Fan Yinxin's last words were like the finishing touch, instantly clarifying all the things I couldn't figure out before!
She chose to help Yun Jin out of past affection.
She chose to help me based on what I had done after Uncle Tuo's death.
The onlooker sees clearly, while the person involved is blind.
As someone involved, Yun Jin couldn't understand things about me that Fan Yinxin, an outsider, could see through at a glance.
Fan Yinxin knew very well that I was wholeheartedly seeking revenge for Uncle Tuo.
Therefore, without offending Yun Jin, she secretly assisted me in the finals.
Having figured out the cause and effect, just as I was about to ask Fan Yinxin about the "crisis and trouble beneath the gambling table"...
The door was suddenly opened from the outside.
A person dressed as a waiter entered and said anxiously, "It's bad, Sister Xin! Boss Ying is personally bringing people to District D!"
Upon hearing this, Fan Yinxin immediately asked, "Where is he?"
"He's already waiting for the elevator downstairs!" the person dressed as a waiter replied quickly.
"I know. After you go out, just pretend to be a patrolling waiter in District D and act calmly!"
After arranging for the person dressed as a waiter, Fan Yinxin immediately stood up and quickly walked to the back of the door, locking it from the inside.
"Listen, Chen Xiang! Shen Lingyu might suspect that I was behind her elimination in the finals!"
"If I'm not mistaken, she probably also complained about me to Ying Baolin!"
"Otherwise, Ying Baolin wouldn't have come to the rest area to find me!"
"If you go out now and are spotted by the eyes hidden throughout the cruise ship, it will implicate both of us!"
"So, until Ying Baolin and his group have completely left District D, you'll have to endure hiding in the restroom!"
I remained silent, nodding decisively in agreement.
At this point, whether I believed it or not, I had no choice but to trust Fan Yinxin unconditionally.
There was no way I could meet Ying Baolin.
I didn't even need to guess to know what consequences meeting Ying Baolin would bring.
For this competition, Ying Baolin didn't even bring his most trusted Twelve Dark Lanterns, but instead found the incredibly mysterious Shen Lingyu through Yun Jin.
He did this to deal with me and other potential competitors.
Yet, even so, I had still eliminated Shen Lingyu.
After all the effort and exhaustion spent organizing such a competition, the person he chose was eliminated...
If we met, Ying Baolin would surely want to tear me apart!
Therefore, I absolutely could not meet him!
Just as I ducked into the restroom, I heard hurried knocking on the door from outside.
Before Fan Yinxin could react and open the door...
Bang!
With a heavy thud, the tightly locked door was suddenly forced open by an external force.
Stomp, stomp, stomp...
Although I couldn't see what was happening, after hearing a series of stumbling footsteps, I secretly concluded that Fan Yinxin, who was wearing high heels to open the door, was either hit or startled!
However, either situation indicated that the person opening the door was not friendly!
Or, rather, they were aggressive.
After the rude forced entry, I heard Ying Baolin's grim voice questioning Fan Yinxin, "Tell me! Why did you do that?"
"I, what did I do?" Fan Yinxin retorted.
Before Ying Baolin could speak, a female voice suddenly rang out.
"Of course, it's about the hand in the finals where I lost four Jacks to Chen Xiang's four Queens!"
"Why? Why did you help him!?"
The voice was very familiar; it should be Shen Lingyu.
Fan Yinxin didn't reply immediately.
After about one or two minutes.
*Click...*
The sound of a lighter igniting a cigarette was heard, and then Fan Yinxin coldly asked, "Shen Lingyu, don't say I didn't warn you!"
"As a junior, don't think you can disregard us seniors in the martial world just because you have some skills!"
"It's one thing to disrespect me, but after losing the competition due to inferior skills, you're now coming to accuse me?"
"Do you really think I, Fan Yinxin, am doing poorly, becoming a fallen phoenix, not even as good as a chicken!?"
Before Shen Lingyu could retort, Fan Yinxin continued, "Boss Ying, you don't think Shen Lingyu lost because I interfered, do you?"
Hearing this, Ying Baolin didn't respond, but let out a cold laugh.
Immediately after, I heard the sound of high heels stepping, approaching from a distance.
Judging by the pace, it seemed like there were indeed eyes arranged by Ying Baolin in District D, just as Fan Yinxin had said!
From the footsteps, I knew that Ying Baolin must have asked Shen Lingyu to open the door.
At this moment, I suddenly heard Fan Yinxin shout, "Run!!"
Without a second thought, I immediately opened the restroom window.
The moment the window opened, Shen Lingyu and her people burst through the door.
At the critical moment, I didn't care about anything else and jumped down through the window...
I couldn't fall into Ying Baolin's hands, because even if I didn't die, the outcome wouldn't be good.
After all, this was international waters!
Just as I jumped from the window to the deck below, Shen Lingyu and her people also jumped down.
Upon landing, Shen Lingyu, without a word, accelerated towards me, throwing a punch directly at my face.
Dodging the incoming punch by sidestepping, I then pulled off Shen Lingyu's mask.
"It's you!!!"
Seeing the face beneath the mask, I was stunned.
The mysterious Shen Lingyu was none other than the woman who could "finger flick divine skill" whom I had encountered on the Yunshuang gambling ship the night before the finals.
Hearing this, Shen Lingyu gave no response and charged at me again.
As I snapped back to my senses, I didn't dare to linger and fight, turning to run.
After a desperate and strenuous run.
Having run through the cruise ship from top to bottom, inside and out, I finally managed to shake off my pursuers and hid in an unpatrolled engine room to catch my breath.
Taking out my phone, I saw the words "No Signal" displayed in the top left corner of the screen, and I was completely stunned.
As expected!
Although Ying Baolin's luxury cruise ship was equipped with satellite internet, compared to broadband networks on land, both the transmission speed and coverage area were very limited.
Unless I returned to the ship's main hall or guest rooms, my phone was just a decorative item.
Although I wasn't sure what kind of elaborate trap Shen Lingyu had set outside, to contact Cheng Minglang and Han Jinlun as soon as possible, I had to take a risk...