The park bench that decides fate No, it's the women's restroom that decides fate

The restroom.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of a flushing toilet came from inside. Well... the sound of repeated flushing. Shen Qinghan stood at the door, hearing it loud and clear. She stared in the direction of the men's restroom, motionless, showing no intention of going in, nor any intention of leaving.

She just stood there, stubbornly waiting!

"Phew, that feels great... Eh? Eldest Miss, why are you here?"

Ye Cheng walked out of the very last stall with a look of pure relief on his face. Then, he looked at the Eldest Miss standing at the door with a highly "surprised" expression and asked, looking slightly shocked.

Shen Qinghan looked Ye Cheng up and down: "I drank too much water."

After saying that, she walked into the women's restroom. Tap, tap, tap... The sound of her footsteps faded away, followed by the bang of a closing door. Only then did Ye Cheng's wildly pounding little heart finally settle down.

Cold sweat had formed on his forehead at some point.

He reached up and wiped it away.

Good thing he was quick-witted, otherwise he would have died a heroic death right there in the restroom...

But then again, what was the Eldest Miss playing at now?

Why wasn't she pursuing what happened in the hospital room earlier? Could it be...

As if thinking of something, Ye Cheng's pupils shrank. He prepared to run back to the hospital room to see how Camera Bro was doing. If it was still in one piece, he could still work with it. If not...

Gulp.

Then he had better figure out a way to call and trick Madam into coming back.

Ye Cheng craned his neck and shouted toward the women's restroom, "Eldest Miss, I'm heading back first! I'll wait for you in the bed next to yours."

Details. He didn't forget to report his location while running away, just to prevent the Eldest Miss from coming out, not seeing him, assuming he had fled, and then letting her rage meter fill up until she found him and started elbowing him like crazy...

The women's restroom was very quiet.

"Eldest Miss?" Seeing no response, Ye Cheng raised his voice and shouted again. This time, it was much louder, enough for half the floor to hear.

"Eldest Miss, did you hear me? Eldest Miss, I'm leaving now..."

"Shut up," Shen Qinghan's somewhat impatient voice came from inside the women's restroom.

Having received a definitive answer from the Eldest Miss, Ye Cheng finally left satisfied, hurrying swiftly in the direction of the hospital room.

Inside the women's restroom.

Shen Qinghan locked herself in one of the stalls. Her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed as she gently touched her somewhat numb and flushed lips. Faintly, it felt as if a certain someone's trace was still lingering on them.

Shen Qinghan: "..."

Whose first kiss was ever like this?

It wasn't sweet like the books described. She just felt dizzy, breathless, and her heart was beating rapidly... In conclusion, books were full of lies.

That is to say... is there a possibility, Eldest Miss, that the books never told you to hold your breath while kissing, especially not for several minutes straight?

Dear Eldest Miss, feeling dizzy is indeed normal; that is dopamine rushing to your brain... But what you just experienced was purely oxygen deprivation.

The first kiss experience wasn't very wonderful, at least it was somewhat different from the scene she had witnessed earlier in the cafeteria when Ye Cheng and Dongfang Zhixia kissed.

She clearly remembered the look on the face of a certain brawny female gorilla at the time...

No, she couldn't remember clearly.

When she saw the two of them kissing in the cafeteria, her head was buzzing so much that she didn't notice many details. She couldn't even remember the President's reaction at the time.

What other reaction could it be? The President was also a complete rookie. Pretending to be an experienced veteran was purely to avoid being looked down upon by the people around them; it was just pride at work.

The two of them were birds of a feather.

However, the current President was quite dominant, like a Tier 0 hero in the current meta, a must-pick or must-ban. It is just a pity that being too dominant resulted in getting nerfed several times, and eventually getting permanently stuck on the ban list.

Only in the last couple of days did she finally get buffed back and released from the ban list.

Lightly pursing her lips, the expression on Shen Qinghan's face was unreadable, but she seemed to be recalling something...

In the hospital room.

"Hiss... Too brutal." Ye Cheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looking at Camera Bro, which had been reduced to pieces in the trash can.

Who said the Eldest Miss was weak? Her strength was simply magnificent!

Preliminary judgment: it had gone through no less than "five special processes," namely smashing, snapping, hammering, crushing, and bending... The kind that even superglue couldn't save. It had completely ascended to the "Camera Planet."

"Good thing I held something back," Ye Cheng sighed.

It was a good thing he left the camera behind as a punching bag for the Eldest Miss when he ran away. It had absorbed at least half of her firepower. If she hit it, she couldn't hit him...

Just kidding, it was just convenient.

Ye Cheng squatted down and started rummaging through the trash can. "Strange, why isn't it here?"

Ye Cheng searched for a long time but couldn't find the memory card used for storage inside the camera. The contents were a treasure. A certain unreliable Madam had gone through all this trouble just for that.

