In Deep Water and Burning Fire, Must Hold On Even When Overwhelmed And a Battle of Wits A Open Conspiracy

"Strange, why is nobody answering?"

Shen Ming looked puzzled. After letting it ring for almost half a minute with no answer, he gave up, put his phone away, and decided to talk about it when he got home tonight.

Meanwhile.

On the other side, inside the women's restroom.

"Gulp."

Ye Cheng swallowed hard, finding the situation a bit awkward. No one was speaking now. Usually, whether it was the Eldest Miss or the Student Council President, they would at least scold him a little.

Now? Not a single word from either of them. He was dead meat.

Silently, Ye Cheng picked up his phone from the floor, shoved it into his pocket, and strode out of the stall to pick up the door that had just been destroyed by a certain unreliable married woman.

He retraced his steps and backed right into the stall like a reversing car.

He propped the door back up and hid inside.

"You can't see me, you can't see me, you can't see me..."

A few seconds later, Ye Cheng's quail-like muttering and whispering echoed from inside the stall. He clearly didn't dare to face this terrifying and cruel reality.

Shen Qinghan: "..."

Dongfang Zhixia: "..."

Head Maid: "..."

Fortunately, all of them had seen their fair share of big scenes. They weren't too surprised that Ye Cheng would do something like this. After all, he was already in the women's restroom; could they really expect him to do anything normal?

They all took a glance and then withdrew their gazes. Deciding to deal with the other nuisances first, Dongfang Zhixia and Shen Qinghan once again started throwing elbows at each other.

The first half was over, and now it was time for the second half. Only the victor would get to decide who controlled Ye Cheng!

The only person present who felt that absolutely everything was wrong was Xia Tongxin.

"This isn't right, is it? Isn't this the women's restroom? Why is Grandpa Bull here? Isn't that perverted? Xiaxia, why aren't you surprised? Why don't they... Mmph, mmph..."

Xia Tongxin was like a curious toddler, constantly asking a hundred thousand whys, making the Head Maid's scalp tingle.

She hurriedly covered the girl's mouth.

There was no place for them here anymore. They had barely managed to hide in the corner to keep watching; if they kept drawing fire like this, they would be the first ones to suffer.

The Head Maid covered her young miss's mouth and whispered in her ear, "Miss, don't speak for now. I'll explain it to you when we get back..."

Under her gentle persuasion, Xia Tongxin finally quieted down and nodded, agreeing to the request to keep watching in silence. Unfortunately... things rarely go as planned.

Both Dongfang Zhixia and Shen Qinghan noticed the master and servant sneaking around in the corner. Two terrifying gazes bore down on them at the same time.

Head Maid: "..."

Well, they were out.

Just like that, the opportunistic duo formed by the master and servant became the next ones to regretfully be eliminated after the Cowardly Lizard. Now, Xia Tongxin was unhappy.

"Ahem, sorry, we'll be leaving now." The Head Maid stood up, bowed to the two of them, and as she rose, she glanced out of the corner of her eye in Ye Cheng's direction. She then picked up Xia Tongxin and headed for the door.

"Xiaxia, let me go! I want to listen! Grandpa Bull is still inside! I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving..." Xia Tongxin flailed wildly like a fish freshly pulled ashore, refusing to leave no matter what.

An arm cannot twist a thigh. How could Pinkie, who had zero offensive power and wasn't even a match for the Eldest Miss and Sister Lin, possibly be a match for the Head Maid?

Willing or not, she was carried away by the Head Maid. There was no chance for today, at least not this morning. They could only see if there would be another opportunity later.

On the way out, the Head Maid sighed. After walking for a while, tap, tap, tap, the hurried sound of high heels approaching could be heard.

Su Su was rushing anxiously toward the restroom. Bumping into the Head Maid and Xia Tongxin, she couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

Subconsciously, Su Su slowed her pace.

These two... hadn't she seen them at the hospital yesterday?

They brushed past each other. Before Su Su could slow down to get a better look, the Head Maid had already carried the squirming Xia Tongxin, who was still trying to run back to watch, down the stairs.

"Strange, those two..." Su Su muttered in confusion, looking in the direction they had left.

She shook her head, quickly recovered, and continued walking toward the restroom. Zhixia, Zhixia, Zhixia... she kept repeating in her heart.

On the way downstairs.

The Head Maid silently sweated for Ye Cheng. Although she knew his thought process was a bit novel and his luck was rather special, she didn't expect him to be this unlucky.

In a not-too-large women's restroom, he had run into absolutely everyone he could possibly run into. What was going on?

A few young ladies weren't enough; even the parents had shown up.

Speaking of which, their Madam seemed to have met him too?

It really was a full gathering...

...

Inside the women's restroom.

"What, are you going to stab him to death?" Dongfang Zhixia looked coldly at Shen Qinghan, who was holding a knife in front of her.

