《Witch, Open Your Eyes》 CH 1 ¡°Fang Daichuan get up! We¡¯re almost at the airport so stop sleeping! Have you looked at the script and your character notes!?¡± His assistant, Lil¡¯ Zhou, yelled as she kicked Fang Daichuan awake. Her bright red high-heels left a small round mark on Fang Daichuan¡¯s jeans. Fang Daichuan struggled to sit up in the backseat of the car, his thin white tee clinging on to his well-developed muscles. He pushed his messy bangs to the back of his head, casually picking up a baseball cap and putting it on. ¡°Ancestor, I had to rush to a TV series filming last night, and the filming lasted all night. I just got my hands on the script yesterday, and haven¡¯t had the time to look at it. I¡¯ll look at it now, I¡¯ll look at it now.¡± He coaxed her while laughing, rolling over and sitting up properly. Lil¡¯ Zhou shoved the thick script and character notes into his hands, in no way gentle or kind, ¡°Who doesn¡¯t go through full nights of filming? Look at the top actor Pei, he¡¯s in the same company as you, and his schedule is also full of shows to film. He even flew to the Maldives early this morning to shoot a commercial. How is it that the pictures his fans take of him at the airport are still so beautiful and neat?! Then look at yourself! Sleep is all you¡¯ve cared about since morning, and you don¡¯t even put on makeup or eat lunch. Look at your own complexion! Your eye-bags are almost drooping down to your chin! How do I fix up the photo I¡¯ll take to post as a sneak-peek later?¡± ¡°How can I compare with Pei Wenqing?¡± Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly, ¡°He¡¯s the top actor. He only acts in non-action shows where he sits indoors chatting with the air conditioning blowing at him. In action shows, they have to use body doubles, and if the sun¡¯s too hot they have to find a stand-in actor for him. I¡¯m a lesser known online celebrity, and a fucking martial arts actor to boot. I have to be clad in armour, ride horses, jump off cliffs, and roll around getting bruised up. I have to be considered to have great physical fitness if I can still get up after all that.¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou didn¡¯t care about those things. She quickly squeezed out a bunch of foundation onto her hand, then smeared it onto Fang Daichuan¡¯s face with a wet powder puff, covering up the dark circles, pimple-scars and the small scars left from his being bruised up last night. Then she put on thin eyeliner for his eyes. While doing so, she casually retorted, ¡°It¡¯s thanks to you not living up to expectations. When you manage to get up to Pei ge¡¯s(1) level, you can also use seventeen, eighteen stand-in actors, and sit indoors enjoying the air conditioning.¡± Fang Daichuan was holding up the script to read it, and was tearing up while she put on the eyeliner. With Lil¡¯ Zhou being anxious, her actions were rough, and his already sensitive eyes turned red. Fang Daichuan lamented, ¡°Grandma, do it lightly! I¡¯m reading the script! My eyes hurt!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou chided, ¡°I¡¯ll do it while you read! This programme team¡¯s just sabotaging the actors. You can¡¯t bring a makeup artist along, and they start shooting the moment you get on the plane. Do you want to appear on camera with your face like this?¡± At her words, Fang Daichuan flipped back to the cover for a more detailed look. The cover of the script was simple, with a black background and the programme¡¯s logo written out in excellent penmanship with a white brush pen, ¡°Werewolf¡±. The word for ¡°kill¡±(2) was written in traditional Chinese, and the two strokes at the top were painted using a shocking bright red, the colour of blood. ¡°What kind of programme is this?¡± Fang Daichuan flipped open his character notes and looked between the two. ¡°My character design is ¡®a guardian angel with MAX strength, E rank luck, and an IQ of less than eighty, who was coaxed into submission by the goddess¡¯s intellect. Obsessed with the goddess, he would guard her for ten thousand years¡­ ¡®Scuse me??? What the hell is this character design!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou threw herself into contouring his puffed-up cheeks and explained quickly, ¡°Werewolf is a new variety show introduced by the television station Huo Long Guo, which is the Werewolf version of a game where you have to tear other people¡¯s nametags off their backs. Your character design is mainly one that supports the main female lead. The female lead is a smart goddess, her IQ and EQ are both off the charts, and people like you have to act stupid at the appropriate times to make her stand out, act as a contrast. You understand.¡± He did understand, nodding. It wasn¡¯t too bad, at least he got the role of a guardian angel + a love-struck character with off-the-charts strength level. He should get a decent amount of spotlight. This kind of variety show, of which the main focus was the female lead, always went the same way. The goddess(3) had to be the brains of the group, as well as be the visuals queen. The other main characters would then go along with her, starting a CP, before she gets a plan B(4) ¨C the male guest who obsessively protects her. The rest are then responsible for playing around and creating funny scenes. The strength level was no problem. If you asked Fang Daichuan, amongst the new generation of actors, be it in doing useless martial arts poses or serious fight scenes, no one else in the entertainment industry could compare with him, the young actor hailing from a family of policemen. Only the stupidity of the character¡­ posed a bit of a challenge. Fang Daichuan frowned as he thought so. Lil¡¯ Zhou opened a box of powder and used a big brush to brush a layer of it onto Fang Daichuan¡¯s face. She instructed him casually, ¡°I¡¯m not worried about the low IQ. You can just act like yourself, you¡¯ve never won a game of Werewolf before anyways. I¡¯m worried about whether your strength is up to par? It is said that the guests that come and go are often national athletes. Amongst a group of 1.9 metres tall young eye candies from fencing, swimming, or badminton teams, there¡¯s no way you¡¯d be able to snatch the spotlight during the first part of the show where there are no fight scenes. Your toned body is also something the guests that come and go would be on guard against. If you can¡¯t tear off the nametags of others when it comes down to it, then you¡¯d just be doing free labour.¡± ¡°Low IQ? Act like myself? Is my IQ low?!!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s disapproval grew as he listened, his face full of question marks. Lil¡¯ Zhou¡¯s movements halted for a moment, and she looked him up and down before tilting up the corner of her lips, sneering, ¡°Hmph, hmph.¡± Fang Daichuan felt like he was being looked down upon, ¡°What do you mean by hmph, hmph! Is my IQ really that low?! I did my university entrance examinations properly and got a bachelor¡¯s degree, my IQ is at least average! How is my IQ low?! ¡° Lil¡¯ Zhou simpered for a while, the definition of ¡®smiling without saying anything¡¯. Fang Daichuan wanted to argue against more of what she had said, but at that moment, the driver turned around and said, ¡°We¡¯ve reached the airport.¡± The two of them dragged their large suitcases off the car. Thunderclouds covered the afternoon sky. Purple lightning was shrouded by thick clouds, and the surroundings were dark. Lil¡¯ Zhou looked worriedly in the direction of the airport, ¡°With the weather like this, can the airplane still fly?¡± ¡°It all depends on the mood of the heavens.¡± Fang Daichuan carried two large suitcases, one on each hand, and walked inside. Lil¡¯ Zhou held on to her make-up pouch and walked beside him, taking photos with a few clicks of the camera in order to post a picture of him carrying the luggages on his own ¨C the image of someone who was responsible and boyfriend material ¨C on Weibo. She lowered her head and quickly used a few softwares to edit the picture, jabbering on while she walked, ¡°You¡¯d better pray to God now, and hope that the plane takes off normally. Do you really think that you¡¯re a popular celebrity? If you don¡¯t get there on time, Huo Long Guo can find a young eye candy with a nice body to replace you in minutes!¡± What they feared actually happened; Lil¡¯ Zhou¡¯s ability to set up flags(5) practically got full marks. As soon as the two of them entered the terminal, they heard the broadcast: ¡°Travellers and friends traveling to Qingdao on flight CA256, please note. Travellers and friends traveling to Qingdao by flight CA256, please note. We regret to inform you that due to weather conditions, flight CA256 cannot take off as per scheduled, and the departure time is to be delayed. We deeply apologize for this matter. Please rest in the departure hall and wait for further information, thank you! Travellers and friends traveling to Qingdao on flight CA256¡­ ¡° ¡°Fuck!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou was so anxious she kept rolling her eyes, ¡°What do we do now! Deng ge didn¡¯t come with us! I¡¯m just a small assistant, I can¡¯t handle these kinds of things!¡± Deng ge was Fang Daichuan¡¯s manager. Fang Daichuan wasn¡¯t especially popular in the entertainment industry, and he didn¡¯t have much of an impact in the scene. Deng ge was in charge of a few other young eye candies, and he couldn¡¯t afford to spend too much time on him. Thus, he never personally sent him off at the airport. Lil¡¯ Zhou was just a small assistant, and didn¡¯t have the ability to fix this kind of situation. Fang Daichuan comforted her, ¡°Don¡¯t panic, first give Deng ge a call, and find a way to contact the programme team. See if we can find a way to go there on our own.¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou went to a corner to make the call. Fang Daichuan pushed his luggage so that it was beside the wall and sat on it, his long legs casually stretched out, taking advantage of the time he had to read his script. Werewolf was a fairly old kind of variety show; it was a competitive variety show of the action kind ¨C the same old bottle but with new wine in it ¨C except with the husk of a Werewolf game. The character roles were picked at the beginning of each episode. There were four character roles: the Werewolf, Villager, Witch, and Seer. The game had the same rules as the party game. Werewolves can kill one person every night. After the werewolves kill someone, the Seer can check a character¡¯s identity. The Witch has two bottles ¨C a poison that can kill someone during the night, and a cure that can save someone that¡¯s been killed by the Werewolves. After using up the poison and cure, the Witch is no different from a Villager. During the day, the programme team will announce the players who have been killed, and then a meeting will be held to vote out a player suspected to be a Werewolf. The game will continue until the Werewolves kill all the good guys, or until the good guys vote out all the Werewolves. As long as Werewolves and good guys both exist in the game, the referee will announce ¡°the game continues¡±. Fang Daichuan, a lesser known actor, of course couldn¡¯t get a good character role. With such shows that had a script, even though the character roles are said to be freely drawn, everyone¡¯s scripts clearly state their roles in reality, and the main characters also had follow PBs(6) that would remind guests of what to do next. Fang Daichuan had been in the industry for many years, so he was familiar with all these things. In the first episode, his role would be a Villager, and he would be tricked very badly by the Werewolves. In the first round, he followed the rest and voted for the goddess, the Seer, resulting in a devastating loss. The last shot will cut to his face ¨C him staring dumbly at the rest after they revealed that they were the Werewolves, completely unable to catch on to what had happened. Then, amongst the crusade, he knelt down in front of the goddess and pleaded for forgiveness. After that, he was brought into her submission and became the goddess¡¯s dog. ¡ª Very good, it was a very suitable role for a brainless thug, Fang Daichuan helplessly sighed. The second episode, he was the Witch, but his IQ didn¡¯t increase by much. He became the goddess¡¯ loyal fan, and supported the goddess¡¯ every vote. He used the precious cure to revive the goddess when she was killed by the Werewolves. But in the end, it was revealed that the goddess was a Werewolf, and the last shot would cut to his heartbroken face as his nametag was ripped off by the goddess. Dejected, Fang Daichuan flipped through the script. He had signed 12 episodes of the first season. Basically, his character was stupid for 11 episodes, and lost again and again, his luck a big fat E-rank. Moreover, he was love-struck by the goddess for 11 episodes. When he got the Werewolf role, he stupidly gave away his identity to the goddess. When he was a Villager, he was easily killed by the goddess¡¯ soldiers. And when he got onto the same team as the goddess, his nametag was ripped off by the Werewolves on the first night in order to protect the goddess. He was a big, fat, pitiful plan B. Fortunately, he would make a shocking comeback on the 12th episode. To make the show exciting, they added a ¡°White Wolf¡± role on the 12th episode, and started to have undercover activities. Maybe it was to make up for how Fang Daichuan barely got any spotlight in the first 11 episodes. In the last episode, Fang Daichuan got the ¡°White Wolf¡± role, one that could turn the tables. The White Wolf was a character role added during the second expansion of the Werewolf game, and was the equivalent of the Traitor in ¡°Legends of the Three Kingdoms¡±(7). He could only win by killing all the Werewolves and good guys. Fang Daichuan played on the good, brainless character that he had built up throughout the past 11 episodes, and finally used his IQ to turn the tables on the game, deeply shocking the other players. Fang Daichuan closed the script, secretly satisfied. His character design was managed well, and could actually get him a lot of fans. When he was a young martial arts actor in the industry, he really loved acting, and loved doing action shows. He had even dreamed of acting in a proper top-rated action show as the male lead. But you could only act in those shows if you were popular, and only if you brought in traffic then you would get business; that was the case in reality. If he wanted to star in shows, he had to first make himself popular. I hope this Werewolf game will be a turning point in my life, and make me popular. Fang Daichuan bowed his head and secretly prayed to himself, setting up a bright red flag for himself. After a short while, Lil¡¯ Zhou came back with two cups of coffee, ¡°I contacted the programme team, they said your follow PB and photographers have already arrived at the airport, they¡¯ll go back and get a car to fetch us over. They¡¯ll be here at around 1pm, so they told us to wait for a while.¡± Fang Daichuan took the coffee and nodded, turning his head to look at the strong storm outside the window. The heavy rain was like a veil, covering the roads leading to the outside world such that you couldn¡¯t get a grasp on your direction, as well as the road in front of you. Translator¡¯s Notes: (1) Ge is the shortened form of gege, which is more mature, and can be used to refer to someone who¡¯s older than you, and someone you respect (2) In Chinese, the game Werewolf is called Lang Ren Sha (ÀÇÈËɱ), with three characters. Its literal translation would be ¡°werewolf kills¡±, with the third character meaning ¡°kill¡±. Here, it¡¯s talking about the two strokes on the third character (the x looking thing) being written in red (3) ¡°Goddess¡± here (Å®Éñ) refers to a women who is either extremely beautiful, or is really good in a certain field (in this case, the game). It could also mean someone who is both of the above (4) ¡®Plan B¡¯ here refers to someone who¡¯s treated as a backup plan in a relationship¡­. Like,, if you¡¯re a plan B, then that means the other part doesn¡¯t actually consider their relationship with you precious, you¡¯re just there as a relationship plan b (5) ¡®Setting up flags¡¯ in Chinese is like¡­ jinxing yourself (6) ¡®PB¡¯ here stands for PangBai, meaning narrator in Chinese (7) Card game! You can search it up! Phew okay so,,, I actually translated this chapter a long time ago and was super drained after translating (this first chapter was over 3.6k Chinese characters). I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll have time to translate this one on top of Your Distance (cough, plugging the novel I¡¯m actively translating) so this is just a teaser! If anyone wants to pick this up, you can feel free to do so! Just please please contact me before you start, since I might translate more if I¡¯m free, and we don¡¯t want to do duplicate work (eg, you start working on chapter 2 when I¡¯ve already translated half of it, or something). You can probably reach me on the Foxaholic discord~ Thank you for reading!!! The first chapter might not seem too interesting but this is, all in all, a really good novel I hope someone falls into the pit and is willing to continue translating it haha. After the two of them discussed it with the programme team, they waited for the chartered car in the airport¡¯s carpark. Fang Daichuan was still diligently dragging along his two luggage bags, allowing them to trail behind him without any complaint. From behind, Lil¡¯ Zhou held up an umbrella for him. Heavy rain surrounded them on all four sides forcing the umbrella to flail all over the place. In just a few moments, the two of them were soaked through. In the distance, the sky was terrifyingly gloomy. Fang Daichuan put the suitcase on the platform, afraid that the wheels would get soaked. As for him, he obediently stood off the platform where water dripped onto, making it more convenient for Lil¡¯ Zhou to hold the umbrella up for him. ¡°Hey! Is that the car?!¡± Fang Daichuan had good eyesight, and was able to look past the curtain of rain. Focusing on the van with a Shandong car plate that was driving slowly towards them, he saw its black body painted with two bright red words: ¡°Werewolf Game¡± as the van drove past them. Lil¡¯ Zhou instantly started yelling ¡°Yes, yes! That¡¯s the show! Driver!¡± She rushed over and shouted, ¡°Driver, wait a minute! Please stop!¡± The driver glanced at the back seat and hesitated, but still stopped in front of them. Lil¡¯ Zhou shoved the umbrella into Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands before rushing back to retrieve the suitcase. She nodded and bowed to the driver, ¡°Driver! Are you from the Werewolf show programme team?! Our Fang Daichuan signed a contract to participate, so please send him over!¡± The driver was dumbfounded, ¡°But¡­ I received the notice to pick up one person, we have already picked up¡­¡± ¡°I just contacted your program team!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou patted the driver on the shoulder, ¡°Your program team asked us to wait for you, with a Shandong car plate! The Werewolf show programme team! There¡¯s no mistake, just bring him along!¡± The driver turned around and asked the people sitting in the back, ¡°Look¡­¡± The back door opened with just a tug on the handle. The back of the van was very spacious, with two rows of seats facing each other. A young man dressed in a black three-piece suit looked up at them, evaluating them expressionlessly. His features were more deeply set than the average person, and he looked like he was of a foreign descent, probably mixed. Across him sat a middle-aged man in casual clothes. He looked to be about forty years old and was unfamiliar. Two cameras were mounted in the back, their lights lit, indicating that they were recording. There are cameras, so it can¡¯t be wrong! Lil¡¯ Zhou¡¯s heart, that had been drenched in the rain, could finally be calmed down. The mixed-race evaluated Fang Daichuan carefully, his expression one of hesitation and even a little surprise, ¡°¡­ It¡¯s you?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little confused about the situation. As a lesser known online celebrity, it was already rare for him to be recognised once. Moreover, it was by such a handsome colleague. He immediately nodded in surprise, ¡°Yes, yeah, it¡¯s me. I signed into ¡°Werewolf¡±, you too?¡± This person was pretty handsome, and he had the mixed-race look, which was popular and trending nowadays. Fang Daichuan guessed that he was a newcomer with some sort of background, making his debut on this show. Or he already had some acting experience, just that Fang Daichuan hadn¡¯t heard of him. After all, in this era, there were many more broadcasting channels than before, and the popularity of the new generation of young eye candies on the Internet should not be underestimated. What¡¯s more, there were all kinds of crossovers, the super modelling industry, singing industry, Internet celebrity industry, fashion industry, and people from all walks of life have entered the film and television industry to make money. Situations where people were unable to recognise one another was no longer a rare occurrence. But what was embarrassing was that the mixed-race recognized him, yet he dared not ask him for his full name. The mixed-race frowned, ¡°You also signed into the game? Why didn¡¯t I receive the notice to pick you up?¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou had been in this industry for a long time. Even though she also didn¡¯t know the newcomer, she felt like he would still come from a better background than the lesser known online celebrity of hers. She rushed to praise him and smoothen out the scene. ¡°How could we trouble you to pick him up, Daichuan is probably still on the way. This car is yours, but would you look at the heavy rain! Why not let Daichuan get on first, since we¡¯re all from the same group anyways! Sorry for the trouble.¡± The middle-aged man across from the mixed-race brother didn¡¯t say a word. ¡°Then you can get on,¡± The mixed-race brother thought for a while before opening the door fully. Lil¡¯ Zhou smiled and said hurriedly, ¡°Thank you!¡± Fang Daichuan nodded and got into the car quickly. He then turned to pick up his luggage and pull Lil¡¯ Zhou up. ¡°You are not allowed to bring your luggage or unrelated personnel,¡± The mixed-race boy reminded with a frown, ¡°You¡¯re also not allowed to bring your phone, didn¡¯t you read the contract when you signed it?¡± Fang Daichuan froze for a moment. He¡¯d glanced briefly at the contract when he signed it, but because it had the approval of the company that managed him, he didn¡¯t read it word by word or line by line. He really had no impression of that rule. ¡°Okay okay, we won¡¯t bring it!¡± Seeing him in a daze, Lil¡¯ Zhou gave him a look and pinched his waist, ¡°I won¡¯t be getting on, I¡¯ll take your luggage and wait for the next car. Maybe when the rain stops I¡¯ll take the plane. You just leave quickly and don¡¯t delay other people!¡± Fang Daichuan nodded obediently, took his phone out of his pocket and handed it to Lil¡¯ Zhou. ¡°Be careful! Be smart!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou shouted her orders. Fang Daichuan rolled down the car window, smiling and waving at her. The car drove out of the parking lot at a constant speed, and once out of the airport, turned onto the highway. It cut through the pouring rain, and quickly travelled towards the east. The atmosphere in the car was a bit awkward. The three of them didn¡¯t know each other. Fang Daichuan glanced in the camera¡¯s direction, tested out his balance, then sat down beside the middle-aged man, facing the mixed-race boy. Their gazes met on accident, and they evaluated each other. Fang Daichuan touched his nose, feeling a little awkward. Hardening his skin, he made conversation, ¡°Do you know me?¡± The mixed-race boy glanced at him, but ignored him. Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed, so he could only continue talking awkwardly, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I haven¡¯t seen you before. Did you also sign a contract to participate in ¡®Werewolf¡¯?¡± The mixed-race boy shook his head, and raised his chin in the middle-aged man¡¯s direction, ¡°I¡¯m here to pick up Mr. Chen.¡± ¡°So you are a staff member!¡± Fang Daichuan was relieved. No wonder he hadn¡¯t seen him before, he wasn¡¯t a celebrity. Inwardly, he sighed. Huo Long Guo was just so wealthy, even their staff were this handsome. Evidently, when Lil¡¯ Zhou said that he could be replaced by a young eye candy any minute, she really wasn¡¯t lying to him. Mr. Chen was also a new face. He looked to be in his forties. He didn¡¯t have a prominent appearance nor exude an extraordinary aura. He was wearing a shirt that was way too broad for him, and looked unfamiliar. But to begin with, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know many old actors of that era. There was no concept of a star at that time. Only their roles ¨C the characters ¨C were popular, not the actors. Maybe this Mr. Chen was an old actor who had acted in many shows before. Thinking as if that was the case, Fang Daichuan turned around to hold Mr. Chen¡¯s hand with both hands, ¡°I¡¯ve disrespected you, so you¡¯re Mr. Chen!¡± Mr. Chen was obviously taken aback by his actions, and quickly shook his hand. The two of them looked at each other for a long time, before Ol¡¯ Chen suddenly smacked his own head, ¡°Hey! I think I know you! Were you¡­ Were you in the ¡°Anti-Japanese Special Team¡±, acting as that¡­ that Chen Xiaolu¡­! Your name was¡­ What¡¯s your name? You easily tore up those ghosts(1) barehanded!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face flushed at his words. He thought to himself, I¡¯d rather you watch me acting as the martial artist No. 3 in a brain-dead Mary Sue drama, than bring up me ripping apart ghosts! How the hell do you expect me to film a variety show now?! He hurriedly waved his hand, ¡°You are too polite, it¡¯s not worth mentioning when in front of you.¡± ¡°How can you say so!¡± Mr. Chen smiled and patted his hand. ¡°Every time I take on new jobs at places without any signal where there isn¡¯t even bird shit, I¡¯d download several shows involving fights against the Japanese on my phone. I¡¯ve seen you several times. A young lad like you starred in shows where you tore apart the ghosts by hand, jumped over walls and dodged bullets, and you were so good! It was addicting to watch!¡± This old gentleman¡¯s preferences were quite out-dated(2). Fang Daichuan was speechless. Maybe he used to act in shows of tunnel warfare and others of the sort, so it was no wonder Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t recognise him. Fang Daichuan stuck his tongue out at the cameras, silently recited his character design, then started using the opportunity to madly advertise himself, ¡°Actually, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. This time, I decided to participate in ¡®Werewolf¡¯ because I heard that you need a lot of physical strength and athletic talent. My parents have told me that I¡¯m stupid since I was young, and it¡¯s true I¡¯ve never won a game of Werewolf. My hands tremble as soon as I get the werewolf role, and it¡¯s so obvious anyone with eyes would be able to tell. This time, I participated in the game because I wanted to turn the tables using my strength. How about you Mr. Chen? Why did you participate in this game?¡± Hearing that, the mixed-race staff member sitting across them suddenly raised his head and stared at Ol¡¯ Chen. An unnatural Pallor of his face flashed for a moment before Ol¡¯ Chen forced out a smile, ¡°Me? I, I participated because of the huge prize! Twenty million dollars!¡± There was such a thing?? Fang Daichuan froze in place, turning his head to look at Ol¡¯ Chen, then turning back to look at the cameras before he ended up staring suspiciously at the mixed-race boy across them. He was no longer looking at Mr. Chen, instead posing as an old monk who was concentrating, sitting upright as he faced straight forward. ¡°T-they¡¯re even giving money?!¡± Fang Daichuan regretted not taking a closer look at the script and the contract. Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s reaction was a little strange, ¡°Did you really sign a contract to participate in this werewolf game? Why don¡¯t you know anything? Do you even know how exactly the game is played?!¡± No matter how dumb Fang Daichuan was, he couldn¡¯t say that he didn¡¯t read the script properly in front of the cameras! He hurriedly said, ¡°I know, I know. It¡¯s just Werewolf, the card game in reality, right? My IQ is sufficient to at least know that.¡± Ol¡¯ Chen nodded. ¡°Ol¡¯ Chen, please be careful. Although my IQ isn¡¯t high, my strength is the real deal. We still can¡¯t be sure if we¡¯ll be partners or enemies!¡± Fang Daichuan joked, trying to reference a meme. Ol¡¯ Chen did not answer. His expression suddenly turned serious, and he nodded, turning to look out the window. After that, he didn¡¯t say a word to him. Seeing how petty he was, Fang Daichuan, speechless, made a face at the camera. Wasn¡¯t it just a reality show, it wouldn¡¯t require you to put your life at risk, did he have to be like this? He knew that the old actors were more or less looked down upon by that of the new generation. He simply refused to be perturbed by this cold ass(3), and turned his head to look out the window as well. The car was speeding all the way, only stopping once at the gas station in the middle of their journey. The driver filled up the gas tank, while the mixed-race boy accompanied Ol¡¯ Chen and Fang Daichuan to the toilet. The sky slowly darkened, and the scenery along the highway was nothing extraordinary. No matter which side they looked, all that could be seen were seemingly endless miles of crops ¨C none of which they could identify. There were also fewer cars on the road. Their car, with the big bright red slogan ¡®Werewolf Game¡¯ on it, looked very ordinary. With no big celebrities on it, it didn¡¯t attract any attention. In the distance, the clouds stacked on top of each other, creating several layers. When the three of them returned from the toilet, the atmosphere in the car was heavy once again. Translator Notes: (1) It¡¯s an offensive way to refer to the Japanese in the past. Y¡¯all know how the Japanese invaded China in the past, and some of the older Chinese and older shows that featured the war still refer to the Japanese as ghosts (¹í×Ó) (2) this phrase actually means ¡°common, similar to the peasants¡±, but it has a negative connotation that suggests ¡°out-dated, old-fashioned¡± (3) ¡°cold ass¡± is referring to Ol¡¯ Chen being cold towards him. He¡¯s just saying he didn¡¯t want to continue trying to talk to Ol¡¯ Chen when he doesn¡¯t want to talk. Seeing as no one has taken this project from me yet, i guess i will continue digging this pit QAQ CH 2 After the two of them discussed it with the programme team, they waited for the chartered car in the airport¡¯s carpark. Fang Daichuan was still diligently dragging along his two luggage bags, allowing them to trail behind him without any complaint. From behind, Lil¡¯ Zhou held up an umbrella for him. Heavy rain surrounded them on all four sides forcing the umbrella to flail all over the place. In just a few moments, the two of them were soaked through. In the distance, the sky was terrifyingly gloomy. Fang Daichuan put the suitcase on the platform, afraid that the wheels would get soaked. As for him, he obediently stood off the platform where water dripped onto, making it more convenient for Lil¡¯ Zhou to hold the umbrella up for him. ¡°Hey! Is that the car?!¡± Fang Daichuan had good eyesight, and was able to look past the curtain of rain. Focusing on the van with a Shandong car plate that was driving slowly towards them, he saw its black body painted with two bright red words: ¡°Werewolf Game¡± as the van drove past them. Lil¡¯ Zhou instantly started yelling ¡°Yes, yes! That¡¯s the show! Driver!¡± She rushed over and shouted, ¡°Driver, wait a minute! Please stop!¡± The driver glanced at the back seat and hesitated, but still stopped in front of them. Lil¡¯ Zhou shoved the umbrella into Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands before rushing back to retrieve the suitcase. She nodded and bowed to the driver, ¡°Driver! Are you from the Werewolf show programme team?! Our Fang Daichuan signed a contract to participate, so please send him over!¡± The driver was dumbfounded, ¡°But¡­ I received the notice to pick up one person, we have already picked up¡­¡± ¡°I just contacted your program team!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou patted the driver on the shoulder, ¡°Your program team asked us to wait for you, with a Shandong car plate! The Werewolf show programme team! There¡¯s no mistake, just bring him along!¡± The driver turned around and asked the people sitting in the back, ¡°Look¡­¡± The back door opened with just a tug on the handle. The back of the van was very spacious, with two rows of seats facing each other. A young man dressed in a black three-piece suit looked up at them, evaluating them expressionlessly. His features were more deeply set than the average person, and he looked like he was of a foreign descent, probably mixed. Across him sat a middle-aged man in casual clothes. He looked to be about forty years old and was unfamiliar. Two cameras were mounted in the back, their lights lit, indicating that they were recording. There are cameras, so it can¡¯t be wrong! Lil¡¯ Zhou¡¯s heart, that had been drenched in the rain, could finally be calmed down. The mixed-race evaluated Fang Daichuan carefully, his expression one of hesitation and even a little surprise, ¡°¡­ It¡¯s you?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little confused about the situation. As a lesser known online celebrity, it was already rare for him to be recognised once. Moreover, it was by such a handsome colleague. He immediately nodded in surprise, ¡°Yes, yeah, it¡¯s me. I signed into ¡°Werewolf¡±, you too?¡± This person was pretty handsome, and he had the mixed-race look, which was popular and trending nowadays. Fang Daichuan guessed that he was a newcomer with some sort of background, making his debut on this show. Or he already had some acting experience, just that Fang Daichuan hadn¡¯t heard of him. After all, in this era, there were many more broadcasting channels than before, and the popularity of the new generation of young eye candies on the Internet should not be underestimated. What¡¯s more, there were all kinds of crossovers, the super modelling industry, singing industry, Internet celebrity industry, fashion industry, and people from all walks of life have entered the film and television industry to make money. Situations where people were unable to recognise one another was no longer a rare occurrence. But what was embarrassing was that the mixed-race recognized him, yet he dared not ask him for his full name. The mixed-race frowned, ¡°You also signed into the game? Why didn¡¯t I receive the notice to pick you up?¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou had been in this industry for a long time. Even though she also didn¡¯t know the newcomer, she felt like he would still come from a better background than the lesser known online celebrity of hers. She rushed to praise him and smoothen out the scene. ¡°How could we trouble you to pick him up, Daichuan is probably still on the way. This car is yours, but would you look at the heavy rain! Why not let Daichuan get on first, since we¡¯re all from the same group anyways! Sorry for the trouble.¡± The middle-aged man across from the mixed-race brother didn¡¯t say a word. ¡°Then you can get on,¡± The mixed-race brother thought for a while before opening the door fully. Lil¡¯ Zhou smiled and said hurriedly, ¡°Thank you!¡± Fang Daichuan nodded and got into the car quickly. He then turned to pick up his luggage and pull Lil¡¯ Zhou up. ¡°You are not allowed to bring your luggage or unrelated personnel,¡± The mixed-race boy reminded with a frown, ¡°You¡¯re also not allowed to bring your phone, didn¡¯t you read the contract when you signed it?¡± Fang Daichuan froze for a moment. He¡¯d glanced briefly at the contract when he signed it, but because it had the approval of the company that managed him, he didn¡¯t read it word by word or line by line. He really had no impression of that rule. ¡°Okay okay, we won¡¯t bring it!¡± Seeing him in a daze, Lil¡¯ Zhou gave him a look and pinched his waist, ¡°I won¡¯t be getting on, I¡¯ll take your luggage and wait for the next car. Maybe when the rain stops I¡¯ll take the plane. You just leave quickly and don¡¯t delay other people!¡± Fang Daichuan nodded obediently, took his phone out of his pocket and handed it to Lil¡¯ Zhou. ¡°Be careful! Be smart!¡± Lil¡¯ Zhou shouted her orders. Fang Daichuan rolled down the car window, smiling and waving at her. The car drove out of the parking lot at a constant speed, and once out of the airport, turned onto the highway. It cut through the pouring rain, and quickly travelled towards the east. The atmosphere in the car was a bit awkward. The three of them didn¡¯t know each other. Fang Daichuan glanced in the camera¡¯s direction, tested out his balance, then sat down beside the middle-aged man, facing the mixed-race boy. Their gazes met on accident, and they evaluated each other. Fang Daichuan touched his nose, feeling a little awkward. Hardening his skin, he made conversation, ¡°Do you know me?¡± The mixed-race boy glanced at him, but ignored him. Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed, so he could only continue talking awkwardly, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I haven¡¯t seen you before. Did you also sign a contract to participate in ¡®Werewolf¡¯?¡± The mixed-race boy shook his head, and raised his chin in the middle-aged man¡¯s direction, ¡°I¡¯m here to pick up Mr. Chen.¡± ¡°So you are a staff member!¡± Fang Daichuan was relieved. No wonder he hadn¡¯t seen him before, he wasn¡¯t a celebrity. Inwardly, he sighed. Huo Long Guo was just so wealthy, even their staff were this handsome. Evidently, when Lil¡¯ Zhou said that he could be replaced by a young eye candy any minute, she really wasn¡¯t lying to him. Mr. Chen was also a new face. He looked to be in his forties. He didn¡¯t have a prominent appearance nor exude an extraordinary aura. He was wearing a shirt that was way too broad for him, and looked unfamiliar. But to begin with, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know many old actors of that era. There was no concept of a star at that time. Only their roles ¨C the characters ¨C were popular, not the actors. Maybe this Mr. Chen was an old actor who had acted in many shows before. Thinking as if that was the case, Fang Daichuan turned around to hold Mr. Chen¡¯s hand with both hands, ¡°I¡¯ve disrespected you, so you¡¯re Mr. Chen!¡± Mr. Chen was obviously taken aback by his actions, and quickly shook his hand. The two of them looked at each other for a long time, before Ol¡¯ Chen suddenly smacked his own head, ¡°Hey! I think I know you! Were you¡­ Were you in the ¡°Anti-Japanese Special Team¡±, acting as that¡­ that Chen Xiaolu¡­! Your name was¡­ What¡¯s your name? You easily tore up those ghosts(1) barehanded!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face flushed at his words. He thought to himself, I¡¯d rather you watch me acting as the martial artist No. 3 in a brain-dead Mary Sue drama, than bring up me ripping apart ghosts! How the hell do you expect me to film a variety show now?! He hurriedly waved his hand, ¡°You are too polite, it¡¯s not worth mentioning when in front of you.¡± ¡°How can you say so!¡± Mr. Chen smiled and patted his hand. ¡°Every time I take on new jobs at places without any signal where there isn¡¯t even bird shit, I¡¯d download several shows involving fights against the Japanese on my phone. I¡¯ve seen you several times. A young lad like you starred in shows where you tore apart the ghosts by hand, jumped over walls and dodged bullets, and you were so good! It was addicting to watch!¡± This old gentleman¡¯s preferences were quite out-dated(2). Fang Daichuan was speechless. Maybe he used to act in shows of tunnel warfare and others of the sort, so it was no wonder Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t recognise him. Fang Daichuan stuck his tongue out at the cameras, silently recited his character design, then started using the opportunity to madly advertise himself, ¡°Actually, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. This time, I decided to participate in ¡®Werewolf¡¯ because I heard that you need a lot of physical strength and athletic talent. My parents have told me that I¡¯m stupid since I was young, and it¡¯s true I¡¯ve never won a game of Werewolf. My hands tremble as soon as I get the werewolf role, and it¡¯s so obvious anyone with eyes would be able to tell. This time, I participated in the game because I wanted to turn the tables using my strength. How about you Mr. Chen? Why did you participate in this game?¡± Hearing that, the mixed-race staff member sitting across them suddenly raised his head and stared at Ol¡¯ Chen. An unnatural Pallor of his face flashed for a moment before Ol¡¯ Chen forced out a smile, ¡°Me? I, I participated because of the huge prize! Twenty million dollars!¡± There was such a thing?? Fang Daichuan froze in place, turning his head to look at Ol¡¯ Chen, then turning back to look at the cameras before he ended up staring suspiciously at the mixed-race boy across them. He was no longer looking at Mr. Chen, instead posing as an old monk who was concentrating, sitting upright as he faced straight forward. ¡°T-they¡¯re even giving money?!¡± Fang Daichuan regretted not taking a closer look at the script and the contract. Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s reaction was a little strange, ¡°Did you really sign a contract to participate in this werewolf game? Why don¡¯t you know anything? Do you even know how exactly the game is played?!¡± No matter how dumb Fang Daichuan was, he couldn¡¯t say that he didn¡¯t read the script properly in front of the cameras! He hurriedly said, ¡°I know, I know. It¡¯s just Werewolf, the card game in reality, right? My IQ is sufficient to at least know that.¡± Ol¡¯ Chen nodded. ¡°Ol¡¯ Chen, please be careful. Although my IQ isn¡¯t high, my strength is the real deal. We still can¡¯t be sure if we¡¯ll be partners or enemies!¡± Fang Daichuan joked, trying to reference a meme. Ol¡¯ Chen did not answer. His expression suddenly turned serious, and he nodded, turning to look out the window. After that, he didn¡¯t say a word to him. Seeing how petty he was, Fang Daichuan, speechless, made a face at the camera. Wasn¡¯t it just a reality show, it wouldn¡¯t require you to put your life at risk, did he have to be like this? He knew that the old actors were more or less looked down upon by that of the new generation. He simply refused to be perturbed by this cold ass(3), and turned his head to look out the window as well. The car was speeding all the way, only stopping once at the gas station in the middle of their journey. The driver filled up the gas tank, while the mixed-race boy accompanied Ol¡¯ Chen and Fang Daichuan to the toilet. The sky slowly darkened, and the scenery along the highway was nothing extraordinary. No matter which side they looked, all that could be seen were seemingly endless miles of crops ¨C none of which they could identify. There were also fewer cars on the road. Their car, with the big bright red slogan ¡®Werewolf Game¡¯ on it, looked very ordinary. With no big celebrities on it, it didn¡¯t attract any attention. In the distance, the clouds stacked on top of each other, creating several layers. When the three of them returned from the toilet, the atmosphere in the car was heavy once again. Translator Notes: (1) It¡¯s an offensive way to refer to the Japanese in the past. Y¡¯all know how the Japanese invaded China in the past, and some of the older Chinese and older shows that featured the war still refer to the Japanese as ghosts (¹í×Ó) (2) this phrase actually means ¡°common, similar to the peasants¡±, but it has a negative connotation that suggests ¡°out-dated, old-fashioned¡± (3) ¡°cold ass¡± is referring to Ol¡¯ Chen being cold towards him. He¡¯s just saying he didn¡¯t want to continue trying to talk to Ol¡¯ Chen when he doesn¡¯t want to talk. Seeing as no one has taken this project from me yet, i guess i will continue digging this pit QAQ CH 3 APRIL 4, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii T/N: So, new side project. Friendly reminder, this has some unsavory parts and when we do get into gore etc stuff I will give a warning at the start of the chapter. And here is, chapter 3 of Witch, Open Your Eyes After they got back into the car, Fang Daichuan knew that he should talk and be more active to get more screen time, but he was really sleepy. He had been filming all night so at that moment, his whole body ached. He seemed to have strained some muscles in his thighs during the scene where he had to fall from a horse. He felt like he¡¯d been forcibly split open. Don¡¯t get angry with me, Lil¡¯ Zhou, I will sleep now, and I will definitely be well-behaved and act my best when I get to the place. Fang Daichuan thought in his heart and immediately fell asleep. When he woke up, the car had stopped. Fang Daichuan had handed in his cell phone so he didn¡¯t know the exact time, but judging by the colour of the sky, it was probably around six o¡¯clock in the evening. They¡¯d been driving for more than five hours and had already arrived in Shandong. As soon as Fang Daichuan opened the car door, a humid breezee immediately poured into the car, breaking through the air that had stagnated all afternoon. The wind carried the unique touch of saltiness from the sea. Fang Daichuan climbed out of the car excitedly, raised his head and breathed in the fresh sea breeze, intoxicated. ¡°The sea! It¡¯s really the sea! I haven¡¯t seen the night sea since I was a kid! It¡¯s so beautiful!¡± Fang Daichuan shouted half-truth half-lie; the sea in front of him no longer looked as kind and peaceful as it was during the day. Waves of dark sea water crashed into the rocks near Fang Daichuan¡¯s feet, the foam rolling endlessly. He looked back, and the camera continued to roll dutifully. The mixed-race brother carried the camera and recorded his back expressionlessly. Fang Daichuan immediately forced himself to act: ¡°When I see the sea, I become aware of how insignificant we humans are! Such a magnificent sea stretches so far you can¡¯t see the end! Space and time is boundless! This is the sea billions of years ago, and it hasn¡¯t changed since ancient times. We didn¡¯t even exist at that time!¡± Ol¡¯ Chen stood beside him and lit a cigarette: ¡°Billions of years? The earth is only 4.6 billion years old. No one knows what this place was billions of years ago! What¡¯s more, this place couldn¡¯t possibly have been a beach, have you learned about plate tectonics? Do you know what the vicissitudes of life mean? Nothing is ever unchanging.¡± Failed to pretend OTZ*¡­ (T/N: OTZ is on raw) (PR/N: I was trying to find an acronym at first but nothing fits so I think it really might just be an emote text like someone on the urban dictionary site suggested; the O is the head, T is the hands/torso, and Z are the legs. Kind of resembles either a crouching or running man.) However, Fang Daichuan had his own way of grabbing screen time, and those who quickly learn from their mistakes and are down-to-earth also get very popular these days. He adjusted his strategy, no longer pretending to be a male god. He immediately turned his head and exposed his full face to the camera, putting on an awkward expression. He guessed that this would be cut into a joke segment in the later edits, with a line of artistic words or three black lines on his head. ¡°Where are we going next? What about the others?¡± Fang Daichuan forcibly changed the subject. The mixed-race brother looked up at him: ¡°There will be a helicopter to pick us up and we will go straight to a deserted island.¡± They even use deserted islands, Fang Daichuan thought. Huo Long Guo was indeed rich and powerful, even using the entire island. Helicopter appearances were not uncommon. In recent years, the pressure of competition in the reality show market was increasing. Not to mention helicopters, they¡¯d even started to use paragliders. There were also shows in which actors are robbed and hijacked by terrorists. In comparison, what they¡¯ve displayed so far is still nothing. A helicopter flew over very quickly. The jet black body, the bright red logo, the thundering propellers, and the heroic appearance of flying over the sea from far away was really cool. Fang Daichuan immediately turned on his variety show mode, turned his head up to the vehicle in the sky and started acting dumb. ¡°Wow! Rich and powerful! So sexy! This kind of entrance really is domineering. I¡¯m sure in the later stage, this scene will get a very special effect.¡± He said, smacking the mixed race brother on the shoulder and shaking the big camera in his hand. The little brother silently stabilized the camera, glanced at him, and said nothing. Why so cold? Fang Daichuan felt perplexed. He could tell from first glance that Ol¡¯ Chen next to him didn¡¯t have any experience acting in variety shows, and honestly he couldn¡¯t deal with him anymore. Not only did he refuse to cooperate with him, but he kept glancing at him with a ¡®are you mentally retarded¡¯ look. Fang Daichuan complained in his heart. Why are you looking at me like that? Don¡¯t you add drama to yourself now, can you not wait for the director to add that part for you? However, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t say anything because he was considerate of the other party, as an artist who was used to being foil for the older generation. The helicopter hovered not far above the sea. Within the boundless seas, between the turbulent waves, stood a lone rock, a shiney black helicopter hovering over that rock. In stark contrast to the cold steel that represented mankind¡¯s top technology and the unrestrained wild howling of the sea, the three warm and fleshy human beings standing below looked simply too small and insignificant. Huo Long Guo has always liked to take shots from unique perspectives. In the past, when encountering such scenes, it was indispensable to use an aerial camera behind the helicopter to look down from the helicopter and film this kind of dramatic disparity as much as possible. Fang Daichuan squinted at the tail of the helicopter, but found no aerial filming equipment. Who is the producer this time? Isn¡¯t it Huo Long Guo¡¯s exclusive director and cinematographer? You¡¯re not following the routine? Fang Daichuan questioned silently. The helicopter hovered as though it was going to land, but stopped when it was still more than ten meters above the ground. The wind from the helicopter could already be felt on the ground. At that moment, a rope ladder was thrown down from above, as well as a safety rope. Ol¡¯ Chen probably hadn¡¯t watched many reality shows before, so he became startled and started hiding behind Fang Daichuan. But when he thought about it, it must be really difficult for him to climb up to a helicopter that way at such an age. Fang Daichuan said: ¡°Mr. Chen, you can go first. It¡¯s okay, there are safety ropes.¡± Ol¡¯ Chen waved his hand, and ambled back as he talked, trying to find the vehicle they had used to come. ¡°It can¡¯t be done, I can¡¯t do this, it can¡¯t be done. Can I quit? I don¡¯t want to play anymore. I-I really can¡¯t do it at this age.¡± The mixed-race brother didn¡¯t say a word. He shifted the camera to his shoulder with one hand, took out a gun from a pocket with another, and pointed it at Ol¡¯ Chen. Hey, Fang Daichuan thought to himself, I was wrong about the old man, he absolutely can act! Why didn¡¯t I think of this way of grabbing screen time? The audience would definitely love to see this! Ol¡¯ Chen was worthy of being an old actor, his acting skills continue to roll. His face was pale, and the acting was as good as real: ¡°No, no, I¡¯m going, I¡¯m going.¡± He trembled as he firmly tied the safety rope to his waist and inched up the ladder step by step onto the helicopter. During this period, he would look down at the sea several times. Each time he did this he would stop, close his eyes, and shake the safety rope, shivering on the ladder, his calf jittering. Fang Daichuan hated this way of robbing screen time. He looked up at the old man acting and secretly counted the time. He estimated that this old bastard took at least half an hour before he managed to climb into the chopper clumsily. When he was about to reach the opening, he even loosened his hand and almost went down. Fortunately, there was a safety rope tied on his waist, and the crew onboard quickly grabbed him. This whole fiasco would probably get cut into about ten minutes, but not the thrilling scene at the end. Even the helicopter had trembled with it. Maybe that clip would even get broadcasted three times? It also has a good potential to be used in creating suspense in the trailer. Fang Daichuan anxiously watched Ol¡¯ Chen climb up. He knew that for this kind of reality show, the editing time for each section was fixed. The more time the bastard took up, the less time he had. Perhaps his old man who was already one foot in the grave hadn¡¯t achieved much in life so he had to participate in this show and fight tooth and nail with a bunch of youngsters. But at this moment, he could only comfort himself; this old bastard has a clumsy and poor posture, so he can¡¯t grasp the audience¡¯s focus. It doesn¡¯t matter how much time he robs, what matters is how deep an impression is left. The mixed-race brother then turned his gun toward Fang Daichuan, motioning him to go up quickly. Fang Daichuan was very cooperative, pretended to be scared and said, ¡°Don¡¯t point at me, I will go up now.¡± He deliberately put on a show. He only wrapped the safety rope around his waist a few times, stepped on the stone surface, and jumped straight onto the third rung. Fang Daichuan had been practicing martial arts since he was a child so his muscles were naturally defined and eye-catching, not because he trained in the gym. He knew that in the age of male gods, little girls would eat up this act, so he used all his abilities to climb up beautifully. The tight T-shirt outlined all fine movements of his muscles and he felt great about himself. ¡°Moving clouds and flowing water, body as light as a swallow.¡± Fang Daichuan internally complimented himself in an imaginary bullet screen*, and finally in one big move, he released the ladder and leapt into the cabin using the momentum from his back muscles. (PR/N: A pretty common feature in live streams and even some MMORPG games nowadays¡ªyou¡¯ve probably seen it before; comments ¡®fly¡¯ horizontally across the screen ¡®like bullets¡¯.) Bravo!* He shouted in his heart and imagined a bullet screen exploding with a barrage of words: The male god is so handsome! That last leap of the male god is simply full marks! The male god not only looks good and has a good figure, but also has great acting skills and plays extreme sports so amazingly well. It is unreasonable that he¡¯s not popular! Applause for the male god! (T/N: It is like this on raw) He closed his eyes and leaned against the door of the cabin intoxicated, feeling the violent wind rushing from below. ¡°How come there¡¯s one more?!¡± Fang Daichuan was still immersed in his own world, when he heard a person next to him ask in a puzzled way, in English*. Fang Daichuan came back to his senses. He kept in mind his low IQ brainless thug setting, and pretended to not understand. He looked left and right, and observed the situation in the cabin. (PR/N: Might be obvious but just in case, this was originally a Chinese novel with a Chinese setting. The statistics from chinahighlights.com claim millions of mainland Chinese study English but less than 1% are conversational so being fluent English is kind of a ¡®rich educated person¡¯ thing. Read more here.) The cabin was full of staff in black suits. They were all foreigners and their clothes were exactly the same as the mixed-race brother below. The foreign guys all had scary faces, and looked very intimidating. Their arms were unnaturally thick. He didn¡¯t know where Huo Long Guo got such a group. There was a camera in the corner. Ol¡¯ Chen had already been ¡°held¡± by two big men left and right, sitting in the corner of the cabin with a dejected look. Still acting? Are you that addicted to acting? Fang Daichuan glanced at him and secretly complained. Two big men also controlled him in an instant, pressing his shoulders firmly. He could tell that this guy was the real deal. But Fang Daichuan was here to make money, so he did not resist. Another person climbed up in the cabin following him. The mixed-race brother carried the camera on his left shoulder and climbed up from below with one hand, stepped up with his long legs, and slipped into the cabin. Well done! Fang Daichuan sat quietly in another corner and cheered. A staff member next to him asked in English: ¡°What¡¯s this? Why is there one more person? Didn¡¯t you just say you only needed to pick up one person?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t know. He climbed into the car and said he signed the contract.¡± The mixed-race brother also replied in English. He looked very cool, and was sparse with his words like they were gold. After the brief explanation, he sat on the side and stopped talking. Fang Daichuan quickly explained: ¡°I encountered heavy rain at the airport and the plane could not take off. The original itinerary couldn¡¯t make it. I would be late if I waited for another car. Many thanks to Ol¡¯ Chen and this little brother who let me hitch a ride.¡± Several staff members nodded, and they no longer cared about the issue. The plane flew towards a small island in the distant high seas. At the same time, CA256 landed at Qingdao Liuting Airport. As soon as the plane stopped firmly, Xiao Zhou couldn¡¯t wait to turn on the phone. As soon as she did, more than 20 missed calls flooded into the screen, all from the same number. Xiao Zhou was startled, afraid something had happened, and quickly called back. ¡°We are from the Huo Long Guo Werewolf show. Oh, is Fang Daichuan by your side? Why haven¡¯t you come here?¡± There was a loud female voice coming from the phone. Xiao Zhou quickly explained: ¡°Oh, oh, I¡¯m Brother Chuan¡¯er¡¯s assistant, Xiao Zhou, I am coming right away, I have arrived at Qingdao. We waited at the airport for a long time and didn¡¯t see your car. Then the flight resumed. I was flying to come over. I¡¯m at Liuting Airport right now.¡± ¡°Well, you can come out directly, we¡¯ve arranged a person to pick you up.¡± Then the person hurriedly asked, ¡°Has Brother Chuan got the makeup and everything else ready? The chauffeur has a camera, so we can just start shooting!¡± Xiao Zhou was taken aback for a moment: ¡°Huh? Brother Chuan¡¯er isn¡¯t with me? He already left in a car with another actor from the same program group. He should have arrived earlier than me!¡± The speaker over there was more confused than her: ¡°Are you sure?! Here in Beijing we only need to pick up Brother Chuan, there are no other actors! Brother Chuan¡¯er¡¯s personal PB* and the cameraman already rushed to the airport, but there was no one there at all!!!?¡± (T/N: This is like this in raw. Also sometimes they calls Fang Daichuan with Chuan¡¯er and Chuan er ge so well, I did not get it wrong, it is like that) (PR/N: I think it might stand for Backup Photographer.) CH 4 APRIL 5, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii Warning : First Blood. Yes, 4 chapters and someone already dead. It is not really graphic but I will still put a mark, just a reminder, this is a novel where people play a Werewolf game with their lives on the line. So yes, people die left and right~~~ The deserted island truly looked the part. On the southeastern side were cliffs, the sea crashing against its stone walls. There was a gently sloping hill in the middle of the island with meadows and forests on either side. And the coasts that surrounded the whole island were made of strips of sandy beaches and rocks. Of course, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know what happened at Liuting Airport. This deserted island on the high seas was located thousands of miles away from China¡¯s border. He still treated all this as a reality TV show, just on a different stage. ¡°It¡¯s this island¡­¡± Ol¡¯ Chen stood at the door of the cabin. His gaze held a strange air which made Fang Daichuan subconsciously feel uncomfortable. He could only tell the gaze was very complicated. Although Fang Daichuan was not particularly good at acting, he had been in the industry for so many years he¡¯d naturally grown somewhat sensitive to emotions. What did Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s gaze resemble? It was as though he was looking at his own child, but it was a child that had been sold when he was young and returned to him when he grew up. There was nostalgia, guilt, and fear¡­ In the middle of the deserted island, on a gentle hilltop, there was a large four-story high villa with a beautiful miniature garden in the backyard and a large helipad in front. The helicopter landed on this spot and several men in black twisted his arms and led him and Mr. Chen out of the cabin together. Fang Daichuan reflexively looked for the camera, grabbing screen time while making a fuss. ¡°Brother! It hurts, don¡¯t be so rude! We are delicate flowers, be merciful!¡± The man in black kneed him from behind and shouted, ¡°Shut Up!*¡± (T/N: This was in English in the raw.) ¡°Oh, I understand this sentence.¡± Fang Daichuan pursed his lips trying to sell cuteness. ¡°You are so fierce.¡± When he was still in the sky, he didn¡¯t realize. But after landing, Fang Daichuan glanced around and found that the helipad was quite large with a dozen helicopters scattered around. There are quite a lot of people, Fang Daichuan thought. Under normal circumstances, the first step in a reality TV show should be to allocate a dressing room, then the members get to know each other, meet the chief director together, exchange the script, and then draw lots. Not this time. Fang Daichuan was directly pushed into the villa. On the first floor of the villa was a banquet hall, the ceiling about five or six meters high with long tassels hanging down from crystal chandeliers, making the entire room spacious and bright. More than a dozen people were sitting around a long table, men and women, old and young, and they all shriveled their heads towards the door when they heard someone coming in. Fang Daichuan felt something was off because he didn¡¯t know any of these people. Could it be an amateur variety show? Fang Daichuan thought to himself, Xiao Zhou said, this show is to promote the hostess of Huo Long Guo, is it necessary to find a bunch of amateurs to fill the show, specially to support the hostess? And aren¡¯t there too many people? This will not be easy to edit. Each segment was at most ninety minutes long, and the length of the shots given to everyone was basically predetermined. Too long would bore the audience and too short was not conducive to the performance of the guests, and the audience would not be impressed. So basically, the current reality shows would try their best to find a balance between the number of guests and the development of the story. The standard was six to nine people. Fang Daichuan briefly glanced around. There were already twelve people present, including myself and Lao Chen, that makes fourteen people, and this is enough for the group AB. But how can they play werewolf if everyone is divided into group AB? It¡¯s fine if there are two camps, but if they¡¯re divided into groups from the beginning, where¡¯s the suspense? How will they cut the clip? Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t figure out what Huo Long Guo was thinking. The staff let go of them. The handsome mixed-race brother then glanced at him and gestured to the staff. His status seemed to be superior to that of the other staff, and so was his appearance. The rest of the men in black stood beside them, and aimed their guns at the back of their heads in unison. The door of the villa slammed shut. I need to say hello to everyone first, right? Fang Daichuan thought. ¡°Sorry¡­ we¡¯re late, I¡¯m Fang Daichuan, I¡¯ve made everyone wait for a long time.¡± Fang Daichuan greeted everyone cheerfully. No one paid attention to him. Everyone¡¯s expression was tense and their faces were pale as they stared at the tabletop in front of them. Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed. He felt these people were acting too seriously so he scratched his head, pulled a chair and sat down. Ol¡¯ Chen sat opposite him. A girl next to him opened her mouth, smiling at him reluctantly, ¡°I know you, didn¡¯t you film the historical TV series, ¡°Feeding The Demon¡±? You played as the hero¡¯s best friend, was it Third Young Master Wang or Third Young Master Chen?¡± Fang Daichuan sighed, ¡°The Third Young Master Xie.¡± ¡°Oh,¡± the girl said in embarrassment, ¡°I¡¯m sorry I remembered wrong, it¡¯s Third Young Master Xie. You were very handsome in that drama.¡± Fang Daichuan smiled and thanked her. The girl looked around, and when she saw the guns¡¯ muzzles, she swallowed and said nervously, ¡°My name is Ding Zihui, please take care of me later.¡± ¡°No problem!¡± Fang Daichuan agreed. It seems this is the female lead, Fang Daichuan thought, this girl doesn¡¯t look like a goddess at all, at least not superficially. She¡¯s the type that¡¯s sweet and delicate. It¡¯s okay to play a little sister next door, but can she hold her set up as the goddess of wisdom? Fang Daichuan thought while shaking hands with the other party. ¡°Hello everyone, welcome to D¨¹sterwald*.¡± A voice appeared out of thin air. (T/N: So the Werewolf game in this novel is based on a card game named ¡°The Werewolves of Millers Hollow¡± or ¡°Die Werw?lfe von D¨¹sterwald¡±. Below is a wiki link to the game and I also compiled the role and rules that are used in this novel so feel free to check it out.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Werewolves_of_Millers_Hollow Everyone was taken aback by the sound. The speaker seemed to be using a voice changer, mixed with a hissing electric current, and one couldn¡¯t tell whether they were male or female. Fang Daichuan noted metally that this was a common method used in reality shows. It was the sound from a loudspeaker hidden in the room, but he still pretended to be shocked, shuddered, and made a frightened expression. The voice was probably the chief director¡¯s or maybe the executive director who was deliberately speaking with a voice changer to set the atmosphere. The voice continued, ¡°A long, long time ago, on the top of a steep cliff on the Rhine, there was a small village named ¡®D¨¹sterwald¡¯. This small village was attacked by werewolves every night and the villagers were trying to fight back against these werewolves. After one desperate fight, thirteen villagers who finally escaped from their birthplace built a boat and fled the cursed village. The boat carried the thirteen villagers to a deserted island, and they landed here. The island was named ¡®D¨¹sterwald¡¯ and the villagers started their life anew. But when the first full moon came, something terrifying happened. They found out that among the thirteen villagers, the descendants of werewolves were hidden. A new killing game was about to begin on this deserted island.¡± Yes, this story is very classic, Fang Daichuan thought, it fits a horror setting. However, a girl sitting in the top seat frowned and pointed out, ¡°Thirteen villagers? But we have fourteen people here!¡± Fang Daichuan was frozen for a moment. Their long table was made of seven pairs of tables and on both ends there was a seat. Now the seats on the ends were both empty but the seats on the long sides of the table were full, which totalled an even number of fourteen people. The ¡°Chief Director¡± chuckled softly and continued, ¡°It seems that our ship has encountered an unexpected guest. There¡¯s a ghost disguised as a human mixed into our D¨¹sterwald. What should I do? There are only thirteen character cards.¡± ¡°Then, before the game officially starts, let¡¯s play a warm-up game of ¡°ghost hunting¡±. ¡° ¡°There are two deck cards in the cabinet behind you. Sinian, you really are the dealer.¡± ¡°Chief Director¡± ordered. The mixed-race brother who escorted Fang Daichuan to the island bowed his head and walked to the back cabinet to take out two decks of cards. It turns out that his name was Sinian, Fang Daichuan turned his head and looked at his back and thought, but I don¡¯t know what the two written characters are*? Is he Chinese? He also has a role as an NPC? He¡¯s actually the MC that Huo Long Guo wants to support, right?! (T/N: It is this [˹Äê, S¨© ni¨¢n] ) ¡°I will explain the rules of ¡®ghost hunting¡¯ to everyone,¡± the ¡°Chief Director¡± introduced, ¡°There are a total of 108 cards in the two decks, three ghost cards have been removed, and a total of 105 cards will be drawn. Each person will draw seven or eight cards. Then you will draw another card from someone else according to the seat order. The cards of the same number are to be discarded in pairs. In the end, whoever has the remaining single ghost card is the ¡°ghost¡± who has mixed into the villager team.¡° (T/N: This is an old maid, link for more information. Also the raw are saying ¡®ghost card¡¯ so I dunno what card got removed, just a note.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_maid_(card_game) ¡°Sinian, deal the cards,¡± the ¡°Chief Director¡± ordered. The ghostly voice and the gloomy tone were handled very well, and even Fang Daichuan felt a chill when he heard it. The mixed-race brother was superb at shuffling the cards. The cards were turned over and over in his hand, forming a small bridge between them. He had fair skin so the way his fingers quickly flicked across the back of the jet black cards was dazzling. He shuffled the cards and handed them out to the fourteen people present. I don¡¯t want to go home yet. Fang Daichuan thought if he lost the first match, he probably would have to go back home. He shuddered involuntarily when he thought of Xiao Zhou¡¯s disappointed face and Deng Ge¡¯s gloomy eyes. After the cards had been dealt, there were seven of them in front of Fang Daichuan. He took a deep breath and turned the cards over. Luckily, there were two pairs. He quickly pulled them out and threw them into the card pool in the center of the table like everyone else. The cards in everyone¡¯s hands ranged from three to seven, and everyone looked at one another like they were enemies. The man sitting across him was pale with a ghastly expression. Everyone looked at each other and tentatively guessed that the man had drawn the ghost card. The suspected ghost card was in Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s hand, and Ol¡¯ Chen had already started sweating from his forehead. ¡°From the beginning, Yang Song, please draw cards.¡± A command came from the loudspeaker. The girl called Yang Song had been the one who first questioned the number of people. She was probably in her twenties, and with perfect pokerfacer, she looked cold and aloof. She took a deep breath and drew a card from the person opposite her, compared it, and quickly took out two identical cards and threw them into the card pool. Her neighbor¡¯s face immediately loosened considerably, the same card had been tossed out to prove that it was not a ghost card. Then they immediately drew a card from Yang Song. The game was going fast, without anyone talking. Fang Daichuan watched everyone¡¯s expressions closely, especially when it came to Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s turn to draw a card. Everyone stared at him, and Ol¡¯ Chen chose the middle one after half a minute. His opposite clung to the card and didn¡¯t want it to be taken away by him. Ol¡¯ Chen jerked it free and his expression loosened in an instant. He looked at the card, and under everyone¡¯s gaze, threw two identical cards onto the table. Fang Daichuan let out a long sigh of relief. The game had been played for three rounds. A teenage boy who came with his mother was the first to discard all his cards. In this kind of card game, children always seem to be the luckiest, so it was unavoidable. Ding Zihui was the second one to escape. She gently placed the last two cards in her hand onto the table, her fingers still trembling, then quickly drew a cross on herself, putting her hands on her chest to pray. Anyone who¡¯s played ghost hunting knows that in this game, getting a ghost card at the beginning wasn¡¯t so bad. As the game progresses, the ghost card is easy to release, so it only becomes more exciting later. Sure enough, after two-thirds of the players had already walked away, and it was Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s turn to draw cards again. This time, the expression on his face could no longer be hidden, his face instantly turned pale. His neighbor was so excited that he was crying and was taking deep breaths to control his emotions. The ghost card had changed hands once more. Ol¡¯ Chen raised his eyes to Fang Daichuan, his hands kept moving, shuffling and reshuffling all three cards. Fang Daichuan swallowed. He still had two cards left in his hand. Ol¡¯ Chen still had three cards left. There were four people left on the table. Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s neighbor and the woman with a child both had a single card left. Fang Daichuan¡¯s fingers touched Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s cards one by one, Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s eyes moved with his fingers, his forehead covered in cold sweat. Fang Daichuan comforted himself. If I draw a ghost then I drew a ghost. Anyway, I would only go home, but the tense and anxious atmosphere on the table somehow made him unable to comfort himself. Whatever, lets just pick one. Fang Daichuan glanced to the right. The mixed-race brother named Sinian stood in the empty seat on his right, looking at him meaningfully. I¡¯ll just choose the right one! Fang Daichuan drew and put it into his hand. Three different cards, no ghosts, and no identical cards. Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression was calm, there was no joy nor annoyance, he silently expanded the cards in his hand into a fan shape and held it out to the next person. The person who originally sat next to him was Ding Zihui, who had already taken off, and the next few people had also taken off. So the next person was the young mother who brought a child with her. She was far away from him, and she probably couldn¡¯t have picked up anything from him and Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s face. It was only after two minutes of waiting and Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands were sore that she came over and drew the card in the middle. The king of hearts was drawn away. The young mother let out a sigh, fell softly on the chair, and threw the only two cards in her hand into the card pool. Only three people remained. It was time for Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s neighbor to draw cards once again. The person he was supposed to draw from had already left so according to the regulations, he had to draw one card from Fang Daichuan. He only had one card left. Fang Daichuan shuffled the cards casually, and the man started to move as he gritted his teeth. The girl beside him suddenly clutched his arm. ¡°What¡¯s wrong baby?¡± he asked. The two of them seemed to be lovers. The girl¡¯s body trembled lightly as she kissed his face, ¡°Du Wei, I give you all my luck, you must not die.¡± Seeing that, Fang Daichuan was quite speechless, this dramatic couple, acting in a reality show, but they¡¯re making it seem like it¡¯s real life and death. ¡°Hurry up!¡± Fang Daichuan impatiently offered the cards in his hands. Du Wei closed his eyes tightly and drew a card, an ace of spades, exactly the same as the card in his hand. Du Wei couldn¡¯t help but throw out the cards in his hand and kiss his girlfriend next to him fiercely. The outcome had already been decided. Fang Daichuan only had one card left. And according to the rules of the game, Ol¡¯ Chen would have to draw another card from his hand. Therefore the ghost card wouldn¡¯t move; it seemed it was destined to stay in Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s hands. Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s face was as pale as paper. He tremblingly took the card from Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand, drew out another same card and pressed it onto the table. Only the last card was left in his hand. Brother Sinian turned over that card and put it on the card pool¡ªthe ghost card. Fang Daichuan¡¯s had been tense the whole time he was playing this game so he felt extremely tired. He touched his pocket, wanting to smoke a cigarette. But remembering it was a reality show, he restrained himself. There was an eerie silence in the room. The hissing electric current from the corner of the room sounded again, ¡°The winners have been decided. It seems the ghost that got mixed up with the villagers has been found. Then after solving the ghost problem, let¡¯s officially start the game, I can¡¯t wait.¡± [Skip This For Some Mild Gore, BTW The Gore Continue Until Next Chapter] As soon as he finished speaking, there was a pause, then the staff standing behind Ol¡¯ Chen took two steps back and fired with a bang. Bright red blood and yellowish white brains splattered all over the table. The playing cards on the table were instantly soaked in blood. Fang Daichuan, who sat opposite Ol¡¯ Chen, got splattered with blood and brain on his face and chest. The liquid was still warm, scalding Fang Daichuan viciously. Fang Daichuan foolishly reached out and touched the blood on his face, and it dripped down from his trembling fingers onto the table. All he could smell was death. Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s head had completely disintegrated, his body lunging heavily forward, the mutilated half of his head crushed heavily against the ghost card in front of him. ¡°Ah!¡± Ding Zihui, who was beside Fang Daichuan, tightly squeezed her eyes shut, then looked up into the air with a scream. CH 5 APRIL 13, 2021~ 8ONI Second to bite the dust~~~ Erm, so skip from here until you see the Bold []. And yes, another death in this chapter. Told you people die left and right, but don¡¯t worry, this is still tame compared to what will coming next~~~ :evil laughter: Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind was blank. Ding Zihui¡¯s scream almost pierced his eardrums, and the stench was inside his nose, which couldn¡¯t be erased. Everyone stood up subconsciously, and the sound of stool legs scratched the floor. The sound makes people remember when the teacher accidentally scratched the blackboard with their fingernails when writing, which made the teeth aching. Only Fang Daichuan sat where he was. This is not a special effect. Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s head is not a prop carefully prepared by the props team, and the fishy smell is not the specially prepared artificial plasma. All of this is real. Ol¡¯ Chen is really dead. Dead in front of my eyes, his blood splattered in my face. Fang Daichuan could not feel his breathing, nor could he hear all the sounds from the outside world. He sat opposite the deceased and saw the blood flowing over the table, soaking all the playing cards. The ghost card is under his half-broken head, and the clown¡¯s bright red face seemed to have a weird smile on it. This is not a reality show by Huo Long Guo. Fang Daichuan finally realized that this was a real death game, and those people were holding real guns. ¡°No more games!¡± A man pushed a chair away and ran out of the house. He stumbled a bit on the road for some unknown reason. ¡°Someone is murdered! I don¡¯t want to play anymore, I don¡¯t want any money. No more games!!!¡± He yelled and ran towards the door waving his hands. Boom¨C There is another gunshot and his footsteps stopped. Fang Daichuan saw a large blood blooming out of his back. Out of inertia, he still moved forward and slammed heavily on the sturdy metal door. He fell down, head in the doorway, his fingers still twitching, and a small puddle of blood gradually seeped under his body. Ding Zihui¡¯s hand danced wildly on her chest, her eyes widened. She did not cry or scream this time. The group of people who had reacted a lot earlier did not react this time. The teenager who cried the hardest before, now, the crying stopped abruptly, he even forgot to hide his face in his mother¡¯s arms. Everyone looked at the corpse at the door with full attention. The silence is heavy. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t remember when he started approaching the corpse, he walked towards the door under the staff¡¯s gunpoints. Turns out this is how it feels like to have a dozen guns pointed at you. Fang Daichuan thought, his scalp was numb, the hairs on his body were rising, his body felt like it was densely covered with rashes, and there were tiny bugs crawling underneath the skin. There is an electricity run wildly on his body, makes him want to jump up, or shake his shoulders vigorously. He swallowed his saliva, raised his hands, and explained: ¡°I¡­ won¡¯t run, I just want to see him, I want to see if he¡­ is dead.¡± The muzzle was still firmly pointed to him, no one spoke, and no one dared to move. Not far away, Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s blood finally soaked the entire table, dripping from the edge of the table, making a sound every half a second, and then the blood started dripping more and more densely, finally turning into a whole stream of blood. Fang Daichuan¡¯s fingers touched the side of the deceased¡¯s neck lightly, and the deceased¡¯s hands were still twitching, but he couldn¡¯t feel any pulse at all. He turned his head, a cold sweat on his forehead flowing down to the corner of his eye, and he shook his head at the others. [END of Murder Stuff] Everyone finally came back to live. The child reacts first. He curled his mouth, but did not dare to cry loudly. He turned around and hugged his mother¡¯s legs, buried his head in his mother¡¯s waist, and bit the corner of her clothes. The girl who gave all the lucky value to her lover fell directly to the ground, and the boyfriend on her side put his hand through her armpit, dragging her up. ¡°Welcome everyone to the Werewolf Game,¡± the person behind the loudspeaker said while laughing, ¡°There is no retreat, no chance, no regrets.¡± The voice that has been altered by the voice changer was cold and malicious, it gives the feelings of inorganic matter, like the pupils of a snake, or the pale bones of a dead person, Fang Daichuan is trembling. The voice then said, quite embarrassingly: ¡°Now we have one less player, if I know someone will die, why should we play a game of ghost hunting? I finally made up 13 people.¡± Fang Daichuan swallowed his saliva: ¡°Who are you, and why are you killing them?!¡± ¡°Oh, you don¡¯t know? You haven¡¯t signed a contract?¡± The person stretched their voice and give low chuckle,¡±It seems that we made a mistake. You are the real ¡°ghost¡± who got into our D¨¹sterwald .¡± Clicks, the sound of bullets pushing into the barrel of the gun. Fang Daichuan is no stranger to firearms. When he was young, his parents were busy and no one supervised him. He was often taken to the police station, then either the person on duty or the logistics clerk will take care of him. He have been to the training ground when he was bored, watching his uncles and aunts* train, and he has also touched real guns. The cold black metal feels like a first-class mechanical keyboard or a computer with a metal shell. It is cold and exquisite. He doesn¡¯t feel it¡¯s terrible. Later, he joined the entertainment industry by accident. Because of his good martial art, he often acted in anti-war movies and kicked the invader¡¯s ass, he is familiar with the model guns, the blank cartridge, he has tied a blood bag on his chest, shot, fell to the ground and died. (T/N: Not real uncles and aunts, but his parent¡¯s co-worker) But it doesn¡¯t mean that, because he is used to the real thing, that when there is a gun in front of his forehead, he won¡¯t panic. The back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s shirt was already wet. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to be here,¡± Fang Daichuan took a few deep breaths, his voice still trembling, his throat was dry, he explained, ¡°I¡¯m going to participate in a reality tv show on the Huo Long Guo called ¡®Werewolf¡¯. The filming location is in Qingdao. If you don¡¯t believe me, you can search on the Internet. At this time, there should be a trailer and promotion news came out already. My plane was delayed, and the program team said that they would send a car to pick me up. I accidentally got in your car. I didn¡¯t mean it!¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know where he should look, the person who controlled his life and death was not at the scene. He should be able to see me, Fang Daichuan thought. He raised his head and looked for the camera, hoping to convey his sincere look to the people behind the scenes. The electric voice sounded indifferently: ¡± I don¡¯t care if you deliberately come in or not. Anyway, I don¡¯t have enough people. Since you are here, you have to continue playing. What is your name?¡± Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t describe his mood at that moment, as if he is a fallen magician* who made a deal with the devil, once he told his name, he would also hand over his soul. However, he is now at his wits¡¯ end, he swallows, and tells his full name: ¡°Fang Daichuan.¡± (T/N: So the raw are [·¨Ê¦, F¨£sh¨©] and dictionary gives me ¡®one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)¡¯ and when I search the picture all I got is a Monk or Exorcism Master picture from drama. But using Monk sounds ¡­ not good plus all the examples I google are using magician/mage so magician it is.) ¡°Fang Daichuan, ho ho, I wish you luck.¡±- the voice sounds as if it was a curse from hell. ¡°Little ghost, you don¡¯t understand our rules.¡± The voice unexpectedly explained to the Daichuan, ¡°Our game is fair and voluntary, oh, except for you, you poor thing. The ¡®Werewolf game¡¯ we play here is real. In this game of death, everyone who came has signed the agreement. ¡®The game has no rules. Once it starts, it can¡¯t be stopped. People who came out alive can win huge rewards, the deceased will have nothing.¡¯ You can ask them if what I said is true or not. Since you have come to D¨¹sterwald , you have to abide by the rules in the contract, if you want to win the money then survive. Isn¡¯t it a simple thing to do?¡± To Fang Daichuan¡¯s surprise, this behind-the-scenes boss explained eloquently, justifiably, and did not sound like a mad man at all. ¡ª¡ªBut nowadays, many sociopaths are looking normal from the outside. The voice laughed again and said: ¡°Is anyone else disagreeing?¡± His tone was kind, and somewhat polite and gentle, but Fang Daichuan only felt that this tone was far more scary than a threat or curse. Who would dare to object? The one who disagrees was already lying on the door, and no one dared to speak. ¡°Great, let¡¯s start drawing cards. Sinian, send the card boxes to everyone.¡± The voice became excited with obvious expectation on it, as if the person is a child about to see ants fighting, with some malicious innocence. The mixed-race brother commanded people to put the card box on the table without expression. There are a total of 13 card boxes, exquisite workmanship, square cubes, wrapped in brown leather, and four corners wrapped in brass. ¡°Everyone picks a character box at random. The 13 character boxes have the same appearance and weight. Each box has a character card and game rules. There will be four bottles of wolf poison in the werewolf box. The witch box contained a poison and an antidote. The effective time for wolf poison is half an hour, and the antidote can still work within half an hour. If it is more than half an hour, then it is game over. The witch¡¯s poison is working immediately and there is no antidote for that. I wish you all a good time.¡± The girl named Yang Song hurried forward, picked up a box and shook it. There is no sound. ¡°It is useless,¡± Fang Daichuan sighed. ¡°Since he said that the weights are equal and the appearance is the same, it must be fixed with a foam packaging. The potion and paper are fixed and stuck inside, so it can¡¯t be shaken off.¡± Yang Song didn¡¯t believe it and shook all the boxes one by one. As Fang Daichuan said, none of the boxes made a sound. She sighed, then took out a box and slumped on the chair: ¡°There is no way, live or death¡­ To each their own.¡± Compared with other crying girls, Yang Song was calm and rational. She had signed the contract earlier. Compared with Fang Daichuan, she was somewhat psychologically prepared. Everyone also reacted, rushing to grab the box, as if they were afraid that they would be left behind with a bad card. Fang Daichuan looked around, but didn¡¯t move. Ding Zihui picked a box and asked him, ¡°Why don¡¯t you pick it?¡± Fang Daichuan sighed: ¡°My luck is bad. If I pick others¡¯ leftovers, there may be a good card left. But if I pick it myself I will definitely pick a bad card. I¡¯m used to it.¡± The others have picked the box, but there is nothing to choose, just a random box. Fang Daichuan walked over, muddled between the remaining two boxes, eventually he chose one with his eyes closed. There was only the last box left on the table. ¡°There is one less person, what should we do?¡± The man laughed low, with indescribable malice in his voice, he commanded, ¡°Sinian, why don¡¯t you stay and play with them?¡± Damn it! Even wild beasts look after their young*, and a rabbit doesn¡¯t eat the grass by its own burrow**! Fang Daichuan turned his face to look at the little mixed-race brother, who also turned pale and stood motionless. Among these people in black, he was the only one who didn¡¯t hold a gun, didn¡¯t have beards and big muscles, and looked gentle, so he looks easy to bully. The foreign staff next to him pulled his collar, tore off the earphones attached to his neckline, and pointed the gun at his eyebrows. http://www.standardmandarin.com/idiom/a-tiger-though-cruel-will-not-devour-its-cubs-idiom https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E5%85%94%E5%AD%90%E4%B8%8D%E5%90%83%E7%AA%9D%E8%BE%B9%E8%8D%89 The voice continued with a laugh: ¡°Sinian, accompany the guests, be good.¡± The little brother glanced at the other players. Everyone looked at him with complicated eyes. The gaze is filled with hatred, fear and a subtle sympathy. Sinian gave up trying to resist. He raised his head and stared at the dark muzzle between his brows, bowed his head and sighed, stepped forward, his fingers shaking, and took the last box on the table. ¡°It¡¯s great, great,¡± the mad man applauded and laughed. ¡°It¡¯s soon to be dark outside. You¡¯d better find a safe place and look at your identity box. There are surprises. Oh right, everyone, in addition to the character card in the box, there is also an unmarked identity magnetic card. Remember to swipe the character card and bind your fingerprints. It will be of great use¡­. I forgot to remind you that there is active submarine volcano* near this island. After seven days, the island will be completely transformed into an island of death, enveloped in water steam, carbon dioxide, volcanic debris and lava from the underwater explosion. I will send a helicopter to pick up the winner. Remember, God only favors the wise, and only the winner will be taken away using the helicopter.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_volcano ¡°My dear guests, once again, welcome to D¨¹sterwald . Now would unrelated personnel please quickly leave, and our werewolf game can officially begin!¡± CH 6 APRIL 22, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Suriya After emitting the words ¡°Let the game begin¡±, the loudspeaker fell silent. The people in black walked backwards and out of the villa gate while holding guns toward everyone. They were probably foreign mercenary forces; the way they moved in the Z-shaped evacuation route was very professional. The last person who stayed was the one in command and before leaving, he arrogantly made a biubiubiu* gesture at them. (T/N: The ¡®biubiubiu¡¯ part is on English in raw so, imagine it yourself what gesture they made) (PR/N: I read in another novel that it¡¯s an onomatopoeia for the sound laser guns make so I imagine just moving ¡®handguns¡¯, yk, with the index finger pointed outward and the rest curled inward.) ¡°You!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s anger rose up at once and he rushed forward to fight with the offender. The mixed-race brother grabbed him. ¡°Do you have a death wish?!¡± Fang Daichuan caught a glimpse of the actual gun in the man¡¯s hand, the black metal glinted with a chilling light, and the anger in his heart was instantly extinguished. Seeing more than ten helicopters flying away, Fang Daichuan¡¯s anger not only dissipated, but his heart also instantly became cold. Everyone stayed in the hall and looked at each other, feeling lost. No one knew what to do next. The two corpses were still lying in the hall. The girls consciously shrank into a corner of the room, trying to stay as far away from the corpses as they could. Fang Daichuan glanced around but no one spoke, so he bit the bullet and comforted, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, there are still seven days left. Let¡¯s think of a way together and there will be a chance to overcome this together.¡± As he said this, he couldn¡¯t help but glance at the two corpses before turning around to reluctantly try to liven up the atmosphere. ¡°Let¡¯s get to know each other first, so¡­ how about introducing yourselves?¡± ¡°Introduce what?¡± The girl named Yang Song sneered. ¡°So that you know who¡¯s who as you die?¡± Ding Zihui stood beside her, disagreeing, ¡°What are you talking about? Do you really want to kill someone?¡± Yang Song stared at her mockingly and pointed at the two corpses. ¡°Have you seen what happened to those that resisted? You¡¯ve seen it too! Do you want that to happen to you?¡± ¡°But the people with guns have gone!¡± Ding Zihui was incredulous, and whipped around her head to stare back at Yang Song. Yang Song curled her mouth and said coldly, ¡°But they will be back in seven days. Only the winner can leave this place.¡± She was right. No one dared to refute her. Everyone glanced at each other and fell deep into their own thoughts. ¡°If everyone really wants to survive,¡± the mixed-race brother who was sitting far away from everyone suddenly interrupted, ¡°I have a way.¡± Everyone stared at him. ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that.¡± The mixed-race brother was sitting at the head of the card table, busy fiddling around with the suit, and didn¡¯t raise his head. ¡°I was also pitted. We are all in the same boat and I¡¯m just a poor man trapped in this game of death.