Shang Kingdom National Tournament Preliminaries, Part I

Wu Jian, Hou Jingshu, Zhou Lihua, and the others were up bright and early the next morning. No one seemed to know about the conversation that took place between the three of them last night. However, Zhou Wen had eyed them suspiciously. Wu Jian did his best to pretend he hadn’t seen her looking their way. Nothing good would come from appearing guilty--not that he had anything to feel guilty about.

Nothing happened, much to his disappointment.

Everyone ate breakfast in the mess hall. Poor Hou Jingshu was once more pulled to the front with Yu Chenguang to eat, leaving Zhou Lihua, Yu Mao, Yu Qiang, Li Hua, and Liu Heifeng to eat together. She ate with the refined grace and poise expected of a princess at a social function, but it was clear to Wu Jian from the look in her eyes that she would have rather been with them.