{"id":228,"date":"2026-09-28T13:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-204\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:50:40","slug":"in-my-desperate-time-204","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/in-my-desperate-time-204\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 204"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 204<br \/>\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 204<\/p>\n<p>I check it all over first before putting the tools into the bag.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I bring the bag to eat with Nicole.<\/p>\n<p>I always keep the bag in sight, except&#8230; When I go to the restaurant&#8217;s bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>I suddenly turn my gaze to Nicole. She panicky lower her head as soon as she looks into my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>I can nearly confirm that Nicole has done something.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really naive. How could I believe Nicole? She has been friends with Whitney for so many years, Whitney must have told her about me and Frances. Once there&#8217;s a problem, helping Whitney will be preferable than helping me.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just that, I don&#8217;t even have a pen now.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do?<\/p>\n<p>When everyone is sketching quickly, I&#8217;m the only one who sits there in confusion.<\/p>\n<p>The MC probably feels that there&#8217;s something wrong too. He walks over and asks me what&#8217;s wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I say, \u201cMy brush is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every designer has their own sketching tools that they absolutely won&#8217;t lend to other people so easily.<\/p>\n<p>Now without my sketching brush, I can&#8217;t think of other way else than sitting here.<\/p>\n<p>The competition only goes for two hours. Even if I buy a new one, there&#8217;s not enough time.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of helplessness, one will always look at the person they want to depend on the most.<\/p>\n<p>I instinctively look at Frances.<\/p>\n<p>Frances suddenly stands up and walks outside.<\/p>\n<p>Even the only person who can comfort me is gone, this makes me more panic.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney looks at me, smiling as if her evil plot is successful.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder that she pledged so sincerely last night.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that she already knows how to stop me from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I already befriended Nicole.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it&#8217;s just a joke.<\/p>\n<p>Without any brush, I can&#8217;t compete.<\/p>\n<p>I am so disappointed at heart.<\/p>\n<p>He walks up to me and hands that kit to me. Without saying anything, he walks down the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney is so angry that she keeps glaring at me fiercely.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have the time to think about what she thinks of me.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I must make the best use of my time to sketch.<\/p>\n<p>I quickly open the kit and start sketching.<\/p>\n<p>My idea is already crystal clear, I only need to sketch my thoughts and explain it well later.<\/p>\n<p>I finish the sketch and gives it to the MC before the competition ends, even when there&#8217;s a delay on my start.<\/p>\n<p>He collects the designs and hands those to the judges.<\/p>\n<p>We walk down the stage, anxiously waiting for the results.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole sits beside me but she doesn&#8217;t have the guts to look at me.<\/p>\n<p>Frances sits very close to me. I want to say thank you to him, but I can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Around ten minutes later, the competition result is out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-228","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}