¡± He took off his suit jacket and threw it on a chair, and then pulled on the buttons of the tight-fitting waistcoat. At the time, the weather was warm and the atmosphere was tense. After taking off his waistcoat, Daichuan saw that his back was wet. A middle-aged man was also sitting at the table. He hadn¡¯t moved at all since the first shot and he looked quite exhausted with no vigor at all. He tilted his head to look up and stared at the mixed-race brother who was currently sitting with his leg crossed. ¡°Do you know any inside information? What does the person behind the scenes want?¡± ¡°What¡¯s their intention?¡± Sinian raised the corners of his mouth, but he didn¡¯t smile.¡±The abnormal psychology of a rich man is like how some people enjoy watching football and some enjoy watching boxing. He likes the thrill of murder.¡± Fang Daichuan left Ding Zihui who was hiding behind him, and quickly asked while taking two steps forward, ¡°Earlier when you said there¡¯s a way, is it true?!¡± The mixed-race brother glanced at him, under the sunlight the light reflecting in his eyes looked like a layer of ice. ¡°This method is easy to say, but difficult to do.¡± The mixed-race brother played with the small box in his hand. ¡°What they want to see is nothing more than us taking each other out. We just do not give them what they want. We still have seven days. We get familiar with this island and then set some traps. Seven days later, when the helicopter arrives, we will fight against them. I can fly a helicopter. As long as we can get into China, these foreign mercenary forces can do nothing to us.¡± Fang Daichuan frowned after listening to his suggestion, and asked, ¡°What about you?¡± ¡°En?¡± The mixed-race brother was taken aback for a moment, staring at him suspiciously. ¡°Do you have Chinese nationality? Can you¡­ can you step into China¡¯s border?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little worried. Earlier the mixed-race brother said he had bad luck and got dragged into the situation. In fact, it is hard to say that he¡¯s really innocent. After all, he¡¯s colluded with foreign mercenaries, and only God knows whether he has any criminal record. The mixed-race brother didn¡¯t seem to have expected he would ask that question and appeared a little startled. He looked at Fang Daichuan for a while then lowered his head and said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about that¡­¡± ¡°This method is good!¡± Ding Zihui interrupted the conversation aloud, ¡°Nobody has to die! What are you waiting for?! Let¡¯s check the island tonight!¡± The mixed-race brother looked around at everyone present. Some people met his gaze and looked back at him, but some lowered their heads. ¡°For this method to take effect, I think it¡¯s better for us to destroy the identity boxes together, and not open them.¡± The mixed-race brother smiled sardonically. ¡°As long as we don¡¯t bind our fingerprints and the character card to the magnetic card and not swipe the magnetic card at the machine in the corner of the house, the system cannot determine who is who and what identity we have. There will be no estrangement nor suspicion between us.¡± A deafening silence followed. That is impossible, Fang Daichuan felt cold. No wonder he said this method is easy to say, and difficult to put into action. In fact, to put it bluntly, to break this game, only one thing is needed; trust. If everyone trusts each other and agrees not to stab anyone else in the back, they can work together to live. But even if Fang Daichuan¡¯s IQ was low, he wasn¡¯t so naive to believe these strangers who aren¡¯t involved with each other in any way can have genuine trust between each other. ¡°Okay! Let¡¯s destroy it together!¡± Ding Zihui agreed enthusiastically. But no one paid her any mind so she turned to look around and said, ¡°Say something!¡± Of course no one spoke. The couple glanced at each other, and seemed to have reached a tacit understanding. The man only replied, ¡°We need to discuss it.¡± Another middle-aged man smiled, and probingly suggested, ¡°Or, let¡¯s open the box and take a look? We at least need to know the rules.¡± ¡°Just destroy it!¡± The single mother hugged her baby, she clearly just wanted to survive. ¡°It would be the best to survive together, who cares about the game rules.¡± Yang Song pulled the corners of her mouth up to reveal a fake smile, and brazenly opened the box. Fang Daichuan sighed. He turned to look at the mixed-race brother who smiled coldly. Now that someone has opened a box, everyone no longer pretended. They opened their own character boxes one after another. Everyone glanced around warily, each occupying a corner without getting close to one another. Upon seeing this, the little lovers nodded to each other and pulled open the brass buttons on the box. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but break the brass box clasp as well. At the top was a page of jammed manuals, everyone¡¯s box should be similar. Fang Daichuan closed the box and read the rules carefully. ¡°Game rules: Please memorize your character, and then scan your character card and fingerprints into the identity card. After completing the above steps, it is best to destroy the character card to avoid leakage of character information.¡± ¡°From tonight onwards, whenever night falls, it is the werewolves¡¯ time to act. Each werewolf can use a wolf poison potion to poison a player. The werewolves do not know each other, and the wolf venom is still effective against other werewolves. The time the wolf venom needs to take effect is 30 minutes. During this period, a witch can be found wandering in the woods, and within 30 minutes of being injected with wolf poison, only the witch¡¯s antidote can cure the wolf venom. Beside the antidote, the witch also has a bottle of poison that can kill any player. The witch poison does not have a slow release time and takes effect immediately.¡± ¡°We remind you that both poison and antidote need to be injected into the player¡¯s body using a needle. The player¡¯s strength is also a relatively important factor. Villagers who have advantage in strength can have the opportunity to kill the werewolves.¡± ¡°There are more than thirty small wooden houses scattered across the island. There are identification devices in the wooden houses. The seer can use their fingerprints and their identity card to read and verify the player¡¯s identity from the machine. But there is only one chance every night.¡± ¡°When dawn comes, it¡¯s the villagers¡¯ time to act. Every eight o¡¯clock in the morning, all surviving players will gather in the lobby on the villa¡¯s first floor to vote for a werewolf, and push the guillotine. Then everyone swipes their cards in turn to identify their current roles, and Heavens will give you judgment. As long as there is a player remaining in the opposite faction, the game will continue, until otherwise and the game is over.¡± ¡°Players who do not manage to check in before eight o¡¯clock in the morning will be judged dead and will be disqualified from continuing the game. Please do not oversleep.¡± ¡°Final reminder to everyone, once the game begins, there are no rules. It can¡¯t be stopped. People who make it out alive can win huge rewards, while the deceased will lose everything. Hope you all remember. I wish you all a great game.¡± There¡¯s a smiley face at the end, a goddamn smiley face. Fang Daichuan was irritated by the mocking smiling face. He secretly opened the magnetic card with a character card buckled underneath. Fang Daichuan opened it up and saw, sure enough, he has a Lucky-E constitution, if right now he was on a live broadcast, he would be able to grab a scene with this physique! Just like what he said, the remaining card left to him by others was the witch. If he chose a card himself, he is sure would¡¯ve gotten a villager card. Two tubes of potions are stuck under the card with foam, one tube had a skull on top of the cork, and the other had an hourglass. It was made out of brass, and the carvings were quite beautiful. Sure enough, it¡¯s a madman¡¯s design, Fang Daichuan thought. These two tubes of potions gave him a bit of comfort. He did not need to be a wolf to kill others. In case someone tries to kill him, he has a chance to save himself. The tasteless role in the eyes of others was probably Fang Daichuan¡¯s most ideal role card. He looked up at the mixed-race brother, trying to figure out what role he picked, but his heart was so big that he hadn¡¯t even opened the box. Seeing his gaze, the mixed-race brother winked at him. Fang Daichuan asked with an expression:? The mixed-race brother gave him a signal with his chin. The two walked out of the villa one after the other. Fang Daichuan followed the little brother to the beach, watching the little brother sitting on a rock by the sea and holding a glass of water. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Fang Daichuan looked at the other man warily, ¡°It¡¯s not dark yet.¡± The little brother rolled his eyes at the sky, ¡°It¡¯s fine if you talk to me here. If you talk to me inside, the wolves will immediately know you are a villager.¡± Fang Daichuan was speechless, and he stammered, ¡°I-I may also be suspicious! I deliberately disguised my identity!¡± The little brother raised his eyebrows and smirked. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t dare to speak anymore. He warned himself that he should be cautious in his words and conduct, guarding against the human beings who dared to sign a contract to play this kind of game. The mixed-race brother didn¡¯t prod about his identity anymore, took a sip, put the cup aside, stretched out his right hand and said, ¡°Li Sinian.¡± It turned out that his surname was Li. Was it Lee* from a foreign country or a Chinese surname? (T/N: The Lee here is on English in raw) Fang Daichuan also stretched out his hand and shook his dry and cold fingers slightly, ¡°Fang Daichuan.¡± The two sat side by side on the reef, not talking to each other. So¡­ ¡°Why did you call me out?¡± Fang Daichuan asked, turning his head. Li Sinian lazily raised a corner of his lips. ¡°Judging from your reaction, people can see your character card written right on your face. If I don¡¯t get you out, someone might talk to you and guess what card that you got.¡± Fang Daichuan was touched. This person first tried to find a way to save everyone,then protected him. No matter what his purpose was, he wasn¡¯t a bad person. He scratched his head. ¡°It¡¯s a pity that everyone has opened their boxes. I guess it¡¯s impossible to go back together using your idea. What a pity.¡± Li Sinian smiled and shook his head. ¡°I knew it couldn¡¯t be done. Have you heard about the ¡®Prisoner¡¯s Dilemma¡¯?*¡± Li Sinian looked up at the sky. The sky and the sea in the distance were the same color, the horizon a strange black and blue. Fang Daichuan shook his head. Li Sinian explained. ¡°There are two criminals locked up for interrogation separately. Assuming both sides hold their tongue and do not disclose each other, the evidence is insufficient and both sides are only sentenced to one year. However if one tells the truth and the other conceals it, the criminal who tells the truth is acquitted and the other who conceals it is sentenced to ten years in prison. If both expose each other, they both go to prison for eight years. In this scenario, assuming that the two cannot communicate with each other in advance, and one of them is you, what would you choose?¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma A strange kind of bashfulness and contemplation appeared on Fang Daichuan¡¯s face as he thought carefully for a moment and replied truthfully, ¡°Honestly, it depends on who I was caught with.¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows. Fang Daichuan explained, ¡°If I were arrested with Xiao Zhou, I would definitely believe that she would not betray me, and she would also believe that I would not betray her. This is very simple. We will get sentenced to one year together. But if I¡¯m with smart people like you and Deng-ge, then everyone must be tacitly aware of what each other thoughts. What I¡¯m afraid of the most is getting locked up with someone I don¡¯t know who might also be a jerk, so I¡¯d prefer to be locked up with someone I know for eight years for my own security.¡± ¡°That¡¯s why I knew it couldn¡¯t be done.¡± Li Sinian smiled mockingly. ¡°Humans are selfish, especially when it comes to their own life and death. Selfishness, indifference, laziness, mutual destruction, endless desires. These are all sins everyone commits, human beings are really ugly.¡± Fang Daichuan felt a little uncomfortable hearing this. In any case, he was one of those whom the other despised and mocked, but he was more or less relieved to think the other was also an ugly human being ¡°Then why did you still suggest this method to everyone?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. ¡°Because I wanted to give everyone at least a chance to save themselves, and also a chance for myself. What a pity.¡± Li Sinian gazed at the sea in the distance. As night fell, the black waves danced and coiled around the shore, as if they were some kind of demonic creatures whose faces could not be seen in the darkness. Li Sinian smiled, finished the water in the glass, got up and left. His back seemed to be bearing a large burden, no longer as straight as before. Halfway on the patch back, he suddenly turned around and smiled at Fang Daichuan. ¡°Be careful at night, don¡¯t die on the first one.¡± Fang Daichuan sat on the reef and grinned stupidly. ¡°That won¡¯t happen. I¡¯m the protagonist and my halo is strong, even when the situation becomes critical, I will make it. It¡¯s you you should be worried about, someone like you who is very clever and has a backstory behind him. In terms of cliches, you¡¯d be the protagonist¡¯s mentor. And those characters have a mortality rate as high as 100% in comics so you have to be careful.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s face was turned away from the light so he couldn¡¯t see his expression, but he seemed to be smiling at that moment. He raised the box in his hand and shook it, then jokingly said, ¡°Maybe I am a wolf, it is hard to say.¡± ¡°We two¡­ must be crazy to insert so many death flags?¡± Fang Daichuan raised his head and laughed. ¡°I don¡¯t care what you are, I still like you, I wish you luck, a safe journey, and I hope we make it back to China alive together. When I return to China, I¡¯ll invite you over to drink.¡± Li Sinian smiled and waved his hand, and saying nothing, just turned and left. Fang Daichuan shouted, ¡°Hey! Your reaction is not a good sign!¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice came from afar, holding a languid air, ¡°You can say that when you manage to go back alive, you fool*!¡± (T/N: And now we are entering the first night~~~ So I have put the roles and rules used in this novel on TOC but you can read it at) CH 7 APRIL 22, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Emnisee Fang Daichuan stood at the beach and while smoking a cigarette, he tore his character card to pieces and threw it into the sea. Then he slowly got up and walked back. While walking he pulled out the two potions from the box and stuffed them into his pocket. When he returned to the hall, the atmosphere was a little tense. He reflexively went to Li Sinian. Li Sinian noticed his gaze and smiled at him. The box in his hand disappeared, and he was holding a magnetic card in his palm, so he must have seen his character card along the way. ¡°How is it? Have you come up with anything?¡± Fang Daichuan stood by the door unwilling to go in. The two corpses were still lying inside. There was a strong smell of blood and a light scent of corpses lingering in the air, which made people a little nauseous. Ding Zihui hurried to his side, ¡°You are back, we are discussing what to do with those two¡­two corpses.¡± Fang Daichuan nodded, ¡°Have you come up with anything?¡± ¡°We will go to the beach to dig a hole and bury them.¡± Ding Zihui looked at Fang Daichuan. Yang Song sneered coldly ¡°If you have time for that, why don¡¯t you just cut a tree and run away from this island?¡± Ding Zihui¡¯s eyes turned red in an instant, but her mouth was not as vicious as Yang Song, so she could only curse weakly: ¡°How can you¡­ how can you be like this!¡± The little girl hadn¡¯t learned any curse words, so she was unconvincing while cursing. She can only repeat over and over again ¡°how can you act like that, you can¡¯t act this way.¡± ¡°It¡¯s better to bury them.¡± Li Sinian suddenly said, his accomplices were too deeply rooted in everyone¡¯s heart, so as soon as he spoke, nobody dared to speak anymore, and they all looked back at him with a conditioned reflex. Fang Daichuan feels a little puzzled, from what Li Sinian showed so far, he didn¡¯t seem to be a busybody and had a respect for the dead character. Sure enough, Li Sinian explained: ¡°You must follow the rules. We have to go back here every morning at 8 o¡¯clock. Now it is so hot, and if the two corpses are left like that they will start to rot. The smell or the flies is a trivial matter, but if it brings disease it will be troublesome.¡± Hearing that, even the cynic Yang Song had no room for objections. Everyone agreed to go to the beach to dig a hole and bury the two bodies on the spot. You can guess who will have to carry the corpse. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t want to remember how he walked towards the beach with the corpse on his back. He had acted as a corpse countless times during acting, but he really did not expect that one day he would be on a deserted island carrying a real corpse on his back, while waiting for the others to dig and bury the corpse. ¡ª¡ªNo, two corpses. A corpse is actually much heavier than a person. Don¡¯t they say that a person will be 19* grams lighter after death? Why do he feel like it is actually 19 catty* heavier on his back? Fang Daichuan had such a wild thought as he walked, forcing himself to ignore the stiff body behind him. The body still has residual warmth, lying on his back. When walking, the fingers of the corpse would keep hitting his calf. He always felt that the next moment he would be patted on the shoulder by the corpse and then bitten on the neck. Fang Daichuan shuddered, and he moved faster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment (T/N: Ok, so the 19 is exactly like that on raw. But when I google, it is actually 21 grams, you can read more about it on link above) Are they going to die? The others had dug the hole, Fang Daichuan put Ol¡¯ Chen in, and couldn¡¯t help thinking, would everyone die? Will I die too? How many people will die in these seven days? He stood in front of the simple tomb, not feeling sad, but he wanted to laugh. While the others were immersed in this sorrowful sentiment, frowning or thinking about their own survival. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind was full of snowflakes, and he only felt that his feet did not touch the ground, as if he was floating. This kind of non-reality absurdity made him think sarcastically. Everyone might as well dig their own grave now, so that you don¡¯t have to trouble others when you die. Each one digs one hole, no need to fight or grab another¡¯s place, there is plenty of space around. Dig the holes in a row, just walk over and lie down before you die. The wind on the beach is getting stronger, and the sky has become dark. From this angle, the rising moon couldn¡¯t be seen, nor can you see the horizon where the sea and the sky meet. Everything looked dark and terrifying. This is now the werewolf¡¯s time. It¡¯s funny how everyone is just standing on the beach and looking at each other. Fang Daichuan stood on a reef and looked at them. He felt that they were like the first time sex worker, cowering and embarrassed to face a fully exposed pe*is. Everyone has come from a civilized society, and encountering such a change in one day, there is still a sense of morality in their heart, and no matter how much they are longing to survive, they can¡¯t easily kill people. So the atmosphere at the beach fell into a tacit embarrassment, and no one was brave enough to say: ¡°Okay, everyone should start running and kill, let¡¯s start the death game.¡± (T/N: Thank you to thisworldofmine1 for the help) There was silence for a while, and an uncle in his fifties shivered and said, ¡°Or¡­ Let¡¯s follow the little brother¡¯s method. Destroy the card and let¡¯s wait for the plane to pick us up.¡± Everyone looked at each other, and no one wanted to talk first. This is the so-called prisoner¡¯s dilemma* Fang Daichuan lowered his head and sighed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma ¡°I am Li Sinian,¡± Li Sinian said, ¡°Stop calling me little brother all the time.¡± Normally when someone introduces themself everyone should start introducing themselves, but the others seemed to have no intention of telling their names. The uncle looked very courageous: ¡°What do you say? We have to get a plan, we can¡¯t really kill people!¡± Ding Zihui on the side hurriedly agreed: ¡°That¡¯s right, let¡¯s just do that. Werewolves aren¡¯t allowed to kill anyone, and we don¡¯t vote during the day. Let¡¯s live together to the end!¡± ¡°Yes, yes, let¡¯s live together!¡± Everyone nodded in response, whether they truly believed in it or not, and there was joy and relief on their faces. Fang Daichuan suggested: ¡°Since everyone has decided, we should go back to the villa tonight. Didn¡¯t that person say that there are volcanoes on this island, and there may be animals in the woods, so it is better to live in the villa.¡± The island is a bit cold at night, and although it is already summer, the high temperature is swept away by the waves, and the wind is salty and cold. Fang Daichuan¡¯s luggage was left at the airport, and without Xiao Zhou he couldn¡¯t change his clothes. During the day, he was sweating, and his clothes were stained with blood on both sides, on his chest and back. Fang Daichuan lowered his head and sniffed himself only to feel that he was emitting a strange smell all over his body, which was unpleasant. The faint smell of corpses mixed together with the smell of blood and sweat. I don¡¯t know how Xiao Zhou is doing now, Fang Daichuan thought, has she realized that something is wrong? Will you call the police for me? At least, I¡¯m a little star, so there should be some pressure from public opinion when I disappear inexplicably? He sat on the steps in front of the villa, lit a cigarette, and stared at the strangely shaped woods in the distance. ¡°Go in and sit down,¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice came from behind, ¡°It is cold outside.¡± Fang Daichuan raised the cigarette in his hand to signal that it was not convenient for him to enter the room. Maybe it is because Deng-ge is too strict but Fang Daichuan pays great attention to this aspect. He never smokes indoors and never litters his cigarette butts. He treats the service staff more politely than everyone. In the words of Deng-ge, ¡°If you don¡¯t pay attention now, it will come back in the future as a dark history.¡± Li Sinian thought for a while, and handed Fang Daichuan a coat, from his previous black suit. The material was very good. Fang Daichuan took it and wanted to put it on his body, and then lowered his head to see his bloodstained body. After hesitating for a while, he still did not wear it on his upper body and just held it in his hand. Li Sinian sensed his hesitation and stretched out his right hand to him: ¡°come on, let¡¯s go to the villa and look for it. No luggage is allowed for seven days. There must be clothes and water in the villa.¡± Fang Daichuan put out his cigarette butt and was pulled up from the ground by him. Li Sinian¡¯s fingers on his wrist were cold, and he had a dry touch. The villa was terribly quiet. Everyone took a room on the second floor, so if something happened, everyone could come out and solve it together. The two people walked up the dark corridor on the second floor. Fang Daichuan somehow imagined that a door would suddenly open, and a man with a wolf head would rush over to bite him. Fang Daichuan touched his waist pocket with the two potions stuffed in it, which made him feel a little safer. There was no one living on the third floor. Compared to the breathing sound from the various rooms downstairs, the third floor was quiet and there was no sound. The structure of this villa is very peculiar. The first floor is very high and it is a big ballroom. The second floor is the guest rooms. The third floor seems to be arranged as an activity room. The doors on both sides of the corridor are closed. Fang Daichuan pushed forward but the iron doors did not move. ¡°This is an electronic lock,¡± Li Sinian frowned and looked at the doorknob. ¡°You have to swipe the card to get in. Why don¡¯t we try to swipe the ID card?¡± Fang Daichuan touched the cold iron door. There were four rooms, way less than the 13 rooms on the second floor. He estimated that each room should be much larger than the second floor rooms. ¡°Forget it,¡± Fang Daichuan thought of the two gunshots today, feeling a lingering fear, ¡°Do you remember what was written in the rule manual? There are a lot of surprises here. Who knows what¡¯s behind the door, maybe when it opens, it will be a machine gun that fires automatically.¡± The two wandered up to the fourth floor. The fourth floor is an empty open space, not well decorated, like a parking lot. It is probably very suitable for tearing up nameplates. Fang Daichuan thought, if he hadn¡¯t gotten into the wrong car, he might have been eating seafood and drinking beer in Qingdao after tearing up nameplates. But instead he ended up in this shitty place. He doesn¡¯t know if he will ever get to eat seafood and drink beer again. When he looks at his current blood-covered situation, that kind of worldly enjoyment seems to be so far away. Thinking of that, Fang Daichuan smashed the pillar depressedly. The pillar made a ¡®thud¡¯ sound. Fang Daichuan quickly turned his head and glanced at Li Sinian. The innermost pillar was bigger than the others. Li Sinian smashed the pillar next to it. There was no sound, proof that it was solid. The two looked at each other. Fang Daichuan concentrated all his energy and kicked. The pillar wrapped in the simple board shattered and made a very loud sound. There was a large box inside, which was tightly sealed with tape. Fang Daichuan used both hands and mouth, scratched with his nails and bit with his teeth, sweating all over but did not manage to take it apart. It was their big crash that disturbed the people downstairs. Ding Zihui was the first to rush up. When the girl chose her room, she deliberately chose the door next to Fang Daichuan. She was very anxious when she heard the commotion and didn¡¯t see Fang Daichuan. ¡°What are you doing?! Such a loud sound scared me to death!¡± Ding Zihui¡¯s eyes widened. Fang Daichuan raised his head from the big box and spit out the scotch tape, making him grin, ¡°We found a box and wanted to open it, but I have no knife.¡± While they were talking, other people rushed up, a disheveled uncle coming up, his beer belly peeking outside his shirt, his head was sweaty, and he asked: ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Someone¡¯s dead?!¡± Yang Song was the last one to arrive late, pulling on her shawl as she walked. She carefully assessed the situation, took a step forward, and stood in front of Fang Daichuan. She was wearing slippers, the back of her feet was so white and she was wearing burgundy nail polish, which made Fang Daichuan feel a little embarrassed. ¡°Let me do it,¡± Yang Songman pulled her shawl away carelessly, ¡°When it comes to unboxing, you are not as professional as we are.¡± Ding Zihui hurriedly smiled and said: ¡°Yes, yes, we girls are professional in unboxing by hand!¡± Then she squatted down to help. There was also the little couple who came up together. Didn¡¯t know what they were doing, but their eyes were red, and they were cuddling tightly. Maybe it¡¯s because they just got through a life and death situation together, and the feelings have heated up sharply. The girl glanced at her boyfriend and also came up to help. ¡°Buddy, you are so lucky!¡± The boy seemed to be at most twenty years old and still in college. He propped his knees and looked at Fang Daichuan who was squatting on the ground. ¡°You can find treasure chests casually, it¡¯s awesome. ¡° Fang Daichuan could only smile wryly. The three girls quickly dismantled the box. Sure enough, as Li Sinian said, inside was a box of clothes and water. The styles of the clothes are simple and they are all standard sizes. Fang Daichuan took a T shirt, took off his clothes and put on the T shirt. Beautiful lines of muscles flashed across everyone¡¯s pupils. Li Sinian originally thought that exposing his muscles was not good, he should hide it. But, he thought this way he could intimidate others so that nobody won¡¯t dare to touch him, so he didn¡¯t stop him. ¡°The stuff inside the box is prepared based on the number of people. If we don¡¯t follow the rules, the water is definitely not enough. Everyone should save a little. If it is not enough, I will think of other ways.¡± Li Sinian bent over to lift the box and walk downstairs, ¡°Get everyone up, it¡¯s almost dawn, let¡¯s divide this.¡± Everyone rushed down and called for others. Fang Daichuan followed Li Sinian, holding his coat in his hand. ¡°Can I trust you?¡± Fang Daichuan looked at his back, suddenly stopped, and asked aloud. Li Sinian turned around and solemnly told him: ¡°On this island, don¡¯t trust anyone easily.¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his eyes: ¡°Do you include yourself?¡± ¡°Especially me.¡± Li Sinian smiled at him and went downstairs with the box. CH 8 APRIL 23, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Jue The night on the island was very quiet, for people who used to live in the city, with all the hustle and bustle, suddenly facing such a difference, they were bound to feel uncomfortable. Especially Fang Daichuan, his occupation forced him to work 24 hours a day, all year around, and when he got busy, he couldn¡¯t even tell the difference between night and day. Occasionally, when he had a few days off, he called his friends to drink and sing or play cards, since doing such entertainment and social activities were also a part of his daily work. If he suddenly had a vacation on the island, Fang Daichuan would definitely sleep in his room for seven days and seven nights. It was a pity this island was not a tourist attraction, but an abyss that devoured human lives. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. The long table in the lobby on the first floor was full. Li Sinian sat in the corner with his legs crossed and head lowered, while he was playing with his identity magnetic card. The corner of the magnetic card was located between his hand and the tabletop. Yang Song was sitting in the top position, grinding her nails. Her mango-colored nails were now bitten because she was anxious. The little lovers were still sitting together. Fang Daichuan held the cardboard box while Ding Zihui distributed clothes and water to everyone. It might seem a lot, but in fact they were not much. Fang Daichuan only got three bottles of mineral water and two packs of compressed biscuits. The girls got a little bit more, but it was still not enough to cover their meals for seven days and nights. Four or five people did not come down, Fang Daichuan put their share in front of their empty seats. A middle-aged uncle looked at the T-shirt assigned to him and looked down at his figure grimacing, and said, ¡°The hospitality is not good, is there no larger size?¡± This uncle looked like a successful person, even when he was only wearing a shirt and trousers, when he was solemn like that, he looked imposing. He might have been a good-looker with a nice figure in his youthful times, but he was not young anymore. It was a bit difficult to fit into this tight-fitting T-shirt. Fang Daichuan remembered him, he was quite calm during the day. Unlike the others, he did not seem to be easy to provoke. ¡°There is no large size, they are all the same size,¡± Li Sinian raised his eyelids and glanced at the man. ¡°You have to make do with it.¡± The big boss didn¡¯t move much during the day so his white shirt was clean, forget the blood stains, he didn¡¯t even sweat, thus he didn¡¯t need much clothes. He looked around and looked at Yang Song who was sitting on the top: ¡°Girl, what is your name?¡± Yang Song was not in any mood, so she raised her head and uttered two words: ¡°Yang Song.¡± ¡°Oh, my name is Du Chaosheng,¡± Boss Du smiled slightly, with a shrewd look on his face, ¡°Look, girl, we have to stay on this island for seven days. You can¡¯t change clothes only once for seven days. Right? I can¡¯t wear this shirt anyway. How about I exchange it for a bottle of water with you?¡± The little couple was cuddling tightly, but the boy looked up when he heard Boss Du say this. Fang Daichuan was opposite him and saw it. How to explain the look in his eyes.. there was a kind of strange concentration and thinking. When he found the box just now, the boy squatted on the ground and joked with him a few times. He looked just like an ordinary person, he did not look like someone who was hostile to others. He wouldn¡¯t have guessed Boss Du¡¯s role just by relying on what Boss Du said, right? Fang Daichuan guessed a terrible possibility. He recalled what Boss Du said, but he didn¡¯t have the slightest clue. As a girl, Yang Song received more bottles of water and a packet of biscuits than men. After hearing this, she looked up at the white T-shirt, sneered, and said to Boss Du, ¡°I¡¯m not sure if I can live for seven days and seven nights. This deal is not good for me.¡± Boss Du looked like he wanted to say more. The little couple looked at each other when they heard the words. The girl turned her head and said to Boss Du, ¡°Then, shall we change it with you?¡± The pair shared their water together, which somehow made them look like they were planning to live and die together. It turned out they just needed the shirt! Fang Daichuan was relieved. If these people actually had high IQ and were not in the same range with him at all, then this game was really impossible to play for him. Boss Du was stunned for a moment but didn¡¯t care much. He pushed the shirt to the two of them, and said with a smile: ¡°How do I call you two?¡± The boy stuffed a bottle of water into the opponent¡¯s hand, without raising his face, and said coldly: ¡°Du Wei, her name is Chen Hui.¡± The atmosphere in the lobby became a bit awkward. Yang Song was bewildered and said coldly, ¡°You need an extra set of clothes for seven days? What do you plan to do? Such a waste of clothes.¡± Didn¡¯t know what Chen Hui was thinking, but her face flushed, she looked up at Yang Song and retorted: ¡°No! We thought Li Sinian¡¯s idea was pretty good. We thought of going around checking on the island. We think we might not be able to come back early the next morning, so we need to prepare an extra piece of clothing.¡± Yang Song pulled the corner of his mouth: ¡°Yes, yes, that¡¯s what you said.¡± Chen Hui wanted to say more, but Du Wei next to her pulled her arm. Sitting on the other side of the table was another middle-aged man, in his fifties, flinching and being unable to sit upright. He was shorter than boss Du and he was clearly out of shape. He came out anxiously, and his shirt was not properly buttoned. His middle-aged spread was on the edge of the table, he was looking a little embarrassed. ¡°Neither do I, I can¡¯t put it on either. Look, can anyone trade with me?¡± The beer belly smiled and rubbed his bare forehead with a handkerchief as he spoke. No one cared about him. Yang Song snorted, and took a sip of water. The couples were getting tired, and Chen Hui tilted her head on Du Wei¡¯s shoulder, holding his earlobe in her hand and whispered sweet words of love. The beer belly put down his T-shirt. Ding Zihui might be afraid of others coveting her things. She picked up her share and smiled: ¡°I will put these in the room first, Fang Daichuan, do you want to go back to the room to sleep?¡± She might be a little scared, so she wanted to encourage Fang Daichuan to go up too, so she had a companion. Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian. Li Sinian chuckled: ¡°She is asking you, why are you looking at me? Are you going to sleep with me tonight?¡± Fang Daichuan instantly blushed. The speaker was unintentional but the listener was willing. Ding Zihui¡¯s face turned red all of a sudden, she realized what she said just now was indeed a bit wrong, as if she was inviting others to sleep together. She turned and ran up to the second floor quickly. Li Sinian sat in the corner with his chin resting on his right hand, deep in thought. Fang Daichuan watched the girl running up to the second floor from the back, sat down beside Li Sinian, resting his chin on the table. ¡°The blood on it hasn¡¯t been cleaned yet.¡± Li Sinian glanced at him, mocking. Fang Daichuan immediately sat up with a straight back, his expression was indescribable, a mix of disgust and fear. Li Sinian chuckled and laughed: ¡°I lied to you! It didn¡¯t splash here.¡± Fang Daichuan gave him a resentful look. ¡°So what is everyone waiting for?¡± Fang Daichuan asked with a frown as he couldn¡¯t understand the plot. Li Sinian glanced upstairs and lightly smiled: ¡°Waiting for a show.¡± ¡°???¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face showed a questioning look. ¡°What do you mean?¡± As if responding to him, there was a scream coming from upstairs. Hearing the girl¡¯s voice, Fang Daichuan jumped up from his seat, and quickly ran up the stairs. He met Ding Zihui at the end of the corridor on the second floor, and the girl slammed right into him. The girl was so frightened that she screamed and waved her arms desperately in the air. When she saw Fang Daichuan¡¯s face, instead of feeling relieved, she fiercely struggled, wanting to get past him to escape downstairs. ¡°Calm down!¡± Fang Daichuan got hit several times by her. With a frown between his eyebrows, he tried to calm her down and he said with a soothing voice, ¡°Calm down, girl, what are you doing?¡± Ding Zihui looked up at him blankly for two seconds, then looked back at the empty corridor. The large French windows were open, the curtains were blown up by the wind, and one of the tassels on the corner of the curtains was lying in the dark corridor. Her share of drinking water and biscuits were all over the floor, and the white T-shirt was thrown on the ground, looking as if a person was crawling. The girl jerked and her body slowly softened, Fang Daichuan pressed against her and could feel the other side¡¯s body muscles softening a little. He hurriedly reached out to stop her, half-supporting, half-hugging, and pulled her to the corner. ¡°Want to¡­ do you want to go down?¡± Fang Daichuan asked, ¡°There is light downstairs, you might feel better.¡± Ding Zihui waved his hand, broke free of his support, squeezing the brass handrail of the stairs with one hand and holding her leg with the other, her eyes warily fixed on his face. Fang Daichuan raised his head and let out a sigh of relief, raised his hands reluctantly, and motioned: ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, I won¡¯t hurt you. What happened to you?¡± As he was talking, there was a sound from the stairs, Du Wei and Chen Hui ran up from downstairs. After a while, Yang Song followed, probably because she felt it was more dangerous for her to be with three male strangers downstairs. The girls helped Ding Zhui. Seeing there were more people, Ding Zihui became slightly relaxed. Yang Song looked impatient, but she still gave Ding Zihui a bottle of water, and unscrewed the bottle cap for her: ¡°What happened?! What made you scream like that?¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t notice Ding Zihui¡¯s hands were shaking. Now that she was holding the water bottle, Fang Daichuan discovered her trembling hands as she spilled several sips of water, which made Yang Song feel distressed. She stared blankly at the empty corridor, swallowed two sips of water nervously, took a few deep breaths, and then said, ¡°Just now, when I came upstairs, someone was hiding behind the curtain¡­¡­¡± She pointed to the flying curtains, her face full of horror, and shuddered when she thought of what just happened, ¡°I am not very sure, it felt like a needle pierced my arm.¡± When she turned her arm, everyone saw a bright red scratch on her forearm. Immediately there was silence. Only the breathing of several people could be heard, and someone swallowed their throat and gulped which caused a loud sound. Yang Song trembled. ¡°Did you see who it was?¡± Ding Zihui cried and shook her head: ¡°No, I was so scared, I pulled my arms, turned around and ran away. Will I die, am I going to die?! Who is the witch? Please, give me the antidote!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s chest felt tight. Li Sinian¡¯s voice came from below: ¡°Don¡¯t panic, let me see.¡± Following him, Boss Du and the sweaty beer belly followed. Everyone looked nervous. Ding Zihui looked like she just saw a saviour and stretched out her arm to show it to Li Sinian. Li Sinian leaned close and touched with his fingers to take a closer look. The scar was very long, but very shallow, only scratching the outermost layer of skin and exuding some tiny blood beads. ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± Li Sinian took a closer look. His skin temperature was very low, and Ding Zihui unconsciously shivered, ¡°Nothing will happen without the injection.¡± As he spoke, he pressed Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand in a calm manner, and Fang Daichuan¡¯s right hand was about to reach into his waist pocket. (T/N: And here it is, the updated picture because now we know two more names) CH 9 APRIL 28, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Jue ¡°What¡¯s the matter? What are you all talking about?¡± The door on the second floor opened silently, and a figure stood behind the door. She was wearing the white halter-night dress that had been allotted to her room, a silk dress with little elasticity wrapped around her delicate figure, revealing only a little bulging and flabbiness in her waist and belly that could be seen as a sign of having given birth. The child stood behind his mother, poked his head from behind his mother¡¯s legs, rubbed his eyes, and looked well-behaved. Li Sinian straightened up and explained: ¡°Since you are awake, come down to the meeting. It seems that nobody will be able to sleep tonight. Someone has already been attacked.¡± Du Wei went up to knock on the doors, and woke up everyone. The two girls helped Ding Zihui go downstairs, and the others expressed they would go back to their room and put down their biscuits and clothes. Yang Song stared at these people as they walked into the room one by one, her face was a little pale, and she was uncharacteristically silent. ¡°What do you think?¡± Li Sinian followed Fang Daichuan into the room, opened a bottle of ice water, and pushed it to Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan stared at the shadow on the bedside, then shook his head slightly: ¡°I don¡¯t have any thoughts, to be honest, I¡¯m still processing everything that happened, I still can¡¯t understand what is going on.¡± Li Sinian smiled bitterly and shook his head. ¡°If you have anything you want to say, just say it directly.¡± Fang Daichuan stared at him. ¡°Actually, there are three possibilities,¡± Li Sinian drank water and said, ¡°The first is that Ding Zihui was really attacked. When she was attacked, the two of us, Yang Song, Du Wei, Chen Hui, boss Du and the beer belly were in the lobby on the first floor. In other words, there is at least one werewolf among the five people on the second floor, and that person had tried to murder someone. Let¡¯s rule out the child first, even if he has courage and IQ, he is not tall enough to hurt Ding Zihui, so the rest are four adults.¡± Fang Daichuan blinked, raised his head and frowned for a while, then nodded: ¡°I think you are right.¡± How could he be so cute? Li Sinian couldn¡¯t stop himself from smiling: ¡°Nonsense, anyone with a brain can think of it.¡± ¡°What about the other possibilities?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. ¡°Second, this play was directed and acted by Ding Zihui. There was no other werewolf at all. Ding Zihui is a wolf. She cut her arm when no one was around.¡± Li Sinian said, the light was on him. A shadow was cast under his straight nose, making the lips look particularly thin and gloomy. Fang Daichuan shook his head: ¡°No. Don¡¯t forget, she invited me to come with her when she went upstairs. What if I agreed? She would have no chance to use this trick. And when I rushed up, she was really scared. The pupils were dilated, her muscles were very stiff and she could barely stand. This kind of act, only a few professional actors can do.¡± Li Sinian nodded: ¡°It is reasonable, you pass*.¡± (T/N: The pass are on English in raw) ¡°Is it that simple to convince you?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little surprised, he scratched his head, ¡°I don¡¯t even trust myself.¡± Li Sinian felt embarrassed, brought his fist to his chin and coughed, then said with a smile: ¡°Actually, while I was checking her wound, I touched her waist and thighs. All the pockets are flat. There was nothing bulging up. There was no needle or poison. When I saw it, the wound was still bleeding. If she cut herself and then disposed of the needle, then such a small wound should stop bleeding.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face changed: ¡°You touched a girl¡¯s waist and thighs?!!!¡± Li Sinian¡¯s face was calm, and he comforted him: ¡°It was a special circumstance, I had no other thoughts. My hands were so light that the other party wouldn¡¯t notice it.¡± ¡°You can do something like that?¡± Fang Daichuan had a look of disbelief. Li Sinian raised his right eyebrow: ¡°I practiced. My family¡¯s situation¡­ is complicated. When I was a child, I had to join a scam gang, specializing in gathering children, letting them beg, petty theft, etc. There was a master who taught me the technique.¡± Li Sinian talked like he didn¡¯t care, but Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t tell whether he was bluffing or if it was real. However, a young man with a healthy body and an attractive face, instead of looking for a decent job, got involved with the mercenaries and did illegal things. Thinking about it, he clearly did not come from a decent family. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind spontaneously made up a plot worthy of a blockbuster film. ¡°What is the last possibility?¡± Fang Daichuan knew a mentor role* like this usually had some miserable childhoods he didn¡¯t want to recall so he tried to divert the topic. (T/N: Lol, Chuan¡¯er still thinks Sinian as his mentor XD ) Li Sinian was silent. He stood by the window and listened to the wind blowing for a while, the wind carrying the sound of the waves, and there was a peculiar smell from the sea, the smell of death from the microorganisms that were thriving and decaying. After a while, he sat back next to Fang Daichuan and whispered: ¡°There is another possibility. I don¡¯t want to say it and I don¡¯t even want to think about it. But if I guess it right, I¡¯m afraid what happened before¡­ is not a good thing.¡± He turned his head and looked at the door. Fang Daichuan¡¯s room was on the outermost side, and outside the door was the place where Ding Zihui was attacked. Li Sinian stared at the door, speaking slowly, ¡°Do you really believe there was someone else at the second floor corridor at that time?¡± Hearing what he said, Fang Daichuan¡¯s imagination started to run wild, and he got goosebumps all over his body: ¡°You, talk straight, don¡¯t use rhetoric to exaggerate the atmosphere, OK? I¡­Although I am big, I have small courage!¡± This is true. Since he was a child, Fang Daichuan¡¯s courage was as big as a cherry. He was okay playing a roller coaster or any other adrenaline attraction. But for anything supernatural, he was scared to death. When he was in college, he was ridiculed by his roommates because of that. One time everyone huddled down to watch ghost movies, but because it was a domestic ghost movie, there were no ghosts on it, so they used collective sleepwalking and hysteria. Everyone was gone halfway, brushing their teeth, washing their faces, chattering and farting. Only Fang Daichuan climbed down tremblingly, turned off the computer, and said with a mournful face: ¡°I can¡¯t finish watching it. I will be too scared to go to the toilet at night.¡± After hearing Li Sinian, Fang Daichuan remembered the fear that once dominated him. He jumped into bed decisively, pulled up the quilt neatly, wrapping himself in a comical look and leaned his back firmly against the wall. Then, he nodded and signaled: ¡°You, you go on. Please give me some warning when you are about to get to the point, I will recite the core values ?first ?to protect my body.¡± The atmosphere that Li Sinian had made was completely gone. He sighed, retracted his gaze, and sat down on Fang Daichuan¡¯s bed, leaning beside him on the head of the bed, and said flatly: ¡°I mean, there is a possibility Ding Zihui had discussed with the other wolf. So she deliberately asked you to go up with her. It could be that she planned to get you as a witness, or maybe¡­ it was to kill you?¡± When he said the last word, a gust of wind came in from outside the window, and Fang Daichuan jumped up from the mattress. ¡°I don¡¯t know if you have read any book in Golden Age of Detective Fiction*, but there is a professional term called multiple answers. In fact, all reasoning is a backtracking of events as they progress through, based on how things eventually present themselves, so there is such a thing as the possibility of two completely different facts, yet presenting the same result in the end in different ways. We extrapolated backwards from the final result, and we got into two completely different kinds of backtracking.¡±Li Sinian explained, ¡°What we have seen so far is that Ding Zhui tried to call up you to go to the second floor with her, Ding Zhui was attacked, we ran up and didn¡¯t see any figures, and there was no trace on the floor. Extrapolating backwards from that, there would be two very different paths. If it was just a game of deduction, I would try to test Ding Zhui¡¯s true identity, however in a real game of death, I dare not take a gamble.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fiction ¡°Then why do you think¡­this is not a good thing?¡± Fang Daichuan repeated Li Sinian¡¯s remarks just now. He was still brooding about this matter. In his opinion, if there was someone who had the most behind-the-scenes information and knew the whole thing best, it was undoubtedly Li Sinian, who had been on the boss¡¯ side. Not to mention the boss somehow seemed to be affectionate towards him. If even he felt ¡°not a good thing¡±, Fang Daichuan might really have a psychological breakdown. ¡°I¡¯m not sure, it¡¯s just a feeling that neither side is relying on it.¡± Li Sinian exhaled, ¡°Now there is neither evidence to prove that Ding Zihui is a wolf, nor evidence to overturn this conjecture. I am afraid there is only one way. Only death can prove one¡¯s innocence.¡± ¡°Actually, I have guessed the werewolf might do something. I didn¡¯t expect them to be so impatient. They all said everyone was going to live together, and how could the werewolves have no other ideas in their heart? After seven days, as long as there are more villagers than werewolves, the system will automatically determine that the villagers will win. At that time, if the boss wants to kill all the wolves with a bullet, can you guess how many people will actually stand for the werewolves? How many people can really resist the boss?¡± Li Sinian smiled sarcastically. ¡°Ding Zihui may or may not be a wolf. That is not important. The important thing is that the one who is the most anxious now must be the wolf. Do the wolves have any method that can bypass us, test each other covertly and confirm the identity of their accomplices? This is what I fear the most.¡± Fang Daichuan shrank into the corner. ¡± If there is no cover-up or concealment, that¡¯s okay, but the werewolves will definitely try their best to confirm their companions. Once they succeed, we might not have any advantage in the first few nights, and as the game progresses, people will be separated and the hearts will be full of suspicion. The chance of winning is too small. Will there be any villagers who don¡¯t want to die and therefore find a replacement for them? Think about it. After all, in the game, even if you get taken out, as long as your teammate survives, everyone can win in the end. But in the real world, even if your team wins, if you die, you die.¡± Fang Daichuan shuddered. On the first night, everyone was able to calm down. Later, with more deaths, more people would not trust each other since no one wants to die. This is the real prisoner¡¯s dilemma*. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart went cold in an instant. To live. That was the best reason to kill each other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma After about twenty minutes, everyone changed and gathered downstairs. After encountering such a thing, the atmosphere changed a little bit. Everyone looked at each other more carefully. Thirteen pairs of eyes floated up and down above the long table. Occasionally when they met, they quickly averted their eyes. ¡°Won¡¯t anyone explain? What¡¯s going on?¡± A woman asked. She was about 60 years old. At this age, the skin at the end of her eyes had already been weighed down, and her arms had lost elasticity. Some of the details around her eyes couldn¡¯t be concealed even by medical wonder and makeup. Fang Daichuan briefly explained the situation. Ding Zihui held his arm to one side in a daze, and didn¡¯t listen at all. ¡°So when the incident happened, were you in your room? Did you hear anything?¡± Fang Daichuan casually asked. ¡°What does this mean?!¡± A man frowned, dissatisfied. ¡°Are you doubting us?¡± Fang Daichuan stared at him and said, ¡°Yes. In any case, the wolf is among you. When the girl was attacked, the rest of us were on the first floor. Don¡¯t you also think you yourself are suspicious?¡± The man patted the table, wanted to say something but he swallowed the words back when he saw Fang Daichuan¡¯s muscles. The old lady, however, knowing that with her age, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t do anything to her, sneered: ¡°It¡¯s possible that we have wolves among us. But just because you are innocent this time, it does not mean you will be next time.¡± That is the truth, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t refute it. Then, another person suggested: ¡°Let¡¯s search.¡± He was in his forties and had a very gentle temperament. He was still calm even when he was woken up in the middle of the night. He wisely suggested: ¡± Why don¡¯t we search everyone¡¯s body and everyone¡¯s room? That way, if someone has an injection on them, they are guilty.¡± Fang Daichuan was going to agree, but Li Sinian stomped on his feet, making him tremble with pain. Fortunately, he was born as an actor. He managed his expression well, but a drop of cold sweat fell on the table. He turned his head to look at Li Sinian, who moved his eyes left and right slightly. Fang Daichuan looked at the table again, and sure enough, no one spoke; no one agreed nor no one refuted. Everyone stared at the table in front of them as if they heard nothing. I am really too simple, Fang Daichuan broke out in cold sweats at this time. Each one of them is on guard. He now understood. Of course, werewolves were unwilling and the villagers didn¡¯t know who the werewolves were, so they didn¡¯t dare to expose themselves. When will this fucking end?! Fang Daichuan felt despair in his heart. The villagers couldn¡¯t identify the werewolves unless they stood up, but if they did, the werewolves might kill them¡­ it was an endless loop. Boss Du was the first to say: ¡°I think Xiao Chen¡¯s* method is good. Hurry up and let¡¯s reveal everyone¡¯s identity together. Whether it is a policeman or a bandit, if you really want to play, it will be a double injury game. This way we can find a way to live together.¡± (T/N: So Boss Du are using [С³Â] and this well, Xiao means little and Chen means old so just a simple nickname to call the previous old man. Don¡¯t mind this, his name will be revealed soon) Fang Daichuan was ruthless, regardless of Li Sinian¡¯s obstruction, he wanted to say something to add fuel to the fire. Right after he opened his mouth, he saw a figure swaying on one side, followed by a ¡°bang¨C¡°. What Fang Daichuan was about to say was stuck in his throat, everyone turned their heads to look at the direction of the sound. It was the sweaty beer belly. He was sitting next to Yang Song, but now he fell to the ground with a bang. Yang Song stood up, the legs of the chair rubbing coldly on her skin, then she lifted the stool and ran, standing far away at the corner of the room. Fang Daichuan stared at the top of her head. A huge deer head hung on the wall she was leaning against. The long antlers were exposed to the light, and the shadows that leaned upwards looked ferocious. This time it happened under everyone¡¯s full view, and all 13 people were sitting. Li Sinian slowly stood up and turned over the body, only to see that the pupils were dilated, the eyes were bloodshot, and there was white foam pouring out from the corners of his mouth. Fang Daichuan swallowed. When he talked, he felt that he had used a lot of strength, but the voice was still drifting: ¡°¡­dead?¡± Li Sinian raised his eyes and nodded slightly. With a roar, everyone stood up one after another, as if a button had been pressed. Ding Zihui hugged her head and cried in a low voice. The poor girl was shocked and frightened. ¡°What happened?¡± ¡°Why is he dead?¡± ¡°You can¡¯t say that we on the second floor did it, did you?¡± ¡°No one touched him, how did he die?¡± ¡°Is it a heart attack? I don¡¯t know what death from wolf poisoning looks like¡­¡± Fang Daichuan had a terrible headache, he couldn¡¯t hear who was talking at all, all he could hear was yelling sounds. Li Sinian examined the corpse carefully, turned over the body, and there was a pinhole sized puncture on the back of the deceased¡¯s neck. Everyone immediately shut up. Fang Daichuan¡¯s vision turned black for a while, and he held on to the edge of the table to steady himself. (T/N: Somebody is dead, so here is a new picture. Disclaimer, I am not trying to be mean here, but the author actually uses the ¡®beer belly¡¯ so¡­ I mean, if it is up to me, I will use ¡®random guy who dies third¡¯. Also, this novel has an audio drama, I did not put it here before because the part1 already surpassed so many chapters so just a warning, there is a spoiler if you continue with part2) CH 10 APRIL 29, 2021~ 8ONI Edited by: Scarlett Co ¡°WTH¡±, voices filled with shock echoed throughout the room. The twelve people looked at each other and were frozen on the spot. ¡°We all occupied our room for 20 minutes.¡± Li Sinian laid the body down carefully and felt his breath, checking for any sign of life. ¡°After we came out, we lingered for a while, using that timeline, then, when he got poisoned, it probably happened after Sister Ding Zihui went upstairs and before Fang Daichuan and I entered the room.¡± Nobody made a sound. An atmosphere of suspicion and fear was slowly slithering onto the long table, squeezing everyone¡¯s hearts. Everyone¡¯s gazes became akin to the snakes, moving around, and deliberately dodging each other. Li Sinian stood up and tidied his clothes, ¡°Has anyone noticed something wrong with him?¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head, ¡°I didn¡¯t find anything wrong. Believe me, I am an actor, and I am very sensitive to changes in facial expressions or physical bodies.¡± ¡°So you are an actor? That¡¯s neat.¡± Li Sinian said casually. Fang Daichuan was stunned, his eyes suddenly became sharp. Ding Zihui kept lowering his head and sobbing softly, Chen Hui sat on the side and held her shoulders. The single mother put her arms around the child¡¯s waist and covered his eyes. ¡°It¡¯s you!¡± Du Wei raised his arm and pointed at the Boss Du, ¡°It must be you! You were the last one to go up and follow him, you killed him!¡± Boss Du sneered, ¡°You also heard that the poisoning time was after Ding Zihui went upstairs and before everyone went back to their own room, which means everyone had a chance to encounter the dead. At that time, the people on the 2nd floor came down. People on the 1st floor went up and put things, the scene was very chaotic, why do you say it¡¯s me?¡± ¡°In a scene like this, the ones who look on indifferently are not necessarily the good guys, but the ones who jump out first and provoke must be the bandits.¡± The gentleman who looked calm pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and spoke up. His eyes flicked to the side with a glance, peering at Boss Du with a meaningful look. The man who had just patted the table glared and rebuked, ¡°If you want to wash yourself white then don¡¯t drag us, the 2nd floor! We slept peacefully upstairs, yet you said that we attacked this girl and that we killed this man. We weren¡¯t there for the first meeting so now, you are trying to bully us!¡± ¡°Do you know everyone¡¯s role on the second floor?¡± Du Wei turned his head and angrily yelled at the man who just spoke, ¡°You sound so sure that there are no wolves among you. Can you vouch for them?!¡± The man¡¯s eyes flickered in disbelief, ¡°I didn¡¯t say that!¡± Li Sinian put his hands on his chest with his right index finger rubbing lightly on his lips, his expression deep in thought. He looked around and observed everyone¡¯s reaction. Chen Hui looked down at Ding Zihui and sighed, ¡°Stop arguing. It¡¯s past midnight, let¡¯s stop here. This kind of discussion, with all the yelling, there is nothing to gain, and it is estimated that there will be no more deaths tonight. We will just go upstairs and lock the doors. Ding Zihui was frightened tonight, the elders and the children should also sleep.¡± ¡°Tell me, Li Sinian, does this really have nothing to do with you?¡± Fang Daichuan followed Li Sinian into the room, he slammed the door behind him with his right hand already formed into a fist. Li Sinian was taken aback for a moment before he spread his hands and turned around, smiling helplessly at Fang Daichuan, ¡°Are you serious?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s room was on the second-floor section, and the layout was different from the others¡¯. The room was narrow and long, like a medieval tower, with a large bed facing the window, and outside the window was the rocky shore. There was a bogu frame* standing by the door, and a variety of foreign wines were placed on the lower levels of the rack, with an ancient sword placed on the top neatly. It looked worthless at first glance, maybe it was only used for decoration. Fang Daichuan drew out the ancient sword, and put the scabbard against the opponent¡¯s chest. He was expressionless and spoke quickly, ¡°You¡¯d better not move. Now, open your waist pocket, I will check it.¡± Li Sinian held his hands up, sneering, ¡°Are you kidding me? Think about it with your goldfish-brain, how could it be me? What is my motivation? When have I ever had an opportunity? Am I that capable? Let me tell you, you are not smart enough.¡± ¡°You have!¡± Fang Daichuan fiercely poked the scabbard into his chest, ¡°You have the ability! You have been specially trained, and your hands are the most skillful! You can search a girl¡¯s whole body without even alerting her. It would be a piece of cake for you to inject the poison into the back of the neck!¡± He continued pressing the scabbard into Li Sinian¡¯s chest as he spoke. ¡°You had an opportunity! We all ran upstairs when Ding Zihui was attacked. There were only three of you in the first floor lobby! As long as you slowed down enough, you had an opportunity!¡± Li Sinian was dragged to the bed by him into a sitting position. ¡°You have a motive! You! You are a wolf!¡± Li Sinian was silent for a while before he shrugged and laughed softly. He smiled and shook his head, gently pushing away the scabbard on his chest. The sword actually looked like an antique treasure. The scabbard was carved in brass with the art of morning glory and thyme, which were the ancient flowers and plants spiraling around, making complicated patterns. The metal tip seemed like it had been rubbed and caressed for a long time and it looked polished. Li Sinian still had a smile on his face. He looked at Fang Daichuan, raised an eyebrow, tilted his head, and asked, ¡°Do you have any evidence? I am not the only one who can do what you said.¡± Fang Daichuan firmly put the scabbard on the opponent¡¯s shoulder, and the cold metal touched the side of Li Sinian¡¯s neck. It was so cold that he immediately got goosebumps. Fang Daichuan¡¯s chest rose and fell violently due to his emotionally agitated state. His chest felt stifled with both anxiety and anger he couldn¡¯t control. He exclaimed, ¡°Then answer me, why do you seem to be familiar with this place? What does this villa on this deserted island have to do with you!¡± This outburst made Li Sinian raise his eyebrows in amusement and he chuckled lightly, ¡°Why do I seem to know my way around? Oh, I see. You are suspicious of me because of that? Excuse me, I am an American. I see this kind of villa everywhere.¡± ¡°I see you are still playing dumb!¡± Fang Daichuan scoffed, ¡°You didn¡¯t know that I was an actor, then why did you say that at the airport!¡± Li Sinian was about to be crushed by him, ¡°What the hell did I say at the airport?!¡± ¡°You can still pretend! The first words you said to me!¡± Fang Daichuan was shaking with anger when he saw that he was still denying. Li Sinian felt so frustrated that he wanted to head straight into the wall, ¡°You think you are the heroine?! Are you getting dumb from playing TV series? How could I remember the first sentence I said to you!¡± ¡°You asked me why it was me!¡± Fang Daichuan yelled out in disintegration, ¡°You looked at me, and then you said, ¡®¡¯It¡¯s you¡¯! Since you haven¡¯t watched any of my TV series, you shouldn¡¯t have known who I am! But how come you said, ¡®It¡¯s you¡¯?!¡± Li Sinian could see that Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t control his emotions anymore as he proceeded with his outburst, ¡°I didn¡¯t get dragged into this by accident! From the beginning, this was all a trap for me! You and that behind-the-scenes freak designed it! You wanted to bring in an unlucky man who didn¡¯t know anything, so that you could use him for your own evil purposes! That¡¯s why you said you couldn¡¯t be trusted on the first day! And I, for one, am the unlucky one and the fool you used for your own good! Now, I could see through everything, yet you thought I had a goldfish-brain!¡± Li Sinian was completely taken aback by him. He looked at Fang Daichuan without blinking, the other party¡¯s eyes were filled with strong grievance and anger, like a dog who was starved by his master for a long time, barking desperately. The two stared at each other for half a minute before Li Sinian couldn¡¯t hold it anymore and laughed hysterically, even bending down and covering his waist. Fang Daichuan was stupefied hearing his laugh, and then became even more furious. He waved the long sword madly with his right hand and cursed, ¡°Dare to laugh! Explain clearly to me! Who are you! What is your purpose! Why do you involve me! Are you a foreign spy who wants to use me to threaten my parents? I assure you that you will never succeed. My parents are the best police officers in the country and they will never be instigated to betray the nation!¡± ¡°Hahahahahahaha*!¡± Hearing him say this, Li Sinian laughed even more intensely, practically bursting into laughter, rolling over onto his back and hammering the mattress, the golden tassels on his pillowcase trailing around his face. He shook his head as he laughed, took a card out of his pocket with a giddy quiver and handed it to Fang Daichuan with a frenzied laugh. (T/N: Yes the author use 7 ¹þ) Fang Daichuan furiously grabbed the card and flipped it. ¡ª¡ªHis expression froze, his muscles went stiff, and the atmosphere became awkward and embarrassing. Li Sinian grinned happily. He simply laid on his back and rolled slightly on the bed with his remaining delirious state.¡±I fucking thought you had some solid reasoning,¡± Li Sinian raised his hand and wiped the tears from his eyes. He looked up at Fang Daichuan¡¯s ‡å* face and uttered mockingly, ¡°I just taught you about multiple deductions of possibilities a while ago, but you learned nothing. With your IQ, I bet you will definitely lose this werewolf game, because you were just about to kill the seer.¡± He explained meaningfully, folding his hands behind his back and bending his legs in a relaxed posture. https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E5%9B%A7 Pic so you can see the expression better Fang Daichuan glanced at his face awkwardly, then looked down at the character card. It had the same style as his witch card; same font, old yellow parchment paper, with unnamed flowers and animals painted on the front. There was a large white space in the middle, with two large words embroidered in black thread: ¡°Seer*¡± (T/N: Seer are [ÏÈÖª, Xi¨¡nzh¨©] ) This was really embarrassing. Fang Daichuan¡¯s face blushed into tomato shade and he looked just like a boiled crab. His two ears were particularly eye-catching, and the earlobes were as red as a gemstone that was dripping with blood. He silently threw the sword back onto the bogu frame and looked down at the floor, he just didn¡¯t know what to say to smooth things out. Li Sinian did not attempt to say anything either. He stayed lying on the bed like a grandfather, watching him with amusement. Whenever Fang Daichuan plucked up the courage to look at him, the two pairs of eyes met and he saw Li Sinian with that mocking look, causing Fang Daichuan¡¯s cheeks to burst crimson again, quickly averting his gaze. ¡°You¡­you should have said it earlier!¡± Fang Daichuan decisively shifted the blame in a stammer and quickly flung the character card in his hand onto the other¡¯s chest. Li Sinian clasped the card on his chest with his right hand, picked it up, and kissed it lightly. Then he looked at Fang Daichuan and said, ¡°You did not give me a chance. Besides, this is the werewolf killing game, big brother. Do you think I will just bring out my card like that?¡± Fang Daichuan covered his face with his right hand. Surely, with his brain, he shouldn¡¯t have tried to analyze the situation and play tactics. He has lost against this American grandfather. ¡°You get up!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice that came out from under his palm was muffled up. Li Sinian shook his head unwillingly, ¡°I don¡¯t want to! You frightened me to death with a sword. I won¡¯t get up unless you personally help me.¡± It is my fault I provoked this kind of ancestor, Fang Daichuan wished he could beat his big mouth five minutes ago. There is no use crying over spilled milk, Fang Daichuan sighed, lowered his body, and helped him up unwillingly. The other party didn¡¯t appreciate it, ¡°Why are you so reluctant, have I wronged you?¡± Fang Daichuan squeezed out two words between his teeth, ¡°No!*I wronged you.¡± (T/N: No is [ûÓÐ, M¨¦iy¨¯u] ) Li Sinian raised his eyebrows with a smile. Fang Daichuan finally gave up using force and sat on the bed heavily, not wanting to speak. Li Sinian tore the identification card casually, walked to the door and took a bottle of wine from the bogu frame. He gently knocked it against the wall, letting the expensive white wine liquid sprinkle down, a sweet and rich scent drifting out from the bottle. The parchment paper on the ground was soaked and the writing got blurred gradually. ¡°I really didn¡¯t expect that not only your IQ is not high, but also your brain hole is not small.¡± Li Sinian deliberately provoked him with a smile. Fang Daichuan put his head in his palm, looking like a shy ostrich. ¡°Have you acted in too many anti-war movies?¡± Li Sinian couldn¡¯t compare with Fang Daichuan on strength, but he was not afraid of anyone when it came to talking, and his mouth was very poisonous. ¡°I think your management is screwed. Your selling point is very problematic. Why are you fixated on the oppressive total attack personality? Go back and straighten your hair. It is more suitable for you to change into a naive 3-year-old milky personality. Really, believe me, in this way, you will become popular.¡± The corridor was very quiet and no one knew if the dispute between the two had been heard by anyone. Probably not, since Li Sinian¡¯s room was around the corner of the hallway and did not share the wall with other people¡¯s. Fang Daichuan tested the door of the room, it was very thick and was covered with a steel plate. Generally, this kind of door was soundproof. Li Sinian opened the door and poked his head out to take a look at the corridor, before closing the door carefully and locking it. ¡°So, when did you meet me? Why did you say ¡®it¡¯s you¡¯?¡± Fang Daichuan stared at Li Sinian¡¯s back with a puzzled expression. Li Sinian turned his head, pressed his fingers to his lips, and blew a kiss. He winked his right eye with a suggestive smile at the corner of his mouth. ¡°It¡¯s a secret.¡±* (T/N: This sentence is on English in raw, here, another updated image. Also summary of this chapter Chuan¡¯er : You, how could you forget the first word you said to me! Sinian : ¡­ ) CH 11 APRIL 30, 2021~ 8ONI Edited by: Scarlett Co Li Sinian grabbed and tugged the door a few times to confirm that the lock was firmly secured, before bringing out two bottles of wine and handed one to Fang Daichuan. The two sat on the corners of the windowsill face to face, looking down at the sea outside the window. ¡°I have not told you my identity, right?¡± Fang Daichuan said as he began to fumble around in his pocket. However, for a second, he forgot the fact that in order to prevent others from noticing his identity character, he had already disposed of any character-related things. So, at this moment, he was unable to prove himself, he then explained with an embarrassed expression on his face, ¡°I am a witch. After realizing that, I bound up all the proofs and threw them into the sea. But wait, I can show you the potions.¡± Li Sinian who was sitting on the opposite side waved his hand and spoke softly with a smile on his face, ¡°No, I guessed it earlier and I believe you.¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head firmly and stubbornly took out the potions from his pocket; two glass test tubes, one was stuffed with an hourglass-shaped cork, and the other cork was in the shape of a skull. He showed these to Li Sinian and insisted, ¡°Well, if you guessed it, it¡¯s your business. I don¡¯t want any unnecessary hidden dangers and estrangements between us. Only by proving everything honestly, can you be sure to trust me.¡± Hearing his words, Li Sinian was stunned and his smile dimmed. He looked up at Fang Daichuan for a long, long time, in a daze. Fang Daichuan sensed this and raised his eyebrows in question. There was a light flashed in his eyes which was similar to the lively fireflies wandering around in the mountains in early summer. It was warm and comforting contrasting to this hellhole. What Li Sinian could not deny was that at that moment, the seemingly dead mountains that had been buried inside his heart for a long time suddenly wavered. (T/N: Somebody is falling~~~) He suppressed his emotions, and then let out an indifferent smile again, ¡°Are you accusing me of not being honest enough?¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t deny,¡± I know that people like you don¡¯t approve of a companion easily because you¡¯re used to being alone. I also know that you have a lot of secrets. I showed you my card hoping that I can gain a little trust from you. As for you, in short, I have absolute faith in you. Whether you say something or not, I believe you. It doesn¡¯t matter how many icebergs you hide in your heart.¡± ¡°I take back what I just said,¡± Li Sinian shook his head, feeling slightly pleased at Fang Daichuan¡¯s words, ¡°Still waters run deep*, you know. It¡¯s no wonder that you can see clearly.¡± https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E5%A4%A7%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%A5%E6%84%9A Fang Daichuan smiled triumphantly, ¡°Obviously. Those who are in our circumstances and can¡¯t see the situation clearly would have died long ago. I could survive today because I have a good attitude and can observe clearly.¡± He opened the wine bottle Li Sinian handed him, shook the bottle slightly, and turned to gaze at the sea. ¡°It would be great if we had met elsewhere. If we are now in Qingdao, we can go to the beach to dive, surf, and drink. A sequel to a movie series that I have waited for more than ten years is on today, alas.¡± He sighed regretfully. Hearing this, Li Sinian stepped down from the window sill. Fang Daichuan felt a little strange by his sudden movement and turned his head to stare at him in question. ¡°Didn¡¯t you just say you want to go to the beach?¡± Li Sinian asked rhetorically. ¡°Diving and surfing on the deserted island is going to be hard but drinking and watching the waves can still be done. Let¡¯s go now.¡± He waved at Fang Daichuan and went out first. Perhaps it was the precarious danger that gave birth to a sense of rebellion, or perhaps Li Sinian was too persuasive when he said this, whatever the reason was, Fang Daichuan was easily bewitched. At this dangerous moment, where his life was hanging by a thread, he actually went out after Li Sinian, holding a wine bottle. The whole villa was eerily quiet and the body in the hall on the first floor was still lying there. Fang Daichuan carefully brushed past the deceased, and suddenly stopped. Li Sinian immediately noticed the unusual act and looked back at him. ¡°Say, do you think the deceased had time to destroy the character card before his death?¡± Fang Daichuan had a flash of inspiration to solve the mystery, ¡°They have not left the villa. It stands to reason that unless the card is torn and thrown into the toilet, there¡¯s no way it would disappear. But just in case, what if there is a clue on his body?¡± This was Fang Daichuan¡¯s accumulated experience of playing stand-alone RPG games for many years. The clues given to you by the living were likely to lead to high-level tasks, but the clues from the dead would not. Yet, the clues from the dead were always important. Li Sinian nodded, came closer, knelt down, and poked his index finger at the deceased¡¯s body, ¡°Dead Men Tell No Tales* what you said makes sense, then, you start searching him.¡± (T/N: The author write this on English on raw) ¡°Me?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression changed, ¡°That is no good¡­¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows at him, ¡°You already carried a corpse on your back and you are still afraid of this?¡± Fang Daichuan half-crouched next to the corpse in a very reluctant manner, he first tapped his forehead, jaw, left and right shoulders, made a cross on his chest, and silently recited the words ¡®I have no choice, please don¡¯t blame me¡¯ before gritting his teeth and lifting the dead man¡¯s clothes. A thin card in his trouser pocket was an identity card imprinted with fingerprints. Apart from that, there was no medicines, cards, or manual. Fang Daichuan picked up the identity card, brought it under the light and examined it carefully but he could not see anything. ¡°There are no potions, at least this means that he is not a wolf or a witch.¡± Li Sinian said. The two people searched for ten minutes, but they found nothing. Fang Daichuan thought for a while, ¡°Do you know the arrangement for everyone? How many witches and seers are there?¡± Li Sinian shook his head, ¡°These boxes were not prepared by me, and I don¡¯t know the specific details. According to the general rule, with thirteen players, there should be three special roles, three or four werewolves, and the rest are all villagers.¡± (T/N: Because I did not think it is a spoiler, yes there is only 4 special role here, you can read it on the link below, so yep Chuan¡¯er is the only witch in this game) Li Sinian said while tidying up the deceased¡¯s clothes, ¡°Let¡¯s go and drink. Since we have wine today, why don¡¯t we get drunk today? Tomorrow¡¯s problem, leave it to tomorrow.¡± The sound of the sea waves remained the same as always, calm and comforting. The two climbed up the high rock and sat facing the sea. Li Sinian gazed into the distance of the vast sea. The dark reef was abruptly cut off from the sea at one point, with a vertical dip of more than three metres between it and the sea level, standing cliff-like on the shoreline. They stood above the cliff, listening to the ocean¡¯s wailing that seemed to come from the abyss, dread, sorrow and resentment surging over the two¡¯s hearts. ¡°In fact, apart from the fact that the conclusion is wrong, you have actually guessed a lot. Technically speaking, I have some ties with this island.¡± Li Sinian couldn¡¯t help confessing. Fang Daichuan sat beside him, holding his legs in his arms, and listened quietly. ¡°I suspect that my father¡¯s death is related to this island,¡± Li Sinian dropped the bomb. When he said this, there was a shadow of a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if it didn¡¯t quite matter to him. There was nothing but boundless regrets and despair as he brought up a painful past after so many years, the death itself didn¡¯t seem to bother him anymore. He mumbled, ¡°All these years, I have been trying to get to the truth. What is the secret of this island? My father disappeared on this island without a trace. Did he die or did he somehow manage to leave this island under a new identity? I don¡¯t understand. I have sneaked in here several times over the years, but I didn¡¯t get anything,¡± he took a deep breath before continuing, ¡°Later this deserted island was bought at a high price. It was that man who released this game. A while ago, I found out that my father left some information about this island. I was aware that the time of the nearby volcano¡¯s eruption is just around the corner, so I couldn¡¯t help but come in pretending to be a mercenary, hoping to find clues about my father before the final destruction. Well, I didn¡¯t expect things would come to this. Come to think of it, maybe the boss* has already noticed something and deliberately threw me into this game, but then, I¡¯m not sure.¡± (T/N: boss is in English in raw) Fang Daichuan took a sip of wine and raised the bottle towards him, ¡°So you entered this game, solely because you have a reason?¡± Li Sinian shook his head, ¡°Everyone who enters this island has their own reason. Do you really think they came for the 20 million dollars? I haven¡¯t found out yet who they are, however, they more or less must have something to do with this island. You have seen the situation tonight. Some people have shown signs that they know each other. Tomorrow voting must be exciting. Just wait and see.¡± Fang Daichuan took another sip of wine when the singing tunes of seabirds drifted from afar. ¡°How about it? Isn¡¯t it cool to drink like this?¡± Li Sinian temporarily put aside those annoying thoughts and opened the cork with a pop. Some drops of light golden liquid splashed in the air, and the thick wine was like flowing gold foil. He raised his head and took a big mouthful, feeling the sweet and sour warmth from his throat all the way through the esophagus, and into his stomach. Fang Daichuan nodded, ¡°Actually, I don¡¯t know how to drink wine properly. Once, Deng-ge specifically brought someone to teach me how to behave, how to turn glasses, how to sniff, how to say a bunch of nonsense things that I don¡¯t understand to compliment the other party¡¯s wine. He used to ramble that it¡¯s a kind of wine etiquette. Now I just want to say, fuck etiquette!¡± The sound of the sea breeze is like the whimper of a pipe organ, while the sparkling wine conveyed an illusion of jubilation and exhilaration with the taste of intoxication. The two drank and chatted for a while before carrying the wine bottles, and walked down to the reef together. The more you went down, the louder the organ¡¯s sound became, the low whimper and the occasional high pitch made people feel a sense of horror. (T/N: I think it is this sound, but I might be wrong, feel free to comment if anyone knows better~~~ I don¡¯t bite and I always appreciate any comment) ¡°What sound is that?¡± Fang Daichuan turned his ears to listen. Standing beneath the rocks and listening quietly for a moment, Li Sinian guessed, ¡°Perhaps the rising and falling of the tide squeezed air into the interior of the reef,¡± he looked up at the cliff-like reefs more than three metres high, ¡°These reefs should be rich in air holes, or even large internal cavities. The rise and fall of the tide drives the change of air pressure in the air holes, which is derived from the principle of the pipe organ.¡± Fang Daichuan tilted his head and took a sip of the wine, then turned the bottle over and looked at the output origin and the year, mumbling, ¡°A semi-dry sparkling wine from the Burgundy estate, high in residual sugar, with a subtle musky flavour, good with foie gras or whatever seafood, it¡¯s refreshing enough to drink like this, but still a bit of a shame.¡± ¡°Is this also a compliment with a bunch of nonsense that you don¡¯t understand?¡± Li Sinian turned around, laughing. Fang Daichuan nodded while drinking, ¡°It¡¯s a pity that the owner of the wine is not in front of me. Now, he can¡¯t hear my compliment.¡± Li Sinian laughed carefreely at his words, his smile bringing out his eyes which sparkled playfully. After taking a sip of wine, he suddenly tore open his shirt. His skin was extremely white, under the rare misty light blue moon, it resembled an ice emerald. It looked cold, hard, and impersonal, but somehow, it gave people an illusion of being warm and gentle. ¡°Foie gras can¡¯t be done, but just wait here, brother. I will get you seafood.¡± After saying that, he turned around and looked into Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes intently, backing away with a smile, and before Fang Daichuan could react, he plunged backwards into the sea. ¡°Fuck!¡± Reaching out his hands, the shock and fear quickly sobered up Fang Daichuan. Although they had walked down from the topmost reef, this was not a shallow place either, and the shadows of the sea and the rocks blended together in the darkness making it look like there was no end. Fang Daichuan leaned close to the shore, wiped the splashed water on his face, and looked around the dark sea in bewilderment. There was a low organ-like hum, a lighthouse in the distance, a star at the junction of the sky and the sea. However, there was no movement on the sea surface. ¡°Li Sinian?!¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know why he felt so terrified and the unfathomable dark sea multiplied the panic. He shouted into the dark empty sea, ¡°Li Sinian!¡± No one responded. The sea was still and only the stars flickered lightly as if responding. After looking around the sea for a second, Fang Daichuan gulped down half a bottle of wine abruptly, took off his T-shirt, the belt, and pulled his feet out of the trousers. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Suddenly, Li Sinian popped up from the surface of the sea, dripping with water from the ends of his slightly longer hair, with a smile on his face. Fang Daichuan watched Li Sinian come out from the water and climb the reef. He blew the drops of water on his bangs and stuffed Fang Daichuan with a handful of wet things. Fang Daichuan felt a weight in his hands. Li Sinian was wiping the water off his body with his shirt. He looked down at his palm. Three oysters trembled and spitted out some foam in his palms, timidly exposing their own soft flesh. Fang Daichuan went mute for a while. It seemed that ever since he had met Li Sinian, he had often experienced brain freeze moments. He had to take a moment to recover from the panic he felt. ¡°What kind of supernatural power is this?¡± Fang Daichuan looked down at the oyster in his palm, then looked up at him, ¡°You can actually catch oysters just by casually diving?¡± Li Sinian used a stone in his hand to pry open the shell, then washed the raw oyster meat with the liquor. ¡°I told you, when it was a deserted island, I have sneaked in countless times here. I am very familiar with this place. Naturally, I know that there are oysters growing under this reef.¡± He explained, handing the washed oysters to Fang Daichuan, nudging his chin at him to take them. Fang Daichuan was an authentic Chinese. He had eaten a lot of grilled garlic oysters*, but he had never eaten raw like this. He looked down at the sea and thought, ¡®This place is a private sea, far away from the national border. The water is very clean and there should be no heavy metal pollution.¡¯ He hesitated for a while, but decided to follow Li Sinian¡¯s instruction anyway and stuffed the oyster directly into his mouth. [ËâÈØÉúòºÌ¼¿¾, Su¨¤n r¨®ng sh¨¥ngh¨¢o t¨¤n k¨£o] Pic for your stomach Taste of freshness and sweetness flooded into his tastebuds. With a soft and creamy texture, the oysters had a touch of wine in them since they had been washed down with sparkling wine. He nodded with approval as he chewed, his eyes glistening with amazement at the wonderful taste in his mouth. Li Sinian smiled softly at his reaction and handed him the remaining one. ¡®If only the next seven days and seven nights were a dream¡­¡¯ When Fang Daichuan later recalled this misty night, he couldn¡¯t help feeling that way. How wonderful it would be if when he woke up, he and Li Sinian were still sitting on the beach, drinking sparkling wine, eating oysters, and reminiscing about his childhood and Li Sinian¡¯s father together while recalling faint memories of their past interactions. There should be no thrilling, no twists and turns, no blood and fear. How nice it would be. The memory should have stayed at that moment, or even earlier. He wished fate had turned a corner before they had the chance to meet; for a lighter, brighter scene and for an uncomplicated relationship. (T/N: So, ahem, sorry for the cliffhanger but I need to take 2 weeks break, top, for this project. So, the next chapter should be around 17th May, more or less.) CH 12 MAY 13, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Scarlett Co The first thing Fang Daichuan saw when he woke up was the clock hanging in the corner of the house pointed below. He stared at it for a while, suddenly feeling intrigued. The clock was very tall, about one meter seven*, with the dial on the top, caused anyone who was shorter than it to look up. The style of the clock fitted in very well which was similar to the overall style of this villa, with a sense of mystery. The base below was thickly outlined with beautiful engraved lines forming a picture from top to bottom. Fang Daichuan tilted his head and looked at it for a long time, he could see that it was a scene of a dozen people eating around a long table. The center line of symmetry is the table. The one on the top has facial features, but the bottom is just a shadow figure. The base was originally not big, so from his position, the characters looked too small. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t bother to take a closer look. (T/N: around 5.5 feet) He put on his clothes, went to the bathroom to wash his face, brushed his teeth, and was about to style his hair using a hairspray when he remembered that it was no use since he was no longer in front of the camera. What¡¯s the use of fiddling with his hair when he no longer had any audience to watch him? Then, he casually went out of his room. At about seven o¡¯clock, everyone gathered on the first floor one after another. Since last night, everyone hadn¡¯t eaten anything, and was frightened all night. It was obvious that no one could sleep peacefully. As a result, when dawn came, they were muddle-headed and exhausted. Though on the surface, everyone still pretended to be full of energy in order not to show weakness, and a few girls even put on makeup to portray that. When Fang Daichuan went downstairs, he whiffed a scent of the delicious smell of food. His stomach instantly growled loudly, and he covered his stomach in embarrassment. To be honest, except for the wine and the two oysters Li Sinian gave him last night, Fang Daichuan hadn¡¯t eaten anything else. Combining the overall shock he experienced and the session where he had to carry the corpse during the day yesterday, he was too much in fear that almost all of his energy had been drained. As a result, he was so hungry that he could eat a horse right away. ¡°Morning!¡± Li Sinian saw Fang Daichuan standing on the stairs, raised his right eyebrow and greeted him. He was holding a white plate in his right hand, with gilded patterns on the edge, ¡°Come on, help yourself breakfast.¡± Fang Daichuan nodded in a daze, ¡°Oh, okay.¡± Then, he quickly walked down. The long table was already half full, and he was standing in the middle of the stairs. From this angle, some facial features were vividly visible, while for the others, he could only see the back of their heads. Fang Daichuan paused before continuing to walk down, frowning to himself. ¡®I don¡¯t know who took care of the body, but the hall is clean and tidy, spacious and bright. The translucent glass windows let the sunlight pour in while the crystal chandelier emits a soft light. It all feels cozy and filled with refreshing dawn. The thing that happened last night feels just like a dream.¡¯ Immersed in his own thoughts, Fang Daichuan stood at the table and touched a chair, his expression dazed. There were still some black and red blood stains in the middle area of the back of the chair. Fang Daichuan rubbed his fingers, recalling the scene when someone died here yesterday, and he couldn¡¯t recover for a while. The atmosphere in the hall fell silent. Everyone seemed to have thought of the same thing, their expressions were uncomfortable and their heads lowered in silence. Li Sinian brought another plate and said, ¡°What are you doing in a daze? Go to the kitchen and serve the food.¡± Fang Daichuan came to his senses and made his way into the kitchen. When he arrived at the door of the kitchen, he met the woman who came here with her son. She was wearing a small apron and was holding a yellow ceramic double-ear pot. He could smell the fragrant aroma coming out of the pot from this distance. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t bear the sight and he quickly grabbed the pot from her, speaking politely, ¡°I¡¯ll help, let me do it.