Chapter 17

“Let’s study Xu-laoshi’s lesson plan together. It shouldn’t be too difficult to find a couple.” You Xi took out the file. “There are 24 people in the class, 8 women and 16 men, including 6 straight and 6 gay couples. Of the 6 gay couples, there’s a girl-girl couple. They could have been the key to clearing the game, but unfortunately, half of the couple has been killed by Xu-laoshi.”

You Xi pointed to the document. “I don’t understand others’ situations, so I can only infer from myself.”

“My partner is male, and my rival is a female.” You Xi thought. “And through this afternoon’s investigation, I already know that the target of their crush, my rival’s partner, is a man.”

You Xi’s hand slowly stroked beneath Jingjing’s name. In the remarks column of her line, this question was filled in:

“Does your partner wear glasses?”

Answer: “No.”

Qin Yuandai: “As far as aI know, there are only three men who have straight partners who don’t wear glasses and who meet those three criteria simultaneously.”

He stared at the piece of paper: “Me, Zhou Yu, and Liu Tong.”

You Xi had to admire him. A real boss was so different. While You Xi had gotten the clues by mistake, the boss had already contrasted everyone’s names and characteristics with a calm expression.

The clues gradually became clear.

You Xi made a persistent effort. “Liu Tong’s remarks column indicates that his partner has short hair, so it can’t be Jingjing. Zhou Yu’s partner is a girl with a long skirt, and your partner is a girl with white skin.”

“Choose one of the two. Jingjing must have a partner, either me or Liu Tong.” Qin Yuandai said, “What else do you know about her?”

“Jingjing’s partner didn’t like her. Being with her was only to save his beloved one.” You Xi recalled.

“Then it’s me.” Qin Yuandai said in a low voice. “Jingjing’s partner is me, but I refuse to kiss her.”

The boss was extraordinarily headstrong: “Change the couple, try again.”

You Xi was helpless. The person involved was unwilling to work, and he couldn’t kiss others on their foreheads, couldn’t he?

“Let’s start with Zhou Yu.” Qi Yuandai said. “His partner is a girl in a long skirt. There are three girls in long skirts. Apart from Jingjing, there are two. One of them is gay, pass, and the remaining Chen Xiaoyou is Zhou Yu’s partner.”

Neat and quick, Zhou Yu was paired successfully!

You Xi checked the side. Yes, in Chen Xiaoyou’s remarks column, her partner had dark skin.

It was stable now, great!

With nothing else to do Qin Yuandai simply matched all the names on the list. Finally, it was concluded that Liu Yu’s partner was the shoe shiner, and You Xi’s partner was Lin Yue.

You Xi: “Ai, I can’t speak at all, ah.” You Xi finally experienced what Qin Yuandai felt.

“No. It’s not that simple.” Qin Yuandai frowned suddenly. “We’re two S-level players in this round. In order to balance the game, hard mode must be turned on.”

Qin Yuandai contemplated: “Do you remember what that teacher who was neither male nor female said before? The requirement for mission clearance was to accurately find your lover and share true love’s kiss. But from the current signs, almost all the couples seem to be close, but they have others in their hearts. So, in that situation, could kissing each other be regarded as true love’s kiss?”

You Xi thought deeply: “So we not only have to investigate who everyone likes in their hearts, but also find out whether the person they have a crush on likes them or not.”

The difficulty was indeed very high.

Qin Yuandai took out a pen and paper to record a line of crushes. His handwriting was strong and straight. It pushed through to the back of the paper, and You Xi leaned forward to look, feeling his heart pound slightly in his heart.

But before You Xi realized his oddity, Qin Yuandai broke the peaceful atmosphere. “It’s known that You Xi has a secret crush on Qin Yuandai, and there are clues about Jingjing and Liu Yu’s crushes… Let’s go find out who Jingjing likes first. Is there a problem?”

You Xi: “…There is a problem.”

You Xi: “Excuse me, please be clear and don’t mislead my fans. My so-called crush on you is just a game setting.”

Qin Yuandai raised his eyebrows: “You’re not afraid of shadows. 1 Why do you need to explain so much?”

Without waiting for You Xi to argue, Qin Yuandai stood up and left the sports storage room. The chainsaw freak was still tied up and locked in the room.

