"Boss..."
Ye Li nudged Xie Chenlu, "If I'm not mistaken, those are your two unfilial disciples who betrayed their sect?"
Seemingly surprised that Ye Li had guessed so quickly, Xie Chenlu paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "When they left, I said that they would never acknowledge me as their disciples again. So, Ms. Ye, please ignore them. In this lifetime, I, Xie Chenlu, only have five disciples!"
"Five is still better!"
Ye Li nodded in deep agreement, "The number 7 is a bit sensitive."
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Xie Chenlu was taken aback.
Ye Li laughed, "Every time they call you Master during Morning, I imagine myself saying: Grandpa, Grandpa!"
A quirky and mischievous expression.
A lifelike sound.
The gloom that had just surfaced in my heart was instantly dispelled by her witty joke.
Xie Chenlu felt both amused and grateful.
Ye Li turned around and patted Morning on the shoulder, "Congratulations!"
Congratulations?
Morning looked completely bewildered. "Congratulations on what?"
"Congratulations on becoming the senior sister!!!"
Ye Li looked on with a smug expression, as if she understood his feelings. "Xiao Han always teases you about being the eternal runner-up, right? Well, try your best to win the trophy this time. When we get back, you can rightfully sit on the throne of the eldest sister. From now on, when people mention your master, they'll think of you five outstanding disciples, and the first one that comes to mind will be you, the eldest sister, won't it?"
That makes so much sense!
The image of Linghu Chong, the eldest disciple in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, commanding the heroes flashed through his mind. Morning sat up straight with his head held high and chest out. "Mr. Ye is right!"
Xie Chenlu: ...
Ling Xiaohan: !! It has nothing to do with him! No matter how you rank them, he's always the youngest.
Ye Li's interruption seemed to have completely dispelled the bad mood she had just felt towards the two people.
Once the group sat down, they all looked energetic and cheerful.
The opening ceremony began by introducing the competition format, the judges, and the participating teams from various countries.
The host walks through the program on stage.
From below the stage, Ye Li tugged at Yan Ziqing's arm, "What's going on with those two?"
Following Ye Li's gaze, Yan Ziqing squeezed closer to Ye Li and whispered, "The man's name is Hu Jingyao, he's Master's first disciple, we used to call him Senior Brother. The woman's name is Cheng Yanxi, she's fourth."
Hu Jingyao was Xie Chenlu's first apprentice, and naturally, he was also the one who had followed him the longest and learned the most thoroughly among the seven.
Xie Chenlu was a prodigy at a young age, and by his early twenties he had already made a name for himself in the domestic jewelry design circle.
But Hu Jingyao is different.
Like Wan Mingyi, Hu Jingyao was self-taught and became a talent based on his own interests.
Later, by chance, he met Xie Chenlu, admired his talent, and became Xie Chenlu's first disciple.
Hu Jingyao is only one year younger than Xie Chenlu.
While Xie Chenlu had already made a name for himself in the industry, Hu Jingyao had only just begun his formal training.
But he made rapid progress.
With Xie Chenlu's patient guidance and help in refining his work, Hu Jingyao achieved remarkable results in subsequent competitions in just two years.
After that, he continued to achieve great success, and Hu Jingyao became a top designer in the industry, no less outstanding than Xie Chenlu.
Hu Jingyao was frequently approached by headhunters and owners of other jewelry design studios.
"Actually, we all sensed it at that time. Hu Jingyao wanted to graduate and start his own personal studio."
Looking back at Xie Chenlu, Yan Ziqing said softly, "But Master doesn't agree."
Seeing that Ye Li did not show any surprise, Yan Ziqing continued, "He was probably dissatisfied for a long time, and it had been bottled up for too long. Then, after that competition, he brought it up to her face."
“His master said he wasn’t skilled enough and hadn’t reached the point of graduation. He felt that his master was suppressing him, afraid that his achievements would surpass his master’s and that his master would lose face… In the end, they had a falling out. His master said he agreed to let him leave, but he could no longer be called his disciple.”
"He agreed!"
As if recalling the scene at that time, a hint of sarcasm flashed in Yan Ziqing's eyes, "When he left, he also took Cheng Yanxi with him. It wasn't until then that we found out that the two of them had been dating for two years."
They got along well when they were together.
Xie Chenlu was open and honest with everyone, and since they were about the same age, he didn't act like a teacher at all.
The seven of them are usually addressed as Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister, Fifth Senior Sister, and Seventh Senior Sister.
They have a relationship as close as family.
It's said that when couples in love are together, even the air smells sour and stinky.
Hu Jingyao and Cheng Yanxi dated for two years, but the other five people didn't even notice.
It wasn't until the two left and they looked back that they discovered so many clues.
"It's nothing really... They're all young men and women in the prime of their lives, together from morning till night, sharing the same interests and pursuits, so it's perfectly normal for them to fall in love."
Yan Ziqing said indignantly, "They announced it openly, and we congratulated them openly. What's wrong with that? Why are they sneaking around in a secret relationship, as if someone's bothering them?"
Just as the introduction of the US delegation was being given on stage, Yan Ziqing glanced at the two men, then looked away and continued, "If he really did start his own studio as he said, we could let it go. But those two, they left and immediately signed with a foreign studio. And that's not all..."
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