¡± As soon as he touched the handle of the pot, he almost jumped and threw it away since the handles were amazingly hot. He had no idea how she could carry it calmly. Having no choice, he endured the heat and ran out all the way to the table. Du Wei saw Fang Daichuan rushing over in a hurry and stood up to help him pull the chair. He then helped put the pot in the middle of the long table. Behind Fang Daichuan, the mother came up and put more dishes on the other side of the long table. Everyone took their seats. Chen Hui looked at the dishes with a worried look and asked, ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that the water is not enough? How did you make it?¡± Li Sinian placed the last white porcelain plate in front of Fang Daichuan and glanced at Chen Hui, replying her question, ¡°I went out early in the morning and had a look around. Behind this villa is a hillside and there is a small vegetable garden on the gentle slope so, I picked some. The water in this villa is from the four-story water storage tower but I was afraid that it would not be clean for our daily necessities, so I went with Mr. Du and Mr. Liu to get fresh water from the small lake at the back of the hill. We don¡¯t have to worry about our drinking water for now.¡± ¡°Mr. Liu?¡± Yang Song raised her eyebrows and glanced around, ¡°Which one is Mr. Liu?¡± The gentle middle-aged man smiled and spoke out, ¡°I am Liu Xin.¡± Li Sinian then pointed to the direction of the single mother. ¡°This is Ms. Niu Xinyan, who deserves praise for her effort. Her cooking skill is awesome.¡± Niu Xinyan smiled as her eyes squinted, giving out the friendly aura. At that time, the old lady who had a somewhat strange expression as she glanced at Niu Dinyan, muttered out of nowhere, ¡°The surname is cow*¡­ I really don¡¯t know what her parents were thinking to let her have Niu surname. If my husband¡¯s surname is Niu, I will make my daughter follow my last name. What¡¯s with the cow, horse, pig, sheep! Even if you have a nice name, it will be ruined with such a surname.¡± (T/N: Yep [Å£] means cow) At this sudden criticism, no one knew how to react. Fang Daichuan licked his lips and silently glanced at Li Sinian. Niu Xinyan¡¯s face became cold hearing this, she put down the cup in her hand, took a deep breath, but said nothing. Instead, Yang Song was the one who retorted, ¡°Well then, old lady, tell us how nice your name is.¡± The old lady curled her lips as she proudly announced her name, ¡°My surname is Song. It might not be a nice name, but at least, it¡¯s not a first name.¡± (T/N : Yes she is making fun of Yang Song¡¯s name. Just reminder, Yang is the surname, Song is the first name) Yang Song slammed her utensils on the table. Everyone was silent for a while. Ding Zihui who was sandwiched between the old lady, Niu Xinyan and the child, felt a little depressed. She glanced left and right before she turned her head and asked the child next to her, ¡°Kid, what is your name?¡± The child cutely leaned on his mother¡¯s waist, and answered in a milky voice, ¡°My name is Liu Xiquan and my nickname is Nan Nan.¡± ¡°Yeah and my name is Zhao Chu, are we done? Have you finished introducing yourself? Can we eat now?!¡± The man who patted the table last night increased his voice and frowned impatiently as he knocked the plate with a fork, making a noise. Fang Daichuan also picked up his fork and persuaded everyone, ¡°Then, let¡¯s¡­ have breakfast.¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s stew was really good. It was canned beef stewed with baby bok choy, round lettuce and oiled wheat, with a few chillies cut into it. The reddish canned beef, the oily green leaves and a few chillies dotted in between, made the colour look appealing and the taste itself was delicious. He estimated that Li Sinian must have been digging for oysters again in the morning. Everyone had half a plate of oyster meat on the white porcelain plate, cooked in boiling water, with some fresh soy sauce as the final touch on it. ¡®It was a pity that there was no bread or rice¡¯. Thinking about it, Fang Daichuan felt confused. This villa was somewhat strange. There were seasonings for Chinese food such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, but no chopsticks or rice or noodles. Fang Daichuan awkwardly poked a piece of mussel with his fork, dipped it in soy sauce and stuffed it into his mouth. ¡°This beef tastes really good.¡± Liu Xin picked up a piece of the meat, which was dyed red and had a few layers of light honey-coloured tendons in it. On the tongue, the meat was tender and chewy. Old lady Song huffed and complained, ¡°It¡¯s all coloured, you can¡¯t tell how many chemical additives have been put into this can or how many preservatives, they are all carcinogenic. You are just flogging a dead horse*, it¡¯s better to just stew the veggies instead.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flogging_a_dead_horse (T/N: Below is the original idiom) http://www.standardmandarin.com/idiom/arduous-and-thankless-task-idiom-strenuous-and-unrewarding ¡°If you don¡¯t like it, then don¡¯t eat!¡± Yang Song shouted, lifted her chin and slammed her fork. Facing towards the old lady Song, she glared at the other party, ¡°Why don¡¯t you get up early and cook tomorrow then? You are complaining about cancer when you don¡¯t even know if you will live until tomorrow, your word is a fart itself!¡± The old lady¡¯s face drooped instantly and she was angry, ¡°How dare you! How did your parents teach you? No education at all!¡± It was as if she got poked at her sore spot, Yang Song was enraged. She raised her hand and splashed the hot tea in the cup directly onto the opponent¡¯s face. ¡°I warn you,¡± Yang Song pointed to the old lady¡¯s stunned face, ¡°Leave my parents alone! My dad died a long time ago but he was still much better than you, who only knows how to complain for this world and probably will die without a grave!¡± The old lady wiped her face and stood up with a slam. Her fingers were trembling and she screamed, ¡°It¡¯s you who will die first!¡± Seeing that the situation was spiraling into no good, Fang Daichuan quickly swallowed the oyster in his mouth, stood up and tried to defuse the situation, ¡°Oh well, it¡¯s time to eat, just sit down, we can have a friendly conversation!¡± ¡°Yes, everyone should sit down quickly. There is no point of fighting like this.¡± Ding Zihui also frowned and stood up, softly persuading. At this time, Boss Du stuffed a large mouthful of meat into his mouth, sneered and wiped his mouth with the napkin from the corner of the table, ¡°Friendly? Do you think there¡¯s a friend in this room? There are still several wolves hidden in the room, either you die or I live. What a joke!¡± ¡°Can you let people eat?!!!¡± Zhao Chu rolled his eyes and shouted. ¡°Who stops you from eating?!¡± Yang Song turned her head and targeted at Zhao Chu this time, ¡°Is it me who didn¡¯t let you eat?! This is the food that others painstakingly made, yet she said it is carcinogenic, do you think it is okay for her to act as she pleases?!¡± Fang Daichuan was already sweating profusely in the middle of these chaos, ¡°Oh, come on, just calm down!¡± He looked back at Li Sinian, hoping that Li Sinian could help with the situation, but he saw Li Sinian slowly eating, without saying a word or participating in. He glanced at both sides of the long table and swallowed the food in his mouth. After that, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. ¡®Dang (8x)¨C ¡¯ (T/N: Onomatopoeia. Raw are µ±) Suddenly, there was a sound of something huge and metal like thing crashing on the second floor. The sound was louder than any words, everyone instantly went quiet. They looked at each other, then looked up to the second floor. ¡°It seems to be the sound of the clock in the bedroom,¡± Li Sinian frowned and muttered. ¡°It¡¯s eight o¡¯clock.¡± As soon as his voice fell, the machine at the end of the hall turned on automatically, and the screen emitted a soft blue light. The familiar electronic voice came out from the loudspeaker in the corner of the room. With that sound having formed a terrifying conditional reflex in everyone¡¯s hearts previously, everyone¡¯s hearts started to tremble uncontrollably. Fang Daichuan clenched his fist. ¡°Congratulations to all the players for surviving to the second day. Now, all the surviving players should go forward to swipe their fingerprints and ID cards in turn. We will then start the voting.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know if it was his misconception, but there seemed to be a dangerous smile in that inorganic magnetic voice. (T/N: What a happy family~~~ And now we have everyone¡¯s name~~~ The old lady¡¯s full name will be revealed soon, don¡¯t worry. My health is getting better so here is another chapter since I feel bad for not updating for so long. I will try to get next one fast, but I am not promising anything, also *ahem*, still looking for Editor for this novel so :hopeful look: I means, if there is an Editor the update will be faster since I don¡¯t have to spend hours looking for English idiom etc because your humble translator is not a native speaker ) CH 13 MAY 20, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii Four corners of the walls cracked open with a click, four automatic sniper rifles then slid out and pointed at the people in the hall. Ding Zihui¡¯s shoulders slumped, there was fear on her face. Yang Song¡¯s breaths remained unruffled but her face was pale. Fang Daichuan turned his head and glanced around, then hurriedly stretched his arms, sweeping the girl behind him, and stood on the periphery of the crowd. ¡°Please scan the ID cards one by one,¡± the machine on the wall said in mechanical voice. Boss Du looked around, unbuttoned his cufflinks, and stepped forward. He slipped out his ID card, took a quick glance at the others, then swiped the card onto the machine. With a beep, the machine calmly reported: ¡°Identity reading is successful, number of survivors: 1.¡± Boss Du retrieved his card, sat back at the dining table, and looked up at the sniper rifles in the corners of the room. ¡°Don¡¯t panic, it¡¯s not time to use them.¡± With someone taking the lead, the others gradually settled down and looked at each other. Yang Song took out her own card from her pocket. Her fingers trembled. She swallowed, quickly closed her eyes and reopened them. She was the second person to swipe her ID card. Li Sinian stared at the screen on which the number of survivors was displayed. Every time someone swiped a card, the bright red number would change. After Fang Daichuan¡¯s turn, the blood-red number jumped, finally settling to a bloody ¡®11¡¯. The four sniper rifles rotated to aim at Li Sinian who stood in the middle of the hall. ¡°Why are you just standing there?!¡± Fang Daichuan turned towards him and yelled anxiously, ¡°Come swipe your card! Do you have a death wish?!¡± Li Sinian stepped forward and swiped his card, tilted his head, and mused thoughtfully: ¡°Say, if we brought the corpse over and swiped the deceased¡¯s fingerprints and ID card, what do you think would happen?¡± Fang Daichuan felt cold hearing that. ¡°Impossible,¡± Yang Song shook his head, ¡°look carefully at the place where we pressed the fingerprint just now. There is no glow, which proves that it is not a optical scanner*, but utilises capacitive sensing technology.** This technology, which uses silicon crystals and conductive subcutaneous electrolyte to form an electric field, causes a change in pressure difference caused by the high and low rise and fall of the fingerprint, and verifies the fingerprint based on the electrostatic potential on the concave and convex surfaces of the fingerprint. So whether it¡¯s a corpse or a finger cut off from a living person, after it¡¯s removed from the living body, the epidermal cells will die and there will be no charge flow. The machine will not read the fingerprint.¡± https://www.explainthatstuff.com/fingerprintscanners.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_sensing (T/N: I got curious so here, a link so you can read more about this) https://www.livescience.com/62393-dead-fingerprint-unlock-phone.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/do-persons-fingerprints-change-after-death.htm Ding Zihui opened his mouth and looked at her blankly: ¡°You, how do you know such details?¡± Yang Song laughed coldly: ¡°I took courses in Instrumentation and Control Engineering (ICE)* for my undergraduate study.¡± https://www.tees.ac.uk/undergraduate_courses/engineering_&construction/beng(hons)_instrumentation_and_control_engineering.cfm Ok, she is an overachiever. Fang Daichuan felt embarrassed by his academic qualifications and IQ. He practiced national sports*, and finally started acting after taking the exam. He hadn¡¯t even heard of ICE. He just thought it sounded difficult to learn. (T/N: Ok so author use national sports and this can means a lot and personally I think this does not have much interference with the story so just imagine him playing any kind of sport you want to) ¡°You actually lost.¡± Fang Daichuan felt a little weird as he turned his head to look at Li Sinian. Li Sinian smiled and ruffled the man¡¯s hair in two quick motions. ¡°What is weird about that? I¡¯m not a Superman. I can¡¯t know everything.¡± ¡°It just feels new to me,¡± Fang Daichuan reached up to smooth out his messed up hair, shrugged, and muttered in a low voice, ¡°I thought you were omnipotent.¡± He didn¡¯t use hairspray today so the hair looked clean and smooth. Combined with his downturned and drooping eyes, his previous offensive look was now gone, replaced with an air of innocence. Li Sinian had endured it all morning, but he finally took the opportunity to touch it. It feels unexpectedly soft. It¡¯s totally different from yesterday¡¯s wild and rebellious hairstyle. Li Sinian secretly smiled. Everyone swiped their cards, and then returned to their seats. The beef and stew on the table were still warm, but no one was in the mood to move their fork. At a quarter past eight, the machine beeped again. ¡°Current number of survivors: 12.¡± The machine emitted without emotion, ¡°Please take your place. All players, move to your initial positions at the beginning of the game.¡± Fang Daichuan reluctantly shuffled back to his last position. He hadn¡¯t chosen this position during breakfast this morning. Although the blood on Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s side had been wiped off, the memory of seeing Ol¡¯ Chen being shot, with blood splattered on his face was really terrifying. Facing the empty chair in front of him, he felt numb, and the bright sunshine pouring down from the large glass windows could hardly drive out the chill inside his body. ¡°Players, please speak, and make your statements, starting from the counter-clockwise of the deceased.¡± The machine instructed dutifully. The unfortunate guy who died on the first night was sitting next to Yang Song. So the presentation started with her. Yang Song took a deep breath and said, ¡°I don¡¯t know the dead, and I don¡¯t know what is happening. Last night Ding Zihui was attacked. Fang Daichuan was the first to rush up and I was the second. After I went up, I supported her all the way. Then I didn¡¯t go back to the room, and helped her come down to the first floor. The two of us stayed together from there until that person died. We can testify to each other.¡± Sitting across Yang Song was the old lady Song. The old lady wiped off the splashed water on her face with a napkin, drank two more sips of tea, and calmly said, ¡°I went to my room last night and fell asleep. I was confused when I heard movement outside my door. An old lady like me did not dare to open the door. Later, there was a loud noise and a boy knocked on the door so I opened it. After I heard the news, I closed the door, changed my clothes and went down. I never came into contact with that person. It¡¯s not me, and I don¡¯t even know who the deceased is.¡± On the right of old lady Song was Zhao Chu, the man who patted the table last night. ¡°Sister Xinran has said what I wanted to say! I second that!¡± He said very loudly, ¡°It¡¯s not me, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s anyone from the second floor! It was you who was on the first floor at the time that killed him! ¡° ¡°Wait,¡± Li Sinian suddenly raised his head, his pupils facing the sunlight, a faint light flashed through them, ¡°Who is Xinran?¡± Old lady Song¡¯s face changed. Zhao Chu was taken aback for a moment, and pointed to his left: ¡°That¡¯s¡­Sister Song ¡­ Song Xinran.¡± Fang Daichuan stared at him suspiciously, ¡°Is that so? How do you know her name?¡± ¡°I¡­¡± Zhao Chu turned to look at old lady Song, then at Fang Daichuan, ¡°Just now¡­ just now, she introduced herself!¡± ¡°Did she now?¡± Fang Daichuan stared at his face, ¡°She only said her surname, but didn¡¯t reveal the first name. We don¡¯t know the old lady¡¯s full name. Brother, do you know?¡± He turned his head and asked Li Sinian. Li Sinian glanced at him, with a smile in his eyes, and shook his head cooperatively: ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Everyone shook their heads and said that they didn¡¯t know, then they all turned to Zhao Chu. Zhao Chu was now the center of attention, and his hand holding the cup was shaking. He had broken out to a cold sweat and couldn¡¯t say a word to refute. The old lady sighed and put down her teacup: ¡°I will tell you, we know each other from over ten years ago. But it has nothing to do with the deceased.¡± Over ten years ago, Fang Daichuan subconsciously glanced at Li Sinian. He said his father was missing and that he had a miserable life as a child. He was used by fraudsters to steal small things as a child, so he must not have been too old. Should be no more than ten. Li Sinian looks like he¡¯s in his twenties, so it can be speculated that his father went missing over a decade ago. ¡°I worked at a geological exploration* facility and was the director of that facility before I retired. So don¡¯t think you¡¯re high and mighty just because you studied some engineering. I also have a PhD in geology.¡± https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/geological-exploration As she spoke, Mrs. Song glanced at Yang Song and continued, ¡°More than ten years ago, I was a team leader, and Xiao Zhao was a member of my team. Then something happened to the institute, the old director left, I took over as the director, and Xiao Zhao also left. But a few years ago, I had some health problems and resigned as well. I was surprised to see Xiao Zhao here.¡± That was reasonable and everyone accepted it. Li Sinian frowned and glanced at Zhao Chu again. On Zhao Chu¡¯s right side was Niu Xinyan. She lowered her head and used a fork to poke the cold mussel meat: ¡°I have nothing to say. I was coaxing my child last night and I didn¡¯t have the energy to pay attention to others. Nan Nan was scared yesterday and kept crying .¡± The little boy lowered his head to play with the tassel under the tablecloth and said nothing. His right side, where the deceased was, was empty. ¡°Don¡¯t let the children talk,¡± Ding Zihui sighed, ¡°He is so young, what does he know?¡± Hearing this, the boy was not only unhappy, but stared at Ding Zihui with hatred. Ding Zihui was frightened, she panicked a little. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Am, am I saying something wrong?¡± ¡°I know everything!¡± The little boy lowered his head, his eyes wide open, ¡°I can see him.¡± The child¡¯s face should have been the most innocent face, but Fang Daichuan felt cold at that moment. He turned his head and asked softly, ¡°What did you see?¡± The room fell silent. As the little boy stared at everyone in the eyes, he lifted his chin triumphantly. He then pointed to the empty seat beside him and giggled: ¡°The dead man that is sitting there¡­ I can see him! ¡° (T/N: And now we know everyone¡¯s full name. So here, the new picture. And Sinian, you like touching Chuan¡¯er¡¯s hair huh? Also, get ready for a creepy kid~~~ :insert I see dead people: meme here) CH 14 MAY 26, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii ¡°I know everything.¡± The little boy said, smiling with eyes wide open, and began to sing a nursery rhyme. ¡°Who killed the robin? The robin died on the island. The wolf killed the robin; the sparrow flapped its wings and sang. The wolf kills with venom; the robin dies, eyes wide open.¡± There was a smell of sea drifting from the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows and the sunlight shone through, casting an ominous shadow on the empty seats, faintly moving up and down. The child¡¯s voice was very clear and crisp, the tune gentle and detailed, but the lyrics were far more terrifying than the original mother goose nursery rhyme*. Listening to the eerie nursery rhyme, everyone remained completely still as though they had been enthralled by a spell. Fang Daichuan stared at an empty space, clenched his right hand, and swallowed. Li Sinian didn¡¯t move. His eyes flitted around observing everyone¡¯s faces, then he reached out from under the table and lightly patted Fang Daichuan¡¯s right hand, telling him not to act rashly. (T/N: For people who did not know, this is from ¡®Who Killed Cock Robin¡¯, link below for more information) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Robin There was an unusual silence in the room, and only breathing could be heard. A sudden gust of wind blew in from the open window. The curtains were violently blown up, and the tassels were soaked in moisture like wet strands of a woman¡¯s long hair. They touched Fang Daichuan¡¯s back, causing the hair on the back of his neck to rise up. The eerie nursery rhyme continued. The little boy stared straight at the empty chair with a innocent smile hanging from the corner of his mouth: ¡°Who saw the robin dead? The little boy opened his eyes. I saw the sparrow kill it; it died with eyes wide open.¡± ¡°Enough! Stop singing! Stop trying to scare people!¡± Yang Song slammed the teacup in her hand into the table. The boy turned his head, lowered it, and raised his eyes to stare at Yang Song. He raised one corner of his lips and sang with his eyes fixed on her: ¡°Where¡¯s the robin¡¯s blood? The murderer is still looking around. The boy drank twelve drops of blood, and one drop was on the table. ¡° Yang Song was so angry that she swept away the cups and plates on the table in front of her, pointed to Niu Xinyan and said, ¡°Don¡¯t let your son sing, do you hear me?!¡± ¡°What to do now that the robin is dead? The birds are standing by the grave. The sparrow opened its wings and sang; it was my turn to die next. ¡° Niu Xinyan smiled bitterly and pulled the boy into her arms. She placed a candy in his palm, and coaxed: ¡°Nan Nan, please, stop singing. Good Nan Nan, stop singing.¡± The boy played with candy as he kept on singing. There was an artificial innocence in his eyes, as if an adult was being imprisoned in the body of a child. He continued singing: ¡°Who is after the sparrow? They line up together¡­¡± Slap¨C the little boy¡¯s voice finally stopped. Instantly, everyone came back to their senses. Fang Daichuan shuddered and stared. Ding Zihui still had one hand raised in the air, her chest undulating. There was an empty seat between her and the child; she had jumped into the empty seat and slapped the child in the face. Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, and for a few moments were lost in thought. Fang Daichuan turned his head and looked over in amazement, shocked by the sudden display of violence from this cute girl. A look of disbelief flashed across Yang Song¡¯s face. Niu Xinyan was stupefied. She looked down at the bright red fingerprints on the child¡¯s face, then looked up at Ding Zihui, her lips trembling, and she couldn¡¯t say a word. Fang Daichuan stood up, afraid everyone would start to fight. The boy curled his lips and burst into tears. ¡°Why did you hit my son?¡± Niu Xinyan questioned aggressively while hiding the boy behind her. Fang Daichuan also hurriedly pulled Ding Zihui behind her. Unexpectedly, Ding Zihui didn¡¯t respond. She didn¡¯t even defend herself. She just trembled twice, leaned on Fang Daichuan¡¯s back and started crying. When Niu Xinyan saw this, she couldn¡¯t say anything more. Fang Daichuan also froze up on the spot. For a while, only Ding Zihui¡¯s and the boy¡¯s crying could be heard in the hall. ¡°I¡¯m really, really scared of him,¡± Ding Zihui was sobbing. She hiccuped from time to time as she spoke and the tears kept gushing out. The back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s T-shirt quickly soaked. ¡°Yesterday, I was attacked at night and then I saw someone dead. I was so scared that I didn¡¯t sleep well. But even so, he frightened us like this. If you can¡¯t discipline your son, I will discipline him for you!¡± Fang Daichuan hurriedly tugged her away to sit down: ¡°Okay, no need to get angry at the children. Sit down and have a cup of tea.¡± As he was saying this, Li Sinian had already poured the tea and handed it over without a word. Ding Zihui wiped her face clean with a silk napkin, thanked him, and sobbed quietly while holding the teacup. Niu Xinyan also made a small talk to her son: ¡°Don¡¯t fight with other people, Nan Nan, my good Nan Nan, mother is afraid.¡± For some reason, Fang Daichuan felt Niu Xinyan¡¯s tone was weird. Yes, while it was hard to say it was wholly unnatural, he¡¯d never heard a mother talk to her son in such a tone. He turned his head, glancing at the strange mother and son pair, and saw the boy sitting back pouting. Just when Fang Daichuan thought he must¡¯ve been thinking too much, he clearly saw the moment the child sat down, he turned his head towards Ding Zihui and gave her a strange smile. Fang Daichuan saw from his peripheral vision that Ding Zihui¡¯s arm on the table trembled. The machine in the corner of the room urged: ¡°Please make statements in turn! Please make statements in turn!¡± ¡°It¡¯s me, my turn.¡± After calming down for a while, Ding Zihui whispered: ¡°My statement is the same as Yang Song¡¯s. I was attacked last night and I didn¡¯t have time to touch the deceased at all.¡± After Ding Zihui was Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian and said cautiously: ¡°I¡¯m completely clueless. Last night, Li Sinian and I went to the fourth floor to check the situation and found a box of food. We made a loud noise. Ding Zihui, Yang Song, Du Wei, Chen Hui, boss Du and the deceased came together to see. We went back to the first floor with our things and talked for a while on the first floor. At that time, we were all sitting far away from each other, and murder was impossible. I still think the half an hour between the attack on Sister Ding and the time we returned to the first floor was the period the murderer was most likely to have acted. I guaranteed Li Sinian didn¡¯t do it. We¡¯ve been together the whole time.¡± Li Sinian was sitting at the bottom*, right next to Fang Daichuan. He looked around and voiced out his analysis: ¡°From the time of Ding Zihui¡¯s attack to the time everyone gathered on the first floor, Yang Song was the first to run up, Chen Hui also went up before the deceased, then the rest followed him up. The three girls went back to the hall on the first floor together, so the suspicion towards them can be fully eliminated.¡± (T/N: In order to make things easier (to imagine) I have made a seat arrangement. Remember in chapter 4 it is already said that the long table originally has 16 seats with 14 seats facing each other and 2 on top and bottom. I put the picture on bottom since it is pretty big) ¡°Fang Daichuan went to the second floor before the deceased, and so did Du Wei, but the problem with these two people was that after the three girls went downstairs, their respective whereabouts were unclear. During this time, they had the opportunity to attack the deceased. But because Fang Daichuan had been with me the whole time from my perspective, he is 100% innocent.¡± ¡°Since boss Du and I went upstairs with the deceased we are naturally suspicious because we had the opportunity. The other people on the second floor can¡¯t be ruled out, they also had an opportunity when the deceased was in his room on the second floor. Which is why I suggest a blind voting. Adding to that, someone like Fang Daichuan with an IQ of 50 and a vitality of 150, I beg everyone to keep him alive. If something really happens, he can defend everyone, that¡¯s it.¡± After Li Sinian was Du Wei: ¡°I have nothing to say, it is not me. After I went upstairs, I went to the second floor and knocked on the door to wake everyone up. After that, I went down to the first floor. You can ask the three girls. I came down fast, so it can¡¯t be me.¡± Chen Hui hurriedly nodded: ¡°Du Wei came down quickly to accompany us. It¡¯s not him. You have to believe him. As for me, I am just as Li Sinian said, it¡¯s definitely not me. Both of us don¡¯t know anything, it is the truth. Anyone who wants more clarification, please come forward.¡± Fang Daichuan suddenly remembered something when he heard this. He turned his head and stared at Li Sinian, then whispered into his ear, ¡°Did you check anyone last night?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s head didn¡¯t move, only his eyes flitted over, and he laughed in a low voice. ¡°Do you remember when I told you to go out with me? Before I came back, I stopped by the rooms.¡± ¡°Fuck! So fast?¡± Fang Daichuan recalled*, stunned. He remembered that Li Sinian had asked him to go out and at that time he had not opened the box. When he returned from the cigarette break, Li Sinian had already opened the box. Unexpectedly, while he was having a cigarette break, Li Sinian not only checked his own role and bound his fingerprint to the card, he also took the time to check someone¡¯s role?! Not only is he fast, he¡¯s also decisive. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mouth opened and closed: ¡°Who did you check? Why didn¡¯t you tell me?!¡± (T/N: Happen on chapter 6 and continue to chapter 7) Li Sinian glanced at him, smiling: ¡°Since you really want to know, I will tell you, but don¡¯t get angry at me.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face was full of black question marks, ¡°Why would I? Who are you check?¡± Li Sinian raised his lips and smiled, he glanced at him with affection in his eyes, held a fist against his mouth and coughed. ¡°?¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t react at all, ¡°Who?¡± ¡°Tsk,¡± Li Sinian frowned, with an ¡®are you stupid¡¯ expression on his face, and whispered a word, ¡°You.¡± ¡°Me?!¡± Fang Daichuan stared at him incredulously, stretched out his right hand from under the table while no one was paying attention, pinched Li Sinian¡¯s thigh, and huffed angrily, ¡°You checked me?! Then why were you laughing at me when I couldn¡¯t guess your identity?! I fucking thought you were so awesome you could guess my identity purely through your inductive reasoning. But it turns out you checked me. What qualifications did you have to laugh at me last night?!¡± Li Sinian suppressed the corners of his mouth firmly, and was forced to endure the pain and the desire to laugh. For a while, the expression on his face was extremely strange. He patted Fang Daichuan¡¯s right hand, lowered his head and rebuked with a smile, ¡°Don¡¯t make trouble.¡± (T/N: If you want to listen to the creepy song, head to the audio drama. Also, Liu Xiquan is at least 13 years old just clarification, so yep, 13 years old singing a creepy nursery rhyme¡­yep, still creepy) CH 15 JUNE 11, 2021~ REII Editor : reii Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian quarreled for some time, but when it became boss Du¡¯s turn to speak, Fang Daichuan immediately quieted and became alert. After he and Li Si Nian had entered their room, he had no way of knowing what was happening outside, but before then, Du Chaosheng was the one who had the biggest opportunity to attack the deceased. Boss Du said, ¡°I know you suspect me. As the one who went up right after the beer belly it¡¯s a given that I¡¯m the primary suspect. But don¡¯t forget; myself, the deceased, and the mysterious Mr. Li Sinian went upstairs together. Mr. Li is someone who¡¯d been working for the boss* as a professional mercenary. Someone was killed right under his nose but he wasn¡¯t aware of it? That is unlikely. On the contrary, for someone like me, if there was a professional assassin working under my nose, I have no way to detect them.¡± (T/N: On English on raw) Fang Daichuan felt things were starting to go south and wanted to speak up, but Li Sinian grabbed him. Li Sinian firmly pressed down on Fang Daichuan¡¯s thigh with his right hand, gave him a stern look, then turned his head away, a ghost of a smile appearing at the corners of his lips. ¡°Go on.¡± Boss Du crossed his hands on his chest and gave Fang Daichuan a once-over. ¡°Take it easy, I was just analyzing the possibility. I personally don¡¯t doubt Li Sinian. Even if he was a wolf, with his previous identity, no one will trust him in the beginning. If I were him, and I got a wolf card, I would act low-key. It¡¯s very unlikely for him to take the risk of killing someone on the first night. And I think the most likely time it happened was not when everyone went upstairs, leaving only the three of us on the first floor. That¡¯s too conspicuous. It would leave either me or Mr. Li as the primary suspect. Would someone planning a murder act like that? It¡¯s basically telling everyone; The murderer is either me or him, everyone just needs to vote for the two of us in the next two days. That way, even if an innocent person gets sacrificed, there¡¯s a hundred percent chance the murderer will get taken out.¡± It makes sense! Fang Daichuan felt like nodding, but he kept Li Sinian¡¯s instructions in mind and restrained himself. ¡°Then when did it happen?¡± Ding Zihui didn¡¯t have anyone tell her to hold it in. Boss Du smiled slightly. ¡°It must¡¯ve been when we were all on the second floor. When the deceased goes back to the room to put away his items, someone knocks on the door and asks him to go down together. Isn¡¯t it a given that he¡¯ll turn his back to this person when he goes downstairs? At that moment, no one would be around to see what happened. But there¡¯s also another possibility. When everyone gathered together on the second floor, everyone was focused on you who¡¯d just been attacked. At the time, our positions were like this; you at the center, Fang Daichuan, Yang Song, and Chen Hui in the innermost circle, Li Sinian, the deceased, and me in the outer circle. Du Wei was standing the furthest outside. If someone had the courage to act, wouldn¡¯t that be the perfect chance?¡± Chen Hui was the first to respond when she heard this. ¡°Obviously, you just want to shift the suspicion! Du Wei is a villager, I guarantee it.¡± ¡°How can you guarantee him?¡± Yang Song frowned, clasping her arms. Chen Hui was anxious and pointed to Fang Daichuan and said, ¡°Then how can Fang Daichuan guarantee Li Sinian?! Just like Fang Daichuan can guarantee Li Sinian, I can guarantee my Du Wei!¡± The gentleman Liu Xin smiled and persuaded, ¡°Miss Chen, please calm down. What Ms. Yang said is reasonable. They are not lovers, so their testimony for each other is more credible. In your case you two are a couple. Just like in court, the testimonies of husband and wife for each other are not considered valid.¡± ¡°Who is to say that they¡¯re not a couple?!¡± Chen Hui was so anxious she no longer cared about what she was saying. ¡°They could¡¯ve hooked up. They¡¯ve been stuck together since they took their boxes yesterday and they went into each other¡¯s room. I can tell. Is that not enough to prove that they¡¯re a couple?! If you don¡¯t count my testimony, then you can¡¯t count on theirs either! Anyway, Li Sinian is more suspicious than Du Wei!¡± ¡°Enough.¡± Du Wei grabbed Chen Hui and stared at Boss Du with a sneer. ¡°Go on, let¡¯s see what other tricks you have.¡± Fang Daichuan had been shot while lying down*. He straightened up on his stool before Boss Du could say anything. ¡°Hey, hey, we¡¯re just here to vote, don¡¯t go around smearing others¡¯ reputations. The great me am the #1 Straightest Man in the entire universe, straighter than a highway*. We rely on our fans to earn our keep in our business. Watch your words or I will sue you.¡± (T/N: ¡­ *cough* :insert picture of crooked highway fresh from Google: Also, this phrase is an internet buzzword and I know anyone who has read Chinese novels must know this but still, an explanation. This is from Stephen Chow¡¯s movie, Fight Back to School. I would love to show you the screenshot of the lines but this is a 1991 movie so I can¡¯t find any screen shot. Anyway this means something like ¡®innocent yet get blamed¡¯) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Back_to_School Chen Hui rolled her eyes, pursed her lips and continued to say, ¡°Who doesn¡¯t know that the entertainment circle is a mess?! This one and that one, haven¡¯t they all been exposed to be living together? But they¡¯re still lying to the public saying they¡¯re just a friend.¡± ¡°Take that back!¡± Fang Daichuan slammed on the table and made to stand up but Li Sinian grabbed him. Du Wei firmly pulled Chen Hui back to her chair, coaxing her, ¡°What¡¯s the matter, what are you doing?¡± Chen Hui hugged Du Wei and cried out, ¡°I¡¯m scared, I¡¯m really scared. The first night has just passed, but the seer didn¡¯t identify anyone. I¡¯m afraid everyone will blindly vote and turn you into a scapegoat!¡± Du Wei cautiously kissed his girlfriend¡¯s earlobe, murmuring softly, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, don¡¯t be afraid, nothing will happen.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t have such a good temper. He simply roughly covered Fang Daichuan¡¯s mouth. Fang Daichuan wanted to continue saying something but Li Sinian glared dagger at him so he could only sit back feeling aggrieved. Li Sinian stared at him for a while, raised his eyebrows and asked with his gaze whether he had calmed down, Fang Daichuan lowered his eyes and nodded. Li Sinian finally let him go. He took the napkin on the table, wiped the palm of his hand, then said, ¡°Alright, let¡¯s follow the rules and stop fighting. Do you have anything else to say, boss Du?¡± Boss Du¡¯s gaze moved between Du Wei and Chen Hui. He then shook his head after regaining his senses, ¡°I¡¯m all done.¡± Liu Xin was next after Boss Du. He nudged the glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked down at his teacup and said, ¡°I have nothing to say, I did not notice anything anyway. There was really nothing I could do on the first day. Since Ding, Yang, Chen and Fang, these four people have been identified as innocent, let¡¯s blindly vote for the rest.¡± He was the last one. Fang Daichuan had listened to what everyone said and tried to sort out everyone¡¯s testimonies to find the suspicious one. However, he couldn¡¯t analyse all the information in such a short time, so he could only come up with nothing. ¡°In that case, let¡¯s vote.¡± Yang Song stood up and walked towards the machine, looking as if she was confident she knew who the murderer was. Ding Zihui stood up dumbfounded and looked left and right. ¡°Who to vote for?¡± ¡°Who do you want to vote for? You can vote for yourself if you don¡¯t know who to vote for. Anyway, no one will make the decision for you. Either you vote for yourself, or you abstain.¡± Yang Song said casually, swiping her card to vote. Fang Daichuan cautiously got close to Li Sinian and asked in a low voice, ¡°Then¡­ who do we vote for?¡± Li Sinian looked around, turned his back to him, and said in an inaudible voice, ¡°Vote for Zhao Chu.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s puppy eyes immediately widened: ¡°What?? How could it be him?! Shouldn¡¯t it¡­¡± He swallowed his saliva and lowered his voice, ¡°Shouldn¡¯t it be Boss Du?!¡± Starting from Yang Song, everyone went up to vote one by one, and soon it was Ding Zihui¡¯s turn. The girl looked at everyone like a deer in the headlights, but there was no abstain button on the machine. She turned her head and glanced at Fang Daichuan, the machine ruthlessly prompting, ¡°Please vote quickly! Please vote within ten seconds!¡± She looked down at the small keyboard. The photos of thirteen people were arranged on the screen. Each had serial numbers that were randomly generated. The photos were automatically saved when they entered their fingerprints. Everyone looked ugly in them so the photos themselves gave off an ominous vibe. The photo of the unfortunate player who¡¯d died had turned black. She clenched her fist and hammered the machine twice, not knowing which one to choose. The machine had begun to count down: ¡°Ten, nine, eight, seven, six¡­¡± Ding Zihui relented and tapped the serial number of the person she suspected. A text ¡°Are you sure?¡± appeared on the screen when the countdown had already reached three. Ding Zihui hesitated at the last second. Fang Daichuan¡¯s surprised expression before he and Li Sinian spoke flashed through her mind. As the countdown was about to end, she revoked her original selection and replaced it with another. When it was Fang Daichuan¡¯s turn, he walked up slowly. Li Sinian¡¯s decisive voice still echoed in his ears, ¡°No time to explain, just listen to me!¡± Fang Daichuan stood in front of the machine, shut his eyes tightly for a moment, then pressed the buttons. (T/N: Voting time! Who dies and who lives? Stay tuned~~~) CH 16 JUNE 12, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii (T/N: Someone is dead since you know, it is voting time. But since the description are just a couple lines I don¡¯t think it is necessary to give warning but anyway, from now on even if someone die unless I think it is necessary I won¡¯t give a warning) ¡°Voting is over. Please go back to your original seats and sit down.¡± The machine instructed in a mechanical voice. Fang Daichuan was anxious. He lowered his head and cut a piece of cold mussel meat with his dining knife but did not eat, only pushed it around the plate. ¡°I voted for you,¡± The little boy gloated, grinning at Ding Zihui. ¡°You¡¯re going to die.¡± Ding Zihui stared at the boy¡¯s face, her face pale, her chest frantically moving up and down. ¡°Voting is over. A total of twelve votes were cast, with twelve valid votes. The safe players with zero votes are,¡± the machine paused slightly before continuing, ¡°Yang Song, Liu Xiquan, Fang Daichuan, Du Wei, Chen Hui, Chen Xin*. Congratulations on getting zero votes.¡± (T/N: So the raw are [³ÂÐÂ] and the Chen is the same as Chen on Chen Hui so I am sure author are mistyping this since I have check but after this the machine always use Liu Xin and not Chen Xin so here, just a notes.) When Fang Daichuan heard his name, he let out a sigh of relief, but then his heart squeezed tightly¡ªhe hadn¡¯t heard Li Sinian¡¯s name. He turned to look at Li Sinian, his right hand clenched into a fist, and his palms breaking into a cold sweat. Li Sinian turned his head and smiled at him, whispered, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, if I didn¡¯t guess wrong, I only got one vote.¡± How¡¯d he fucking figure that out?! In his heart, Fang Daichuan frantically hoped Li Sinian wasn¡¯t only showing off this time, but his brain couldn¡¯t fully believe that what Li Sinian just said was true. These conflicting thoughts made him feel like he was choking on his heart. The mussel meat he ate early in the morning seemed to have turned alive, tumbling and stirring inside his stomach. He could feel sweat slipping down from his temples. ¡°Players whose names have not been announced, please stand up and take a step forward,¡± the machine commanded. The four sniper rifles in the corners of the room were on standby. Li Sinian smiled, patted Fang Daichuan on the shoulder, and became the first to stand in the middle of the hall. Fang Daichuan quickly stood up and wanted to pull him back. Li Sinian touched his chin, gestured at the table in front of him, frowned and said, ¡°Sit down.¡± Fang Daichuan was breathing heavily. He sweeped a gaze at the rest of the players and reluctantly sat. Ding Zihui and Niu Xinyan¡¯s reactions were more dramatic. The two looked around blankly, thinking the machine must¡¯ve been wrong, but both old lady Song and Zhao Chu both stood up, so eventually they too had to stand up amid the urging of the machine. Yang Song¡¯s eyes were wide open when she asked Ding Zihui, ¡°Did you really vote for yourself?!¡± With tears in her eyes, Ding Zihui replied in grief, ¡°I didn¡¯t!¡± She suddenly recovered, stared bitterly at the boy hiding beside her, and accused loudly, ¡°Why did you vote for me?!¡± The boy¡®s expression went blank for about three seconds. He glanced at his mother subconsciously, then turned his head, and sneered at Ding Zihui. ¡°I can vote for whoever I want. Do you have a problem with that?!¡± The people who were voted for stood in the middle of the hall as though it was a public execution. Everyone was facing each other. In a sense, it was a public execution. Everyone¡¯s eyes wandered, kept flitting around and dodging others¡¯ gazes. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes drifted across everyone, but Fang Daichuan¡¯s gaze was fixed solely on him. Zhao Chu glared at the people who were sitting, gritted his teeth and cursed, ¡°Who voted for me? Don¡¯t let me find you! I will fucking end you!¡± ¡°How can any of you vote for me when you can for anyone else?¡± Niu Xinyan lowered her head and said in a low voice, ¡°How can I kill someone when I have a child with me? Even if I¡¯m not a good person, I won¡¯t kill in front of my child. The child is innocent.¡± With all due respect, Fang Daichuan threw an icy look at the little boy who was smiling maliciously on the side, and said in his heart, that word cannot be used to describe your child at all. He¡¯s almost given me pedephobia. If in the future I don¡¯t want children, it will be because I¡¯ve been scared silly by your demon of a child. (PR/N: Nah it¡¯ll be bc you decided to elope with Sinian¡¯er qwq) Old lady Song sneered beside her, ¡°I don¡¯t know who voted for you but you voted for me, didn¡¯t you?¡± Niu Xinyan turned her head and hesitated. ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about.¡± Du Chaosheng and Li Sinian did not speak. They looked at each other and exchanged meaningful glances. The machine continued, ¡°Among these players; Song Xinran, Zhao Chu, Niu Xinyan, Ding Zihui, Li Sinian, Du Chaosheng, there are players who only got one vote. They are; Song Xinran, Niu Xinyan, Ding Zihui , Li Sinian. These four players, please return to your seats.¡± When Li Sinian returned to his seat, he smiled at Fang Daichuan. ¡°How was it? I guessed it right, didn¡¯t I?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart instantly calmed down and he returned the smile, but turned away to stare at Ding Zihui anxiously. Ding Zihui had already decided it was the little boy who voted for her. She drew a cross on herself, murmured a short prayer, then glared at the child fiercely. The little boy nestled into his mother¡¯s arms and said nothing. In the end, only Du Chaosheng and Zhao Chu were left standing. Fang Daichuan felt a little nervous. He suspected Du Chaosheng was the wolf, but had decided to follow Li Sinian¡¯s decision and voted for Zhao Chu in the end. Fang Daichuan pricked up his ears and waited quietly for the final announcement. The remaining eleven people in the room also followed suit one after another, waiting for the final sentence. Boss Du still looked calm and collected. His eyes were clear of all emotion but Fang Daichuan intuitively knew, based on his experience of mixing in the entertainment industry, that there must be something simmering inside. ¡°Between Zhao Chu and Du Chaosheng, the one who got higher votes, five votes, was¡ª¡± The machine droned on, and Fang Daichuan pulled the fabric of his trousers. ¡°Zhao Chu.¡± As soon as the name was announced, a sniper rifle from one of the corners fired with a bang. Boss Du slightly curled his lips. A wisp of light blue smoke wafted out of the muzzle, Zhao Chu¡¯s body fell like a sack that was roughly thrown into a corner. Half a minute later, blood gradually seeped out, spreading out in a pool at Boss Du¡¯s feet. Boss Du squatted down, looked at the corpse and sighed, then wiped his bloodied soles on the clean carpet. Fang Daichuan averted his gaze and closed his eyes. After seeing so much blood and death, everyone had become a little numb. This time even Ding Zihui did not cry. The girl sat at the table, motionless, her expression still, like a sculpture that could only roll its eyes. ¡°All¡­ go back,¡± she said in a gloomy voice, ¡°Today is over¡­¡± Is it over? Fang Daichuan daren¡¯t be so sure. He stared at the muzzle hanging behind the corpse for a while, and shuddered. All the hairs on his body were standing up when he came back to his senses. The sniper rifles retracted back. ¡°Congratulations to the surviving players. I wish you all a happy game,¡± the machine responded to Fang Daichuan¡¯s thoughts politely. Fang Daichuan stood up abruptly. He was trembling, his face flushed. The tight feeling in his chest could not be repressed anymore, he could only let it out. His breath felt so hot it burned his nose. Without warning, he picked up a chair and slammed it into a corner. The ceiling on the first floor was raised so high that Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t reach it even when he stood on the chair. He jumped down angrily, took a few quick breaths, turned around and kicked the chair over. The chair inlaid with intricate bronze flowers bounced four or five times, before smashing against the brickwork in the corner, scattering all over the floor. Like the skeleton of a dead man. Li Sinian lowered his head and sighed softly. He walked over and grabbed Fang Daichuan¡¯s shoulders. ¡°Come, let¡¯s go upstairs.¡± ¡°I killed him.¡± Fang Daichuan pushed Li Sinian away and raised his head, looking stubbornly at Li Sinian. ¡°I am an accomplice.¡± ¡°Fang Daichuan!¡± Li Sinian shouted, ¡°Come with me!¡± ¡°What¡¯s the difference between us doing this and murderers?¡± Fang Daichuan looked around at everyone¡¯s faces. ¡°Because we didn¡¯t shoot them ourselves, we comfort ourselves that their deaths have nothing to do with us? Because everyone voted and the minority can only bend towards the majority¡¯s will, it¡¯s perfectly excusable to lynch people, is that right?!¡± Li Sinian was so frightened to hear this that he couldn¡¯t even cover Fang Daichuan¡¯s mouth. He hurriedly slapped Fang Daichuan¡¯s across his face. The crisp sound reverberated in the room. Yang Song raised her head, her eyes widening. Fang Daichuan turned his face downwards. Li Sinian had wanted to say something, but he was frozen on the spot¡ªFang Daichuan¡¯s face was pale, but his eyes were bloodshot. Li Sinian couldn¡¯t help but grasp the man¡¯s right hand. He rubbed his fingers, the wetness he felt between them making his heart ache. ¡°Come up with me.¡± Li Sinian softened his voice and leaned into Fang Daichuan¡¯s ear. His voice cracked. ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, let¡¯s go up and talk, please¡­¡± Fang Daichuan raised his head and looked at Li Sinian with teary eyes. The eyes that stared back at him were imploring. The two faced each other for some time before Fang Daichuan silently followed Li Sinian upstairs. Ding Zihui hesitated for a moment before pushing the chair away and standing up to head upstairs after the two of them. Yang Song soon did the same, then the little couple, and then the rest. Everyone ambled upstairs in complete silence. ¡°Where is your ID card?¡± Li Sinian stood outside Fang Daichuan¡¯s room, gazing worriedly at the other¡¯s lifeless face. Fang Daichuan finally reacted and began to dig into his pockets. Li Sinian noticed that his fingers were shaking so badly his fingers slipped past the openings several times. Li Sinian sighed, slipped out the ID card for the other man, swiped it, and headed in. Fang Daichuan silently trailed after him. By this time, everyone had already swiped their cards to enter their own rooms, leaving only the mother and son pair who came up last. ¡°Do you know who I voted for today?¡± When Fang Daichuan was about to shut the door, he overheard the childish voice. He was still in shock and couldn¡¯t think. The words just passed through his ears without him processing it. However, at that moment, Fang Daichuan happened to remember the child¡¯s evil antics. He slowed the closing door, and finally left a small opening. He heard Niu Xinyan trying to open her own door. Her reaction seemed a little slow. She didn¡¯t immediately respond to what her son had said. It was only after she¡¯d pushed the door open that she indulged in her son¡¯s question, ¡°Who did you vote for?¡± The child¡¯s innocent voice floated through the gap. He looked up at his mother and replied with a smile, ¡°I voted for you, mother!¡± (T/N: Someone is dead, so here is the new image. I also put the picture of the first vote so it makes things easier for curious people like me. Now the big question, who voted for who?) CH 17 JUNE 12, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii PR/N: Warning. Semi-hot teaser scenes ahead~ Outside the door, Niu Xinyan didn¡¯t speak for quite some time. After half a minute, the ID card seemed to have fallen to the ground with a crisp sound. Li Sinian took Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand and forced him to turn the doorknob. The door closed silently, isolating them from the sound outside. ¡°Don¡¯t think too much about it,¡± Li Sinian locked the door and pulled Fang Daichuan to the bed. He raised one corner of his lips and forced a smile. ¡°Did it hurt? Sorry, I was too hasty.¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head. He fell on his back on the mattress, silent and lifeless. Li Sinian nodded. ¡°Fang Daichuan, tell me, did you give up? You¡¯re mentally prepared to die, aren¡¯t you?¡± Fang Daichuan still didn¡¯t speak. He pulled the quilt over his head and made it clear; I don¡¯t want to hear, you don¡¯t need to talk. Li Sinian became furious. He lifted away the quilt from Fang Daichuan¡¯s body and felt up his trouser pockets. Fang Daichuan kicked his legs a few times and shouted, ¡°What the fuck are you doing?!¡± Li Sinian ignored him. He swiftly tore open his shirt, his cool hands sliding along his waist. Fang Daichuan¡¯s head exploded. He clenched his fist and punched Li Sinian. With a thud, Li Sinian fell back. He had a high IQ and good marksmanship. He had also learned to drive helicopters and the like, but he couldn¡¯t compare with Fang Daichuan in terms of raw strength. Fang Daichuan had hit the corner of his mouth with that punch, and Li Sinian had fallen on the back of his head. He stabilized himself using the bed, got up from the floor, and gently rubbed the corner of his lips with his thumb. Fang Daichuan was frozen, his punch was entirely a conditioned reflex, he hadn¡¯t really really wanted to hurt him. He instantly went limp, his mouth opened and closed several times but he didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡°Is this payback?¡± Li Sinian pointed at the corner of his lips and smiled bitterly. Fang Daichuan quickly got up to check on Li Sinian¡¯s condition. He knew his own strength; most people wouldn¡¯t get away unscathed. However, after moving two steps, he felt he shouldn¡¯t give in so easily. He bit the inside of his cheek: ¡°Why were you touching me? I¡¯ll warn you that I am homophobic, don¡¯t you dare think you can take advantage of me.¡± Li Sinian shook his head and said coldly. ¡°Who¡¯s taking advantage of you? I¡¯m looking for your potions. Aren¡¯t you tired of living? Before your enemy gets their hands on them, I¡¯ll take care of them for you.¡± PR/N: haha end of teaser scenes and we know who the dom will be now. Ah our little Chuan¡¯er¡¯s playing so hard to get~ How could Fang Daichuan bear his sarcastic tone? He turned his head, slipped out two vials from his pocket, and slapped them on the bed. ¡°Then fucking take it! You¡¯re going to be the death of me!¡± Li Sinian reacted quickly and managed to grab them before Fang Daichuan broke the glass tubes. Fortunately, the mattress was soft enough, otherwise, with Fang Daichuan¡¯s strength, they definitely would have been smashed. Fang Daichuan stared at him in defensive posture, the raging fire of anger in his eyes. Although it wasn¡¯t an appropriate time to say, Li Sinian thought the flames were really beautiful. Li Sinian¡¯s voice softened and he sighed. ¡°Earlier, why couldn¡¯t you wait and say those words to me? If you¡¯re upset, just vent when we¡¯re alone. To those people out there, how could you admit you assisted in killing Zhao Chu?¡± ¡°I know what you want to say.¡± Fang Daichuan turned away and walked barefoot to the windows. He raised his foot, stepped on the window sill, and opened the shutters to smoke. He clutched the cigarette butt, inhaling and exhaling deeply, blowing puffs of smoke out the window, and rubbing the hair on the back of his head vigorously with his free left hand. ¡°I know the game has already started. I know I¡¯m just looking for trouble. If I were sane, I would protect myself. Turn a blind eye to everything else to survive. But Li Sinian, I¡¯m sorry, I can¡¯t do that.¡± He said this confidently. The back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s head was a mess, a lingering evidence of his strong self-blame and irritation. Li Sinian placed his right hand against the back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s head, his joints gently pressed against his scalp. He clamped the man¡¯s hair in the gap between his index and middle finger and started smoothing the locks out, bit by bit. A faint smile hung on his mouth. He nodded and followed Fang Daichuan¡¯s gaze towards the distant sea. ¡°Let it all out, I¡¯m listening.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was like a pile of dry firewood in summer, just a tiny spark could ignite it. But when Li Sinian held his neck this way, combined with the sight of waves from the distant sea receding and hitting the coast again and again, he felt strangely at peace. He closed his eyes, took another puff, and confessed to Li Sinian through the smoke, ¡°I don¡¯t know with what purpose and motivations you all came to this island for. Maybe it¡¯s just as you said, no one here is innocent and everyone has their own reasons. But Li Sinian, every vote we cast was a bullet. My vote to kill the werewolf in the name of self-protection, is the same as the wolves personally killing the villagers. This is not murder and self-defense, both acts are murder. Except one is hiding in darkness and the other is out in the open. I can¡¯t accept that.¡± Li Sinian gazed at his profile through the smoke and did not speak. ¡°I¡¯m finished, you can reprimand me now.¡± Fang Daichuan stared at the distant sea, the beige curtains half-covering the window billowing around him. It covered the rest of the windows so only Fang Daichuan¡¯s side face and upper body were strikingly illuminated by the sun. When he turned his head, in Li Sinian¡¯s eyes, it looked as if there was a halo surrounding him, beckoning Li Sinian to come closer. Li Sinian smiled and stroked the man¡¯s hair, his eyes wistful. He said, ¡°I won¡¯t scold you, you said it well.¡± In fact, just as Fang Daichuan said, there was no good nor evil. The camps were randomly divided, and there was no difference between the werewolf killing the villagers and the villagers voting for a wolf. It was only that voting looked more upright and dignified. Li Sinian walked to the refrigerator in the corner of the room. There was a box of ice cubes in the fridge. He poured a glass of water, dropped a few ice cubes in it and handed the glass to Fang Daichuan. ¡°But if you say that, then our crime had already started much earlier.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned. He squashed the cigarette butt out in a brass ashtray on the table and accepted the glass. Li Sinian still smiled, but it was tinged with weariness. ¡°Ol¡¯ Chen¡¯s death. Even if you say it was luck, is it still not basically the same thing? Thirteen people survived, and the unlucky person died. We can say it was fair because the ghost card was what decided it and his death was just fated to be. But in actuality, thirteen people wanted to survive so they pushed one person off to certain death. The truth is that simple.¡± The flames in Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were instantly extinguished. The ice cubes in the glass he held clinked around as his hand trembled. (T/N: Sinian really loves touching Chuan¡¯er¡¯s hair) CH 18 JUNE 27, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii The two people sat still on the window sill. The curtains covered the sun, making one side bright and the other dark. Fang Daichuan looked out towards the sea, while Li Sinian gazed at Fang Daichuan. They didn¡¯t know how long they¡¯d been sitting like that when Li Sinian suddenly said, ¡°Have you ever thought about¡­¡± Someone rang the doorbell, cutting him off. Fang Daichuan froze. Before he could react, Li Sinian had already stepped up and opened the door. Ding Zihui¡¯s figure flashed in through the door, with two plates of food in her hands. ¡°You two didn¡¯t come downstairs at noon. I was worried so I came over to take a look.¡± She put the plate on the table opposite the bed and set the cutlery. ¡°Thank you.¡± Fang Daichuan wiped his face and jumped off the sill. The two people sat at the table and ate silently. Li Sinian seemed to have been trying to say something just now, but Ding Zihui was there so he kept silent. ¡°Have you eaten?¡± It felt strange to be stared at by someone while he was eating. Fang Daichuan, a lesser known actor obviously not used to this atmosphere, asked, feeling a little embarrassed. Ding Zihui could tell what he was hinting at, but she had something to say so she had to pretend she couldn¡¯t understand other people¡¯s intentions. She glanced at Li Sinian secretly, waved her hand and said, ¡°I¡¯ve eaten, you don¡¯t need to worry about me.¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows, quickly finished his food in two or three mouthfuls, picked up the empty plate, turned his head and walked out. ¡°You guys talk, I¡¯ll wash the plates.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t go!¡± Unexpectedly, Ding Zihui moved in front of him. Li Sinian raised his eyebrows, tilted his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan, then smiled at Ding Zihui. ¡°I thought you came to see Brother Chuan¡¯er?¡± ¡°I¡¯m looking for you too,¡± Ding Zihui said. Seeing this, Fang Daichuan lost his appetite. He threw the fork into the plate, making a clang sound. ¡°Let¡¯s sit down and talk?¡± Fang Daichuan picked up the napkin on the table and wiped his mouth, pointing his chin toward the window sill. Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian sat on the window sill, Ding Zihui on the edge of the bed. She lowered her head and gnawed her nails, she wore an indescribable expression mixed with disbelief. Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian silently glanced at each other. ¡°I have a lot of questions to ask you,¡± Ding Zihui said, lowering her head, ¡°I feel insecure right now.¡± Li Sinian folded his legs, tilted his head. ¡°Before you ask, answer my question.¡± Ding Zihui raised her head and glanced at Li Sinian nervously. ¡°Are you a wolf?¡± Li Sinian did not beat around the bush. It was a given that Li Sinian suspected Ding Zihui was a wolf. The girl who on the first night already made a ruckus, and the girl who inexplicably got a vote on the first round, Li Sinian could¡¯t be sure of Ding Zihui¡¯s true face. Ding Zihui took out a villager card from her pocket and pushed it to them. ¡°I know you are in the villagers faction.¡± Fang Daichuan was taken aback by Ding Zihui. He turned his head to look at Li Sinian, thinking there was something wrong with everyone around him. When both of these people saw there was about to be trouble, they immediately revealed their cards, which made him, some who destroyed the card, look timid. He also felt a little touched. Ding Zihui didn¡¯t even ask about his role. She just straight up showed her card. This kind of trust made him flattered. However, Li Sinian did not respond. Ding Zihui had made a dangerous gamble, but it was actually a clever move. If the two parties were wolves, then without even being revealed the other party would already know the details. But if the other party was not a wolf, showing the card would only benefit her. Li Sinian looked at Ding Zihui with a smile. ¡°Let¡¯s put it away, you can forget about using your trick. If it was brother Chuan¡¯er it might work, but in front of me, it won¡¯t work.¡± Ding Zihui¡¯s face flushed when she realized her scheme had been seen through. Fang Daichuan was confused and turned to look at Li Sinian, not knowing what he meant. Li Sinian did not want to expose her, so he changed the subject. ¡°What did you want to ask us?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t understand the vote just now. Originally I was going to vote for Boss Du. But when I thought about it, Brother Daichuan also doubted Boss Du. He became dumbstruck when you whispered something in his ear so I guessed the person you suspected definitely was not Boss Du, but an unexpected person.¡± She lowered her head while explaining. Li Sinian glanced at Fang Daichuan. The expression in those eyes clearly meant, Look, there are many people who are smarter than you. Please stop worrying about them and worry about yourself. Fang Daichuan glared at him. Li Sinian nodded to Ding Zihui. ¡°So you came full circle and voted for Zhao Chu?¡± ¡°How did you know that I voted for Zhao Chu?!¡± Ding Zihui¡¯s eyes widened. Li Sinian raised a corner of his mouth. ¡°Du Wei¡¯s target is Boss Du. Needless to say, Du Chaosheng¡¯s two votes must come from the young couple. Old lady Song¡¯s vote came from Niu Xinyan, my vote came from Yang Song. I had thought that the little kid had voted for you and Zhao Chu had voted for Niu Xin Yan, but it turned out not to be. Anyway, you can¡¯t really be stupid enough to vote for yourself, Zhao Chu had five votes, so he¡¯s who the remaining five people voted for.¡± ¡°The kid did not vote for me?!¡± Ding Zihui exclaimed, ¡°Then who was it?!¡± Fang Daichuan sighed. ¡°Didn¡¯t Niu Xinyan have one vote, it was her crazy son who voted for her. You¡­probably got your vote from Zhao Chu.¡± Ding Zihui was bewildered. Fang Daichuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Sinian, telling him with his eyes, Look, even if she¡¯s smarter than me, she¡¯s not that much smarter. Li Sinian lowered his head, smiled wordlessly, and patted the back of the other man¡¯s head lightly. He explained, ¡°Old lady Song and Niu Xinyan disliked each other, and Niu Xinyan¡¯s reaction was off at that time. I guessed either Niu Xinyan knew something or held a grudge against old lady Song. Yang Song probably genuinely wanted to catch the wolf, but her intelligence was limited so she voted for me. It¡¯s easy to guess why Zhao Chu voted for you. He¡¯s a wolf, and as long as he makes someone get a higher number of votes than he does, he¡¯ll be safe. Yang Song made an unintentional remark before voting that you should vote for yourself, plus you had conflict with that kid, and his mother looked like a type that spoils their child, so he was counting on the fact that you could have three votes before he even votes for you. If he doesn¡¯t vote for you, who will he vote for? Remember to thank God when you say your prayers tonight that the brat voted for his own mother out of nowhere and you voted for Zhao Chu on a whim and that¡¯s why he didn¡¯t get away with it.¡± Ding Zihui nodded with lingering fear, and silently crossed her chest. ¡°It¡¯s a pity.¡± Li Sinian shook his head. ¡°Only boss Du and the glasses-wearing Liu Xin, these two I couldn¡¯t figure out. I wanted to take advantage of the first vote to test the waters, but I didn¡¯t expect these two to vote for the wolves without saying anything. ¡° Fang Daichuan kept blinking. ¡°How could you be sure that Zhao Chu is a wolf? You haven¡¯t tested him. What if you guessed wrong!¡± ¡°He was right,¡± Ding Zihui pointed downstairs. ¡°We searched the corpse during lunch. Three bottles of wolf venom were found and they have been destroyed.¡± Li Sinian frowned, and seemed to still be struggling with the identities of Boss Du and Liu Xin. He casually asked, ¡°Did Liu Xin and Boss Du go downstairs when you searched for the body?¡± Ding Zihui recalled it carefully and shook his head. ¡°Two big brothers.¡± Ding Zihui looked up at them pitifully. ¡°Please help me! I admit I came to this island with purpose, but it¡¯s not because I want to kill and I don¡¯t want to die.¡± Li Sinian smiled bitterly. ¡°If you follow us, you will only die faster.¡± ¡°Anyway,¡± Fang Daichuan interrupted Li Sinian, ¡°Let¡¯s go around the island now while there is still light. Tonight we gathered everyone together, searched each room, found all the wolf poison and destroyed it. Anyway, there is no one else on this island. The murderer must be among us, either we act alone or stick together.¡± In any case, this is also a way to survive and even if it doesn¡¯t work, at least they are now working together while hiding nothing. It is better than being in a constant state of fear. Ding Zihui nodded hurriedly. Li Sinian smiled reluctantly, looked at the sky outside the window, unease rising in his heart. (T/N: And we got our first dead wolf! So here is the updated images) CH 19 JULY 1, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii In the afternoon, the weather gradually changed. In the distance, a dark cloud was hanging above the sea, and the ocean currents swirled the plankton carcasses, rolling the foam and dead aquatic plants on the shore. Their carcasses hung on the reef cracks. Pushed by the tide, those hair-like aquatic plants stretched and curled in the shadows, making the whole island look as if it was surrounded by a dense coil of snakes that gnawed at them. ¡°The weather is going to worsen,¡± Li Sinian noted with concern. ¡°Let¡¯s go to a high place first. I don¡¯t know where the freshwater on this small island flows from. If it rains heavily and the tide rises, I¡¯m worried our water source will be polluted by sea water.¡± The three of them walked around the island against the strong wind, and then to the hill in the center of the island. This island didn¡¯t look big but it could still tire the people exploring on foot. Fang Daichuan was okay. Toughened through rain and wind while filming, this amount of exercise doesn¡¯t matter for him. But for Ding Zihui it was a little bit difficult. The two men ended up dragging her to the top of the hill. Ding Zihui leaned on her knees and panted, ¡°This mountain¡­ this mountain is different from the ones I usually climb.¡± ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Fang Daichuan looked around silently. The plants on this mountain¡ªno it can¡¯t be called a mountain, should be called a slope¡ªwere quite luxuriant. This made him feel cautious of whether or not there could be any animals in the thickets. He then casually said to Ding Zihui, ¡°You¡¯ve only climbed scenic spots where steps have already been built for tourists. Do you seriously think all mountains were originally like that?¡± Once they climbed over the hill, the villa they lived in was in full view before them. Li Sinian kept his eyes on the villa, inadvertently slipped and almost fell straight down. Fang Daichuan quickly grabbed him. The gravel and sand at his feet rolled all the way down. Li Sinian used Fang Daichuan¡¯s arm to steady himself, and glanced down, a cold sweat appearing on his forehead. Between them and the villa, there was a deep ravine. Although the mountain was not high, the crack was still at least a few hundred meters deep. There was a long stream cutting through the middle and looking from above you couldn¡¯t tell how deep the water was. ¡°Fuck!¡± Fang Daichuan was shaking in fear. He turned around and pulled all of them back. The three stood on the side, watching the scavenging birds screaming and hovering in the deep cracks. ¡°Do you think this is natural or man-made?¡± Li Sinian took a small step forward and carefully observed the ravine. ¡°Even if it was excavated manually, it might be quite old. The raised rocks below are covered in bird droppings. There are small trees growing between the cracks of the rocks and their branches are thick.¡± The sound of gurgling water emerged from deep underneath. ¡°There is an underground river below,¡± Li Sinian frowned and gazed at the gaping crevice. ¡°Unfortunately, I don¡¯t understand geography. I don¡¯t know if the underground river on this island is connected to the sea.¡± As he was talking, muffled thunder sounded overhead from the faraway sky. Li Sinian raised his head, and lightning split the thick black clouds, followed by a boom of thunder. The air became humid and carried with it an earthy smell. ¡°Have you been here when you checked the island?¡± Fang Daichuan asked Li Sinian in a low voice, seeing Ding Zihui squatting by a small pool in the distance. He couldn¡¯t tell what she was doing. Li Sinian measured the thickness of the tree trunk with his hands. He wanted to see if he could make a small raft if the trunk could bear the weight. Hearing that, he also looked at Ding Zihui¡¯s back and replied, ¡°No, this mountain is not high, so you can see everything clearly. I never came up, who knew there was such a ravine hidden here.¡± Fang Daichuan was silent for a while. He really didn¡¯t want to think in that direction, but he couldn¡¯t ignore the thought. He struggled for a while, and finally asked, ¡°You said¡­ your father went missing on this island?¡± Li Sinian stopped what he was doing. He was stunned for a moment, glanced at the ravine reflexively, and then quickly moved his eyes away. ¡°Do you think he would¡­¡± Fang Daichuan cautiously began. Li Sinian took two steps forward, stood on the edge of the cliff and peered down. The wind blowing from the bottom of the stream was loud, like the moans from an abyss. Another flash of lightning exploded from the horizon, heavy rain started pouring down, and the dry earth was splashed into tatters by raindrops. Li Sinian¡¯s light amber eyes seemed to be immersed in the water. ¡°It¡¯s raining today and it¡¯s too slippery. When the weather gets better tomorrow, I will try to go down and see,¡± Fang Daichuan patted Li Sinian on the shoulder and promised, ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± Li Sinian turned his head and looked at him blankly for a long moment. The hair on his forehead was dampened by the rain. When it was dry, the hair looked very ordinary, but soaked with water it became a little curly and delicate. Somehow it made him look a little silly. ¡°Let¡¯s go back! I can¡¯t see much! It¡¯s raining!¡± Ding Zihui stood up and waved at them in the distance. Li Sinian instantly recovered. He shook his wet hair, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth. ¡°I want to check whether the trees here are good enough for making a raft. You can find a place to shelter from the rain! We will come back later!¡± Ding Zihui stood obediently under a big rock to hide from the rain. Li Sinian pulled over Fang Daichuan and went deeper to the woods. The curtain of rain became denser and denser, blocking people¡¯s sight. Li Sinian walked to the back of a dead tree, started kicking, and made a small hole in it: ¡°Hurry up, hide your potions in it.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Fang Daichuan gave him a silly look. Although he didn¡¯t understand, he still obediently took the potions out of his waist pocket. ¡°Hide, hide it here? Why?¡± Li Sinian sighed, took out a T-shirt from his pocket, wrapped both of the vials in it, stuffed it into the dry tree hole, picked up a few stones and threw them at the hole at random, blocking the hole in the tree. Fang Daichuan also followed his example, trying to cover the hole. Li Sinian washed his hand using the rain water and sighed, ¡°Didn¡¯t you suggest we search everyone¡¯s room tonight? How are you going to explain your two bottles of potions?¡± ¡°Of course it will be destroyed together!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes widened, and then he understood what he meant. He turned around to dig out the potion from the tree hole, ¡°No, I can¡¯t hide this here, I have to destroy it. What are you doing? Is this a secret weapon? What about trust between the people?!¡± Li Sinian forcibly pushed him to the tree and restrained him with all his strength. ¡°Are you that stupid?! Let¡¯s make a bet, if you can find wolf poison tonight, I will take your Fang surname!¡± (T/N: *Cough* So it is apparently common to say ¡®If you can do this I will take your surname¡¯ so no, this is not the romantic ¡®I will marry to your family and take your surname¡¯¡­ Anyway sadly Sinian won¡¯t take Chuan¡¯er¡¯s surname just telling before you got your hopes up) (PR/N: I think it¡¯s also supposed to hint towards that here though lol. In Heaven Official¡¯s Blessing, it was also mentioned in the ¡®General Hua¡¯ scene that it seemed like Xie Lian took Hua Chen¡¯s name even though it was totally a coincidence¡ªhe didn¡¯t even know Hua Chen back then. Pretty sure there was another instance too, with this exact line actually, but I can¡¯t remember which novel.) Fang Daichuan gave up on struggling, and looked up at him foolishly. ¡°Impossible, I don¡¯t believe it!¡± Li Sinian curled his lips in disdain and continued to persuade him, ¡°You hide it here first. If you find the wolf poison tonight, I will accompany you to get these two bottles and they will be destroyed together in front of everyone. If however you can¡¯t find any poison, you will listen to me obediently and refrain from acting foolishly.¡± This sounds fair. Fang Daichuan stood still and thought about it for a while. ¡°This¡­¡± Li Sinian used his left hand to cover his chest while Fang Daichuan was thinking and rubbed it. This fool has a bad IQ, but his strength is really damn good. He felt his ribs that had been hit by Fang Daichuan¡¯s elbow with a wry smile in his heart. ¡°What¡­what are you two doing?!¡± A cautious voice suddenly called out from behind them. The two turned around to look over, only to see Ding Zihui looking at them with an expression that said she¡¯d just caught someone in a scandal. Li Sinian lowered his head and glanced at their positions¡ªFang Daichuan was slammed against the tree trunk by him. He had his chest covered with one hand, the other hand stretched out to the trunk to support himself. From Ding Zihui¡¯s angle it must look like he had Fang Daichuan wrapped in his arms. The two bounced away quickly as if their asses were on fire. ¡°N-nothing¡­¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression was unnatural. He thought of the vials, thought of his sneaky behavior of hiding the vials, then thought about how the girl trusted him and showed them her card, and he bowed his head in shame. Ding Zihui looked at Fang Daichuan¡¯s ashamed face, and then at Li Sinian¡¯s tentative expression as he stared at her. She suddenly got an idea. ¡°Ah¡­¡± Ding Zihui turned away, pretending to walk down the mountain naturally, ¡°You know what, I don¡¯t know anything! I¡¯m going down first!¡± Fang Daichuan stared at her running back and said in a low voice, ¡°Did she see where we hid it? She acts suspicious. Maybe we should change places¡­¡± Li Sinian touched his forehead. ¡°She didn¡¯t see anything, she misunderstood¡­¡± He looked at Fang Daichuan¡¯s puppy eyes, and suddenly couldn¡¯t say anything. ¡°Forget it, leave it alone. Even if she saw the vials then I¡¯m sure she won¡¯t talk. Let¡¯s leave now.¡± As soon as he said this he strode out of the woods and left the dangerous scene behind. Fang Daichuan followed him behind, feeling weird, glanced at the other man on the way, only to find that Li Sinian¡¯s ears were slightly reddish, which was eye-catching in the dark sky. The sky was getting dark, and the second night was about to begin. (T/N: ¡­ Kabedon?! ¡­ Unfortunately our Chuan¡¯er are too dense¡­ :sigh:) CH 20 JULY 9, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii A storm was raging. The evening the sky and the sea were all covered by dark clouds, and the world seemed to be at a standstill. The violent wind and waves splashed high into the sky, almost like it would overturn the entire island. Fortunately, the villa was brightly lit. After dinner, nobody dared to go out or even walk around inside in this weather. They all gathered in the hall on the first floor. Ding Zihui turned on all the lights in the house. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but imagine how beautiful the scene would be if it was taken using aerial photography equipment. ¡ª¡ªA dark island engulfed by wind and rain, a sole villa lit up above the hill, as if it was about to be swallowed up by dark waves. Deng¡ª Deng¡ª (T/N: Onomatopoeia. Raw are µ±) The clock on the second floor struck eight times, indicating the werewolves¡¯ time to strike had begun. Fang Daichuan saw Ding Zihui, who sat next to him, trembling. ¡°I have an idea,¡± Fang Daichuan began, cleared his throat then continued, ¡°If we continue like this, we will all die sooner or later.¡± Yang Song sat at the head of the table, biting her nails. On the first day, her ten nails had been painted a mango-color, but now two of her nails had been chewed bald. She raised her head when she heard this. Fang Daichuan suggested firmly, ¡°We will be sitting here tonight. Whoever wants to go to the bathroom should go either alone or in a group.¡± Everyone looked at each other, this was indeed the best way to survive the night. ¡°How about a body search? If we find someone who has wolf poison on their body or in their room, things will be fine if we destroy the poison.¡± He finally dropped the bomb. There was a subtle change in everyone¡¯s expressions. Fang Daichuan felt a little strange. He could guess why the wolves might be reluctant but everyone seemed to be hesitant and he couldn¡¯t understand why. ¡°Is there a problem?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. Niu Xinyan was the first to shake her head: ¡°It¡¯s not a problem, but the body search is a bit too much. You can see we have so many girls here.¡± Fang Daichuan responded, ¡°Then let the girls search each other.¡± ¡°Then what if the girls are all wolves, or the men are all wolves?¡± Chen Hui said, ¡°Although the probability is small, it might still happen.¡± The old lady Song coughed, ¡°Rather than being searched by you, I would rather be poisoned to death. I can¡¯t do such a shameful thing.¡± This is a collective rejection. Fang Daichuan¡¯s face instantly became ugly. Li Sinian sneered, stood up, and left. Fang Daichuan hurriedly enquired, ¡°Where are you going?¡± ¡°I told you before it won¡¯t work, you see.¡± He shrugged. ¡°I won¡¯t play along with you anymore. Didn¡¯t you say we should either go alone or in a group? You all can sit here while I go out and explore.¡± ¡°You must be a wolf!¡± Yang Song raised her eyesbrows. ¡°Is it because you feel guilty?¡± Li Sinian turned around and smiled sardonically. Fang Daichuan hurriedly intervened. ¡°He is not a wolf! I personally guarantee it!¡± ¡°Shut up! He is a wolf! From the beginning, he was always suspicious!¡± Yang Song glared at Fang Daichuan before turning away to continue yelling at Li Sinian. ¡°If you are not a wolf, tell me how you¡¯re so familiar with this island?! If you¡¯re not a wolf, what is your identity?!¡± Li Sinian raised his head and snorted coldly. His smile did not reach his eyes and his gaze was sharp. Yang Song however, was not afraid, and stared back at him. Suddenly, Li Sinian started to strip. He stretched out his hand and took off his shirt. The white cotton short sleeves were thrown to the ground, revealing his lean upper body, a faint scar on his chest, and muscles that were so white they reflected the lamp light. ¡°Come on,¡± Li Sinian opened his arm and said to Yang Song, ¡°Come on, search me. If you can find anything on me, then you don¡¯t even need to vote for me tomorrow. I will kill myself right here. How about that?¡± Yang Song sneered rolled up her sleeves. ¡°Calm down!¡± Fang Daichuan was so agitated that he stood up as he watched the R18 scene taking place in the hall. Li Sinian stretched out his hand to stop him, raised his eyebrows at Yang Song leisurely and smiled. ¡°Let¡¯s do this peacefully, search me and then everyone else together. That way no one can deny the result.¡± Wonderful! Fang Daichuan understood Li Sinian¡¯s intentions and wanted to clap, using his hands and feet. He was smarter this time so he controlled his mouth for fear that Li Sinian¡¯s plan would be ruined. Yang Song fell hook line and sinker for it. She pointed at Li Si Nian. ¡°Don¡¯t move! You wait here!¡± After that, she ran upstairs. The crowd hadn¡¯t had time to react before they saw Yang Song running down the stairs, standing in front of Li Sinian with a cardboard box in her hand, and dumping all the contents on the ground. A few bottles of purified water, a few compressed biscuits, clothes and a small pocket watch were scattered in front of her. ¡°These are all of my belongings. The water and clothes are from you. I admitted that I violated the rules for the pocket watch. I hid it in my pocket. This is all I have. If you don¡¯t believe me, go and check my room.¡± Yang Song raised her head and sneered. She also took off her top. The tight-fitting sports undershirt she wore was exposed. It could be seen that there was a lot of material on her chest. She threw away her top and wanted to take off her shorts, but Fang Daichuan stopped her. This is not a joke, on the uninhabited island, men and women mixed together. It¡¯s messy enough, there¡¯s no need to add more fuel to the fire. Yang Song¡¯s shorts were very ordinary, the kind that girls often wear in summer. They were short and tight. There was no place to stuff things in aside from the back pocket. It could be seen at a glance that she hadn¡¯t hidden anything in there even if she didn¡¯t take them off. Old Mrs. Song covered her face and kept yelling, ¡°God! Shameless!¡± It seemed that she was very uncomfortable seeing how bold the youth acted. ¡°Shut up!¡± Yang Song did not have a good temper. Li Sinian didn¡¯t care about the situation in front of him at all, his face didn¡¯t change one bit. Fang Daichuan even suspected that even if Yang Song were to strip naked in front of him, he would have no reaction at all*. He just nodded and spread his arms, ¡°Search me. My room is at the end of the corridor. I brought nothing here. You can search the room to check.¡± (T/N: That¡¯s because only you can move him¡­*cough* Ok let¡¯s get back to the story) ¡°Oh, right,¡± he pointed to Fang Daichuan, ¡°I stayed in his room for a while. You can check his room too.¡± Taking that as a cue, Fang Daichuan stood up. ¡°Anyway, let¡¯s search everyone¡¯s room. Let¡¯s do a body search first starting with Li Sinian. After that, we go upstairs and search the rooms with everyone supervising each other.¡± Under everyone¡¯s gaze, Li Sinian slowly took off his pants, and the brass buttons of his jeans made a crisp sound when they fell on the ground. Yang Song knelt down to search his pants pockets but found nothing inside. She stared at Li Sinian blankly for a while, then threw the pants in her hand back to the ground bitterly. ¡°Wait a minute!¡± Boss Du¡¯s eyes were sharp. He pointed at Li Sinian¡¯s left hand and said, ¡°What are you wearing on your hand?¡± If not for him, Fang Daichuan wouldn¡¯t have noticed that Li Sinian was wearing something on his left hand. Fang Daichuan took a closer look. Li Sinian openly showed his hand. He wore a silver tail ring on his left pinky finger. It was a very thin and plain ring with no patterns or diamonds. He stretched out his hand and took the ring off his finger. It seemed that he had worn it for many years, and it was very difficult to take off. He threw it to Boss Du, explaining, ¡°It¡¯s just a ring, a keepsake from my mother.¡± Du Chaosheng raised the ring to his eye and looked at it under the light for a while. It turned out to be a common ring. The inside was engraved with two letters: L&F. ¡°Lee and Flores*,¡± Li Sinian explained, ¡°my parents¡¯ engagement ring, my mom left it to me when she died.¡± (T/N: This is in English on raw. For confused people, read the link below. The surname Li is read as ¡®Lee¡¯ in many overseas country) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E6%9D%8E) Du Chaosheng threw the ring back to Li Sinian. Li Sinian didn¡¯t wear the ring. He bent over to pick up his pants, put them on, and shrugged. ¡°Alright, so who¡¯s next?¡± Someone took the initiative to step forward. At this time, if they were not cooperating with the body search, they would look suspicious. Perhaps because the wolves also thought of that, this time, no one refused, not even the ¡°shy¡± old lady Song. They all compromised and were searched by Ding Zihui. The result, of course, was nothing. Except for the small things people smuggled in, no wolf poison nor wolf cards were found. ¡°What is this?¡± Fang Daichuan asked, pointing to a small brocade bag*. Du Wei opened the bag and let Fang Daichuan see. Inside was a bookmark-like thing with a poem on it. ¡°This was given to me by Chen Hui. It¡¯s used to pray for blessings. It¡¯s very effective.¡± On Chen Hui¡¯s side, she also found that Ding Zihui had something similar, a cross necklace. She said she used it to pray. A big boss like Du Chaosheng had a very expensive watch. Liu Xin was also wearing one on his hand. Du Chaosheng glanced at Liu Xin¡¯s wrist. ¡°Do you also like this brand?¡± He and Liu Xin were chatting while searching each other. The two of them, Fang Daichuan and Du Wei, the four men and the four women are at the other end of the long table. Li Sinian and Yang Song, who had been dressed, sat on a long table, one on each end, looking at everyone. Fang Daichuan was searching Du Wei, and he heard the two people behind him chatting with each other as they searched their partner¡¯s bodies, their voices were very low. He heard Liu Xin saying with a laugh, ¡°I just bought it following the trend.¡± ¡°I haven¡¯t seen you wearing it before.¡± Du Chaosheng commented casually. ¡°I don¡¯t think this brand looks good in you until you reach a certain age,¡± Liu Xin smiled, ¡°I¡¯ve only started wearing it recently.¡± Du Chaosheng nodded indifferently, and commented. ¡°This series is gender-neutral. A lot of women and young people also wear it.¡± Li Sinian was right. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes rolled while his ears were pricked up to listen. These two actually knew each other. Aside from Li Sinian and myself, the remaining people have complicated and bizarre relationships. Niu Xinyan was wearing a Guanyin* jade with the character ¡°cow¡±[Å£] engraved on the backside, which wasn¡¯t unusual. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin ¡°Then let¡¯s go upstairs. Let¡¯s go together and search the rooms one by one. After this, everyone will go inside their own rooms and sleep, and no one will open their door to others.¡± Liu Xin smiled and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose. ¡°I hope the search will bear fruit.¡± (T/N: Oh ho, everyone actually know each others huh, wonder what is their relationship~~~) CH 21 JULY 30, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Suriya The first room to be searched was Li Sinian¡¯s, and Yang Song was the leader. As soon as Li Sinian opened the room, Yang Song instantly rushed in. The sheets on Li Sinian¡¯s bed was untidy, but it became even messier when Yang Song started to tear it off. Li Sinian wore no expression, standing aside with his arms crossed and letting them search to their heart¡¯s content. The room was empty, there was nothing aside from the facial cleanser in the bathroom, the towels, and razors that showed signs of being in use. Yang Song opened the sink of the toilet, and even reached in to check the drain. Liu Xin¡¯s eyes had been lingering on the Bogu* frame. He reached for a bottle of wine and tore open the plastic wrapper on the cork to check whether there were pinholes in the cork. ¡°What were these empty grids?¡± Liu Xin said while still looking at the Bogu frame. Li Sinian folded his arms and explained simply, ¡°Wine, I drank it.¡± Fang Daichuan subconsciously wanted to speak but he glanced at Li Sinian and shut his mouth. Everyone checked multiple times, but didn¡¯t find anything, so they had to move to the next room. They found nothing, but it was a given. There were not many naive people like Fang Daichuan who hid both antidote and poison on their body, and would take them out when they disagreed with others, yelling ¡°You will be the death of me¡±. (T/N: Reference at chapter 17 when Chuan¡¯er fighting with Sinian) Fang Daichuan¡¯s face became uglier with each unsuccessful search. When they reached the last room, he already had a premonition and turned his head and glanced at Li Sinian. Li Sinian silently patted him on the shoulder, and walked past him into Niu Xinyan and her son¡¯s room. Only now did Fang Daichuan realize how clever Li Sinian was to force him to hide the two vials in advance. There was also nothing in Niu Xinyan¡¯s room, empty and clean. The crowd stood in a circle inside the room, discussing what to do. ¡°Let¡¯s disperse.¡± Old lady Song shook her head. ¡°I¡¯m too tired to continue. You all can continue without me. I can¡¯t stand it anymore, I have to go back and rest.¡± Niu Xinyan was lying on the bed, holding her son, her face buried in his milky shoulders, looking tired. Fang Daichuan also wanted to give up. He thought, with my strength, anyone who wants to kill me can only try. You abnormal guys can play as you wish. Daddy* does not want to play anymore. (T/N: Yes Chuan¡¯er using [°Ö°Ö,B¨¤ba] which means Dad) Just as everyone was feeling depressed, Li Sinian suddenly said, ¡°Resume.¡± Everyone froze on the spot. Li Sinian turned around and took the lead to walk downstairs. He turned his gaze in the direction of the people behind him, his eyes were cold, ¡°Everyone come down to the first floor. Since everyone has the same idea, you must be mentally prepared. If you want to play the game then I will play with you. Let¡¯s continue the game together on the first floor!¡± Towards the very beginning, he had been smiling. This time however, he dropped his smile and looked very distant. Fang Daichuan glanced at everyone who wore different expressions and hesitated for half a second before becoming the first one that followed Li Sinian. Everyone took their seats one after another in the voting order, but with Li Sinian sitting in the bottom seat, asserting his dominance. ¡°Now that we have reached this point, there¡¯s no need to pretend. You can tell truthfully what you think,¡± Li Sinian said. ¡°Yang Song has been suspicious of me. So let her speak first.¡± Yang Song glanced at him. ¡°I didn¡¯t trust you from the beginning. You¡¯ve been working with the boss*, so you must know some inside stories. It¡¯s easy for you to play as a wolf until the end because you¡¯re bound to have an advantage over all of us. However, the reason why I suspect you is because as soon as the game started, you dragged Fang Daichuan to your side and even guaranteed his identity. Normal people do not play like this.