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Chapter 397 - 398 Duan Jiahao’s Calculations_1

Chapter 397: Chapter 398 Duan Jiahao’s Calculations_1

"Boys are awesome, dude, you’re too good!"

"That’s freaking amazing, he handled everything that came at him."

"Seems like this Li Changlin could very well be from a distinguished scholarly family. With someone like him entering the bureaucracy, he’s bound for smooth sailing!"

"It’s just too bad the dreamboat’s taken; otherwise, I... I really wouldn’t be content!"

Below the stage, the crowd buzzed with chatter, all waiting for the appearance of the organizers from Tingxuan Pavilion.

However, to everyone’s slight surprise, what was supposed to be a highlight moment turned awkward, as there was an unexpected delay from the Tingxuan Pavilion’s end.

As several minutes went by without Duan Jiahao showing up, both hosts seemed a bit concerned. Li Changlin, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care too much about it.

Even though Tingxuan Pavilion was the event organizer, they still had to follow the rules set by the main organizer, the Literary Federation.

So, Li Changlin wasn’t worried about Tingxuan Pavilion causing any trouble after he had won the championship.

As for Duan Jiahao’s absence, it’s likely that the guy just couldn’t swallow his pride right now.

After all, to hinder Li Changlin from participating, Duan Jiahao had pulled off a couple of schemes.

Hence, in Li Changlin’s opinion, Duan Jiahao probably wouldn’t show up anymore; he might send an assistant or something to present the award instead.

"What’s the deal, is Tingxuan Pavilion having some kind of glitch?"

"Damn it, a malfunction at a crucial moment; is Tingxuan Pavilion messing around?"

"This is so sad, guys, we all had our ’Volcanic Eruption’ ready."

"Hurry up, c’mon, you, the male host, yeah, I’m talking to you, give us another shout-out."

"Could it be that the boss of Tingxuan Pavilion is a hideous freak, too scared to show his face after seeing how handsome our Brother Changlin is?"

"Possibly, I reckon it’s that as well. Ah, loneliness like the snowfall — being handsome isn’t Brother Changlin’s fault, you know!"

Man, the guys in the livestream chat are hilarious.

At a time like this, they’re joking around.

Some people are just too invested, acting all high and mighty, chattering up a storm in the chat channel, as if they were the directors of the Spring Festival Poetry Selection Event; it’s really quite funny.

Not many had guessed the reason for the mishap on Tingxuan Pavilion’s part.

After all, Li Changlin wasn’t live streaming then, and it’s not like Duan Jiahao would willingly broadcast his own embarrassments, right?

And as for his underlings and Duan Jiahao’s flame, they definitely wouldn’t dare to gossip about such incidents.

Only Li Changlin and Qian Ziwei truly understood the reason behind it.

But whether Duan Jiahao showed up to present the award or not, it simply couldn’t affect the moods of Li Changlin and Qian Ziwei.

Now that the championship was secured, Tingxuan Pavilion had to follow the rules and feature him on the cover of the printed poetry collection, introducing all his details.

The thought of raking in a storm of Popularity Points made Li Changlin’s heart race with excitement.

Speaking of which, he had spent quite a lot of Popularity Points to exchange for experience recently, instantly upgrading the System to level two, which actually pained Li Changlin a bit.

But fortunately, the level two System’s poetry column was truly awesome; it should compensate for the Popularity Points he had lost!

Li Changlin was pondering to himself.

Just then, someone suddenly shouted from below, "He’s here, President Duan is here."

Li Changlin was slightly startled and hurriedly looked over, only to see Duan Jiahao approaching the stage leisurely with Luo Tianyi by his side.

It was truly unexpected, this guy actually came up to present the award himself.

Li Changlin was very surprised, thinking to himself about how thick-skinned this guy was.

"Welcome, President Duan," the male and female hosts hurriedly greeted him, and they handed over a microphone that had been prepared in advance to Duan Jiahao.

Because they hadn’t expected Luo Tianyi to appear as well, the male host hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he chose to give his own microphone to Luo Tianyi.

Luo Tianyi said thank you, then took the microphone, and her gentle words almost mesmerized the male host, who nearly lost his composure.

Reaching the center of the stage, the table and chairs had already been removed; Li Changlin stood there, watching Duan Jiahao calmly.

Duan Jiahao also looked over, and their gazes collided in the void, sparking off each other.

"Kid, you’re dead meat!" Duan Jiahao’s eyes were piercing. He already knew that the man in front of him was a minor broadcaster, who had offended Luo Xuehai in Nanfu Province and had his audition qualification for "Xuanyuan’s Good Voice" revoked.

This guy had now rushed to Huacheng, actually planning to try for the audition of "Xuanyuan’s Good Voice" again.

However, Li Changlin’s luck seemed a bit unfortunate, having bumped into him, which was just too interesting!

Duan Jiahao inside was sneering repeatedly.

Originally, when Luo Xuehai called him to entrust him with dealing with Li Changlin, he was somewhat inattentive.

But now, he had become serious.

This time, he must completely cut off Li Changlin’s path to the competition.

How dare the latter pretend to be a wealthy man and play with him—it was utterly absurd, and playing with fire!

As for Duan Jiahao’s mentality, Li Changlin was, of course, completely unaware.

However, he also knew that Duan Jiahao definitely didn’t have a good impression of him.

Now this guy actually came up to present him an award; it seemed he had ulterior motives, perhaps even scheming something against him!

With this in mind, Li Changlin was cautious.

This was Huacheng, not his main battleground.

With Duan Jiahao’s strength and means, he probably had countless ways to deal with him.

Thus, Li Changlin didn’t dare be careless at all. Although he was somewhat of an ancient martial arts expert, without having ascended to the Transcendent Realm, he was but an ant, and unlikely to be valued by others.

"As today’s event was very exciting, Tingxuan Pavilion has decided to present an additional award on the spot." After looking at Li Changlin for a moment, Duan Jiahao shifted his gaze away, clearly not considering Li Changlin worth his attention, "I made it clear in the video earlier, I am very impressed with the performance of contestant number twelve. Therefore, I have decided to present contestant number twelve with a special commendation award."

Originally, according to the rules of the Spring Festival couplet selection event, there was only one place for the activity, which was the champion.

As for the others, even the second-place contestant, there were no rewards at all.

Because compared to the first-place champion, the second-place contestant is still just a loser.

Loser do not deserve to be rewarded, not even with a consolation prize.