Chapter 325 Noelle read the message and, feeling irritated, quickly replied, "Aren't you single? You're hopelessly single." Cedric wrote, "Mm... So, are you sure you want to check?" She stared at the message, a little confused. What did that mean? Suddenly, the stadium erupted with deafening cheers, and everyone around her stood up.
Noelle, surrounded by the excitement, felt strangely calm.
She looked at the message again, wondering if he was joking or flirting with her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Noelle, Team Celestial won! Get up and watch!" Grace excitedly pulled Noelle to her feet. Noelle put down her phone and saw the victorious scene.
This time, Team Celestial won. In the past, Team Luminark beat them. Noelle seemed to recall the final moments of her past life. She had been sitting alone, watching Xenia and her brothers celebrating their victory.
She was all alone. She had everything taken from her, yet she couldn't fight back.
Team Celestial had won, and Team Luminark had been eliminated in the finals. This was the correct ending. She liked this outcome.
The host took the stage. "As usual, we'll randomly select one lucky audience member." The lights in the stadium began to rotate, and everyone cheered along with the lights. Finally, the spotlight landed on Noelle. She looked up, surprised, and saw her face appear on the big screen.
She was a celebrity in the gaming world. As soon as her face appeared, the crowd erupted in cheers. "Nelly! Nelly!" Noelle smiled wryly. She stood up and walked straight toward the stage.
The host spoke again."Who would have thought that the lucky audience member would be SweetNelly? And she's sitting in the regular seating, not in the VIP section!" Noelle took the microphone. "Because I'm sitting with my teammates from the base. We're a team!" The members of the Yole University gaming team stood up, excited. Being praised by their captain made them feel a bit proud.
The host continued, "Nelly, everyone expressed their regrets about you not making it to the final. You're clearly very talented. What do you have to say about that?" Noelle held the microphone, but her attention was drawn to the Liddell family sitting in the VIP section. Lucas was there, too.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmTheir eyes met, and she calmly spoke. "I have no regrets. After all, I needed to focus on my exams this year, so I didn't have tfor the competition. I have responsibilities in each stage of my life. But I will definitely participate in next year's competition!" Upon hearing this, Lucas felt a sharp sting in his face, as if he had been slapped. He had forced Noelle to skip classes to prepare for competitions. He had never considered that she also needed to prepare for exams.
He had only thought about his competition and never imagined that she had important exams to prepare for. Feeling guilty, he lowered his head; he wasn't a responsible brother.
Onstage, the host turned to the members of Team Celestial. "Nelly has just declared her challenge, Magnus. Do you have confidence that you can beat her next year?" Magnus, who was wearing a red team uniform, swaggered up to the microphone. He smiled and said, "Noelle, join our team. That way, we'll be unbeatable!" The crowd went wild. However, Lucas' expression turned sour. He didn't want Noelle to join Team Celestial. He hated them.
Xenia said, "Donovan, Noelle knows that Lucas hates Team Celestial. If she joins, wouldn't that be like slapping him in the face?" Donovan was furious. "She's becoming more and more uncontrollable." She didn't care about her family at all. Frank couldn't take it anymore and retorted, "Donovan, it's Noelle's choice which team she joins."
"We have our own team, though. We have plenty of resources and good players, yet she chooses to join the enemy's team. Why are you still defending her?" Frank found it ironic. "That's because Lucas was too much. His actions disappointed Noelle and caused her to leave the team." Lucas struggled to force a smile. "Yes, Donovan. It's my fault. It has nothing to do with Noelle." It was his fault! He was the one who lost Noelle.
Donovan frowned. "That was just a small family dispute. No matter how tow angry Noelle was, she shouldn't have joined Team Celestial. Isn't that slapping the Liddell family in the face?"
He began coughing violently, feeling a sharp pain in his chest. It was the was the aftereffect of the shoulder throw Noelle had given him that day. While his bones weren't bent, they were cracked.