¡± (T/N: The boss is in English in raw) ¡°When I asked Fang Daichuan to go out*, it was before I opened the box,¡± Li Sinian reminded her, ¡°Even if I was a wolf, I wouldn¡¯t know other players¡¯ information at that moment.¡± (T/N: On chapter 6) ¡°I¡¯d like to remind everyone not to forget one thing. This is indeed a werewolf game, but it¡¯s not a simple board game. Everything is real,¡± Li Sinian said. ¡°We are playing in the real world. So yes, even if it was a wolf card you got, before you open the box, it would be impossible to have any information within the rules of the game.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t deny that he knew some things, but just as he said, this was not a board game, it was a real killing game. Everyone¡¯s top priority was to not be voted, and their second priority was to make sure they could survive until the end. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind suddenly became clear at that moment. He previously thought that if the situation became worse, he could just admit he was a witch and the possibility of being killed would decrease. However, now that he¡¯d faced this feeling of dread, he finally realized the reason Li Sinian had been preventing him from showing his card and harming himself. He had a bottle of antidote and a bottle of poison. If tonight they found out he was a witch, from now on, everyone would be cautious and distrustful of him. This was not a board game. No villager will trust you just because you were a witch. They would covet your antidote and fear your poison. ¡°One more thing.¡± Li Sinian glanced around at everyone present. ¡°I hope the wolves will be able to hide their poison well. Again, this is a real killing game but the problem isn¡¯t everyone¡¯s identity. If you can get wolf poison, you can kill anyone, it¡¯s that simple.¡± Yang Song seemed to think of something and shuddered. She raised her head, ¡°We found three bottles of poison in Zhao Chu¡¯s body. Were those all he had? How many bottles does each werewolf have?¡± ¡°Four bottles,¡± Li Sinian confessed, ¡°I glanced at it when the boss was arranging.¡± Liu Xin supported his chin with both hands. ¡°Oh? You¡¯ve only seen the poison, but haven¡¯t seen other things? For example, the instructions each ID card gets, I¡¯m sure they will be different.¡± Li Sinian spread his hands. ¡°If I want to deceive you, I wouldn¡¯t have to tell you this information at all. Why should I do that? Why should I draw attention to myself? Because as long as we don¡¯t catch the wolf, then I¡¯m in trouble. If even one wolf survives, we will still lose. If even after I say this, you still can¡¯t believe me, this game is hopeless. Either you stand on the sidelines or you can just go along with your own ideas.¡± As Du Chaosheng was playing with a pen in his hand, he touched his chin and said, ¡°So Zhao Chu used a bottle of poison, hence we didn¡¯t make a mistake. He really killed someone the first night.¡± Yang Song shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s not necessarily true. Someone attacked Ding Zihui. Although the wolf poison was not injected, it must have been thrown away.¡± ¡°There¡¯s another possibility,¡± Fang Daichuan heard himself say. At that moment he felt like he was split into two, one calmly talkings about his speculation, and the other who was getting goosebumps from the said speculation. His palms were sweating, and his own voice felt as if it were coming from far away, ¡°Zhao Chu had four bottles of poison when he died, and someone stole one bottle in the confusion.¡± ¡°First thing first,¡± Yang Song hammered her temple with a pen, ¡°Ding Zihui was attacked, there was a scratch in her arm but the perpetrator didn¡¯t run away, so there must be a wolf on the second floor. At that time there was the old lady, Zhao Chu, the mother and son, and Liu Xin. Zhao Chu is already confirmed to be a wolf. Which means there may or may not be a wolf among the rest.¡± Niu Xinyan glanced at Ding Zihui. ¡°It is also possible that Ding Zihui herself is a wolf, directing and acting by herself.¡± Yang Song wrote Ding Zihui¡¯s name on the paper again. ¡°Yes, it is a possibility.¡± Ding Zihui smiled helplessly, not refuting. Yang Song looked around the audience. ¡°Originally, I doubted Li Sinian very much. But after he finished speaking, I don¡¯t doubt him anymore. Regardless of who he was before he came and what his purpose was, at least in the game, he really wants to help us find the wolf. I am now inclined to believe that he is really on the villager side.¡± Li Sinian snorted. ¡°I voted for Li Sinian in the morning. I admit that I made a wrong vote,¡± Yang Song said. ¡°I hope you all can also tell us who you voted for and why.¡± The rain started to hit the windows and the wind moved the curtains whose reflections danced on the glass like wraiths. Old lady Song shrank her shoulders. ¡°I think Zhao Chu was a wolf. I don¡¯t understand the rules of the game played by you young people. I don¡¯t know who is who. I only know who is a wolf. Zhao Chu was acting suspicious from the beginning. At that time, I forgot who it was that said that there¡¯s a wolf on the second floor. This was the simplest logic, but he refuted it. The next day, he said that the wolf isn¡¯t anyone on the second floor. He kept acting strange to win us over, it¡¯s hard to say that he wasn¡¯t suspicious.¡± Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian carefully, and asked with his eyes, ¡°Was that the case?¡± Li Sinian dropped his eyelids and raised them quickly. Only then did Fang Daichuan understand why so many people voted for Zhao Chu. It seems that not only does someone need to have a good IQ, but also to have a good memory. Fang Daichuan tried hard to remember everyone¡¯s speech. Niu Xinyan hesitated, but after a while she said, ¡°I voted for Mrs. Song.¡± Sure enough, Fang Daichuan applauded Li Sinian in his heart, he was right. ¡°I was very suspicious of her from the beginning since she refused to cooperate with everyone. Last night, I coaxed Nan Nan to sleep. I was worried that he would be hungry when he woke up in the middle of the night, so I thought of finding something for him in the kitchen because how can I let children eat compressed biscuits? Seeing that there was a refrigerator in the villa, I thought there would be something like milk, so I came down. Then I saw her.¡± She pointed to old lady Song. ¡°I saw her come out and enter Zhao Chu¡¯s room.¡± Well that is embarrassing. Yang Song stared into the eyes of the old lady. The old lady just said that she suspected Zhao Chu from the beginning. Now she has been accused of entering someone¡¯s room at night. Yang Song used the pen to draw a line under the old lady Song¡¯s name. CH 22 JULY 30, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue ¡°Because Zhao Chu and I are the same age and,¡± Old lady Song widened her eyes, ¡°we knew each other before! I felt strange when I saw him on the first day. He has obviously retired for many years, so why did he come back to this island? Of course I¡¯m going to personally ask him!¡± Boss Du raised his eyebrows: ¡°So the matter between you and Zhao Chu is just between the two of you. It has nothing to do with your game¡¯s role, right?¡± Old lady Song nodded with her mouth slanted. ¡°Niu Xinyan, you are trying to divert everyone¡¯s attention,¡± the old lady tilted her neck and glanced at Niu Xinyan, ¡°You came to this island to get close to me, right? Is Niu Nahan your older brother? Or your younger brother? You blame his death on me, so now you want to make me die!¡± Niu Xinyan looked up at her, and smiled bitterly: ¡°I know why you said that to me this morning. You want to test me by saying something about cows and sheep. I can tell you very clearly that you had misunderstood me. I don¡¯t have an older brother or younger brother. I don¡¯t know if Li Sinian can testify for me¡­¡± ¡°Of course he is willing to testify for you!¡± The old lady Song interrupted her sharply, ¡°You are working together! Your family member is dead, he is the boss¡¯s subordinate, so you must be partnering with the boss. Did you do this to trace down the cause of your brother¡¯s death back then?!¡± (T/N: Again the boss is written in English in raw. Apologize for the constant t/n but I have to do this, sorry for people who hate t/n in the middle of the story, this is just how I translate) Yang Song quickly raised his eyes: ¡°Then, are you admitting that you killed someone before? What? Are you afraid of being found out?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t!¡± Mrs. Song said firmly, ¡°God knows that I haven¡¯t killed anyone. I have a clear conscience!¡± Niu Xinyan nodded: ¡°I don¡¯t care if you killed someone or not. Anyway, to sign up this game, you need to submit your hukou* and ID card. I am an only child, I don¡¯t even know¡­¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou ¡°I told you to tell everything!¡± The old lady interrupted her, ¡°Tell everything! If what you say is true, people will believe it!¡± Li Sinian knocked on the table with his index finger knuckles: ¡°Don¡¯t interrupt, let her talk!¡± The old lady rolled her eyes and shut her mouth angrily. Niu Xinyan exhaled and continued: ¡°I don¡¯t even know who Niu Nahan you are talking about. I don¡¯t understand why you keep bothering me like this? Is it just because my surname is Niu?¡± Li Sinian raised his hand to testify: ¡°Although the credibility is a bit weak coming from me, I have indeed dealt with the information. She is an only child. If she has not forged her documents, I can vouch for her.¡± ¡°Then tell me your purpose for entering the island!¡± Old lady Song sneered and asked Niu Xinyan, ¡°Are you really short of money?¡± ¡°That has nothing to do with this killing game.¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s voice was not loud, her tone was gentle and her argument was solid. ¡°Right now we are not talking about our own affairs. Also, who came to this island without any purpose? Don¡¯t bring that now, ¡ª¡ª You said it yourself, you felt that Zhao Chu¡¯s reaction was wrong since yesterday and you suspected that he was a wolf. Then why, in the middle of the night, after realizing that the other person¡¯s identity as the wolf, your next reaction was going to his bedroom? He is a big man, it would be easy for him to kill an old lady of your age with a single shot. I¡¯m not going to ask why Zhao Chu didn¡¯t poison you. The most important thing here is that your behavior is inconsistent. All of us who have played Werewolf Killing know that someone with inconsistency must be a wolf. You contacted a wolf in private and yet you voted for him. This inconsistent behavior, unless you can give me a convincing reason, otherwise I will continue to vote for you tomorrow morning.¡± ¡°Let me explain it again!¡± The old lady Song was a little anxious, and she tapped the table with a pen as she said, ¡°I don¡¯t know how to play Werewolf. I¡¯ve never played any popular stuff among young people! Don¡¯t push your young people¡¯s habits on me! It won¡¯t work. I went to find Zhao Chu because I was curious about why he came here. I haven¡¯t seen him for many years and I suddenly saw him here. I think it¡¯s weird, don¡¯t you understand?! I was going to test him! Just like I checked the relationship between you and Niu Nahan. I assessed his intentions, and I voted him to death, these are two different things!¡± Niu Xinyan shook her head: ¡°Anyway, I am not convinced, unless you can explain why he didn¡¯t kill you. Otherwise no matter how many things you say, you are still self-contradictory. Everyone here is afraid of death.¡± ¡°Then you vote for me!¡± The old lady Song slammed the notebook on the table. The thunder was cracking outside, adding an extra pressure to the already tense atmosphere. ¡°Have you two finished talking?¡± Li Sinian asked. Niu Xinyan nodded, and said in a low voice, ¡°That¡¯s all.¡± ¡°Anyway I am not a wolf!¡± The old lady fumed so much that it looked like a breath of flame was almost shot out from her nostrils. (T/N: This is what the author wrote and no, she did not transforming here, this is not a supernatural novel lol) (E/N: This author really used dramatic words to convey the situation more vividly, more hard work for us ~~~) Ding Zihui glanced at Fang Daichuan: ¡°Then I should say it. I¡­ I voted for Zhao Chu. I don¡¯t know anything, and I was attacked on the first day. I was completely scared out of my mind. To anyone who just said that I may be a wolf and the attack on the first night was me acting misleading, I just want to say, I don¡¯t have to do that at all. Even if I were a wolf, as long as I didn¡¯t do anything, I would be able to hide. Why should I act and take a risk on the first night?¡± ¡°Wolf doing self-harm,¡± Liu Xin interjected, ¡°self-harming on the first night to receive the antidote, isn¡¯t that a common tactic?¡± Ding Zihui silently curled his lips: ¡°Please, this is not a board game, this is a real life and death game, okay? If I harmed myself, the witch might not even save me. Is the witch that stupid that they will use antidote for someone else? Obviously they will keep it for themself. Even the seer doesn¡¯t dare to come out and show themself and say I am a wolf. Why would I do that to myself? So I am really in the villager faction. You don¡¯t need to doubt me.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t pay attention to Ding Zihui¡¯s words. His focus was still on Niu Xinyan and the old lady Song attacking each other. He had no doubt about Ding Zihui¡¯s identity. So he bowed his head and scribbled on paper, pretending to be listening to Ding Zihui¡¯s speech. In fact, he had been trying to analyze the old lady Song¡¯s speech. He found that these people are really logical when they speak, and everyone is familiar with the routines and gameplay of Werewolf Killing. But logically, for people who dare to play this kind of real-life werewolf game, even if they don¡¯t know how to play before, after signing the contract, they would immediately try to get to know everything about it. So thinking this way made him suspicious about the old lady Song¡¯s statement. Ding Zihui had finished talking. Fang Daichuan raised his head, adhering to the principle of the more you said, the more mistakes you might make, and said succinctly: ¡°My logic is the same as Mrs. Song. That is why I voted for Zhao Chu. That is all.¡± The next one was Li Si Nian. Li Sinian pondered for a while: ¡°For now, we can assume that there are three sets of logic; villager logic, off-game logic and wolf logic. First, villager logic, this is the people who want to catch the wolf wholeheartedly. That is, relatively speaking, their behavior and their vote are all for the sake of catching wolves. What Ding Zihui said just now makes sense. Fang Daichuan also has been asking everyone to do body searches from the beginning of the game. Honestly, I don¡¯t doubt his identity. Yang Song voted for me and her logic is correct. My identity is really suspicious. That¡¯s why although she voted for me, she did it because she wanted to catch a wolf. I don¡¯t doubt her.¡± ¡°But Niu Xinyan, you voted for Mrs. Song. This logic I can¡¯t understand. Since you have identified Zhao Chu as a wolf, why did you not vote for the wolf? You want to vote for someone whose identity you are not so sure about? This is the first point of my doubt.¡± ¡°I am unsure that Zhao Chu is a wolf. I had only confirmed it after his death.¡± Niu Xinyan looked straight into Li Sinian¡¯s eyes. ¡°The one I suspect the most has always been Mrs. Song. She doesn¡¯t make any sense, so I will always vote for her because of that.¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°No.¡± He spread his hand out: ¡°You think the old lady Song is making no sense because, although she knew that Zhao Chu is a wolf, she still went to Zhao Chu¡¯s room. Her words and her actions are clashing and she may not have a good identity so she must be a wolf. This is your logic, right?¡± Niu Xinyan nodded. ¡°Then it doesn¡¯t make sense,¡± Li Sinian touched his left lip and smiled slightly. ¡°The base point of your logic is that you recognized Zhao Chu as a wolf. If you were not sure that Zhao Chu was a wolf, then there was nothing wrong with this behavior of Mrs. Song. Yet you say you are most suspicious of Old Mrs. Song?¡± Niu Xinyan opened her mouth to argue. Li Sinian quickly said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to be nervous though. You are not necessarily a wolf. As I said earlier, there are three sets of logic for everyone sitting here. Assuming that you are not a wolf, your behavior can be fully explained by using the second logic.¡ª¡ª¡± ¡°You are not catching a wolf, you are playing off the game. Although I testified for you that you have no older brothers or younger brothers, I think Mrs. Song¡¯s hostility towards you is not unreasonable and Niu doesn¡¯t seem to be a very common surname. It¡¯s possible that you really didn¡¯t care about who the wolf was and from the beginning, you have set your target. I¡¯ll give you a doubt.¡± Fang Daichuan completely forgot to record and looked at Li Sinian in shock, as if he could see his brain running at high speed through his skull. He suddenly felt ashamed of his own brain. However, while he was immersed in Li Sinian¡¯s speech, Fang Daichuan¡¯s gaze inadvertently caught a glimpse of Li Sinian¡¯s right thumb and index finger, rubbing at high frequency under the table. What is this? Fang Daichuan was taken aback. Is he excited or nervous? He pretended to inadvertently raise his head to look at Li Sinian, but saw Li Sinian looking in Yang Song¡¯s direction intentionally or unknowingly, with some unclear doubts in his eyes. Sensing Fang Daichuan¡¯s gaze on him, Li Sinian stealthily shook his head. He gestured to Fang Daichuan under the table and motioned to go back. ¡°It¡¯s not like that, listen to me,¡± Niu Xinyan retorted softly, ¡°My vote for Song Xinran has nothing to do with whether I recognize Zhao Chu as a wolf. I voted for Song Xinran because her logic didn¡¯t make sense. She said herself that she had confirmed Zhao Chu as a wolf, but then she went to Zhao Chu¡¯s room alone. I just do not approve of her logic, and it has nothing to do with whether I recognize Zhao Chu as a wolf.¡± Li Sinian rubbed his fingers and nodded: ¡°Well, if that is the case, then I will temporarily dispel my doubts about you. But Mrs. Song, I really do not understand your actions. Either you are a wolf, or you have something that made you sure that Zhao Chu would not dare to kill you. If you can¡¯t say it, then I can only vote for you.¡± This is quite polite. If Fang Daichuan were speaking, he would probably just yell at someone¡¯s face: What the hell are you hiding? If you don¡¯t tell me, I will recognize you as a wolf. ¡°I¡¯m using the second logic you just said!¡± Mrs. Song argued loudly, ¡°I knew Zhao Chu before! I don¡¯t believe that he would poison me on the first night, so I dared to enter his room to test him! It¡¯s such a simple logic and you twisted it around to your liking! How could I be a wolf? If I am a wolf, why would I vote Zhao Chu to death?! What good is it for me?!¡± She didn¡¯t answer Li Sinian¡¯s question directly. Li Sinian didn¡¯t talk to her again, he smiled and shouted, ¡°Next.¡± Du Wei and Chen Hui glanced at each other. Du Wei said: ¡°Chen Hui and I have discussed it. We both voted for Boss Du in the first round. The logic is what I have said in the first round. I think we shouldn¡¯t think about who is a wolf or who is a villager. We also don¡¯t have to catch wolves, that will complicate things. This is not a werewolf killing. This is a real murder case. The murderer must have a key factor: the motive of killing for self-protection. With all wolves have, the modus operandi-the injection of wolf venom, the focus is still on all wolves. But the most important thing is the time of the crime. I think from the time of the crime, the most suspicious is Boss Du. Therefore, we have given two votes to Boss Du. It¡¯s as simple as that. I¡¯m done.¡± Chen Hui decisively called out next. Boss Du nodded repeatedly: ¡°My attitude is also very clear. Li Sinian and I cannot be the murderer. Why are you still focused on the time? It¡¯s true that the two of us were the last to go up, but don¡¯t forget. Everyone had twenty minutes of free time! During this period, doesn¡¯t anyone have a chance to knock on the door and stab him with a needle? What¡¯s more, Li Sinian said that there were four bottles of venom in the wolf¡¯s hand, and three were found on Zhao Chu¡¯s body. It is obvious that the murderer is Zhao Chu. Why do they insist on attacking me all the time? I doubt you two very much now.¡± Liu Xin is the last. He pushed his glasses: ¡°I voted for Zhao Chu. The logic is the same as yours. Obviously, it has been proven that he is a wolf. For Du Wei and Chen Hui, I don¡¯t really doubt them. Although they are acting hostile toward Boss Du, I think it is because there is not much information. For others¡­. I really can¡¯t think of anyone else, except for Mrs. Song. But I don¡¯t know.¡­I can¡¯t make any meaningful assumptions, so let¡¯s just wait for the time being. Tonight I actually want to see who would die, but emotionally I hope everyone can be safe and no one has to die anymore. That is all I want to say, so shall we end this meeting?¡± ¡°Wait, don¡¯t go!¡± Li Sinian raised his head and slowly looked at the nine people around the long table. A lightning flashed into a silvery white light in the distance, and the thunder rolled, tearing apart the stagnant air. Li Sinian turned his head and said, ¡°No, someone lied, and the votes are not right.¡± (T/N: The details about the votes will show up next chapter, but since I am nice *cough* I will tell you why Sinian said that someone is lying, Zhao Chu will had 6 votes if everyone tell the truth but the result from first vote, pic below so you don¡¯t have to go back to chapter 16, show he only had 5 votes) CH 23 JULY 30, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue Fang Daichuan had been shocked too many times due to the amount of information he received today, so now he no longer felt surprised, panicked or horrified. He only felt worn out. Someone lied. At that moment, Fang Daichuan wanted to take out the poison and use it on himself. Even now, someone was still trying to fish in muddy waters. Fang Daichuan really didn¡¯t know if they were not afraid of death, or were too conceited about their IQ and luck. ¡°Insane, you all are insane.¡± Old lady Song raised her head and said, sneering. Fang Daichuan listened to the clear sound of wind and rain outside the window. Meanwhile, the inside of the house was deadly silent. This morning, the machine clearly stated that Zhao Chu received five votes, Boss Du got three votes and the remaining four people each got one vote. It was impossible for Boss Du to vote for himself. However, only two people admitted that they voted for Boss Du, leaving Zhao Chu with six votes. Unless the machine was tampered, it was more likely that someone had lied. ¡°Boss Du, did you vote for yourself?¡± Li Sinian asked. Boss Du mockingly laughed twice: ¡°Do you think it¡¯s possible? I voted for Zhao Chu.¡± ¡°Mrs. Song, Ding Zihui, I, Li Sinian, Boss Du, Liu Xin, six of us voted for Zhao Chu, right?¡± Fang Daichuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, forcing himself to write down the names. The ink marks on the paper were like notes he took during high school, when he was about to doze off in maths class, messy and trembling. A raging fire was igniting inside his chest, burning his cheeks hot, and some emotions were firmly suppressed in his chest. ¡°As the machine reported this morning, Zhao Chu clearly only had five votes.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was extremely restrained and low, then he burst out and suddenly shouted, ¡°You tell me how it is possible that six people voted for him!!! Do you really want to live? Until now you are still lying! What do you plan to do?!¡± ¡°Fang Daichuan, settle down,¡± Niu Xinyan waved her hand to stop Fang Daichuan. She looked very calm as she said, ¡°Anyway, it has become clear that everyone who comes here has their own reason. Well, everyone has already been mentally prepared to live or die, right? Now that the situation has reached this point, where everyone lies and acts, I think, whether we vote or kill, nobody should feel wronged anymore. ¡ª¡ªI¡¯m going to follow the rules of the game and play it seriously. Everyone, live or die, let¡¯s leave it to fate. My Nan Nan is still upstairs. I¡¯m going to coax him to sleep. You can continue.¡± After she finished speaking, she flipped her hair and left, knocking her low-heeled leather shoes on the wooden stairs. Every step sounded heavy. ¡°What are you afraid of?¡± Old lady Song coldly asked her. Niu Xinyan ignored her and went straight upstairs. When she reached the place where Ding Zihui was attacked, she froze for a while. The window in the corner was wide open, and the curtains were wet from the rain. Somehow it looked dim and gloomy. She trembled slightly and quickly walked back to the room and swiped her card to enter. ¡°She is afraid that her son¡¯s vote will be exposed,¡± Fang Daichuan sighed. ¡°That crazy boy voted for his own mother.¡± All the people present took a deep breath. Yang Song rolled his eyes at the sky: ¡°Is she still protecting that kind of son? Tomorrow we should vote her son out first. That child is acting so odd, it is creepy.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t leave, it didn¡¯t make any sense to leave now. He concluded: ¡°Yang Song voted for me, and no one competed with her for this vote, thus she was telling the truth. Niu Xinyan voted for Song Xinran. Niu Xinyan and Ding Zihui each had one vote. Of these two votes, one vote was from the child, and the other was from the deceased Zhao Chu. I am not worried about these two votes, right now they are not much of a problem. There were five votes for Zhao Chu and Boss Du had three votes. In other words, if no one purposely lied to make the situation more complicated, then one of the six people, who believed they had voted for Zhao Chu, actually voted for Du Chaosheng.¡± Boss Du raised his lips and smiled sarcastically: ¡°So now, the suspicion about me being a wolf is rising again, right?¡± ¡°Yes,¡± Li Sinian nodded, staring into his eyes, and said sincerely, ¡°It¡¯s just a review. There is no need to conceal one¡¯s vote. Anyone can doubt anyone. Yang Song doubts me but I will not hate her for that. Unless someone is deliberately misleading here¡­¡± No one spoke, everyone¡¯s eyes were glued to the two people. Boss Du lowered his head, raised his eyebrows and smiled. He pushed his chair back a bit, put his right foot on his left knee, folded his hands in front of his chest, and said, ¡°Isn¡¯t that too stupid? Everyone knew that today Zhao Chu had five votes and I had three votes. If I tried to mislead people by telling lies, then I would only make the situation even worse for me.¡± ¡°What¡¯s more, what kind of lies can I sprout?¡± Boss Du sneered, ¡°Is there anything more important than life?¡± ¡°Then you have to figure out who has a grudge against you,¡± Li Sinian said meaningfully, ¡°What if there are people that do not care for their life? Who would deliberately do that to frame you? ¡° Boss Du gave him a weird smile: ¡°I have an enemy here indeed. Isn¡¯t it you who has the biggest grudge?¡± ¡°Oh? Did you admit it?¡± Li Sinian pressed harder, staring at Du Chaosheng. However, Du Chaosheng only shook his head: ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not me,¡± Li Sinian said expressionlessly. ¡°I didn¡¯t sign into the game. Of course, I could only blame myself for being careless. The boss found out my true intention and I couldn¡¯t blame others. My purpose is very simple, that is to catch the wolf and go back alive. Of course, if Boss Du wants to tell me the truth of what happened that year, I can¡¯t ask for better things. I still don¡¯t know whether my father is alive or dead. Until I figure out where he is, I don¡¯t want to play a werewolf game with you, let alone play such a dirty trick!¡± Yang Song¡¯s cheeks were a little red, it was unclear if it was because she was angry or anxious. She bit her three remaining nails, the tiny powder of nail polish was shining brightly under the refraction of the chandelier. Her eyes also refracted the light, staring directly at Li Sinian: ¡°Are you here because of your father too? Is your father¡¯s life or death uncertain? Didn¡¯t you see the corpse?¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°The last time my father appeared, it was on this island. However, when I traced down the island, the island was already bought. That¡¯s why I am from the boss team. My original plan was that after I escorted you to the island, I would take the opportunity to check if there was any clue about my father. It¡¯s a pity¡­¡± ¡°What did your father do?¡± Yang Song asked with a frown. Li Sinian glanced at old lady Song: ¡°Mrs. Song should know him. He was one of the prospector* in your place.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospecting ¡°Li Heng?¡± Mrs. Song thought for a while, frowning and asked, ¡°Later he disappeared, did he come to this island?¡± Li Sinian nodded: ¡°It is said that this island was explored* by your group at that time. Is that what happened?¡± https://newagemetals.com/mineral-exploration-a-short-guide-to-understanding-the-process/ The old lady Song sighed: ¡°This island is not a good omen. The director at the time was Niu Nahan. After the project was completed, Niu Nahan died, Zhao Chu resigned, Li Heng disappeared, and everyone else scattered away. I had no choice but to take over as the director.¡± ¡°Your father was a prospector?¡± Yang Song frowned and said in a low voice, looking very puzzled. No one spoke, the only sound was the heavy rain outside the window. The clock seemed to not be working, and every minute was slow and torturous. However, nobody talked and eventually half an hour had passed. It was late at night and everyone was exhausted. Liu Xin raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: ¡°Anyway, it¡¯s too late. I guess whether it¡¯s a werewolf or a villager, nobody will have much energy to do anything tonight. Everyone should go to bed first and vote again at eight tomorrow morning.¡± Li Sinian was affected by his father¡¯s story and he was not in the mood to analyze. After a while, he stood up with his head lowered and walked upstairs: ¡°Then I will go back first.¡± Everyone was afraid that the last one would be poisoned to death like the beer belly last night. They immediately followed and swarmed up to the second floor. As he stepped on the stairs, Fang Daichuan turned his head and saw that only Yang Song was left at the long table on the first floor, frowning as she wrote something on the paper. (T/N: The night is still young~~~) (E/N: Don¡¯t scare my little heart like that T_T) CH 24 AUGUST 4, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue (T/N: Warning, mild incest. Mild. I will give warning and explanation on the end so just skip the bold [] if you are uncomfortable with that) Fang Daichuan sat cross-legged on the bed, the notes he wrote spreading in front. He was currently thinking about them, unable to sleep. Even after thinking about it multiple times, he still couldn¡¯t understand why someone did it. He even started to doubt himself: ¡°Did I really vote for Zhao Chu this morning? What if I remember it wrong? I originally doubted Du Chaosheng because Li Sinian asked me to vote for Zhao Chu so I voted for Zhao Chu in the end. Is it possible, because of my psychological suggestion, that I subconsciously voted for Du Chaosheng?¡± The more Fang Daichuan thought about it, the more it seemed plausible. In the first place Du Chaosheng would definitely not vote for himself; Li Sinian had targeted Zhao Chu and wouldn¡¯t vote for Du Chaosheng without reason; Sister Ding Zihui was a villager, and in this case, she was not a liar. Then only old lady Song and Liu Xin left. The old lady Song was the first few to speak but she did not have to vote who she said. Even if she voted for Du Chaosheng, there wasn¡¯t any problem and everyone would understand her; Liu Xin was the last one to speak during the first voting. No matter how you looked at it, lying at that time would just make him marked as a wolf, and he didn¡¯t look like a fool either. Fang Daichuan pulled off almost half of his forehead hair, he was frustrated so much that he wanted to end himself by drinking poison. All those myriad thoughts gave Fang Daichuan a big headache. He pulled his hair for a while, then jumped out of bed before opening the door and sneaked out. There was wine in Li Sinian¡¯s room, Fang Daichuan thought to himself, he would ask him for a glass to help sleeping. The second floor was very quiet, there was no sound. Fang Daichuan could clearly hear his footsteps echoing in the corridor. There were mural blankets hanging on both sides of the corridor, which Fang Daichuan had not paid attention to before. Fang Daichuan had seen this kind of blanket in some adventure crews, and this was how the crew built the tomb passage scenes. What a bad taste, Fang Daichuan thought, regardless of whether it is a Chinese or Western-style building, it is understandable to hang picture frames and wallpaper on the walls, but to make murals on two walls is like you are living inside a tomb. There was something strange about the two murals. During the day, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t notice any clues. At this moment, because of the lightning flashing from time to time outside the window, Fang Daichuan suddenly discovered that the blankets were wet with water and a faint painting appeared. He leaned closer to look carefully at the walls on both sides. (T/N: Alright I feel like I am obliged to say this, but this novel is full of religious references, but only resembling a certain religion, so there might be some difference. To fully convey the author¡¯s work, I didn¡¯t make any attempt to correct them, so if you see something off, please understand that translation isn¡¯t wrong.) The scenery on the left mural was clouds and golden light, with all the characters wearing white robes. They all looked up toward the ceiling, with the expressions somewhat solemn and sorrowful. For the first time, Fang Daichuan looked up at the corridor ceiling, where it was built into a dome shape. There, carved with thick ink and heavy colour, was a picture of a battle between God and Demon. The God with white wings on his back fought with a black winged Demon. The God was holding a weapon, but it was so dark that he could barely see, it somehow looked like an axe with a wooden handle. The devil¡¯s wings were fleshy, and he held a sceptre in his hand. There was a plump woman standing under the battle between the two. She was blindfolded, holding a scale in one hand and a sword in the other hand. She was wearing a white robe, but there were black bat wings that symbolized the devil growing on her back. That is weird. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know much about Western religion and theology. He doesn¡¯t know who these characters represent. Theoretically, the goddess holding scales should be Lady Justice*. But why did the devil¡¯s wings grow on her back? These sculptures could not have appeared out of thin air. They should have been on the ceiling from the beginning, just that no one noticed it before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Justice The painting that showed up on the other mural depicted a picture of hell. The picture was full of fire, ice and a two-headed dog* guarding the door of hell. Then the picture on the left should be heaven, Fang Daichuan thought. Fang Daichuan carefully counted the characters in the hell picture. There were 12* characters in total. (T/N: Yes it is supposed to be 3, but the author wrote 2 so this is why I said there will be a difference, so again, no, I do not translate it wrong. Also, 12 is written like that in raw) This number made Fang Daichuan feel a little uncomfortable. He turned his head and counted the characters on the heavens on the left mural, which were also 12. Everyone¡¯s position in heaven was facing the people in hell. Fang Daichuan looked carefully at the position of the two-headed dog in the hell, and found that there was a snake slithering on the ground with an apple in his mouth. Could this be a metaphor? Fang Daichuan thought to himself. He and Li Sinian replaced Ol¡¯ Chen and the unknown man who was shot down. There were originally 12 adults and one child in this game. If the snake lying on the ground and the two-headed dog represent the children, then the rest of them can be matched one by one. He went through the genders of all people in his mind and found that it was the right match. Then, he raised his head and stared at the two people fighting on the dome. Do these two people represent himself and Li Sinian? But they are obviously on the same side, so what does the goddess represent? The boss who secretly observes everything? I don¡¯t understand. Fang Daichuan felt his head hurt again. The window in the corner was closed and the curtain was half wet. He stood quietly in front of the window and felt a little nervous. He hesitated for a while before opening the curtains. There was no one else on the floor, so Fang Daichuan opened the window. The rain hit his face with the damp fishy smell, and the wet curtains behind him were blown to the wall by the wind, making a rustling sound. Fang Daichuan glanced outside. A white shadow flashed by on the edge of the reef in the distance. Someone is out there?! Fang Daichuan got goose bumps on his arms. Why would someone go outside in such heavy rain? He quickly ran to the corner and rang the doorbell in Li Sinian¡¯s room. The doorbell here was single-line and could not be heard from outside. An unknown terror seized his heart and he rang the doorbell frantically. He wanted to tell Li Sinian about the weird murals and strange figures he just saw. However, Li Sinian did not open the door. There was a sudden burst of laughter in the corridor behind him. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was beating fast. He quietly leaned against Li Sinian¡¯s door. Li Sinian¡¯s room was in a corner. As long as he didn¡¯t show himself, whoever in the corridor wouldn¡¯t be able to see him. He clenched his fists and listened carefully, but all he could hear was his own crazy heartbeat in the silent corridor. Calm down. Fang Daichuan forced himself to take a deep breath, and he rang Li Sinian¡¯s doorbell again. Still no one opened the door. Li Sinian is a seer. He should have secretly gone outside to find a log cabin to check the role. Fang Daichuan speculated, the white shadow I saw just now should be Li Sinian. There was another weird laughter from the corridor. ¡°Hee hee hee¡­¡­¡± It sounded like a child that just got candy and toys. Child? Fang Daichuan thought of the crazy child, and cautiously stuck to the corner while peeping outside. Sure enough, it was the child. He was holding a bucket and splashing water on both murals on the wall while laughing. He splashed for a while, then stopped and sang, ¡°Who killed the robin? The robin died on the island. The wolf killed the robin; the sparrow flapped its wings and sang. The wolf kills with venom; the robin dies, eyes wide open.¡± The lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating the corridor for a while before it turned dark again. The weird little boy splashed water on the wall while singing nursery rhymes about death. Fang Daichuan¡¯s gallbladder almost exploded, and he couldn¡¯t breathe at all. He clung to the wall and pressed his face to the cold tapestry. ¡°Nan Nan, come back, it¡¯s dangerous here.¡± Niu Xinyan yelled softly from the other side of the corridor. Fang Daichuan¡¯s head exploded. The little boy stopped singing in an instant, he turned his head to look at his mother. Fang Daichuan took two deep breaths, lying on the ground, and poked out his head cautiously. [SKIP THIS] Niu Xinyan squatted on the ground, her silk white nightgown dress spread out on the ground. She hugged the child and gently kissed him on the mouth. Fuck me! Fang Daichuan almost jumped out. Niu Xinyan kissed the little boy with her eyes closed and her arms tightly around him ¨C it¡¯s definitely not the expression and posture of a mother kissing her son! ¡°Let¡¯s go inside,¡± Niu Xinyan slightly panted and looked timidly at the little boy. ¡°I¡¯m very scared.¡± The little boy¡¯s voice changed. He carelessly touched the back of Niu Xinyan¡¯s head. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t see his face from his angle, but he could hear his calm voice. He said: ¡°What are you afraid of, you fool?¡± [SKIP OVER] Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t remember what happened later. Suddenly his mind went blank as he watched the mother and son swipe their cards. Then he curled up on the ground and pressed his body to Li Sinian¡¯s cold door. Until a pair of feet appeared in his field of vision. Fang Daichuan raised his head and saw Li Sinian who was soaking wet from head to toe and a drop of water hit the floor. He was holding the identity card, wondering why Fang Daichuan was here, and looked at Fang Daichuan in surprise. Fang Daichuan used the door to stand up, stepping on the small puddle dripped from Li Sinian¡¯s hair, his feet slipped a little but he did not fall to the ground. Li Sinian hurriedly helped him: ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? Your palms are full of cold sweat.¡± Fang Daichuan poked out his head with lingering fear and took a look. The weird mother and son had already returned to the room. He held Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder and felt that he had been curled up for so long that even his legs and feet were numb. No, it¡¯s more than just legs and feet, Fang Daichuan felt like his whole body was numb, only his heart was jumping desperately without fear of death. ¡°Open the door¡­¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his head and waved his hand, having no strength to explain, ¡°Open the door quickly, I can¡¯t hold it anymore.¡± Li Sinian hurriedly opened the door. Fang Daichuan held a glass of wine and sat on the bed wrapped in a quilt. His eyes were drifting and his hands were shaking. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± Li Sinian took a quick shower in the bathroom, and walked out while wiping his hair with a dry towel, and handed Fang Daichuan a pack of compressed biscuits. Fang Daichuan raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass, and tremblingly tore open the package of compressed biscuits. He didn¡¯t know where to start. The amount of information he received tonight was too much. Finally, he decided to put it in chronological order. He first asked: ¡°I couldn¡¯t sleep before so I came out to look for you. Where did you go?¡± ¡°Examining people,¡± Li Sinian wiped off his hair, in a half-wet and half-dry state, his hair curled. ¡°I went out to test while you were all asleep. Otherwise I would be exposed lest someone found out. ¡° Fang Daichuan ate biscuits and drank wine. The indoor lighting was very bright, there were no shadows to hide, which calmed his spirit a lot: ¡°Who did you test? Mrs. Song? Is she a werewolf?¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°I¡¯m already certain that Mrs. Song is a wolf. I would directly vote for her in the morning so I don¡¯t need to check her out. I checked Du Chaosheng. I¡¯m afraid I was wrong. On the first night, he stood up and said he wouldn¡¯t expose himself. I logically think he will not be a werewolf, but you have also seen it today. He cannot vote for himself. I¡¯ve already known your and Ding Zihui¡¯s identity, and for Mrs. Song, it is unnecessary. Liu Xin doesn¡¯t look like someone who will foolishly lie and trap himself. So I thought, maybe Du Chaosheng has other secrets and my assumption about him was wrong.¡± ¡°Then the result?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. Li Sinian smiled bitterly and shook his head: ¡°Unfortunately, my guess was right from the beginning. He is indeed in the villager faction.¡± He said, pouring himself a glass of wine and asked, ¡°What about you? What are you doing tonight? What¡¯s going on?¡± Fang Daichuan shuddered while recalling what had happened just now. He jumped out of bed, threw the clean T-shirt to the topless Li Sinian, and opened the door: ¡°I want to show you something, come with me.¡± (T/N: Nothing much happened here, just the pair of mother and son kissing each other. Don¡¯t worry, there is no more incest scene in this novel after that) CH 25 AUGUST 14, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue Like a thief, Fang Daichuan poked his head out of Li Sinian¡¯s room and looked around vigilantly. Contrary to him, Li Sinian followed him leisurely, with his left hand in his pocket, like an old man strolling in his back garden. Most of the paintings on the tapestry had disappeared, but there were still a few water stains on the carpet. When Li Sinian saw the painting, his expression became serious. He gently rubbed his fingers against the wet mural and smelled the liquid between his fingers. ¡°How is it?¡± Fang Daichuan asked nervously, his eyes widened. Li Sinian frowned and rubbed his fingers: ¡°It¡¯s nothing special, it should be water. How did you find out?¡± The memory scared him. Fang Daichuan rubbed the goose bumps on his arm and recalled: ¡°I couldn¡¯t sleep in the middle of the night, so I wanted to go to find you, and then I saw paintings on these murals when I got out of the room. I remembered that when we came upstairs, the window in the corridor was open. I first thought, maybe the mural became wet from the rain that came in from the window and as a result, the painting was exposed. But when I turned into the corner in front of your room, I heard a sound in the hallway so I quietly took a look. The crazy boy was holding a small bucket and was splashing water on the mural.¡± ¡°Did you not see him when you were in the corridor?¡± Li Sinian asked. Fang Daichuan shook his head decisively: ¡°Absolutely not. I think he must have gone to fetch water in the kitchen on the first floor at that time.¡± As they talked, the sound of wind and rain became louder, the outside of the window started fogging up, and the thunder was rolling, shocking the whole island. Li Sinian opened the window, the curtains and mural got instantly soaked in the rain. The painting resurfaced. Golden light, white robe, snake carrying apple; fleshy wings, pointed horns, two-headed dog guarding the gate. Li Sinian followed the painting and looked towards the dome. He also saw the three sculptures. He frowned deeply. ¡°You, do you understand it? I know it is the battle between God and Demon. But how about that goddess?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. Anyway Li Sinian is half Western. So he should understand this kind of thing better than him, a pure Chinese. Li Sinian said hesitantly: ¡°Blindfolded, holding a sword and a scale, this should be Justitia, the goddess of justice, in charge of justice and adjudication. The Latin root for justice and righteousness, ¡®Justice¡¯*, is derived from her name. During the Renaissance, people liked to make her statues, and the shapes were basically like this. Blindfolded, meaning not disturbed by outside things, and holding a balance in the right hand, symbolizing the judgment of right and wrong. The long sword on the left is to punish the unjust.¡± (T/N: The ¡®Justice¡¯ is written in English on raw. Also, the explanation is quite different from wiki, link below but again, the author took a liberty with her novel so don¡¯t be alarmed. Although personally I like Sinian¡¯s explanation, much poetic to me) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Justice ¡°Wait a moment,¡± Fang Daichuan said: ¡°Judging humanity, I know this script. Isn¡¯t this a theme in Agatha¡¯s classic novel ¡°And Then There Were None*¡±? Bring a group of guilty convicts to an island and kill them all. ¡ª¡ªThe boss has a high self-esteem, thinking they are in charge of justice, and even put themself as a goddess? They are also a playwright; the face probably is not good-looking.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None (T/N: I highly recommend everyone to read this book if you haven¡¯t, I read it years ago and even to this day I can still remember the plot, good stuff) Li Sinian ignored him. Fang Daichuan looked up for a while: ¡°But why is she wearing a black robe? Don¡¯t all the Greek goddesses wear a white robe? And why does she also have wings? Aren¡¯t all the winged ones the Christian gods?¡± ¡°Maybe it¡¯s not Justitia, but some pagan god?¡± Li Sinian shook his head while guessing, indicating that he had no answer. He turned to look at the snakes and two-headed dogs on both sides: ¡°But there are indeed snakes and dogs around Justitia. The snake symbolizes greed, desire, and worldly power. The dog symbolizes loyalty and friendship. Justitia is not tempted by power, nor by human feelings, but only by reason and justice.¡± Fang Daichuan watched with him for a while, until both of them were soaked in rain. The central air conditioner in the villa was adjusted to a constant temperature mode, which was conservatively estimated to be around 20 degrees*. He was currently soaking wet. Standing under the air conditioner outlet, he felt cold all over his body so he closed the window. (T/N: Alright author did not give the specific but I am sure this is Celcius, just a note for people who did not use Celcius) The tapestry was now full of water, and the picture would not dissipate for a while. Twenty-four human faces were staring at them in the corridor. ¡°You just said you saw that kid splashing water on the wall?¡± Li Sinian thought of another thing. Fang Daichuan nodded and shivered: ¡°The window was left open tonight? I wonder when he ran out in the middle of the night, he saw the wet paintings, so he went down to fetch water, and splashed on the wall.¡± As he said the word, he looked at the window. Suddenly, he thought of something, turned his head abruptly, and looked at Li Sinian in horror. Coincidently, a flash of lightning struck through the window, reflecting Fang Daichuan¡¯s face pale, and his fright was very obvious in those dilated pupils. Li Sinian didn¡¯t know what was going on in his mind. ¡°That window!¡± The goosebumps rose from under his feet and rushed to his head, numbing his brain. He remembered a detail that made him shudder. ¡ª¡ªWhen everyone went back to their rooms, the window was open. When he left the room, the window was closed, but the curtains and tapestries were vividly stained with water. Then he pushed open the closed window and saw a white shadow, so he got frightened and ran to the corner to ring Li Sinian¡¯s doorbell. At that time, he was terrified and had no time and mood to close the window. After that, he saw a big show between the child and his mother, then Li Sinian came back, they entered the room together, had a glass of wine, and then came out. When they came out, the window was closed tightly. The window was so high that it was impossible for children to open and close them directly. If a child came out and saw the murals soaked in rain, then went down to fetch water, the time before the window was closed must be very short. Before Fang Daichuan went out, after the little boy went downstairs, someone closed the open window. Then Fang Daichuan opened it. When Fang Daichuan hid in the corner and entered Li Sinian¡¯s room, someone came out and closed the window again. Fang Daichuan started sweating profusely. He explained his thought process to Li Sinian in detail and Li Sinian had also started getting cold sweats. ¡°According to you, someone repeatedly enters and exits the hallway just to close the window?¡± Li Sinian patted the hair on his arms and asked: ¡°Why though? It¡¯s just a window.¡± Fang Daichuan said bitterly: ¡°How the hell would I know?! What I fear the most is that whoever it is, they are not going in and out, but hiding somewhere in the corridor and watching me come out, then they closed the window when we were not here, and went back to hide again.¡± Li Sinian let out a cold breath. He looked left and right but there was no one around. The only sound was from raindrops hitting the glass window from outside, but for no reason, he felt that there seemed to be a pair of eyes in the darkness, peering at everyone from the dark. He raised his eyes to look at the sculpture of the goddess, the blindfolded Goddess of Justice, looking down the corridor compassionately, with a smile that barely showed at the corners of her mouth. ¡°You said you saw a white shadow on the reef?¡± Li Sinian suddenly noticed a point. Fang Daichuan nodded: ¡°Is that you? Did you go to the cabin near the reef?¡± Li Sinian took a deep breath and looked out the window. The view of the seaside was clearly reflected through the window. He closed his eyes, turned his head to stare at Fang Daichuan, and said cautiously: ¡°I didn¡¯t go to the beach, I went to the wooden house on the hillside.¡± As he said, he lifted his foot, and Fang Daichuan could clearly see the mud on the soles of his shoes. There was also moss and broken leaves stuck. ¡°Then who is that?¡± Fang Daichuan was completely stunned. ¡°Apart from the seer, who needs to run out of the house?¡± Li Sinian lowered his head and thought: ¡°I don¡¯t know what special roles others will have. I thought that there should only be 2~3 special roles, but now that I think about it, it seems wrong. Do you remember the rule? ¡®As long as there is a player remaining in the opposite faction, the game will continue¡¯ This is not a killing game, but battle royale. This game might have witch-hunter-guard, or maybe, witch-hunter-white wolf, I don¡¯t know which one is used here. We might have a third-party faction. It would be okay if the special role was a white wolf or a thief. If it was Cupid, it would be troublesome.¡± (T/N: Explanation on the end of chapter) He quickly calculated: ¡°There is a seer and witch. The guard is not impractical in real killing games and not playable at all. The other two special roles may be the idiot and hunter. But neither the idiot nor hunter needs to go out at night¡­¡± Fang Daichuan had never played Werewolf before, so he hurriedly asked: ¡°How does a hunter play? What does the idiot do?¡± ¡°Hunter and the idiot are both in villager¡¯s faction. When a hunter gets voted as a wolf, he can take any random player and die together. The idiot will not die when they get voted. Instead, they will show their card and continue to play in the game. However they can¡¯t participate in the vote anymore, and only the werewolf can truly kill them.¡± Li Sinian explained. It¡¯s too complicated. As soon as Fang Daichuan heard the first two paragraphs, he chose to give up. Let Li Sinian do all the thinking. However, Li Sinian couldn¡¯t think of any reason to go out in the middle of the night. He grabbed his little curly hair and said: ¡°Anyway, tomorrow morning, I will wet the carpet at the stairs entrance. You remember to take a book from your room and sit near the stairs pretending to read a book. When someone walks by, look at the carpet to see who has mud on the soles of their shoes.¡± That is a good idea. Fang Daichuan was amazed by such shameless methods. The water stains on both sides of the corridor had begun to slowly disappear. Li Sinian took the last look and caught a glimpse of a Gothic English sentence in the corner of the mural. The English sentence was engraved on the corner right in front of his door. ¡°It¡¯s better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.¡± Li Sinian became a little absent-minded. ¡°I¡¯m still worried about one thing.¡± Fang Daichuan looked at Li Sinian hesitantly, not knowing how to say: ¡°On the mural, there are only twelve people on each side. Then¡­what about us? Are we the one on the dome, the battle between God and Demon? But you and I are in the same faction, right?¡± Li Sinian suddenly recovered his mind. He pursed his lips: ¡°No matter where we are standing, that has absolutely nothing to do with that bullshit war of God and Demon. Think about it, you being here is completely a coincidence. If you can find hints about you in this villa, then it¡¯s one hell of coincidence.¡± It made sense. Fang Daichuan was relieved now. He turned his head to look at the rainstorm outside the window, praying in his heart. Please let this long night pass soon. (T/N: Alright, so there are many variant of werewolf games and honestly I know you, the reader, is totally confused as why Sinian suddenly said this and that but someone has commented that apparently my t/n is too¡­extensive and distracting the flow [which is why I put this on the end] so here is the picture that shows different playing mode. Yes it is on Mandarin [because this is originally Chinese novel lol] and no I won¡¯t explain one by one. Just know that basically how you play the game is changing depending on what ¡®mode¡¯ you are on. Like I said before, this game is based on The Werewolves of Millers Hollow but apparently there are a ton of new roles and rules with each expansion so I will just assure you, that there are only 4 special roles here; witch, seer, hunter and the idiot so feel free to guess who is who.) CH 26 AUGUST 29, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue Fang Daichuan woke up early even though he couldn¡¯t get a good sleep last night. The sound of wind and rain outside the window combined with the fear inside his heart entangled with each other, torturing him all night. After putting on his crumpled T-shirt, he went to wash and saw in the mirror that he had two big dark circles around his eyes and an acne on his forehead. He couldn¡¯t help but feel annoyed. The cosmetics were meticulously prepared in the bathroom making him admire the boss a bit. There was not much water nor food, but these details showed at least they were a considerate person. He tore open a sealed concealer stick and applied it on the acne and also on the dark circles. It¡¯s pretty easy to use. He looked at the brand of the concealer stick, thinking about introducing it to Xiao Zhou when he went back, but he couldn¡¯t read the brand name. It was written in some kind of pinyin* with strange little dots and short lines on the vowels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin Fang Daichuan then went out and checked the time. It was just six o¡¯clock. He remembered the task Li Sinian entrusted him with and took a book from the shelf at the door. There was no one on the first floor, and the long table was empty. He took a scoop of water from the kitchen, sprinkled it on the carpet, then sat near the stairs, waiting for everyone to come downstairs. Outside the window, the sky was overcast. At six o¡¯clock in the summer, the sky should be bright and shining. However, the rain was pouring hard outside, making people unable to guess what time it was. Fang Daichuan lowered his head and pretended to read. What he picked up was a translated book. The unique translation tone and the strangeness made him distracted. Even after he had read half of the book, he only remembered it was the story of a waste paper recycling yard administrator. He also remembered the two gypsy women unloading the scrap paper they picked up, then lying in the garbage and smoking while spreading their thighs without care, even revealing their muddy private parts from under their skirts, surrounded by flies swarming around. On the stormy island, in the dim morning, the world was as quiet as death. Reading a book like this, Fang Daichuan fell into trance, feeling like he somehow left behind everything and in the whole world, there was only himself. That¡¯s fine. Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly. Why should he be afraid of being alone? The sound of the door closing upstairs interrupted all his thoughts. He unconsciously straightened his back and raised his eyes from the book, with the pen in his hand hovering over the page, ready to write down at any moment. It was Niu Xinyan who came down. The temperature was a bit low today so she was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with loose cuffs. Her son, who stuck to her leg, grabbed the corner of her clothes and walked with his head down, with a timid expression on his face. Still pretending. Fang Daichuan rolled his eyes inwardly. He only gave them a glance before retracting his gaze back to the book, clenched his fist and coughed twice against it, then turned the page by pinching the corner of the book. ¡°Xiquan, walk properly and don¡¯t hold mother¡¯s clothes.¡± Niu Xinyan gently touched the messy hair on the top of her son¡¯s head. When she raised her eyes and saw Fang Daichuan, she smiled and nodded at him, saying, ¡°Xiquan, say hello to uncle.¡± Fuck it. Fang Daichuan had goosebumps all over. This kid, he couldn¡¯t even guess his true age. That kid is Tianshan Tonglao*, this dad can¡¯t be your uncle. (T/N: So Tianshan Tonglao is a character from a wuxia novel, I have put the wiki link below, basically this character is a 90 years old grandma with a child body. Also again Chuan¡¯er really referred himself as dad) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Demi-Gods_and_Semi-Devils_characters ¡°Good morning, uncle.¡± Unexpectedly, the child was well-behaved. He quickly looked up and then lowered his head back instantly. The moment he raised his head, Fang Daichuan clearly saw his eyes, it was a pair of clear and timid eyes that really belonged to the child. Fang Daichuan forced himself to smile, persuading himself to forget their weird behavior last night. He replied, ¡°Hello.¡± He then pretended to inadvertently glance at the carpet. It was clean, it seemed that the two of them didn¡¯t go out last night. The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but Fang Daichuan was professional when it came to gag and impromptu. He acted like he didn¡¯t notice anything and chatted with them, ¡°Woke up so early?¡± ¡°Yes. If you have children, you have to get up early every day and make breakfast for them. I have been used to it for so many years.¡± Niu Xinyan smiled and tidied her bangs, tugging the scattered locks of hair behind her ears. She talked as she passed by Fang Daichuan and walked towards the kitchen. The child was sitting on the long table, playing with his fingers without saying a word. The rain showed no signs of stopping, and the sky was still gloomy. The second one to come down was Yang Song. The girl obviously didn¡¯t sleep well. She looked so haggard that even the concealer couldn¡¯t cover it. She put on red lipstick, probably to brighten up her complexion, but the tiredness in her eyes revealed everything. Fang Daichuan picked up the cup and drank a mouthful of water while glancing subtly. The carpet was not stained with anything, her shoe prints were also transparent watermarks.¡ª¡ªClean soles. ¡°Morning.¡± Fang Daichuan said as he marked the page with a code that only he could understand. Yang Song smiled and said, ¡°Morning.¡± She obviously had lingering fears about the child, hesitated for a moment before going straight into the kitchen to help. By now, Fang Daichuan could easily distinguish Li Sinian¡¯s footsteps. ¡ª¡ªLike a second uncle, leisurely and unhurried. He looked up, and it was indeed Li Sinian. This grandfather was standing there, with one hand in his pocket, looking at him. Fang Daichuan closed his eyes and slightly shook his head. He didn¡¯t even glance at his feet when Li Sinian walked across the carpet. ¡°What book are you reading?¡± Li Sinian casually asked. Fang Daichuan did not expect the question. He froze for a moment, before turning the book and glanced at the cover, only then reporting the lengthy book title. ¡°Too Loud a Solitude.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Loud_a_Solitude ¡°That book is boring! The protagonist is a loser, the book is full of obscenity and self-comfort. The environment is small, and the atmosphere is suffocating.¡± Boss Du¡¯s voice was heard from the stairs. ¡°The owner of this villa is quite hypocritical, putting this mediocre and obscure kind of book that lures college students.¡± Li Sinian looked up, took a look at the still clean long carpet, raised an eyebrow and retorted, ¡°Really? I don¡¯t think so.¡± Liu Xin also walked downstairs. He pushed his glasses and stepped on the carpet, leaving a clean watermark. Fang Daichuan became a little anxious. He took a deep breath and continued to write everyone¡¯s code name in the blank space of the page. Six people had already arrived, and each name still had ¡°Nothing¡± on it. After everyone sat down, Niu Xinyan brought out a few cups of coffee and distributed them to some people. ¡°Where did you get the coffee?¡± Du Chaosheng thanked her, raising his eyebrows and smiling. Niu Xinyan said with a smile, ¡°I found half-unpacked coffee beans in the kitchen¡¯s utility room. They smelled of good quality so I simply boiled them.¡± It¡¯s really good. Fang Daichuan had already gotten the smell of coffee in the air. He didn¡¯t know much about these foreign brands. He only felt it tasted mellow and the quality was unlike those one-hundred-yuan-a-bag ones in chain stores. Du Chaosheng asked casually, ¡°Has Miss Niu ever been a secretary? I think you have a talent for being a secretary.¡± ¡°I only worked as a secretary for my husband.¡± Niu Xinyan pursed her lips. ¡°My husband is reluctant to let me work so I have always been a full-time wife at home.¡± ¡°Is that so¡­¡± Didn¡¯t know what was going on inside Du Chaosheng¡¯s mind, but his expression was a bit melancholy. Liu Xin seemed to have been scalded by hot coffee, and he couldn¡¯t hold it firmly. The strong coffee spilled half to the table and the cup and saucer touched, producing a crisp sound. Li Sinian saw all the reactions and frowned slightly. The little couple finally got up. Fang Daichuan heard the movement and threw a small coffee spoon into the cup. He could clearly hear the sound of Chen Hui¡¯s canvas shoes stepping on the wooden stairs. This girl was slightly plump and loved to hop around, so her steps on the stairs were loud. She was whispering to her boyfriend about the terrible weather, saying she should get some sun after going back, otherwise her skin would smell of salty fish. ¡°But do you think the two of us can go back?¡± There was a subtle fear in the girl¡¯s voice. Du Wei didn¡¯t answer her. Ignoring everyone in the hall, he softly kissed his girlfriend at the top of the stairs, as if it was the end of the world, proving their love toward each other. Everyone on the first floor turned their heads tacitly, giving the little couple privacy. After they had kissed, they came to the long table holding hands and then sat down. Before Fang Daichuan could react, he felt that Li Sinian kicked him lightly. He raised his eyes and saw Li Sinian¡¯s eyes move slightly to the side. He quickly glanced at the carpet at the entrance of the stairs, and the long beige woolen blanket was stained with two pairs of bright mud marks. It turned out to be them? He was a little puzzled, but a little relieved. He then looked up at the clock. There was only half an hour left before eight o¡¯clock. The old lady and Ding Zihui had not come down yet. Everyone looked at the stairs together, like the audience watching the public execution*, looking forward to seeing who would be pushed under the guillotine next. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_execution It¡¯s a pity that their hope was crushed. There were sounds of two doors slamming upstairs. Old lady Song and Ding Zihui walked downstairs one after another. ¡ª¡ªNobody died last night. (T/N: It is voting time~~~ ) CH 27 SEPTEMBER 12, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue No one was in the mood for breakfast today and Niu Xinyan herself was also feeling anxious and not in the mood for making breakfast. Everyone just drank a cup of coffee except Fang Daichuan who had a large appetite. He could starve to death if he didn¡¯t eat breakfast. After thinking, he opened a pack of compressed biscuits, holding the biscuits with both hands, and started eating with coffee. The clock sounded exactly at eight o¡¯clock and everyone went to the machine to scan their fingerprints. ¡°No one died last night,¡± the machine said dryly. ¡°The order of speeches is random. Please speak counterclockwise, starting from Niu Xinyan.¡± Niu Xinyan shook a bit, not expecting that she would be the first. She took a sip of coffee. ¡°My thoughts are still the same as yesterday. I think it¡¯s Mrs. Song as I told my logic last night.¡± The old lady Song coldly snorted. ¡°You have been attacking me since last night. If I were a wolf, I would have hidden myself from the beginning. I have a clear conscience, so I dare to appear here. Who is the seer? You must have checked me last night. Come out and tell us your result.¡± It¡¯s a pity, Fang Daichuan thought, the seer has already determined that you are a wolf so he didn¡¯t check you. No one spoke, and the seer Li Sinian didn¡¯t reveal himself. This was only the third day, and there were still four days ahead, which was far from the best time to show his card. Niu Xinyan wasn¡¯t angry when she was interrupted, she whispered in a low voice, ¡°If the seer has any clues, I hope they¡¯ll share it. To be honest, I really have no idea, I know nothing. I am done, next.¡± The next one was the little boy. Startled, Fang Daichuan took a huge bite of the biscuit. He raised his eyes and found everyone had swallowed hard subconsciously. It was obvious that they were all afraid of the child¡¯s evil nature, even Li Sinian took a swig of coffee with a straight face. The child lifted his head slightly, not looking at anyone. Instead, he just stared at the table in front of him quietly, with his long eyelashes hanging. He then slightly opened his mouth. ¡°Wait!¡± Yang Song raised his hand to stop him. ¡°You¡ªyou can only talk, you are not allowed to sing!¡± Although it was very inappropriate, Fang Daichuan really wanted to laugh. The child seemed to be frightened by her outburst. He turned his head and looked at her mother as if asking for help. Niu Xinyan patted him on the back and encouraged him. ¡°Just say what you want to say, Xiquan. Don¡¯t be afraid, mom is here.¡± Fang Daichuan felt the sense of distortion again. Yesterday, he watched the mother-child¡¯s abnormal interaction. Before this, he had always felt their relationship was strange and that strange feeling reached its peak when he saw the kiss last night. However, this morning, their behaviors were so natural, they even played the role of a loving mother and a cowardly child perfectly. Speaking of acting, he could feel that Niu Xinyan was acting, but the child¡¯s innocence and fear were so natural that even he himself couldn¡¯t sense anything wrong. Liu Xiquan moved his lips and whispered, ¡°Like mother said, I also know nothing.¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head to look at Li Sinian calmly and the two pairs of eyes met each other. Li Sinian kept rubbing his chin, apparently also confused by the child. Yesterday, he voted for his mother, but today he followed what his mother said? Fang Daichuan cast a suspicious look at Niu Xinyan and her son. As expected, the true horror of the children lay in the uncertainty of their behavior. You¡¯d never know what they might do and they didn¡¯t need a reason to do anything. However, he still felt that there was a mystery and wonder about the child, which made him feel uncomfortable. The next one was Ding Zihui. The girl glanced at Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian. ¡°I think this is the right time for the seer to come out. I just calculated it, if we play the standard game of 4, 4, 4, even if we don¡¯t consider the third-party camp, with four werewolves, and six daytimes, we really can¡¯t afford to make mistakes anymore. If we vote for three wrong people, we will lose.¡± (T/N: So apparently the standard Werewolf game in China is like Ding Zihui said, 4 4 4 aka 4 wolf, 4 special roles and 4 villagers. So here, picture below to show you, I screenshot this from a video on how to play Werewolf game so yes, it is on Mandarin just see the pic don¡¯t mind the word lol) Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian and made a decision. He threw a half-pack of biscuits on the table and sighed, ¡°So no one dares to show their card? Alright then.¡± Everyone seemed to have guessed what he was going to say, and all ten pairs of eyes looked at him with a burning gaze. He raised his right eyebrow, ignoring Li Sinian¡¯s hand under the table, and put his hands on the table before looking around the audience and said categorically, ¡°I dare! Let me tell you my role.¡± Li Sinian couldn¡¯t help but sigh. ¡°The first night I checked Li Sinian, he is in the villager faction, and on the second night, I checked Du Chaosheng who is also a good person. I didn¡¯t tell you before because, what could I do? I can¡¯t help with the vote and I didn¡¯t want to show my card too early. First, I didn¡¯t detect a wolf. Second, I think it¡¯s meaningless and dangerous to show myself so early. But what Ding Zihui said makes sense. We only have 6 voting opportunities left and we mustn¡¯t waste it. I hope everyone will exclude Li Sinian and Du Chaosheng that I have checked. For Ding Zihui, I also recognize her on the villager¡¯s side. I, myself, am a seer. Zhao Chu is a wolf and there are three wolves left among the remaining people. Everyone, be careful with your votes.¡± Fang Daichuan talks straight to the point, not beating around the bush. Du Chaosheng interjected, ¡°Since you acknowledge me as the villager faction, if no other seer comes out, then for the time being, I will recognize you as a seer. However, I don¡¯t understand why you are suddenly exposing your roles now. I think it¡¯s not good for the village faction.¡± Fang Daichuan raised his eyebrows and smiled. ¡°Because I am not afraid and I can fight. If there is anyone who has the ability to kill me at night, well let¡¯s see if they can do it. This is not a board game. I will fight back whoever dares to get close to me with a needle.¡± What he said sounded so reasonable that there was no rebuttal. With his strength, nobody would be able to kill him in one shot. A few people in the room internally asked themselves if they had a strength for that. ¡°Since I am already talking about this, let¡¯s continue,¡± Fang Daichuan sighed. Anyway, he already had a target painted on his back, and he didn¡¯t care about adding one more. ¡°If I really die at night, you must pay attention when you find my corpse. I will leave a message for everyone. I won¡¯t go down without a fight. There must be traces of fighting on my body. If I die clean, please pay more attention to someone whom I will not guard against.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t you check me?!¡± The old lady Song shouted. ¡°Don¡¯t cast me out, I beg you to keep me inside the game and test me! I¡¯m really not a wolf!¡± Fang Daichuan ignored her and said directly, ¡°I¡¯m done, next.¡± Li Sinian sighed and even wanted to slap Fang Daichuan to death. He stared at Fang Daichuan speechlessly for a long while; he didn¡¯t want others to shield him. However, from the perspective of maximizing benefit, he couldn¡¯t push two people to the front at the same time. Why go that far for me? Li Sinian secretly gritted his back teeth. ¡°I will recognize Fang Daichuan as a seer. I will also recognize the people Fang Daichuan had checked as a villager faction. For the rest, I will still use last night¡¯s logic. I think Yang Song¡¯s identity isn¡¯t a problem, she has been actively looking for wolves.¡± ¡°Mrs. Song¡­¡± Li Sinian hesitated. ¡°She insisted the seer test her, so now I am a little hesitant. But Mr. Liu Xin, you have been talking in circles last night, and you actually didn¡¯t say anything meaningful. I think if you can¡¯t give us something, I¡¯ll consider voting you out first.¡± The old lady Song pointed to Liu Xin and said, ¡°Vote him first! I¡¯m really in the villager faction. If you don¡¯t believe me, test it out tonight! I am telling the truth! Don¡¯t vote for me this round!¡± ¡°You are so anxious to protect yourself, I think you are hiding something.¡± Ding Zihui frowned. ¡°You had never suspected Liu Xin before but just because someone doubted Liu Xin, you were quick to follow. There is a feeling that what you said before is all a lie so you can stay in the game. I doubt you now.¡± Although Niu Xinyan didn¡¯t interrupt, Fang Daichuan noticed her nodding gently. Li Sinian quietly listened to them talking before continuing, ¡°Du Wei and Chen Hui, there is no problem after rehearsing your speech last night, but your logic is too explicit. I want to listen to your statement in more detail. Moreover, is it alright if you tell me where you two went last night?¡± He raised his right eyebrow, his light amber eyes reflecting the light of a crystal chandelier, like a cat. Du Wei was stunned for a moment, ¡°Did you see it?¡± Li Sinian silently raised his eyebrows. Du Wei and Chen Hui glanced at each other and asked decisively, ¡°Li Sinian, why don¡¯t you prove your identity first?¡± Li Sinian was shocked. ¡°Why should I?¡± ¡°Because you screwed up,¡± Du Wei looked at Li Sinian quietly. ¡°The manual you got isn¡¯t for villagers. Otherwise, you can¡¯t not know why we left the house and went outside.¡± CH 28 OCTOBER 1, 2021~ 8ONI Editor: Jue Well, this is awkward. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t expect that things would go south this fast. He had just declared himself a seer, and now, Li Sinian was having trouble over there. As expected, fate didn¡¯t favor Lucky-E, and didn¡¯t give him any face. Du Wei had a smile at the corner of his mouth, looking at Li Sinian sarcastically. ¡°I don¡¯t need to prove anything,¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows. ¡°My identity is guaranteed by the seer. As long as I¡¯m not a wolf, why do you care what role I have?¡± Du Wei looked around. ¡°Frankly I don¡¯t care, but isn¡¯t it possible that both you and Fang Daichuan are wolves? Show us your role if you really are not a wolf.¡± Li Sinian spread his hands indifferently. ¡°Right now, it is a fact that Fang Daichuan is a seer and he has guaranteed my identity. If you question my identity, you must first overthrow Fang Daichuan¡¯s seer role. But look at the current situation here first. Except for Fang Daichuan, is there anyone else who claims to be the seer? Why do you think Fang Daichuan came forward? It is because two people said that the seer needs to show themself, so there is nothing suspicious about him showing his card. You said I was bluffing, OK*, I will tell you, I also have a special role. You and your girlfriend insist that you both are villagers, but is it even the truth? Your behavior seems a little weird.¡± (T/N: The OK is in English. I like how the author keeps Sinian¡¯s American lineage consistent with how often he is using English here) ¡°I¡¯m doing this to get the wolf out,¡± Du Wei rolled his eyes. ¡°Big Brother, please calm down. If I were a wolf, would I mess with special roles?¡± ¡°The important thing to do on Werewolf Killing is to find out the identity of a villager faction firstly.¡± Yang Song glanced at Du Wei. ¡°Forget those special roles. We don¡¯t even have any information on them. Now we should just focus on picking the wolf out and vote for them.¡± Li Sinian frowned and said nothing, obviously thinking something. Fang Daichuan knocked on the table using his knuckles. ¡°Don¡¯t make a ruckus. Trust me, there¡¯s no need to doubt Li Sinian¡¯s identity. Du Wei, if you are really in the villager faction, don¡¯t doubt the one guaranteed by the seer. And, don¡¯t force people with special roles to show their cards or make trouble, do you understand? Look at the situation for yourself. Has anyone else admitted they are the seer? If you say that¡¯s because this is a killing game, the seer will not dare to show up for fear of death. Then, at least the seer will give some hints and call on everyone to doubt me. Just now, Ding Zihui also said we only have two chances to make a wrong vote. Since no one else has any doubts, then I am a seer.¡± Du Wei looked around, hesitated for a moment, and nodded. ¡°Is there anyone else who wants to admit their special roles? You don¡¯t need to tell what identity you have, just declare that you have a special role.¡± Fang Daichuan asked. Yang Song looked around, hesitated, and raised his hand. ¡°Me.¡± Li Sinian nodded and raised the pen in his hand, pointing at Yang Song, Fang Daichuan, and himself. ¡°Look, according to what we said at the beginning, 4 4 4 plus a third-party game, with three people with special roles here, how can there be two wolves? Then tell me where people with special roles are?¡± Du Chaosheng also nodded. ¡°Li Sinian is right. There is no doubt about the timing of Fang Daichuan¡¯s reveal, and no one else has come forward until this moment. I believe what he said about him checked on Li Sinian on the first night. If I was the seer, I would also do the same. Li Sinian was indeed the person who was most suspicious at that time. So following that logic, both Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan should have special roles. Yang Song also raised her hand, and I believe her. I am a villager, let me prove it. I will let you know what the manuals are.¡± Du Chaosheng said as he took a sip of coffee from his cup and recalled the instructions he had received, ¡°Our villager¡¯s manual has an extra part. Because this is a real killing game, the individual survival rates of ordinary villagers, special roles, and werewolves are different. The extra part said that, since the villagers had no information, the chance of survival was very small. So, they would be supplemented with item cards. It is said that item cards were scattered in the forest outside.¡± ¡°That is why you two went to the forest in front of the house?¡± Li Sinian frowned. Du Wei nodded. ¡°Did you see us?¡± Chen Hui lifted her trouser legs and took off her white canvas shoes. Her shoe was stained with some dry yellow mud, and there were moss fragments and traces of crushed grass blades in the mud. Li Sinian looked back at Fang Daichuan, who frowned. ¡°Has no one else been out?¡± Fang Daichuan asked suspiciously, ¡°Who went to the beach last night?¡± No one said anything, everyone looked at each other. The thunder and lightning outside the window were now a little bit weaker, but the sound of rain became louder and louder, the sky was gloomy, and the air was paved with a damp fishy smell. Again, it¡¯s always like this, stuck in a circle, with nothing significant happening. ¡°I don¡¯t think it was a werewolf who went out last night!¡± Fang Daichuan said sternly, ¡°Everyone is here. For what purpose is the wolf going to the beach?! Who on earth is playing off-court logic? What is your purpose for coming to this island? I don¡¯t care if you want to die, but can¡¯t you drag a passerby like me? I fucking don¡¯t want to die!¡± The feeling of powerlessness he had experienced yesterday once again deeply grasped his heart. He covered his face with one hand. Facing this complicated situation, he really didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡°Forget it.¡± He turned his pen between his index finger and middle finger and waved his hand. ¡°Just vote whoever you want to vote for, I have already said what I can say and I have done what I should do. Everyone is so uncooperative. If you end up losing in the end, you can¡¯t blame the seer.¡± After he finished speaking, he threw the pen, crossed his legs, planning to not say a word until the voting began. Surprisingly, Liu Xin stirred trouble next. He frowned and said, ¡°Fang Daichuan, are you sure you are the seer, and you won¡¯t take it back?¡± Fang Daichuan raised his eyebrows mockingly. ¡°What? Are you going to show your card?¡± ¡°Yes I am,¡± Liu Xin sighed and firmly said, ¡°I checked Li Sinian on the first night, he is a wolf. I also checked Ding Zihui on the second night; she is also a wolf. Also, I am the real seer.¡± Ding Zihui opened her eyes wide, pointing her right index finger to her face. ¡°Me? I¡¯m a wolf? Saying that while you are a seer means you are so unqualified!¡± ¡°So you took out all the remaining wolf camps in one go?¡± Li Sinian raised his lips mockingly. ¡°Zhao Chu had been already confirmed as a wolf and is out of the game. With me, Ding Zihui and Fang Daichuan as the last three wolves, you win.¡± Liu Xin nodded. ¡°Although I myself feel that my luck is a little bit too good, the truth is the machine won¡¯t lie. The three of you are wolves.¡± Yang Song sneered, ¡°Your loopholes are too obvious. You checked Li Sinian on the first night, so why did you don¡¯t check Mrs. Song or Boss Du on the second night, instead of Ding Zihui that no one suspects?¡± Liu Xin couldn¡¯t say anything to refute, he awkwardly pushed his glasses. ¡°I naturally have my own reason.¡± ¡°Liu Xin is a wolf!¡± Ding Zihui strongly said, ¡°I know my own role. He just wants to kill me. He must be a wolf! Let¡¯s vote him out of the game first!¡± ¡°First of all, let¡¯s vote for Mrs. Song,¡± Li Sinian raised his eyes and sneered. ¡°We have two people who have declared themself as a seer against each other. In order to prevent the real seer from being cast out, we will leave that for tomorrow¡¯s votes. ¡ª¡ªFang Daichuan will test Liu Xin tonight.¡± Old lady Song stood up, about to walk outside the room. ¡°I said again and again to test me but you never did. Now, you are so eager to vote for me! I won¡¯t play with you anymore!¡± She wasn¡¯t young, but she moved fast. She had already pushed the chair and walked away. ¡°Bang¡ª¡ª¡± there came a sound. Fang Daichuan closed his eyes helplessly. ¡°Song Xinran deserted and was exempted from voting today.¡± The machine flatly said. After taking a long breath, Fang Daichuan violently pushed the paper, pencil, and coffee cups in front of him, sweeping the things off the table before getting up and walked towards the door. He passed by the corpse of Mrs. Song with half of her head missing, paused for a while, then closed his eyes and stepped past the corpse, pushing the villa door. Didn¡¯t know when, but the rain outside had stopped. The air pressure was very low, the humid air made the whole lung caked as if there was something blocked inside the chest, couldn¡¯t cough out nor can¡¯t be swallowed. Fang Daichuan walked straight to the reef behind the house, sat down on the wet reef, and lit a cigarette. ¡°You should smoke less.¡± A girl¡¯s voice came from behind. He turned around and saw Ding Zihui standing on the reef, and the sea breeze lifted the girl¡¯s long hair. She tucked her hair and smiled at him. Fang Daichuan wasn¡¯t in the mood, but after so many years of pretending to be a gentleman, even though he had always been a gangster, it became the conditioned reflex, making him completely unable to get angry with girls. So, he tilted his mouth and nodded as a greeting. Ding Zihui carefully sat beside him, and the two sat on the reef side by side, looking at the sea below their feet. ¡°When I was a kid, I really liked the sea.¡± Ding Zihui glanced up at Fang Daichuan, then lowered her head and said, ¡°Something happened to my family at that time and I was sent to my grandma¡¯s house. Grandma¡¯s house was by the sea. When I was in a bad mood, I went to the beach to pick up shells and watch the sea. Whenever I look at the sea, I feel that my problem is small compared to the vast ocean.¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned. He took a deep breath of smoke, then turned to look at Ding Zihui, as if he was surprised she would say such a thing. Ding Zihui met his gaze and smiled. ¡°What happened to your family¡­?¡± Fang Daichuan put out his cigarette butt on the rock and turned to look at her. Ding Zihui lowered her head and pursed his lips. ¡°When I was nine years old, my mother committed suicide.¡± ¡°I¡­ I¡¯m sorry.¡± Fang Daichuan noticed he was a little abrupt and quickly apologized. Ding Zihui smiled and shook his head. ¡°It happened so many years ago, it no longer matters now. My mother grew up by the seaside. After her death, I listened to her will and sprinkled her ashes into the sea. When I was unhappy, I would come to the sea. I feel like my mother will always protect me from the sea.¡± She turned her head and smiled at him. On the misty seashore, the girl¡¯s face was flushed and her smile was vivid. (T/N: Somebody is dead so here is the updated image. Remind that unless there is an evidence, I won¡¯t put roles on image) CH 29 OCTOBER 1, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii ¡°What are you two talking about?¡± Li Sinian appeared behind them, holding two bottles of wine. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t turn back but Ding Zihui did, and lowered her head and said, ¡°Brother Chuan¡¯er is feeling a little uncomfortable. I¡¯m just accompanying him for some small talk.¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows and smiled, sat down on the other side of Fang Daichuan without a word, and opened the two bottles of wine. He didn¡¯t console Fang Daichuan, just stuffed a bottle in Fang Daichuan¡¯s palm, and clinked his bottle slightly with his own. The orange wine inside the glass bottle swished, showing the bottle was full. Fang Daichuan¡¯s scorching gaze landed on Li Sinian, the flames in his eyes becoming brighter. Li Sinian didn¡¯t explain nor thank him. He raised his head and took a sip of the bottle of wine, raised his chin at Fang Daichuan, and motioned him to drink too. ¡°Join us?¡± Fang Daichuan shook the bottle at Ding Zihui. Ding Zihui shook her head quickly and refused. Seeing that they each took a sip of wine, Ding Zihui hesitated, and said to the two of them, ¡°I saw something, I don¡¯t know if I should tell you, but my gut tells me that something will happen if I withhold this information.¡± Li Sinian raised his right eyebrow and looked at her. ¡°Last night, I was actually going to look for the item card outside. But because I was alone, I was scared. When I opened the door and came out, I hesitated for a while and decided to head back to the room.¡± Ding Zihui had a look of fear on his face. ¡°Later, when I heard noises in the corridor, I became even more frightened. I took a peek from behind the wall and didn¡¯t dare come out.¡± She must have seen something. Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan looked at each other. Fang Daichuan took a sip of wine and asked, ¡°What did you see?¡± Ding Zihui swallowed her saliva, and lowered her head to play with her fingers. ¡°I saw Du Chaosheng knocking on Niu Xinyan and her son¡¯s door.¡± ¡°Du Chaosheng?¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows in surprise. ¡°Not Liu Xin, but Du Chaosheng?¡± ¡°It was Du Chaosheng,¡± Ding Zihui confirmed, she carefully recollected, hoping to restore the scene at that time. ¡°Du Chaosheng stood at the door of Niu Xinyan. He was wearing a shirt. Niu Xinyan was wearing a white silk nightdress and a shawl. The door was ajar, and Niu Xinyan was standing in the door, holding the door handle. Du Chaosheng said to Niu Xinyan, ¡®I heard about brother Niu back then, my heart goes out to you and your family, please accept my condolences.¡¯ Then Niu Xinyan did not speak for a while. After a while, she lowered her head and murmured, ¡®It already happened so many years ago ¡¯ After a while, Du Chaosheng asked again, ¡®Can I come in? ¡¯ Niu Xinyan said, ¡®No, it¡¯s late at night, it¡¯s improper for you to come in. ¡¯ Du Chaosheng said, ¡®What¡¯s so bad about that? Brother Niu has been gone for so long. It is not easy for a widow to raise an orphan for so many years. It is time to find someone to take care of you, especially on this island. You can¡¯t trust anyone else.¡¯ Niu Xinyan seemed to smile, but I didn¡¯t see it clearly. She replied: ¡®What happened to the secretary you personally ¡®cared for¡¯? She has worked with you for nine years, but didn¡¯t you ¡®personally¡¯ take care of her? I dare not be taken care of by you. ¡¯¡± ¡°This old bastard, already one foot in the grave, yet he¡¯s still knocking on the widow¡¯s door at night.¡± Fang Daichuan sighed. Li Sinian was holding the wine bottle, frowning thoughtfully. ¡°Brother Niu? Is he Niu Nahan, the Director that Old Lady Song mentioned? Is the relationship between Niu Xinyan and Niu Nahan, not a brother and sister, but a husband and wife?!¡± But that has nothing to do with the killing game. Fang Daichuan followed Li Sinian¡¯s line of thought for a while, then shook his head and ignored it. The wind picked up again, a huge dark cloud slowly moved in from a distance. It looked like it would rain again. Ding Zihui looked at the sky, then got up and said, ¡°I¡¯ll go back first, and you two, you should go back as soon as possible. There is no medical treatment nor medicine here. It will be troublesome if you get sick.¡± Fang Daichuan nodded and watched the girl walk away. The wind blew the girl¡¯s hair and clothes, her body in a sharp contrast amongst the bleak rocks. ¡°She has it hard, such a young girl.¡± Fang Daichuan said with emotion. Li Sinian sneered, ¡°Why? Do you feel sorry for her? Although the method of selling pity is old-fashioned, it works at critical times, doesn¡¯t it?¡± Fang Daichuan squinted at Li Sinian, ¡°Did you eavesdrop on us?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need to eavesdrop to know what she said to you.¡± Li Sinian smiled and shook his head. ¡°It couldn¡¯t be anything more than that her father or mother was dead, either by suicide, murder, or an accident¡­ You comforted her and she said it was alright, it¡¯s all in the past.¡± Fang Daichuan was astonished because he guessed too accurately. He blinked his eyes twice, ¡°Did you guess that too?¡± Li Sinian hooked the corner of his mouth. ¡°Isn¡¯t it the same old song? Niu Xinyan¡¯s husband died, she said that after so many years, it was all in the past; Yang Song¡¯s father died, she acts like she is over it. Du Chaosheng¡¯s ¡°secretary¡± also seems to be the same¡­ If everyone truly has let it go, who would come here to this killing game and risk their life?¡± ¡°What about you?¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head and asked, ¡°Have you gotten over your father¡¯s death?¡± Li Sinian stopped smiling, he silently gazed at the dark clouds and the sea in the distance. When he was not smiling, there was a melancholic expression on his face, giving him a far-away look, making people wonder if it was the unique aura that came with the mixed-race appearance he had. He turned his head, stared into Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes, and said, ¡°If there is no past, there would be nothing to remember.¡± Fang Daichuan hesitated, raised his hand and shook Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder, gently touching the wine bottle in his hand to quietly comfort him. ¡°How did your parents meet?¡± Li Sinian asked, turning his head. Fang Daichuan was stunned for a moment: ¡°They¡­ just happened to know each other. My dad was the most handsome detective in the team, and my mom was the most beautiful woman, so naturally they got to know each other. Later, someone became the matchmaker and formally introduced them to one another. Then they got married. The marriages in that era were nothing more than those old routines.¡± Fang Daichuan then asked, ¡°How about yours?