231: Chapter 231 We may never get out of here in this lifetime

Senior Ji Youyou's expression sank instantly, and a flash of cold light flickered in those eyes that were usually filled with smiles.

As an expert in using poison, her sensitivity to scents far exceeded that of an ordinary person; the air was laced with an extremely rich and deliberately alluring perfume.

"A woman's scent?" Qiu Yunan pushed up her glasses, a dangerous arc of blue electricity flashing behind the lenses. "Are you saying that Jiang You didn't lock the door in the middle of the night because there's already... someone hiding inside?"

She clenched her fists subconsciously, the blue arcs of electricity at her fingertips beginning to crackle uncontrollably. "Middle of the night, door unlocked, and there's a woman's perfume in the room..."

The two exchanged a glance, and their original intent of "checking on a classmate" instantly evolved into "catching an affair in the middle of the night."

They held their breath, lightened their footsteps, and followed the scent as they searched.

Finally, both of their gazes locked firmly onto the closed frosted glass door of the bathroom.

"She's inside," Senior Ji Youyou whispered, her tone laced with a gnashing, ruthless intensity.

Her fingers moved, and two thin needles shimmering with a ghostly purple toxic light were already in her grasp. "I'd like to see which vixen dares to snatch meat from Class F's bowl!"

Qiu Yunan pushed up her glasses and took a deep breath, calming her pounding Heart.

She thought sourly to herself: You're really something, Jiang You. You just hugged me a couple of days ago, and tonight you dare to hide someone in your room?

And hiding them in the bathroom, no less?

The two women exchanged a look, and Qiu Yunan suddenly stepped forward, placing one hand on the doorknob.

At this moment, Qin Zhuo and Spade 10 inside the bathroom were at the peak of a "static standoff."

Qin Zhuo was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, the flames around her body suppressed to the extreme, her face darker than the bottom of a pot. Meanwhile, Spade 10, dressed in a revealing black silk miniskirt, stood opposite her, clutching a poison dagger tightly.

They had obviously heard the commotion outside as well, and had completely stopped breathing.

"Click." The bathroom doorknob slowly turned.

The Hearts of the two people inside were in their throats: Please, just leave! As long as you don't come in, anything for tonight is negotiable!

However... "Bang!!"

The door was blasted open by a violent force of thunder. Qiu Yunan's face was dark, lightning flickering at her fingertips, while Senior Ji Youyou flicked her hand, instantly sealing the exit with a massive cloud of purple toxic mist.

"Get out here! I'd like to see which vix..."

Senior Ji Youyou's scolding came to an abrupt halt. Qiu Yunan was also stunned in place.

The scene froze completely at that moment, full of an extremely absurd sense of artistry.

In the small bathroom, two women were "standing in punishment" in an extremely bizarre posture.

The one on the left wore a fiery red dress; although she was full of murderous intent, because she was hiding in the bathtub, her aura was inexplicably diminished.

Qiu Yunan looked at her and felt that her face was very familiar, as if she had seen it in some genius promotional brochure, but she couldn't place it for a moment.

The one on the right was dressed in a breathtaking manner—lace, black silk stockings, a minimalist tube top—and she was holding a gleaming dagger.

Senior Ji Youyou and Qiu Yunan's gazes swept over the two, finally locking firmly onto Spade 10's "work attire."

"Yo..." Senior Ji Youyou was so angry she laughed. She pointed at Spade 10, then at Qin Zhuo beside her, her tone icy to the extreme. "Jiang You, that pretty boy, has really improved his skills. He was so honest at school, but once he's out of town, he actually orders two at once?"

Qiu Yunan's face flushed red—she was furious.

"Shameless!" Qiu Yunan looked at Qin Zhuo. Because she found Qin Zhuo familiar, she guessed that the other party was probably also a genius from some school.

Her voice was as cold as ice shards. "As a martial arts expert, you actually mingle with this... this kind of woman for profit, hiding in a man's bathroom in the middle of the night?"

Qin Zhuo: "???"

Qin Zhuo was about to explode with anger!

What do you mean by "this kind of woman"? What do you mean by "for profit"?

She was the dignified successor of the Divine Phoenix, the little princess of the Imperial Capital Martial Arts Academy. The greatest grievance she had ever suffered in her life was being roasted as "trash" online for three hours.

Yet now, she was actually being mistaken by these two strangers... mistaken for an "escort service" worker?

