"Ah, ah." Chu Shangli sighed with a wry smile and said, "I lost—I lost completely."

"You lost?" The past Chu Shangli snorted coldly: "What is this? Sympathy, or charity? Do you want to make me a laughing stock?"

"Miss Chu Shangli, please don't be so shady. Can't you be more proactive in accepting my kindness? Besides, doesn't Miss Chu Shangli have a secret weapon hidden? If you take that out, I will definitely lose -"

When Chu Shangli finished speaking, the Chu Shangli of the past looked puzzled.

But Chu Moyin stood up and placed a small bottle on the table.

"Is this it?" Chu Moyin said calmly, "You just contacted me, hoping that I could send you this special item—?"

“…” The eyes of the past Chu Shangli were rolling, still with an expression that was completely incomprehensible.

"Don't you understand?"

The Chu Shangli of the past remained silent——

"Refined sugar substitutes—after all, not many people insist on eating greasy, sweet chocolate cakes at noon, so the restaurant only has S-grade sugar substitutes available at noon, and only after noon will SS+-grade ones be available in the afternoon—" Chu Moyin pressed his finger on his chin: "You asked me to give you SS+-grade sugar substitutes before—but I refused you and only gave it to Luo Dongxia, who allowed me to retain my qualification to continue my studies—"

"When—?"

"Just now, when Gong Yi Tianhe was acting as a watcher, it was delivered to him."

“…”

Gong Yi Tianhe felt the gazes of Chu Moyin and Chu Shangli, and suddenly understood what they meant -

In fact, there is no such thing as SS+ level sugar substitutes - I have been watching their actions all the time. In fact, Chu Moyin has been standing far away to avoid suspicion -

However, Luo Dongxia just wanted to stop at the point and didn't really want to make things difficult for Chu Shangli.

Gong Yi Tianhe pondered for a moment whether he should lie here or remain silent.

He had indeed dragged himself and Ouyang Huanshi into this, and even some of his most capable subordinates had been dragged into it by him—

If I were to support the lie here, the deadlock would be resolved perfectly.

But—wouldn’t the competition be unfair then?

You're not cheating, but you still have to pretend to be cheating - is that really necessary?

But his tangled thoughts were touched by Chu Shangli's pleading look.

From Gong Yi Tianhe's perspective, she actually carries a very heavy mission - so will his momentary hesitation ruin some of her plans?

After pondering for a long time, Gong Yi Tianhe placed his hand on the hilt of the knife.

"Why did you say it out loud? Did you feel guilty? Or—"

"No, of course it's not that I have a guilty conscience - after all, I have never thought that I have a conscience." Chu Moyin shrugged: "Actually - it's because you are obviously in the opposite position to us, but you are still foolishly helping us to advance our own destiny, which makes me feel a little bit reluctant. I don't want to be misunderstood as liking trash like Wei Shengfan, and then be misunderstood as having some interest in you - you guys mean nothing to me at all - but I always put myself in your position and think for you. I must want to rely on you to climb up -"

Chu Moyin opened the lid and poured the sugar substitute powder into the plate.

The half-melted sugar substitute powder sparkles with a sweet and lustrous light, and a delicate sweet fragrance can be smelled in the air——

“I see…” The eyes of the past Chu Shangli turned to both sides: “Cheating?”