¡± ¡°My parents were much more romantic,¡± Li Sinian looked up at the sky smiling. ¡°They met when they saw the aurora in Mohe*.¡± https://www.chinatravel.com/mohe Li Heng, a geological prospector, followed the exploration vehicles and went to Mohe.Young Miss Flores* was traveling around the world and happened to visit mainland China on the same day. In the polar snowfields, the two young people perceived the vastness of the universe and the mysteries of nature under the dazzling aurora borealis, then got trapped in the valley during the snowstorm, cuddled up to each other for warmth in the snow hut and shared the last bottle of wine the girl brought. (T/N: Flores is on English in raw) Just like how it was in all romance movies, the two people justifiably fell in love. A young girl who dared to sail across the Pacific Ocean to travel in a strange land with a foreign language was bound to yearn for danger and thirst for romance. Was there anything more dangerous and romantic than kissing and making love in the Mohe snowy plains? After that, the girl still traveled around the world, only to give up the tour group and follow the exploration team.The exploration team took on whatever project they got, and the girl followed the exploration vehicles and traveled around the world in a different way. They rode on horses in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, their saddlebags filled with instruments for exploration, to huge pits containing the fossils of some ancient predators. They also hiked in the deep mountains of Guiyang*, where the mountain was foggy, and girls dressed in silver jewelry walked past them, tripping over the flowing water of the mountain stream barefoot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiyang ¡°That¡¯s beautiful,¡± Li Sinian¡¯s few sentences painted a vivid picture, Fang Daichuan, immersed in that kind of wonderful love, felt moved. ¡°Sometimes when I go to film, I also see amazing scenery and take hundreds of photos. I don¡¯t know who to share it with so I can only edit the picture and post it on Weibo. Your parents are so lucky to be able to watch the scenery with someone they love.¡± Unfortunately, just like any other couple, eventually there came a day when their love could no longer withstand the trials of time. Li Sinian stopped talking, and Fang Daichuan thoughtfully didn¡¯t ask any more. Did the couple break up after getting fed up with each other during the trip? In the fragmented bits of childhood life Li Sinian told him about before, his father died young, he was bullied, and was taken away by gangs to learn petty theft. It was a very difficult childhood, although he was calm when he retold it. In that story, there was no mention of his mother. ¡°When my mother died, I personally sent her into the crematorium. I looked at her, a 68-inch* person, squashed into a palm-sized box. At that time, I thought of only one sentence: ¡®For we are like olives: only when we are crushed do we yield what is best in us.¡¯* .''¡± Li Sinian looked down at the small silver ring that brightly adorned his smallest finger. He concluded the story by saying, ¡°Therefore, there are things you can¡¯t let go. I can¡¯t do that and I don¡¯t believe others can either.¡± (T/N: 5¡¯6 feet, this quote is by Bohumil Hrabal from the book Too Loud a Solitude) ¡°So you don¡¯t trust Ding Zihui.¡± Fang Daichuan did not say it like a question. Li Sinian¡¯s expression was a bit frosty, he shook his head. ¡°I don¡¯t trust anyone. The human heart is too unpredictable. I don¡¯t want to die just because of this so-called trust.¡± ¡°Maybe we can change that? The human heart is a very vague and subjective thing, but it can easily change the cold reality. We should have more faith in it.¡± Fang Daichuan breathed out a stream of smoke, and recollected the script that he¡¯d read before coming to the island. A futuristic urban script about the struggle between AI and humans, the position he wanted to fight for was the third male lead, who had an emotional scene of unrequited love with the beautiful and attractive female AI under the villain boss. The other party was a killing weapon, the perfect combination of human brain and AI machinery. She was mature and beautiful, superb in martial arts, but bore no human feelings at all. In the end, when the third male leapt and was buried in the cloud of stars, the AI was finally awakened to his inner soul. ¡°Look,¡± Fang Daichuan said, ¡°Human beings might look like something small and powerless but sometimes they can be extraordinary. They can shake a lot of evil thoughts and change the cold reality.¡± He was convinced of this. Li Sinian shook his head and smiled. ¡°What a good story.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you believe it?¡± Fang Daichuan looked at him with wide eyes. Li Sinian replied, ¡°Wittgenstein once said, ¡®The sense of the world must lie outside the world.¡¯ ¡®If the good or bad exercise of the will does alter the world, it can alter only the limits of the world, not the facts¨Cnot what can be expressed by means of language.¡¯¡± (T/N: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus) ¡°Human hearts cannot be expressed in words, but facts can be said. What cannot be said can never change what can be said. This is one of the most important deductions of the 20th century logical philosophy. Relying on faith, love, or any good human nature to endow the machine a soul and change the ways of the wicked is an arrogant fantasy of mankind. Not to mention using these ethereal concepts to change the malicious nature of humans? The facts of the world can never be changed by human beings, the most malicious things are deeply rooted from the moment it appears. We are the descendants of Homo sapiens, with the cruel gene of killing and exterminating more than a hundred biological species in our blood, what even religion and the so-called universal values have not been able to do, and you want to change that with an illusion of passion? How is that possible?¡± The corners of Li Sinian¡¯s mouth quirked up a mocking smile. He patted his butt and stood up, walked on the reef, looking out into the boundless sea, silently muttering in a foreign language. The sea replied with an eternal tide and wet his trousers. That sentence was not English, it was a bit tougher and richer in intonation than English. Fang Daichuan could not understand. He just sat where he was and watched Li Sinian¡¯s back, that image engraved into his memory for a long time. Li Sinian¡¯s back was full of secrets, fighting the world using an unspeakable amount of will and one¡¯s own strength. Like a deity or a beast, very powerful, and very lonely. (T/N: You can read more about Wittgenstein¡¯s book here : https://www.d.umn.edu/~dcole/phillang/TractatusExerpts1999.htm About what Sinian said, on how we as homosapiens are murderers, well, you can read it below yourself. I personally have gotten to know this fact years ago, oh humanity~~~ CH 30 OCTOBER 24, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Jue Nobody was in the mood to eat at noon. The girls searched old lady Song¡¯s body but found nothing. There was only an identity card with no useful information. There was no wolf poison nor civilian cards, not even a manual. Together, the men carried the body and buried it in the sandpit by the sea. Before her death, the old lady Song wore a gold chain on her wrist. Ding Zihui carefully stored it inside the paper towel. While burying the old lady, she also put the chain in the sandpit. Before, Ding Zihui was the one that comforted Fang Daichuan. At this moment, looking at the dead body gradually being buried under the yellow sand and the broken skull of old lady Song stained with sand and blood, there was some peculiar emotion surging inside her heart. Everyone stood silently in front of the sand, looking at the bulging tomb. The expressions on their faces were sorrowful ¨C as they knew it could be their turn tomorrow, like the fox is sad at the death of a hare.* (T/N: This is an idiom, you can read the story from the link below) http://tcfl.tingroom.com/2016/10/12397.html ¡°There is no wolf poison found on Mrs. Song so she is not a wolf,¡± Zhao Chu* looked casually at Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan and reminded out aloud, ¡°You insisted on killing Mrs. Song.¡± (T/N: Yes I know, he is dead already but that is what author wrote¡­[ ÕÔ³õ¿´ËƲ»¾­ÒâµØ¿´ÁËÀî˹ÄêºÍ·½á·´¨Ò»ÑÛ, Zh¨¤o ch¨± k¨¤n sh¨¬ b¨´j¨©ngy¨¬ d¨¬ k¨¤nle l¨«s¨© ni¨¢n h¨¦ f¨¡ngd¨¤ichu¨¡n y¨©y¨£n] So I am sure this a typo but I can¡¯t exactly change the name because I have no idea who is talking, although I highly suspect this is Liu Xin based on the story so just think of this as Liu Xin? I means, author is also a human so just a note) Li Sinian sneered, ¡°If the old lady doesn¡¯t run, I might not vote for her. ¡ª¡ªYou, on the other hand, are the wolf who is trying to kill me. I¡¯m not sure who I will vote for.¡± Fang Daichuan was washing his hands by the sea. He accidentally got some blood on his hands. When he heard that, he raised his head and sneered, ¡°If there is no wolf venom, it is not a wolf? Go up to the second floor and search for them, see who can find wolf venom in the house?¡± Zhao Chu pushed his glasses. ¡°In any case, Li Sinian is the wolf I checked. Fang Daichuan can vote for me tomorrow, but I can say confidently, I will definitely vote for Li Sinian tomorrow.¡± ¡°You will vote for me tomorrow?¡± Li Sinian sneered, ¡°It seems that you know very well you won¡¯t die tonight. If it is really like you said, we two wolves are working together and you are the seer, then can you live tonight? If you still treasure your life, I suggest you shut up.¡± Fang Daichuan stood aside, shook off the drops of water on his hand, and lit a cigarette. He looked at Liu Xin, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and asked, ¡°You said you are a seer, then when did you go out to check last night?¡± ¡°Around 1:15 in the morning,¡± Liu Xin replied fluently. He pointed to the cabin behind the reef. ¡°I checked the identity using this cabin. I know you are looking for the shoeprint this morning and whoever goes out must be a seer. The soles of my shoes are stained with sand, but I washed my shoes after I returned to the house. But anyway, I have already told you I am a seer. It doesn¡¯t matter if I told you or not, but Fang Daichuan, I haven¡¯t checked you yet. Before I check you, are you sure you won¡¯t back down? If you insist, I can only mark you as a wolf.¡± ¡°Threatened me with the wolf role? Your logic isn¡¯t clear, and you didn¡¯t even use your seer power. You just came up and said I was a wolf. You are wasting your golden opportunity.¡± Fang Daichuan sneered casually on the surface, looking carefree, but his heart was sending out a warning sign. He secretly observed Liu Xin¡¯s expression and was convinced that Liu Xin was the white shadow he saw last night! Li Sinian was clearly aware of this, and he and Fang Daichuan glanced at each other, their eyes meeting for a moment. Fang Daichuan recalled the timeline of last night. He left at 1:30 last night, then opened the window and saw a white shadow. The time is perfectly matched, but Liu Xin is not a prophet, so what is he going to do when he reaches the beach? Do a full set of plays? It seems to be too much. Fang Daichuan suddenly thought of another thing. Another thing that made him frightened. ¡ª¡ªThat window. When he saw the white shadow and escaped to the corner, all these things happened in an instant. However, he stayed at the corner for a while, and then Li Sinian came back and they entered the room together. At that time, he glanced at the time, which was 1:50 in the morning. ¡ª¡ªFang Daichuan suddenly enlightened at that moment. He found the trick of this game and brought out his best acting skills. Fang Daichuan puffed out a mouthful of smoke, curled the corners of his lips lazily, and said, ¡°Don¡¯t grab my lines. I¡¯ll give you another chance. Are you sure you won¡¯t back down?¡± Liu Xin raised his eyebrows and shook his head regretfully. ¡°Then tell me clearly, when did you come back after checking? When you came up after the inspection, were the windows in the hallway open or closed? You¡¯d better answer carefully. All the people who came out last night can testify, you can¡¯t lie.¡± Fang Daichuan asked, pretending to be confident, as he knew the time the window was open and closed and raised his eyebrows. Liu Xin frowned and recalled, ¡°It was about 1:50 in the morning when I returned to my room, maybe a little over fifty. After I washed the soles of my shoes and lay on the bed, I looked at the clock. It was 2:00 in the morning. When I came up, I only paid attention to whether anyone was around. I didn¡¯t pay attention to the windows. It seemed¡­ that they were closed. Yes, closed! I was quite puzzled at the time. I remember the windows were still open when I went downstairs.¡± Fang Daichuan froze for a moment. He felt a little strange, but he couldn¡¯t stop acting. He repeated, ¡°So after 1:50 am, you came up and saw that the window was closed?¡± Liu Xin didn¡¯t know why he had been obsessed with that window. He glanced at him suspiciously and nodded. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°You lied!¡± Fang Daichuan recalled the time when Li Sinian went upstairs, his mind frantically sorting out the logic. ¡°It was 1:50 when I went upstairs, the window was clearly open at that moment.¡± Chen Hui looked around, ¡°Why do you care about that window?¡± ¡°What about you?¡± Fang Daichuan asked, ¡°When did you go out?¡± Chen Hui looked at Du Wei. ¡°We went out early in the morning, four or five o¡¯clock, when the sky was a little clear. The night is too dangerous, I¡¯m scared.¡± Ding Zihui was obviously flustered when she heard the trajectory of their actions last night. She overheard some bad ¡°things¡± about Niu Xinyan and Du Chaosheng. She got feared that she would be exposed by Fang Daichuan. Seeing that Fang Daichuan wanted to ask something, she immediately interrupted, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about these things. The villagers may come out to find the item cards, the seer will also come out to test people, and the werewolves may also see someone going out and follow them to kill. Everyone has the time and motivation to come out. Let¡¯s use whatever means we can to prove ourselves, ok?¡± ¡°How can I prove it?¡± Niu Xinyan carried the child squatting on the beach playing in the water, wrung out the water stains on his pants, and casually asked, ¡°Recite the manual? I can¡¯t do that.¡± Yang Song¡¯s eyes had been moving back and forth between Li Sinian and Liu Xin. She said, ¡°There must be at least one villager between Chen Hui and Du Wei, otherwise they will not know the villagers¡¯ manual. Boss Du is also a villager because at that time when no one spoke, he rushed to tell the manual. The beer belly man who died the first night must be in the villager faction. I¡¯m not sure if he has a special role or not. For the time being, let¡¯s put him aside. Which means there is still the last villager. Now among you all, who will come out and prove yourself?¡± Ding Zihui immediately followed up, ¡°The last villager is me, I can prove my identity with a card!¡± ¡°Just a card won¡¯t prove anything,¡± Niu Xinyan shook her head. ¡°Don¡¯t forget that until now, no character cards have been found on the three deceased, just the cards aren¡¯t really convincing.¡± Fang Daichuan listened stiffly, but his mind wasn¡¯t on everyone¡¯s analysis. He looked at Li Sinian¡¯s back, felt as if he was suddenly falling straight from the gorgeous aurora into the ice water of Mohe. A cold chill ran through his body. ¡ª¡ªHe found a deadly clue, enough to overturn everything he ever knew. (T/N: Oh Chuan¡¯er, well, let just say that the 3rd night ¨Cfrom next chapter- are banana so get ready for a ride) CH 31 NOVEMBER 23, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii Fang Daichuan did not voice out his suspicions, nor did he admit he wasn¡¯t a seer. He suppressed himself and returned to the room with trembling fingers. He stayed like that until the night came. When night fell, Fang Daichuan walked out from the room and rang the doorbell to Ding Zihui¡¯s room. There are some things he must ask Ding Zihui. Ding Zihui opened the door cautiously, and after seeing him, hesitated for a while before letting him in. Fang Daichuan entered the room and closed the door. Ding Zihui couldn¡¯t help but feel a little scared, two people were speaking alone in the closed room and at night when werewolves were roaming around. Fang Daichuan noticed that Ding Zihui¡¯s body was tense, and she was secretly guarding him. He sighed, stretched out his hands helplessly, indicating that he had no malicious intent, and then sat down on the stool in the corner of the room, far away from her. Ding Zihui opened a bottle of mineral water, poured it into a clean glass, and handed it to Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan opened the notebook and opened the cap of a pen with his teeth. ¡°Is it convenient for you to tell me what time you left the house last night?¡± ¡°Twelve thirty?¡± Ding Zihui looked up at the ceiling and recalled, ¡°it should be a little past twelve thirty.¡± Fang Daichuan drew out a timeline on the paper: [12:30 Ding Zihui goes out] ¡°Then what time did you come back up?¡± Fang Daichuan asked as he wrote, ¡°When you went out, did you pay attention to the window on the second floor? Was it open or closed?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression unconsciously became serious. Somehow his demeanour looked like that of a police officer in the midst of a questioning. It was influenced by his family environment when he was a child. When he made mistakes at home, this was how his father reprimanded him. ¡°Why? Are you interrogating me?¡± Ding Zihui pursed her lips and smiled, teasing him, there was a little blush on her cheeks. Fang Daichuan felt a little embarrassed. He turned around and said, ¡°No, I¡¯m just asking.¡± Ding Zihui glanced at his notebook. Fang Daichuan had messy handwriting. He was not afraid Ding Zihui would be able to read whatever he¡¯d written in his notebook. He admitted, ¡°I have only practiced autographing, but my other characters are really¡­ not good.¡± Honestly, the handwriting was not merely ¡®not good¡¯, but was so ugly Ding Zihui couldn¡¯t think of how to respond in a polite manner. Fortunately, her EQ was good, she said, ¡°Then you sign for me, I¡¯ve been following you for a long time, so you can consider this as meeting a fan just passing by. Give me your autograph as a souvenir.¡± That is easy to do, Fang Daichuan turned to the last page, ripped the notebook, and signed his name on the lined paper. Fortunately, he really had practiced the three characters ¡°Fang Daichuan¡±. The autograph he had practiced was bold and domineering, the design was sharp but the corners were soft and beautiful. PR/N: In Chinese, one syllable is one character. Fang Daichuan handed the signature to Ding Zihui. Ding Zihui held the paper and looked at it for a while, then smiled and put it away. ¡°When I go back, I will post it on Weibo. Maybe I¡¯ll be able to get more followers.¡± ¡°I bought my own Weibo followers,¡± Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly, ¡°Do you still expect my autograph to increase your followers?¡± Fang Daichuan turned back to his notebook and repeated, ¡°When you went out, did you pay attention to the windows? And the mural blankets on both sides of the corridor?¡± Ding Zihui smiled, recalled for a while, and said, ¡°Mural? Are there murals hanging in the corridor? I didn¡¯t pay attention. The windows seemed to be open back then, the rain hadn¡¯t stopped, and the water was pouring in. ¡° ¡°Hmm, then what time did you return?¡± Fang Daichuan asked again. Ding Zihui answered, ¡°About 12:40? The window had been open the whole time. There was nothing strange about it. Du Chaosheng went back two minutes before me. I didn¡¯t look at the time too carefully but it should be around that time.¡± Fang Daichuan frowned, picked up the pen and paper and started writing out a list. The window opens: [12:30] Ding Zihui goes out [Unknown] Du Chaosheng and Niu Xinyan talking Du Chaosheng returns to the room [12:40] Ding Zihui returns to the room [Unknown] Crazy boy went out and found the painting on the mural blanket wet by rain [Unknown] Li Sinian goes out Window closed: [Unknown] Someone closed the window [01:00] Liu Xin goes out The window opens: [01:30] I went out, opened the window, and saw Liu Xin on the beach Heard mother-child conversation [1:47¡À] Li Si Nian returns to the second floor [01:50] Li Sinian comes in with me Window closed: [01:50] Liu Xin came back and found that the window was closed Fang Daichuan stared for half a minute at the timetable, and the coldness in his heart gradually spread and grew. Earlier, he pretended that he knew the exact time the window opened and closed to defraud Liu Xin, a ¡°fake seer¡±. If he had lied then Liu Xin would be caught on the spot. However, Liu Xin had no reason to lie. Moreover, Fang Daichuan saw him when he was at the beach, and the time was perfectly matched. However, something was wrong here, between Liu Xin and Li Sinian, there must be someone who lied. Fang Daichuan had been hiding in the corner of the corridor since he left at 1:30. If someone went out during that period, with the sound of opening and closing the door, and the sound of swiping the door card, it is impossible for Fang Daichuan to not hear it. The only person who came to the corridor during this period was Li Sinian when he returned. However, when he told Li Sinian about the window, Li Sinian made it clear that he did not open the window. At first Fang Daichuan thought it was around the time when he and Li Sinian returned inside the room that someone went out and closed the window. But Liu Xin made it clear that when he returned to the second floor at 1.50, the windows had been closed. Unless Li Sinian was with someone else when he went upstairs, there was nothing that could explain how Li Sinian¡¯s and Liu Xin¡¯s testimonies were different. Li Sinian saw the window open, but Liu Xin saw it closed. If Liu Xin did not lie, it would mean Li Sinian had closed the corridor window when he went upstairs. Fang Daichuan felt shiver down his spine. Li Sinian lied to him, he closed the window for some purpose. Niu Xinyan said that the card was not a solid proof, and from the three deceased, character cards could not be found. Is there a possibility that Li Sinian¡¯s seer card was a stolen item? Isn¡¯t he used to petty theft? Is he really a seer at all? He opened and closed the windows frequently, just to see who would behave strangely to this window the next day. Only people who have entered and exited the corridor at least twice will find how odd the windows were, and those who have entered and exited the corridor twice must have left the villa and gone out. Li Sinian didn¡¯t get the villagers manual. He didn¡¯t know that the villagers had reasons to enter and leave the villa. He must have thought that the only person who had a reason to enter and exit the villa had only one identity¡ªthe seer. Li Sinian is looking for special roles, he¡¯s a werewolf. Fang Daichuan could hardly hold the pen with his right hand, he suddenly stood up and startled Ding Zihui. Ding Zihui took a step back cautiously, staring at the strong muscles of his arm, guarding him in case he made a move. However, Fang Daichuan opened the door and walked out, strode towards the end of the corridor, the soles of his shoes stomping the floor heavily. ¡°You¡­¡± Ding Zihui didn¡¯t know what he was going to do. She chased after him but after two steps, she became scared and didn¡¯t dare to go forward. Fang Daichuan waved his hand. ¡°Go back, lock the door, don¡¯t look for any item cards, don¡¯t open the door for anyone no matter who it is. I will protect you. I just want to confirm the wolf and I will kill him for you, don¡¯t be afraid.¡± Ding Zihui was very moved and wanted to go out to help, but Fang Daichuan was already far away. The corridors were very dark, and there always seemed to be something hidden in the darkness. Ding Zihui hesitated for a moment, and after thinking about it, she returned to the room and closed the door. Fang Daichuan was very excited, but he couldn¡¯t tell whether this excitement was more fear or anger. I will ring the doorbell and ask him directly if he is a wolf, Fang Daichuan thought angrily. He deceived me, after I trusted him so much! However, he changed his mind. What if he is really a wolf? Will he kill me? Forget it. He gritted his teeth bitterly. Let¡¯s just fight, he may not be able to win against me, come on, let¡¯s see who will be poisoned to death?! Fang Daichuan was fighting a battle inside his mind. He wanted to see Li Sinian quickly and let Li Sinian tell him that he was a fool, and used logic to wake him up. However, he was also afraid that he would end up being right. He could see Li Sinian raising his eyebrows in his usual mocking manner and smiling as he says, ¡°Yes, I am a wolf, what will you do?¡± What should he do then? Can he really poison Li Sinian to death? He closed his eyes. Fang Daichuan walked in front of Li Sinian¡¯s room anxiously, almost breaking the pen in his hand. He irritably took out a cigarette and lit it, only then did he realize. There was only half a pack of cigarettes and a lighter in his pocket, and the poison and antidote were all hidden in the forest. Poison who?Even if Li Sinian is a wolf, he can¡¯t poison him. Forget it, Fang Daichuan became calm. He gritted his back molars and rang the doorbell bitterly. No one came to open the door, the same as last night. Fang Daichuan had smoked half of his cigarette, but the door remained closed. Is Li Sinian really a seer? Does he go out to check on people? Fang Daichuan twisted his eyebrows suspiciously, but what if he was a wolf? Did he go out to kill someone? He turned his head and looked at Liu Xin¡¯s room, feeling uneasy. Liu Xin¡¯s body type is the one that sits in the office all year round. Can he beat Li Sinian who is a professional mercenary? Whatever, in any case, Liu Xin is not his opponent. Fang Daichuan was confident of that. He walked to Liu Xin¡¯s door and rang the doorbell to remind him that it is best not to go out tonight. No one came to open the door, and the room seemed to be empty, just like Li Sinian¡¯s room. A flash of lightning flashed out of the window, suddenly illuminating the entire corridor on the second floor. Fang Daichuan stood in the corridor by himself, there was no movement around him, only the mural blanket-like tomb path hung on both sides, making it as if he was living in a solitary grave. He shivered. Both of them are gone. Two seers, one true one false. If he goes out and finds Liu Xin¡¯s body, does it prove that Li Sinian is really a werewolf? Thinking of this, Fang Daichuan¡¯s feet seemed to be stuck in place. The rain outside the window was pouring heavily, Fang Daichuan shook his fist and finally walked downstairs resolutely into the endless rain. Please, prove that you are a real seer. Fang Daichuan prayed in his heart. However, at that time he did not expect that the incident that would prove Li Sinian¡¯s identity would be so extreme and dangerous. If possible, he would rather directly find Li Sinian for a showdown during the day. Even if there was a possibility of being poisoned to death, it would be better than experiencing such a shocking thing. What he didn¡¯t know was that, earlier or later before him, the ten people who were still alive, all would have aspirations to walk out the door of the villa on this rainy night. The night of the battle royale on the isolated island had finally kicked off. (T/N: Let the battle begin! :trumpet: ) CH 32 NOVEMBER 23, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Jue Under the heavy rain, Fang Daichuan stood on the hillside in front of the house, surrounded by darkness. He could only use the flash of lightning from the horizon to view the terrain under his feet. Fang Daichuan stumbled. There was a bamboo forest halfway up the mountain. Don¡¯t know which son of gun dug a few bamboo shoots but Fang Daichuan, who didn¡¯t check his surroundings, ended up with one of his legs in the bamboo shoot pit, wetting half his trousers. Where did Li Sinian go? Fang Daichuan looked around, he was surrounded by eerily tree shadows. He wiped the rain off his face. His feet suddenly slipped, he quickly reached out to a tree trunk beside him for support. At that very moment, a flash of lightning broke out in the distant night sky. Through the heavy rain and fog, Fang Daichuan saw a pair of eyes looking at him in mid-air. ¡°Ah!¡± Fang Daichuan screamed, closed his eyes, and his body in automatic mode, he punched down the person in front of his eyes. The owner of those eyes didn¡¯t fight back. Because of Fang Daichuan¡¯s strength, they slammed on the trunk behind them, the body fell down like a sackcloth, and fell on the ground with a loud noise. Fang Daichuan was so scared that he ended up sitting in the puddle, his lower body covered in mud. He closed his eyes and retreated, while frantically kicking his legs. Anyway, he was wearing Dr. Martens cowhide boots, and he wasn¡¯t afraid of the other side poking him with a needle. For a while, there was still no movement from the other party. Fang Daichuan hid behind another tree, quietly peeking out with half of his head out. He bent over, assumed the position where it would be easy for him to move, covering his thumping heart with one hand, clenching his fist with the other, lowering the center of gravity of his body, and turning around the hiding tree. The dark figure was still laying head-down in the puddle, motionless. ¡°Hey!¡± Fang Daichuan called out, thinking that you shouldn¡¯t be down by my punch, right? That will make me a criminal. He got out behind the tree, carefully touched the man¡¯s waist with the tip of his boot, and then watched the man¡¯s reaction vigilantly. No response. Something is wrong. Under the dim moonlight, Fang Daichuan could see that the other party¡¯s head was completely submerged in the puddle, motionless. It¡¯s not like I punched that hard, thought Fang Daichuan. Frowning, he said, ¡°Wake up, buddy, are you holding your breath here? If you want to swim, just go to the sea. That water is dirty.¡± The other party still had no response. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart grew colder and colder under the night rain, and an ominous premonition was surfacing in his heart. He thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and squatted down, directly overturning the opponent¡¯s body with his hands. Du Chaosheng¡¯s muddy face was exposed, his face was bloodless, his eyes were wide open, and the corners of his mouth had black and red blood stains. He looked up at the sky between the crevices of the woods. He died without having managed to close his eyes. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind was shattered into pieces, there was a buzzing in his ear. He couldn¡¯t recover for a long time and could only look around dazed. All he could see was a thick broad-leaved trees* and a heavy rain curtain. Du Chaosheng was lying on the muddy ground. A lot of blood that came out of his mouth and nose had already started coagulating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-leaved_tree Fang Daichuan was frozen for a while, he took a few deep breaths, his lungs filled with petrichor, which calmed him somewhat. He reached out to touch Du Chaosheng¡¯s carotid artery and confirmed his death. If this was the first day he came here, Fang Daichuan wouldn¡¯t dare to touch a corpse in the dark and cold night. After three days, he had made some progress. He dragged Du Chaosheng¡¯s body all the way down the mountainside. The dead man¡¯s head constantly collided with the roots of tree trunks, knocking and thumping, making people shiver. He didn¡¯t have enough strength to care about the dignity of the dead, his right hand trembled convulsively, he had to stop several times to catch his breath. Atlas, he held his hand on the trunk of the tree, leaned back, the cold rain falling on his face. He suddenly wanted to vomit. He can¡¯t even breathe. Things had completely gone south. Whether they can get a villager¡¯s manual or not, these desperate lunatics, for their own agenda, had obviously decided to go out and wander. I only have 1 bottle of antidote. Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly, who can I save if you all go out courting death?! Dragging Du Chaosheng to the open space behind the villa where the huge glass floor-to-ceiling windows of the villa revealed some lights, Fang Daichuan took a breath before taking off Du Chaosheng¡¯s shirt. Du Chaosheng was obviously a man who wasn¡¯t willing to be defeated by age. His muscles were strong and beautiful and you could easily tell he got it from the gym; he certainly didn¡¯t look his age. Fang Daichuan wasn¡¯t in the mood to appreciate the view, he carefully searched for the cause of death. There was a needle mark the size of a pinhole in Du Chaosheng¡¯s right elbow. The needle didn¡¯t seem to be inserted cleanly and there was a long scratch mark near it. It didn¡¯t make any sense. Fang Daichuan held Du Chaosheng¡¯s right arm and couldn¡¯t figure it out. How could Du Chaosheng, someone who has seen the world, show his elbow to others in the middle of the night when he knows that he is in a dangerous situation and you can¡¯t trust anyone? He immediately thought of the most likely situation. Did Niu Xinyan use some underhand method, a honey trap maybe? However, as soon as he thought of the idea, he then rejected it. How can Niu Xinyan be so confident that Du Chaosheng¡¯s body will not be discovered? As soon as the body is discovered, isn¡¯t the pinhole needle mark on the elbow the most unfavorable evidence for her? What¡¯s more, if Niu Xinyan wants to kill Du Chaosheng, she can do it in his own room. Or even in her own bed, where she will obviously have countless opportunities, why bother to go outside and fight physically with a well-maintained adult male? Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t understand even after squeezing his brain. He looked at the sky and decided to go back to the villa. First, he must figure out how many people are still in the villa, remind everyone that someone has died tonight, tell everyone to stay put inside their room and find a weapon to defend yourself. And then, take a look at the crime scene. He wanted to wait for dawn, but this kind of heavy rain would erase any evidence on the crime scene overnight. It¡¯s time for action. Fang Daichuan swiped his card and walked into the villa, reminding himself that at this time, if you, a strong person, didn¡¯t take a stand, then a good person would be in danger. He wasn¡¯t too panicked at the moment. Someone already died tonight. Even if Li Sinian was a wolf, he wouldn¡¯t have a chance to kill again tonight, so he could interrogate him tomorrow. With such a naive idea, Fang Daichuan returned to the second floor and first knocked on Ding Zihui¡¯s door. His thought was very simple-Ding Zihui is a girl, in this situation, the more people gather together, the better it is for the good people. Why should he waste his time looking for someone else? However, reality slapped him in the face severely. ¡ª¡ªThere was no one in Ding Zihui¡¯s room. Currently, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t stand straight and his mentality was about to collapse. He squatted in front of Sister Ding¡¯s room, pulling his hair fiercely, feeling exhausted. ¡°Why don¡¯t I just go back to the room, lock the door, cover my head and fall asleep?¡± Fang Daichuan asked himself, having a psychological shadow about human nature. He closed his eyes for a while, remembering Li Sinian¡¯s words. ¡°What cannot be said can never change what can be said.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t believe you are evil,¡± Fang Daichuan stepped up. ¡°I will trust you one more time.¡± He stood up and started knocking on the door room by room. He didn¡¯t leave Li Sinian¡¯s room. Starting from Li Sinian¡¯s room in the corner, he knocked all the way to Niu Xinyan¡¯s room. However, strangely, no one opened the doors for him. Fang Daichuan rubbed his cheeks, took a few deep breaths to calm himself, then ran back to his room quickly, pulled off an iron rod for drying clothes from the bathroom and closed the door, planning to get his medicine and poison vials first. His logic was very simple. ¡ª¡ªDon¡¯t worry about why others leave the villa. If Li Sinian is really a wolf, then the two vials are unsafe. Fang Daichuan had mapped out the best path in his mind. After taking the vials, he would go check Du Chaosheng¡¯s crime scene, and then search for Li Sinian. Tonight, he has to make things clear. Since the night was a werewolf¡¯s time, then he should make everything clear with Li Sinian. ¡°If he can¡¯t win my trust this time, I can only fight with him.¡± Fang Daichuan said to himself. However, all his careful plan got defenestrated, as soon as he inadvertently glanced at the window on the second floor. ¡ª¡ªYes, that very same window. He stood in front of the window and looked casually, thinking that he might be able to see far things and he got his wish. Fang Daichuan saw two people facing each other on the beach in the distance. In the pouring rain, he recognized Li Sinian¡¯s back. ¡°Don¡¯t do it!¡± Fang Daichuan yelled out of the window, started running, the steel rod made an unpleasant sound on the floor. He ran all the way out of the villa, rushing to the beach while cursing inside. How can I forget that this isn¡¯t a board game where everyone plays according to the rules? Since everyone has poison in their hands, how could they only kill one person a night?! Moreover, they surely won¡¯t kill only at night! Fang Daichuan rushed like an arrow from a bow. Currently, upon the sea surface, there was a full moon in the distance, hiding behind the clouds and rain. On the seaside beach, Li Sinian and Liu Xin were in a scuffle, both of them were soaked by wind and rain. Li Sinian was towering above Liu Xin, holding on to Liu Xin. It seemed that he had the upper hand. But he didn¡¯t do anything else. His face was stern, and he stared at Liu Xin¡¯s face. ¡°What the hell are you doing?¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you tell?¡± Liu Xin sneered, ¡°I told you this morning that I am a seer, yet you still test me at night? Are you stupid? I¡¯m a fucking wolf!¡± Li Sinian tightly confined Liu Xin¡¯s limbs. ¡°First, I am not a seer, and second, I don¡¯t believe you are a wolf.¡± Liu Xin laughed, ¡°You think I don¡¯t know that you asked Fang Daichuan to shield you this morning? Don¡¯t pretend, you are the seer, and I will kill you.¡± (T/N: No Liu Xin, Chuan¡¯er did it by himself, it is a bromance¡­*cough* Anyway, did you see what I did with the window in this chapter? Also update since someone is dead) CH 33 NOVEMBER 23, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : reii Li Sinian grabbed Liu Xin by the collar and dragged him from the ground. ¡°You are not a wolf, what is your purpose doing this?!¡± ¡°Have you checked me?¡± Liu Xin¡¯s glasses were broken by Li Sinian. He couldn¡¯t see in front of him. He squinted his eyes and shook his head. ¡°There is an item card for changing factions. I have already changed to the wolf faction.¡± Li Sinian sneered and said, ¡°Bluffing, you still want to bluff. If you really are a wolf, I will cut off my head and serve it on a silver plate for you, how about that?¡± Liu Xin looked up at the faint moon in the sky, and lightly smiled at Li Sinian. He always wore glasses. Li Sinian had never seen his facial features this clearly before. At this moment, with the glasses gone, the Liu Xin, who was smiling with his squinted eyes, made Li Sinian feel strange and unfamiliar. His eyebrows were slender, when he raised an eyebrow while squinting his eyes and smiled, it somehow felt erotic. Are you trying to flirt with me? Li Sinian was unmoved, grabbed and slammed him into the reef behind him. ¡°I don¡¯t know what your purpose is to come to this island. But if you have a death wish, I will fulfill it for you. ¡° Liu Xin felt dizzy, the corners of his mouth were cut, he let out a ¡°hoho¡± from his throat and laughed angrily. ¡°You¡¯ve checked me, so you dare not kill me. There are not many people left in the villager camp. If you lose just one more, you will lose.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s face looked paler in the endless cold rain. ¡°Li Sinian, stop!¡± Fang Daichuan rushed from the direction of the villa, still dragging the iron rod in his hand. Li Sinian reflexively turned around. The moment he turned his head, a bolt of lightning swept across the sea with great strength, the storm intertwined with the rolling sea, as if a Taoist was going under tribulation* in the East China Sea. https://immortalmountain.wordpress.com/glossary/wuxia-xianxia-xuanhuan-terms/ Li Sinian unintentionally released Liu Xin. Liu Xin lay down on the beach, hanging his head low and grinning, ¡°It seems that your teammate doesn¡¯t trust you very much.¡± Liu Xin touched the bruise on his nose and mouth, and stretched out his hand to cover his chest. After all, he was not young anymore. He wore a white T-shirt inside and a shirt outside. At the moment, he was drenched and covered in sand. Li Sinian had confirmed that he was in a villager faction, so he no longer focused on him. At this moment Li Sinian¡¯s full attention was on Fang Daichuan who was rushing in, he looked around, lest there were other people hiding in the dark. ¡°I won¡¯t do it, don¡¯t worry,¡± Li Sinian told Fang Daichuan, ¡°Be careful, it¡¯s not safe here.¡± Fang Daichuan cautiously stood half a meter away from the two of them, holding his iron rod horizontally. ¡°Li Sinian, what is your identity? What were you doing when you went out in the middle of the night?!¡± Li Sinian asked with a wry smile, ¡°What else can I be? I am a seer, and I come out to check people!¡± ¡°Who did you check?¡± Fang Daichuan obviously didn¡¯t believe him, he looked at Li Sinian suspiciously. Li Sinian tilted his head and pointed to Liu Xin on the ground. ¡°It was him, he¡¯s in the villager faction.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression was ¡®you are joking right¡¯. ¡°Someone who¡¯s in the villager faction is fighting the seer? You know he¡¯s on our side and you fight him here? What the hell are you doing?!¡± ¡°I fucking want to know what he¡¯s up to!¡± The current situation was obviously beyond Li Sinian¡¯s logic and imagination. He irritably tossed his wet curls, feeling a little anxious. Liu Xin lowered his head and laughed deeply. ¡°Let me show you what I am doing!¡± Liu Xin said. As soon as he stopped talking, he suddenly jumped off the ground and pounced! A cold and cruel reflection flashed between his right hand, gleaming in the dark night. Li Sinian was shocked, and quickly retracted his right leg. Fang Daichuan was startled. He reacted quickly and stretched out his leg to kick Liu Xin¡¯s right hand. Everything happened as quick as lightning. Fang Daichuan¡¯s leg kicked Liu Xin¡¯s hand within two seconds. The three people heard a clear crisp sound, Liu Xin¡¯s right hand twisted to the side in a strange posture, and the needle flew out instantly and rolled away on the sand. ¡ª¡ªBut it was too late. The wolf had taken a bite, the needle was empty and unlike Fang Daichuan, Li Sinian was not wearing Dr. Martens cowhide boots today. The needle pierced Li Sinian¡¯s jeans. A second before he can retract his legs, a milliliter of transparent venom had already been injected into his body. Li Sinian knelt on one knee and pulled up his jeans. The ankle was pierced hard, there was an obvious looking wound the size of a pinhole and some blood leaked from the edge. Li Sinian pressed his mouth down hard. ¡°Hahahahaha,¡± Liu Xin struggled to get up from the ground while holding his right hand, ¡± My life in exchange for the seer¡¯s, what a bargain! Hahahaha.¡± He retreated while talking. In the darkness, he couldn¡¯t see where his glasses fell so he just stumbled away. ¡°This is¡­ what¡¯s going on¡­?¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say, didn¡¯t you say Liu Xin ¡®s in the villager faction?!¡± Li Sinian shook his head and smiled bitterly. ¡°Now you believe I¡¯m a seer?¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head to look at the direction Liu Xin took, and then looked down at the pinhole-sized wound that couldn¡¯t be faked. He only felt that the absurdity of the night had messed up his brain. ¡°What the hell is going on¡­ what the hell is going on¡­¡± Fang Daichuan was so anxious he felt like crying. He knelt down and looked at the pinhole, his eyes redden, ¡°Can it be sucked out? Can the venom be sucked out?!¡± ¡°The venom has entered his body. You can try to suck it but I don¡¯t recommend it.¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s voice came from behind him. ¡°Injecting the antidote will kill the venom. I guess it¡¯s some kind of snake venom.¡± She picked up the syringe that fell on the ground, pulled out the needle and smelled the transparent liquid, ¡°That¡¯s right, I saw it in the laboratory. This snake venom is bungarotoxin*. One milligram is enough to be a deadly neurotoxin**. The witch¡¯s antidote is probably a specific serum.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungarotoxin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotoxin The little boy next to Niu Xinyan raised his face innocently, smiled and said, ¡°There is still some venom on the needle, don¡¯t waste it, let¡¯s put it away!¡± ¡°That is not good, Nan Nan¡­¡± Niu Xinyan said with embarrassment, ¡°Let¡¯s throw it away, why do you want to keep this harmful thing?¡± The little boy tilted his head and looked at Fang Daichuan. ¡°Keep it here and see how Uncle Fang Daichuan finds the antidote! Uncle Li was poisoned so Uncle Fang Daichuan will try his best to find the antidote for him, right? Don¡¯t worry, while you grab the antidote, we will help you guard Uncle Li for half an hour.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face was cold. No matter how anxious he was, he could still hear the undertones. Li Sinian was not a wolf, and the antidote was supposed to be on that spot. He wanted to rush over and get the antidote to save Li Sinian. However, listening to this crazy boy, this plan may not be so easy to achieve. The boy hummed the weird nursery rhyme again, and he sang the last two lines: ¡°What to do now that the robin is dead? The birds are standing by the grave. The sparrow opened its wings and sang; it was my turn to die next. ¡° The boy finished singing the nursery rhyme with a smile, moved his head and looked at the two pale-faced people. ¡°Uncle Fang, you only have twenty-nine minutes left. Shouldn¡¯t you start looking for the antidote? If you get the antidote, Li Sinian still has a chance to survive. If you can¡¯t get it, I can only sing an elegy to Uncle Li.¡± After he finished speaking, he tilted his head and smiled again. CH 34 NOVEMBER 23, 2021~ 8ONI Editor : Jue ¡°Don¡¯t call me uncle, I can¡¯t afford to be your uncle.¡± Li Sinian helped Fang Daichuan to stand up. His breathing was a bit faster than usual, but otherwise he didn¡¯t seem to be affected. He supported Fang Daichuan, but the two of them couldn¡¯t retreat, they could only walk up the reef step by step, to a higher place, with the child and Niu Xinyan tailing them. Fang Daichuan looked for a way out and found that it was possible for him to break through from the side, but he couldn¡¯t leave Li Sinian in his state. The two climbed up the reef step by step, with their backs to the sea, looking as if they were cornered into a hopeless situation. The little boy looked up at them in surprise, his round little face was soaked by the rain. ¡°Uncle Li, can you even stand up? It¡¯s best not to move around indiscriminately with snake venom on you. The faster you move, the sooner you go. You should lie here and rest, and I will take care of you. Then again, have you found out who the witch is?¡± Li Sinian sneered: ¡°Isn¡¯t the witch your mother?¡± The little boy turned his head suspiciously and stared at Niu Xinyan. Niu Xinyan looked a little flustered, and she didn¡¯t expect Li Sinian to say that. She waved her hand and explained, ¡°No! Don¡¯t listen to him!¡± ¡°I say, Niu Xinyan, if you are a witch, quickly take out the antidote.¡± Yang Song¡¯s voice came as everyone saw her figure slowly climbing up from behind the reef illuminated by the faint moonlight on the coast. ¡°Give the antidote to the seer, we still have a chance to win. Now there are only a few people left in the villager faction; counting Du Chaosheng, one between Du Wei or Chen Hui, Fang Daichuan, which leaves one remaining villager role. Which means, that role could be between your son or Ding Zihui. Or, in the worst outcome, the beer belly that died on the first day is the last villager, there are not many special roles left. I really don¡¯t want us to lose.¡± Niu Xinyan shook her head. ¡°I really am not a witch, my role is a villager.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you understand?¡± Yang Song sneered, ¡°This stand-off has dragged long enough. If you are not a witch, then you can only be a wolf. If you don¡¯t hand over the antidote, then tomorrow morning, I am really sorry.¡± Niu Xinyan didn¡¯t panic in such a situation. ¡°Don¡¯t act as if you are selfless. Say that I just took out the antidote. Will you give it to Li Sinian?¡± Of course not. No matter how naive Fang Daichuan was, he wouldn¡¯t think that Yang Song was here to help Li Sinian with an antidote. It is a given that everyone will put themself first. In the threat of death, even the act of robbing antidote seems to be forgivable. The three parties stood still and no one dared to move. Li Sinian managed to distract everyone just using one sentence, Fang Daichuan had to say he really admired it. However, it wouldn¡¯t change the fact that Li Sinian was poisoned. They were at an absolute disadvantage. Fang Daichuan, as a real witch, knew that Niu Xinyan wasn¡¯t a witch. Whether she was a wolf or not, she couldn¡¯t get the antidote, which meant Li Sinian was dying. Fang Daichuan was sweating bullets. He protected Li Sinian back step by step, standing on the outermost side of the reef, the sea waves rushing. The coastline moved back a lot. Don¡¯t know whether it was the storm or just the usual low tide. The jet-black sea was churning with foam, rolling waves hitting the reef. Li Sinian turned his head, tilted his head and coughed. Others could not see what happened, but Fang Daichuan could feel that something hot dripped on his shoulders, contrasting sharply with the cold raindrops. It was blood. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart pumped slightly. ¡°Don¡¯t move,¡± Fang Daichuan grabbed Li Sinian¡¯s wrist and made up his mind. ¡°Sit down and wait for me here. I will go take the antidote for you.¡± Hearing him say this, Niu Xinyan and Yang Song¡¯s eyes were focused on him. Fang Daichuan spoke firmly, already knowing what he would face. He thought for a while, and added to Li Sinian, ¡°Even if I get poisoned on the way, the antidote will be given to you. This, I promise. I won¡¯t break my promise.¡± Li Sinian instantly reacted. He leaned on his shoulder and gave a low laugh. Li Sinian put his forehead against Fang Daichuan¡¯s back, sighed, and shook his head gently. In a place invisible to everyone, he turned to Fang Daichuan¡¯s back and said softly, ¡°Alright¡­¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t understand what he said, what Li Sinian just gave up and what the choice he just made. ¡ª¡ªUnder the cover of darkness, Li Sinian slid his finger upwards and held Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand with his backhand. Fang Daichuan stood still, unable to say a word. Li Sinian¡¯s fingers were cold, but the night rain and human heart were even colder, making his fingers feel warm. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind went blank for a moment. At this moment, two cooler things slid flexibly into Fang Daichuan¡¯s palm from Li Sinian¡¯s fingertips. Thumb-thin glass bottles, brass engraved cork, all gave Fang Daichuan a familiar feeling, the warmth from Li Sinian¡¯s body still remaining on it. ¡°Don¡¯t go, the antidote is with me.¡± Li Sinian said in a low voice. Fang Daichuan froze. Fortunately, he was an actor. He quickly controlled the expression on his face. From an outsider¡¯s point of view, Fang Daichuan had a panicked look with a cold sweat on his face. Everyone was looking at Niu Xinyan not far away, and the focus wasn¡¯t on him. ¡°What did you say, what do you mean?¡± Fang Daichuan took a deep breath, swallowing a lot of cold bitter rain. Everyone thought he was questioning Niu Xinyan, so they ignored him. Li Sinian¡¯s wet head was touching against his ears, and the water from the tips of his hair dripped on Fang Daichuan¡¯s shoulders. He smiled bitterly in Fang Daichuan¡¯s ear. ¡°Ding Zihui¡¯s identity is suspicious. I¡¯m afraid she will go to the woods to look for the vials at night, so I took it out from the tree hole in advance and hid it on my body. I was too careless with Liu Xin. I didn¡¯t expect him to have wolf poison. Fang Daichuan, listen to me, if you don¡¯t show up, or if you haven¡¯t said that, I will stay silent about your bottle of antidote. But since you have said it, then I will accept your kindness. Keep the antidote and live to the end.¡± Don¡¯t you fucking need the antidote?! What kind of drama are you playing for me here! Fang Daichuan was so anxious but he was unable to speak because everyone was present. He could only put his head up halfway, and desperately pushed the antidote into Li Sinian¡¯s hands, his eyes were blurred, but he stubbornly let the rain hit his face to keep up with the act. Ding Zihui also climbed over the reef. ¡°Why are you gathering here? I heard you are looking for an antidote?¡± The situation suddenly became worse, and the four groups looked at each other vigilantly. ¡°Fang Daichuan, listen to me for the last time.¡± Li Sinian gasped twice and continued to whisper, ¡°You must remember that Liu Xin is not a wolf. Tomorrow they will definitely vote for Liu Xin, but you must stop that. What Yang Song said is right. The number of people in the village faction is no longer enough. Du Chaosheng is a citizen. Between Du Wei and Chen Hui, one must be a villager. Mrs. Song now seems to be a villager and we get her wrong, so the last citizen is between the little boy and his mother. Judging from what happened just now, I guess Niu Xinyan has a villager role. I am not sure where Ding Zihui¡¯s villager card came from, but there is no way she is in the villager faction. You must be careful of her. I have already lined up the wolf here, the child, Ding Zihui, the deceased Zhao Chu and between Chen Hui and Du Wei. You can find out who the wolf is between the two later. Fang Daichuan, be careful. You must live.¡± It was just a few hundred words, but Li Sinian already had difficulty speaking. He spoke slowly, obviously still thinking while talking. His mouth began to bleed and Li Sinian could feel the burning rust taste in his throat. He resolutely stuffed the antidote back into Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand. It was a pair of hands of mercenaries who should have been holding guns all year round, yet the fingers were fine and smooth without the slightest callus, but instead, it was Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands, which had been working in the crew for years, and were cut with thin wounds by the ropes and Weiya*. The two hands held together. ¡°How about an alliance?¡± Yang Song took out her pocket watch with a smile, and checked the time. ¡°We still have time. We can take care of Boss Du and Liu Xin, we have poisons and antidotes, the odds of success are better.¡± Fang Daichuan desperately shook his head and refused. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, he quickly turned his head and said to Li Sinian, ¡°It¡¯s impossible, I can¡¯t survive by myself. You have a sleight of hand, when everyone isn¡¯t paying attention, inject the antidote, and we will live together, I beg you!¡± Li Sinian made a faint smile. He stepped back and stood up straight. ¡°I take these feelings, Fang Daichuan, thank you. But I have my own dignity and I will respect the game rules. Since I have lost, then I lose. It doesn¡¯t matter. If you have a chance, help me find the remains of my father. Remember, you have to live.¡± As he spoke, he stepped back a few steps, the raging sea right under his feet. He said loudly to the others, ¡°Don¡¯t force Niu Xinyan. Fang Daichuan can¡¯t kill people and take antidotes. He can¡¯t do such a thing. Whoever wants to grab an antidote, do it yourself. Don¡¯t blackmail using my life.¡± After he finished speaking, he smiled for the last time at Fang Daichuan, and jumped down. ¡°Li Sinian!¡± Fang Daichuan was frightened, he subconsciously bent over trying to grab him, but he failed. Li Sinian¡¯s body flipped a few times in mid-air before sinking into the icy black water. The night was so dark that the water splash caused by the body was not visible, the pipe organ wailing, like a mourning of the dead. Fang Daichuan¡¯s tears were mixed with cold rain that poured down on his head. Before Li Sinian fell into the sea, he looked at the reef above, then sighed softly. Fang Daichuan stood still, holding the two vials in his palms. The place where the feet stand was where they came out the first night to drink and eat oysters, but unfortunately, this time there wouldn¡¯t be a man who smiled cheerily while climbing out of the sea, shaking the water droplets on his hair, and gave him a handful of oysters. (T/N : This novel is HE, also reminder that the pipe organ sound more or less like this so yeah, they do sound ominous.) CH 35 MAY 15, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan stared at the sea, looking dazed. What to do now? He should have jumped after Li Sinian. However, the truth is that at that moment, he was scared. His leg seems to be as heavy as a lead, and he missed the timing. How far Li Sinian¡¯s foresight was to see my cowardice and selfishness and how much despair he must feel to take his own life? Fang Daichuan stared blankly at the sea that swallowed Li Sinian¡¯s body. In the end, he said, Fang Daichuan, you must live. Yet, when I had a chance to save him, I hesitated to do so. ¡°I¡¯m really not a witch!¡± Niu Xinyan weakly defended, ¡°Nan Nan, don¡¯t you believe me?! I¡¯m not a witch!¡± The little boy stared at Niu Xinyan suspiciously, with malicious looks in his eyes. Fang Daichuan¡¯s vision was blurred. He recalled the god and devil statue carved on the second floor of the villa*, and at that moment he understood the true intention of the boss behind the scenes. The goddess of justice did not represent the boss, but the demon behind the goddess. When one idea is proven to be wrong, another one will replace it, this is human nature. (T/N : Chapter 24) ¡°What do you want to see?¡± Fang Daichuan raised his face and looked at the moon in the sky, as if he had seen a pair of eyes in front of the monitor behind the moon. Those eyes were staring at them intently, like a scientist observing ants fighting for food. ¡°Is this your goal? Watching humans kill each other and let everyone see their own filthiness?¡± If you tear open the moon, will you discover the real world behind the curtain? Fang Daichuan closed his eyes and let the rain wash away his tears. Li Sinian¡¯s voice kept echoing in his ears: ¡°Live, Fang Daichuan, you must live.¡± At the same time, he saw another Li Sinian in front of his eyes, clutching his hand tightly, and said: ¡°Save me, save me.¡± Everyone was also taken aback by this incident. Yang Song pointed to Niu Xinyan and cursed: ¡°Is that bottle of antidote so important?! You just let someone die in front of you!¡± Every word stabs his heart. Fang Daichuan closed his eyes. Fang Daichuan stood up with his head down, the water drops rolling down his cheeks and hair tips, at that time he have also made his decision. Fang Daichuan calmly drop the bomb. He raised his finger, the two potions in his hand shining brightly illuminated by the thunder, he said, ¡°Stop fighting, I am the real witch.¡± Yang Song quickly turned around to look at him, a pregnant pause following his words. The little boy noticed there was something in his hand, he then made a move for it. The other people at the scene are all female. Fang Daichuan might hesitate to fight with them. But to beat a crazy kid whom he doesn¡¯t know his real age and identity? With no qualms, Fang Daichuan kicked the child away, making the syringe in the child¡¯s hand fly into the air. ¡°Don¡¯t fight!¡± Niu Xinyan screamed and knelt down to help the kid. Fang Daichuan sneered, walked up and picked up the syringe on the ground. Standing on the beach with the background of lightning, his voice was sharp and clear: ¡°Yang Song is right, is this bottle of antidote really that important? Li Sinian is dead, I would rather bury this bottle of antidote with him than leave it to you.¡± After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and glanced at the several-meter-high rocky cliff, took a deep breath, mustered up the courage, closed his eyes and jumped down. He no longer knows what else happened on the shore after he jumped. The moment his body made contact with the water, his brain went blank, the ice-cold water instantly embracing him. The sharp corner of the reef hurt his forehead, and the sea water stinging the wound brought a pain. He couldn¡¯t see the direction in the dark, and he didn¡¯t know where Li Sinian had fallen. Only the dim lighthouse in the distance showed him a fuzzy halo, letting him know which side was the sea surface. Holding his breath, he dived deeper in the direction opposite to the light, tightly clutching the medicine bottle and needle in his hand. Inside the sea is chaos, time and space seemed to freeze, sand and gravel were mixed in with the snake-like water plant, Fang Daichuan¡¯s lungs were about to explode. Humans¡¯ fear of the ocean may be engraved in their genes. When Fang Daichuan jumped down he still had his courage but after he threw himself into the water, he felt endless fear. He didn¡¯t plan to accompany Li Sinian to the underworld¡ªhe isn¡¯t really stupid to such a degree. In order to leave him the hope of surviving, Li Sinian is ready to die. So he won¡¯t throw away his life for nothing. He came down to save Li Sinian because he couldn¡¯t stand the fact that Li Sinian was throwing away his life in vain. His thoughts are very simple. Since he is 100% sure that Li Sinian is on the same side, since there is an antidote, why not use it? Even if there is only 1 bottle of antidote, eventually they will have to use it. However, Li Sinian didn¡¯t give him any room to act, not even saying that he would jump into the sea before he did it. You are so ruthless, Fang Daichuan squeezed his last breath while trying to open his eyes, internally cursing loudly at Li Sinian, completely forgetting that he had marked him as a wolf first. He carefully looked for Li Sinian¡¯s figure amongst the water plants. He quickly felt that something was wrong, he was pulled by two strong forces, one moment, it will come in his direction, and then pulled him in the opposite direction. If one force is the rip tide, what is the others? Before Fang Daichuan could react, he was sucked into the sea floor by a strong force that felt like a strong pull of gravity. The water plant snake-like slapped him on the face, he hit the reef with a bang, spit out the last breath in his mouth. Water plants and fishy water poured into his body assaulting his nose and throat. His limbs twitched, he looked up to the distant sea surface. Time seemed to have passed for a century, but at the same time he felt that everything seemed to have frozen. ¡°I¡¯m afraid I am going to die,¡± a bubble comes out from his mouth, blocking Fang Daichuan¡¯s vision, he has a wild thought, ¡°It is said that before death, people feel that time freezes, and the dying process is lengthened indefinitely. It is really too cruel.¡± He moved his arms in vain, desperately grabbing a lock of slippery water plants, and then he thought, if time freezes, it would be fine. If he has to struggle for more than ten minutes, Li Sinian¡¯s situation is probably dire. Unexpectedly, I wanted to rescue and settle the score, but in the end I still threw my life for nothing. Fang Daichuan swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, smiled bitterly in despair, and asked himself whether he regretted it. ¨CRegret. If only he stays on the shore, how good it is to survive, he still has so many things he has not done, so many fun places he has not visited, and although there are not many real fans waiting for him to go back, he still wants to act and play kung fu. His parents have only one child, Deng-ge, and Xiao Zhou, the popular beautiful actress in the company, who will politely smile at him every time they meet him. It¡¯s good to be alive. However, even if he regrets many things, he still can¡¯t go against his heart. Some things are destined to be more important than life. Trapped between the water plants, the icy water, two opposite undercurrents, there is only a hopeless despair. Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly, and finally exhausted his last breath. His limbs spasm, his body is getting heavier and heavier, two completely different forces are tearing at him, as if want to tear him apart. However, at the moment when he was swept away by the undercurrent, Fang Daichuan¡¯s wrist suddenly hurt. In the darkness, something gripped his hand tightly. The lips that were cold, become hot again, oxygen is gently passed over. He was holding the antidote in one hand, and holding the man¡¯s hand tightly in the other. Two water drops that aren¡¯t sea water poured out from the corner of his eyes. (T/N : First kiss! Alright so yeah, I am picking this up again. I have free time so hopefully chapter can be out faster, but let¡¯s see. ) CH 36 MAY 16, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. In the dark sea, Fang Daichuan opened his eyes. The water plants moved around, the salty sea water stung his eyes, his body felt torn apart by the two different forces. Among the chaotic scene, someone firmly grasped his hand. Fang Daichuan doesn¡¯t know how long he is out, maybe a few seconds, maybe a few minutes. He lost the concept of time. He shook his head. All he can hear is the sound of sea water sloshing. Faint shadows of lights leaked from the distant lighthouse, Fang Daichuan suddenly started moving, because he tasted the blood from the other party in his mouth. Li Sinian¡¯s physical condition is by no means good. He took a sigh of relief, quickly pushed Fang Daichuan, making random gestures, asking him to follow him. Fang Daichuan kick the water* and pulled Li Sinian up. The two forces behind him and front of his body kept getting stronger. Fang Daichuan stomped on the reef and using the force, floated upward. As he dived upwards, Fang Daichuan noticed that the reef was thickly covered with barnacles and oysters, and as the tide surged, the shells of these tiny creatures opened and closed, holding on to the reef, fighting against the force, the way the dense little creatures lifted their shells one by one, making a scene that made Fang Daichuan¡¯s scalp tingle with fear. (T/N: Because I am extra *cough* I googled diving moves and I found out there are plenty of kicking moves so well, just said that Chuan¡¯er uses one of those moves to swim up, because the author only said ¡®kick the water¡¯. Link for more info) https://www.scuba.com/blog/scuba-guides/underwater-finning-kicking-techniques-scuba-diving/ Li Sinian that is behind him suddenly stops moving. Fang Daichuan felt the resistance behind him and looked back at him questioningly. Li Sinian pointed to a crack in the reef, something stuck in that crack, shining in the darkness. In this situation, are you still looking for treasure? ! Fang Daichuan stomped on the reef repeatedly, pointed upwards, and rowed upwards desperately. Li Sinian however, was unmoved as he pressed himself against the edge of the reef, poked two fingers into the crevice and gouged the trinket out. Fang Daichuan looked at it, it looked like a necklace, in the shape of a golden star, with a diamond in the middle. It should be underwater for some years, the gold has dimmed a lot. Fang Daichuan was going to run out of breath, he pulled on Li Sinian¡¯s sleeve. With countless water plants moving between them, sometimes a fish will sprang out in panic and then be sucked into unknown places by unknown undercurrents. Li Sinian looked at him, there were turbulent emotions inside his eyes, shining dangerously. He shook his head at Fang Daichuan, and made gestures, indicating that he was going to take a look inside the coral reefs. Fang Daichuan was about to die from anxiety. If he is on the ground and can open his mouth, he would stomp his feet crazily and cursing Li Sinian. Fang Daichuan was in a foul mood. At that moment a current made his footing unstable. He stretched out his hand and tried to grab water plants, but didn¡¯t manage. He was swept in the current and flew directly into the coral reefs. In reflex, Li Sinian grabbed his hand, together they got dragged along in the darkness. The two people rolled around like a washing machine, sucked into a hole in the coral reefs. Surrounded by darkness, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but panic. In his heart, he knew that not a minute had passed since he jumped into the sea, otherwise even if he is an immortal he would not be able to hold his breath for so long. However, this panic was a completely subconscious reaction of his body, not controlled by his brain, and he soon felt that Li Sinian¡¯s oxygen had almost used up, his brain started seeing white light and his limbs kept hitting something. Li Sinian behind him pushing him desperately to swim forward. Fang Daichuan wanted to kill Li Sinian. Under such circumstances, you still want to get inside the coral reefs? No matter how you look at it, this is courting death! However, he didn¡¯t have time to look at Li Sinian, so he could only swim forward desperately. The huge suction force stubbornly sucking them up stumbling inside the uphill cave on the coral reefs. Fang Daichuan rolled and crawled, his last breath was fleeing and his lungs had reached the limit. At the last moment, Fang Daichuan felt his brain relaxed, a white light exploding in front of him. The sound of water penetrated his brain and drilled in his ears. He was exposed to fresh air. Fang Daichuan got out of the water, inhaling deeply, went ashore, kneeling on the ground and panting heavily. In fact, his lung capacity has not been very good. For the last distance, his lungs were burning, he ended up taking a mouthful of seawater. The seawater mixed with the sand from the coral reefs, proof that he almost died on the bottom of the sea. This is a huge cave inside a reef, the space is at least two meters high. How big it was, because it was too dark, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t tell. Li Sinian came out of the water from behind him. He stroked his hair back, coughing while holding on to the stone wall. Fang Daichuan hurriedly supported him, and asked, ¡°Are you alright?¡± Li Sinian waved his hand and put it on Fang Daichuan¡¯s shoulder. The hot liquid in his palm made Fang Daichuan stiff. Fang Daichuan hurriedly opened the antidote he was holding and washed the needle in the puddle where he came. The sea water is definitely not clean, but right now Li Sinian is poisoned. Fang Daichuan¡¯s fingers kept shaking, he drew up the antidote and carefully removed the air bubbles from the syringe. ¡°You do have a plan.¡± Li Sinian held Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand, his face was pale and blood had begun to ooze out of his nose, showing that he was dying. Fang Daichuan slapped his hand off, pushed him against the stone wall, and said firmly, ¡°Lie down, don¡¯t make me miss.¡± The antidote was quickly injected into Li Sinian¡¯s arm. Fang Daichuan had never given anyone an injection before. He was so nervous that he kept staring at the needle and pushing very slowly. Li Sinian didn¡¯t care about the needle sticking into his body, he just kept staring at Fang Daichuan¡¯s serious side profile. ¡°I won¡¯t jump down and get you if I don¡¯t have a plan,¡± Fang Daichuan babbled. He tends to babble when he is nervous. This is his habit from a long time ago, ¡°You are the one who doesn¡¯t think anything. Are you insane? Do you think this is an extreme sport? I know you are good at swimming. The problem is that the great me is not good at swimming¡­¡± Fang Daichuan raised his head as he spoke, and saw Li Sinian¡¯s eyes. He abruptly stopped, pushed the rest of the antidote without saying a word, and then quickly pulled the needle out, feeling his cheeks burning. I must inhale too much seawater. Fang Daichuan calmly touches his chest. The old deer inside his chest is happily moving around, making his chest aching with pain. He just survived a near-death experience and at that time his mind was filled with the fear of death. Now that he relaxes and is trapped in such a small space, Fang Daichuan suddenly feels uncomfortable. He stood up and walked around, pretending to be looking at the surrounding stone walls, scratching his head: ¡°This place is quite spacious, why is there such a place? Why didn¡¯t you find it when you came down to pry oysters¡­¡­¡± ¡°This cave is blocked by water. The passage we came in is an upward slope. I guess this place is above sea level. It is probably the inside of the reefs that we climbed before.*¡± Li Sinian leaned to one side and gasped as he spoke. ¡°Something may have been blocking this place before. It is probably because of the geological activities in the past two days. The stone blocking the cave entrance was pulled away by the tide, and now we washed away here. ¡° (T/N : Chapter 11) Fang Daichuan heard him talking with difficulty, hurriedly said: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter what the situation is now, don¡¯t talk, just lie down and rest for a while.¡± He sat down next to Li Sinian, lowering the other man¡¯s head on his lap. Li Sinian¡¯s forehead was scalding hot, his eyelids twitching, you could see that the antidote and the poison in his body were currently fighting. Fang Daichuan patted him on the shoulder and coaxed: ¡°Don¡¯t think so much, go to sleep, it¡¯s already late.¡± The interior of the grotto* echoes so loudly that the sound of the sea water pounding and gurgling against the stones outside can be heard clearly inside. The pipe organ sound also becomes much louder, combined with the sound of sea water, it harmonizes, like a hypnotic nursery rhyme. https://www.allthingsnature.org/what-is-a-grotto.htm In such an environment, Li Sinian quickly fell asleep, he slept in a very good posture, lying flat on his back at first, and then when he felt colder, still lying on Fang Daichuan¡¯s lap, he curled his body towards him. Fang Daichuan gently rubbed his cold arm, thinking that in this confined place we would definitely won¡¯t be able to ignite fire for heating, so he can only rubbing to make heat. Li Sinian¡¯s lips slightly moved, said something, Fang Daichuan asked subconsciously: ¡°What?¡± Then, he leaned his head over to listen. He heard Li Sinian yelling softly: ¡°Mom.¡± Fang Daichuan feels as if he just ate an unripe apricot, his heart was terribly sour. CH 37 MAY 17, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Li Sinian slept for a long period of time. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t have a watch, and couldn¡¯t see the sky outside from inside the cave. He could only roughly guess that two hours have passed. Fang Daichuan was afraid that Li Sinian would die in his sleep, and he himself couldn¡¯t sleep leaning on the rock wall. Every few minutes, he would reach out and touch Li Sinian to make sure that he was still warm. Then he will close his eyes for a while. At this point, Fang Daichuan would rather Li Sinian have a fever and became dumb than him reaching out and feeling cold body. If he had to spend the night alone with Li Sinian¡¯s corpse, he felt that he would break down. With his fragile heart, he can¡¯t imagine what he would do. He internally counted the time from when Li Sinian got poisoned to the time when he injected his antidote on Li Sinian. Will the antidote work? While sleeping, Fang Daichuan kept touching the lid of the antidote in his palm, feeling unease. If he is late by one minute and half then this bottle of antidote will be wasted. Finally asleep, he dreamed of touching Li Sinian in the dark. Li Sinian¡¯s body was already cold. Panicking, he saw another Li Sinian leaning on the stone wall folding his arm, sneered and said ¡°Fool. Look at yourself, what are you injecting on me?.¡± Fang Daichuan looked down and found that the tube with the hourglass was still full, and the tube with the skull was empty. (T/N : Remember on chapter 6 it have been show that the antidote have hourglass design and poison is using skull design) Fang Daichuan yelled in his dream, opened his eyes in horror, turned over and sat up. Bewildered, his cheeks were hot, he was sweating from head to his back. He lowered his head and hurriedly looked at the vial in his hand, and confirmed three times that the full bottle was the one with skull cork. ¡°What are you doing? Looking for lice?¡± Fang Daichuan looked at the sound, Li Sinian standing using a stone wall as support, talking mockingly while moving his limbs. At that moment, Li Sinian¡¯s figure and the one in his dream coincided. Fang Daichuan never realized that sarcastic Li Sinian can look so cute. Without a word, he jumped up and hugged Li Sinian. Li Sinian instantly muted, his body stiff, standing upright, looking like he was facing an enemy. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare scare me again!¡± Fang Daichuan recalled in his mind. After the first vote, he went mad in the living room and was reprimanded by Li Sinian after they came back into the room.* He used Li Sinian¡¯s tone at that time, ¡°Even if you don¡¯t want to live, don¡¯t jump into the sea. Anyway, I still have a bottle of poison here. I will keep it for you. If you don¡¯t want to live, tell me, don¡¯t bother others.¡± (T/N : On Chapter 17) Li Sinian slowly hugged him back, squeezed Fang Daichuan¡¯s well-defined arm, and his body gradually relaxed. He smiled and said, ¡°Then keep it for me.¡± The atmosphere began to become awkward. Of course, it was also possible that Fang Daichuan is the only one that feels awkward. Li Sinian acted like usual, slowly exploring the stone wall. Fang Daichuan also leaned forward and touched it with his hands. The rock wall was wet and covered with moss, and there were some aquatic organisms scattered, embedded on the rock wall. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Fang Daichuan casually asked. Li Sinian pulled out a barnacle and said, ¡°This is the inner cave of a huge reef. The sound of the organ we heard outside is probably because the inner cave is resonating. The walls here are wet, covered with moss and many aquatic life. I suspect that this place should have been filled with water, but a tide will pour the water out, forming a space that is sometimes dry and sometimes filled with water. But there is more moss here than barnacles. Possibly, this place may dry more often than filled with water.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t understand, he shook his head in confusion. ¡°If it is not because the two of us only managed to come in today by accident, then I will guess that this place is a space that is easily accessible,¡± Li Sinian frowned. ¡°I very much doubt that my father has been here.¡± He stretched out his hand, the golden star necklace firmly resting in his palm, and explained: ¡°This is my mother¡¯s necklace, my father gave it to her to commemorate their meeting in Mohe. When I was a kid, I played with it and almost swallowed it. My dad beat me up so I have a deep impression of it. After they separated, my father kept this necklace by his side.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart moved. If it was found in the boss¡¯ villa, one could still deceive oneself, saying that there is hope of surviving. But, it was found in the reef, it could only mean 2 words-memento.* (T/N : ÒÅÎï [y¨ª w¨´ ] ) He was afraid that Li Sinian would be sad, so he changed the subject and talked about something else: ¡°I suddenly have an idea, what if the boss is among us? Think about it, you said it yourself, this is a space that can be used. It is impossible for the boss to not know. I suddenly thought of a detail. Do you remember when we got a box of supplies on the fourth floor on the first night?* And the next day when you check the island, it turns out that there are small vegetable garden behind the house, the water in the lake, and the tap water in the villa.* Those supplies are completely unnecessary for us. But think about it, what if the supplies are for the boss. What if the boss uses some methods to fake their death at the beginning to hide in this space?¡± (T/N : The box is on chapter 7, the water etc is on chapter 12) Fang Daichuan was originally just spouting nonsense, in order to distract Li Sinian from his father¡¯s memento. However, the more he thought about it, the more confident he became. ¡°Have you read And Then There Were None?! The dead bodies that haven¡¯t been checked carefully are the most suspicious! Except for the beer belly on the first night and Du Chaosheng¡¯s body that I saw today, the rest were all shot in front of everyone. It¡¯s impossible to fake a headshot. So now that I think about it, Beer Belly and Du Chaosheng are the most suspicious!¡± Li Sinian was taken aback. He shook his head and said, ¡°No, do you remember the clothes in the box? The clothes are one-size-fits-all, not beer belly nor Du Chaosheng¡¯s size, they can¡¯t wear them. There is no reason to prepare supplies and put on clothes you can¡¯t wear. And speaking of which, after receiving this mission, I haven¡¯t seen a boss at all. I don¡¯t know whether they are male or female, young or old. And the one that hides the supplies is probably not the boss, just like me, who have been on the island several times. It is also possible that someone else has come to the island, knowing the hidden space under the reef, and concealing supplies.¡± As he said, he walked a few steps inside and asked Fang Daichuan, ¡°Do you have a lighter? Can you illuminate it and take a look. If someone has been to this grotto, there should be some clues.¡± Fang Daichuan obediently checked his pocket, the remaining cigarettes had been soaked in water. Fortunately, the lighter wasn¡¯t lost. This lighter is a gift from a fan, an international well-known brand, its waterproof quality is very good. Fang Daichuan shook off the water, rolled the sparkwheel, a swaying flame lit. ¡°It¡¯s best not to use it too long,¡± Fang Daichuan said while looking at Li Sinian, ¡°If this is a closed cave, we don¡¯t know when we can go out, it will be troublesome if the oxygen runs out.¡± Li Sinian nodded: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, if I¡¯m right, the tide will rise again tomorrow morning. When the tide rises and the cave is filled with water, the back suction will no longer exist. We can use the opportunity to go out.¡± They chat as they walk in. The cave is a gourd-shaped cave, large outside, smaller inside. There was nothing in the stone room outside, so Fang Daichuan lifted his feet and stepped inside, where the terrain was relatively low and some water had accumulated. Fang Daichuan walked right on a puddle of water and his shoes, which had just been dried, got wet again. ¡°Fuck you!¡± Fang Daichuan yelled in annoyance, and stomped heavily on the dry ground. There is thud, as if he has kicked something hard. Fang Daichuan lowered his body suspiciously, raised the lighter, and took a good look at the thing in front of him. He scolded: ¡°What the hell is¡ªah!!!¡± Before he could finish scolding, Fang Daichuan let out a frightened scream and sprang upwards, the lighter in his hand falling towards the puddle below. With a quick reflex, Li Sinian grabbed the lighter. He re-lit it and looked towards the ground, only to see a decayed skeleton sitting in the corner, its eyes hollow and staring straight at them. The insects hidden in the skeleton were dissipated by Fang Daichuan¡¯s roar. A rat rustled past Fang Daichuan¡¯s feet and he took three steps backwards. ¡°Stay away!¡± Fang Daichuan shouted to Li Sinian, ¡°How old is this rotten skeleton? If it jumps up and grabs your face, we will both be doomed!¡± Li Sinian bent down and picked up a ring from around the skeleton. Without a word, he blew the water plants and dust from the ring and held it up in front of the lighter while slightly twisted it. The silver ring, already oxidised and blackened, could not be distinguished under the lighter. Li Sinian rubbed off the mottled black oxide layer, and the inner ring faintly revealed some traces on the ring, which, upon closer inspection, appeared to be an engraving of two letters: ¡°L&F.¡± Li Sinian knelt down to touch the rotting skeleton, his fingers trembling slightly. (T/N : Yes, that is Li Heng, Sinian¡¯s father. So no, there is no Star Wars scene here lol. For people who forget, Sinian wore his mother¡¯s ring so the L&F here is his father. So yeah, Chuan¡¯er, that is rude of you to kick your in-law like that on first meeting) CH 38 MAY 17, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Sensing something is off, Fang Daichuan stood helplessly behind Li Sinian and touched his shoulder. Li Sinian bent over and moved the lighter close to the skeleton in the corner. The skeleton was half-leaning on the stone wall, surrounded by a lot of algae. You can tell that it has been soaked in water for some time after death. The wall where the skeleton leaning was covered with moss, a shade-loving plant struggles out of the thin crust of dirt on the stone wall, wrapping itself around the dead bones and rotting flesh to produce a small white flower in its darkened eye socket. Li Sinian gently shakes off the dirt and water weeds on the bones. Without the water weeds wrapping around the skeleton, it instantly scattered to the ground. The white skull rolled twice at the feet of the two of them, stopped by the puddle. The small flower in the eye socket shook gently. Li Sinian instantly wavered, his expression was a mix of astonishment and disbelief, he even turned his head and gave Fang Daichuan a crooked smile, as if laughing at the untimely blossoming skull. Then quickly turning around, he raised the back of his left hand, as if he was going to gently kiss the rings on his little finger before his whole body heavily slammed against the stone wall. Fang Daichuan lowered his head and dared not to speak. He silently picked up the skull. He didn¡¯t know if it was appropriate to let it lay on the ground or not. After all, it was Li Sinian¡¯s father. So he meekly held it in his hands. In the darkness, Fang Daichuan looked at his silent back and could hear his repressed muffled voice, as if he was trying to swallow tears. ¡°I¡­I am sorry for your loss,¡± Fang Daichuan thought for a long time, finally walking over to comfort him, ¡°I know this must be hard for you, but¡­¡± He leaned back against the stone wall, not too close to Li Sinian, looked down at the skull in his palm, said: ¡°Your father, I am certainly sure he doesn¡¯t want you drowning in sorrow.¡± The skull he was holding feels like a peculiar shaped flower vase. Thinking like that makes Fang Daichuan feel a little bit better, ¡°Look, uncle seems to know that his son will do anything to find him, and there is even a flower in his eye socket. Doesn¡¯t it seem to give you a sign to ¡®lives on¡¯?¡± ¡ª¡ª¨CThe flower blooms eerily and sincerely, like the last signs of life left in the world by the departed. Li Sinian¡¯s forehead was against the stone wall, the aura oozing out from his body filled the room. ¡°I¡¯m mentally prepared,¡± he swallowed, with a thick nasal voice, ¡°I just¡­ need some time.¡± He turned around after collecting himself, moving his gaze at the skull in Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand. Fang Daichuan turned on the lighter and peeked at his face. Li Sinian looked as usual, but his nose was red. Li Sinian took off his shirt, pulled out the flower, and tightly wrapped the skull. ¡°I want to take him back, I can¡¯t let him stay here¡­¡± Li Sinian sniffed, raised his head, and stared straight at Fang Daichuan, as if waiting for Fang Daichuan to object. For the first time the stubborn and impulsive look characteristic of youth appeared on his face, unlike his usual noble and spectator look. Fang Daichuan breathed a sigh of relief. If Li Sinian insisted on taking his father¡¯s entire bones, even with the two of them, they would not be able to ship it out. If Li Sinian was right about the tide and that they could escape while the sea water filled the cave, then time left for them would not be too long. If it is just two of them, everything will be fine, but Fang Daichuan really can¡¯t see them bringing out the whole skeleton. But taking away only one skull is doable. ¡°Of course we can¡¯t leave uncle here,¡± Fang Daichuan also took off his shirt and took the bone-wrapped cloth bag. The rest of the fabric was twisted into two strands of rope so it could tie to Li Sinian¡¯s waist when he went out later. ¡°Although I don¡¯t know if the two of us can live to the end, at least we can bury him on the beach. Uncle must have been suffocated down here for so many years.¡± Fang Daichuan felt that he had said something stupid as soon as he finished speaking. He looked at Li Sinian cautiously, but Li Sinian had no expression. He just stared at the small handful of cloth in his hand and closed his eyes slightly. The two sat facing each other in the dark, for a while, neither of them spoke. Fang Daichuan was afraid of Li Sinian having random thoughts, he was desperately trying to find some topics to chat about. ¡°Oh by the way, I haven¡¯t had time to ask you yet,¡± Fang Daichuan said stiffly, ¡°You closed the window last night, right?¡± ¡°?¡± Li Sinian looked up, his expression was not as smart and indifferent as usual, his eyes were hollow, his face was blank, he seemed to have no recollection of the window at all. ¡°It¡¯s the window in the corridor,¡± Fang Daichuan explained with his head bowed, still in a somewhat downcast mood as he thought about his reasoning and Li Si Nian¡¯s lie, ¡°Liu Xin came up before and after you, and he said the window was closed when he came up. When I asked you at the time, you said no.¡ª¡ªYou lied to me. I really don¡¯t understand what you open and close the window for. Apart from thinking that you are lying about being the seer, I really can¡¯t think of other possibilities. But Liu Xin then said that he is not a seer, so you are the seer¡­¡± Fang Daichuan achieve his original goal after dropping the bomb. Li Sinian¡¯s mood turned into helplessness: ¡°You doubt me because of that window?¡± Fang Daichuan quickly raised his eyelids, glanced at him and nodded. Li Sinian sighed, and he stroked his hair irritably, as if trying to sort out his thoughts in the chaos. He said: ¡°I did close the window. I will explain it to you from the beginning. When I went out, I found some murals faintly appearing on the wall of the corridor. I counted the same number and gender as us and wondered if this boss could have something to do with what happened back then, using this killing game to try and find out something. Yang Song¡¯s father is dead, Ding Zihui¡¯s mother committed suicide, Du Chaosheng seems to have lost a secretary, Niu Xinyan has lost her husband, and each of them has a reason to set up such a game. I was looking at it for a while but I was in a hurry to get out and check people¡¯s roles, so I didn¡¯t stay any longer and went downstairs. As a result, when I came back, I found the window was open. I thought that someone must have understood the hint in the painting, that is why they wanted to wet the wall with rain, so that they could see better. There was no one in the corridor at the time. From my perspective, whoever opens the window, since they can read the hints from the boss, they must know some inside stories, which must have something to do with the deaths of so many people back then. With that in mind, I played a sneaky hand and closed the window in silence, trying to put a bit of psychological pressure on the guy who opened it to see if anyone would mention hanging pictures or windows tomorrow.¡± Fang Daichuan raised his head in astonishment. ¡°As a result, you pulled me over and told me that you opened it,¡± Li Sinian sighed helplessly. ¡°What can I say? You are a passerby who has nothing to do with this situation. I casually said a few words to get along with you, who knew you would pay so much attention to the window¡­ I am really impressed.¡± When Fang Daichuan heard this, he couldn¡¯t help but smash his forehead with an embarrassed expression. ¡°In your brain, don¡¯t even mention raising goldfish, you can even raise a great white shark.¡± Li Sinian summed up weakly. (T/N : LMAO alright so for people who don¡¯t know, you can¡¯t keep great white shark inside aquarium, so basically Sinian said ¡®your brain hole is as big as ocean¡¯) Fang Daichuan was annoyed and dumbstruck. Sure enough, people with low IQ shouldn¡¯t do brain work, after thinking for a long time, not only getting despised, but also slapped in the face. ¡°But, but it¡¯s not all on me,¡± Fang Daichuan defended his intelligence, ¡°since ancient times witches are on the wrong side, you are a stranger, I don¡¯t know you, so why should I trust you wholeheartedly.¡± Hearing this, Li Sinian suddenly raised his head and asked helplessly: ¡°You don¡¯t know me? You really don¡¯t remember?¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned: ¡°Remember what?¡± Just as Li Sinian wanted to answer, there was a sudden gurgling sound outside. Both of them froze before hurriedly ran out to check. What they saw is the mouth of the cave began to gurgle out. The water came up in a white foam, carrying gravel and water plants. In a few minutes it rose to ankle height, with great speed and a loud sucking sound, as if the mouth of a demon was swallowing the air. Li Sinian¡¯s face was grim. He quickly walked back inside, bent down to pick up the bones that were still scattered, piled and tied them firmly with water plants before tying them to the corner stones. ¡°Hurry up!¡± Fang Daichuan completely forgot what they were talking about before and shouted from outside, ¡°The water is rising!¡± Li Sinian stared at the small pile of bones, feeling the cold water slowly climbing up to his legs. He closed his eyes, picked up the wrapped skull, turned around decisively and walked out of the room. The water outside had already reached the waist length, the sea water was spinning in circles inside the cave, forming a strong whirlpool. Li Sinian walked through the water with difficulty, firmly guarding the skull in front of his chest. The sound of the water is already very loud, plus it is in a fairly large confined environment, the sound of the water combined with the echo, the whole cave seems to be shaking. ¡°Are you ready?!