Cultivation Pet Shop

The rest of the matches went as one would expect them to go.

There wasn't a surprise victory like Mo Ze Chen's victory, so all the contestants that people expected to win had won their matches.

When it was time for Mo Ze Chen's next match, he still hadn't recovered from the shock that he had just suffered. However, it wasn't because he didn't think it through, but because Ying Ling had been on the attack after he walked off the stage.

He thought that he wouldn't meet her again after that "confession", but as soon as he walked into the resting area, he found her waiting there for him.

She came over with a smile and handed him a bottle of water and a towel as she said, "These are for you, darling."

When she appeared in front of Mo Ze Chen like this, he didn't know how to even react. The expression on his face was blank as he was still trying to process what was happening here.

When he finally processed it, he found that she was already coming closer with the towel, almost as if she was about to help him wipe his face.

Seeing this, Mo Ze Chen immediately took a step back, avoiding her touch.

A normal girl would have been hurt by this kind of action, but Ying Ling didn't mind it. She just acted normal as she lifted the towel and said with a teasing smile, "Here, you can do it yourself if you're shy."

Mo Ze Chen still didn't take it after that as he just stared at her with a completely confused look.

Still, he didn't get a chance to answer since there was a group that bursted into the resting area that chased her off. These people were the same group of relatives that had burst onto the stage when she had confessed earlier.

They scolded Mo Ze Chen as they ran by before continuing to chase Ying Ling.

After they were gone, there was only silence left in the resting area.

Looking in the direction that they ran off in, Mo Ze Chen couldn't help revealing a faint smile. Even though he didn't know what the feelings behind this smile were, he couldn't deny that there was a bit of a good impression of Ying Ling inside of him.

However, the silence in the resting area didn't remain long as another one of the contestants suddenly came up to him.

This was the person that Mo Ze Chen would be facing next.

This person's name was Dian Lun.

There was no doubt that he was someone from the Dian Family with the name like that.

However, there was something that was different about him compared to the rest of the other competitors.

Simply put, he was in love with Ying Ling.

It wasn't a kind of love that was just because of how beautiful she was, but rather a love that was fostered over many years of being together.

Since they were from the Ying and Dian Families respectively, they had spent quite a bit of time together in the past. Rather, it was better to just call them childhood friends since that was what they were.

Dian Lun didn't like Ying Ling when he first met her, but soon he was filled with admiration towards how free she was.

She was someone who just did whatever she wanted whenever she wanted, she didn't care about what anyone else thought of her.

Over time, that admiration turned into a different feeling…love.

He had thought that since they were from the Ying and Dian Family, it would be inevitable that they would get married since that was how it had been done between their families for generations. After all, both of them were the two strongest experts of their generation, so it was normal if the two families wanted them to be together.

Let alone the fact that they had a very close relationship, which made it even easier for them to get engaged.

But now, there was this Mo Ze Chen who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stolen the heart of the one that he loved.

How could he just accept this?

It was too bad that he didn't know that Ying Ling didn't even think of him in that manner to begin with. Since they had spent so much time together as friends, she had even thought of him as a little brother since she was older than him.

As well, she was stronger than him, which meant that she had even less of an interest in him.

But of course, Dian Lun didn't know any of that, which was why he was standing in front of Mo Ze Chen.

Mo Ze Chen didn't notice him at first, but seeing that he stood there the entire time, he had no choice but to acknowledge him.

Mo Ze Chen looked at Dian Lun with a confused look as he asked, "Can I help you?"

Dian Lun didn't say anything at first as he continued to glare at Mo Ze Chen, but then he shook his head and said, "I can't understand why she thinks you're special."

Dian Lun didn't give Mo Ze Chen a chance to respond as he said, "But since she's taking an interest in you, I have to teach you a lesson. I'll make sure she knows who's the best person for her."

Once again, he didn't give Mo Ze Chen a chance to respond as he walked off to get ready for his match.

Mo Ze Chen might have been a fool when it came to love, but when it was made this clear to him, even he wouldn't still be an idiot. It was easy for him to tell that his next opponent had feelings for Ying Ling.

Because of this, he even considered losing just to make her lose feelings for him…

But of course, he knew that if he did this, he wouldn't survive when he went back. Whether it was by Lin Fan's hands or Angela's hands…

So he gave up that idea right away.

The other two matches that followed his match ended quite quickly as well.

Both of these matches ended with a clear winner and the ones that lost didn't even have a chance to resist.

In less than an hour, it was already Mo Ze Chen's time to fight again.

When he walked onto the stage, he saw Ying Ling standing in the crowd openly cheering for him. She had set up an entire section just to cheer for him and had created a banner with his face on it.

He really couldn't help feeling a bit of admiration for her that she was able to organize everything this quickly. Just the banner alone must have been hard because he could tell from the quality of it that it wasn't something that could be made quickly. It was something that was clearly made with care.

The one thing that did puzzle him was how she had made it this quickly.

After all, it had only been an hour since their match had ended…

Still, his eyes didn't stay on her for that long as he started looking through the crowd for the one person that he wanted to see.

He hadn't been able to see her earlier since he had been rushed off the stage and he was worried about what she would think about all of this.

Naturally, the person that he was looking for was Lulu.

With someone confessing to him in such an open space and even in front of her, he had no doubt that she would be angry at him.

What he had wanted to do the most over the past hour was to go and find her so that he could explain everything, but he couldn't do that since the tournament rules didn't allow him to leave.

Those rules were in place to ensure that the contestants didn't get any outside help during the matches, but it played a completely different role in this situation.

Finally, after scanning through the entire crowd, Mo Ze Chen was able to find Lulu.

She was sitting there with Lin Fan and the others and when he looked over at her, their gazes met. However, their gaze didn't stay with each other for long as Lulu quickly turned away from him.

When he saw this, Mo Ze Chen couldn't help feeling his heart sink.

He knew that she would be angry with what happened today and now it seemed like that had been proven. It seemed like he would have a hard time tonight…

But what he didn't know was that Lulu wasn't angry at all.

To her, Mo Ze Chen was someone who was amazing and it was natural that other girls were interested in him. As long as he didn't cheat on her with those other girls, she wouldn't get angry if they confessed to him.

Not to mention that when he had rejected Ying Ling, the words that he had said had made her heart start beating much faster.

There was no helping it, he had been too handsome when he had said those words.

So when she had turned her eyes away, it wasn't because she was angry, but rather because she was embarrassed. She couldn't look at Mo Ze Chen right now because she felt that he was too handsome.

After getting onto the stage, Dian Lun immediately started taunting Mo Ze Chen by saying, "You should get off the stage already…"

But before he could finish, Mo Ze Chen looked at him with a serious look and said, "Stop with the trash talk and let's get started already."