On the other side, the surviving classmates gathered together in the classroom. During the period of over an hour when You Xi and Qin Yuandai were away, they spontaneously organized a large self-help meeting.

It was Zhou Yu who presided over the meeting, but their progress was unsatisfactory. They were all limited by the rules of the gam, and no one dared to share their clues. As a result, the self-help meeting ended and only one couple was formed.

“Be together, be together!” The other survivors cheered, waiting for the chosen couple to kiss.

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But they could each only live once. If only one couple had to kiss each other and everyone would be saved, then why should the person who was tempting fate have to be them?

The two men looked at each other in embarrassment, both showing looks of resistance.

“Kiss quickly.” Zhou Yu said. “Everyone was brainstorming and worked hard to get these results. Even if you don’t think about it for everyone else, to complete the mission and leave this ghost place for yourselves, you should kiss.”

The two of them still hesitated. The others had said all the benefits, but they still did not act.

“Do you want to make a decision without waiting for 003 and 004 to come back?” The two tried hard to fight for a chance. “S-level players can do better than us. This is only the first day of the game, what are you worried about?”

“S-level players don’t care about us at all. Who knows if they’ll come back first, or if another ghost will come back first?”

It’s a pity that the voices of the resisting couple were too weak, and the others were already impatient.

“Hurry up, don’t make any more trouble!”

“If you really don’t want it, there’s no way.” Zhou Yu’s face sank. “Is it that only your lives are worth it?”

Zhou Yu gave an order and let the students in the class forcibly hold the couple.

Even though they were reluctant to do so, the two of them still had their heads pushed and kissed each other.

“Bang–!”

When the classroom door was opened by Qin Yuandai, almost all of the remaining players were splattered with blood.

Seeing everyone’s startled expressions, Qin Yuandai guessed what had probably happened.

He glanced around the classroom. Now, excluding You Xi and those four, there were only 15 students in the classroom.

“Where are Liu Tong and Cui Xuan?” Qin Yuandai asked, dissatisfied.

Everyone looked at him, then each other, then in the end they all looked at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was indignant. Was it not everyone in the room that had indirectly killed the two people, including Liu Tong? But at that moment, they were all hiding behind him.

Thinking of the relationship between himself and You Xi, Zhou Yu sorted out his feelings and boldly explained the whole thing.

“All the clues pointed to them being a couple. No one thought it would turn out this way.” Zhou Yu spread his hands.

“No one thought to wait for us to come back before making plans?” You Xi asked. “Since it was a collective decision, it was okay to be missing people, ba?”

He looked at everyone, but they all lowered their heads. Even Lin Yue didn’t say anything.

You Xi sighed inwardly. Not everyone could feel sympathy for others like Gu Mian.

Lin Yue was clever and bold, but he lacked kindness.

When he entered the game again next time, You Xi was willing to team up with Gu Mian and even Qin Yuandai, but Lin Yue wasn’t worthy.

Qin Yuandai didn’t have eny other people. After listening to Zhou Yu’s explanation, he didn’t see any happiness or anger on his face. He only said indifferently: “You’re right. Liu Tong and Cui Xian are indeed lovers, but they can’t share true love’s kiss.”

“Now there are fewer clues, and everyone’s chances of living through mission clearance have dropped a lot.” Qin Yuandai said. “I hope you’ll be smarter and cooperate with me.”

Qin Yuandai pointed to a girl in the class. “You’ve contacted Jingjing today, so let’s talk about that first. Who did Jingjing take the initiative to talk to?”

The girl who was called out thought deeply: “Jingjing smiled at everyone, but she didn’t take the initiative to contact many people. I only know you and Liu Yu.”

The other girls who had stayed with Jingjing also nodded in agreement.

Qin Yuandai took out his pen and paper and secretly added a note to the line of crushes: Jingjing secretly loves Liu Yu.

“Next I need to know, who is wearing socks with different colors?” Qin Yuandai asked again.

Everybody shook their heads. Qin Yuandai ordered the shoe shiner to inspect the bodies. He found mismatched socks on the feet of Liu Tong, who had just been headshot.

Qin Yuandai’s eyes were dark and clouded. You Xi took a quick glance and saw Qin Yuandai write in the notebook: “Liu Yu has a secret crush on Liu Tong.”

It’s another tragic love triangle.

You Xi was tired. Were they going to have to check this one by one? In the entire class, were there really two people who were in love with each other?