People came out of their trance only to discover that Zither Master's boat had quietly retreated. It had left behind a big vacant space.
"This… Miss Jun! Miss Jun!" They gazed at her foolishly as they shouted. It seemed as if they were going to pursue her, and bring her back.
Jun Lulu spoke in a somewhat tranquil yet indifferent tone from the boat's prow, "Pardon me. Zither Master is withdrawing from this time's 'Match of the Three Masters'."
People were left dumbstruck as the huge boat leisurely departed.
[Withdrawing… is she quitting?]
"What's the point of continuing anyway?" Diwu Qingrou snorted and said, "Who won and who lost… is quite obvious! Who needs the testimony of these aristocratic families?! It is unbearably vulgar of these hundred thousand commoners to gather here to see the three masters. How is this any different from the competition between top courtesans in a brothel?"