At a certain moment, a flash of lightning crossed Ye Cheng's mind. He seemed to realize something and stopped his movements.

"Don't tell me... the Eldest Miss took the card?"

"Gulp."

Ye Cheng swallowed hard again. The sweat on his forehead grew thicker, impossible to wipe clean. "This black-hearted hospital, they won't even turn on the AC!"

After saying that, Ye Cheng stood up straight, tidied himself up, arranged his "posthumous appearance" right there, coughed twice, and after confirming there were no issues, flopped dead onto the bed.

Lying on the hospital bed next to the Eldest Miss's.

As things stood, playing the victim was the only path to salvation!

Goodnight, Makka Pakka...

Ye Cheng closed his eyes and quietly waited for the Eldest Miss to return, and then... he waited for half an hour.

Ye Cheng: "???"

Sitting up in shock like a dying man, Ye Cheng propped himself up, several large question marks appearing over his head. "Could the Eldest Miss have fainted in the restroom?"

You know what, it's actually possible!

Ye Cheng hurriedly scrambled up and dashed toward the women's restroom. Just to be safe, he shouted from the door, "Eldest Miss, are you still there?"

It was dead silent with no response. Ye Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he charged in. Don't be afraid, Eldest Miss, I'm coming to save you!

Ye Cheng plunged headfirst into the women's restroom, searched frantically, and finally found the only closed stall. He kicked the door!

Bang!

The door flew open.

Shen Qinghan was sitting on the toilet. The contemplation and memories in her eyes were interrupted, replaced by astonishment and confusion. She stared motionless at Ye Cheng, who had just kicked the door open in front of her.

Ye Cheng: "..."

At a speed visible to the naked eye, Shen Qinghan's face flushed red, turning into a beautiful red apple. It was a rapid change of expression rarely seen in the Eldest Miss in this lifetime.

Her usually placid eyes misted over, looking as if she was about to cry, but she ultimately held it back, and the mist dissipated...

Ye Cheng suddenly felt that even if he managed to trick a certain unreliable Madam into coming back now, it still wouldn't change his inevitable doom.

Gulp, swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Ye Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead while stammering out an explanation: "Well... E-Eldest Miss, I saw you hadn't come back for so long, I-I thought something happened to you..."

"Just now, I called out from outside, but you didn't answer me, so I thought you..."

The flush on Shen Qinghan's face gradually faded, and she said calmly, "Mm, I know. Close the door."

"Ah? Oh, okay." Ye Cheng froze for a moment, only then realizing that the way they were conversing was still somewhat awkward. He hurriedly nodded and closed the door.

Rustle, rustle... faint sounds came from inside the bathroom.

A moment later, the Eldest Miss came out. Her expression remained calm, without even a hint of anger. Ye Cheng stood perfectly straight against the wall, already drafting his suicide note in his head.

"You, get in." Shen Qinghan pointed inside the bathroom, her face perfectly calm.

Ye Cheng was stunned: "Ah?"

"I'll say it again, get in there." Shen Qinghan repeated, though her voice was noticeably colder than before.

Ye Cheng: "..."

Fine, seeing the Eldest Miss's dead-serious demeanor right now, it didn't look like she was joking at all. So... she was being serious.

With an incredibly anxious heart, Ye Cheng first wiped the sweat from his face, then tremblingly walked in. He looked at the Eldest Miss tentatively and asked, "Eldest Miss?"

"Sit down."

Ye Cheng sat down.

"Take them off," Shen Qinghan ordered.

Ye Cheng: "???"

Eldest Miss, you...

A few minutes later.

Ye Cheng and Shen Qinghan both walked out of the women's restroom. The Eldest Miss looked calm, as if absolutely nothing had happened inside. Ye Cheng hadn't been beaten up, either.

Damn it, it's so hard to guess. Just what exactly happened in there?

Ye Cheng: "..."

Two-faced Eldest Miss, with a mind narrower than the eye of a needle, petty ghost, female hooligan, stupid El... stupid President, super invincible cute Eldest Miss, kind-hearted Eldest Miss, the absolute cutest Eldest Miss...

As for why Ye Cheng suddenly changed his tune halfway through his mental grumbling, it was simple: the Eldest Miss was looking at him.

The Eldest Miss, walking in front, seemed to sense something. She stopped without warning, looked at Ye Cheng calmly, and began her signature death stare.

Having already suffered under the Eldest Miss's Observation Haki before, Ye Cheng was naturally cautious and wouldn't fall in the same place twice.

Shen Qinghan narrowed her eyes and stared at Ye Cheng for a moment. Ye Cheng whistled, his gaze shifting erratically, while he frantically praised the Eldest Miss in his heart... Eldest Miss, you are a fragrant, soft little cupcake!

That was how he managed to survive and dodge a bullet.

Shen Qinghan withdrew her gaze and continued walking toward the hospital room. Ye Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and followed behind her. Great, I'm saved!

