Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 397 Compound Fragrance

"What is Yixia doing?"

Seeing that Mo Yixia used the fishing rod in her hand as a long stick and swept it towards the lake in front of Guzheng again and again, the expressions of the people in the distance gradually became strange.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Xiaoxiao asked uncertainly, "Is she trying to interfere with Gu Zheng's fishing?"

"Look, it looks like this..." Ouyang Lianyu hesitated, "Isn't this a bad idea?"

Everyone looked at each other, fearing that Gu Zheng would stab Mo Yixia with the bamboo pole in anger.

“It’s not very good…”

Han Zhou smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "But they were competing to see who caught the most fish. The rules don't limit the tools, nor do they limit you from interfering with others' fishing, so what Yixia did wasn't considered a foul. She probably wanted to make sure no one could catch any fish, so that it would be a draw."

"But won't Guzheng be angry?" Zhong Ling asked worriedly.

"Of course she'll be angry, but since it was Guzheng who played the trick first, she can only bear with Yixia's trick. But this girl won't give up easily. I guess she will use her physical advantage to get rid of Yixia and run to the other side of the lake to spear fish."

Xiao Xiaoxiao thought about it and raised an objection: "But Guzheng has run out of bait. Even if she gets rid of Yixia, she won't be able to find the fish, right?"

Han Zhou hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly: "Doesn't Yixia still have bait?"

Everyone was stunned: "Yixia would lend the bait to Guzheng?"

Mo Yixia had already started to interfere with Gu Zheng's fishing, obviously not wanting her to catch any fish. How could she possibly lend the bait to Gu Zheng?

"Yixia may not lend it to him." Han Zhou shook his head and said with a strange look, "But Guzheng may snatch it away."

As if to confirm his guess, as the words fell, Gu Zheng, who had been staring at the lake with an angry look on her face, suddenly dropped her fishing rod and bamboo pole and rushed to Mo Yixia's side.

Mo Yixia seemed to have anticipated that Gu Zheng would snatch the bait, and wanted to put it away in advance, but she underestimated the other party's speed. Before she could reach out her hand, Gu Zheng snatched the bait away, leaving her with nothing in her hand.

"I told you, I'll be the winner."

Leaving behind a provocative remark, Gu Zheng didn't give Mo Yixia any chance to react. She picked up the bamboo pole thrown on the ground and left the place at an extremely fast speed.

The people not far away were dumbfounded and looked at Han Zhou in astonishment: "You really guessed it right!"

They could never have imagined that Guzheng, who always insisted on winning in an honest way, would actually do something like snatching the bait.

Han Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "After all, the only rule is 'whoever catches the most fish wins'. They just need to find a way to catch the fish, and they can do whatever it takes to achieve this goal."

"Then can we first find a way to disable the opponent's ability to move, and then catch the fish?"

Wang Lengqiu beside him thought calmly, "For example, throw the opponent into the river first."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Seeing everyone looking at her in shock, she tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Didn't they say you can do whatever it takes?"

Her eyes fell on Han Zhou.

"Well..." Han Zhou laughed dryly, "We still need to abide by the basic rules..."

Although he wasn't quite sure what the basic rules were, throwing someone into the river just to win was a bit too much.

Wang Lengqiu nodded thoughtfully, and after a while asked, "What about knocking the opponent out or tying him up?"

"This, this doesn't work either..."

Han Zhou was choked and wanted to ask Wang Lengqiu if she was joking, but he quickly remembered that she had said more than once that she was not a joker, so he tactfully did not ask any more questions.

Seeing that Wang Lengqiu was not disappointed, but instead looked silently towards the river bank, as if thinking about other more practical solutions, Han Zhou felt inexplicably relieved for some reason, thinking that it was a good thing that Wang Lengqiu did not participate in this fishing competition, otherwise it would have been a mess.

At the same time, he was somewhat worried. After all, the methods Wang Lengqiu had just mentioned were not prohibited by the rules. If Gu Zheng really wanted to throw Mo Yixia into the river, then he could only find an excuse to drag the two people away.

"Senior Wang Lengqiu seems to be much more cheerful today than before." Zhong Ling said with a faint smile.

Only Han Zhou could hear her voice. He smiled and said nothing.