¡± Fang Daichuan shouted, the water had reached their chests. Before the water reached the head, Li Sinian nodded firmly toward Fang Daichuan. Splash¨C, two people plunged into the water at the same time. Li Sinian is a good swimmer. He grabbed the cloth bag with one hand and held Fang Daichuan¡¯s wrist firmly with the other. Fang Daichuan was already dizzy in the whirlpool, unable to discern his direction. Li Sinian floated on the water, there was a last bit of space left, he held Fang Daichuan allowing him to take a last breath. The power of the current instantly stopped. At that moment, the two people rushed toward the exit at the same time. (T/N : So below is fan art for this chapter. I wish I could link the artist website but the thing is, there is a lot of spoiler art there so sadly I can¡¯t. Please remind me when this novel reaches the end to give the link, ok?) CH 39 MAY 18, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. The clock struck eight times, but everyone was sitting still at the long table, no one got up. There are dark circles hung under Yang Song¡¯s eyes. She doesn¡¯t wear any foundation so the blemishes such as small scars and acne marks were all exposed, combined with her dishevel hair, making her look haggard. ¡°It¡¯s eight o¡¯clock¡­¡± Ding Zihui hesitated and stop talking. Everyone looked out the door together, wondering if the remaining people would come back. On the contrary, Liu Xin is the one with the least psychological burden. He swiped his card eagerly, sat in a hurry and brimmed with energy. ¡°No need to wait,¡± he smiled slightly while playing with the watch on his left wrist. ¡°They won¡¯t come back.¡± ¡°Shut up!¡± Yang Song glared at him, ¡°You are definitely voted wolf today. If you run away now, you can still live on this island for three days.¡± Liu Xin tidied up his hair and said, still smiling: ¡°Why should I run? I may not be the one who died today.¡± Ding Zihui said softly: ¡°Don¡¯t make excuses. We saw it last night. You killed Li Sinian.¡± ¡°He jumped into the sea himself, what can I do, don¡¯t blame me,¡± Liu Xin straightened his cuffs and collar and gave a crooked smile, ¡°obviously the witch has the antidote.¡± His attire was very strange today. Wearing a very stiff collared shirt on a hot and stormy day and shaved clean. He was even more eye-catching than all the girls present. Niu Xinyan and the boy remained silent. Niu Xinyan sat frozen in her chair; a suspicious bruise hanging from the corner of her mouth, her hair loosely pulled back behind her head, a few strands of hair at her temples is loose, making her whole appearance looking haggard. The long table, which used to be full of people, now only have five of them. It is five minutes before the quarter past eight deadline. Ding Zihui¡¯s toes moved inside her shoes while Yang Song rubbed her fingers. A muffled thunder rolled through the window with a crash, the curtains were swept by the wind and raised high, and the big crystal chandelier was blown around with a clattering sound. Ding Zihui shivering, hugging herself. Liu Xin looked up and smiled eerily: ¡°There are others, don¡¯t worry.¡± Don¡¯t know what was wrong with the chandelier, but it flickered twice. Combined with the lightning and thunder rolling outside the window, it made people feel more desperate and scared. The entire villa is like a lone boat in the vast ocean, swaying around in wind and rain, and the hull is in jeopardy. Suddenly there was a voice from upstairs. Everyone looked up to see the couple walking down the stairs, one after the other, both with the usual gloomy expressions on their faces. ¡°Are you in the house?¡± Yang Song turned around, ¡°Why are you only coming down now? We are worried thinking something happen to you.¡± The two swipe their cards; Du Wei lowered his head, said nothing and sat down in silence. Chen Hui smiled and said to Yang Song, explained: ¡°Overslept.¡± Then she sat down next to her boyfriend. Seven people remain. There was only one minute left until a quarter past eight and even Yang Song had given up waiting for Li Fang.* She sighed: ¡°It¡¯s too late, even if they come back, they can¡¯t swipe the card¡­¡± (T/N : Yes the author wrote it like that [Á¬ÑîË̶¼Ï¨Á˵ÈÀî·½¶þÈ˵ÄÐÄ, Li¨¢n y¨¢ng s¨°ng d¨­u x¨©le d¨§ng l¨« f¨¡ng ¨¨r r¨¦n de x¨©n] so that is the official ship¡¯s name I guess XD ) Not even a second pass after she finished, the heavy carved brass villa door was kicked open with great force, the fishy salty sea breeze wrapped in torrential rain instantly poured in, dampening everyone¡¯s face. She saw Fang Daichuan holding his ID card and rushing in as quick as a flash, followed by Li Sinian. Without looking at other¡¯s expressions, Yang Song pushed aside the table and stood up, pointing to the machine and shouting: ¡°Hurry! No time! Swipe!¡± Fang Daichuan rushed to the machine and pressed his fingerprint. Li Sinian followed closely. He just took back his card when the clock upstairs struck ¡°dang-¡°. ¡°Everybody open your eyes; it¡¯s daytime.* There are currently 9 surviving players on the field. Players, please take your place.¡± The machine said with electronically synthesized sound. (T/N : This is a line from Werewolf game, the moderator are supposed to be the one who said this and this indicated the end of night round) Li Sinian looked up and observed everyone¡¯s expressions on the long table, but he had missed the timing. Everyone withdrew their strange looks and hid their expressions well. Li Sinian retracted his gaze, walked to the end of the long table, and gently pulled the chair. ¡°What happened to you?¡± Yang Song couldn¡¯t hold back and ask, ¡°After you jumped into the sea last night, we waited on the shore for a long time and didn¡¯t see you come out. I thought¡­¡± Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian were drenched and covered with aquatic plants. When Fang Daichuan lowered his head, he could smell a decaying smell coming from himself. He rubbed his face and sighed: ¡°It¡¯s a long story¡­¡± ¡°Please take your seats!¡± shouted the loudspeaker. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know what to say anyway. What happened last night was too tortuous to be explained in a few words. He sat down heavily on the chair and stopped talking. The machine read: ¡°Du Chaosheng died last night, please speak from the left side of the deceased.¡± Du Chaosheng¡¯s left is Chen Hui. Chen Hui lowered her head to play with the tablecloth, her expression was not very good, and Fang Daichuan could not tell what happened to her. In last night¡¯s shocking event, he hadn¡¯t seen the couple from beginning to end and he didn¡¯t know what happened between them. Chen Hui kept silent. ¡°Speak.¡± Ding Zihui is softly encouraging. Chen Hui slightly shook. She whispered and said quickly: ¡°I don¡¯t know what happened, I didn¡¯t kill Du Chaosheng.¡± ¡°Who cares about Du Chaosheng? Vote Liu Xin today!¡± Yang Song interrupted her, ¡°We saw with our own eyes last night that Liu Xin poisoned Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan saved Li Sinian.¡± Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but nod. Although Li Sinian insisted last night that he should not vote for Liu Xin, Fang Daichuan was irritated when he saw Liu Xin¡¯s face. Scenes from last night replaying in his mind. Liu Xin laughed wildly and injected a venom into Li Sinian¡¯s ankle. I don¡¯t care whether he is a wolf or not, Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth and thought. Let¡¯s vote him out first. Thinking like that, he glanced at Li Sinian. Li Sinian is playing with the pen cap. He pushed the cap gently with his right hand middle finger, pushing it off and on, pushing it off and on, making a thud sound. When thinking, people will subconsciously have some repetitive actions, such as shaking legs, rubbing fingers, or rotating pens. Fang Daichuan glanced at him, Li Sinian should be thinking fast. The book in front of him was spread out but it was blank. Fang Daichuan asked himself if his brain is not as good as Li Sinian. The book spread out in front of Fang Daichuan was full of handwriting that only he could read. Li Sinian¡¯s pen and book have not been moved, they have always been in his seat. When other people listened to everyone¡¯s speeches, they would inevitably write down one or two things. Some carried the notebook with them, and some will write a lot just to tore the paper afterward. Only Li Sinian relied on his own brain to remember everyone¡¯s actions and speeches. There is nothing in the book. What is he thinking? Fang Daichuan stared at Li Si¡¯s long straight fingers, becoming distracted. For some reason, he suddenly recalled his strong fingers on his wrist in the cold water. He had been up almost all night, his strength had been depleted in two dives, all he could see before his eyes was the warmth of the man next to him in the sea, the firm grip of his fingers that would not let go, and the life-saving air coming in. It was Li Sinian¡¯s turn to speak, and Fang Daichuan quickly recovered from his daydreaming. Li Sinian did not beat about the bush. He went straight to the point: ¡°I am the seer. I checked Liu Xin last night, Liu Xin is in the villager faction.¡± His words making chain reaction, the girls looked at each other, then looking at him in disbelief. Li Sinian firmly said: ¡°Yesterday an old lady was voted wrong and now the villager faction can no longer afford to lose more people. If today you vote for the wrong person, it will be harder to vote for a wolf during the day. Don¡¯t screw this vote. Believe me; Liu Xin is in the villager faction.¡± (T/N : Poor Boss Du, nobody seems to care about him¡­except for the murderer of course) CH 40 MAY 19, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°No way,¡± Yang Song rolled her eyes. ¡°We have all seen what happened last night. Li Sinian, I don¡¯t know if you are short-sighted or have other plans. Liu Xin is dead to me. Today if I don¡¯t vote him out, I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to sleep at night.¡± Li Sinian shook his head and said, ¡°Liu Xin can¡¯t be a werewolf. I checked it. You can choose to not believe me but the machine will never lie. If you insist he is a werewolf, why did he act yesterday? Yesterday no matter how you try, you didn¡¯t find out he is a wolf. Didn¡¯t his act yesterday equal him seeking death?¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his head and frowned. ¡°It is a fact that Liu Xin recognizes me as a seer, right? You have seen what happened last night. Liu Xin told me ¡®I will kill you, because you are a seer.¡¯* Isn¡¯t this letting the cat out of the bag? If he really is a Werewolf, what benefit does uncovering himself bring to him?¡± Li Sinian has been struggling with the fever but his body is still hanging on there. While his speech is not as vigorous as before, his tone is firm. (T/N : On chapter 32) Indeed, everyone who was present last night had heard Liu Xin¡¯s bomb and he admitted that Li Sinian was the real seer. In the middle of miserable wind and rain, he laughed wildly and said: ¡± My life in exchange for the seer¡¯s, what a bargain!¡±* (T/N : On chapter 33) Yang Song frowned suspiciously: ¡°Of course the benefit is to take away the real seer! He even said he will exchange his life with the seer and you still tell me that he is not a werewolf? Is it possible that both of you are werewolves? Yesterday it was Fang Daichuan who says he is the seer. How did Liu Xin know that Fang Daichuan is a fraud and you are the real one? Don¡¯t tell me that you two discuss it at night?¡± The more she said the more suspicious she became. They are engaging in heated conversation but Liu Xin doesn¡¯t seem to care. He acts as if he is watching a show. He doesn¡¯t respond to anyone¡¯s words nor does he talk with anyone, as if what is happening right now has nothing to do with him. The other people on the table also act like they are watching the show, anyway, the reality is what happens really has nothing to do with them. Chen Hui wanted to help but was held back by Du Wei. The girl looked back at her boyfriend, bit her lip and lowered her head. Li Sinian looked around for some time and took in everyone¡¯s reaction. He smiled bitterly at Yang Song: ¡°Do you think being a seer is a good thing? If he hadn¡¯t uncovered me, Fang Daichuan would have shielded me. So why would I use two wolves to act? As for how he figures out my role, I thought about it last night. After thinking about it carefully, the only reason I exposed to Liu Xin is that I use the word ¡°ÏÈÖª¡°. While everyone else uses ¡°Ô¤ÑÔ¼Ò¡°.¡± (T/N : Lengthy explanation below, also yes I purposely leave that word in Mandarin so reader can see the difference compared to using English word) Fang Daichuan suddenly had an epiphany. He was wondering last night that even if Liu Xin is a werewolf, why would Liu Xin know that he is not the real seer and why is he aiming for Li Sinian¡¯s life. Indeed, most of the werewolf games that he have played and watched before, the role that can check people are usually called Ô¤ÑÔ¼Ò. I don¡¯t know if the island owner is playing tricks, or simply wants to go with retro theme; the word on character card is indeed a ÏÈÖª. Li Sinian had a slip of the tongue. Under normal circumstances, it would be unreasonable for that to happen. When the others used the common name, only the person who had obtained the real card would accidentally say the word on the card. ¡°Everyone has a misunderstanding. You are all looking for wolves using board game logic, but don¡¯t forget that this is a real killing game. A life for a life is the least rewarding way to play because even if the wolves win so what? You still die.¡± Li Sinian half leaned back on the chair, looking exhausted, his face was terribly pale, only a pair of light-colored eyes shining sharply looking intently at Liu Xin¡¯s expression, he explained, ¡°As long as you get out of this misunderstanding, many things can be understood. Liu Xin is not a wolf, so he dared to attack me and was not afraid of my counterattack. He can attack me but I can¡¯t fight back. Where did his poison come from? When you search Zhao Chu on the first day, only three bottles of poison were found on him, where is the remaining bottle then? In the neck of the beer belly? Or is it hidden by someone? Here I also advise you werewolves to go back and carefully look for the poison you have hidden to see if it is still there. In the real killing game, you don¡¯t need to be a wolf; as long as you have the poison you can kill people.¡± Liu Xin raised his lips and smiled, and he couldn¡¯t help applauding Li Sinian: ¡°Wonderful, your logic is impeccable, but the facts are far less exciting than you think. I am not as scheming as you think. The process of things is very simple. My previous role is indeed in the villager faction. I found an item card hidden in the woods, which contains a bottle of poison and a faction transfer card. After you verify my identity, I use the machine to switch to the werewolf faction. I am afraid that you will find out so I choose to kill you first. This is the whole truth.¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°I don¡¯t believe it, if I were you, after deliberately making me check you and after successfully changing faction, I will definitely won¡¯t use poison to kill the real seer.¡± Li Sinian sneered, his voice loud and clear: ¡°Because you are not a dumbass.¡± Liu Xin¡¯s expression changed a little. ¡°I guess,¡± Li Sinian stared at Liu Xin¡¯s face, ¡°Your role should be one that has the upper hand in voting, is it an idiot? Or some wild card? Since you are not trying to save your life, in the context of the real killing game, I can only use off-game logic. You deliberately distract everyone and pull aggro. Who are you protecting? This person can¡¯t be Mrs. Song. You didn¡¯t mean to vote for her yesterday. It is not Du Chaosheng either, who is familiar with you on the surface, because he is dead. It should be someone who seems to have nothing to do with you on the surface, but we will eventually suspect in the days to come.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyelashes trembled slightly as he lifted his eyes abruptly, his gaze pinning Liu Xin in place as he picked his lips and asked, ¡°Is it Niu Xinyan or Du Wei?¡± Liu Xin¡¯s expression hardened. His fingers rubbed his chin, he hadn¡¯t slept all night and looked a little sluggish, with a slight stubble on his chin, he looked dishevelled and desolate, except for his eyes, which were burning brightly. He placed his gaze on Liu Xin¡¯s wrist, ¡°The main link seems to be on Du Chaosheng. You and he wear the same watch. Are you a couple? You were originally his subordinate, and you are familiar with him. Listening to the way you talk, you seem to be engaged in finance-related work. Are you his asset consultant?* Or a financial lawyer?* There seems to be some ¡°secrets¡± between Du Chaosheng and his secretary. You know about these things so you must have a close relationship. Du Chaosheng once visited Niu Xinyan¡¯s room at night. He seems to know that she lived as a widow for many years yet he still visited the widow¡¯s place at night. Perhaps you have had a connection with Niu Xinyan all these years? Or was it with the secretary back then? Is Du Wei the secretary¡¯s son?¡± https://www.investmentmagazine.com.au/2009/04/selecting-the-right-asset-consultant-the-tom-babic-way/ https://bestaccreditedcolleges.org/articles/finance-lawyer-job-description-duties-and-requirements.html Every time Li Sinian said something, Liu Xin¡¯s expression became uglier. Du Wei was shocked by his hypothesis that he turned his head and looked at Liu Xin in bewilderment, only to see that Liu Xin¡¯s face was ghostly pale. ¡°Don¡¯t spout nonsense!¡± Niu Xinyan was so angry that she almost cursed. She has a good temper and rarely gets angry. She has been gentle and soft all the time but she was shocked by Li Sinian¡¯s irresponsible speculation and so angry that her voice was octave higher, ¡°I¡¯m innocent, whether it is Du Chaosheng or Liu Xin, it has nothing to do with me, don¡¯t slander me!¡± Li Sinian hooked the corner of his mouth and said insincerely, ¡°Then I apologise to you, this is not a wild guess, since I was unfortunate enough to draw seer, I have to be responsible for everyone, don¡¯t you think so? Forgive me for offending you.¡± Oh come on, Fang Daichuan internally rolled his eyes; you kiss your own son. You call yourself innocent? Fang Daichuan¡¯s brain can¡¯t keep up with Li Sinian so he just took Niu Xinyan¡¯s reaction as a pretentious act and fake performance. ¡°In summary, don¡¯t vote for Liu Xin today. Before I can figure out his purpose, I implore you to keep him for a round. Even if it is true he is really switching sides, he only has one poison bottle in his hand so he is not a threat to us. ¡°Li Sinian said sincerely, ¡°Let¡¯s vote for Ding Zihui today.¡± (T/N : Alright so about this, as you can see on chapter 10, the word on the card are [ÏÈÖª, Xi¨¡nzh¨©] which means seer but other people usually said it as [Ô¤ÑÔ¼Ò, Y¨´y¨¢n ji¨¡] which is still a seer or prophet. Actually I probably should have used the word ¡®seer¡¯ and ¡®prophet¡¯ differently but I didn¡¯t. For example, this dialogue from chapter 27 ¡°¡­Who is the seer? You must have checked me last night. Come out and tell us your result.¡± It¡¯s a pity, Fang Daichuan thought, the seer has already determined that you are a wolf so he didn¡¯t check you. Both are using [Ô¤ÑÔ¼Ò] which yes again, either ¡®seer/prophet¡¯ fit but well, since this is Werewolf game story, I decided to use proper term, seer instead of prophet because, in my humble opinion, is the right thing to do. I will admit this is one of my mistakes, I realised my translation isn¡¯t perfect so if you noticed something wrong, please tell me so I can fix and learn from it. Anyway if I ever got times maybe I will make sure to use ¡®seer¡¯ and ¡®prophet¡¯ differently so you, the reader, can pick up the clues as fast as Sinian but for now, let just move on because after this I will keep using the term ¡®seer¡¯ since there is no longer any mention of this clues. Thank you for reading these lengthy notes.) CH 41 MAY 20, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°How come it is me! Today is not my turn!¡± Ding Zihui screamed, ¡°If you believe in Liu Xin then vote Li Sinian, if you believe in Li Sinian, vote for Liu Xin. Two people claimed to be seers, so why did I get dragged into this mess!¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head to look at Ding Zihui suspiciously. He originally thought Li Sinian was joking, or just casually drop a bomb to see what everyone¡¯s reaction. But Ding Zihui¡¯s reaction made him suddenly have an ominous feeling. He frowned: ¡°You¡­ aren¡¯t you overreacting?¡± Ding Zihui momentarily froze, the expression on her face was chaotic, she turned her head hurriedly defending herself to Fang Daichuan: ¡°I am a villager who will be voted out by him! Of course I have to defend myself! What have I done these days? I vote for whomever he asks for, I even show you my character cards. Because I can¡¯t win your trust, you have to vote me out? Li Sinian, what reason do you have? You can¡¯t just vote for me without any reason!¡± ¡°What are you yelling about?¡± Yang Song glanced at her, narrowing his eyes, ¡°Did Li Sinian say he wanted to kill you? Even if he really wants to vote you out, we are still listening, why are you so excited? Your reaction, why do I feel that your role is not good?¡± Ding Zihui¡¯s chest fluctuated violently, traces of water began to show on the girl¡¯s eyes. She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down: ¡°How can I not react? This is not a board game! I am really going to die when I get voted! Boss Du is dead, the murderer has not yet been found. Liu Xin¡¯s attempted murder, he didn¡¯t care about it and he just said that he wanted to vote me out. I didn¡¯t do a bad thing, why should I let him do this to me? ¡° Li Sinian, who was the centre of attention, only held his forehead and sneered. He said: ¡°Relax, I just uncovered your role, why are you panicking.¡± He said and looked up at Ding Zihui with a cold glint in his eyes that sent shivers down Ding Zihui¡¯s spine. Li Sinian looked around and explained, ¡°I already know all your roles. No matter what your faction is, villager or a werewolf, you should accept that I am a seer. Since we have made clear on that fact, I ask you to follow me and don¡¯t divide votes on your own. I already carry threats from werewolves for you at night, I can¡¯t look after you. If you vote for the wrong people, I will lose as well. I just want to live, I know you all who hear this, can understand what I mean. Zhao Chu had poison on his body and he died on the first day. No one had a chance to hide poison yet so he must be a werewolf. Mrs. Song was probably a villager although she was anxious to escape. Although I didn¡¯t vote her out, she died because of my judgement. I apologise to her. Now three people from the villager faction and one werewolf have gone, leaving 5 people in the villager faction and 3 werewolves. If we count variables such as people changing factions and people who have their own interests and a 3rd party, then we can no longer afford to divide the votes. I advise all players who have drawn special roles, if you have any grudge, please resolve them privately outside the game and respect your special roles. We can¡¯t afford to lose. If you vote for someone in the villager faction today and another villager dies tonight. From tomorrow onwards, we will no longer be able to vote for the werewolves. The situation will become dire. Please keep this in mind. Whether it¡¯s a werewolf or villager, I want to fight one last time. Think about it carefully, is it worth it that so many people died in this game? Whether it¡¯s revenge or finding the truth, it doesn¡¯t matter to me anymore. My dad finally left me a legacy and I don¡¯t want to die over some old shit. Let¡¯s work together to end this game and go back together, shall we?¡± Li Sinian thought of the little flower that had blossomed from his father¡¯s skull, the flower that feels like the accumulation of everythings that happens in life, into one sign, telling him to ¡®live on¡¯. He also thought of Fang Daichuan, holding two vials in his hand, resolutely jumping off the reef and into the sea. Barely escaping death, he injected the only antidote to his body. Some obsession suddenly becomes irony and some life goals change in an instant. He tilted his head, leaned against the edge of the table with exhaustion seeping from the cracks of his bones, the flickering chandelier mixed with the faint scent of blood in the air, making him extremely sleepy. However, he wanted to make one last effort: ¡°If you want to survive, do as I say, let¡¯s have a peaceful day. There are nine of us, Niu Xinyan and Yang Song, Ding Zihui and Fang Daichuan, Du Wei and the kid, Chen Hui and Liu Xin, and then myself. Everyone votes under the surveillance of each other and votes for each other. I will vote in public for myself. We will aim for a peaceful day. Gather in the hall at night, no one is allowed to leave, no one is allowed to move. When the plane arrives on the seventh day, I will be responsible for everyone¡¯s safety. The buddies who fly the plane must be from our regiment. The boss has no other team. I will definitely be able to convince the captain to bring everyone. What do you think?¡± Everyone looked at each other in silence. Yang Song was the first to respond: ¡°But you have to make sure that everyone can get on the plane.¡± ¡°I swear on my life.¡± Li Sinian said firmly. Yang Song thought about it for a while: ¡°Then I agree, I think the wolf should also agree, after all, everyone has an advantage this way.¡± There was no sarcasm in her words. Chen Hui turned to look at Du Wei, and seemed to see a glimmer of hope in the desperate situation. Before Chen Hui could persuade, Du Wei nodded decisively: ¡°I agree.¡± Of course, Fang Daichuan agreed. Ding Zihui hesitated and agreed. Niu Xinyan looked at her son, who was bowing his head in silence, and nodded with a frown, whispering in his ear and instructing, ¡°Xiquan, you remember to vote for brother Du Wei.¡± The child quickly looked up at Du Wei, lowered his head again, and nodded slightly. Only Liu Xin looked at Li Si Nian with a smirk, his eyes seemed to have something else to say, however, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t have a skill to read people¡¯s gaze. ¡°Let¡¯s do it like this, everyone, I have one last word. If you have any grudge, take away the wolf poison and settle it privately, I want to live, please don¡¯t drag me to death.¡± Li Sinian was the first to stand up and in front of everyone, swiped his fingerprints in front of the machine, then turned sideways to move away from the screen, and voted himself in full view. He made a gesture and stood on the side of the machine. (T/N : Say, if Ding Zihui isn¡¯t a villager, where did she get the villager card? Hmm~~~) CH 42 MAY 21, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan and Ding Zihui were the first group. No matter how naive Fang Daichuan was, at this point, he had to be suspicious of Sister Ding. He stood aside, stared at Ding Zihui, pointing his chin at the machine: ¡°You go first.¡± Ding Zihui was helpless: ¡°I won¡¯t scam you. Will you vote for yourself or others?¡± ¡°Vote for each other.¡± Fang Daichuan stared at her warily. He followed Li Sinian¡¯s example, did not change his mind or give others opportunities. Ding Zihui voted for Fang Daichuan under his stare. In order to gain his trust, she stood a step away and looked at Fang Daichuan without hiding anything. Fang Daichuan was afraid that there would be more troubles, so he quickly voted and the two returned to the table together. Li Sinian was sitting in the same place playing with the pen, the pen was spinning between his fingers, making a loud sound. He is very quick, and his fingers are extremely nimble, using his thumb to fondle the side of the pen after a few turns. ¡ª¡ª Others don¡¯t seem to notice, but Fang Daichuan recognized it at a glance, this is a move of someone who knows how to use a knife. When Fang Daichuan filmed one of his anti-war movies, there was someone who played as a military officer that retired from the military. This is his usual posture when playing with knives. The knife will never touch his finger, but after they are done spinning, they will rub their thumb on the knife. That is how they clear their mind from their bloodlust. Hearing the two coming back, Li Sinian held his pen in one hand, half raised his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan suddenly remembered the clear blue sky. ¡ª¡ªLi Sinian¡¯s eyes reflecting a light, shining and glowing, a blush appeared on his cheeks. ¡°Are you alright?¡± Fang Daichuan whispered, frowning deeply, he stretched out his right hand and put the back of his hand on Li Sinian¡¯s forehead. Sure enough, Li Sinian is having a fever and the heat is almost burning his hand. He slept all night with wet clothes and he just got poisoned. He hasn¡¯t had a good rest since yesterday. The fact that he doesn¡¯t have a forty degree fever shows that Li Sinian has a good physique. There is no medicine on the island, he can only fight the fever by himself, Fang Daichuan inevitably worries. Li Sinian shook his head lightly, put Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand down, smiled at him and signaled that he was fine. The second group was Niu Xinyan and Yang Song. Niu Xinyan looked at her son with some concern and could not stop talking to him. Her crazy son, who today is not crazy but rather timid and weak, glanced at Fang Daichuan¡¯s direction and quickly lowered his head, somewhat afraid to look in his direction. However, when Fang Daichuan remembered that last night this kid forced Li Sinian to jump into the sea, he couldn¡¯t help but get angry, snorted and looked dagger at him. The kid shuddered. ¡ª¡ª Fucking hell, Fang Daichuan suddenly feels guilty, feels like he is bullying a child. Niu Xinyan seemed to be in pain. When she stood up, although she tried her best to hold back, her face was still stiff. Yang Song saw it, calmly helping and said in a low voice, ¡°Be careful.¡± The two helped each other and went to the front to vote. The two girls did not guard against each other. They voted successfully. Chen Hui and Liu Xin were next. When Fang Daichuan saw that Liu Xin went up to vote, he quickly looked away and stared at Liu Xin. After all, Liu Xin is the focus of today. But that is not the only reason. The child has changed into a different person. There is a strange vibe from him. Because he did not want to stare at the kid while the mom was away feeling like he was bullying a child, he simply looked away. The child that no longer stared at, let out a sigh of relief. He then leaned heavily on the seat, his body was tilted, he shook twice and there was a rustling sound of water under the table. ¨C A smell of urine gradually spread out. What in fresh hell? Fang Daichuan was so shocked that he didn¡¯t know what to do. He actually managed to scare a 13 or 14-year-old into urinating himself? A weird child who sings nursery rhymes and splashing water on the wall, do you still have dignity if people found out? The child is obviously already old enough to have self-esteem. He was embarrassed and realized he wet his pants in public, lay on the table and began to cry. For a moment everyone looked a little sheepish. Niu Xinyan quickly came back after voting, hugged the child and coaxed, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, Xiquan has wronged you, let¡¯s go back and change clothes after voting.¡± The child who was still crying a moment ago stopped crying. He raised his head, tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes, but his expression was terrifyingly gloomy. He sniffed and distanced himself from his mother. ¡°Pa¡ª¡±, with a crisp sound, Niu Xinyan¡¯s hair became dishevelled, her whole body was frozen on the spot. The boy cracked a faint smile, a few drops of water still hanging on his long eyelashes. Without hesitation, he backhanded another slap at Niu Xinyan¡¯s face with a ¡°pa¡­¡±. Thirteen or fourteen-year-olds strength isn¡¯t small and ten fingerprints appeared on Niu Xinyan¡¯s face. She hooked her lips hard, forced a smile, turned her head and explained to the stunned crowd: ¡°Nan Nan¡­just playing with me¡­¡± Is that why she is injured? Fang Daichuan felt a chill all over his body. ¡°Split personality?¡±* Li Sinian whispered to himself. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/split-personality Fang Daichuan turned his head and glanced at him, and asked in a low voice, ¡°Are you sure? Is it not because the kid is a psychopath?¡± ¡°It¡¯s probably a split personality,¡± Li Sinian frowned deeply, ¡°Have you noticed that every time the crazy child comes out, Niu Xinyan calls him ¡®Nan Nan¡¯, when the child acts timid, he is called ¡®Xiquan¡¯.¡± ¡°Yes, if you have children, you have to get up early every day and make breakfast for them.¡±* This is what Niu Xinyan said when she met Fang Daichuan at the entrance of the stairs on the third morning. She has been a widow for many years and has only one son. So why did she say ¡°them¡±? (T/N : On chapter 26. Now, I really like how the author did put so many clues and foreshadowing on this novel. I am just glad I managed to get this one transferred correctly to English :nervous sweating: ) She instructed the cowardly child, ¡°Xiquan, say hello to uncle¡±, with the mentality and seniority of a mother, but in the middle of the night, she kissed her son and cried, ¡°Nan Nan, I¡¯m afraid.¡± Liu Xiquan is indeed her son, but who is Nan Nan? Fang Daichuan sweating bullets, terrified. There was a muffled thunder outside the window, the sound seemed to shatter heaven and earth. The chandelier swayed a few times, flickering several times, before suddenly exploded and went out. A gloomy silence filled the room. Liu Xin and Chen Hui silently sat back at the long table and no one dared to speak. Chen Hui¡¯s right hand was shaking all the time. She grabbed the corner of her boyfriend¡¯s shirt as if calling for help. ¡°It¡¯s useless,¡± the one called Nan Nan, the one who inhabited the boy¡¯s body showed a big smile and scolded softly ¡°What else can you do?¡± Niu Xinyan covered her mouth, big drops of tears slide down the side of her face. (T/N : I happen to translate a story about split personality before so I will just put this warning here, people with split personality usually have a lot trauma so yeah, there is child abuse in this story. I will put a warning obviously but it is still far away so just a note. Also please comment if you think I should put trigger warning or not on the part where Niu Xinyan got slapped.) CH 43 MAY 22, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Content warning : violence Only Du Wei and the child have not voted yet. The child grinned and stood up, ignoring a wet spot on his trousers, strode toward the machine. Ding Zihui couldn¡¯t help staring at the water marks but he was keenly aware of it. The child suddenly turned back and gave her a look, with a cold smile, extremely gloomy. Ding Zihui was so frightened that she lowered her head, dare not to look at him. Du Wei voted for the child and stood silently, staring at Liu Xin who was sitting. His eyes were placed on Liu Xin¡¯s wrist, it is a woman¡¯s wrist watch that looks old and somehow it seemed very meaningful now. ¡°Aren¡¯t you supposed to keep an eye on me?¡± the child asked with a smile. ¡°Watch out!¡± Li Sinian pushed the table away and stood up, ¡°Stop him!¡± It took half a second for Du Wei to react and within that half a second, the smile on the corner of the child¡¯s mouth hadn¡¯t changed and Du Wei have moved. However it was too late. Du Wei¡¯s wide pupils reflected everything that happened within half a second. There was a weird smile on the corner of the child¡¯s mouth, he decisively clicked the button on Liu Xin¡¯s avatar. On the screen, Liu Xin¡¯s eyes were sharp, passing through the gold wire lens, meeting the child¡¯s eyes. Then the machine beeped briefly and Liu Xin¡¯s photo was marked with a big X. ¡°Do you want to fucking die?!¡± Du Wei was furious, the others groups were fine, but when it is his turn, he couldn¡¯t even take care of a child, which show his incompetency. He slapped the child in the face. Niu Xinyan screamed and rushed up. At that moment, lightning from the window illuminating her side face, the light reflecting in her eyes. Her hair was disheveled, like a ghost, she threw herself on the boy and shouted, ¡°Don¡¯t hit him!¡± The child slapped her with his backhand. ¡°Rumble¡ª¡± Lightning tearing apart the sky, outside the window it looks like a beast with a claw, a strong light swept the villa like a searchlight, the room was ghostly illuminated before the darkness and shadow enveloped the room again as if it were night inside. Li Sinian pushed the machine hard, but it was useless, the die had been cast. ¡°Why would you team these two if you knew this would happen?!¡± Yang Song complained to Li Sinian, ¡°Everyone should be working together!¡± Li Sinian glanced at Liu Xin and Du Wei, he grit his teeth so hard his teeth almost crushed. ¡°You can¡¯t blame him,¡± Liu Xin came over, he still had a smile on the corner of his mouth even when he was about to die, ¡°He should just want to test me, to see who is my accomplice, right?¡± Liu Xin looked at Li Sinian, raised the corner of his mouth and smiled. He glanced at Li Sinian from under the lens again, it was exactly the same gaze from that night, which made people feel uncomfortable for no reason. He approached Li Sinian and whispered in Li Sinian¡¯s ear: ¡°You think Liu Xiquan¡¯s surname is Liu and he is my son, so he will protect me, right? Unfortunately, the surname is a great deal, some people¡¯s surnames follow their father, some people follow their mother, you guessed wrong.¡± When he spoke, the sound and the warm breath exploded in Li Sinian¡¯s ears, making people imagine the hissing sound that a poisonous snake made or the long nails of the deceased, bringing goose bumps to Li Sinian¡¯s back. Liu Xin moved his body away from Li Sinian, turned his head and glanced at Niu Xinyan, who was crying on the ground, and then at Yang Song, whose face was gloomy and uncertain, looked as if he thought something. The machine let out a ¡°Di-¡± sound and then continued to announce in a flat, waveless electronic voice: ¡°All players except Liu Xin and Liu Xiquan have received one vote each, Du Wei has zero votes and Liu Xin has two votes. Liu Xin has a higher number of votes. Liu Xin is out. ¡° Fang Daichuan prayed in his heart, please let what Liu Xin said is true, that he has really changed his faction from a villager to a wolf. Otherwise with old lady Song and Liu Xin both voted out there were still three wolves left, we will surely lose. After a couple of seconds, the machine finished reading Liu Xin¡¯s information, it said: ¡°Liu Xin is out, please activate your skills.¡± He can activate skills! Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart froze for a moment. Liu Xin took out a thin card from his coat pocket and held it between his index and middle fingers. He looked around at all the people present and finally stared at Li Sinian, pushing his glasses up with the card and smiling faintly. The ominous premonition in Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart is gradually increasing. He saw Liu Xin gently turn the character card over, the old yellow parchment paper was stamped with a gold and silver flower pattern, with a hunting rifle lying across the middle and two Chinese characters below it: ¡°Hunter¡±.* (T/N : [ÁÔÈË, Li¨¨r¨¦n] ) ¡°Activated the skill and took out Li Sinian.¡± Liu Xin raised his head with a smile and glanced at the monitor in the corner of the room. Four automatic sniper rifles in the corner of the room quietly slid out and the infrared sights were aimed at Li Sinian and Liu Xin. ¡°Is this what you are aiming for?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s face was cold, there was a hint of anger on the corner of his mouth, but he was calm, ¡°From the first day, you always muddled in your speech and yesterday you attacked me, now you want to take me out of the game. What kind of grudge do you have against me? Instead of aiming for the person who indirectly killed you, you want to kill me?¡± Liu Xin smiled and shook his head: ¡°I am dying, this skill was not prepared for you. But since it¡¯s no longer useful, it¡¯s better to remove the most dangerous. Li Sinian, I¡¯m sorry, you can only blame yourself. You are too smart, as long as you¡¯re there, that guy can¡¯t win.¡± Fang Daichuan anxiously stared at the sniper rifle at the corner of the room, glancing at the muzzle and then at the two men, so anxious that he just wanted to stomp his feet, ¡°What the hell are you guys playing at?!¡± Li Sinian stared at Liu Xin¡¯s eyes, words after words suddenly flashed in his mind. During the second night¡¯s body search, Du Chaosheng glanced at Liu Xin¡¯s wrist. ¡°Do you also like this brand?¡± Liu Xin saying with a laugh, ¡°I just bought it following the trend.¡± Du Chaosheng nodded indifferently, and commented. ¡°This series is gender-neutral. A lot of women and young people also wear it.¡± (T/N : On chapter 20) On the morning of the third day, Niu Xinyan unintentionally said, ¡°I only worked as a secretary for my husband.¡± Liu Xin seemed to have been scalded by hot coffee, and he couldn¡¯t hold it firmly. The strong coffee spilled half to the table and the cup and saucer touched, producing a crisp sound. (T/N : On chapter 26) On the morning of the third day, Ding Zihui retold the scene she saw the previous night, and said in Niu Xinyan¡¯s tone, ¡®What happened to the secretary you personally ¡®cared for¡¯? She has worked with you for nine years, but didn¡¯t you ¡®personally¡¯ take care of her? I dare not be taken care of by you.¡¯ (T/N : On chapter 29) Just now, Liu Xin said something important: ¡°The surname is a great deal, some people¡¯s surnames follow their father, some people follow their mother.¡± ¡°The secretary he has been with for nine years¡­ he personally took care of it¡­ So that¡¯s what happened.¡± Li Sinian quietly whispered. He raised his head and stared at Liu Xin¡¯s face, a halo of light flickering in his light coloured pupils: ¡°The person you¡¯ve been trying to kill, even at the risk of your life, is Du Chaosheng! Du Chaosheng killed his secretary who has followed him for many years, and you are the real lover of that personal secretary! The people you want to protect have never been Niu Xinyan and Liu Xiquan, I was wrong¡­ The person you want to protect is Du Chaosheng¡¯son from his mistress, Du Wei!¡± (T/N : Updating image since we now know one of the special roles. Btw I keep Ding Zihui as villager because there is no definitive proof that she isn¡¯t villager.) CH 44 MAY 23, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Liu Xin¡¯s expression changed, which confirmed Li Sinian¡¯s guess. Liu Xin¡¯s face was blue and white, his expression changed from solemn to miserable, and finally to a relieved smile. He said, ¡°Anyway, I¡¯ve done what I had to do, and a layman like me doesn¡¯t ask what happens afterwards. Wei Wei, whether you live or die, it is all on you now.¡± Du Wei¡¯s face turned pale, he couldn¡¯t help but take a step back: ¡°You¡­you¡­Do you know my mother?!¡± ¡°I am your father¡¯s investment advisor,¡±* Liu Xin smiled slightly, as his life was coming to an end, he instead did not have the depressed and bitter mood of the previous days, he took off his glasses and swiped them on the corner of his shirt, his expression was indescribably relaxed and at ease, ¡°What role your father played in what happened back then, you probably already have an idea of it in your heart. How many people come here for your father? I don¡¯t want to say more, I¡¯m afraid to get you into trouble. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/investmentadvisor.asp I earnestly implore everyone here, Du Chaosheng¡¯s project to develop this island was all facilitated by me. Because of this island, some of you have lost your families; lost your father and your husbands. If you want to hold a grudge, hold it against Du Chaosheng and me, please don¡¯t hate Du Wei. Fifteen years ago, he was just a kid who didn¡¯t understand anything.¡± Everyone¡¯s expression changed. Fang Daichuan was the only one who didn¡¯t understand. He was frozen on the spot, looking at the other people in front of him, an unlimited chill rising in his heart. It seems that everyone is walking forward in the cold night. The difference is that everyone else has torches in their hands. Although the fire is dim, at least the area in front of them is illuminated. If there is a fire leaped into life from the next place, then the field of vision will be larger. But Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t have a torch. He was surrounded by mysterious darkness. Occasionally, a small firelight shone into his eyes, and he could only see a hazy halo, but the truth was beyond his reach. Liu Xin, like every person on the verge of death, fell into an endless reminiscence of the past, his eyes looking into the void as if he was looking at a certain someone: ¡°Your mother know Du Chaosheng had a wife, yet she still insist being with him, she wasn¡¯t a vain person, maybe she was really in love and couldn¡¯t care less. I liked your mother the first day she came to the company, but I dare not tell her. My monthly income is even less than 10% of Du Chaosheng¡¯s monthly salary, how could I confess to her? And then it happened, the way she looked at Du Chaosheng that even I could see it, so of course Du Chaosheng could see it too.¡± ¡°Then they got together and you came. Only me and your mother knew of your existence. At that time, Du Chaosheng insisted not to divorce his wife and your mother gave birth to you behind Du Chaosheng¡¯s back. You were born in Zhenjiang County hospital, right? That¡¯s your mother¡¯s hometown. If I guessed correctly, you should have grown up in your grandmother¡¯s home.¡± Liu Xin looked into Du Wei¡¯s eyes tenderly, ¡°When your mother gave birth, I accompanied her all the way. I hugged you when you were a child, you have your mother¡¯s eyes. As soon as you set foot on this island, I noticed you. Du Chaosheng doesn¡¯t know your reason, but I know why you came, however there is no need for you to do it, I¡¯ll take care of him for you. ¨C Heaven give me a chance, I got a hunter, when Zhao Chu died, I was there and stole a bottle of Zhao Chu¡¯s wolf poison, I think with double insurance in my hand I can kill Du Chaosheng.¡± ¡°Du Chaosheng finally died. I don¡¯t know who did it, but I won¡¯t say thanks. He and I should have died a long time ago. It was us and Old Niu that thought of this project together. It killed Li Heng and boss Wang. I have been haunted by it for so many years. Old Niu and boss Wang passed away together. Your mother accidentally learned about this project from me and wanted to use this matter to force Du Chaosheng to divorce. Du Chaosheng concocted a car accident that killed her. I was also the sinner who indirectly killed your mother. Now, although Du Chaosheng was not killed by me, I watched him die with my own eyes and protected you in the end. Even if I die, it will be worth it.¡± (T/N : Old Niu here is Niu Nahan, Li Heng is Li Sinian¡¯s father, so well, who is this boss Wang? More family member show up, guess who they are related to~~~) ¡°The speaking time is over, would player Liu Xin please choose whether to activate the skill or not.¡± The machine making ¡°di-¡± then goes silent again. ¡°Activated your grandma¡¯s legs!¡±* Fang Daichuan looked up and shouted angrily, his eyes were red, he yelled at the monitor, ¡°Fuck off!¡± (T/N : Yes that is what the author wrote, a lot of curse words in Chinese have family members show up and honestly this is the first time I read about grandma¡¯s leg, I thought this is funny so I don¡¯t change it into English curse words.) ¡°Don¡¯t get angry, Fang Daichuan, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll explain the future plan.¡± Li Sinian opened his mouth and smiled. He stared at the sniper rifle in the corner of the room for a while, sighed heavily and somehow accepted his fate. ¡°I try the best I can but in the end, I lose to a desperate person that isn¡¯t afraid to die.¡± He smiled bitterly and quickly organized his thought: ¡°Since I have reached this point, I am dead but the game will continue, villager faction, please don¡¯t panic, hold on, you can still win. I guarantee that Fang Daichuan and Yang Song are part of the village faction. These two have special roles, I implore all of the villager faction on the field to listen to them. The wolf I can find now is Ding Zihui, the child, between Du Wei and Chen Hui is the last Werewolves, I really can¡¯t tell the difference, you listen to their statements and figure it out yourself.¡± He was afraid that he would not explain enough details, which would lead to the downfall of the villager faction, so he tried his best to convey his thought, hoping to state his opinion clearly: ¡°Du Chaosheng must be a villager, otherwise it is impossible for him to know about the items card, using that logic there is at least one villager between Du Wei and Chen Hui, and if I recognize Mrs. Song as a villager, then at most one villager left. Between the child, Niu Xinyan and Ding Zihui¡ªthis is if. Last night, I used the witch role to provoke Niu Xinyan and her son. The reaction they gave me shows that they definitely are not on the same side. Then there must be a wolf and villager between Niu Xinyan and the crazy child, just like there must be a wolf between Du Wei and Chen Hui. Ding Zihui must be a wolf then. The key point is what Ding Zihui did, that day, she took the villager¡¯s role card and found me and Fang Daichuan, when she was not sure about me and Fang Daichuan¡¯s role. In this case, I don¡¯t think a real villager would choose to do this. The drama is a little overdone. The person who gave her the character card naturally knows where her villager card came from. You also have seen her reaction today. Please all of the villager faction do your best to protect yourselves today, vote Ding Zihui out tomorrow morning.¡± ¡°This is all nonsense.¡± Ding Zihui trembled with anger and smiled coldly at Li Sinian. Li Sinian didn¡¯t have the time to take care of her, he didn¡¯t even look at Ding Zihui, he turned his head and continued: ¡°Between Niu Xinyan and the child, I recognize the child as the wolf, because they have always been playing for the wolf side. In the first vote, Niu Xinyan voted for the old lady. The logic does not make sense to me. But in a situation where a mother and son have one wolf and one villager, how can they help the werewolf together? Infatuated parents have been around for ages, and I don¡¯t think the probability of a child betraying his survival instincts for his mother is greater than the opposite. Moreover, the personality that had been dominating the key behaviour of the little child had not shown a defensive attitude towards Niu Xinyan. Of course. ¡­¡­ It is also possible that you are deliberately putting on a show for me, and if I had the chance, I would verify them both tonight, but unfortunately I don¡¯t have the chance.¡± ¡°Last, it¡¯s Du Wei and Chen Hui. There is a high probability that Du Wei is the werewolf, because Liu Xin, you said, ¡°as long as you¡¯re there, that guy can¡¯t win.¡± Can I take it as the person you want to protect is not on the same side as me? Because it is confirmed that I am a seer, then Du Wei must be a werewolf. I don¡¯t know if my reasoning is correct, but this is my conclusion so far. Fang Daichuan, Yang Song, please protect yourselves, as long as there are villagers alive on this island, the werewolf will not be able to win.¡± Li Sinian said with a wry smile, ¡°Had I known that I would die, I might as well just die last night instead of wasting Fang Daichuan¡¯s antidote in vain.¡± Antidote? When Li Sinian said ¡°future plan¡±, Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression had become very ugly, and several times he wanted to jump at the sniper rifle. However, when he heard Li Sinian¡¯s last sentence, something exploded in Fang Daichuan¡¯s head, followed by a crackling white light. At that very moment. A muffled thunder struck outside the window, along with this heaven-shattering inspiration, a flash of light struck Fang Daichuan¡¯s brain. He took out his poison bottle, walked quickly behind Du Wei and restrained Du Wei¡¯s arms before no one could react. He held the poison bottle to Du Wei¡¯s mouth, ignoring Chen Hui¡¯s screams and the flashing light in the crazy child¡¯s eyes, he kept his eyes fixed on Liu Xin. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Liu Xin,¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of scaring anyone, but his actions were the exact opposite. He was calm and tough, easily overpowering all Du Wei¡¯s struggles. He was sincere when he apologised to Liu Xin. ¡°Your story is very touching, but I¡¯m sorry, you can¡¯t take Li Sinian away. I have a poison here. If you dare to shoot and take Li Sinian away, I¡¯ll send Du Wei on the road to accompany you. Believe me, I am a man of my words.¡± (T/N : Go go Chuan¡¯er! Protect your man! Also here is a vote from the first day with explanations of who voted for who in the colour code, for example Yang Song voted for Sinian and so on. CH 45 MAY 24, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Liu Xin¡¯s expression quickly changed. Du Wei had his back turned so Fang Daichuan could not see his expression. His body was firmly pressed by Fang Daichuan¡¯s arm and his muscles were tense. ¡°You¡¯re playing like this, it¡¯s a little bit disrespectful to your character cards.¡± Liu Xin¡¯s face was ashen, he can only regret that he talked too much, giving Li Sinian a chance to turn the tables. He should just flip the card and activate the skill, why bother explaining? Fang Daichuan was actually so nervous that his leg was shaking and his stomach was churning. His brain is never his strong point, to be able to come up with such a trick in the middle of confrontation between Liu Xin and Li Sinian is already a blessing from Heaven. This is thanks to him being an actor that always plays the role of soy sauce.* He once had the ¡°experience¡± of kidnapping the protagonist¡¯s relatives and being shot away by the protagonist. At this moment, Fang Daichuan has almost exhausted his life¡¯s acting skills, pretending to be confident so that Liu Xin can¡¯t turn the tide. He sneered: ¡°You said I don¡¯t respect my character card? Which of you people here has ever respected the character card? The hunter wants to take away the seer. Lovers play for the werewolf. Is this called respecting the character cards? ¨C Let¡¯s just get to the point. You take Li Sinian away, I will poison Du Wei, anyway, I don¡¯t love Li Sinian¡¯s mother, no matter what I lose nothing.¡± (T/N : Soy sauce here is a Chinese meme, basically it means ¡®I am just someone who is passing through¡¯ so in this context Chuan¡¯er is an actor that got very little screen time he is basically just ¡®passing through¡¯ the movie. Link for more info) https://www.chinese-forums.com/forums/topic/23761-im-out-just-buying-soy-sauce/ ¡°The speech time is over, does player Liu Xin confirm the activation of the skill?¡± the machine urged. Liu Xin glanced at the audience and quickly calmed down. He sneered: ¡°Activate the skills, change the target from Li Sinian to Fang Daichuan!¡± You drive a hard bargain, Fang Daichuan¡¯s back molars almost shattered, the muscle in his lower belly spasm violently, the pain causing him failed to control his expression for a moment, the corners of his mouth grimacing for a second. Liu Xin tilted his head proudly, and said to Li Sinian: ¡°The witch gives you an antidote and even shielded you twice, Li Sinian, you are amazing. I won¡¯t take you, I will take Fang Daichuan. I want to see, how can you win if you are left alone?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s expression was extremely cold. He was able to laugh with his mouth crooked just now, but at the moment he couldn¡¯t even squeeze a smile out of the corner of his mouth. He stared at Liu Xin, he spat out several words between clenched teeth.: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if I don¡¯t win, I will just take Du Wei out, a life for a life, as you said before, it is a bargain.¡± No one dared to speak, no one dared to escape, fearing that they would be Liu Xin¡¯s next target. In this situation, self-preservation is the first thing, as long as it¡¯s not your own head on stake, who wants to take a risk? This is human instinct. The machine went silent for a long time and seemed to be analysing the command. The silence is heavy, everyone is waiting for a hammer, waiting for the final judgement. Because of fear, Fang Daichuan¡¯s brain was full of white light, the blood circulating at high speed and he could hear his heavy breathing. At this moment Fang Daichuan¡¯s soul seems to have been split in two. One half is thinking that his previous thoughts were wrong. Before death, people don¡¯t remember their life like a movie. The other half is pulling his ears and yelling, we are in this situation and you are still reflecting on your acting skills? ! Why don¡¯t you think about how to live well? ! However, another Fang Daichuan stood up and beat the two villains, the other Fang Daichuan than said: ¡°Don¡¯t think about it, we won¡¯t get out of this alive, you should now think about whether you should give up the plan and pour poison into Du Wei¡¯s mouth before dying.¡± In such a suffocating panic, the machine silently makes a ¡°Di¨C¡± sound. ¡°Command not recognized. The speech time is over, does player Liu Xin confirm the activation of the skill?¡± What happened? Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression was a little puzzled. He turned his head to look at Li Sinian, but saw that Li Sinian¡¯s expression was even more puzzled than his. If it weren¡¯t for the grim atmosphere, Fang Daichuan even wants to laugh, he is mentally prepared to die. After a long mental agony, the machine didn¡¯t recognize the command? Liu Xin glanced left and right and repeated it again, this time he spoke very slowly: ¡°Change the skill target and take Fang Daichuan away.¡± The machine paused for another two seconds then repeated: ¡°Command not recognized. The speech time is over, does player Liu Xin confirm the activation of the skill?¡± A dead silence. Li Sinian suddenly sneered out, breaking the silence: ¡°It seems that when our boss set up the machine, he didn¡¯t give the hunter a chance to back out. Either shoot me and Fang Daichuan poison Du Wei; or you die yourself and don¡¯t fire this shot. Liu Xin, you have been racking your brain but unfortunately this time, God is on my side.¡± Liu Xin¡¯s face was ashen. The machine is still urging: ¡°The speech time is over, does player Liu Xin confirm the activation of the skill?¡± The electronic voice was like a death spell*, Liu Xin¡¯s face became increasingly pale. He looked at Du Wei, who looked at him with a pleading look as thunder rolled outside the window. (T/N : Alright so, this is [´ßÃü·û[cu¨© m¨¬ng f¨²]] and this basically means ¡®a talisman made to quicken someone¡¯s death¡¯ so I shortened it to death spell. This is a note since when I googled death spell I got the impression that death spell is something that immediately kills or something like that which is not the exact translation.) He couldn¡¯t help but feel a little sad in his heart. ¡°Forget it.¡± Liu Xin lowered his head and sighed heavily, ¡°Li Sinian, let¡¯s make a deal. ¨C I won¡¯t take you away so don¡¯t kill Du Wei.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart settled a little. Li Sinian hesitated for half a second: ¡°As long as he doesn¡¯t calculate me and Fang Daichuan, I will never touch him.¡± Machine: ¡°The speech time is over, does player Liu Xin confirm the activation of the skill?¡± Liu Xin ignored the machine and stared into Li Sinian¡¯s eyes: ¡°Make an oath, if you break it, you will die violently and fall into the fire prison forever; never to see your loved one again.¡± ¡°The speech time is over, does player Liu Xin confirm the activation of the skill?¡± ¡°Shut up!¡± Liu Xin shouted at the machine, turned his head and shouted, ¡°Li Sinian! I want you to swear!¡± Li Sinian closed his eyes: ¡°I swear.¡± Liu Xin looked up at the monitor on the ceiling and laughed wildly: ¡°Don¡¯t activate skills! Don¡¯t activate skills! Shoot me! You shoot me hahahahahahaha¡­¡±* (T/N : Yes I counted, author use 7 ha [¹þ] ) ¡°Bang¨C¡° There was a brief gunshot and a thin wisp of smoke rose from the muzzle of one of the guns in the corner of the house. Only then did Fang Daichuan regain his senses. He felt his back soaked through and his entire shoulders were stiff and numb. Du Wei made a few whimpers-like sounds. He lifted Fang Daichuan¡¯s choke and rushed to Liu Xin¡¯s side. His eyes were wide and dry underneath, not a tear in sight, only the unbearable cry of a dying beast emanating from his throat, which was unbearable to hear. ¡°Ah¡­ah!¡± Du Wei howled in silence, clenching his fists on his chest, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, without content, only infinitely complex emotions blended into it. Liu Xin was shot through his chest by a bullet, but he was still hanging on, refusing to give up. Li Sinian, his adversary, cannot bear to see it. He sighed softly: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, since I made an oath, I will keep it. No matter what Du Wei¡¯s identity is, as long as he won¡¯t touch me, and I won¡¯t touch him.¡± A tear escaped between Liu Xin¡¯s closed eyes, the large teardrop running down the side of his face and into his sideburns as a sound escaped his throat, he finally let out his last breath. Du Wei then burst into tears. He wailed and beat the ground frantically, as if to vomit out his heart to save the one lying on the ground. It was a stranger who lay down his life for him. (T/N : Updated image. I am kind of fond of Liu Xin. He should choose a better person to fall in love with but it is not his fault. Anyway, if Liu Xin did not kill boss Du, who did?) CH 46 MAY 25, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Li Sinian slept soundly. His cheekbones were flushed and he had an intermittent fever.* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fever Fang Daichuan was lying on his back next to him. There is a power outage, don¡¯t know whether the circuit was damaged by the rainstorm or by the lightning. It was daytime but the house was pitch black. His head feels like splitting and he sees flashing lights in his eyes. He raised his hand and looked at the poison vial using the dim sunlight leaking through the gap in the curtain. Skull-carved corks in brass, liquid medicine swaying in clear glass tubes. He turned his head and glanced at Li Sinian, Li Sinian closed his eyes tightly, half of his face was buried in the soft cotton pillow, his breathing was long and deep. Fang Daichuan sat up gently, pulled the curtains back then opened a small opening in the window, took out the crumpled cigarette pack from his pocket. A few raindrops passed through the gap. He closed his eyes and leaned back savoring the moment. The mist of the mountains and the sea-smelling rain condensed a droplet of water on his eyelids, and he wiped it with his hand, his fingers were cold. He tore open the cigarette pack, took a cigarette, knocked his arm on the windowsill, and looked outside. Outside the window is foggy and the reefs underneath were still standing in place, some white foam was rolling on the distant sea level, looking a little ominous. From the pillow came the voice of Li Sinian, drowsy from sleep, his voice thick with nasal sounds, confused and soft. Fang Daichuan quickly extinguished his cigarette and looked up at the clock: ¡°It¡¯s past three o¡¯clock in the afternoon, are you hungry, I¡¯ll go get you something to eat?¡± Li Sinian buried himself in the pillow and shook his head, lowering his eyes and muttering to himself, ¡°Sleepy.¡± ¡°Sleep a little longer,¡± Fang Daichuan unconsciously lowered his voice. He closed the window, lay back, checking the temperature on Li Sinian¡¯s neck with the back of his hand, ¡°There is no doctor nor medicine on the island, you can only do self-healing. Get some sleep.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes were blank, he looked up at the ceiling for a while, after half a minute, he turned his head and stared out of the dark and empty window. After a while, he glanced at Fang Daichuan and said, ¡°I¡¯m thirsty.¡± Fang Daichuan felt a little distressed. He jumped out of bed to fetch water for the tycoon. This boss is also strange, the bathroom is equipped with all kinds of skin care products and cosmetics, and the rest of the equipment is also thoughtful, but there is no electric kettle. It would have been fine to drink some cold water in the summer, but after being poisoned by a snake you are easily thirsty and cold water does not quench the thirst. Fang Daichuan looked around and opened the door with a cup in his hand: ¡°You just stay there, I¡¯ll go down and boil some hot water for you.¡± ¡°Alright,¡± Li Sinian stumbled around under the pillow, threw the key card to the door, and instructed with his eyes closed, ¡°It¡¯s dangerous outside, come back early.¡± Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand to take the card and smiled slightly: ¡°I know.¡± After Fang Daichuan left, Li Sinian slumped on the bed with his back on his back and fell into an interrupted shallow sleep. The shallow sleep was unpleasant and he kept having some scattered dreams. These dreams were mixed, and there were also some childhood nightmares that he hadn¡¯t had for a long time. Li Sinian knew very well that this was a dream. In the dream, he was leaning on Fang Daichuan¡¯s lap, surrounded by dark underwater caves, very cold. He woke up in the dream, and he couldn¡¯t see Fang Daichuan even with his eyes wide open. He only felt a cold pain coming from his neck and an unknown liquid was injected into his body. Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice sounded in his ear: ¡°Li Sinian, why don¡¯t you die?¡± Li Sinian touched his neck, a hot burning sensation spread from his neck to his whole body. He looked up and wanted to say something, but couldn¡¯t utter a word. He looked down at the palm of his hand and found that his hands had become the size of a child. ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± He was confused, raised his head, but found that he was not in the cave on the bottom of the sea nor in the villa on the isolated island. He looked around and found that he was in the alley of his childhood. The neighbor uncle was riding a Phoenix bicycle*The old bicycle was carefully maintained and cleaned by him, but it would inevitably creak when he rode it. Aunt Shen came in through hutong** holding a dancing silk fan***, greeted the neighbor with a smile: ¡°Yo, Old Fang, going somewhere?¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong ¡°Yes, I want to buy sesame sauce at the grocery store at the Hutong¡¯s entrance!¡± The neighbor¡¯s voice was very loud, he turned to look at Li Sinian, ¡°Little foreigner devil is also here, playing with your classmates? Your dad is on a business trip again? This afternoon you go to Grandpa¡¯s house for dinner. There were cold noodles with sesame sauce!*¡± [Á¹Ã棬Âé½´Ö­¶ù; Li¨¢ng mi¨¤n, m¨¢ji¨¤ng zh¨© er] Pic for your stomach Li Sinian heard himself whisper, ¡°I¡¯m not a little foreign devil.¡± The older children around him trapped him in the middle and circled around him, taunting him as they did so, ¡°Foreign devil, wolf cub, little bastard, no one coaxes you, your father is gone, your mother is a monster, giving birth to a monster!¡± ¡°I¡¯m not a monster!¡± Li Sinian felt his cheeks flushed, his chest seemed to be burning again. He covered his ears and ran all the way home. Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see another child stop the older children and shouted, ¡°You are not allowed to bully others!¡± Li Sinian ran home and closed the wooden door of the house, but those mocking nursery rhymes still came in through the gap between the two doors: ¡°Wolf cub, foreign devil¡­¡± With his back on the door, clenched his fists and shouted, ¡°I¡¯m not!¡± There was a rapid ringing of the doorbell outside the door. How come outside the wooden door there is a doorbell? The young Li Sinian stood on tiptoe and looked outside the door, but there was no one outside when he peeked through the crack of the door. As if coming from beyond the world of Truman Show*, came the urgent ringing of the doorbell. Li Sinian tilted his head to look at the sky, the tall camphor trees in the courtyard blocked the sky and the sunlight hung down from between the dense leaves, making it impossible to tell the hour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show The doorbell rang faster than ever. Li Sinian frowned and woke up from the chaotic dream. His pupils were empty for a few seconds, as if the camphor trees and sunlight of his old home were still reflected in the bottom of his eyes. However, the light in the room was very dim, Li Sinian carefully looked at the furnishings in the room. The wine rack is filled with all kinds of white wine and red wine, the bed is spacious and large, there is a brass desk clock beside the bed and a silhouette of thirteen people having a dinner is carved on the base. Li Sinian felt a headache. At this moment, there was a rapid sound of door bells ringing outside the door. Li Sinian didn¡¯t want to do anything. Fang Daichuan had a door card. When he comes back, he can just swipe the card directly and would not ring the doorbell. Since it was someone else on the door, he didn¡¯t care. He turned his head and glanced at the time. Only ten minutes passed after Fang Daichuan went downstairs. The doorbell rang again, he frowned, struggled to get up, put on his clothes and walked to the door. ¡°Who?¡± Li Sinian asked. He was a little surprised when he heard his voice. He was so thirsty that he sounded hoarse. He put his ear and pressed his hand on the door panel. There was no sound outside, and Li Sinian suddenly remembered that this door is soundproof. The doorbell rang again. Li Sinian sighed and gently turned the door handle. ¡°It¡¯s you?¡± (T/N : Who is at the door?! Thank you jujube for the help) CH 47 MAY 26, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°It¡¯s you?¡± Li Si Nian, draped in a thin jacket, stood by the door, a little surprised. He saw Yang Song standing outside the door, the girl had her hands behind her back, looking down at her toes, she only raised her head when she heard the door open. Li Sinian noticed that her face looked very bad, with thick dark circles under her eyes. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Li Sinian opened the door, looked around the corridor, confirmed that there was no one else, and opened the door to her, ¡°You come in first, it¡¯s not safe outside now.¡± Yang Song walked inside the room, the windows opened a little, a bit of fresh air mixed with rain pouring from outside. Still, the smell of the room¡¯s owner lingered, making Yang Song a little embarrassed. Li Sinian opened the window completely. When he was half asleep he didn¡¯t feel it. But after awake he felt extremely thirsty, he wanted to use his tongue to catch the rainwater outside the window. While beckoning Yang Song to sit down, he looked for water to drink, but after looking around for a while he found nothing so he hurriedly took out the glass and pried open a bottle of wine, not caring about how he would lose water faster after drinking it* He just wants to quench the thirst. https://www.healthline.com/health/does-alcohol-dehydrate-you ¡°Why did you come here?¡± Li Sinian drank two glasses of foreign wine in one gulp, before he talked to Yang Song. Yang Song was sitting on one side of the window sill, her white nightdress was soaked by the rain but she didn¡¯t seems to noticed, she slowly smoothed the skirt folds between the waist and stomach ¨C these tiny folds revealed the fact that she after she putting on the nightgown, she couldn¡¯t sleep and sat by the bed for a long time. She thought about it for a while. After hesitating for a long time, she touched the straps on her shoulders, raised her head and said to Li Sinian, ¡°You¡­, don¡¯t you have anything to ask me?¡± Li Sinian shook his head and smiled: ¡°Is it about how you wanted to take the antidote last night? I understand, it¡¯s human nature. Anyway, that antidote has already been used, well, wise men don¡¯t dwell on the past.¡± Yang Song stared at him for a while, her eyes burning, as if she wanted to see if he was lying or not. Li Sinian looked at her calmly: ¡°Your role is an idiot, right? Then what are you afraid of? I don¡¯t have any poison on me. If I want to harm you, I just have to vote you out so you can¡¯t vote anymore.¡± Idiot is a rather tasteless character card. It has no functions and does nothing at night. It is a very weak special role. Generally, when there are no powerful characters in the werewolf faction on the board, or when a third-party faction is present, in order to balance the strength of the villager and the werewolf faction, the strong special roles such as guard or hunter that can turn the table will be replaced with idiot. This character has only one function, which is self preservation. When they get voted, they will not leave the game, they will continue to participate in the game, but they will lose their voting right. Therefore, if you want to kill an idiot, only werewolves can kill them at nighttime and nobody can vote them out. ¡°There are so many special roles and you don¡¯t know which one is used. How do you know that I¡¯m an idiot?¡± Yang Song did not let his guard down hearing his words. Li Sinian held his forehead and smiled bitterly: ¡°Considering that this is a real killing game, the Guard¡®s skills are very difficult to operate, unless the Guard are given seven bottles of antidote, which is too counterproductive; even if Magician change the card, if the wolf poison is injected, no matter who you swapped with, you will still die; in real killing game, Little Girl are too easy to be discovered. The only special roles left that are possible are Elder and Idiot. For Elder, you can use a bottle of antidote to deal with poison, but if you are voted out during the day, you will still die. When I proposed to vote for each other during the day, you were the first to agree. In fact, in this situation, normal villagers would be afraid of being voted out of the game by wolves, but you are not afraid, obviously you know that you will not die. So I guess your identity card should be one that has the upper hand in voting.¡± (T/N : Lengthy explanation below) ¡°Wonderful, what an insight,¡± Yang Song nodded approvingly. ¡°You said that you came to this island by accident. But you know too much about the werewolf killing game.¡± Li Sinian poured a glass of wine for her and another for himself. He put the wine glass on the bedside table, he was half-lying on the bed headboard, wrapped in a thin blanket: ¡°I came to this island, not entirely by accident. I guess you came here because of the acquisition of this island more than ten years ago, right? My father was a researcher in Mrs Song¡¯s institute and was the first to discover the island, and of course a giant diamond mine underneath it, over ten years ago. He wrote up a preliminary exploration report and the island was sold twice in succession before the Exploration Institute had carried out any detailed exploration. After this, he continued exploring this island and then simply disappeared, and the island was deserted for many years. I don¡¯t know what happened on this island, I recently heard that the island was bought, I have suspicion that the person who bought the island would know something and that¡¯s why I secretly lurked around, I was fully involved in the process of them organising this werewolf killing game and since I suspect that this game is related to the events back then, of course I have to find out first, what werewolf killing game is.¡± ¡°What happened on this island?¡± Yang Song sneered and glanced at him with a frown, ¡°This island has taken countless lives and will continue to do so. This island has been sold several times. The most recent transaction was that the boss bought this island from me.¡± Li Sinian accidentally dropped the glass in his hand. He opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief, ¡°You?¡± Yang Song nodded, picked up his glass and took a sip of liquid courage* to tell the story that has been forgotten for a long time: ¡°I guessed right. You really know something. You haven¡¯t told me everything, have you? It doesn¡¯t matter. I also know something. I think it should be part of the truth you¡¯re looking for. How about we exchange information with each other?¡± Yang Song seemed confident and even with the dark complexion on her face she seemed much more energetic. (T/N : Alcohol is also called liquid courage so here the wine is the liquid courage, just a note) Li Sinian was noncommittal: ¡°You tell me first, I¡¯ll listen to it to see if it is worth my story.¡± Yang Song raised the corner of her lips, but she was not smiling, however she was generous, she didn¡¯t bargain and she didn¡¯t doubt whether Li Sinian would fulfil his promise afterward, so she just looked away and started to tell a story. ¡°More than ten years ago, before I could remember much, my father had lost some money in business and was desperate to find an opportunity to make his comeback. The story goes that his investment advisor* found a way from a friend of a friend, saying that this island was being explored by a team of geologists who were frequently visiting the island, each time with very bulky instruments, as if they were here to explore for precious metals. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/investmentadvisor.asp The full exploration report is not yet available, my dad¡¯s investment advisor has only got a preliminary report saying that there are huge diamond deposits buried in the shallow seabed below the island, not far from the surface. I read his diary and he wrote that even if the exploration report was not true, it did not matter if there were no diamond mines, this was an island in the open sea not far from the mainland and therefore, it could still be developed into a high-end property and resort. He put all his hopes for a comeback on this island and despite the objections of several other shareholders, he removed the last funds and loans from the company¡¯s accounts and used it to buy this island. ¡° In Yang Song¡¯s narrative, a part that has been missing for a long time, together with the part that Li Sinian knew, slowly pieced together into a story that has spanned more than ten years. The story is huge and complex, involving countless people, forcibly changing the fate of those involved and after more than ten years, under the vicious pull of desire and hatred, it entangled many people together in an attempt to give the survivors a sinister grand finale. ¡ª¡ªMaybe too much time has passed and the plot has replaced desire and become fate itself. (T/N : Alright so apparently the Chinese Werewolf Game is quite different from the Western version. So see pic below, this is Magician, basically Magician will have a chance to act first before the wolf and they can switch characters cards at night round but not themself. So say, Sinian the Seer checks A but the Magician already switches A with B then Sinian will only get B¡¯s role instead of A. And, if the wolf takes out A then it will be B that dies on day round. Noticed that this is when it is a board game so as Sinian said, if someone that Magician swap gets injected with wolf venom then they will still die anyway this is not a board game but a real killing game. Little girl and Guard are roles that exist on Western side too so I won¡¯t explain it now on Elder, no pic sorry I can¡¯t find any. Elder have 2 live, so even if a wolf kill the Elder, they will survive the night and the next day round it will be a no-vote situation. Elder can be killed only by vote, Hunter¡¯s skill and Witch¡¯s poison. Alright so now there is another updated image since well, there is no character card to prove but we can trust both Sinian and Yang Song and also I am itching to have everyone identified already) CH 48 MAY 27, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. The plot shows its fang before piercing his throat with the truth. ¡°What happened later?¡± Li Sinian asked. Yang Song¡¯s voice is calm but you can tell she fake it: ¡°Then one day, he came back, my mother recalled that the weather is sunny that day, he sat by himself on the balcony smoking for a long, long time, auntie* cooked and called out to him, but he didn¡¯t come out to eat. My mother sent me over to him to ask him what was wrong. He picked me up, held me on his knee and looked at me for a long time. Then he asked me, ¡°If daddy had no money and couldn¡¯t buy the little dress you liked and take you to see the sea, would you blame daddy? I couldn¡¯t even remember at that time how I would know how to answer such a question. My mother told me later that I said, ¡°Yes, I will blame you.¡± (T/N : This probably a housekeeper not a real family member, but anyway just a note) Li Sinian suddenly felt cold and he slightly trembled. Yang Song was stable. She was holding the wine glass in her right hand and her left hand holding her right elbow. The wine inside the glass did not move at all. The sentence, the memory, has replayed in her mind so many times that when she spoke it out, it no longer affected her as it should have been. ¡°He died. Together with Director Niu of the Exploration Institute. I heard that the two of them were going to transfer from Line 2. I don¡¯t know what happened. When the train came, they didn¡¯t stand firm and the two fell down together. Mom said it was Niu Nahan who fell first and my dad tried to pull him and he then fell too. I don¡¯t believe it.¡± Yang Song smiled slightly, took a sip of wine, and said, ¡°The insurance company paid out quite a bit of money, enough for my mother and I to live in comfort, even after all these years.¡± (T/N : Remember what Liu Xin said in chapter 44 about boss Wang dying together with Niu Nahan? So yep, now we got who boss Wang is related to.) Li Sinian sighed, a little bit of empathy surged in his heart: ¡°Since you can have a peaceful life, why decided to swim in this dangerous water?¡± ¡°What about you?¡± Yang Song turned his face to the side and smiled, ¡°You are doing well, why are you in this mess?¡± ¡°I¡¯m having a hard time,¡± Li Sinian shook his head with a smile and pointed to his temple, ¡°For a while, I had nightmares almost every night, the dream will be scattered but the content is almost the same. In that dream, my father died in various ways. But every time before he died, he grabbed me and asked me why I didn¡¯t go to save him, he said he was waiting for me here. ¨C The headache was so bad that I even ate several sleeping pills when it got unbearable.¡± Yang Song smiled, with a lot of understanding and emotions. Li Sinian looked up at the chandelier on the ceiling, hesitated for a long time, and then said, ¡°I saw my father.¡± ¡°Is he¡­?¡± Yang Song hesitated. Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°Only bones are left.¡± ¡°When I saw him, I regretted it. I shouldn¡¯t have come. It¡¯s not his spirit that comes to me every night, but my own nightmare. He definitely doesn¡¯t want me to do these stupid things in his name.¡± Li Sinian said meaningfully. Yang Song¡¯s expression changed slightly, she stared at him silently for a while before suddenly laughed: ¡°Has anyone ever told you that men can¡¯t be too smart and they need to be stupid to be liked by women?¡± Li Sinian only smiled and said, ¡°I don¡¯t need to be liked by women.¡± Yang Song raised an eyebrow. ¡°Let it go,¡± Li Sinian knew that a hint was useless so he went straight to the point. When he spoke, there was a flowing emotion between his eyebrows and eyes, which could be called a little compassion. ¡°No matter who you came for, living is the most important.¡± ¡°Of course I will survive,¡± Yang Song proudly lifted her chin. ¡°Those who can¡¯t survive are the evildoers and the bastards with bad blood. Justice may be late, but they will never favour the bad guys.¡± ¡°Du Chaosheng is dead.¡± Li Sinian emphasised. ¡°But his son is still alive. Back then, my father¡¯s investment advisor was bought for a small profit. Although he committed suicide, his descendants are still alive¡­ I can¡¯t let go. This island was resold to my father by Du Chaosheng, he bought off my father¡¯s investment advisor, pitted my father and drove him to the brink.¡± Yang Song took another large gulp of wine, and her fingers finally began to slightly shake. Li Sinian sighed: ¡°What is the name of your father¡¯s investment advisor?¡± ¡°Li Lixing.¡± Yang Song said, ¡°I¡¯ve never met him, neither has my mother, I¡¯ve only heard my father talk about it occasionally, he¡¯s said to be a very powerful figure who almost never blundered in several big investment operations. My father mentioned to my mother before he died that it was Li Lixing who had harmed him by taking advantage of others, joining forces with outsiders and deceiving him.¡± Li Sinian pinched his brows: ¡°Do you think Li Lixing is my dad? That¡¯s why you were hostile toward me at the beginning?¡± When he mentioned this, Yang Song was a little embarrassed: ¡°Yes, you are the only one surnamed Li on the island. When we do body search that night*, you said that your father¡¯s name was Li Heng and he was a prospector, that is when I realised that I made a mistake. I apologise for misunderstanding you.¡± (T/N : On chapter 23) Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°It is ok, I didn¡¯t take it to heart.¡± After a while, Yang Song put the wine glass on the table and took a deep breath: ¡°Don¡¯t you want to avenge your father? Don¡¯t want to find out the cause of your father¡¯s death?¡± Li Sinian was stunned for a moment, then he stood up, walked to the wine rack by the door and poured wine, avoiding Yang Song¡¯s eyes, he said lightly: ¡°I already know the cause of my father¡¯s death.¡± ¡°Your father must not have stumbled into the sea and drowned! That is not how he died! I want you to help me! We need to work together! Including Fang Daichuan, we three have special roles and Fang Daichuan still has a bottle of poison. Whoever we want to die can¡¯t live! We control the game! Don¡¯t you understand?! As long as we form an alliance!¡± Yang Song persuaded him. The two fell into stalemate, neither able to convince the other, nor willing to be convinced by the other. In the middle of silence, there was a squeaking sound from the copper-clad wooden door. Fang Daichuan held a big cup in one hand and opened the door with the other hand. Seeing that there were two people in the room, he was frozen for a moment. When he saw that they were holding wine glasses, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but frown and ordered, ¡°Put the wine down! Do you want to die?!¡± As he spoke, he came over and slammed the hot water in his hand onto the cabinet next to Li Sinian. Li Sinian knew he made a mistake and did not dare to invoke Fang Daichuan¡¯s anger. He quickly glanced at Yang Song, pretended nothing was wrong, he forced a smile, then took the cup and took a sip of water. Unexpectedly, the water was still very hot, Li Sinian was absent-minded and was scalded all the way into his stomach by a mouthful of hot water, his entire oesophagus was burning. Fang Daichuan looked at the two suspiciously: ¡°What are you talking about? So absent-minded?¡± ¡°We were about to tell you, let¡¯s¡­¡± Yang Song said quickly. ¡°Yang Song!¡± Li Sinian yells to stop her, ignoring the burning pain in his throat. He has always been polite and courteous except for one time when he was angry and scolded Fang Daichuan in front of everyone. Yang Song flinches when he yells. (T/N : On chapter 16) Fang Daichuan listened to them talking, looked left and right at both of them, realising that the two of them had a tacit understanding, but they didn¡¯t want him to know. He couldn¡¯t help but feel a little irritable. ¡°Forget it,¡± he picked up Li Sinian¡¯s wine glass, opened the window and poured out the remaining wine. Fang Daichuan stared at the glass in his hand, remembering the scene when Li Sinian was lying weakly on his side and thinking that he had taken care of someone all night, but in the end, they did not appreciate it, so he could not help but feel a little angry. He turned his head, like a fire-breathing dragon whose territory had been invaded, spat out an angry dragon¡¯s breath at the person in front of him: ¡°Eh, big brother, do you know that you almost died last night? Can you have more self-awareness as a patient? Why are you still receiving visitors and chit-chatting? Just lie down and rest, okay?!¡± Hearing him say this, Yang Song couldn¡¯t help but feel a little uncomfortable. She put down the wine glass in her hand and said to Li Sinian, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I was reckless, you have a good rest. I won¡¯t bring it again.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face was cold and he was about to say something, when a loud cat voice suddenly came from outside the window, ¡°Meow¨C¡°. Everyone was surprised. Fang Daichuan also forgot what he was going to say. He turned his head around. There is a wet black cat sitting outside the window screen. The black cat is probably old already. The thing with old cat, is that their eyes become more human-like as if there is intelligence hiding behind it, making people uncomfortable. In a dark room on an isolated island where many people have died, the sky is gloomy and the rain is pouring outside the window. Such a scene makes Fang Daichuan¡¯s hair stand on end, he knocks on the window, trying to scare it away. The cat was smart and wasn¡¯t afraid of him. It skillfully pulled open the corner of the window screen with its claws and got in directly from the outside. As soon as the cat came in, it stared at Li Sinian with a clear objective and approached step by step, circling around Li Sinian. Fang Daichuan squatted down bravely and touched the cat¡¯s ears with two fingers. The blue-eyed black cat shook his fingers away and rubbed his face against Li Sinian¡¯s feet. ¡°Did you know it?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little suspicious. ¡°How come?¡± Li Sinian shook his head and grabbed a piece of bread to feed it: ¡°Maybe small animals are just drawn to me, since I was a child, I attracted some cats and dogs. I used to feed them a two pieces of candy and they will fight for me.¡± He said and looked up at Fang Daichuan, something flashed in his eyes, but it was a pity that Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t understand. He said, ¡°Oh.¡± Li Sinian looked at him for a while, then shook his head: ¡°Forget it, stupid dog.¡± (T/N : Well, this novel has the tag ¡®dense protagonist¡¯ for a reason¡­ Anyway boss Wang is Yang Song¡¯s dad, so now, who is Li Lixing related to? Stay tuned~~~ Oh and we are officially halfway through main story, main story ended at chapter 97 and after that is extra, I will also translate extra since I found they are sweet, compared to the main story obviously) CH 49 MAY 28, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°We are talking about cats, why are you scolding me?¡±, frowning and talking back, Fang Daichuan was still angry, he didn¡¯t think about what Li Sinian said at all. Yang Song is not interested in cats. She glanced and saw that Li Sinian didn¡¯t look at her and knew that the conversation was over. From the other side Fang Daichuan looked at her defensively. She felt that both won¡¯t give her their time so she opened the door and walked out. ¡°When you change your mind, come find me.¡± Yang Song lowered her eyes, left after speaking, she walked silently across the cashmere carpet dragging her slipper. Fang Daichuan, holding his arms, watching him tease the cat. The cat was soaked in rain and its fur was wet and clinging to its body, making it look a little pitiful. It shook its body, splashing water all over the floor. ¡°How can there be a cat on an isolated island?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little puzzled. Li Sinian casually pulled a tablecloth from the table, draped it on the cat and wiped the water off skillfully. His movements show that he was used to taking care of cats and dogs since he was a child as he told before. Hearing the question, he said casually, ¡°Maybe someone brought it in when they came to this island, who knows.¡± ¡°Yang Song¡­what did she tell you?¡± Fang Daichuan endured for a long time before suddenly asking. He tried his best to pretend to be calm by asking casually, in a ¡°casual¡± tone that he had thought about for a long time. Li Sinian laughed while teasing the cat: ¡°He said he wanted to form an alliance with us, kill Du Wei together and help find the descendants of the man who killed his father.¡± ¡°Kill Du Wei?¡± Fang Daichuan frowned, ¡°Why kill him?¡± Li Sinian was a little dazed. He raised his head and looked at him: ¡°You didn¡¯t want to kill him? You almost drugged him, you¡¯re not afraid of his revenge?¡± Fang Daichuan blinked his puppy¡¯s eyes: ¡°¡­¡­ ah? I, I didn¡¯t mean to really drug him, I was acting to scare Liu Xin! If he really takes you away, I, I wouldn¡¯t ¨C emmmm, probably won¡¯t kill anyone. And besides, didn¡¯t you take an oath?¡± Fang Daichuan said while feeling full of confidence. ¡°You swore an oath to the dead, you can¡¯t kill Du Wei, God is the witness.¡± ¡°We foreigners may have been afraid of that five hundred years ago.¡± Li Sinian smiled playfully. Fang Daichuan reacted very quickly at this moment: ¡°Oh? Are you afraid that after Yang Song told me, I would form an alliance with her, kill Du Wei and break your oath?¡± Li Sinian stood up with the cat in his arms, lifted one corner of his lips with a sneer: ¡°I¡¯m fucking afraid that you won¡¯t be able to kill Du Wei, but will be killed by Yang Song instead.¡± ¡°You¡¯re worried about me¡­¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know why, but he was suddenly relieved. The layers of unhappiness that had been pressing down in his heart seemed to have suddenly disappeared. Even the black cat in Li Sinian¡¯s arms doesn¡¯t look so scary anymore, wet and pitiful, it looks a little cute. He casually teased the cat and asked, ¡°Why did Yang Song want to kill Du Wei?¡± Li Sinian told him the story that Yang Song told him, and speculated: ¡°I suspect that Yang Song¡¯s father¡¯s death is not as simple as she said.¡± ¡°You suspect she¡¯s not telling the truth?