Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 431: The Young Master of the Ye Family

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An Lan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What lucky grand prize?"

The host gave a slight smile, "It’s definitely a grand prize that you’ll be satisfied with, but to get this grand prize, you need to play a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors with me. If you win, the grand prize will be immediately yours. If you lose, as a punishment, you’ll have to have dinner tonight with our champion. If you agree, we can get started right now."

An Lan thought for a bit, feeling that Rock-Paper-Scissors wasn’t a particularly difficult game, so she nodded, "Then let’s do it."

The host immediately assumed the position, "I’ll count down from three, and we’ll both shoot."

"Three! Two! One!"

An Lan stretched out her hand, it was paper.

And the host had scissors.

"I’m really sorry, looks like I got lucky this round. According to our deal, you’ll have to have dinner with today’s champion. You can’t back out now," the host said with a smile.

An Lan looked at her hand with a bit of helplessness, not expecting to lose, but she wasn’t the sort to be a sore loser. She nodded at the host, "Got it."

The male onlookers below the stage, upon hearing this, instantly bubbled with excitement. Initially, they thought the fifty-meter archery was rather challenging, so they weren’t too keen on participating. But now, hearing that the champion could have dinner with a great beauty like An Lan, the registration booth was instantly swamped with a line of males.

This was precisely one of the organizer’s strategies.

The so-called lucky grand prize didn’t exist at all. The host had previously won a Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament and was skilled at reading micro-expressions to predict the opponent’s next move. He had never lost a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. His aim was to get An Lan to agree to dine with the champion.

In other words, An Lan herself was the champion’s lucky grand prize tonight.

Feeling the eager stares from the men below the stage, An Lan’s expression returned to its usual coldness, and she went back to her seat with a touch of gloom.

"I’m such an idiot; I can’t even win at Rock-Paper-Scissors. And now I still have to have dinner with the champion of the competition. It’s really irritating," An Lan complained.

Su Qingyan consoled her with a smile, "Rock-Paper-Scissors is all about luck, losing is normal. And having dinner with the champion isn’t bad at all—aside from getting a free meal, if the champion is your type, maybe you can forget about that jerk."

An Lan glanced at Chen Fan beside her and then said seriously, "Even though that guy is a jerk, I feel like I can’t forget him, I still have to give it a try regardless of his jerk behavior."

Chen Fan: "..."

Su Qingyan was at a loss for words for a moment.

Then they just stayed by the high platform, watching the archery competition.

Fearing that An Lan and Jiang Qing might be hungry, Su Qingyan sent Chen Fan to buy some snacks from a nearby stall.

Although the chance to have dinner with An Lan had invigorated many males, hitting the target at fifty meters was still quite difficult for those without proper training.

After several rounds of competition, only a few had achieved fairly good results, with one person hitting the bullseye, but it was only due to luck as the other two arrows scored low.

An Lan looked at the high-scoring individuals with disdain in her eyes. Although a couple of them were quite handsome, they didn’t catch her eye at all.

"Dining with them? I’d rather have dinner with Chen Fan," An Lan grumbled to herself.

Jiang Qing said from the side, "It seems like the few who have a hope of taking the championship aren’t quite up to par, and some of them keep sneaking glances at you, Sister An Lan. I’m afraid you’ll have to suffer through tonight."

An Lan shrugged her shoulders, indicating she didn’t mind. After all, it was just a meal, and she could accept losing a bet.

Just then, a handsome young man with a buzz cut, dressed in black, appeared on the high platform.

The moment he showed up, the other men around were immediately overshadowed. Their presence couldn’t hold a candle to his.

When Jiang Qing saw the young man, she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, look at that big brother over there, he’s so handsome!"

Su Qingyan turned her head to look, and after seeing the man, she nodded in approval. "This guy looks pretty good. If he wins the championship, having dinner with him would be quite suitable for you both."

An Lan also looked over, but as soon as she got a clear view of the man on stage, her expression immediately turned cold.

"This bastard actually showed up here too. The host coming over to challenge me to rock-paper-scissors must have been his arrangement."

Su Qingyan and Jiang Qing both looked at An Lan with puzzled faces, while Chen Fan’s curiosity was piqued.

"You know him?" Su Qingyan asked.

An Lan said coldly, "This guy is called Ye Lingyun, a young master from a side branch of the world-class Ye Family. I met him at an overseas exhibition, and since then he’s been pursuing me relentlessly. Although he has some skills, he’s too full of himself. I have no interest in him, and despite my repeated rejections, he keeps coming after me. It’s incredibly annoying."

"He’s quite formidable. It looks like this championship should belong to no one but him. I have a feeling that this whole competition may have been orchestrated by him deliberately."

"Just thinking about having to have dinner with him later makes me sick. It’s infuriating!"

Jiang Qing said with a shocked face, "What? The opportunity for Sister An Lan to win the lucky prize was deliberately set up by this guy? Tonight’s competition was a trap he laid for Sister An Lan? That’s too despicable!"

Su Qingyan nodded in agreement. "No wonder I felt there was something off about the way he looked at you. I didn’t expect there to be such a relationship between you two."

Chen Fan took a glance at Ye Lingyun and noticed that this person actually had the strength of the third level of the Transformation Realm, which already made him stand out among his peers.

Based on what An Lan said, Ye Lingyun was just a young master from a side branch of the Ye Family, which indicated the immense strength of the Ye Family.

Chen Fan had also learned about some of the world-class families before and knew that such families vastly outstripped the top domestic clans. They conducted business all over the world, possessed vast resources, and their families were filled with experts. It was said that some of the more formidable world-class families even had high-ranking Divine Realm powerhouses in residence.

As the group discussed Ye Lingyun, he also glanced over at them, the corners of his mouth curving into a mocking smile, as if to show that he had deliberately set this trap, just waiting for An Lan to fall into it.

Clenching her fists, An Lan gritted her teeth and said, "That bastard. He knows I don’t like him but still deliberately pursues me. He’s just enjoying the thrill of the chase. Having dinner with him is worse than death to me!"

Off to the side, Chen Fan inwardly commented, "You’re not much better than him, you know."

Su Qingyan pondered for a moment before saying, "Why don’t we talk to the host and say we won’t have dinner with the champion tonight?"

An Lan replied, "So many people joined the competition just because of me. Backing out now would probably upset everyone."

Su Qingyan frowned, finding the situation quite troublesome.

Then, Jiang Qing suddenly said, "How about... we let Brother Chen Fan join the competition? As long as Brother Chen Fan wins the championship, Sister An Lan won’t have to have dinner with that annoying guy!"