Chapter 63

Qi Xia licked his dry lips and picked up a chess piece from his hand.

Lin Qi’s pupils instantly widened when she saw this.

It was a white piece.

"Qi Xia... I can only tell lies... you mustn’t believe me..." Lin Qi shouted in her heart, hoping for a miracle that would make Qi Xia hear her.

She was now very afraid, afraid that her trust in her would lead to his death.

"Don’t believe me..." Lin Qi repeated over and over in her heart.

After a moment of thought, Qi Xia did not ask a question but instead took out a black piece.

Lin Qi’s brows furrowed tightly. She knew that no matter whether it was a black piece or a white piece, she could only give the opposite answer.

Qi Xia slowly raised the black piece to Lin Qi’s eyes and said, "Lin Qi, tell me..."

Lin Qi covered her mouth with her hand, on the verge of breaking down.

She didn’t want to tell Qi Xia "it’s a white piece," but if she didn’t lie, the mechanism in her glasses would be triggered.

Qi Xia seemed to sense something and said calmly, "Don’t be nervous, Lin Qi. Keep your mind working; it’s not over yet."

Lin Qi nodded in despair after hearing this.

After confirming that her emotions had stabilized, Qi Xia asked:

"Lin Qi, tell me, what color will Lao Lyu say this piece is?"

"Huh?"

Lin Qi and Lao Lyu were both stunned, and the Pig Man’s eyes rolled.

"Listen carefully to my question, Lin Qi. I’ll ask again," Qi Xia repeated, "What color will Lao Lyu say this piece is?"

Lao Lyu...?

Lin Qi turned to look at Lao Lyu, her mind racing.

Her glasses felt cold, indicating she had to lie. The Pig Man hadn’t lied yet, which meant his rule was absolute, so Lao Lyu would tell the truth.

In that case, Lao Lyu would say this piece is...

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"Black."

Just as Lin Qi was about to blurt out "black," she suddenly thought of something—

She had to lie, so she couldn’t tell Qi Xia "black."

Even if Lao Lyu said "black," she had to say "white."

Wouldn’t this bring everything back to the starting point?

The key to this game wasn’t Lao Lyu but herself.

Lin Qi bit her lip and finally said the two words with difficulty: "White."

At that moment, she felt like she was choking the throat of the truth, turning all the truth that passed through her mouth into lies.

Lao Lyu covered his forehead in frustration, feeling that everything was over.

"White, huh..." Qi Xia turned his head, seemingly looking at the piece in his hand, then smiled and said, "I see."

The Pig Man pondered for a moment and thought, "What will you do? Qi Xia, the person you trust the most told you the piece in your hand is white. What will you choose?"

Qi Xia slowly placed the black piece to the side and picked up another white piece.

He extended the white piece forward, placing it in the Pig Man’s hand.

"Oh? You’ve made your choice?" the Pig Man asked.

This time, the Pig Man, having learned from his mistake, deliberately kept his tone neutral.

This way, Qi Xia couldn’t judge the color of the piece in his hand from his words.

"Yes, I’ve made my choice," Qi Xia nodded, "but not the one in your hand. That white piece is yours."

"What?"

Qi Xia ignored the Pig Man and instead held the black piece in front of him, saying, "The black piece in my hand is 'life,' and the white piece in your hand is 'death.' The game is over."

Everyone was stunned as Qi Xia slowly removed his blindfold.

Everything was exactly as he had expected.

The only thing that felt a bit off to him was the sensitivity to the light after wearing the blindfold for so long.

"You..." The Pig Man trembled with excitement, "What kind of joke is this..."

Qi Xia opened his eyes and looked at the Pig Man, saying, "I’ve already bet my life on this. How can it be a joke?"

He then pointed at Lin Qi and Lao Lyu, "Let them go. A bet is a bet."

The Pig Man stared with wide eyes for a long time, then sighed in frustration and took out a remote control from the drawer, pressing it aimlessly.

Lao Lyu and Lin Qi heard a "click," and the mechanism in their glasses was released.

The two quickly took off the deadly things and tossed them aside.

"Qi Xia! You damn genius!!!" Lao Lyu shouted excitedly, slapping Qi Xia on the back, "Have you won the lottery before?! What kind of luck is this?!"

"Luck..." Qi Xia shook his head, "I didn’t rely on any luck in this life-or-death bet. The Pig Man underestimated me."

The Pig Man turned his head silently and said, "Underestimated...?"

"That’s right." Qi Xia straightened his clothes and slowly stood up, "I told you long ago that smart people don’t rely on luck, but you didn’t take it to heart."

"So you mean..." The Pig Man stood up in disbelief, "Everything just now... was all part of your plan?"

"Yes." Qi Xia nodded, "My strategy was very simple. As long as you gave me one black piece and one white piece, I would win,

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and I would win with 100% certainty, with no room for error."

The Pig Man’s eyes widened, his pupils dilating.

This was the first time he had lost so thoroughly since becoming a "pig."

"To make sure you would give me one black and one white, I even told you 'you choose first, then I’ll have an easier time choosing.'" Qi Xia extended his hand, picked up two black pieces and two white pieces from the table, and held them in his hands, as if simulating the Pig Man’s thought process at the time.

"You must have had a mental struggle, right? In the end, you realized that giving me one black and one white was the safest choice."

An incredulous voice came from behind the Pig Man’s mask: "You even calculated this..."

"Should I say you were too cautious or too careless?" Qi Xia weighed the two white pieces in his hand, "If you had trusted your first instinct and given me two white pieces, I would be dead now."

The Pig Man said nothing, just staring at Qi Xia with hatred.

Qi Xia continued, "When I held two different colored pieces, I could ask the question and be 100% sure of the color of the piece in my hand."

Lin Qi quickly thought about it.

A moment later, her mouth dropped open.

Qi Xia’s question was incredibly clever.

He asked, "What color will the other person say this is?" No matter whether the person being asked told the truth or lied, as long as Qi Xia held a black piece, they would all say "white."

When he asked Lin Qi, she knew Lao Lyu’s answer was "black" but, due to her lying nature, changed it to "white."

When he asked Lao Lyu, Lao Lyu would directly say Lin Qi’s answer, "white."

Even if Qi Xia received an answer that wasn’t "white" but "black," he would immediately know that the other piece in his hand was the correct one.