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°It¡¯s not necessarily that she didn¡¯t tell the truth. How old was she when her father died? She probably does not remember the event. According to her, it was all told to her by her mother. From what she told me, it seems that her parents had a good relationship. A widow who lost her young husband must have unconsciously glorified many things when she told her daughter about her father. I don¡¯t know if you¡¯ve read Ge Fei¡¯s novel? This whole human memory thing is not always as reliable as you think.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_Fei_(author) When Li Sinian said that with emphasis, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but think, did he really learn about the ambiguity of memory from Ge Fei¡¯s book? Or did he perceive it from his mother¡¯s description of his father? How much of his parent¡¯s love was glorified by the memory of a young woman full of romantic fantasies, a young woman who lost her old flame. ¡°What happened back then?¡± Fang Daichuan thought to himself, blurted out, ¡°Everyone¡¯s memory is a lie. Is the truth pieced together by multiple people¡¯s memories really the so-called truth?¡± Li Sinian was silent for a while, he then put the cat on the windowsill, ignoring the black cat¡¯s claws on his shirt and the unwilling purr coming from its throat, and opened the window. The black cat and Li Sinian faced each other for a while. Seeing that the human had no plans to save him, it looked back, pitifully trying to act like a spoiled child, while shrinking in a place where the rain could not hit it. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart softened a bit: ¡°Just let it stay indoors, how much space can it take up anyway?¡± Li Sinian ignored the two buffoons, one big and one small, looked out at the sea and rocks in the distance and said, ¡°I want to go down and have a look.¡± CH 50 MAY 29, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Going to the sea?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face changed, and his body reflexively trembled. He remembered how he felt when he jumped into the sea last night, the experience was so profound that he would never forget it. Li Sinian saw it and comforted him: ¡°You can just wait for me on the shore. I want to go back to that cave and take a look. Even if there is nothing else¡­ I want to bring out the rest of his remains.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll go with you.¡± Fang Daichuan took a deep breath and said with resoluteness. Instead, Li Sinian hesitated for a moment: ¡°Your swimming¡­ Forget it, let¡¯s wait until we are safe. Anyway, after so many years, waiting for one or two more days is ok. Otherwise, let¡¯s go to the cemetery to see him first?¡± Fang Daichuan was surprised: ¡°Ah, okay.¡± Li Heng¡¯s skeleton was brought out by Li Sinian. In the morning, they rushed to check in, so they could only temporarily bury the skeleton by the sea. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t even imagine what Li Sinian was feeling at that moment. The villa was quiet and they gently closed the door. The darkness fell slowly, the rain became a drizzle, the dark clouds that were hanging on the sky spread out a little bit and the feeling of suffocation slightly lightened. A little further in the sky, a few sporadic stars can be seen. Li Sinian had a fever for a whole day. He hasn¡¯t eaten anything yet. He holds a piece of bread in his hand and eats it while walking. His step is light. Fang Daichuan followed behind him, staring down at the curly hair on the back of his head. Looking at him, he suddenly realised that Li Sinian seemed to have a very unique character. You can¡¯t tell the background of this person. He walks very smoothly, with no unique postures that are inadvertently exposed. He is a foreigner but he speaks Mandarin very well and has no special preference for food, he can eat raw or cold food and Fang Daichuan already saw him eat sweet or spicy food. In the luxuriously decorated villa, he skilfully use knife and fork to eat the stew, he eats smoothly, just like a noble man that belong there; in the cold rain, he plunges into the sea to fish for oysters, crouches on the seaside reef and eats it, look so out of place. The only thing he seems to like so far is wine, but he doesn¡¯t seem to be picky about it. He drinks whatever wine that the boss hides, he doesn¡¯t seem to have any brands that he doesn¡¯t like to drink. When we first met, our interaction was limited, and the first impression is that this person was aloof. After a short stay on the island, we became familiar, he would chat with a smile, touch your head and we seemed to get along very well. These days they become a lot closer. In fact, Fang Daichuan has some other thoughts in his heart, some small suspicions about a delicate feeling hidden deep inside, but Li Sinian seems to have cooled down and he has never made any small gestures or touched him. ¡ª¡ªDid this man suddenly have sage time? Fang Daichuan complained in his heart. (T/N : ¡­ Alright so, sage time[ ÏÍÕßʱ¼ä ;Xi¨¢n zh¨§ sh¨ªji¨¡n ] here, when I Baidu, apparently it is a slang from Japanese, link for more information.) https://www.jlect.com/entry/2891/kenjataimu-kenjataimu/ In short, this person seems to be a two-dimensional enigma, with an unpredictable personality and an ethereal persona, like a cold symbol or a mural hanging on a wall, standing there without touch or warmth. ¡°A penny for your thoughts?¡± Fang Daichuan stopped abruptly and saw Li Sinian looking back at him suspiciously. They had reached the seaside, the waves made a long and short movement. Fang Daichuan shook his head: ¡°Just thinking of something.¡± Li Sinian wears two rings on his hands, his father¡¯s wedding ring is on his index finger, and his mother¡¯s is on his pinky finger. The two rings are very close but they would never touch each other. Li Sinian sat on the side of the small sandbag, Fang Daichuan thought about it, stood behind him and rubbed his curly hair. He wanted to give him some comfort, but he wondered if the other party would understand his gesture. ¡°I actually hated him when I was a child,¡± Li Sinian said softly, touching the bones under the yellow sand, ¡°he always went on business trips and left me with neighbours for a long time. When I was a child, I looked more like my mother. Light coloured hair and pupils, I always called by the children in the hutong* as little foreign devils, little monsters. He thought I was young and didn¡¯t understand these things, but I remember it very clearly.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong Fang Daichuan felt his heart slightly sour when he heard it: ¡°How old were you then?¡± Li Sinian looked up at the stars: ¡°Three or five years old, I haven¡¯t gone to school yet.¡± At that time, it was not very popular to go to kindergarten, all the children played happily at hutong until they were old enough to be in the first grade. ¡°Then you can remember things from a young age,¡± Fang Daichuan tried to lighten the topic. ¡°My earliest memories are from the second grade of elementary school. My memory when I was younger, there were only sporadic clips, and I couldn¡¯t remember anything else.¡± Li Sinian turned around and smiled, but did not answer. ¡°Are all older kids bullying you?¡± Fang Daichuan asked again. ¡°Not all. There is a child who treats me very well. I don¡¯t like candy. At that time, the alleys sold sour tricolour candy*. The adults gave it to me and I gave it to him. He was bribed by me and those big kids called him ¡®lapdog¡¯.¡± Li Sinian said and laughed, Fang Daichuan unsure whether he was laughing at the childishness of the older kids or the silly lapdog in his memory. [ËáÈýÉ«, Su¨¡n s¨¡n s¨¨] Fang Daichuan recalled some fragmented memories about his childhood. All he could remember was the old yard, the narrow hutong, the older children stuck at the hutong¡¯s entrance, an old man who pushed a cart to sell sundries. The orange-yellow sugar that looks a lot like orange petals, lying in a glass jar with white sugar as icing; the sour tricolour candy is wrapped in transparent thin plastic. But when you try to, you can¡¯t remember the taste. It seems that every child¡¯s childhood is similar. His childhood was happier than that of Li Sinian, so his impression is not very deep. He asked, ¡°Do you still hate him now?¡± Li Sinian was silent for a long time, staring at the fuzzy lighthouse in the distance, before finally saying, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter whether I hate him or not, what I need is just an answer. I don¡¯t know what I should do except to find this so-called answer.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t know what to do?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little surprised, he never expected he could hear such words from Li Sinian¡¯s mouth, ¡°Have you finished college?¡± Li Sinian smiled: ¡°BA degree from the University of Southern California, majoring in film.¡± ¡°Oh! We are associates!¡± Fang Daichuan was surprised, ¡°I thought you would learn weapon, finance, management, etc., but it turned out to be art!¡± Li Sinian propped himself up on the ground and bowed to his father¡¯s remains before getting up and walking away, his voice and step a little weary but not heavy: ¡°When you run out of job in the future, beg me, maybe one day I¡¯ll go back to China and ask you to be the leading actor.¡± ¡°Then you should be more optimistic,¡± Fang Daichuan persuaded from a distance behind him. ¡°How can you say that you don¡¯t know what to do with a big shot like me? Let¡¯s go to Qingdao for seafood when we get back and I¡¯ll introduce you to Deng-ge and the head of the Huo Long Guo, so we can discuss making a film together. I think you¡¯re quite rich, aren¡¯t you? Your mother is rich, you must have money to invest in a film! Let me tell you about the domestic movie situation, you will not lose money investing in a martial arts drama, if you don¡¯t know anything about martial arts, you can always do an action movie ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡± Fang Daichuan kept up with him, chattering endlessly in his ear. Li Sinian picked out his ears in annoyance, but didn¡¯t tell him to shut up. (T/N : Alright so Chuan¡¯er is not that dense¡­I means, he clearly feels something for Sinian otherwise we won¡¯t have that sage time complain *cough*. And yes, the kid who protects young Sinian is Chuan¡¯er don¡¯t worry Chuan¡¯er will finally remember.) CH 51 MAY 30, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. After Fang Daichuan made some jokes, Li Sinian¡¯s mood improved a little. He was still holding the paper bag of bread in his hand, which made a loud sound when he squeezed it in his palm. ¡°Do you like acting?¡± Li Sinian asked, sitting on the reef, to keep up with Fang Daichuan¡¯s words. ¡°I like it.¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his head and smiled, a little embarrassed. This era is too utilitarian, you don¡¯t need to feel any shame if you said that you like money, cats and doing nothing. But if someone in your life asks you, do you like your job? If you say yes metaphorically and say it¡¯s my dream, you¡¯ll look childish and immature and out of step with the world, especially if you¡¯re not doing well. Of course, there are people who ask in public, and everyone answers in the same way: ¡°I like acting, I don¡¯t want to make money. It is my dream to be an actor.¡± However, the actors themselves didn¡¯t believe it, as they watched the fans on stage cheering in unison, moved to tears by the dreams of their idol, the hosts with encouraging smiles on their faces, applauding politely, but their faces covered in thick foundation, all impatient and going through the motions. At the beginning, Fang Daichuan would seriously tell the audience about his dreams, how he hoped to weave a real world for the audience and lead them to feel the chivalrous spirit of drawing a sword and calling out injustice. Later, he found that no one cared, and gradually he stopped talking about it. He still remembers that when he first debuted, he was a newborn calf* and sincerely told his dream. Everyone on the stage applauded, but he was ridiculed by the male lead from the same movie when he stepped down. ¡°What kind of drama do you add to yourself? A third-rate little actor, who acts as a stand-in and stuntman, you think you can talk about dreams?¡± The male lead said. https://www.cchatty.com/idiom/116898?hl=zh Fang Daichuan told himself that he was not a glass-hearted person*, but in public, he was taunted and ridiculed by the seniors from the same movie on the table. For a long time later, he pressed all his feelings to the bottom of his heart, letting his emotions collapse and ferment, feeling too ashamed to tell it to others. https://www.echineselearning.com/blog/what-it-means-to-have-a-glass-heart ¡ª¡ªDon¡¯t know why today is different, maybe it was because it is a lonely island, or he felt that with Li Sinian¡¯s EQ, he would not be ridiculed no matter how disdainful it was, or maybe it was the clear sky, the hazy glimmer star and moon made him distracted and clouded his senses, with a smile, he said I like it. Li Sinian watched him all the time, only to realise that there was a dimple on his right cheek, not deep, but round and cute that showed when Fang Daichuan smiled and said ¡°I like it¡±. He had a strange rhythm to his pronunciation, the swallowing and childishness of the northern accent, which often made his tone seem a little droning, but when he lowered his voice and said with great depth and solemnity that he liked it, Li Sinian heard his heart thump. (T/N : Link to hear the Northern Chinese Accent yourself) ¡ª¡ªIt is said that some people¡¯s voices can synthesise and resonate with others¡¯ heartbeats and they can control the other¡¯s heartbeats with their voices. He wonders if Fang Daichuan is one of those people. Li Sinian¡¯s right index finger twitches uncontrollably and gently at a strange frequency. He stared down at his index finger with astonishment, feeling very surprised himself. He had always had a keen instinct for danger, and sometimes when he subconsciously sensed danger, his body would indeed alert him in this way before his consciousness had awakened. A few of his friends in the mercenary regiment had been amazed by this supernatural ability and had even nicknamed him Lee ¡°the right hand of God¡±. (T/N : Remember that in English, Li and Lee are the same. Also Lee is in English in raw) At the moment, however, Li Sinian stared at his twitching right index finger and looked around. The waves around him were still the same, the drizzle still falling and even though he had his brain¡¯s alert radar turned up to 100 per cent, he did not detect any lurking danger. ¨CThe feeling in his body was not the same as before, it is instead a wonderful sensation that was hard to describe, it is not constricting, but a little soft, as if there was a swamp spreading up under his feet, soft mud climbing up his body that he strangely did not want to struggle with. ¡°I like acting, I don¡¯t know if you have ever had that feeling, but sometimes I feel very lonely for no reason. For example, in the banquet hall, when I hear the lead singer¡¯s raspy voice, I look around holding a glass of wine but I don¡¯t know who to talk to. Sometimes I sit on the balcony in the early hours of the morning, watching the traffic in the distance, the long queues of cars leaving town, and wondering where they were going and what their story was. ¡ª¡ªBut I am not alone when acting. There are brothers who will live and die with you, friends with a promise worth one thousand in gold*, a desperate villain and a love that goes forever*. Every time I sit in the cinema and watch myself in a play, I think, ¡°In my life, if I can meet just one of these feelings, it¡¯s already enough.¡± Fang Daichuan looked cross-legged at the distant sea level as several seabirds skimmed the surface, their wing feathers quivering and a long, stirring call emanating from their beaks. https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details?word=%E4%B8%80%E8%AF%BA%E5%8D%83%E9%87%91 (T/N : ¡­ So, basically this [»¹ÓÐÒ»Íù¶øÉîµÄ°®Çé] I will translate as ¡®the longer it goes, the deeper the feelings¡¯ so yeah, love that goes forever to make it easier to read and better flow. No wonder this paragraph is known as ¡®one of best quotes in WOYE¡¯ by fans, there are so many idioms to search! (¨s¡ã¡õ¡ã£©¨s¦à ©ß©¥©ß ) He looked back at Li Sinian a little embarrassedly and scratched his head: ¡°Am I being childish?¡± Li Sinian looked back at him, in his light amber pupils, there was a soft glowing light spreading. His voice was very soft, lest he would not believe: ¡°You are very enthusiastic.¡± ¡°Enthusiasm?¡± Fang Daichuan was confused by this adjective, ¡°Forget it, you¡¯re a foreigner, I can¡¯t expect you to know the appropriateness of the words you use.¡± Li Sinian smiled and did not refute. I¡¯m not kidding you, he thought, this puppy has always had a clumsy enthusiasm, with all the positive human feelings. With that realisation, Li Sinian seemed to have seen the swamp just now and the last part of his body was caught in it and finally he was fully submerged. The two sat in a daze for a while, the breeze from the sea washing away the heat and humidity of the day and bringing some coolness. Don¡¯t know where the sea breeze was coming from, but it brought a subtle stench. In the distance the waves rippled a little more, and the white bubbles swooshed and tossed, gathering more small fish that were being rolled up by the waves and bringing seabirds who fought for it. Li Sinian¡¯s whole body and mind were immersed in an inexplicable soft emotion, losing his wits for a rare moment and losing his alertness to potential danger. It was only when the waves pounded up to both their feet and Li Sinian inadvertently glanced down and saw the small deep-sea fish and the seafloor rock and sand full of marine life rolling up with the waves that he suddenly realised something was wrong with the gathering of sea birds that had been churning in the waves all night. ¡°Something¡¯s not right!¡± He snapped back to his senses and pulled Fang Daichuan, and the two of them quickly retreated. A violent wave struck, and the whole sea seemed like a boiling cauldron, tumbling and spilling with foam, splitting an instantly not too narrow gap where the two men had just stood. The scene looks as if Moses is dividing the sea. The sand and gravel were swept into the sea filling the breach on the island with unknown animal carcasses. The whole island looked like a crispy biscuit, being grilled over a fire, about to break in the middle from the heat. Fang Daichuan watched in amazement at this natural greatness. ¡°The beginning to the submarine eruption¡­¡± Li Sinian¡¯s expression was solemn, his jawline was tense, ¡°That boss may not be lying at all!¡± (T/N : The submarine volcano is mentioned at chapter 5, since it is going to erupted I simply using submarine eruption for this part, link for more info) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_eruption Fang Daichuan stepped on a sand pit. The sand pit itself was not strong. It was split in half by the earlier vibration. His right foot just stepped on it and sank directly into it. Just as he was about to pull out his right foot, Fang Daichuan suddenly had goosebumps. ¡ª¡ªThe sand pit at his foot is the place where everyone buried the beer belly together. It was probably because someone was buried that the sand was not solid, so it was shaken by vibration from the sea. With some horrible vision in mind, Fang Daichuan¡¯s right foot, which was stuck in the sand, struck the bottom of the pit. ¡°Li Sinian¡­¡± Li Sinian was still observing the situation on the sea surface. He turned around when he heard his voice, only to see Fang Daichuan¡¯s pale face, a cold sweat clearly rolling down the side of his face and into his collar. What¡¯s wrong? Li Sinian showed a puzzled look and followed his gaze towards his feet. Beneath Fang Daichuan¡¯s feet was a large, human-shaped pit, the floating sand having rolled away down the crack that had split the shore not far away, leaving only a bit of solid sand on either side. ¨CThe pit was empty, and there was nothing in it. Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice has a trace of panic and his voice trailing off into the air. He said: ¡°Beer belly¡¯s corpse¡­ is gone¡­¡± (T/N : This chapter almost did not make it to today¡¯s upload. I try my best to update daily so forgive me for this chapter where I still have some idiom in Mandarin that I have yet English-ing yet so I just put the link for more info for the reader. Sorry Editor for extra work; finding English equivalent word is just takes too much time for me¡­ (£þ £þ|| ) ) CH 52 MAY 31, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (T/N : Alright, so well, beer belly¡¯s corpse is gone so in this chapter Sinian and Chuan¡¯er will dig other¡¯s grave to check so, skip until [] if you are currently eating or just don¡¯t want to read about¡­ grave digging) There was a look of horror on Li Sinian¡¯s face. He stepped forwards, kicked away the sands on the pit surface and looked intently at the bottom of the pit. The human-shaped pit was empty, the sand and gravel cluttered at the bottom of the pit making a mess. Under the gloomy weather, both of them broke out in cold sweat. They just stood there, looking at each other, at a loss. ¡°Find other people¡¯s corpses!¡± Li Sinian gritted his teeth and went to where the others were buried. Old Chen and the man who died on the first day were on the left, and then they were arranged in order of death. Below the beer belly was Zhao Chu and then Mrs. Song. Du Chaosheng¡¯s body was still exposed under the window on the first floor of the villa, so he has no grave. Li Sinian found two stone slabs and the two of them began to dig graves. Fortunately, the grave was shallow. Fang Daichuan dug two or three times before felt something hit the bottom of the slabs. He gently pushed away the sand and saw the corpse in a miserable state lying at the bottom of the pit. Li Sinian also dug next to him. Currently it is summer and there is rain. The corpses that were shot by the head had already begun to decompose, corroding from the area of the wounds, the cloudy fluid from the rotting internal organs gushing out of the cavity from the wounds, and countless tiny maggots crawling around in the wounds. The two of them fought back nausea to recognize it. Although it is difficult to recognize the face because of the headshot, it is fortunate that there are old and young, male and female and children on this island. Everyone¡¯s body shape is not the same, so they could more or less tell who is who. Fang Daichuan recognized the golden chain beside Mrs. Song¡¯s body. ¡°Everyone is accounted for¡­ Only the beer belly¡¯s corpse is gone¡­¡± Fang Daichuan slumped on the ground, covered in cold sweat, ¡°He¡¯s not dead? He faked his death and hid on the island and when we were all unguarded, he rushed out to kill others. Is it just like Agatha¡¯s plot that the person with the intact body is the real murderer?¡± Li Sinian squatted down and touched the sand where the body had been buried: ¡°A novel is a fiction, it¡¯s hard to achieve in reality. There were so many eyes watching, also the next morning, it was me, Liu Xin and Du Chaosheng that carried him out and buried him. The corpse smelled and there was blood in the mouth and nose. Look here,¡± he pointed to a large reef under the sand and there were dark marks on it, like blood mixed with something else, ¡°This should be the blood inside the corpse, mixed with the tissue fluid*; beer belly is really dead.¡± https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/tissue-fluid [This is safe line] ¡°Then where did his body go?¡± Fang Daichuan breaks out in cold sweat. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes were intense as he slowly shook his head. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was beating so fast and he was completely shaken up, it felt like he became muddle-headed. It seemed that Li Sinian¡¯s fever had infected him. He wanted to smoke to calm down, but as soon as he touched his pocket, he remembered that he only brought a pack of cigarettes to the island. And he smokes a lot during the night¡¯s adventure. After fumbling for a long time, he only found a half tattered cigarette butt and couldn¡¯t find a lighter. So he simply tore open the cigarette paper and picked out a few strands of tobacco to chew. In fact, Fang Daichuan is not a heavy smoker. He was actually a non-smoker before, but the showbiz is a place with a lot of pressure and he meets a lot of smokers while gathering. Over the years, he has become more or less addicted. He didn¡¯t feel it during normal times, but on these occasions he felt the need for a cigarette to ease his spirit. When I go back, I must quit smoking. Fang Daichuan chewed the bitter tobacco and made up his mind, I need to be able to focus at the critical time. Wait a minute, Fang Daichuan stared at the remaining cigarette in his fingertips, and a thought suddenly crossed his mind: every room in the villa was prepared with cosmetics and razors, and there were various Chinese and Western brands of wine in Li Sinian¡¯s room, but why were cigarettes not prepared? ¡°Say, do you think the boss is actually a woman?¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head and told Li Sinian his speculation. Li Sinian was confused by the sudden change of topic. After a while, he frowned: ¡°I think we should figure out these 3 points first. Now there are three people related to this game. First, the boss. Who is the boss? What is the purpose for organising this game? Is the boss among the thirteen of us? Second, who is the one who prepares food and clothing on the fourth floor? This person must have been to the island and is very familiar with the island¡¯s terrain. Is it the boss? Thirdly, what really happened back then? Was the person who killed my father the boss?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s head feels like it exploded: ¡°Then¡­is what I am thinking right?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think so,¡± Li Sinian closed his eyes and when he opened them again, his expression became extremely grave and the lines on his side face reflected coldly in the drizzle, ¡°No matter how complicated things were back then, in the end there are only two parties ¨C perpetrator and victims. Now it seems that there must be something wrong with this island, and this problem is likely to be an underwater volcanic eruption that will soon happen, making the person who bought the island ¨C Yang Song¡¯s father, going bankrupt. According to Liu Xin, the island was originally bought by Du Chaosheng, who was close friends with Niu Nahan, Director of the Exploration Institute. Yang Song said her father had not read the final exploration report, so do you think it is possible that the Exploration Institute concealed the eruption, giving Du Chaosheng the opportunity to complete the transfer? If that is the case, then it would make sense that Yang Song¡¯s father went to Director Niu and ended up falling off the platform with him. Was my father silenced because he knew something? The murderer can only between people who make a killing back then; it is either Du Chaosheng, Liu Xin, or Niu Nahan.¡± ¡°But the boss who organised this killing game are definitely not among these three people. These three definitely don¡¯t want to pull out the events of the past. The one who organised this killing game should be the victims from that year. As for the person who placed the drinking water on the fourth floor also can¡¯t be the boss, because this person knows the cave where my father was buried, so whoever it is, is most likely someone related to my father¡¯s death. In other words, this person is more likely to be the perpetrator of that year¡¯s event.¡± Fang Daichuan thought for a while before he figured out the logic. He pondered for a while before voicing his thought: ¡°It¡¯s really interesting to talk about this behind-the-scenes boss. If it¡¯s as we guessed, they mixed in with these 13 people that is a bold move. Buying an island and organising a killing game, the financial and human resources should not be underestimated. With that said, if you have that much power, it should be easy to find an opportunity to take care of the enemies from that year one by one. But instead they round up everyone and organise this killing game. This person seems to have a strong personality.¡± Li Sinian turned his head and smiled at him, but didn¡¯t answer. ¡°Exquisite lifestyle, luxurious and classy decoration and the wine is very tasteful,¡± Fang Daichuan frowned. ¡°The more I think about it, the more I think the boss is probably a gorgeous and smart woman.¡± ¡°Maybe,¡± Lisnian sighed as he looked at the looming lighthouse in the distance and listened to the sound of the surging waters, ¡°it doesn¡¯t matter who it is, we need to figure out who the remaining wolves are and to get back alive is what matters.¡± Several raptors came barrelling down from the sky, pecking away at the small fish between the waves with a shrill whistle, before raising their long beaks. Several corpses lined up in front of them and an ominous premonition hung in the air. CH 53 JUNE 1, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. In one of the rooms on the first floor of the villa. The child already fell asleep on the bed, Niu Xinyan sat on the edge of the bed, gently lifted the quilt and touched his son¡¯s feet, the child¡¯s limbs were warm. The window was wide open, the wind coming in messing up the young mother¡¯s hair, Niu Xinyan gently brushed her hair, her round eyes full of thoughts. She touched his forehead and said to him who was asleep, ¡°I am all for you.¡± The doorbell rang. Niu Xinyan rolled her eyes and got out of the bed after thinking for a while. She held down the handle and pressed it down gently, the door opened just a small crack without making a sound. Outside the door, Yang Song held a candlestick in his hand and said softly, ¡°I got you a candle.¡± ¡°Thank you,¡± Niu Xinyan lowered her head and tucking her hair behind her ears, carefully reaching out to take the candlestick, ¡°Is there anything else?¡± Yang Song was silent for a while: ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to invite me in?¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s eyes moving around: ¡°The child is sleeping¡­it¡¯s not very convenient¡­¡± ¡°Oh, in that case, I won¡¯t bother you then.¡± Yang Song said, glancing through her into the room, seeing no figure on the bed, only an oil painting hanging on the wall next to the doorway, the little fire of the candlelight reflecting on the golden fields of the painting with an eerie serenity. Above the field was a dark blue sky with a flock of blackbirds rising and flying in fright. She jolted and helped Niu Xinyan close her door. Niu Xinyan sent Yang Song away, absentmindedly placed the candlestick on the dressing table, sat in front of it and brushed her hair in the dim light. The clock in the corner of the room gave a faint sound and she turned her head to see that it was getting late. She sighed, looked back at her son who was sleeping on the bed, walked under the famous painting*. Below the painting was a coat rack, where her coat was hanging. She put the coat with worry in her heart, opened the door and went out. (T/N : So author used [Ãû»­;m¨ªn¨À hu¨¤] which means famous painting but there is no name or anything so just a note) At the seaside. The graves were lined up, the bodies were broken and incomplete. While filling the pit, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help thinking of the classic quote in a world famous book: today I laid you down to rest, in the future, who will do that for me? (T/N : Alright so either this is a made-up quote or this is a song lyric or I am the one who can¡¯t find it. I means the raw is [½ñÈÕÎÒÂñÔáÁËÄ㣬ËûÄêÈôÓÐÄÇÒ»Ì죬˭À´ÂñÔáÎÒÄØ¡£; J¨©nr¨¬ w¨¯ m¨¢iz¨¤ngle n¨«, t¨¡ ni¨¢n ru¨° y¨¯u n¨¤ y¨©ti¨¡n, sh¨¦i l¨¢i m¨¢iz¨¤ng w¨¯ ne.] so feels free to comment if you know where this come from) ¡°Where¡¯s your poison?¡± Li Sinian turned his head and suddenly asked Fang Daichuan as if he just remembered it. Fang Daichuan wiped the sand from his hands on his trousers, then took out the small bottle from his trousers pocket, spread out his palms and showed him, ¡°I didn¡¯t bring anything else, I just have this with me.¡± Li Sinian nodded: ¡°Keep it.¡± ¡°Would you like to bring some self-defence?¡± Fang Daichuan put away the poison and looked at the dark sky in the distance, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. Li Sinian took out his fountain pen from his trousers pocket, skilfully turned it around like it is a knife, he flipped open the cap with his thumb, crossing his index and middle fingers, he casually put the brass cap into his palm. The open steel nib was facing Fang Daichuan, emitting a misty cold light under the eerie moonlight: ¡°I have a means of self-defence, don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°What should we do now?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little overwhelmed. Li Sinian sighed, ¡°Let¡¯s go to the woods and look for that legendary item card, I want to see if there really is a card that can make players switch factions.¡± As they spoke, they walked up the hill behind the house. At night, the mountain forest was foggy and there was a heavy smell of decayed leaves and wet moss in the air. Fang Daichuan looked back from the hillside. The lights of the old villa they lived in had all gone out, the dark buildings stood on the rocks, like a huge gravestone. The two walked together towards the mountain, surrounded by darkness, Fang Daichuan struggled to keep his footing as the ground became wet and sticky from the rainwater absorbed in the earth. ¡°Where will the item card be?¡± Fang Daichuan asked as he searched for it, ¡°Is it just thrown out carelessly on the side of the road? Or is it inside a box or something?¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°I don¡¯t know, I didn¡¯t handle these things, the game wasn¡¯t designed by me. Only the boss knows why this game uses item cards.¡± As the two were talking, Li Sinian stopped, turned around and covered Fang Daichuan¡¯s mouth. ¡°Huh!?¡± Fang Daichuan was startled, pushed by Li Sinian to the back of a tree without any resistance, his back lightly knocked on the rough trunk. ¡°Shh.¡± Li Sinian raised his index finger and listened to the movement not far away. In the shadow of a tree not far away, there were two voices talking. ¡°Somebody is dead, how could you know nothing? Who will give me closure?!¡± This voice was Niu Xinyan¡¯s, shrill, not as soft as usual. Why did she come out at night? Who is the other one? Fang Daichuan held his breath and was pressed firmly against the tree trunk by Li Sinian. In the darkness, he heard Li Sinian¡¯s heart beating fast, and he was obviously restraining a certain emotion in his heart. The woods were still and silent, every emotion is magnified and becomes particularly vivid. Du Wei¡¯s voice was a little impatient: ¡°How the fuck did I know!? What nonsense are you asking me? How old was I when the accident happened? You expect me to know what happened?!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t believe Liu Xin didn¡¯t mention it to you!¡± Niu Xinyan was hysterical, ¡°What is the truth behind brother Niu¡¯s death?!¡± Brother Niu?! Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat, he turned his head and desperately gave Li Sinian a wink, Li Sinian frowned, and listened carefully. His grip on Fang Daichuan loosened. Fang Daichuan quietly peeked out and saw Du Wei¡¯s side profile through the misty moonlight, a strange sneer hung on his face: ¡°Liu Xin did tell me something, but do you dare to say again, that Niu Nahan really dead? If Niu Nahan is really dead, who is Nan Nan?!¡± A thunderclap struck between the skies and Fang Daichuan shivered, almost jumping up. The hand of Li Sinian on his shoulder also shook hard, the two men twisted their heads and exchanged a look, covered in a cold sweat from the suspicion in their minds. Fang Daichuan swallowed hard, the sound was clear in the dead silence. ¡°Who!¡± Du Wei looked back alertly, glaring in their direction. The two looked at each other, and neither made a sound. In the darkness, only two synchronised heartbeats were heard, fast and violent. Niu Xinyan seemed to want to say something, but Du Wei made a gesture, he put his hand into his trouser pocket, not knowing what he was holding, he walked slowly towards their side. ¡°Who, come out!¡± Du Wei¡¯s voice was very deep and there was a cold glint in his eyes. Li Sinian let go of Fang Daichuan¡¯s shoulders, the pen between his fingers glowing coldly and Fang Daichuan clenched his fists. ¡°It¡¯s me.¡± A figure suddenly appeared behind another tree beside him. The voice was so sudden that Fang Daichuan jumped. He peeked sideways, and saw a petite, plump figure walking out. It¡¯s Chen Hui. ¡°Hui Hui? Why are you here?¡± Du Wei quietly stuffed the things in his hand back into his trouser pocket, but Chen Hui didn¡¯t pay attention. She looked at her boyfriend and the woman beside her, and said with suspicion, ¡°What are you two doing outside this late at night?¡± CH 54 JUNE 2, 2022~ 8ONI Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Niu Xinyan tucked her hair and explained in a low voice, ¡°Don¡¯t get me wrong, I just want to ask Du Wei about what happened in the past.¡± ¡°What happened in the past?¡± Chen Hui stood and confronted them from a distance, ¡°You can¡¯t talk about it in the house, you need to go to the forest?¡± Du Wei was embarrassed. She came to hold Chen Hui¡¯s hand, but Chen Hui shook it off. He forced a smile and said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll wake you up. I saw you¡¯re sleeping soundly.¡± Chen Hui snorted coldly: ¡°Are you afraid of waking me up or are you trying to hide from me?¡± ¡°How can you say that,¡± Du Wei said with a shy smile, ¡°Don¡¯t you trust me?¡± As he said, he stepped forward to coax Chen Hui. As the three of them were arguing, Li Sinian pulled Fang Daichuan¡¯s wrist and the two of them took a few steps back cautiously through the shade of the trees. The three of them were arguing so passionately that they had no time to pay attention to what was going on around them. Psychologically it was also explained that one¡¯s mind would remain tense if one never noticed anything wrong. However, after the person thinks that they have found out what is wrong and someone has also verified it, they will no longer keep their guard up. The two men hid behind a tree, shoulders touching, whispering to each other. Li Sinian stared at the movement over there, his lips slightly moving: ¡°Do you remember the night when we did a body search?¡± Fang Daichuan froze for a moment, as he heard him talk, his memory travelled back to the second night. ¡°Niu Xinyan was wearing a Guanyin jade with the character ¡°cow¡±[Å£] engraved on the backside. At that time, I was actually a little puzzled. The tradition of wearing jade in China has always been that men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha. Why would she, a woman, wear a jade Guanyin with her surname engraved on it? Now that I think about it, it is probably not her jade pendant, it is a memento left by her husband. I am afraid the surname Niu is not her family¡¯s surname.¡± (T/N : On chapter 20) Fang Daichuan waved his hand: ¡°I¡¯m not afraid of that, it doesn¡¯t matter what her surname is, what I¡¯m afraid of is her child. You said that the child has a split personality but why do I feel that is wrong, what if inside the child¡¯s body, there are ghost living inside him?¡± The light from the lighthouse in the distance loomed above the sea surface, like a ghost fire, the surroundings were so quiet that there was no sound of insects or birds. Fang Daichuan remembered the scene of Niu Xinyan squatting down and kissing his son that night, the memory brought goose bumps and he couldn¡¯t help but rubbing his arms. He put his arms in front of his eyes, stared at his standing hair and whispered, ¡°I don¡¯t remember mentioning it to you. The night when the crazy kid wetted the tapestries in the corridor, I saw something that I shouldn¡¯t¡­¡± Li Sinian stared at Niu Xinyan who was talking in the distance. His expression was calm, but his throat felt cold. He listened to the shocking story, his eyelashes trembled quickly, obviously thinking about something. (T/N : On chapter 24) The quarrel over there was gradually coming to an end. Du Wei hugged his girlfriend, took her shoulders and walked back. Behind her back, he turned his right hand over and made a gesture to Niu Xinyan. The rain gradually resumed and became heavier. Several days of rainfall, coupled with more and more frequent geological activities, caused the sand and soil on the mountain to fall down from water and vibrations, the solid rocks that buried under soil were exposed. Thunderclouds gathered, obscuring the otherwise clear night sky. Niu Xinyan stood silently on the hillside in such downpour, wearing a long, thin jacket that could not hold down the skirt of her pyjamas, the corners of her plain skirt fluttering up in the wind and rain. It got so wet that it clung to her thighs when there was no wind. Li Sinian gestured for Fang Daichuan to come down the hill with them, they wanted to follow Du Wei and Chen Hui, to hear what they were talking about. In this scenario, Du Wei would surely explain something to his girlfriend. Whatever he said, it would more or less give them some information. Fang Daichuan followed behind Li Sinian, quietly lurking and climbing down the hill. Halfway down the hill, he glanced back at the mountainside, somehow he felt that the woman that was currently standing under the rain, who looks gentle and weak, who never raised her voice, in the boundless dark night now emitting an eerie ghostly aura. ¡°Baby, you really think too much,¡± Fang Daichuan came back to his senses and heard Du Wei, who was walking in front, say to Chen Hui, ¡°It is not what you are thinking, how can I like Niu Xinyan? Her son is already that old! ¡° Chen Hui¡¯s voice was obviously very unhappy: ¡°¡±Who can say for sure? So what if she¡¯s older; she¡¯s pretty, she¡¯s gentle, she¡¯s motherly, it¡¯s not just once or twice that you¡¯ve been messing with a woman outside, you have no conscience just like your father.¡± ¡°Hey,¡± Du Wei laughed dryly and put his hand on his girlfriend¡¯s buttocks, rubbing it while walking, with a skilful and erotic touch, ¡°I¡¯m not messing around with her, if I¡¯m going to messing around, it will be with a hot girl like Yang Song, who is so pretty and young, or Ding Zihui. A woman who has given birth to a child, why would I mess with her?¡± Fang Daichuan frowning and he couldn¡¯t bear to listen. He whispered under Li Sinian¡¯s ear, ¡°Why didn¡¯t I see that he was so sleazy before?¡± ¡°You¡¯re not his girlfriend, how can you know his true colours?¡± Li Sinian took a step back calmly and ducked, as if he was uncomfortable being touched in his ear. ¡°A pretty widow is still charming, hmph, you men¡­¡± Chen Hui was still sullen, ignoring him. Du Wei snorted and got angry: ¡°You are still talking about this, aren¡¯t you bored, don¡¯t you understand what Liu Xin said? What widow, her ¡®son¡¯ is next to her, I really don¡¯t fucking dare to mess with her!¡± ¡°You said,¡± Fang Daichuan whispered, ¡°What¡¯s the matter with her ¡®son¡¯?¡± Li Sinian clicked his tongue: ¡°Hell if I know.¡± It might really be a ghost, Fang Daichuan thought, shivering with fear. Chen Hui snorted coldly and knocked his hand on her butt: ¡°When I go back I will deal with you.¡± ¡°How are you going to do that?¡± Du Wei approached her with a wicked smile, lightly bumped Chen Hui¡¯s shoulder twice with his shoulder, ¡°How are you going to deal with me?¡± Like thieves, Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan scurried up to the first floor in the dark after those two. There was an unpleasant wax oil smell in the air, as if something was burnt, Li Sinian fought the urge to cough and covered his mouth. The two men were hiding in the corner on the first floor, the same corner where Fang Daichuan had once hidden, with their backs against the door of Li Sinian¡¯s room. The space was so small that it was a bit cramped for two tall men, Fang Daichuan¡¯s bare arm touched Li Sinian¡¯s and both of them were jolted. (T/N : Two grown up male, huddled together in a tight space, k¡­yeah, I wish.) CH 55 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 55: Fourth Night Part Six Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°That¡­ move¡­ a little¡­¡± Fang Daichuan said in an exasperated voice, squeezing Li Sinian as he spoke. Li Sinian pressed against the wall tightly, said with a bitter smile and the same tone, ¡°There¡¯s no¡­ more¡­ space¡­¡± The two huddled around childishly in the midst of extreme danger and eerie situations, silently complaining to each other in the dark, like two blindly optimistic children in a desperate situation. A very small ray of moonlight, passing through the layers of thunderclouds, dimly light the side of Fang Daichuan¡¯s face and Li Sinian acutely caught the changes between the subtle light and shadow. Seeing this fleeting magic of light and shadow gives him an itch, so he quietly stretched out a finger in the darkness and traced the outline of the man beside him along the line of moonlight. Storyboarding is a must for those who come from a directing background. His gestures were professional and skilful, with every crease, indentation, detail and outline coming to life at his fingertips. It is a pity that he does not have a pen to truly portray the charm of this moment of light and shadow, Li Sinian laments a little. Fang Daichuan seemed to have sensed something as he turned his head back and put on a questioning expression. The corners of his eyes drooped with some confusion and innocence, giving the illusion of childlike innocence. Li Sinian withdrew her fingers and shook his head with a smile. ¡°What¡¯s that smell?¡± Du Wei hugged his girlfriend and was waiting for her to swipe the card to open the door. He turned his head suspiciously and took a sniff. The smell of scorched wax oil in the air became stronger. Chen Hui casually swiped the card, raised her head and put her arm around Du Wei¡¯s neck, and said cutely, ¡°You still have time to worry about smell. Don¡¯t you want to ¡®deal¡¯ with me? Come in.¡± ¡°Miss me?¡± Du Wei quickly gave up thinking about what the smell in the air was. He put his forehead on Chen Hui¡¯s neck, took a shallow peck and let out a low laugh from his throat. Chen Hui pried his face away, tilted his head and kissed it, Du Wei followed her lead and leaned against the wall by the door, his hands kneading her waist and hips as he sucked and kissed her hard. In the darkness, Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t see their movements but the sound of lips touching and the low panting was audible and they were infinitely enlarged on the corridor in the dark night. (T/N : Fun fact! Sounds are louder and travel further at night! Now let¡¯s get back to the story) Hidden in the darkness, the two glanced at each other, clearly seeing the embarrassment and shame in each other¡¯s eyes. They quickly avoided eye contact. Fang Daichuan looked at the long wool carpet on the ground and Li Sinian turned his head to carefully observe the cursive characters beside the door, as if he could not understand English and read it letter by letter. He squeezed his right hand wrist with his left hand, feeling his index finger constantly trembling. The kissing sound became louder, Du Wei¡¯s breathing was already very heavy, Chen Hui moaning in her boyfriend¡¯s ear. Fang Daichuan swallowed his saliva and couldn¡¯t help turning his head to look at Li Sinian. Li Sinian felt the gaze from the corner of his eye, his eyelids trembled and he couldn¡¯t help licking his lips. His eyelashes trembled slightly, like the tail feathers of an arrow on a bowstring, the gaze combined with Fang Daichuan¡¯s light and shadow show, it took a lot of his mental strength to calm down. ¡°Promise me that there¡¯s nothing between you and Niu Xinyan!¡± Chen Hui reached out to stop Du Wei from kissing her face down again, gasping for breath while demanding rudely. Du Wei laughed softly and picked up Chen Hui directly across the room, banging the door open and walking in, throwing her towards the bed and unbuttoning her buttons one by one: ¡°Chen Hui, I can die for you, do you believe me?¡± He closed the door with his backhand, it became quiet, leaving the two men in the corner staring at each other, embarrassment bubbling in that silent little corner. As if they had forgotten about the door behind them, they sat down in the corner, Fang Daichuan squatting, moving his knees, hiding his abdomen carefully behind his legs, like a large dog with its tail hanging out, pawing at the carpet near his feet. The poor long wool carpet was plucked by him, and there is already partial baldness. Li Sinian didn¡¯t need to pick at the carpet to distract himself, he was concentrating on his ¡®hand of God¡¯, his index finger trembling more and more, drawing in tendons and causing spasms in his wrist from the high-frequency vibrations. ¡°Or¡­¡­¡± ¡°I think¡­¡­¡± The two turned their heads and got frozen at the same time. In the dim light, Li Sinian saw Fang Daichuan¡¯s red ears that he couldn¡¯t hide. Li Sinian waited for Fang Daichuan for a while but he didn¡¯t see the other party speak. He looked down and asked, ¡°What do you think?¡± ¡°I think something is wrong.¡± Fang Daichuan answering Li Sinian¡¯s words blankly. ¡°¡­What¡¯s wrong?¡± Li Sinian asked patiently. Fang Daichuan¡¯s ears were visibly redder. He lowered his head and stared at his hand for a while, gritted his teeth, raised his head bravely and stared at Li Sinian and said, ¡°I think something is wrong with me.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s heart was beating like a drum. He forcibly held down his desperately shaking index finger, feeling his body getting hotter and hotter. He took a deep breath: ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± He was startled when he said the words, his voice became somewhat extremely low, with a slightly hoarse nasal sound. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes wandered: ¡°I feel ¡­¡­ a little hot. Is it me ¡­¡­ am I overthinking it?¡± He said, raising his head to stare closely at Li Sinian, and a few beads of sweat had begun to faintly gather on his forehead. Li Sinian cautiously moved over, afraid of scaring him, the two men¡¯s noses interlocked at the peak, getting closer. Fang Daichuan could feel the other party¡¯s trembling breath and the texture of the long eyelashes brushing against the tip of his ear, a very soft touch. Fang Daichuan¡¯s adam apple quivered twice, he clenched his teeth, his jaw tensing up. The two of them seemed a little strange tonight. At that moment, countless thoughts flashed in Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind, all of which were excuses for himself. It¡¯s only reasonable that a young man full of vigour and vitality would feel some kind of emotion and excitement after watching a scene like that, right? Thinking of this, he felt relieved, and even started thinking of some guilty pleasure. He thought that even if there were any other ¡°entanglements¡±, he could wait until he left the island safely. Now that his life and death are uncertain, what if he died here tomorrow, wouldn¡¯t he regret it in the future? His heart sank, he said, whatever happens, happens, closed his eyes accepting the fate. However, reality did not play out as he imagined. Li Sinian leaned over slowly, when he got closer, he put his hand on the wall behind him. Fang Daichuan felt that Li Sinian¡¯s body suddenly became tense. He opened his eyes suspiciously, but saw Li Sinian suddenly stand up from the ground, took a deep breath, his face was ashen: ¡°No! The surroundings are really getting hot! The walls are hot!¡± (T/N : ¡­ Yeah the mood is there, for a moment, then¡­ Poof, gone. But well, Chuan¡¯er, you are not so straight anymore huh.) CH 56 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 56: Fourth Night Part Seven Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan stood up quickly, because his leg was a little numb after squatting for a long time he ended up swaying and hit the wall. ¨C It¡¯s hot. The temperature is definitely over forty degrees, although it is not scorching, but even if Fang Daichuan has no knowledge in this area, he understands how unusual this situation is. ¡°The volcano is about to erupt?¡± Fang Daichuan thought of this possibility, his face pale, knowing that they lived on an active volcanic area and this volcano was in danger of erupting at any time. He rushed out of the corner, pushed open the window facing the stairs, and observed the ocean currents outside. The tides of the sea come and go, the sound of the waves is silent, and the vision is blurry under the heavy rain. The heat that had just surged in Fang Daichuan¡¯s blood vessels instantly cooled down and no matter how restless he felt inside, it faded away like a tide, leaving only the deep fear in his heart. ¡°It¡¯s not a volcano, if a volcano erupts, there should be abnormal changes in the water level and water temperature.¡± At some point Li Sinian stood behind him, pressed his right hand on his shoulder, it was a strong grip, making Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart a little more at ease. ¡°I¡¯m afraid there is something wrong with the house.¡± Li Sinian patted him on the shoulder and motioned to come with him. They walked along the wall. The corner where Li Sinian was hiding was already at the outermost corner, the furthest in the house. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know what Li Sinian¡¯s plan was, but he followed him. He saw him swipe his right hand on the wall, tearing open the shaggy tapestry hanging on the wall along the surface, and pressed three fingers against the wall, not knowing what he was currently feeling. Fang Daichuan looked twice and followed suit, pressing his right hand against the wall and walking towards the inner house. The smell of wax oil in the air is getting heavier and heavier, there is a vague burning scent mixed in. Li Sinian felt the temperature on the fingertips getting hotter and hotter, his face was grim: ¡°Wake everyone up! Something¡¯s not right, I think there is a fire.¡± Fang Daichuan hurriedly nodded and turned around. Just as he was about to move, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps coming from under the stairs behind him. He turned his head in horror, staring at the stairs in the dark. The statue on the dome at the corner of the second floor looked back at him, like a silent deity weeping for eternity. (T/N : Yes, the author really uses the dome, I Baidu and it shows me a picture of a statue under the dome so I guess this villa is really huge.) There was a loud shrill roar from downstairs, like the wailing of a dying mother, anger and despair combined together. Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan turned around at the same time, staring warily at the stairs entrance. (T/N : Alright, just a note, from here the story will switch POV and timeline, just a note before you read the rest of this chapter and feel confused. I will make notes if this switching happen again) On the seaside reefs, Ding Zihui sat hugging his knees, the night had quietly descended and the rain had become drizzle. She was a little uncomfortable with all the sand on her body, yet she didn¡¯t care. She came close and smelled her hands. The girl¡¯s hands, which only had some pen calluses on her right hand middle finger and were tender elsewhere, now had many bloody cuts on the palms and fingers. She bent down and scoop the sea water and washed her hands over and over again. In front of her lay the temperamental sea, the great forces of nature lifting the veil of its daytime warmth. The dark clouds that hung on the sky dispersed a little and a few sporadic stars, reflected dimly on the dark sea, like the eyes of someone watching her tenderly. Children who spend their childhood with the sea will not be frightened by the waves. The ocean image is so terrifying in the eyes of many people who are used to living on land. If they come to the coast or on the sea, it is like they meet their Achilles heel. They were stripped from their power and all that remained was the endless fear. Ding Zihui has no fear. For many people, the ocean is a symbol of death, but for her, it is a symbol of life. There was a rustling sound coming from the bushes behind her. ¡°You¡¯re here again,¡± she didn¡¯t turn her head back, still washing her hands with her head down, looking at the turbulent sea, the place she regarded as a symbol of her mother, she smiled and said to herself, ¡°Why do you only come at night? Are you really a ghost?¡± Behind her, a shadow stood silently, not saying a word. Suddenly there was a ¡°meow~¡± sound behind him. Ding Zihui jerk her head and saw that the shadow behind her suddenly fading and a black cat jumped off the reef from the window sill on the second floor of the villa and licked its paws at her. In the distance, Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan came out of the main entrance and walked towards the seaside. Ding Zihui hid in the bushes under the reef. On the third floor of the castle, Yang Song was holding a candlestick. At this time, the sky was dark outside, the rain fell down alarmingly and the surroundings were dead silent. The copper candlestick was so hot in her hands that the sweat in her palm soaked the handle of the candlestick and it almost slipped out of her hand several times. It was quiet in the corridor. The slippers made a soft sound on the wooden floor. It was dark all around. Yang Song holds a key in his palm. It is made of brass. The handle of the key is carved with complicated roses and stars,like some kind of a coat of arms or family crest. She herself didn¡¯t know what the keys were for. The third floor is empty, there are only four doors. Yang Song brought the candlestick close to the door handle and saw that the four doors were all electronic locks. It is not surprising, Yang Song thought, although the villa was renovated into an ancient castle, but five years ago, she is still the island¡¯s nominal owner so this villa should not be built for more than five years at most. The equipment is certainly up-to-date. She soon came to an end. At this end of the first floor, the corner in front of Li Sinian¡¯s room, there was a staircase leading up to this level behind it, and it was logical that there should be a staircase up here as well. Yang Song looked down at the stairs leading down, it was quiet downstairs, the dark staircase was dead silent, only a little light emitted from the candlestick in her hand. Tears streamed down the candlestick and hit the small brass plate below. Yang Song¡¯s toes in the slippers moved unconsciously and the soles of his feet were covered in sweat. She looked down the stairs to the other side, where there should have been stairs, there is only a wooden door. This is a dead end. What¡¯s behind the wooden door? Yang Song looked at the brass key in her palm. She moved the candlestick closer to the wooden door, a keyhole lay under the doorknob. There was a light layer of dust on the doorknob, Yang Song¡¯s heart beat like a drum; and she inserted the key and opened the door. A dark shadow flashed quickly. Yang Song threw the candlestick. No one should be inside the villa at this hour. She stood outside the wooden door with a frightened gasp, clinging to the wall. A black cat climbed up from downstairs, gave her a sidelong glance and rubbed its chin against its shoulder. The rain got heavier, and as Ding Zhui hid in the woods halfway up the hill, she didn¡¯t know whether it was the rain or the coldness in her heart that was affecting the temperature around her. She only felt her body getting colder. Yang Song flew down the stairs, the candlestick in her hand already burnt out and her slippers lost somewhere, as she darted in panic, her eyelashes twitching nervously. As she descended the first floor, she struggled to restrain her breathing and heartbeat and to ease her movements. She heard someone talking Ò»It was the couple. The man asked, ¡°What¡¯s that smell?¡± The woman casually swiped the card and said cutely, ¡°You still have time to worry about smell. Don¡¯t you want to ¡®deal¡¯ with me? Come in.¡± Yang Song inhaled, reached out to touch the temperature of the wall, raised the corner of his mouth making a slight smile and gently opened the door to her room. At this time, outside the window opposite her door, a very small moon shine down. CH 57 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 57: Fourth night Part Eight Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. A scream came from the stairs entrance, followed by the sound of frantic running. Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan stood side by side at the stairs entrance, staring there, guarding against possible situations. ¡°It¡¯s on fire! It¡¯s on fire! ¡­ Help!¡± Niu Xinyan sprang out from the bottom of the stairs, out of breath, screaming as she ran. She was running while gripping her nightgown, her feet were muddy, her calf was soaked by the rain and mud, her expression was terrified and helpless, she looked like she was on the verge of collapse. Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian glanced at each other, there was a muffled thunder outside the window. At that moment, Li Sinian suddenly realised what might have happened. He shot up and ran towards the small room at the end of the corridor. Niu Xinyan¡¯s foot slipped on the last step and she fell down in front of him. Fang Daichuan was shocked and reflexively gave her a hand. Through the thin silk nightgown, he noticed that Niu Xinyan¡¯s heart was beating extremely fast and the tear stains under her eyes were extremely noticeable. ¡°Careful!¡± Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth and with his palms, he pulled Niu Xinyan¡¯s entire body off the ground and supported her. Niu Xinyan¡¯s foot that slipped on the stairs was her left foot, it was swollen; her whole left foot was too limp to exert any strength. She waved her hand, too anxious to speak, her face was deathly pale; only two terrifyingly black eyes were soaked in tears. ¡°Hurry!¡­Hurry up!¡± She grabbed Fang Daichuan¡¯s forearm. Although she couldn¡¯t use one foot, she still ran to the room at the end of the corridor with big strides. Every step was like stepping on cotton, limping and flailing. Li Sinian had already run to the door. He reached for the door and touched it. The door was burning hot. Not good, Li Sinian shook his head, turned his face and gave Fang Daichuan a look. Li Sinian knows that the sound insulation is good, the people in the room can¡¯t hear their voices, but still, he couldn¡¯t hold back and banging on the door: ¡°Is anyone inside?! Open the door!¡± Niu Xinyan knelt down at the door and cried: ¡°Nan Nan is inside, Nan Nan is inside! The fire started from inside. I saw the fire from the middle of the mountain, my Nan Nan is inside!¡± ¡°Where¡¯s the keycard?!¡± Fang Daichuan looked at Niu Xinyan¡¯s reaction, became anxious and furious. He kicked the door impatiently and shouted, ¡°This is not the time to cry! Take the keycard out!¡± As soon as he mentioned it, Niu Xinyan became even more desperate. The young mother knelt down at the door, crying loudly, her throat clogged by her sobbing, she choked up as she spoke: ¡°The keycard¡­ the keycard is lost! I put it in my coat pocket, now it¡¯s gone! It¡¯s gone!¡± As she spoke, she was hopelessly digging in her pocket, rationally she knew that there was nothing there, but she still seemed to be hoping for a miracle from Heaven. That she had just failed to notice the card that was supposed to be there in her moment of impatience. The miracle did not happen. Her thin coat had only one layer of linen. She had turned the whole pocket over. Fang Daichuan looked around for a while, but didn¡¯t find anything handy, so he made a decisive decision and dragged Niu Xinyan up from the ground forcefully. Niu Xinyan beat his arm frantically, wailing as she rushed towards the hot door. Li Sinian clicked his tongue and lifted Niu Xinyan by the waist. Niu Xinyan stomped her legs on his shoulders, her shoes stepped on Li Sinian¡¯s side face and fell to the ground. Can¡¯t reason with crazy, Li Sinian endured the pain and carried her on his shoulders. ¡°Get out of the way!¡± Fang Daichuan waved his hand, gesturing Li Sinian to step back, clenched his fists and kicked the metal door. Niu Xinyan reacted and struggled slightly less. She bit the fabric on Li Sinian¡¯s waist and sobbing, her voice seemed like it came from hell. ¡°I can¡¯t lose him again, sob¡­I can¡¯t¡­¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s eyes were dull, she lay down on Li Sinian. ¡°Bang¡ª¡ª¡± There was a loud noise, Fang Daichuan withdrew his legs, the metal door swayed twice, then remained motionless. He gritted his teeth, took a few steps back before turning and jumping again, ¡°Ha!¡± He roared, a heavy roundhouse kick carrying the force of thunder slammed into the door. A subtle ¡°¡­¡­ crunch¡± sounded as the wood panel wrapped around the outside of the brass was shattered by the force, revealing the deformed metal pieces inside. Not caring about the temperature of the door panel, Fang Daichuan broke the wooden panel apart hard in a few strokes, the plasterboard and wall stud for soundproofing were revealed beneath the deformed metal. Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth and exhaled, took a few steps back and hit it with his shoulder! The curled steel plate grazed his shoulder, half of his shoulder started bleeding. That won¡¯t work! Seeing this situation, Li Sinian¡¯s heart sank. He casually threw* the whimpering Niu Xinyan aside, Niu Xinyan covered her face and broke down in tears, hitting the back of her head against the wall in a not-so-gentle manner. Li Sinian pulled the drapery beside her and slammed it down, pulling down the entire curtain rod that embedded in the wall. (T/N : I check this sentence [ËûËæÊÖ°ÑÎØÑÊ×ŵÄÅ£ÐÄåûÈÓµ½Ò»±ß; T¨¡ su¨ªsh¨¯u b¨¤ w¨±y¨¨zhe de ni¨² x¨©n y¨¢n r¨¥ng d¨¤o y¨©bi¨¡n] many times and it is ¡®casually threw¡¯ or ¡®conveniently flung¡¯ and I have to stop translating because I snickering so hard. Sinian just ¡®casually threw¡¯ someone that he was carrying because Chuan¡¯er got hurt. Love both of them.) The curtain covered Niu Xinyan¡¯s head. The curtain rod is made of plastic, but there is a layer of hollow stainless steel pipe in the middle. Li Sinian pried open one end and leaned the other end on the ground. When he stepped on it, the plastic skin on the outside peeled off, revealing the strong steel pipe inside. ¡°Step aside!¡± Fang Daichuan obediently stepped aside, seeing Li Sinian widen the hole that he already made before with a steel pipe, revealing the billowing smoke and the weak cry of the child. ¡°Nan Nan!¡± Niu Xinyan suddenly raised her head and rushed over, ¡°Nan Nan how are you?! Nan Nan!¡± The little boy coughed and whimpered faintly: ¡°Mom!¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s expression instantly changed. Li Sinian didn¡¯t have time to figure out her expression. He poked the steel pipe into the hole, using it as a lever and pried it hard. The ball bearing hinges on the side of the door suddenly made a creaking sound and the nail broke out of the wooden door panel. Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian retreated together, counting one, two, and three internally. The two of them raised their leg at the same time, gave a low shout and kicked the door! The door collapsed with bang. No matter how good the soundproof is, it can¡¯t block this kind of sound. The door to Yang Song¡¯s room suddenly opened, Yang Song stuck his head out and said, ¡°What¡¯s the matter? What¡¯s the matter?¡± She was surprised then stunned when looking at the collapsed door panel, and the billowing smoke that came out of the room. Fang Daichuan was the first to rush in, closely followed by Niu Xinyan. Li Sinian retreated outside to inform the others to evacuate, while Yang Song stood at the doorway, looking in. As the two crossed paths, brushing shoulders, Li Sinian slightly misplaced his footing and gave Yang Song a glance. Yang Song¡¯s heart could not help but tighten slightly as his gaze fixed on him. ¡°Nan Nan! Nan Nan, please, look at me!¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s voice came from inside the room. Yang Song was slightly nervous as she walked in quickly, leaving Li Si Nian¡¯s gaze behind her. There was already a faint glimmer of light in the distance, although the days of rain had made the daylight dark like a night. Yet the human fear of darkness always dissipates with the sound of sea birds. The spell has been undone since daybreak has come. With this in mind, Yang Song pushed back his inner turmoil and went into Niu Xinyan¡¯s room. (T/N : I have googled a lot of things but when I check the consistency for this chapter apparently there is a ball bearing hinges and butt hinges so¡­erm, alright you probably don¡¯t want to know¡­ (¡ä?_?`) Anyway *cough* just trying to lighten the mood, just a head up, the child abuse part is approaching and next chapter is kind of unsettling, in my humble opinion so¡­) CH 58 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 58: Fifth day Part One (T/N : Alright so¡­Just to be safe, this chapter might feel unsettling so¡­Trigger warning, a 13-14 child suffering? I mean, I still count that as a child not a teenager so¡­) Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Mom¡­¡± The little boy was lying on the bed, muttering weakly. The fire started from the bed cover and quilt. The ornate purple-brown bed curtain was burnt down and the silk quilt wrapped around the child was sticking to the boy¡¯s skin, scorched into black fibres. The fire is still burning. Strangely, the boy in the centre of the fire didn¡¯t move. He was just lying there, letting the fire burn him while crying in despair. The smoke was so thick that Fang Daichuan was startled and immediately took off his shirt to put out the flames on the bed curtain. The child was lying in despair, crying in the fire, not moving or running away. Fang Daichuan was so furious that he didn¡¯t care about the burning fire and after putting out the outer flames, he reached into the flames with one hand and grabbed the child¡¯s shoulder from the outside, pulling him out of the flames with the strength of one hand alone. The boy¡¯s crying became more intense, and Fang Daichuan was in a hurry. At that moment, his arm didn¡¯t feel burning, but the smoke choked into his windpipe. He stifled the urge to cough. The child had just been dragged out of the ring of fire when Niu Xinyan immediately rushed up and embraced the child. Fang Daichuan glanced at the scene and found a copper candlestick fallen on the side of the bed curtain. As soon as Yang Song came in, she rushed straight into the bathroom to collect water. There were no plastic tubs in the bathroom, so Yang Song bundled her clothes into a cylinder and dragged them all the way across the floor to splash the water into the flames. Unfortunately, the fire was already burning and the water did not help. Fang Daichuan quickly glanced around, the wooden floor scorched by the high temperature and the flames were getting bigger and bigger. In front of the flames that have formed a blaze, there is no need for accelerants or inflammables. Wooden floors, plastics, fabrics, cotton, artificial fibres and many more items that can be ignited are already there. Fang Daichuan was a little anxious and was forced back a few steps by the flames. He quickly realised that the flames must be extinguished in this room before it ignited into other rooms and the situation became irreversible. Otherwise, if you are lucky, you will only burn down the entire villa. In case the rain seeps fast and the wood outside dries out, whether this small island full of trees can survive or not is a fucking moot point. He looked around for something that could be used. The bed curtain was like a hydrangea that had only been burned to crisp. It was charred black. The bedside table was made of wood, which had already burned in the flames. The dresser was also made of wood and had several huge drawers. Drawers? Fang Daichuan froze for a moment, then he reacted, crouched down and yanked out several drawers. Just now, he was in a hurry and didn¡¯t feel the pain. At this moment, the burned right hand was pressed on the dresser and there was a sharp pain. The burning pain is not like a sharp stab wound, the pain is not in the skin, it is deep in the flesh. The pain travels from the deepest part of the body to the skin, from inside out, intensifying. Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands were shaking from the pain, he gritted his teeth and pulled out a few drawers. He threw one to Yang Song, picked up the other, and began to take turns to collect water and put out the fire. Niu Xinyan sat at the corner and hugged her son. The child¡¯s cries were getting smaller and smaller. Niu Xinyan desperately called out his nickname. The situation was so sad and powerless that Fang Daichuan turned his face away because he couldn¡¯t bear to see it. Although the child was weird and terrifying and Fang Daichuan himself said several times that he wanted to strangle him, when he saw a young life die in such a cruel way before his eyes, he felt unbearable and sad. Perhaps human beings¡¯ instinct to care for their young is written in their genes. Fang Daichuan told himself that he was not a saint, but when the child was about to die, he still felt a little pity. Niu Xinyan hugged the boy tightly, pressed the boy¡¯s head to her chest and big drops of wet marks hit the boy¡¯s scorched skin. She was wearing a nightgown with a deep V neckline that opened low, revealing two white half-arcs, her chest was soaked with the moisture of the night rain and she pressed the boy¡¯s head in the ravine between the half-arcs. As Yang Song watched from the side, he somehow felt a little uneasy and frowned slightly. The fire was finally extinguished. The wallpaper had been burnt to pieces, the floor was unrecognisable and the bed was a miserable mess. ¡°How to deal with this?¡± Fang Daichuan threw away the drawer, glanced at the child in Niu Xinyan¡¯s arms, sighed, and offered, ¡°Let¡¯s cut the fabric on his body and see if we can treat the wound. Are there any doctors and nurses here?¡± Seeing him glance at her, Yang Song shook her head helplessly. She studied physics, so she couldn¡¯t help. Fang Daichuan used to have the experience of using props to burn stuff in the past. Action movies often burn houses and cars. For the sake of gimmicks at the time of release, if the plot requires it, no matter how much or how little, it will use fire. At that time, a staff member in charge of managing petrol bottles did not handle it properly and his hand was burned. The accompanying medical staff immediately cut his clothes and rushed to the local hospital for emergency treatment. Right now he can¡¯t be sent to the hospital, but at least we have to do something to try to save him. That is what Fang Daichuan thought as he picked up a pair of scissors and handed it to Niu Xinyan. ¡°Don¡¯t die, don¡¯t die!¡± Niu Xinyan cut off the fabric wrapped around the child while crying, yelling, ¡°Brother Nan! Come out, Brother Nan! Don¡¯t die!¡± The fabric was peeled away from his body to reveal the burnt skin and festering wounds inside. The child had been burnt beyond recognition, his hair and skin all burnt, the charred fabric clinging to his festering wounds. Seeing his condition, it doesn¡¯t look promising. Fang Daichuan sighed compassionately and said to Niu Xinyan, ¡°You, I am sorry. This is ¡­¡­ not looking good, you coax him well, do not make the child too painful ¡­¡­¡± The child has difficulty breathing. Fang Daichuan guessed that it was because he is inhaling a lot of smoke. He had a hard time speaking, swallowed the air with difficulty, muttered: ¡°Mom.¡± Unexpectedly, Niu Xinyan¡¯s expression changed. ¡°Don¡¯t you call me mom! You are not allowed to call me mother! You go away! You go back! You tell your father to come out and see me!¡± She shook the child¡¯s body hard, her tone sad and desperate, as if she was trying to shake out the other soul inside that body. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart tightened, Li Sinian¡¯s guess was indeed correct, there was indeed another personality living inside that child¡¯s body, and it was most likely his father¡¯s soul! What the hell is going on? The always atheistic Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but clench his fists, and goose bumps climb up on his back. But then he heard the child who was about to die cry out in a whisper: ¡°No ¡­¡­ no father¡­¡­¡± the little boy cried out, in the last moment of his life, there was no maternal love, no blessing, no comfort, he cried in despair, his burned and rotting face wounds opened up, dripping blood mixed with pus, he cried, ¡°No father, there is no father!¡± ¡°You are talking nonsense!¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s eyes were bloodshot, she gritted her teeth and cried, calling out, ¡°Brother Nan! Come out, Brother Nan, I know you can hear me, please, Brother Nan, said something to me, I¡¯m really scared, you come out Niu Nahan!¡± Her voice was mournful, like a cuckoo¡¯s blood-curdling cry, still crying even after tearing open her throat. The little boy opened his eyes. Fang Daichuan remembered these eyes. They were simple and timid. They belonged to a child who had never been neglected. That day, the child called him uncle with those eyes and told him good morning. He cried and said, ¡°Mom, there is no father, there has never been a father, only me and Nan Nan. Nan Nan is pretending. He is afraid that you will drive him away, so he pretends to be a father.¡± Liu Xiquan¡¯s voice was weak and sorrowful and he finally revealed the secret that he had been fearfully concealing for years. CH 59 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 59: Fifth day Part Two Trigger warning : child abuse Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Li Sinian stood in front of Du Wei and Chen Hui¡¯s room, ringing the electronic doorbell one after another. He was in fact anxious, but his movements were not rushed, he pressed the bell just after the previous one had stopped, never hesitating, his rhythm just right. Inside the house, Du Wei and Chen Hui were having fun. Chen Hui wrapped her arms around the back of Du Wei¡¯s head and held his head down on her chest, giving the other man a chance to raise his head and nibble on her neck. Both of them shook when they heard the harsh ringing of the electric bell. ¡°What¡­ what¡¯s going on?¡± Chen Hui glanced at the door, distracted. Still kissing her neck, Du Wei scoffed vaguely, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter.¡± Then he lowered his head and kissed her breast lightly. Who knew that the person who pressed the doorbell was very patient and it looked like he was going to force them out. The doorbell rang for two minutes and kept going. Chen Hui pushed him away. The good mood is completely ruined. Du Wei wilted completely, got up from his girlfriend in frustration, tugged at his hair, got out of bed to open the door. As he jumped up and pulled up his pants, he cursed in a rough voice: ¡°Who the hell is this? Curse him for not being able to marry a wife for the rest of his life.¡± (T/N : ¡­Pfft. I see what you did author) ¡°Stop scolding, quickly open the door and see who is it so you can send them away. It¡¯s getting brighter now.¡± Chen Hui put on the sheets and sat on the bed, sulking. Du Wei opened the door, Li Sinian¡¯s slender middle finger was still pressed on the doorbell, two pair of eyes met across a crack in the door. Du Wei¡¯s expression was ugly Seeing that it was Li Sinian, there was a defensive look in his eyes. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Du Wei looked at Li Sinian. Li Sinian hadn¡¯t spoken yet, when there were bursts of mourning and clamour at the end of the corridor. The thick smoke in the corridor choked Du Wei. He was stunned for a moment, coughed twice with his arms covering his mouth and nose and asked repeatedly, ¡°What¡¯s going on? What is this?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes were calm, but his face was stern: ¡°Get dressed and come out, the villa is on fire.¡± ¡°That¡¯s Niu Xinyan¡¯s room!¡± Du Wei opened the door, turned around and put on his clothes, threw the skirt on the ground to his girlfriend, he asked, ¡°Where are the others? Where¡¯s Yang Song? Where¡¯s Ding Zihui? Have they all woken up?¡± Li Sinian stood far away in the shadows outside the door to avoid suspicion, not looking into the room, only twisting his head to stare at the commotion at the end of the corridor, being a gentleman: ¡°Yang Song has gone over to help, no one is in Ding Zihui¡¯s room, I don¡¯t know where she went.¡± As a few people were talking, they suddenly heard a loud, mournful shriek from the end of the corridor. ¨CIt was Niu Xinyan¡¯s voice, and she shouted, ¡°I don¡¯t believe it.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s heart tightened, he walked quickly and saw the situation inside through the empty door frame. The sky was getting brighter outside, Li Sinian caught a glimpse of Fang Daichuan¡¯s figure. He was standing on the side of the bed facing the door. Blood was dripping from his shoulders, the right hand was burned and swollen with a layer of blisters. In fact, out of everyone in the room, Fang Daichuan was in the best condition. It goes without saying that the child¡¯s condition is dire and Yang Song, who is standing by the side, is pale and barely standing by holding on to the wall, while Niu Xinyan is on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At this point, Fang Daichuan silently stood by, feeling that even if he is saying or doing anything it won¡¯t make any difference, plus the abnormal family makes him feel uncomfortable. There were no antibiotics on the island. When Li Sinian had a fever, he almost rummaged through the villa. The child burned like this and the helicopter would arrive on the island two days later. Even if he is still alive right now, he probably won¡¯t survive. Niu Xinyan shook her head and pushed the child in her arms to the ground. She stared at him and repeated in a low voice, ¡°I don¡¯t believe it.¡± The child¡¯s head slammed on the ground, crying softly. Niu Xinyan¡¯s eyes were extremely calm as she spoke and every word was spoken with firmness and clarity. However, her jawline was tight and her body was tense. ¡°Tell Nan Nan to come out.¡± Niu Xinyan had choked on her smoke and howled all night, her voice had cracked long ago. At this moment she spoke in a deep, raspy voice, no longer as clear and beautiful as she had been a few days before, a tear hanging at the bottom of her left eye, slowly falling down. Liu Xiquan tears dripped all over his shoulders, naked and exposed on the still smoking floor, he cowered in fear, but shook his head weakly: ¡°Nan Nan is afraid of you, he doesn¡¯t dare to come out. He has protected me for so many years, and now it is my turn to protect him.¡± ¡°Nan Nan is brother Nan. You don¡¯t understand. He is your father. He is not dead.¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s voice was very light, and she stared down at the child on the ground. She smiled, but the muscles on her chin trembled slightly. Liu Xiquan cried and smiled. He shook his head. ¡°Mom, you don¡¯t understand.¡± ¡°Since I could remember I haven¡¯t had a father. Every day you tell me what my father has said and done. If I don¡¯t obey you, you keep hitting me. You beat me during the day and when you wake up at night, you don¡¯t let me sleep. That¡¯s when Nan Nan appeared. He said, ¡°You sleep, I will protect you.¡± Liu Xiquan lay on the ground, his eyes were disoriented, as if he had returned to the terrible time -where he is in terror day and night- in his childhood, ¡°When you hit him, he hit you back. He pretended to be a ghost to scare you in the middle of the night. He had never seen a ghost, he only knew that father was dead and what he was like when he was alive, so he pretended to be a father to scare you. Who knows¡­ From then on, you never hit us again. From then on, you are happy every day and cook for us. Nan Nan doesn¡¯t tell me, in fact, I know that he is very scared. He is afraid that after being exposed, you will never be like this again. He is becoming more and more withdrawn. Acting weird, to cover up his fear, he was trying to protect me.¡± Liu Xiquan was lying on his back, his eyes wide open. It seemed that only a pair of empty eyes were left on his unrecognised little face. Li Sinian sighed in his heart. There is no revival at all, there is only a child who has been under constant emotional stress and split a stronger, more evil personality to protect himself. That personality masquerades as the dead father, perhaps as a child¡¯s admiration for a father he has never met; After all, the father title, in human psychology, represents protection and power. Niu Xinyan¡¯s body shook violently and collapsed heavily beside the foot of the bed. The sky was getting brighter and brighter outside. Although it was still overcast, there was still a thin white halo passing through the layers of dark clouds, shining on the shore and sandy beaches. ¡°Mom, hug me, okay¡­¡± Liu Xiquan¡¯s eyes were red and swollen, struggling to look up at his mother, ¡°We are both obedient and well-behaved, you told us what to do, we listened to you, now hug us.¡± There were still wisps of smoke in the house. The sea breeze blew into the house through the scorched window panes and there was a rotten smell of sulphur. The collapsed door was facing the window, and the decaying smell penetrated the whole room, filling the corridors and villas. Li Sinian stood by the door and saw Niu Xinyan stretch out her hand and embrace her son again, the curtains that almost burned down were lifted in the wind. The ashes from the bed curtains blew toward the door. The whole picture is engraved in Li Sinian¡¯s mind, like an oil painting of a martyred baby being comforted by his mother, there is a cruel beauty on it. (T/N : I will be honest with you, after translating this part I read a Yaoi comedy to wind down, maybe it is just me but I can breeze through body fluid stuff [murder etc] but child abuse makes me feels uncomfortable so that is why I am cautious here. But if you are fine then it is good, don¡¯t want you to feel bad reading my translation. Anyway, after this there is some small sporadic dog food. Ah, I really can¡¯t wait to get to the lovey-dovey part) CH 60 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 60: Fifth day Part Three Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Du Wei and Chen Hui finished tidying up and jog over. They were also obviously frightened by the smoke and clamour in the corridor. Du Wei was dragging his slippers, his one foot still wearing a sock that he hadn¡¯t taken off. Chen Hui was wearing Du Wei¡¯s big T-shirt backward. Her neck was stuck by the high ¡°neckline¡±, and a large amount of naked skin was exposed at her back. ¡°This is¡­ What¡¯s happening?¡± Chen Hui leaned against the door, looked at the scene inside, and was startled, ¡°Why is there a fire?¡± Du Wei had a deep distrust towards Li Sinian, he tilted his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan with inquiring eyes. Fang Daichuan looked down at the boy¡¯s pale face and shook his head slightly at him. The world is like this, he can only sigh. Niu Xinyan patted the child¡¯s back, her eyes staring straight at the air in front of her, her pupils devoid of life. She rocked the baby¡¯s body and sang a nursery rhyme in a low voice. It was the tune of their local dialect, which Fang Daichuan could not understand. When she sang, her eyes were very calm and her expression did not waver, as if she had died on the spot. Even if Chen Hui knew nothing of the situation, she still felt that something was wrong. She hid behind Yang Song, daring not to look at the small body. The owner of that body was sentenced to death by his biological mother from the moment he was born and his current state is just a continuation of his life status over the past ten years. It¡¯s just that from the outsider¡¯s point of view, this process of pushing a young life to the end is too harsh and brutal. Du Wei looked around and noticed something was wrong: ¡°Where¡¯s Ding Zihui?¡± Chen Hui glanced back at him and stomped his feet fiercely. Du Wei gasped: ¡°Why are you so fierce? I¡¯m just asking. If there is a fire, I have to find out who the arsonist is!¡± As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that almost everyone present immediately turned their heads and stared at him directly. Du Wei panicked, looked around and said bravely: ¡°What? Am I wrong? A candle, without accelerant, can make fire this big? After all there are not many people here¡­¡­¡± Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian exchanged looks. Li Sinian bent down and picked up the candlestick that had fallen from the ground. The copper layer has been blackened. When he touches it, the charred ash is mixed with some kind of sticky liquid, making his fingerprints printed. Fang Daichuan half-squatted down, struggling to lower his nearly 1.9 metres height to the level of the child, staring at the other¡¯s dying eyes and said softly, ¡°Xiquan, do you remember what happened just now?¡± The child lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, his eyes were weary. He thought for a long time, then shook his head slightly. ¡°I fell asleep,¡± he said in a weak and hoarse voice, ¡°and woke up on fire.¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head to look at everyone¡¯s faces and his heart sank. He doesn¡¯t want to speculate who among these girls have such malice. Yang Song has a straight temper, if she doesn¡¯t like it, she will show it; Chen Hui is charming and cute, in a life or death situation, she cares more about whether his boyfriend looks at other girls; Ding Zihui is gentle and meticulous. He will always remember that day when he was in a low mood and lost trust in Li Sinian. It was Ding Zihui who sat by the reef with him and comforted him warmly. If it is an ordinary variety show at the moment, these girls would be the most dynamic and lovely and Fang Daichuan is willing to be deceived by their flowery smiles at a critical moment, willing to watch their little craftiness, willing to use his own tag* in exchange for their survival. (T/N : Remember that originally Chuan¡¯er will play Werewolf game that using tag as prop) But this is a survival game. Here is a real battlefield. Fraud, deception and even¡­ murder. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t want to believe that there would be a person who could set fire to a defenceless sleeping child. However, the subtle smell of oil fumes in the air and the rapid and violent fire made him can¡¯t believe that this was an ordinary fire incident. If it was man-made arson, the murderer would be one of these people. Du Wei and Niu Xinyan had an appointment outside in the middle of the night. When he and Li Sinian went up the mountain, the two had been arguing on the mountain for a while, so they probably didn¡¯t have the time to commit the crime. Then exclude himself and Li Sinian, who stayed with him all night, who is left? That left Yang Song, who claims to have been in the room all the time, Chen Hui, who the time when she went out to grab her boyfriend is unknown and Ding Zihui, who is still missing. The sky outside the window became brighter and the unburned copper clock made a muffled sound as usual. It¡¯s eight o¡¯clock. Everyone seemed to have regained their senses and broke free from another frozen time and space. They all looked at the clock in the corner of the room and then retreated one by one in silence. There was only the sound of everyone coming down using the stairs but Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian stayed. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know what expression to use to face the mother and son. He squatted on the ground and looked at Li Sinian as if asking for help. Lisinian sighed and stroked the bangs on his head with his right hand He also squatted down. Fang Daichuan felt a little more at ease, thinking that I want to comfort Niu Xinyan with gentle words, but, I¡¯m clumsy, I should leave this kind of thing to someone with a delicate mind and a high IQ. He thought, people with high IQs are always logical, they can see the problem properly and know where the most important part is. However, Li Sinian crouched down, didn¡¯t say a comforting word but went straight to the point: ¡°You can tell me now, how did your husband die back then?¡± He didn¡¯t look down at the child when he said this. Instead, he stared straight at Niu Xinyan, his bangs were pulled up, revealing a smooth and full forehead and his eyes were as sharp as knives. Fang Daichuan covered his face with one hand in embarrassment, and quietly stretched out his other hand, tugging at the corners of his clothes. Niu Xinyan¡¯s eyes were a little distant as she slowly swept her eyes over and met Li Sinian¡¯s gaze for a moment. ¡°You¡¯d better hurry up, my patience is limited,¡± Li Sinian grabbed Fang Daichuan¡¯s chaotic hand, squeezed his wrist firmly in his palm, not giving her an inch, ¡°Voting time is coming, you are out of time.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s right hand was actually injured. His entire palm is burned and there is a red mark on his wrist, squeezed by Li Sinian, causing him to shiver in pain. In the past, Li Sinian was perceptive and sensitive but now there is no trace of it. Fang Daichuan turned his head and glanced at Li Sinian. There seemed to be a surging fire between his brows, like an active volcano at the bottom of their feet. Silent and suppressed but eventually it will burst with energy. His eyes were like cold knives, at that moment Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was moving. ¨C Li Sinian is on fire. This realisation made Fang Daichuan feel a strange illusion, as if seeing the invulnerable Paladin lift off his armour to reveal the skin inside; seeing the invincible Seraph* with burning wings on his back, become mortal with flesh and blood. Li Sinian, who has always been invincible in his eyes, actually can feel anger, anxiety and worry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph He didn¡¯t just look down on people coldly. He also had hot emotions in his heart, deep and heavy with anger. It was at this time that Fang Daichuan had a ridiculously shallow idea. He thought: He really is a human being. The copper desk clock stood silently in the corner of the room and the second hand kept moving non-stop. Niu Xinyan let go of her child, covered her face with her hands and cried. CH 61 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 61: Fifth day Part Four Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°My surname is not Niu, my surname is Yan and my name is Yan Xinyue.