"Does it have anything to do with you?" Shen Qinghan's eyes didn't change, her voice flat.

Dongfang Zhixia sneered, "What do you think?"

"I have nothing to say to you." Having said that, Shen Qinghan didn't want to pay any more attention to her. She carried the knife and walked toward the stall where Ye Cheng was.

"Did I let you go?"

Dongfang Zhixia stepped forward and grabbed Shen Qinghan's hand.

Shen Qinghan frowned. "Don't touch me with your bacteria-filled hands. Get lost."

"Heh, who do you think you are, telling me to get lost with every breath? I didn't grow up being scared. If you have the guts, why don't you try stabbing me?"

Dongfang Zhixia sneered, but she couldn't smile the next second. The Eldest Miss actually thrust the knife straight at her. Fortunately, it wasn't particularly fast, giving her time to react. She took a sharp step back and dodged the blade.

Cold sweat appeared on Dongfang Zhixia's forehead, her face turning ashen.

She never expected Shen Qinghan to actually stab straight at her. Was she crazy?!

"Shen Qinghan, are you out of your mind?!"

Dongfang Zhixia shouted, her eyes full of anger. If she hadn't reacted quickly just now, it really would have been the white blade going in and the red blade coming out.

Shen Qinghan looked calm. "Didn't you say you weren't afraid?"

Although her tone was still flat and excessively calm, it sounded completely different to Dongfang Zhixia's ears. It was mockery, humiliation!

Dongfang Zhixia narrowed her eyes. "Fine, very well. Crying later won't help. You started this!"

Dongfang Zhixia rushed over at lightning speed and pinned Shen Qinghan against the wall. The object of their struggle became the knife in the Eldest Miss's hand. Bang, bang, bang! The sound of crashing continuously echoed in the restroom.

Whether by coincidence or something else, the knife in Shen Qinghan's hand eventually went flying, and the two of them crashed into the stall where Ye Cheng was hiding. Of course, there was a door between them.

The two pressed against the door, tilting it at a forty-five-degree angle. Don't ask why it was a forty-five-degree angle, because Ye Cheng was getting squashed into a little bear biscuit underneath.

Ye Cheng: "..."

He couldn't hold it anymore!

Ye Cheng's scalp tingled. Pressing both hands against the toilet stall door, he craned his neck to take a peek outside, only to see an even more hair-raising scene. He quickly pulled his head back.

Even if he couldn't hold on, he had to!

Ye Cheng was almost in tears. This was too damn messed up. He even felt that this current situation was a side effect of his foresight, that the consequence of changing the future was causing even worse things to happen.

If he had just done nothing, calmly accepted his fate, and stayed lying in the hospital ward, he wouldn't be trapped in a restroom right now, unable to get out and forced to hold up a toilet door.

So damn messed up!

Damn this system, I will !@#￥%...

"Um, Eldest Miss, Madam President, how about..."

"Shut up!!!"

The two women yelled in perfect unison. Before Ye Cheng could even finish his sentence, he was roared back into submission. Scared like a quail, he did not dare to utter another word, choosing to be angrily cowardly between the options of being cowardly and angry.

Do not ask why it was not 'cowardly angry'. Did he even dare to be angry? The two women outside were way more furious than he was... Yamete!!!

Madam, save me!!!

Ye Cheng finally remembered there was still a bystander who could share the firepower. He freed up one hand and knocked on the door panel a few times, using classic Morse code.

Tap, tap, tap...

Ye Cheng: "Madam, I can't hold on much longer, save me!"

After a brief silence, an echo came from the adjacent stall, the same tapping sound, the same Morse code.

Du Wanyi: "Don't be afraid, Little Chengcheng. Little Hanhan won't stab you to death. But if I come out, it's hard to say. So you will just have to suffer a bit..."

Ye Cheng: "Madam is so righteous."

Du Wanyi: "???"

Du Wanyi: "What do you mean?"

Du Wanyi pressed herself against the door, ready to listen to Ye Cheng's next code, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Tap, tap, tap...

Ye Cheng: "If nothing goes wrong, the Eldest Miss understands Morse code..."

Du Wanyi: "..."

One sentence forced Du Wanyi to be loyal and righteous.

As everyone knows, Morse code is a niche code. Not many people know it, just a few million. Take a guess, does the Eldest Miss know it or not?

The moment Ye Cheng sent out the code, Du Wanyi was already exposed. It was an open scheme!

Du Wanyi: "..."

Little Chengcheng, you...

Click, clack, click. The crisp sound of high heels echoed from outside the restroom. Su Su successfully arrived at the restroom and stood at the door.

"Zhi Xia, what are you guys doing?" Su Su's beautiful eyes widened as she looked in disbelief at the two people grappling with each other, with a knife lying not too far away.