Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 400 Falling into the water
Question: What is the most difficult question in the world?
Han Zhou didn't know which question was the most difficult to answer, but the most difficult one was of course the classic question that would kill him -

Your wife and your mother fell into the water at the same time, and you can only save one at a time. Who would you save first?
If this was the question he really needed to answer, he could answer in a slightly heavy tone that his mother had passed away a long time ago, thus resolving this difficult problem and even turning passivity into initiative. But the problem now was that he didn't have to choose between his wife and his mother, but between Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia.

Guzheng and Mo Yixia fell into the river at the same time. Who should I save first?

After hearing Xiao Xiaoxiao's cry, Han Zhou rushed to the lakeside immediately. In addition to worry, this thought also popped up uncontrollably in his mind.

If we ignore other factors and only think rationally, it would be more reasonable to save Mo Yixia first. After all, Gu Zheng has excellent physical fitness and is also good at swimming. Even if she falls into the river, she will not be in any danger. She may have swam to the shore by now.

But Mo Yixia was different. This girl knew a lot of things, but the only thing she couldn't do was swim. Besides, it was winter and the lake water was icy cold. Once she fell into the water, it would be difficult for her to get ashore on her own.

From a rational point of view, it is of course more reasonable to give priority to saving Mo Yixia, but the key is that this problem cannot be analyzed purely from a rational perspective. To use a phrase that girls often say, all they want is an attitude.

Even though Guzheng can swim back and forth in the lake in a fancy way, she is still a girl, and a girl with a strong desire to win.

It didn’t really matter to her whether she was the first to be rescued or not, but she definitely wanted to be the first to be rescued.

This means that she defeated Mo Yixia.

Similarly, with Mo Yixia's personality, she probably wouldn't care about who was rescued first or later, but she probably hoped that she could be rescued first.

This means that she did not lose to Guzheng.

This is really a fatal question...

Han Zhou shook his head and put aside these messy thoughts. The most important thing at the moment was to confirm the situation of Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia. He didn't know why these two people fell into the water...

……

Let time go back a little.

While Han Zhou was trying every means to test Wang Lengqiu's identity as a time traveler, Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia's fishing competition was still going on.

Both of them knew that it was difficult to catch fish with a hook without bait, so they placed the hook as close as possible to the place where the bait was cast before, hoping that some fish would accidentally bite the hook.

The fishing bait that Guzheng had collected before was put to use. Although there was only a little bit and it was difficult to even hang it on the fishhook, it was better than nothing and increased her chances of winning.

Thinking of how Han Zhou had just helped her put on her clothes with a worried look on his face, and thinking that her chances of winning were much greater than Mo Yixia's, Gu Zheng was in a good mood, with a smile on her face, waiting patiently for the fish to take the bait.

At this moment, Mo Yixia's slightly cold voice suddenly sounded: "You seem to think you are sure to win."

The harassment just now had consumed a lot of her energy, so her voice sounded a little tired, giving people a lazy feeling.

Guzheng's face turned serious: "Don't disturb me while fishing!"

She was alert. According to the rules, this guy couldn't harass her anymore. She had no bait in her hand and could only fish with an empty hook. She was afraid that he was getting anxious. Since he had no chance of winning, he could only use tricks. It seemed that he wanted to chat with her, but in fact, he wanted to scare away the fish approaching the water with the sound. What a scheming man!

So she refused to chat with the other party.

As if she had seen through her thoughts, Mo Yixia said calmly: "You are quite cautious, but don't worry, I won't use my mind on such a boring thing."

Gu Zheng didn't believe her and said confidently: "Now only my hook has bait. As long as I wait patiently, a fish will definitely take the bait. I have already won. Not talking to you is the best choice."

"is it?"

Mo Yixia didn't comment, she took off her cap slowly, took out a small plastic bag from the cap, and waved it in front of the other person with a smile, "Guess what this is?"

"Bait?"

Gu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief, "How come you still have bait?"

Although the plastic bag in Mo Yixia's hand was not big, only the size of a thumb, it was obviously filled with a small bag of fish bait!

Not only did this guy hide the real bait, he even hid a small bag of bait in his hat?

"There's no rule against dividing bait into thirds, old or new."

Mo Yixia reeled in the fishing line, hung the hook in front of her, and said as she opened the plastic bag, "Do you still think you have a better chance of winning now?"

