged looks, then everyone smiled knowingly.

Running out from Zhou Qi’s room with a bright red face, it’s easy to let people’s imaginations run wild.

Before long, Zhou Qi came downstairs too. Compared to Xiao Rou, he appeared much calmer.

"Morning, Brother Qi."

"Morning, Brother Qi."

Zhou Qi glanced around at them calmly and naturally sat next to Xiao Rou. Instead of serving himself porridge, he opened his mouth unhurriedly, "I see everyone is quite free. Perfect, with the competition approaching, starting today, we’ll add an extra hour of training each morning and evening for 1V1 solo PK. The sparring partners will be An Rui and me; you divide yourselves up."

"Clatter"

As soon as Zhou Qi finished speaking, someone immediately became unsettled, and their chopsticks clattered to the floor.

"Brother Qi..."

After saying this, Zhou Qi smiled slightly and got up to serve his porridge.

Xiao Rou was still a bit embarrassed. She didn’t even consider whether there was any special meaning in Zhou Qi’s words and just focused on eating her meal.

Meanwhile, everyone else, including An Rui, wore expressions of doom.

Soon, taking advantage of Xiao Rou’s trip to the restroom, Ah Wai spoke up, "Brother Qi, you’re biting the hand that feeds you. We brought Xiao here for you, and you still want to torture us, protest!"

Zhou Qi glanced lightly at Ah Wai, "What did you add to that drink last night?"

"Uh..."

No one said a word, even An Rui just continued biting into his bun.

As friends, they knew Zhou Qi had a great alcohol tolerance, and it was impossible to knock him out with one drink, nor could they get him drunk. For one, he didn’t drink himself, and secondly, none of them could match his drinking capacity.

So they played a common trick, a mix of drinks, plus a bit of a sedative, and it worked perfectly, knocking Zhou Qi out with just one drink.

Whether he was drunk or just asleep, it didn’t matter, what mattered was fooling Xiao Rou.

Zhou Qi observed their head-buried eating poses and smiled faintly, "Weren’t you quite daring when you were plotting against me?"

Silence...

Finally, Ah Wai spoke, his face mournful, "Brother Qi, you can’t be like this, we were just helping you with Xiao."

"So you plotted against me and made her run over in the middle of the night to work hard all night?"

Zhou Qi said as he paused, "Oh, and this morning too, this breakfast, she made it, right?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone had literal ellipses pop up over their heads.

This is the real reason you want to torture us, isn’t it?

Not because we plotted against you, but because Xiao was worn out?

Everyone fell silent again, wondering why they felt even more miserable?

Not only are they going to be tortured in training, but they’ve also been fed a bellyful of dog food, a double attack.