Ye Cheng failed to notice that the tips of the ears of the Eldest Miss walking ahead of him were slightly red.

The two returned to the hospital room and lay down on their respective beds. Shen Qinghan closed her eyes to rest, while Ye Cheng didn't dare make a peep beside her.

Why did it feel... like something wasn't quite right?

Was this matter really just going to blow over like this?

Did Camera Bro die in vain just like that?

If this was the result, he... he could completely accept it!

Good riddance, bro!

Driven by a strong sense of unease, an incredibly nervous Ye Cheng finally decided to strike first. He asked, "Eldest Miss, just now..."

Shen Qinghan opened her eyes: "I will not delete it."

Ye Cheng: "..."

Eldest Miss, you...

Is there a possibility, I mean, Eldest Miss, that I wasn't actually talking about that bathroom incident, but rather about a certain Madam and the Camera Bro in the trash can?

People are just people, no one is really more precious than another. We're all bros here; if it was seen, it was seen, it's not like I'll lose a piece of flesh. It's like those illegal online loans—many young girls fall into that trap and end up ruined for life, and there are even many who can't take it and jump off buildings to commit suicide.

But you'll notice a very fascinating phenomenon: you can almost never find an illegal loan shark that takes those kinds of photos from men as collateral.

If a woman is threatened with having her photos leaked, she'll panic and try to scrape the money together. If a man is threatened with having his photos leaked, his competitive spirit will kick in and he'll demand that you Photoshop it to look bigger.

Obviously, Ye Cheng was exactly that kind of person.

If she saw it, she saw it. Whatever, it wasn't like he was missing a piece of flesh...

"Ahem, Eldest Miss, I'm not talking about what happened in the bathroom. I'm talking about earlier in the hospital room, the Madam..."

Ye Cheng was cut off halfway by Shen Qinghan.

Shen Qinghan's face showed confusion: "What Madam? What are you talking about?"

Ye Cheng: "???"

Eldest Miss, do you really have amnesia?

That's great, the Eldest Miss actually has amnesia, we're saved... my ass!

If he hadn't seen the corpse of Camera Bro in the trash can, along with the memory card the Eldest Miss had taken, Ye Cheng almost would have believed it.

So... the Eldest Miss doesn't want to admit it now?

She wants to just brush this whole thing under the rug?

Shen Qinghan didn't bring it up, and Ye Cheng didn't dare to ask. For the time being, this was the best possible scenario. Great, he survived another day. It's just... he managed to dodge it, but the Madam might not be so lucky.

Madam, I wish you good luck. The grudge between us is already forgotten. Come back, the Eldest Miss doesn't remember anything, really. Please come back quickly...

Perhaps feeling a bit bored, Shen Qinghan decided to look at her phone to relax for a bit. The loading circle spun on her screen for a long time, and then a very eye-catching text message notification popped up on the interface.

"Sorry, your mobile balance is insufficient. Please recharge!"

Shen Qinghan: "???"

Insufficient balance?

Confusion appeared in Shen Qinghan's eyes. She narrowed her gaze and fixed it on Ye Cheng: "Why is my phone out of credit?"

Ye Cheng was still mentally plotting how to elbow the Madam when he suddenly heard the Eldest Miss's voice beside him. His heart skipped a beat.

"Out of credit? Must be the end-of-the-month deduction. Just recharge it."

Shen Qinghan narrowed her eyes: "I just recharged my phone this month."

The cold sweat on Ye Cheng's forehead grew heavier: "Then you must have used it all up. Sigh, these days the three major telecom operators are shadier than the last. Sigh, it's really too much!"

Ye Cheng put on a look of righteous indignation.

Without evidence, Shen Qinghan couldn't do anything to Ye Cheng, so...

"Give me your phone."

Ye Cheng: "..."

"Eldest Miss, you don't believe me?" Ye Cheng looked completely incredulous, as if he had been betrayed. His whole body trembled, tears threatening to fall, making a perfect picture of a frail, pitiful victim.

Shen Qinghan remained perfectly calm: "Correct."

Ye Cheng: "..."

Eldest Miss, you... I'm already acting like this, couldn't you at least be a little tactful?

A few minutes later, Shen Qinghan fell into silence as she stared at the hundreds of episodes of high-definition 4K Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Big Ear Tutu downloaded on Ye Cheng's phone... This was where all her mobile data had gone.

No wonder she was in arrears.

Shen Qinghan: "..."

Thump, thump, thump...

Ye Cheng's HP -1 -1 -1...

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

Just as Ye Cheng was pinned to the bed by the Young Miss, who was busy rapping her knuckles against his head, his phone vibrated with an incoming message.

It was from Tang Yuyao.

"Brat, hurry up and think of a way to fool your Young Miss!"

Staring at the message Tang Yuyao had just sent to the phone, Ye Cheng and Shen Qinghan both fell into a dead silence—especially Ye Cheng.

Dr. Tang, you...