The surroundings were as silent as death, with only the faint sound of my breathing echoing.

I hid behind the door of "Liu Fei's" bedroom, and there were several flowers on the table next to it.

Judging from Grandma Bai's reaction when she saw the flower crown on my head that day, there must be some refreshing flowers among the flowers I randomly picked.

After Bai Min let me escape, I went to the grass pit and picked several flowers that I used to make the flower crown that day. Then I found a place near the village to hide.

After they discovered that I had run away, the villagers all swarmed out and searched for me along the downhill road.

I quickly ran out from my hiding place and lurked in "Liu Fei's" room.

There was a loud bang as the courtyard door slammed against the wall.

A series of footsteps were getting closer, so I held my breath and slowly raised the wooden stick in my hand.

The footsteps stopped, and the sound of the door latch hitting the door made a noise.

The door was abruptly pulled open, and a figure walked in.

I instinctively swung the stick, and it whistled through the air, aiming for his head.

The figure let out a painful cry, but didn't fall down as I had imagined.

The stick missed its mark.

He held his shoulder, his expression twisted and excited as he looked at me.

Before I could swing the second strike, he pounced on me.

I was knocked down to the ground by him, and my head hit the table leg hard. The intense pain almost made me faint.

"Liu Fei" knelt on top of me, his two large hands bulging with veins, tightly choking my neck.

His eyes were full of mockery, like a cat playing with a mouse.

I groped on the ground with my hand, but the wooden stick had fallen somewhere out of reach.

The lack of oxygen caused my vision to blur, and the strength in my body seemed to be drained away.

Suddenly, my hand touched something. It was a flower that fell from the table due to my impact.

I tightly held onto the flower. Although I wasn't sure if it was the refreshing flower, it was my only straw to grasp for survival.

I exerted all my strength and lunged forward, fiercely stabbing the flower into "Liu Fei's" face.

Not satisfied with that, I used my hand to smear all the petals onto his face.

These actions drained my last bit of energy, and I collapsed like a dead dog.

"Liu Fei" pulled back one hand and wiped the petals off his face, his ferocious expression not diminishing in the least.

He continued to squeeze my neck with his hand, this time using all his strength.

Lady Luck did not favor me; I lost the bet.

Everything before me turned black, and the last bit of reason reminded me that I was about to die.

Suddenly, the hand around my neck loosened, and I greedily breathed in the air.

I heard Liu Fei's voice in my ear:

"Damn it! Yu Zi, what are you doing here?"

I didn't speak, slowly raised my hand, and gave him the middle finger.