But of course, life didn’t work that way. Lance had yet to reach his own spot when someone from the rowed seats spoke up loudly. "Hang on, is that really allowed?" Even before his eyes found the person who’d spoken, Xian had already recognized that voice. It was of course none other than their friendly and sweet-mouthed ex-seat neighbor, who also happened to be Xian’s rival for Bai Ruyi’s role. Despite what Lance had told him about this guy earlier, Xian didn’t really believe that he was being seen as a threat. After all, that would mean that this guy had already known about Xian’s existence before their first encounter, which—as far as he knew—was only more than an hour ago. But that really proved to be the case when, after the club president turned his head to answer simply, “Yes, i