Gu Zheng was silent for a moment, then pouted and said, "Have you guessed that Han Zhou would force us to fish with fishing rods?"

"No, I don't know." Mo Yixia shook her head and put her cap back on. "I just thought you might be able to steal the box of bait I hid, so I left a safety net in advance."

She looked indifferent, and it was unclear whether she was telling the truth or a lie.

"That really disappoints you."

Guzheng felt like she was being mocked. After all, she didn't even notice the box of bait that she had hidden in advance.

"I thought maybe we could talk about this so I can promise not to use this bag of bait."

After a pause, Mo Yixia added, "Don't worry, there is no conspiracy. I won't use my tricks in such places."

"no need."

Gu Zheng frowned slightly, "It's your ability to hide a bag of bait in advance. You can use it if you want, but you don't need to let me. We have nothing to talk about."

Mo Yixia said thoughtfully: “Can I understand that you don’t accept a draw?”

"Nonsense, I just want to beat you."

"So much the better."

Mo Yixia nodded gently, stopped talking, hung the bait on the hook, and threw it into the lake.

She used a lot more bait than Guzheng. From this perspective, her chances of winning were undoubtedly greater than Guzheng's.

But Guzheng has no regrets.

It was not wrong for her to want to win, but she also had to win with a clear conscience. The reason why she wanted to win by spearing fish today was mainly to avenge this guy's despicable trick of tricking her into looking away while watching a horror movie during the competition last night, and to strike a blow at this guy's arrogance at the same time, otherwise she would not have cheated first.

Besides, even if she didn't have much bait, she might still be able to beat this guy. Besides, there was another reason why Gu Zheng refused to chat with Mo Yixia. She heard from Han Zhou that Mo Yixia's family was very well-off, so she suspected that this guy would play a "Here's two million, leave Han Zhou and it's yours" drama like on TV, so she resolutely didn't want to chat with him.

It’s not that she couldn’t bear the temptation, but she was worried that she wouldn’t be able to help but beat this guy up.

Mo Yixia was looking at the lake at this time and didn't pay attention to Gu Zheng's expression, so she didn't know what she was thinking.

Neither of them said anything else, just waiting quietly for the fish to take the bait.

There was no wind blowing over the lake, and the water surface was as smooth as a mirror.

Not long after, a black fish poked its head out of the water, but it was still quite a distance away from the two men's fishing hooks. It seemed to be swallowing the scattered baits on the water surface bit by bit.

Gu Zheng's eyes lit up, because the little black fish was approaching the location of her fishhook. As long as she kept eating like this, it would bite the fishhook sooner or later.

As if she had thought of something, she turned her head and looked at Mo Yixia warily. Seeing that the latter didn't seem to intend to make trouble, she felt relieved. She held her breath and concentrated, holding the fishing rod tightly with both hands to avoid scaring away the little black fish.

However, to her disappointment, the little black fish was actually quite alert and had been eating the bait in the distance. Although it would move a little closer from time to time, it never got close to the hook and just swam back and forth in one area, as if it knew there was danger here.

What made her even more worried was that, perhaps because it saw the large ball of bait under the water, the little black fish seemed to gradually become interested in the waters on Mo Yixia's side. Although it was also very vigilant, it seemed to have the intention of approaching that side.

The baits that can be seen everywhere on the water surface are gradually relaxing the fish's vigilance. Once it completely lets go of its scruples, it will most likely rush towards Mo Yixia's hook immediately!
Guzheng realized that she couldn't wait any longer.

You have to know that Mo Yixia’s bait has not been used up yet. If she catches the first fish, she can basically declare victory in advance. Fish don’t have the same scheming as this guy. They will swim to where there are more baits.

Thinking of this, Guzheng slowly stood up, reeled in the fishing line with extremely slight movements, and pulled the hook out of the water.

A circle of ripples appeared on the water surface, but the amplitude was very small and did not attract the attention of the little black fish in the distance.

"I want to discuss something with you." She said in a low voice.

Mo Yixia's attention didn't seem to be on the little black fish. When she heard the words, she turned her head to look at her.

Gu Zheng took a deep breath and said, "The essence of fishing is to catch a fish with a hook, right? Then if I can hook that fish, can it be considered that I have caught a fish?"

