"Hide now?" Shi Chun looked startled and surprised, then reminded him, "You think we have a chance of taking first place, and Gong Shixi thinks so too. By the time outside, there are still almost twenty days left. If we hide at the exit for twenty days, do you think Gong Shixi will just sit back and do nothing?"
Xu Anchang hesitated. "There's a group of elders guarding the exit. Even if Gong Shixi wanted to do something, he wouldn't be able to."
Shi Chun said, "Staying there means putting ourselves in a completely passive position. Twenty days! Do you think someone who could come up with this scheme won't find a way to strike at us during that time? If I were him, I could come up with several ways to deal with you myself."
Xu Anchang fell silent.
You Mu said angrily, "Find them and kill them outright!"
Shi Chun said, "We're only guessing. We have no evidence that he's behind this. Even if you report him to your superiors after we get out, it won't help. You have no evidence, and words alone prove nothing. With the Three-Vein Pact in place, we can't openly use force against them.
"In other words, we know each other's identities. Neither side can openly attack the other without being absolutely certain of silencing everyone involved. That's also why they only dare stir things up from the shadows.
"Of course, we're not going to take a beating without fighting back. But the biggest problem now is that things have already been set in motion. Killing them now wouldn't help. If we're going to kill them, that comes later. First, we have to escape this predicament before we can think about settling accounts."
Xu Anchang asked, "What do we do now?"
Shi Chun