At this moment, Ouyang Lianyu said with some worry: "Yixia hasn't chased Guzheng yet, could it be that she is angry and doesn't want to compete anymore?"

She had been paying attention to the battle situation on the river bank. Seeing that Guzheng had already run a long distance, but Mo Yixia was still sitting on the small stool without moving, she couldn't help but feel worried.

"Gu Zheng runs so fast, she can't catch up even if she wants to." Xiao Xiaoxiao muttered.

"I don't think Yixia will give up so easily." Zhong Yin shook his head.

"I thought so too, but even if she wants to stop Gu Zheng from catching the fish now, it's too late, right?"

Zhong Yin didn't know what Mo Yixia was going to do, so he turned to look at Han Zhou: "What do you think?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on Han Zhou, wanting to hear his opinion.

Han Zhou pondered for a moment: "I can't guess what Yixia is thinking, but she can be so calm, probably because she thinks that even if Gu Zheng takes the bait, there is no way to catch the fish... So I guess what Gu Zheng just took away might be an empty bottle."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Zheng, who had already run a long way to throw the bait, suddenly froze in place, then dropped the bottle in her hand and ran back at an even faster speed.

As the distance got closer, everyone saw the anger on her face, especially when they saw Mo Yixia slowly taking out a small square box from her pocket, the anger on her face turned into anger.

"What is that small box?" Ouyang Lianyu asked puzzledly.

"It should be the bait..."

As if he suddenly remembered something, Zhong Yin said uncertainly, "Before leaving today, Yixia specifically asked me for an extra bottle, but she didn't tell me what it was for. I couldn't find an extra bottle, so I found a box and gave it to her."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then looked at the girl sitting nonchalantly on the small stool in shock, and said in disbelief: "You mean, Yixia had anticipated that Guzheng would take her bait before she went out?"

Judging from Gu Zheng’s reaction just now, there was obviously no bait in the bottle she snatched, so she was so angry and felt that she was being fooled. Therefore, the real bait could only be in the small box that Mo Yixia just took out.

If this is really the case, then Mo Yixia is thinking too far... Everyone was secretly shocked.

At this moment, Wang Lengqiu spoke again: "It is possible that there are other things in the box."

"What is it?" Xiao Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

"Poison." Wang Lengqiu said seriously, "As long as we poison all the fish in the lake to death, no one will be able to catch any fish."

The air was quiet for two seconds.

"No." Everyone was about to speak, but stopped talking when they saw Wang Lengqiu suddenly shook his head and denied what he had just said, "It shouldn't be poison."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then they heard the other party continue to say: "The fish that were poisoned may float up, which will help the opponent holding the harpoon to win."

Han Zhou's mouth twitched. Ever since he heard the word "by any means necessary", this guy seemed to have let himself go, thinking only of winning.

Xiao Xiaoxiao nudged him with his elbow and asked in a low voice, "Hey, what's wrong with this guy?"

"How would I know."

Han Zhou moved his lips. He didn't understand why Wang Lengqiu was suddenly interested in the outcome between Han Zhou and Gu Zheng.

"Why do I feel like she really wants to get involved?" Xiao Xiaoxiao looked strange.

"I feel like..."

"Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia are competing in catching fish on the surface, but they are actually competing for you as love rivals. Do you think this guy has figured this out?"

"I do not know."

"You don't know this, you don't know that, you are so stupid."

Xiao Xiaoxiao curled her lips and ignored Han Zhou, continuing to pay attention to the situation on Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia's side.

The two of them just spoke in low voices, so no one could hear what they were talking about.

Why is this guy so mad today?

Han Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly. He could certainly see that something was wrong with Wang Lengqiu today, but Xiao Xiaoxiao was also wrong.

No, it wasn't just these two people. Everyone, including Teacher Ouyang and Sister Yin, seemed to be looking at him strangely today...

"Did I do something that angered God and the people last night?"

Thinking of the lingering fragrance of unknown origin on the bed, Han Zhou complained in his heart, that thing couldn't be a compound fragrance, right?
He finally gathered his thoughts and continued to observe the situation on the river bank.

At this moment, Gu Zheng had already quickly run to Mo Yixia's side, looking at her angrily.