She knew that her statement was far-fetched, and if she failed, she would definitely scare away the only fish, so she felt a little embarrassed, but she still asked shamelessly. After all, the rules were made by people, and she was indeed fishing with a fishing rod. As long as Mo Yixia did not deny this concept, she would not be breaking the rules.

If there was nothing she could do despite opposition, she could try other methods.

Gu Zheng knew very well that Mo Yixia would most likely not agree with her statement. After all, they were in a competitive relationship. If she agreed with her statement, it would mean that the other party was giving her a chance to win, and it would be difficult for her to agree to such a thing.

"can."

Unexpectedly, Mo Yixia nodded without thinking, as if she didn't care, "But you only have one chance. If you fail, you can't use this method again."

Gu Zheng was stunned. She had never expected that the other party would actually give her such a chance. She asked in confusion, "Aren't you worried that I might beat you?"

"If you can beat me in this way, then it's a testament to your strength."

Mo Yixia held her chin with one hand, boredly looking at the cautious little black fish on the lake, and said meaningfully, "Besides, if I can give you a chance to make the rules, it means I also have a chance to change the rules, right?"

"I didn't say that."

Gu Zheng was somewhat reluctant, and after thinking for a while, she hesitated and said, "If it's not so hard to accept, then I can give you such a chance... only in our competition!"

She added carefully, so as not to be tricked by this guy.

"of course."

Mo Yixia lifted the hair beside her ear and repeated without comment, "Only in our game."

Gu Zheng finally felt relieved and stood up and said, "Then I'm going to start. Don't blame me if the fish runs away."

Mo Yixia didn't say anything, looking as if to say "it's up to you to do it".

Guzheng withdrew her gaze and first took the bait off the hook, so that if she failed, she could still use the remaining bait to fish and have a chance of turning the tables.

Then, she looked at the little black fish in the center of the lake from afar, as if silently calculating something, reeling in and releasing the fishing line, trying to adjust the fishing line to the most perfect length.

What she was about to do next could still be called fishing, but unlike the traditional method of waiting for the fish to take the bait, her method was to make herself the active party and pierce the hook into the fish's body the moment the fishing line was cast.

There are many conditions that need to be met to achieve this. First of all, great strength is required. Otherwise, not only will the hook fail to penetrate the fish's body, but there will also be insufficient speed, which will easily allow the fish to escape before the hook enters the water.

Secondly, you need an extremely accurate hit rate. It is not easy to hit a small fish when you cast the fishing rod at such a long distance, not to mention that the other party is not a dead object, but is always swimming around, so the difficulty of hitting is even higher.
Then it is about controlling the length of the fishing line. As we all know, only a slightly shorter rope can become a whip with destructive power. Once the rope is too long, it will be limp when swung and will have no destructive power at all. Therefore, only by shortening the fishing line can it have enough power.

But if the fishing line is too short, the combined length of the fishing rod and the fishing line will be difficult to reach the center of the lake, and it will be impossible to catch the little black fish.

Therefore, how to control the fishing line to an optimal length is also a big problem for Guzheng.

In fact, Gu Zheng had no confidence in herself at all. She knew very well how difficult it was to "fish" like this, and the success rate was probably less than 10%. Mo Yixia was also very clear about this, so she said, "If you can win like this, it shows your strength."

But even so, Guzheng still wanted to give it a try. After all, even if the success rate was less than 10%, it could increase her chances of winning to a certain extent.

Mo Yixia is very smart, so smart that she has to admit defeat, but she also has her own way of winning.

After adjusting for a long time, Guzheng finally got the fishing line to the best length. All she had to do now was wait for the opportunity.

In order to increase the chance of success, she thought for a moment, and began to approach the river bank little by little, trying to shorten the area between herself and the fish as much as possible, until her toes were slightly beyond the river bank. Then she stopped, leaned back slightly, and silently adjusted her breathing.

The moment the small black fish in the distance stopped eating the bait, she gritted her teeth, swung the fishing rod in her hand forward with all her might, and the hook flew rapidly towards the water surface under the pull of the fishing line.

The little black fish was concentrating on eating the bait and didn't seem to notice the danger.

Have the opportunity!
Gu Zheng's eyes lit up, but before she could see the result, something strange happened.

The soil under her feet suddenly loosened, her balance became unstable, and she fell uncontrollably towards the water.

(End of this chapter)