"You..." Just as Qin Zhuo was about to argue, the Divine Phoenix Fire in her hand could no longer be contained and was about to erupt.

"Don't shout!" Spade 10 broke out in a cold sweat and reached out to cover Qin Zhuo's mouth. "If you wake up that kid outside, it'll be awkward for everyone. Just hold it for a moment!"

To Qiu Yunan and Senior Ji Youyou, this action became ironclad proof that the "two were in cahoots."

"Still trying to resist?" Senior Ji Youyou waved her jade hand, and the purple mist instantly thickened. "Yunan, don't wake Jiang You up yet. Let's drag these two shameless women out and show Principal Pang Ban what his precious captain has been up to!"

"That's exactly what I intended!" Thunder crackled in Qiu Yunan's palms, though she tried her best to keep it contained to the size of a palm.

In an instant, the four women engaged in an extremely suppressed yet brutal close-quarters struggle within the bathroom of less than five square meters.

Qin Zhuo wanted to explain, but Senior Ji Youyou's poison needles arrived, aiming for her throat.

Spade 10 wanted to flee, but Qiu Yunan's web of lightning followed her like a shadow.

Because everyone was afraid of damaging the surroundings and waking Jiang You up on the bed, the four top experts ended up playing a game of "silent combat" in the cramped space, making the scene bizarre to the extreme.

Meanwhile, behind the curtains, Xie Fuyao was so stunned by what he heard that he felt numb all over.

Low curses like "shameless," "brazen," and "you're the vixen" kept drifting from the bathroom—deliberately lowered but still ear-piercing. Every word felt like a heavy hammer smashing into the worldview of this senior-year chief.

Xie Fuyao gripped the thick curtain fabric tightly, his knuckles pale and trembling from the excessive force, and a tear of regret slid from the corner of his eye.

"I was wrong... I was really wrong..." Xie Fuyao let out a desperate wail in his Heart.

The thing he regretted most right now was why he hadn't just turned around and left when he was at the door earlier!

Why did he have that absurd thought of 'joining the crazy people to defeat the crazy people' just because of that momentary impulse?

He was a dignified senior-year chief who should have been elegantly reviewing martial arts techniques in his room, but now he was wrapped in a curtain like a pervert, listening to a room full of women playing "catching an affair" in the bathroom.

Xie Fuyao closed his eyes, his Heart dead, "Jiang You, you win. I can no longer understand your level!"

Meanwhile, Principal Pang Ban under the bed had a flushed, old face.

As a Tier 5 Grandmaster, his hearing could pick up movements within a hundred-meter radius.

Although the four young women in the bathroom had lowered their voices, the sour tone and the pointed insults made it instantly clear to this old fox who had lived for decades.

What kind of assassination was this? This was clearly Jiang You's romantic debts coming to his door!

"Young people these days... do they play so wild?"

Principal Pang Ban clutched a worn-out slipper from under Jiang You's bed, his old face burning. He had originally thought he was a hero coming to save the day, but now, he had become an "old lecher" eavesdropping on a student's private life.

"What should I do? If I go out now, how do I explain myself?"

Cold sweat beaded on Principal Pang Ban's forehead.

If this group of students discovered that the principal of Magic City Martial Arts University was hiding under a bed in the middle of the night eavesdropping, the reputation he had built up his entire life would be completely ruined!

Tomorrow's headline across the Great Xia would definitely be: "Shocking! Tier 5 Grandmaster Pang sneaks into a hotel in the middle of the night to eavesdrop on student privacy—he actually has this kind of hobby!"

"No, I must endure! For the sake of Magic City Martial Arts University's reputation, even if I have to lie under this bed until the league ends, I absolutely cannot show my face!"

Principal Pang Ban gritted his teeth, even pushing his breath-concealment technique to the limit, his breathing becoming cautious as he feared even a hint of his presence would leak out.

He curled up in the deepest part under the bed, trying his best to blend into the darkness, silently praying in his Heart that this farce would end soon.

In the wardrobe, Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian were already hugging each other tightly, shivering.

"Fugui... I think I just heard Senior Qiu call someone shameless, and then it went quiet inside, with only muffled 'bangs'," Xiang Batian said, his voice trembling.

"Stop talking. The karma in this room is too heavy; mortals like us can't handle it." Gou Fugui shed tears of regret. "I now suspect that Brother Jiang's room is actually an entrance to an interdimensional space. We might never be able to leave in this lifetime."