"You ran back and forth for so long without even taking a breath. You really are gifted."

Mo Yixia turned her head to look at her, and shook the box in her hand in a puzzled manner, "But why did you come back so quickly? Did you catch any fish?"

"You are teasing me." Gu Zheng looked at her coldly.

"Playing tricks on you?" Mo Yixia seemed a little surprised. "Are you referring to the time you snatched an empty bottle? I was really scared by you at that time."

Gu Zheng didn't waste any words and pretended to snatch the box from her hand, but this time Mo Yixia was prepared. Before the other party got close, she stood up and scattered all the baits in the box into the lake.

“This is the only place you can catch fish now,” she said.

Guzheng didn't expect to get the bait this time, so she stood there looking at her expressionlessly.

"Do you think I can't beat you like this?"

Mo Yixia remained noncommittal: "If you want to beat me, then you can only find a way to restrict my actions, otherwise I will keep interfering with you."

"I could totally throw you into the lake," Guzheng threatened.

"Of course, this is within the rules."

Mo Yixia didn't seem to be worried at all, and even made a friendly suggestion, "You can also knock me out, tie me up, anyway, as long as you can restrain my movements, you have a chance of winning."

She pointed to the fishing line on the ground, indicating that there was a ready-made prop in front of her.

"Provocation doesn't work on me." Gu Zheng snorted coldly, "If you like to interfere with me, then go ahead and interfere with me."

"This is not a provocation." Mo Yixia corrected seriously.

"It doesn't matter whether it is or not. I won't use such a boring method to win you."

Seeing the atmosphere gradually becoming tense, the people in the distance couldn't help but get a little nervous and worried, "Gu Zheng doesn't really want to throw Yixia into the lake, does she?"

Their worries were not without reason, because Guzheng was getting closer to Mo Yixia step by step.

"Han Zhou, go and stop Gu Zheng!" Ouyang Lianyu looked anxious. She didn't want to see things turn out like that.

Han Zhou sat on the ground motionless, his tone somewhat helpless: "Don't worry, Teacher Ouyang, if Gu Zheng really wanted to do that, she would have done it long ago, there is no need to wait until now."

"Then what does she want to do?" The worry on Ouyang Lianyu's face did not diminish at all.

"do not know."

Han Zhou shook his head. He couldn't guess what Gu Zheng was trying to do.

Fortunately, Guzheng quickly gave everyone the answer with practical actions.

She snatched the box from Guzheng's hand, then grabbed the edge of the box and pressed down hard to form a groove. Then she picked up a bamboo pole on the ground, inserted the pointed end into the groove, and continued to press down to make the box tightly embedded in the bamboo pole, finally forming an enlarged version of a small spoon.

I have to say that Guzheng's "hands-on ability" is really strong. Ordinary people don't have the strength to easily press the box into the desired shape.

"What does she want to do? Use it to catch fish?" Xiao Xiaoxiao wondered.

"Maybe he wants to get the bait out of the water." Zhong Yin thought, "After all, as long as he has the bait, Gu Zheng can run to a place far away from Yi Xia to catch fish."

As she thought, Gu Zheng was indeed trying to scoop up the bait from the water. She quickly extended the bamboo pole into the river and tried to scoop up the bait floating on the water.

But it was obvious that since Mo Yixia could stop Gu Zheng from catching fish, she could also stop her from picking up the bait. She immediately stretched out the fishing rod in her hand and slapped the water surface hard, causing the bait that was about to enter the box to scatter.

Gu Zheng was not annoyed and quickly changed her target - there were a lot of baits floating there, and even if she only caught a little, it would lay the foundation for victory in the afternoon.

But how could Mo Yixia let her get her wish? The fishing rod in her hand immediately followed. Even though Gu Zheng's movements were faster than the other party, this guy seemed to be able to predict her thoughts and scatter the bait in the target area in advance every time.

Just like that, Gu Zheng tried to pick up the bait again and again, but Mo Yixia stopped her in advance again and again. After more than ten minutes, only a little bit of crumbs were found in Gu Zheng's box.

The people in the distance had complicated expressions. They always felt that the scene before them was a little childish, but also tragic in a different way.

(End of this chapter)