¡± Niu Xinyan put her hands on her face and sniffed. She was indeed a beauty, with thin eyebrows, plump cheeks and the right nose shape. Her temperament is gentle and she usually speaks softly. No wonder Du Wei and Du Chaosheng, father and son, both came close to her, the tears that fell under her thin single eyelid is like a broken moon. Even Fang Daichuan, who was used to showbiz, felt something when he saw the scene. On the other hand, Li Sinian was unmoved. With indifference, he frequently looked at his watch with a cold expression. Yan Xinyue and Niu Nahan are university alumni, Niu Nahan being seven years older than her. By the time she was a sophomore, Niu had already graduated from school, completed a master¡¯s degree at Moscow University, moved on to do a PhD in Switzerland, and worked for Rio Tinto* for a while before returning to China to join their geological survey office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_(corporation) (T/N : Alright so Rio Tinto are real mining company but for the geological survey office the translation are ¡®local survey office¡¯ so when I try to find I don¡¯t get any names so I just use ¡®geological survey office¡¯ which come from China Geological Survey (CGS) just for consistency since Rio Tinto is real company.) Geological exploration is all input and no output, except for the large mining companies who will take over the business from exploration to mining and then sales, in China, more exploration institutes are scientific exploration that use state funding. At that time, Niu Nahan was already well established in the exploration institute, and was already the head of an exploration team at a young age and was also a visiting scholar* at a comprehensive university. With a beautiful degree and an excellent CV, he was rightly invited by his alma mater to come back and give a lecture to his undergraduates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visiting_scholar In a specialised college with a major in geology, the lectures given by such excellent people naturally attracted everyone to listen to. Yan Xinyue met Niu Nahan at that time. Compared to some of the applied science institutes next door, there is really not much money to be made in a geological survey. China¡¯s current national policy is to use as many imported resources as possible and the resources buried underneath its own ground, even if they are really explored, are not dug up, and even if they are, private mining companies are not allowed to start. Even if they did, they wouldn¡¯t allow private mining companies to do it. A geological survey institute would even get a pitiful rebate for bidding. Niu Nahan was not a man who settled for less. Of course, he was a good scientist and a good businessman, but no one says that someone who is a good scientist and a good businessman has to be a man who settles for less. He began to find ways to make money from the projects he was working on. ¡ª¡ªMake use of scientific research funds to carry out private exploration and then secretly sell the exploration report to interested businessmen. When the state does not know the value buried under the land, it can quickly obtain the land development right and earn huge subsidies* from the state. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/subsidy.asp#:~:text=A%20subsidy%20is%20a%20direct,to%20achieve%20greater%20economic%20efficiency. Or secretly explore some overseas areas, find land with investment value, and provide this information to mining companies or real estate tycoons. In short, there are endless ways to make money. Du Chaosheng has a close relationship with this exploration institute. He and Niu Nahan are old friends. One of them has capital and the other has technology. Relying on the imbalance of public information, they have made a lot of money. At its peak, Du Chaosheng¡¯s overseas investment was so high that he was interviewed many times by the SAFE. https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/china-chine/control-controle.aspx?lang=eng Until he came across this island. ¡°This small island was first discovered by Li Heng,¡± Yan Xinyue looked at Li Sinian. ¡°He realised that there was a diamond mine under the island, and immediately flew back to China to submit an application for exploration.¡± The application was approved quickly and Niu Nahan personally led the team to fly over for exploration. The preliminary report showed that there is a huge diamond vein mine buried underneath the island, with a slightly smaller reserve than the Diavik mine in Canada*, with a preliminary estimate of nearly eight years to mine. Due to the difficulty of mining undersea veins, the annual production value is probably not as high as that of the world¡¯s largest diamond mines, but even so, the annual profit is estimated to be nearly US$50 million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diavik_Diamond_Mine This is a genuine diamond-encrusted mine. Niu Nahan had just received the preliminary exploration report and immediately gave it to Du Chaosheng. Of course the intention is to make money together. As a result, Du Chaosheng flew overnight to the island and submitted a purchase application to the local government. The island was nominally part of a small island nation but it was 800 battles away* from the island and not an inherent territory, so the approval was quickly granted and apart from a 20 nautical mile marine economic zone*, the right to develop and use the island itself was indeed secured. (T/N : Alright so, author use [°Ë°ÙÕÌÔ¶, B¨¡b¨£i zh¨¤ng yu¨£n] and I use dictionary, Baidu it and it keeps giving me ¡®800 battles away¡¯ so¡­ 800 battleship put together? Well, I am used to reading weird measure systems so oh well no biggie.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone What happened after that, Niu Nahan never spoke to his wife again. ¡°Later, I didn¡¯t know what happened, he said that he lost money. Du Chaosheng¡¯s business shrunk so much that the island was sold to another businessman. Later, I heard that the businessman was also bankrupt. I don¡¯t know why. Later he complained that whoever buys this island will go bankrupt. One day that person came over and said that he had something to discuss with Brother Nan and the two of them made an appointment to go out, who knows¡­¡± Having said that, Yan Xinyue lowered her head and tears came down to the knuckle of her right index finger. ¡°Who knows how, when they got on the subway. They fell off the platform and they were both crushed to death.¡± She lowered her head and cried for a while, saying, ¡°That¡¯s all I know.¡± Fang Daichuan saw that she was emotionally unstable and sighed: ¡°Forget it, what clues can we get from talking like this? Let¡¯s go down and talk about who set the fire in detail.¡± It¡¯s getting late, and if you didn¡¯t go now, you would miss the time to swipe the card. Fang Daichuan helped Niu Xinyan to stand up, and Niu Xinyan held her child firmly. They were wounded and weak, so they walked slowly, with Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan a few steps behind. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help but sigh with emotion: ¡°How difficult things are in the world¡­ Alas, you can live well, your wife is gentle and beautiful, your son is cute and lovely, Niu Nahan himself is a young talent, a scientist, why so desperate?¡± After listening to Fang Daichuan¡¯s words, Li Sinian raised his head and glanced at him, with an expression ¡®you never learn¡¯, carrying a motionless look, he shook his head helplessly: ¡°I said¡­you¡¯re really gullible.¡± (T/N : For some reason author use [carry²»¶¯µÄ±íÇé] so just a note that there is English word on raw here) Fang Daichuan was stunned. Li Sinian followed his gaze and looked at the mother and son in front of him, his eyes were sarcastic, cold sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, he whispered, ¡°Think about it, if what she said was true, then is there any reason she would come to this island courting death?¡± ¡ª¡ªDownstairs, everyone has been seated in a group. Ding Zihui, who has been missing for a night, has also returned. She has some sand on her body and looks as usual. Because of the previous speculation, Fang Daichuan looked at her carefully, saw that she was wearing a spf scarf and one corner was wrapped around her right hand. Fang Daichuan looked at her while swiping his card. He can be considered as a fashion-forward all year round. Although he can¡¯t be said to set a trend, he still has the fashion sense. He is sure it must be the pretentious boss that prepared the scarves and sunglasses in the room, probably for everyone to have an open-air beach party. However, Ding Zihui did not dress in this style before. Yang Song is tall and tall and likes to wear a halter dress and a large scarf. Niu Xinyan also likes to wear a long thin coat over her pyjamas, all giving the intellectual or slightly sexy look. Ding Zihui has always been in shorts and T-shirts, how could he suddenly wear a scarf? Is it because she feels cold when she goes out at night? That is what Fang Daichuan thought and it was inevitable that he was a little distracted when he swiped his card. Last night¡­ Fang Daichuan felt as if he had forgotten something, he tapped his forehead and shook his head. ¡°No good!¡± Fang Daichuan gasped as he suddenly remembered something. Li Sinian was lost in thought, not knowing what he was thinking, when he was startled by him and turned his head to look at him, only to see him with a cold face, gritting his teeth in frustration. Li Sinian cast a quizzical look. Fang Daichuan avoided the ears of the crowd and moved up extremely close to Li Sinian, one side of his face could almost kiss the tiny hairs on the other¡¯s face. However, neither of them had the time to be distracted, because Fang Daichuan came over and asked in a low voice at the base of his ear, ¡°Did you check someone last night?!¡± His voice was urgent with deep guilt. Li Sinian was frozen for a moment, and after a while he spat out a word tremblingly: ¡°I was going¡­¡± ¨C It is a disaster. CH 62 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 62: Fifth day Part Five They are talking slowly, in fact, all conversations happened in just a time of swiping the card. Li Sinian pursed his lips, his eyes were sharp, as if he was thinking about something. He turned his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan¡¯s puppy eyes were bright and looked very nervous. ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± Li Sinian put his hand on the back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand to comfort him. The two walked to the seat together and Li Sinian whispered in his ear, ¡°At this point, even if I haven¡¯t checked the person, who can doubt me?¡± Now there are only seven people left. Apart from him, who can be a seer? If someone dares to show off their card, it still needs others to believe it. As for who to vote, whoever they want to vote for, anyway it won¡¯t be their turn. (T/N : Yes, the author really said 7 left¡­Well, the kid definitely won¡¯t survive so¡­) Fang Daichuan was obviously more worried than he was. He closed his eyes, shook his head, and said in a low voice, ¡°If we vote for the wrong person today. After that, can we still vote wolf out?¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t expect that he would think like that and was a little surprised. Fang Daichuan knew what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, he gave Li Sinian a blank look and slumped down on the table in a self-loathing manner, muttering, ¡°Forget it, a smart guy like you must have an idea, it¡¯s not my turn to give you an idea like a wise guy, count me as a dumbass.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± Li Sinian smiled at him, gently touching his drooping hair. However, when he turned around and looked around at the others, the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly disappeared. It wasn¡¯t that he hadn¡¯t considered what Fang Daichuan had said; in fact, he had already silently counted a round of votes in his mind. ¡ª¡ªZhao Chu is a werewolf but Mrs. Song is probably a civilian. Du Chaosheng is a civilian and Liu Xin is a hunter. In any case, the villager faction is seriously left behind, not to mention there is the couple and a mother and son who don¡¯t know which side they play. If the werewolves had united, they would have already lost this round. The child was coaxed by Niu Xinyan in his arms. He closed his eyes and cried out in pain. He was clearly disoriented. Only after Niu Xinyan said a few words to him, he could say something. Not a good sign. ¡°Where did you go last night?¡± Du Wei was the first to speak out to break the silence. He handed Ding Zihui a glass of water and asked with raised eyebrows. It had been a chaotic night, and Du Wei hadn¡¯t even put on his shirt properly, his obviously small T-shirt straining against his pecs, his lower half bulging in his trousers, which hadn¡¯t been properly tidied up. Ding Zihui raised his head and glanced at him, then moved his eyes away. She played with the fringe of the scarf on her hand and said, ¡°I saw a black cat so I chased it but lost it, so I sat on the beach all night.¡± Du Wei tilted his head and curled the corners of his mouth with a half-smile, but he didn¡¯t say whether he believed it or not. Ding Zihui turned his head and glanced at the child in Niu Xinyan¡¯s arms. They were seated close together so she had a clear look. She was frightened by the wound on the child¡¯s face and asked in a low voice, ¡°How are you? What¡¯s going on here??¡± Niu Xinyan was naturally in no mood to pay attention to her, her whole attention was on her son and his other personality. Du Wei then explained, ¡°Someone set fire to Niu Xinyan¡¯s room last night. We were wondering who it was.¡± Hearing that, Niu Xinyan of course understands the meaning. Her round face was full of anger: ¡°Are you suspecting me?¡± Du Wei hurriedly coaxed: ¡°Oh, look at you, there are only seven people here, if it makes you feel better, you can also suspect me.¡± ¡°Yeah, you are the most suspicious here aren¡¯t you? Who knows if you are doing something shameful in your room and your son sees you?¡± Ding Zihui looked particularly impatient today, and his words were very unpleasant, ¡°Why, breasts that have given birth taste the best, don¡¯t they?¡± (T/N : I am not going to fact check that so¡­let¡¯s get back to the story) When Niu Xinyan heard that, her face flushed instantly, she said in shock, ¡°What do you mean by that?!¡± Ding Zihui looked at Niu Xinyan and sneered: ¡°What do I mean, you ask Du Wei, Du Wei likes big breasts the most. It feels good in the mouth, doesn¡¯t it?¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t have anything to do with you!¡± Chen Hui finally couldn¡¯t bear it anymore, she stood up and shouted at Ding Zihui and as soon as she turned her head, she splashed a glass of water on her boyfriend¡¯s face, gritted her teeth, sneered and asked, ¡°How did she know that you like to suck on tits when you have sex?!¡± Du Wei was extremely embarrassed. He didn¡¯t explain it nor rebutted. He just stood still. ¡°Where did she know it? Of course from first-hand experience or you think your boyfriend goes around talking about it?¡± Yang Song sneered and lit a cigarette. The sound of the cigarette lighter clicked. She had never smoked in public before which made people feel uneasy, but she didn¡¯t care, ¡°We are a girl on an island alone, just like you. How can we survive if we don¡¯t find a backer? After all death is everywhere and there are no rules on this island so why not use man for pleasure?¡± She didn¡¯t look at the couple when she spoke, but her gesture when lighting a cigarette was very erotic and the meaning in her words was clear enough. Chen Hui¡¯s face instantly turned ashen. Fang Daichuan shrank in the corner and shivered, lest the fire of war would spread to his side, only two big words in his heart smashed down like a rocky mountain: FUCK. (T/N : In bold and all capital to make you imagine Chuan¡¯er yelling it. Also, the word [ÎÔ²Û, W¨° c¨¢o] ) This script was so bloody and exciting that Fang Daichuan sighed in amazement, lamenting that the scripts he had filmed over the years were true to their word, that man hormones really do soar in times of crisis, and that between life and death, one can still let sperm get into their brain! He tugged at Li Sinian¡¯s sleeve and took a deep breath: ¡°Is this really happening?¡± ¡°She also looked for me, I didn¡¯t respond,¡± Li Sinian¡¯s response is not as excited as Fang Daichuan. He leaned back on the chair, frowned at the gossip, asked in a low voice, ¡°Why, she didn¡¯t look for you?¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head firmly. Ding Zihui had never looked for him nor did Yang Song. Fang Daichuan was very sure of this. Except for Li Sinian who sometimes touches him, nobody else gets close to him. Li Sinian raised his right eyebrow with a look of ¡°Don¡¯t bluff me¡±: ¡°No way! By all accounts, you should be the best candidate for backing, no matter what angle you look at.¡± Know martial arts with a simple personality and easy to deceive. Isn¡¯t this someone who can give the best sense of security? Not to mention he is also a star, face and body are blessed with idol halo. Li Sinian did not quite understand women¡¯s aesthetic and logic. The two are watching the fire from the other side and the fight is starting there. Chen Hui¡¯s eyes and nose were flushed red and she looked at her boyfriend beside her. ¡°I came to this island for you!¡± She started sobbing, ¡°I gave up everything, caught between life and death, just for you! And you are sleeping with other women on this island?!¡± Her voice was hoarse, there was a lightning strike outside the window. Li Sinian suddenly changed his attitude, he sat up straight and folded his arms in front of the table. Fang Daichuan saw his eyes suddenly light up, light amber eyes reflecting the wind and rain outside the window, looking particularly cold in the bright light. They were as sharp as long knives out of their sheaths. His eyes were fixed on Du Wei and Chen Hui. CH 63 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 63: Fifth day Part Six Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. This is not the first time that Du Wei has slept with another woman, but this is the first time he is in such an awkward situation. When adults go to bed, they pay attention to a relationship. If it is an affair, they pay attention to the partner. Is it someone who won¡¯t admit the wrongdoing and instead throws the responsibility? Everyone is playing with tacit understanding. Now the situation is like this. Those who are in an affair sit at a long table, queue up to go to bed at night and vote during the day to get the werewolf out. What is this called? This drama is so dramatic and no scriptwriter dares to write something like this. Du Wei knew that he was a scum and when he thought how Chen Hui, a girl, would accompany him to this island ready to throw away her life, he felt sorry for her. But it is not his character to deny it. He simply turned his head and coaxed: ¡°Hui Hui, I admit I was wrong but you are the only one in my heart, you know that!¡± Chen Hui sneered and took a few deep breaths before kicking off the chair and sitting down, only showing the back of her head at him. ¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, ask those two over there,¡± Du Wei rushed to Chen Hui in aggrieved manner, knelt down on one knee, pressed his chin on his girlfriend¡¯s fleshy thigh and pointed back at Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan in the corner. ¡°You ask them, men are like this, wanting to multiply their genes as much as possible and the closer they are to death, the more they want to pass on their chromosomes. Male are all like that, but I take you as the only one in my heart! If you don¡¯t believe me, ask them!¡± (T/N : ¡­Since I already know about this topic before I translate this, here is a link so you are also burdened with this knowledge¡­) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection Fang Daichuan was furious at his shameless statement that he hurriedly mocked: ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t, buddy, look at what you¡¯re saying, you¡¯re talking about all men, all male creatures in the natural world. You can pass on your ancestral chromosomes all you want, that¡¯s your business, I¡¯m fully evolved. I don¡¯t have such primitive biological instincts.¡± ¡°Neither do I,¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows and smiled, ¡°I don¡¯t really care whether my chromosomes can be passed on, let alone pass on as many as possible. Aren¡¯t you panicking right now?¡± Yang Song bit her cigarette butt and watched them arguing. Hearing this, she couldn¡¯t help but glance at Li Sinian meaningfully. ¡°I don¡¯t care who you sleep with,¡± Niu Xinyan gritted her teeth tightly, making downward tilt, her voice contained a powerful emotion, ¡°I only care about who set the fire!¡± Several people stopped talking and even Chen Hui lowered her head, although she still turned her head away, ignoring Du Wei and the other girls, she was not in the mood to fight at this time. Li Sinian had seen enough. Seeing that everyone had ceased the fire, he stood up: ¡°There are only seven people here. Anyway, someone must set the fire. About that, I want to share my opinion with you.¡± Naturally, Fang Daichuan listened attentively and the rest of the people turned their heads to look at Li Sinian in disbelief. ¡°We all know that each werewolf has four bottles of poison, which is clearly written in the instructions. At present, only beer belly and Du Chaosheng die from poisoning. I would like to ask everyone a question, even in the most insane case, where these two people were all killed by the same werewolf, this werewolf will still have at least two bottles of poison left. If someone really wants to kill Liu Xiquan, why not just use poison?¡± As Li Sinian said that, he glanced at everyone and Ding Zihui gave Yang Song a sideway look. He retracted his gaze and continued: ¡°I guess there are two possibilities. First, the murderer is a werewolf, but they not using the poison, because they doesn¡¯t really want to kill and had an ulterior motive for setting the fire. Secondly, the murderer intended to kill, but unfortunately was not a werewolf and had no poison available.¡± Fang Daichuan followed Li Sinian¡¯s thoughts and thought hard: ¡°What is the point of using fire other than killing and destroying the traces?¡± ¡°Good question,¡± Li Sinian snapped his fingers, ¡°I¡¯ve had a good look around the room, the burning area is near the bed, the fire started on the bedside table and I can say that I really can¡¯t think of the murderer target other than the one sleeping in the bed. So I think that the odds are that this murderer is not a werewolf; that it wanted to kill someone and just struggled with the lack of poison and therefore they used other method.¡± In fact, apart from this roundabout speculation, the most important deduction that Li Sinian left unsaid in his heart was that he had almost concluded that the young boy¡¯s identity card was a werewolf, and in this game, with more than four people in villager faction left, there was no need for a werewolf to take out his teammates early on. ¡°But,¡± Yang Song frowned slightly, ¡°such a small child; strangled, stabbed to death, suffocated by covering his mouth and nose, there are so many ways, why choose arson with the lowest success rate? You don¡¯t need a keycard to open the door from the inside, as long as you escape the fire ring, you can rush out of the room. Isn¡¯t this asking for trouble? I don¡¯t think this person really wants to kill.¡± Li Sinian was indifferent. ¡°If the murderer can¡¯t be identified, there is actually a clue,¡± Du Wei looked up and asked, ¡°How did the murderer enter Niu Xinyan¡¯s room?¡± Niu Xinyan winced and raised her head: ¡°The keycard! My keycard!¡± ¡°When was the last time you saw the keycard?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. Niu Xinyan wiped her tears with her fingers, lowered her head and said, ¡°I went back to my room at night. After I opened the door, I put the keycard back in my coat pocket. In the middle of the night, Du Wei and I met in the woods. So I put the coat on to go out and when I came back, I saw a fire in the window of my room, but the keycard was gone.¡± Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan looked at each other, and Li Sinian asked, ¡°Where did you put your coat?¡± ¡°It was hanging on the coat rack by the door..¡± Niu Xinyan choked. ¡°Did anyone enter your room at night?¡± Fang Daichuan asked softly. Niu Xinyan raised her head abruptly, as if she remembered something, she stared intently at Yang Song¡¯s eyes: ¡°It¡¯s Yang Song! She came to give me a candlestick!¡± That is suspicious. In the middle of the night, going to someone¡¯s room to give a candlestick, Li Sinian thought, if it is Fang Daichuan, then I will believe, but would others be so kind? After hearing that, Yang Song put out the cigarette butt in the coffee cup without hesitation, exhaled the residual smoke in her mouth and said coldly: ¡°I knew you would doubt me and when I saw the fire, I knew I would get blamed. Let me tell the truth. I went to your room to steal something but not to steal your key card. What kind of adult would I be if I killed a child?¡± Fang Daichuan frowned, Niu Xinyan¡¯s pupils suddenly constricted. ¡°What I¡¯m looking for, you should know.¡± Yang Song smiled mockingly at Niu Xinyan, took out a brass key from her pocket, with a red rope tied to the key. Niu Xinyan looked at the key and was silent for a long time, finally the tight nerve in her heart suddenly broke. Her whole body collapsed, she threw herself on the table in front of her and cried bitterly. Nobody knows what to say. Li Sinian looked up at the time and sighed. ¡°I have a suggestion. I want to discuss with you wolves, let¡¯s make a deal.¡± He said calmly, ignoring everyone¡¯s reaction. ¡°I checked someone last night. I won¡¯t say who it is. If you are afraid that I will reveal it. Come and try to kill me tonight. Let¡¯s see who will survive. I counted the votes and it is estimated that the villager faction won¡¯t be able to vote for the wolf. Now everyone is in a messy relationship. Whoever I say I check, everyone will not necessarily listen to me. I don¡¯t want to talk too much, we collectively abstained during the day, the machine was there and we just stayed here to the end¨Cthis time no one can play any other tricks. I still mean what I said yesterday, no matter what, we push a peaceful day out, which you wolves should be able to accept. ¡° This method, let alone the werewolf, villager faction should be able to accept it. Nobody wants to die, even if one is not a wolf, who knows if there are enemies who want to kill them? Up to this day, one by one have died, no one is a professional killer, and inevitably they will be anxious. No matter how confident someone is in the beginning, it is inevitable that they want to live another day. Everyone accepted it unanimously. Everyone sat still. Monitor each other until the end of voting time. Only Fang Daichuan hesitated for a long time, looking like he wanted to say something. Li Sinian felt a little strange, so he asked in a low voice, ¡°What¡¯s matter, you don¡¯t need to kill people, why are you upset?¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his head and secretly glanced at everyone present before whispering in Li Sinian¡¯s ear: ¡°But even if I don¡¯t kill someone, they might kill me. If we don¡¯t vote and in the end, they kill all the villagers, leaving three wolves. Then the three of them voted us out, aren¡¯t we doomed?¡± Li Sinian nodded approvingly at him, highly praising his progress, then sneered with his lips hooked: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, the wolves have a lot of calculation in their hearts.¡± Seeing that Fang Daichuan was still worried, he smiled and said, ¡°Trust me, our strategy is to not do anything, just keep a low profile. Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight* and live to the end.¡± CH 64 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 64: Fifth day Part Seven Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. The machine beeped, everyone who had not slept all night and was exhausted instantly sat upright. ¡°All players: abstain,¡± the machine said coldly, ¡°no one died today.¡± Du Wei let out a long sigh of relief. He smiled dryly: ¡°I¡¯m afraid that it will judge us to play negatively and then forcefully obliterate all of us, it will be troublesome.¡± Right now Chen Hui doesn¡¯t like him, hearing the words she said: ¡°The people who organised the game just wanted to watch us kill each other, the game was a stage, a human experiment, if they want to kill in one sweep; might as well hire a hitman.¡± Du Wei¡¯s face was a little ugly: ¡°What do you know?¡± The young couple quarrelled and it was not good for others to intervene. Ding Zihui was embarrassed, so she simply got up and walked to the second floor. Her clothes were half wet and she was probably up all night. She hurried back to make up for sleep. Du Wei watched her go away with a sarcastic look, he stood up, walked behind Chen Hui, put his arms around his girlfriend¡¯s shoulders and hugged her. He changed his face and coaxed softly: ¡°Okay, don¡¯t be angry, it¡¯s all my fault.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t feel good about these two people, nor was he in the mood to listen to them battering. He was also exhausted and just wanted to go to sleep. However, when he thought of Niu Xinyan and her son, he was worried. Yang Song seemed to have something to say to Li Sinian and hesitantly walked over while glancing at Fang Daichuan. What is this situation? Fang Daichuan glared at Li Sinian and spread his right hand upward. ¡°Huh?¡± Li Sinian tilted his head to show that he didn¡¯t understand. Fang Daichuan rolled his eyes at the sky, gritted his teeth and said, ¡°Give me your keycard, I¡¯ll go to sleep first, you both can talk slowly.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t ask him why he had to go to his room to sleep. He obediently took out the keycard from his trouser pocket, stuffed it into his hand, and instructed, ¡°Open a bottle of white wine and take care of your injury.¡± Fang Daichuan nodded casually and walked away without looking at Yang Song. When he passed Niu Xinyan, Fang Daichuan hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and finally handed his keycard to Niu Xinyan: ¡°You just stay in my room from now on, Li Sinian and I will share a room.¡± His thoughts are simple. Among the rest of them, the couple have lived together in the same room. Although there was a spare room, it was impossible to tell whether they would continue to live in the same bed or separate after seeing their current state; now don¡¯t mention Yang Song or Ding Zihui. The two of them were strangers to each other and didn¡¯t trust each other. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t want to wake up tomorrow morning and hear that someone had killed the others. Which left him and Li Sinian and they could help each other out when they lived together. Niu Xinyan stared at the keycard for a long time. When she raised her head, there were tears in her eyes. She looked at Fang Daichuan with a complicated expression then looked down at her dying son and accepted the door card with gritted teeth. Whispered: ¡°Thank you.¡± Fang Daichuan was at a loss, he waved his hand and went upstairs, his head lowered all the way. With a beep, Fang Daichuan opened Li Sinian¡¯s door. It was dark in the room, the windows were open, the thick grey canvas curtains were blown by the wind and the dark clouds were hanging outside. Fang Daichuan tentatively called out, ¡°Meow?¡± The room was quiet, and there was no response. The black cat was probably looking for food on its own, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t think much. After all, they didn¡¯t return last night, so the cat should have been starving long ago. He thought casually while pulling off his shirt, hissing as he accidentally touched the wound. Using a little bit of light from outside the window, he looked down at his shoulders. The curled steel plate made a long cut on his right shoulder, not very deep, it was already scabbing over. It¡¯s just that the black and red scab is mixed with soot and clothing fragments, making the whole wound look miserable and hideous. The most serious wound on the right hand has blistered, the tip of the blister is yellow, and there supposedly tissue fluid oozing out of it. Fang Daichuan listened to Li Sinian¡¯s words, picked up a bottle of wine, and walked into the bathroom topless. He stood in front of the mirror and pried off the cork. The person in the mirror looked thin and pallid. It is because he couldn¡¯t eat or sleep well and Fang Daichuan himself is someone who easily loses weight. In just four or five days, he had lost a lot of weight. Several tragic scars with jagged edge ran across the right chest, running under the obviously thin clavicle*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavicle Fang Daichuan reached out and wiped the mirror, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and poured a whole bottle of white wine directly on his right chest. ¡°Uh¡­¡± The sharp pain struck instantly, Fang Daichuan clenched the bottle tightly, grit his teeth. Even if he was mentally prepared, the moment the alcohol seeped on his chest, he was soaked with sweat. He held on to the cold sink and took a deep breath. Some white foam appeared from the wound, the severe pain made his scalp tighten, only the pain itself remained in his consciousness. After a short rest, he lowered his head to examine the wound. The fragile bloody scab that had just formed was washed away by the wine, revealing the fragile muscle tissue inside. The flesh curling around the wound, the bloodless look ghastly pale. Fang Daichuan found a new pack of towels from the grid, simply disinfected it with wine and stuck it on the newly opened wound. There is a lack of doctors and medicines here, and there is no bandage, so he has to make do with this. He smiled bitterly and comforted himself. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Fang Daichuan thought it was Li Sinian who came back, closed his eyes, took a few breaths to calm down and covered his right chest before opening the door. The door opened, he stood leaning against the door frame, the pain tormented him, right now he was terribly weak. Outside the door, Ding Zihui stood with her head lowered. She heard the sound of the door opening and looked up but she was surprised to see that the person who opened the door was not the one she expected. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Fang Daichuan was in so much pain, the vein in his head was jumping around, right now he didn¡¯t have a good temper. Seeing that, Ding Zihui misunderstood, her eyes suddenly turned red, she sniffed: ¡°You look down on me, don¡¯t you?¡± Where the fuck that coming? Fang Daichuan¡¯s head was as big as a bucket*: ¡°Don¡¯t think about it, I didn¡¯t say anything.¡± (T/N : Since this is a meme, I have include picture since a picture is worth a thousand words) ¡°You didn¡¯t say anything, but that¡¯s what you thought.¡± Ding Zihui touched the tears in her eyes, her nasal voice was thick with grievance, ¡°I know what you all think, I seduce other people¡¯s boyfriends, I am really shameless¡­¡­¡± She began to cry. Fang Daichuan raised his right hand above his head and said helplessly, ¡°I really didn¡¯t think that, it¡¯s none of my business whoever you like to seduce¡­¡± He talked too much, his breath started to get short. Ding Zihui heard that his voice was wrong, looked up at him with red eyes, exclaimed: ¡°Your shoulders!¡± Seeing that she won¡¯t leave easily, Fang Daichuan sighed, took two steps and unblocked the door. ¡°Why don¡¯t you come in and talk?¡± CH 65 Chapter 65: Fifth day Part Eight Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Sit there.¡± Fang Daichuan pointed at random places. Li Sinian¡¯s room was not that big and maybe Ding Zihui deliberately avoided suspicion or what, so she chose the bay window farthest from Fang Daichuan to sit. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t take it to heart. He smiled casually, turned around and brought two wine glasses. While pouring wine into the glasses, he asked, ¡°What are you doing here?¡± ¡°I wanted to ask Li Sinian, who did he check last night?¡± Ding Zihui asked casually, looking normal. At that moment, he didn¡¯t know why, but Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart suddenly got cold. He collected himself, lowered his head and continued pouring wine, quietly asking: ¡°Why are you asking?¡± Ding Zhui¡¯s fingers twisted the corners of her coat: ¡°I, I was afraid and thought it would be good to ask to see who it was, to have a precaution in mind.¡± Seeing that he did not say anything, Ding Zhui tilted her head and tried to examine his expression. When she noticed his gaze, Ding Zihui bit her lower lip and added, ¡°I wanted to ask Li Sinian, but I didn¡¯t know he wasn¡¯t here, but you know him so well, so I thought I will just ask you.¡± Fang Daichuan nodded, turned around and handed her a glass of wine. He also picked up the wine glass, leaned lazily on the edge of the table, and looked at Ding Zihui with a smile: ¡°Then you are wrong, Li Sinian and I are just superficial, we are actually at odds. He has been guarding against me.¡± He didn¡¯t notice it himself but his actions and demeanour at the moment were very similar to Li Sinian. Ding Zihui took a sip of wine, nodded, said, ¡°I know, in this game, everyone should be on guard against each other¡­¡± The two were silent for a while. Ding Zihui raised her eyes and glanced at Fang Daichuan quickly: ¡°Your shoulder¡­ is it alright?¡± Fang Daichuan look down and saw that the wine on his chest had dried up, leaving traces mixed with blood, clung to his skin and his pants were wet. He was a little embarrassed to be seen by a girl at this moment. He picked up a nightgown at the head of the bed and put it on. ¡°A little injury, don¡¯t worry about it.¡± He said and tied the belt around his waist. Ding Zihui nodded. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to do anything,¡± Ding Zihui looked out of the window, her eyes blank, as if she didn¡¯t dare to look directly at him and she didn¡¯t seem to dare to look directly at herself, ¡°I just want to find an ally, it is tough being alone.¡± He heard Ding Zihui say again: ¡°I have also looked for you, but unfortunately you have already chosen Li Sinian.¡± She turned around and smiled at Fang Daichuan. The smile was soft and helpless, with a bitterness that could not be expressed in a thousand words. Fang Daichuan was completely stunned: ¡°Don¡¯t talk nonsense, when did you find me?¡± Ding Zihui shook her head and smiled bitterly: ¡°I hinted at it three times. The first time I took the identity card to you, you and Li Sinian were together*. The second time was at the beach, I told you all the information I saw at night**, you turned around and told Li Sinian. The third time¡­ was in my room¡­***¡± (T/N : On chapter 18, chapter 29 and chapter 31) Needless to say, in the middle of the third night, Fang Daichuan hurried out to find Li Sinian and left the girl alone in the room. ¡°You came knocking on my room door in the middle of the night, I thought¡­¡± Ding Zihui tone is a little helpless, Fang Daichuan¡¯s ears were flushing red and only now did he realise the misunderstanding when he was in a hurry and knocked on the girl¡¯s door in the middle of the night. Ding Zihui smiled bitterly and said, ¡°But then you left, you jumped into the sea to save Li Sinian.¡± This is fate, Fang Daichuan sighed deeply. ¡°Then you should tell from beginning,¡± he looked embarrassed, raised his hand and rubbed his nose, took off the fear and unconscious disguise of being a big enemy and reverting to his true self, ¡°I¡¯m stupid, you should just said that you want to form an alliance, it¡¯s fine, let¡¯s get into it¡­¡± ¡°It makes no difference,¡± Ding Zihui lowered her head and smiled, ¡°Li Sinian won¡¯t give me a chance to speak out. When you jumped into the sea to save him, I knew you also wouldn¡¯t give me a chance.¡± ¡°I¡¯m just unworthy of you,¡± Ding Zihui drink the glass of wine in one go, the more than 40% alcohol choked into her throat, her whole face was flushed red but her eyes were clear and penetrating as she said, ¡°You trust him so much, in order to save him, you jumped into the sea for him, but he is on guard and always keeps eyes on you all the time. I am unworthy of you.¡± Fang Daichuan curled his lips into a smile, and drank the wine in the glass: ¡± Coincidentally, I¡¯m also unworthy of you and Du Wei is not a good person.¡± The conversation did not go anywhere, Ding Zihui is a smart girl, she smiled and said nothing, turned around and walked out. ¡°Beware of Li Sinian,¡± Ding Zihui did not hold back before opening the door, ¡°May you live until the end and go back safely.¡± She said and opened the door. Outside the door, Li Sinian pressed his right hand on the door and was about to ring the doorbell. Ding Zihui: ¡°¡­¡± Fang Daichuan snorted with laughter as he pulled the baffled Li Sinian in and waved a hand at Ding Zhui: ¡°Thank you, I wish you the best of luck and let¡¯s go back together.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t ask what Ding Zihui told him, and Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t ask him what he said to Yang Song. The two wounded and sick took turns taking a bath in tacit understanding, and then lay down on the big bed. The latex pillow is very soft and fits the curve of the spine, Fang Daichuan breathed a long sigh of relief. When he didn¡¯t have a chance to rest on the bed, he was dog-tired and wished that he could fall asleep in the next second. But when he actually lay in bed, he don¡¯t know why but he can¡¯t sleep. Li Sinian pinched the sheet with his fingers, picked it up and rubbed it lightly with his index and middle fingers. ¡°You¡­¡­¡± ¡°I¡­¡­¡± The two spoke at the same time. Li Sinian stiffened, Fang Daichuan closed his mouth. The room was instantly filled with awkwardness. The last time he was this awkward seemed to be when shooting a shower gel advertisement with the company¡¯s female actress, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t help thinking. The female actress had a voluptuous body, a beautiful temperament, and it is a commercial that showing the product but did not reveal the body nor taking off any clothes, however the style between her eyebrows and body was not something he, a senior magician*, could resist. (T/N : So I checked, double, triple check but I did not find how old Chuan¡¯er is. But as far as I know and I also check by using Baidu, magician should refer to 30 years old virgin but I am sure Chuan¡¯er aren¡¯t that old¡­Anyway just a note, I means, that is what author wrote and honestly since Chuan¡¯er is a witch here, him being a magician seems fit the story lol) During the break time, the female actress lay on her back beside him smoking a cigarette, noticed his embarrassment, sneered, and lit one for him. Looking back on that night when his heart swayed*, Fang Daichuan¡¯s cheek heated up and he felt like he was going to be in trouble. Sure enough, within a short while, the heat from the cheek slowly spread, his chest was hot. The alcohol seeped into the blood vessels from the wound, making the blood dance in the various organs. (T/N : On Chapter 55) ¡°I had a chat with Yang Song.¡± Seeing that he didn¡¯t speak, Li Sinian took the initiative to talk, ¡°She questioned me about who I checked last night, I said that I checked the little boy and he was a werewolf, you remember not to say anything.¡± Fang Daichuan was still immersed in his inexplicable imagination. His mind was jumping around and he didn¡¯t know what Li Sinian said, so he just randomly nodded. ¡°So¡­¡± Li Sinian asked tentatively, ¡°What did you and Ding Zihui talk about?¡± He didn¡¯t know why, but his attitude was a little cautious, probably because he was thirsty, Fang Daichuan saw him licked his lips. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t hold back and also licked his lips: ¡°She is here to find you, she also wants to ask who you checked last night.¡± He hesitated whether to say the next words, glanced at Li Sinian, finally continued, ¡°She, she also said that she had come to see me three times, but she had never got a chance to form an alliance with me. She had no choice but to go to Du Wei¡­¡± Li Sinian also looked a little distracted, his curly hair was wet and drooping softly in front of his forehead and his sharp eyes were now half closed, his golden brown eyelashes hanging quietly on his eyelids. Perhaps it was the light, but his pupils were dilated widely and when he gazed at Fang Daichuan, there was something inexplicable on it. It is the kind of longing gaze that contains affection and deep attachment. Seeing his gaze makes Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind go blank for three seconds. ¡°She¡­¡± He calmed down and looked away before continuing. ¡°She said, I didn¡¯t give her a chance. She knew it was hopeless when I jumped into the sea to save you,.¡± Li Sinian was amused and smiled lazily. ¡°So what do you think?¡± He changed his position to lie on his side, his face facing Fang Daichuan, and closed his eyes, half asleep, ¡°If it had been someone else who had fallen, not me, would you have jumped in to save him?¡± He asked in a careless manner, but Fang Daichuan was thinking seriously. He thought about countless what-if-scenario in his mind. At one time, Ding Zihui said, ¡°My mother committed suicide¡± by the seaside reef; at one time, the female actress¡¯s red lips spit out a smoke ring in his ear. ¡°Nobody with my antidote in their hand, would choose to jump into the sea.¡± He looked at the chandelier on the ceiling, the crystal pendant lost the refraction of the light and quietly became transparent. He turned his head to look at Li Sinian¡¯s closed eyes, ¡°You always act so smart that others don¡¯t dare to trust you, but actually you¡¯re not much smarter than me.¡± Li Sinian seemed to be asleep, but he didn¡¯t. He smiled slightly and shook his head gently. Fang Daichuan listened to his breathing, and gradually became sleepy. The moment he fell asleep, he heard Li Sinian laugh: ¡°Stupid dog, who is like you.¡± A stupid dog is a stupid dog. Fang Daichuan was too lazy to argue with him. He wrinkled his nose and said casually, ¡°Woof Woof.¡± CH 66 Chapter 66: Fifth Night Part One Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. He slept late. Today, Fang Daichuan had a strange dream. He dream of the old hutong* of his childhood, sitting on the front bar of his grandfather¡¯s bicycle, the old Phoenix 28 bar bike*, which he rode very slowly, swaying and wobbling, which made him flustered and panicked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong Grandpa stopped the bike and let him play on his own. The bricks on the side of the road were very old and a large patch of grass was growing out from underneath them. Somehow he tried desperately to squash the patches of grass with the bricks, but it was like playing whac-a-mole; once he squashed one side, the grass came back out from the other side, and he couldn¡¯t squash it down no matter how hard he tried. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whac-A-Mole The grass grows wildly like a prairie, getting taller and taller. He was flustered, feeling as if something had completely changed. Grandpa came out of the neighbour¡¯s house and touched the top of his head with a smile. His broad hands were warm: ¡°You can¡¯t hold it anymore, let it go.¡± Fang Daichuan woke up. When Fang Daichuan woke up from his sleep, the bed beside him was empty. He took advantage of the situation to hold the quilt, rolled to the middle of the big bed, put his face against the corner of Li Sinian¡¯s pillow, and spread out his long hands and feet on the big bed. He calmed down and felt confused. He hasn¡¯t seen grandpa for many years and he has almost never dreamed about him over the years. He doesn¡¯t know what this dream means. Thinking like this, he pulled back from the dream in a trance, feeling the residual warmth in the spot next to him, the smell of Li Sinian¡¯s body still remained on the corner of the pillow. What is this smell? The tender leaves from certain plant, the peel of a citrus family, the smell of sea waves, saltpetre* and blaze, all mixed together, with a roundness wrapped in sharp edges and corners. https://www.thoughtco.com/saltpeter-or-potassium-nitrate-608490 (T/N : Alright so¡­Saltpetre is one of the principal ingredients in gunpowder, you can read more above. So I want to translate that Li Sinian smell like gunpowder [¡®cuz that sounds more dangerous *eyebrow wiggle* and sexier] but when I google, apparently gunpowder smells like cordite or sulphur??? So yeah, author wrote saltpetre [Ïõʯ [xi¨¡o sh¨ª]] so saltpetre it is.) ¡°Did you wear perfume?¡± Fang Daichuan sniffed and twisted his body. Because he just woke up, he has a thick nasal sound, which makes it sound a little cute. Li Sinian was sitting on the window sill, his upper bare body sticking out, tying something. He held a piece of rope in his mouth, his porcelain-white skin was exposed to the night wind. Hearing this, he raised his arm and sniffed at himself, replied vaguely, ¡°Probably the smell of aftershave, I didn¡¯t notice.¡± Fang Daichuan turned over, put his entire head into the bed, muttered, ¡°You foreigners are so meticulous, even men are so sophisticated.¡± Li Sinian did not refute and only smiled slightly. Fang Daichuan closed his eyes for a while and then struggled to get up from the bed. As he pulled up his jeans, he took off a new T-shirt and draped it over his shoulders. Li Sinian turned his head away, instead of looking at him, he concentrated on the rope in his hand. However, as he listening to the sound of water jets* from the bathroom, toilet flushing and the sound of water flowing from the faucet, the rope on his hand was tied, untied, tied and finally it was tied into a dead knot. (T/N : Peeing sound) While busy, the doorbell rang again. Fang Daichuan¡¯s hair was wet and he stuck his head out of the bathroom: ¡°Why people keep coming?¡± Li Sinian smiled and said, ¡°Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight*, they all want to randomly suggest people to check, can¡¯t wait to be a witness.¡± https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E5%9D%90%E5%B1%B1%E8%A7%82%E8%99%8E%E6%96%97 Only then did Fang Daichuan realise what Li Sinian had in mind, he found it very interesting and happily took the initiative to open the door. Sure enough, Du Wei blocked the door. ¡°Just woke up?¡± Du Wei squeezed in, ¡°Is Li Sinian here? I have something to discuss with you.¡± Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian exchanged glances from a distance. Du Wei stared at Li Sinian¡¯s movements: ¡°What are you doing?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing, the window bearing is broken, I just tie it up.¡± Li Sinian jumped off the window sill and clapped his hands. Fang Daichuan handed over a towel and let him wipe his hands. ¡°Are you both feeling better?¡± Du Wei smiled and pulled out a chair and sat down, ¡°Both of you are injured, be careful.¡± Li Sinian just smiled and didn¡¯t speak. Du Wei looked a little bored, he scratched the back of his head, coughed and said, ¡°Did ¡­¡­ Ding Zihui come to see you guys in the morning?¡± Li Sinian threw the towel onto the table and glanced in the direction of the bathroom. Fang Daichuan was leaning against the glass door of the bathroom brushing his teeth, looking leisurely, but his eyes were guarded. Li Sinian then said, ¡°She did. She came to ask who I checked last night.¡± ¡°Oh,¡± Du Wei seemed absent-minded. ¡°Did she say anything else?¡± Lisnian raised his eyebrows. ¡°I¡¯m afraid she¡¯ll talk nonsense,¡± Du Wei smiled awkwardly. ¡°I¡­ I didn¡¯t give her much attention. It was she who came to seduce me. I didn¡¯t think¡­ She said that she didn¡¯t trust the verbal alliance. In order to reassure her, I just¡­¡± Fang Daichuan rolled his eyes behind him. Li Sinian glanced at him, held back a smile and said, ¡°Yes, yes, she didn¡¯t say anything. Everyone knows this kind of thing.¡± Du Wei nodded in agreement: ¡°Yes, facing the threat of death, all the rules and morals are tossed aside, what to do before the end of the world, just go to whoever you like, hahaha!¡± He goes along with Li Sinian¡¯s sarcasm. Li Sinian just smiled and said nothing. Fang Daichuan just ignored him. Du Wei laughed dryly for a while, feeling a little embarrassed, simply stood up and walked around: ¡°Hey, I haven¡¯t been to your room before, is there anything fun?¡± He walked to the table and picked up the pen above the notebook. He flicked the cap of the pen and flipped through the notes. Fang Daichuan looked a little nervous. It was Li Sinian¡¯s notebook and he was afraid that he had written some information on it. Li Sinian, however, was present and let Du Wei look over it generously. The notebook was empty, not even a trace of ink so Du Wei closed the cover. He saw the wine rack at the door, quickly changed the subject, said with a smile, ¡°Your room is really nice and there is still wine, can you give me two bottles?¡± ¡°Take whatever bottle you like,¡± Li Sinian folded his arms across his chest and said, ¡°Anyway it¡¯s a waste to not drink it.¡± Du Wei is impolite, probably because he felt that this was not Li Sinian¡¯s wine, but the property of the boss behind the scenes. He grew up with his grandmother. Although he inherited the temperament of his biological father, he did not inherit the other¡¯s family fortune, so he did not understand wine. He randomly took the one with beautiful bottles. Fang Daichuan glanced at it and saw that the wine he had chosen was not very expensive. He was about to leave with the wine bottle in his arms. Li Sinian walked and opened the door for him. The moment he sent him away, Du Wei suddenly smiled and turned around and asked, ¡°Did you really check someone last night?¡± Li Sinian was stunned. Du Wei hurriedly observed his reaction, bowed his head and smiled, raising the wine bottle in his hand: ¡°Oh, I just ask casually, don¡¯t take it to heart. You can clean up, I¡¯ll go first.¡± As he walked away, he thoughtfully closed the door with his feet. Li Sinian stared at the closed door panel, still in shock. Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand holding the toothbrush stopped in the air: ¡°Hey, what does he mean?¡± He talks with mouthwashes in his mouth and sounds a bit unclear. ¡°Interesting,¡± Li Sinian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled, ¡°Du Wei is really interesting.¡± Fang Daichuan ran into the bathroom and quickly spit out the bubbles in his mouth: ¡°What should we do? Did he see something?¡± Li Sinian waved at him and continued to go back to the windowsill to tie something, saying to him, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, do you remember his hostility against Du Chaosheng on the first day? Liu Xin also said that Du Chaosheng was aware that the secretary knew his secret so he set up a plot to kill his mother. I think his mission to this island should have been completed, after that, he just wants to live, at least tonight, he won¡¯t do anything to us. ¡° ¡°Then what will happen tonight?¡± Fang Daichuan tidying the T-shirt. Li Sinian loosened his right hand and a brass key with a long velvet rope rolled from his palm. ¡°Tonight, let¡¯s go upstairs. About what will happen to others, I¡¯m also looking forward to it.¡± (T/N : Remember when I said the third night is banana? The next day and night after this is super banana lol) CH 67 Chapter 67: Fifth Night Part Two Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Isn¡¯t this the key that Yang Song stole from Niu Xinyan?¡± Fang Daichuan asked. ¡°More than that,¡± Li Sinian casually turned the key and showed Fang Daichuan the red rope he was holding in his palm. At the end of the red rope is a heavy brass key and the other end is a thin iron key. The iron key has a peculiar shape. It is an oval shaped with °¼Í¹ carved on it, like small shrunken hedgehog. (T/N : Yeah I could translate the word but I figured leaving the original actually helps give better visual so yup the key have °¼Í¹ all over the oval shape) ¡°What is this?¡± Fang Daichuan held it in his hand and played with it curiously. ¡°That¡¯s a long story.¡± Li Sinian said as he took out an ice bucket from the refrigerator in the corner of the room. After the entire villa was powered off, the solidified ice cubes had almost melted away, leaving only a few pieces of ice cube and little bit of ice water in the bucket. He took Fang Daichuan¡¯s blistered right hand and immersed it in the ice water. ¡°Yang Song said that her father had a safe, which contained some documents from that year. Later, Du Chaosheng wanted to buy it but her mother kept the safe and only sold the key to him. However this safe somehow managed to get on this island. After her mother died, the boss bought the island and found the safe left by her father.¡± ¡°What¡¯s this called?¡± Fang Daichuan said with a smile, ¡°Don¡¯t put all your eggs in one basket?¡± ¡°Non-standard hedging risk.¡± Li Sinian also laughed. https://strategiccfo.com/articles/investment-shareholders/hedging-risk/ Fang Daichuan took the key from his hand and gently rubbed the brass carving: ¡°Then how did this key get to Niu Xinyan? If I remember correctly, didn¡¯t Niu Xinyan¡¯s husband and Yang Song¡¯s father die together?¡± Li Sinian said: ¡°She didn¡¯t go into details, but I guess, maybe Du Chaosheng went to the island with this key and wanted to find the safe on the island. Now, what method did Niu Xinyan use to steal it? In other words, does Niu Xinyan have anything to do with Du Chaosheng¡¯s death? Yang Song herself didn¡¯t know how the key got into Niu Xinyan¡¯s hands. She went to give Niu Xinyan a candlestick at night. Seeing the key hanging on her coat, she stole it while she wasn¡¯t paying attention. She wanted to ask me some questions and offered the key in exchange, she said I would be interested in what was inside the safe.¡± No matter how, in the end this key ended up in Li Sinian¡¯s hands, Fang Daichuan thought, maybe this is a blessing from a certain skeleton in the underwater cave. ¡°How¡¯s your shoulder¡¯s injury?¡± Li Sinian threw away the ice bucket because the water inside was no longer cold, thinking of the injury on his body, he is worried. Fang Daichuan wiped the water off his hands, casually taking off his T-shirt. He tore off a spare bedsheet and used it as gauze, wrapping his shoulders and chest properly. ¡°I learned how to wrap wounds from my parents, I am professional,¡± he said, with a rather smug look on his face, ¡°I used to be injured on the set and couldn¡¯t leave, so I wrapped it myself. Not bragging, but I wrap better than emergency nurses, it is tight and it doesn¡¯t interfere with daily activity.¡± Hearing this, Li Sinian temporarily didn¡¯t know what to do. ¡°You like filming that much?¡± A sentence escaped his mouth without thinking. Fang Daichuan raised his head and thought for a moment: ¡°I like it. If possible, I want to shoot for a lifetime.¡± Li Sinian nodded: ¡°I will help you.¡± Fang Daichuan smiled awkwardly. However, at that time, he did not take this sentence to heart. They opened the door, Li Sinian picked up the candlestick in the room and walked upstairs cautiously. ¡°Did Yang Song see what¡¯s in the safe?¡± Fang Daichuan followed behind Li Sinian, the candle flickered. It seemed that it would soon go out in the night wind and it was difficult to illuminate even half metre around them. Li Sinian held up the candlestick to look at the steps at the bottom of his feet and replied, ¡°No, she said that she only opened the door on the third floor, but¡­¡± Li Sinian said, with an unbelievable expression on his face, ¡°In the end, she said, she saw a ghost?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face instantly turned pale. Somewhere in the corridor, a window was not properly closed and a gust of wind blew in. Fang Daichuan¡¯s left hand tightly clutching the corner of Li Sinian¡¯s waist, and looked around with fear. Seeing this, Li Sinian smiled and said, ¡°Sister Chuan, you are too timid. Where was your courage when you threatened others with poison?¡± (T/N : LMAO, so yeah, Sinian said [´¨ÃÃ] which is why next Chuan¡¯er reply with [Äê¸ç]. Love their interaction. Also the poison act is on chapter 44 and 45) ¡°Brother Nian, do you have a cross or something?¡± Fang Daichuan begged for mercy with a wry smile. ¡°I¡¯ve never been afraid of fighting with people. I¡¯m afraid of ghosts.¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°Why should you be afraid of ghosts? They can¡¯t kill us when they¡¯re alive, but suddenly after death, they become better at it?¡± Fang Daichuan hurriedly pei pei pei* behind him, he screamed: ¡°Don¡¯t raise flag!¡± (T/N : So yep, author use 3 [ÅÞ] and again I leave you the image so you have better visual. Also flag are on English in raw) ¡°All right, all right!¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t care. While talking, the two had already walked up to the third floor. On the first night, the two also went to the third floor to check the situation. There were four rooms on the third floor. The rooms also required a keycard to open however they didn¡¯t know where the keycard was. However, the strange thing is that when they went up from Li Sinian¡¯s side this time, the third floor turned out to be a dead end. A carved wooden door with copper cladding stood in front of the two of them. Fang Daichuan hugged Li Sinian¡¯s waist tightly with one arm, the other hand held the empty wine bottle that he grabbed from the room, his voice trembling when he spoke: ¡°Is¡­ Is this the place? Did Yang Song see the ghost behind this door?¡± Li Sinian patted his hand: ¡°There are no ghosts, don¡¯t be afraid.¡± He inserted the brass key into the door hole and gently opened the door. The old wooden door opened slowly with a squeak. In the deserted island, stands an ancient villa, right now the power is out, the creaking wooden door and the unknown darkness behind the door are like the beginning of a horror movie. Fang Daichuan was nervous, his leg was shaking and his stomach was churning. He couldn¡¯t help recalling the thriller movies he had seen; Alfred Hitchcock, Sean Cunningham, Wen Ziren. The more he remembers the more he fears; the more he fears, the more he remembers. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Hitchcock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_S._Cunningham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wan (T/N : Got to say the author has good taste.) The door was slowly opened, it was dark inside. The only light source was the candlestick in his hand. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t dare to go in, but eventually he followed Li Sinian¡¯s footsteps. The two of them seemed to be outsiders who had breaking into the world of The Truman Show* and they held their breath as they observed the secret room. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show There was nothing inside the room, only curtains tightly covering all sides, but. At the other end, there seems to be another door. Li Sinian grabbed Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand and pulled him into the door. Fang Daichuan¡¯s palms were wet, he was so nervous he was shaking. Li Sinian suddenly felt a little distressed. He turned his head and wanted to say, let¡¯s go out and not look, but out of the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of a flashing sharp weapon coming towards his face! ¡°Watch out!¡± Without hesitation, Li Si Nian turned around and hugged the person behind him, covering the other person tightly with his own back. ¡°Bang!¡± Fang Daichuan shuddered as something hit the floor heavily. He quickly pushed Li Sinian¡¯s body away and looked around warily. It is a very tall candlestick. Li Sinian¡¯s heart was beating wildly in his chest, at that moment fear poured into his blood vessels like venom, quickly swept through his entire body before pouring into his heart. He calmed down and smiled helplessly: ¡°It¡¯s all your fault, the atmosphere is so good and it startled me.¡± The two worked together to lift the heavy candlestick from the ground and Li Sinian used the small candlestick in his hand to light it. The tall candlestick burned, the surroundings became much brighter. The two looked at the room and felt a lot more relaxed. The room was very narrow and had no furniture. Li Sinian quickly walked across the room and observed the small secret door. The door was closed and Li Sinian pushed it open. It is also another narrow room, Li Sinian glanced at it and froze in place. There are lights inside the room. The light inside flickering unsettlingly, whoever inside the room must heard the movement at the door, but they didn¡¯t move. Li Sinian¡¯s blood runs cold. There was no shadow, the man had his back to the door and was covered in a black cloak. Li Sinian stopped Fang Daichuan behind him from approaching. He didn¡¯t dare to breathe, staring intently at the man¡¯s movements, breathing so fast that he could light a candle. There was an ominous smell in the air, a rotten stench combined with ocean fishy smell, making Li Sinian¡¯s feet sweat. One person and one ghost, separated by a half-open door. (T/N : Who? Stay tuned~~~) CH 68 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 68: Fifth Night Part Three Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan was firmly blocked by Li Sinian and he couldn¡¯t see anything, so he couldn¡¯t help but feel anxious. ¡°Why are you blocking the door?! What¡¯s inside?¡± Fang Daichuan asked in a low voice behind him. Li Sinian tried his best to keep his voice steady and coaxed him: ¡°There¡¯s nothing inside, Sister Chuan, be obedient and take two steps back.¡± Although Fang Daichuan was puzzled, he trusted Li Sinian so much that before his brain fully registered, his body obediently took two steps back. Li Sinian closed the door before his eyes. With a ¡°click¡±, Li Sinian locked him out. ¡°Hey!¡± How could Fang Daichuan guess that he would do this? He pushed his shoulder against the door and slammed frantically, the wound on his shoulder felt so painful but he didn¡¯t care, ¡°What are you doing?! Open the door!!!¡± Fang Daichuan shouted madly, hitting the small door frantically. Li Sinian turned his head to the side and whispered ¡°shh¡±: ¡°Don¡¯t say anything, Sister Chuan, there are ghosts inside.¡± Fang Daichuan tried his best to control his breathing. He felt like he was drowning, feeling that his chest was firmly pressed. No matter how hard he was breathing, he couldn¡¯t get oxygen. ¡°I¡¯m not afraid,¡± he leaned against the door, his fingers trembling spasmodically, he shouted through the door in a small gasp, ¡°You open the door, I want to be with you.¡± Li Sinian ignored him as he leaned his back against the door, staring at the dark figure and rolling up his sleeves. ¡°I don¡¯t know who you are,¡± Li Sinian whispered, ¡°but if you¡¯re here for revenge, leave that man outside the door.¡± The dark figure sat peacefully at the table, their back to him, motionless, even the fire in front of them was quiet. ¡°I¡¯ve killed a lot of people,¡± Li Sinian sneered, approaching him slowly and testily, ¡°if you die here, don¡¯t blame me in the afterlife.¡± The room was small, too cramped to fit anything but a table, a chair and a safe in the corner. The person was sitting in the chair, most of their body hidden in the shadows where the candlelight could not reach. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heavy breathing was audible outside the door. ¡°Playing tricks.¡± It was quiet inside. Fang Daichuan leaned back against the wall, his mind in a terrible mess. ¡°Li Sinian ¡­¡­¡± he whispered in a low voice, as if he were casting a spell, ¡°you fucking bastard.¡± ¡°Click¡±. The door sprang open. Fang Daichuan stood up straight and clenched his fists. The door was slowly pushed open, the light from the candlestick infiltrated into the room through the opening little by little. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyelashes trembled as he stared at the door. At the doorway, a tall figure slowly emerged. He lowered his head and his face was pale. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were sore and red. It was Li Sinian. Li Sinian opened the door and slowly walked out of the shadows, his expression was ugly, he took a deep breath and said, ¡°It¡¯s not a ghost, it¡¯s the beer belly¡¯s corpse, remember, the one that disappeared? The candlelight was too dim, I didn¡¯t see the shadow on the ground. I made a mistake.¡± Fang Daichuan did not respond to him. ¡°Never do this again.¡± He stood directly opposite Li Sinian, staring at him with burning eyes, his lips pursed in a very serious manner that even looked a little oppressive. Li Sinian was startled. ¡°Who the hell cares whose corpse it is, the great me don¡¯t care.¡± Fang Daichuan said solemnly, ¡°I said, never do this again. No matter what is there, no matter how dangerous it is, I want to be by your side. There¡¯s no such thing as locking me out and dealing with the danger yourself, never do this again¡± ¡ª¡ªThe tone was firm. (T/N : Alright so I don¡¯t know if you noticed, but I feel I should give a note about how much Chuan¡¯er seems to be cursing in this novel. Remember in chapter 7, Chuan¡¯er said, Deng-ge told him to always be polite? So that is why before chapter 19, if I remember right you will see that Chuan¡¯er only starts cursing in chapter 19 [again if I remember right] and even that is a polite word, basically like ¡®pardon my French¡¯, you know what I mean. However after that, well, he no longer censored his cursing. So yeah, I did not make a note on chapter 19 about Chuan¡¯er using ¡®censored cursing version¡¯ because I don¡¯t want to make too many notes. However I want to make notes here so you, the reader, can understand Chuan¡¯er¡¯s change. Also using ¡®the great me¡¯ can be considered arrogant and Chuan¡¯er rarely used it, so again, yeah, he is totally seriously angry here.) Li Sinian looked at him dumbfounded. There were red marks under his eyes, his forehead dripping with cold sweat, dripping down the side of his face and the bridge of his nose, he looked as if he had been saved from the sea after drowning. Li Sinian felt a little uncomfortable. He wiped the sweat on Fang Daichuan¡¯s forehead and defended in a low voice, ¡°I¡¯m worried that you will be scared¡­¡± He was talking halfway through and couldn¡¯t continue. ¡ª¡ªEven when he was most afraid, Fang Daichuan¡¯s reaction was not so intense but now his face was pale and he was sweating heavily. Does the thought of losing me bring you more fear than danger and ghosts? Li Sinian¡¯s eyes instantly went blank and he stopped trying to explain. ¡°I won¡¯t do this again,¡± Li Sinian said automatically as he opened his arms and said, ¡°Cross my heart.¡± Fang Daichuan observed his expression and confirmed that he was telling the truth, jumped then wrapped his right arm on Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder. The feeling of danger and fear were instantly pulled away and he felt the huge sense of security touching the warm flesh. Fang Daichuan¡¯s arms trembled slightly. The two settled their emotions for a moment and then slowly separated. Their relationship right now is a little ambiguous, it is more than friends but not a lover. Fang Daichuan sniffed, lowered his head and said, ¡°What did you just say, beer belly¡¯s corpse?¡± He was now detached from his emotions, and his awe inspiring momentum disappeared and the whole person became easy-going and obedient again. . ¡°It¡¯s for me.¡± Li Sinian sneered, clenched his fingers and pushed open the door. The corpse was kicked to the ground by him. After so many days of death, the joints were brittle, and it was tilted to one side in a strange posture. After confirming that it was a human being and not a ghost, Fang Daichuan was much more courageous. He stepped forward and turned the body over. It is really a beer belly. After being buried in the high temperature seaside for a few days, the corpse had already rotted beyond repair. It was just wrapped in layers of black cloaks and the smell did not escape. Now that he was kicked by Li Sinian and turned over by him again, the smell of decaying human corpses come in his face makes Fang Daichuan almost vomit. ¡°How did he get up here?¡± Fang Daichuan covered his nose and wondered, ¡°Yang Song said he saw a ghost, is it this?¡± Li Sinian moved to the table and observed the candlesticks on the table. The candle was about to burn out and the wax tears accumulated in the sconce*, when it couldn¡¯t hold anymore, it flowed out and spread out on the table making a mess. ¡°The corpse was moved last night at the latest and the day before yesterday at the earliest,¡± Li Sinian said, pointing to the candlestick on the table, ¡°The power on the villa is out on the fourth day, before that, there is no need to use the candlestick. For such thick candles to burn out, at least they were lit last night.¡± ¡°Could it be Yang Song?¡± Fang Daichuan shivered. Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°It would be difficult for Yang Song to carry such a heavy corpse alone.¡± Could that be Du Wei? From the fourth day, only the two of them and Du Wei the only male left. Fang Daichuan thought about it, but didn¡¯t ask aloud. Even if he knew who had moved it, what could be done? So many people had died and it was already good enough that they were still living, so who cares about corpses at this moment? Li Sinian went to the corner to open the safe. Yang Song obviously didn¡¯t go inside the room. She probably saw the body and ran downstairs in fright. Fang Daichuan rummaging through the cloak that wrapped around the corpse. The body was still wearing the clothes from the first day, Fang Daichuan felt his pocket and found a thin card. He lifted the other¡¯s thigh with difficulty and took the card out of the dead man¡¯s trouser pocket. A character card, the same old yellow parchment paper, surrounded by alfalfa* flowers, with ink-mark-like circle in the middle, inscribed in cursive characters: Villager*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa (T/N : ´åÃñ[c¨±n m¨ªn]) Fang Daichuan looked down at the card blankly, turned it over several times. He thought of something and his whole body jolted. (T/N : Chuan¡¯er : No matter what is there, no matter how dangerous it is, I want to be by your side. Me : ¡­ o(¨R?¨Qo) ) Fan Art for this chapte CH 69 Chapter 69: Fifth Night Part Four Fang Daichuan clearly remembered that after beer belly died on the first day, he had examined his pockets. At that time, he and Li Sinian were not very familiar and the other party insisted to not touch the corpse, and he secretly disliked him. What was Li Sinian saying at the time? ¡°Dead Men Tell No Tales,¡± Ò»The latest series title of a blockbuster movie. However, this dead man told a lie. A card, that at that time had never appeared, now was lying peacefully in the clothes of the deceased. Fang Daichuan suddenly raised his head. Li Sinian was still battling with the safe. The combination lock of the old safe was rusted making the opening process challenging. Li Sinian slapped the green-coated box angrily as he poked the key inside. The green iron box is also mottled, maybe it was beaten violently like this in the past. Fang Daichuan found a corner and squatted down, staring at Li Sinian¡¯s movements while frowning. He held the card tightly in his hand. Du Chaosheng must be a civilian, there is no doubt about it, he and Du Wei have a grudge and it makes no sense for the two sides to discuss together a flawed manual to confuse the eyes of non-civilians. Then using the same reason there must be a commoner between Du Wei and Chen Hui. According to Li Sinian¡¯s speculation, he and Li Sinian, Liu Xin and Yang Song are four special roles. And if both Du Chaosheng and Mrs. Song are villagers with at least one between Du Wei and Chen Hui is villager, which means the one villager left is between Niu Xinyan and her son that makes four villagers. If the dead Zhao Chu, Ding Zihui, and the remaining two left are four werewolves, then all twelve positions fit together, so what role does beer belly have? (T/N : This is picture from chapter 27, I won¡¯t repeat my notes, just want to show you what Chuan¡¯er means by 12 positions) If Beer Belly is the last villager then Niu Xinyan and her son are both werewolves. Then, why did the little boy¡¯s second personality vote for his mother? It could be that the second personality dislikes his mother, after all he is disguised as his father so out of fear of being exposed, making him eager to murder his mother. You could say it is both fear and malice for his mother. In any case, even as a wolf, the beer belly doesn¡¯t seem to fit? Other positions seem won¡¯t fit either. Fang Daichuan held his head. After the first night¡¯s death, the beer belly seemed to disappear. No matter how he guesses, there seems no place for this person, and everyone else does not notice that something is wrong. So he never thought about it before. What is beer belly¡¯s role? Who is occupying his identity now? Why did the card return to the beer belly? Who, for what purpose and in what way did that person put the card back? The more Fang Daichuan thought about it, the colder he felt. Li Sinian sprouted obscenities before finally successfully opening the safe. He was a little irritable, not as gentle as he usually is. Perhaps being too close to the truth. In the face of the truth, the longer and more frustrated the road is, the more eager someone is to get close to it. In front of the safe, Li Sinian looked agitated. He took a deep breath and stared at the safe door that was slowly popping open, a line of dust fell from the top of the door. Li Sinian looked inside and saw the dust-covered safe that had not been touched for a long time. Maybe no one had seen it, or maybe whoever opened this before carefully restored its original appearance. Inside was a Kraft paper bag, not thick, but when Li Sinian pulled it out, it felt heavy in his hand. Fang Daichuan stopped his wild speculation. He tucked the ID card into his trousers pocket and looked at it. Li Sinian¡¯s fingers trembled a little when he opened the paper bag and his fingernails looked particularly pale in the flickering lights. The documents were dumped on the table by him. Various contracts and documents, government approvals in foreign languages, geological testing reports in both Chinese and English. Li Sinian¡¯s mother tongue is English, he left the country when he was very young and grew up with his mother and usually he didn¡¯t feel it when he spoke Chinese, but at this moment, which one he is more comfortable with was obvious. Reflexively, he pulled over the English one and skimmed through it with a single glance. Fang Daichuan picked up the scattered Chinese materials on the table and read them while sorting them out. Fang Daichuan had a hard time with a lot of professional vocabulary, but he figured it out. There are a total of five documents, in chronological order, from front to back. It¡¯s about the island below their feet. There is an original version of the geological exploration report that shows that there are huge diamond mines in this island. It was executed and stamped* by Li Heng in 2001. Fang Daichuan remembered that this was the name of Li Sinian¡¯s father. After half a year, Du Chaosheng issued the development report to the local government, as well as the approval to purchase the rights to use and develop the island, except that in the development report, not a single word was mentioned about this possible mineral. (T/N : I use stamped not signed because when I check, the picture gives me an image of using seal, link below for more information, instead of using signature.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(East_Asia) This was followed by a second report, seven months after the original report, which was very different from the first. The site exploration team carefully investigated the relevant geological landforms and found that the diamond mine was buried in the crevasse* located in the back mountain of the island and at the bottom of the deep trench, which was very difficult to mine. Moreover, the geographical location of the island is not good. It is located at the mouth of an active submarine volcano and recently there has been frequent activity. It is speculated that the volcano will erupt within 15 years at most. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse Fang Daichuan gasped, he quickly flipped to the end of the report to see the date. It is May 15, 2002. Today is May 13, 2017. (T/N : Yes this novel is written in 2017, btw there is talk of making this a television show, but so far it seems to be delayed. Sigh. Oh well, I have a ton of drama that I haven¡¯t got to watch so¡­let¡¯s get back to story) Two days until the final eruption. Fang Daichuan was shocked: ¡°This boss is very trustworthy, saying that seven days are seven days, not even one more day is given to us. The volcanic eruption is real!¡± Li Sinian has actually seen these contents. His father left home since he was in charge of this project in 2001 and has not returned home since then. Over the years, Li Sinian has tried his best to search the exploration institute where his father worked, hoping to find the last trace of his father¡¯s life. He has seen the first three documents. He once thought that he was very close to the truth, that the truth is within his reach. It was the fourth and fifth documents today that really brought Li Sinian to the truth at the heart of the matter. The fourth document was the letter of transfer of the island, the A and B parties were Du Chaosheng and Wang Shengzhi respectively. The name looked familiar, and after a few moments of thinking about the player¡¯s profile, Li Sinian finally remembered that this was Yang Song¡¯s father. However, the report enclosed in the letter of transfer was a first version, not a final version that revealed the real situation. Li Sinian¡¯s fingers that flip over the pages suddenly stopped, he raised his head and closed his eyes. He had already guessed what was on the last document. The final document has no English version, only one page in Chinese, which is a letter printed directly from the mailbox of the web version. Li Sinian stretched out his right hand and Fang Daichuan handed it to him hesitantly. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t want him to see it because it was too cruel. However, Fang Daichuan was also reluctant not to show it to him, because no matter how harsh it is, it is what he was so desperately pursuing. Fang Daichuan was aware deeply and clearly how vicious the truth he was looking for was. ¡ª¡ªIt was a letter, a letter from Li Heng to Wang Shengzhi. He told the whole story, about what Niu Nahan and Du Chaosheng did, about their schemes after they learned the truth, about their risk shifting, that they concealed the real report that they had been possessed, how they kept silent for some petty profits and sold their souls. At the end of the letter, he said: ¡°I am powerless to rid myself of my inner greed nor to face the accusation of my conscience. I can only wait for death.¡± He said: ¡°I know very well that I have become a demon and have sinned so much. I am done for.¡± Fang Daichuan finally knew why the withered bone sat so peacefully in the cave until he slowly died of starvation, thirst and even the sea engulfed him. He was imprisoned there, but before being imprisoned, he already died inside. All the known clues perfectly drew a circle in front of him, like M?bius strip*, clearly having two sides, but twisted in a single one-sided surface, where all the two-sided logic finally works itself out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip It was his silent connivance that destroyed a businessman¡¯s only hope. It was his untimely conscience that finally led him to a dead end. Li Sinian released his hand, and the printed email fell to the ground. Fang Daichuan looked at him worriedly, the man who was familiar with the rules and indifferent to human life, the man who was frighteningly calm in times of life and death, was now so silent that it was heartbreaking. Fang Daichuan silently wrapped his arms around his shoulders, trying to comfort, he gently pressed his head against his. Li Sinian opened his eyes and hugged him fiercely, resting his head heavily against his shoulder. Fang Daichuan was somewhat at a loss for words as he clumsily cradled his head and pressed it close to his heart, trying to warm him with the warmth of his heart. ¡ª¡ªHe suddenly felt cool liquid soaked through his clothes. The cold and merciless Li Sinian, in a dark and narrow secret room, in front of a corpse, in his arms, silently wept. He did not cry when he saw his father¡¯s corpse; what was he thinking at the time? Perhaps it was anger and the desire for revenge that pushed the grief away. He was able to accept that his father had stood firm for justice and been assassinated by outlaws, but in the end he found that the tall, perfect father he remembered from his childhood was no different from those in the killing game. Nobody is innocent. How cruel. Li Sinian¡¯s shoulders trembled slightly. It was a very subtle movement. If it wasn¡¯t for the coldness in his chest that continued to expand, Fang Daichuan would not even have noticed that the person he is holding is crying. There was no wailing, no complaints, no screaming or roaring, not even a sound. Even the shaking was held back, for fear that others would see it. CH 70 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 70: Fifth Night Part Five Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan was out of his mind for a moment, and it was only after a moment that he reacted, hugging Li Sinian¡¯s back without leaving a single gap. ¡°Uncle chose this path on his own.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was firm, ¡°I¡¯m sure that when he left, he must have been particularly at peace. In any case, he has already received the punishment he deserves, and we, as younger generations, can only respect his choice.¡± Li Sinian sniffed on the side of his neck. He turned half of his face to the side, the bridge of his nose was straight, but the tip of his nose was red and swollen, somehow he felt more down-to-earth compared to before. Fang Daichuan put his dry lips gently on his temples and coaxed him, ¡°if he hadn¡¯t chosen this way, your childhood would have been much happier. You might not have the character and temper you have today, and we might not have met. Even if we met, we might not have interacted. It is the pain of the past that shapes you today. Would it be better to think so?¡± ¡°Why I never know that you are a philosopher.¡± Li Sinian straightened his body, shook his head with a bitter smile. He sniffed, the thick nasal sound in his voice, combined with the wet little curly hair, made him look a little cute. Fang Daichuan carefully observed his expression: ¡°I am not only a philosopher, I am also a poet.¡± ¡°You said, ¡®What cannot be said can never change what can be said.¡¯*, but you see, human beings are so unique and unreasonable. They are born with self-interest instinct, yet they also have weapons powerful enough to counter that instinct. They are vicious and kind, dangerous and charming. They have conquered the world, destroyed countless species and climbed to the top of the food chain, but they have awe and responsibility for the whole world. The human heart is indescribable, but the charm of the human heart lies in this illogical inspiration. Eventually this gives birth to countless lights that make stars shine and life goes on.¡± (T/N : Sinian said this on chapter 29.) ¡ª¡ªThis is the line for his next Interstellar movie. A dedicated actor like Fang Daichuan has memorised the script early and has rehearsed it countless times at home. Now that he blurted out, he didn¡¯t even need to temporarily organise his facial expressions and tone. While hugging him, he put on a righteous and hopeful expression but secretly raised his eyes cautiously, secretly looking at Li Sinian¡¯s reaction. After he recited this long line, Li Sinian did not speak for a long time. Did he find out? Fang Daichuan scratched his head in distress. Did I talk too much? Did he notice me reciting my lines? ¡ª¡ªNo, Li Sinian didn¡¯t notice Fang Daichuan¡¯s cute little secret at all. He looked at Fang Daichuan¡¯s firm and gentle eyes and just wanted to kiss him. He got closer, so close that the two of them could feel each other¡¯s breathing. Fang Daichuan froze in place, swallowing several times. He closed his eyes. ¡°Ah¨C!¡± A scream came from downstairs, almost piercing their eardrums! Li Sinian stood up and quickly opened the small door. Yang Song¡¯s voice was urgent, she shouted: ¡°Is there anyone! Fang Daichuan! Li Sinian! Help!¡± The two looked at each other and the ambiguity floating in the air instantly dissipated. Li Sinian lifted his leg and ran down. Fang Daichuan was still behind the long table. With beautiful parkour, he jumped over the long table. The two ran downstairs one after the other. In the room at the end of the second floor, the door has been completely destroyed and turned upside down. The traces of fire on the wallpaper are obvious. The windows were wide open and half the curtains were blowing in the wind. Niu Xinyan half climbed on the window frame, her fingernails pinched the burnt and deformed window frame and her index finger was as pale as a hook. Yang Song put her arms around Niu Xinyan¡¯s waist and dragged her back desperately, shouting for help as she did so. A skinny little girl trying to hold back someone who hell-bent on dying, is really impossible. Niu Xinyan has fallen half a foot* high. (T/N : 15.24 cm) Fang Daichuan was scared to death. At this time, he didn¡¯t care about the proper distance between men and women. He tightly squeezed Niu Xinyan¡¯s shoulder with his right hand, and held her waist with the other hand and threw the other party back into the room. The burn marks around her were conspicuous. Niu Xinyan was wearing a pure white nightdress, her skinny legs were exposed in the air, eerily white, like a gorgeous and decadent ghost. Fang Daichuan and Yang Song looked at each other with a look of fear. Niu Xinyan fell to the floor, holding her face and crying. Li Sinian handed her a handkerchief, nobody knows where he found it. Fang Daichuan asked Yang Song with his eyes, ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Yang Song squeezed his eyes and said: ¡°The child is dead.¡± Fang Daichuan was shocked. In fact, it was predictable, Fang Daichuan comforted himself, the burns were severe and he is a small child. ¡°Don¡¯t cry,¡± Yang Song seemed a little agitated. She paced around Niu Xinyan and seemed to be hesitant to say it. ¡°You have to find the arsonist before you die. Your son is in heaven. Don¡¯t you need to punish the murderer for your own sake?¡± Niu Xinyan instantly stopped crying. She slowly raised her head, her eyes were bloodshot and her expression was gloomy and cold. ¡°What do you know?¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s voice was rigid and did not fluctuate. Yang Song bit her lip: ¡°Ding Zihui has a scarf wrapped around her right hand,¡± she paused and opened her mouth a few times before continuing, ¡°I accidentally saw this big burn mark when she was washing her hands.¡± She said, gesturing the size of a coin. (T/N : The scarf part can be read on chapter 62) Niu Xinyan¡¯s left eye and chin trembled, she gritted her teeth: ¡°Ding Zihui?¡± Yang Song nodded. Fang Daichuan took out the card he was carrying and sighed. There are only a few people left. Li Sinian said that Yang Song was an idiot and Niu Xinyan was probably a villager, so he simply stopped hiding it. ¡°Ding Zihui came to me a few days ago with a villager card. I didn¡¯t pay attention to it at the time. But today we found the body of the beer belly that died on the first day and I found a villager card on him.¡± Fang Daichuan said straight to the point, ¡°These days, when we think about the role, we always intentionally or unintentionally ignore the beer belly. We thought there are only 4 special roles, 4 villagers and 4 wolves, so we always forget the beer belly. But beer belly must have a role, is it possible that he is the legendary third-party faction? No matter how I look at it, I don¡¯t think so. Did someone occupy beer belly¡¯s role? What kind of role does this person have? Where did Ding Zihui¡¯s village card come from? Someone stole the beer belly¡¯s identity card but then, why bother returning it to him?¡± Fang Daichuan asked repeatedly, but no one could answer him. ¡°Yo, it¡¯s so lively here.¡± Du Wei¡¯s voice came from outside the door. Everyone looked back, Du Wei was leaning against the door frame holding a half bottle of wine. In the dark corridor, his face was blurred, but his eyes were bright. ¡°What are you talking about? It is cold, why are you sitting on the ground?.¡± He said and walked in. Li Sinian stood behind Fang Daichuan. He looked around at the people standing in the room, and whispered in Fang Daichuan¡¯s ear, ¡°You hold them here and I will go out to check people while it is chaotic here.¡± Fang Daichuan only now remembered and his heart tightened: ¡°Is it safe outside?¡± ¡°Everyone is here, there¡¯s only Ding Zihui outside, as long as I¡¯m on guard, she can¡¯t touch me,¡± he said in his ear, his hot breath spill on his earlobe, ¡°I have to make sure Ding Zihui¡¯s Identity, from the information we have, there is nothing about her. On the surface she seems to have nothing to do with this killing game yet she is involved with everyone in this killing game, she is too dangerous. ¡° While everyone was talking, Li Sinian slip out of the room and disappeared into the darkness of the corridor. Fang Daichuan remembered his speculation about the boss behind the scenes and the ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger. (T/N : RIP Xiquan.) CH 71 Chapter 71: Fifth Night Part Six Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (T/W : Suicide) Du Wei raised his head and took a sip of wine, sat on the ground with Niu Xinyan. Niu Xinyan has lost a lot of weight these days. Her whole body and eyes are empty. Two thin long legs are sticking up from the bottom of the skirt and her kneecaps are protruding like a lost ghost. She turned to look at the bed. The child lay peacefully on the blackened bed, his limbs stiff. Fang Daichuan followed her gaze and looked away. ¡°How did this happen?¡± Fang Daichuan asked Yang Song in a low voice. Yang Song sighed: ¡°I went out to drink water and saw her coming out of your room with the child in her arms and walking towards the end of the corridor. I called after her and she ignored me. I felt something was wrong, so I quickly caught up. When I came in she was already on the window.¡± She spoke quickly and omitted a lot of details. In fact, when she went out, she saw Niu Xinyan carrying the corpse with difficulty, the child¡¯s head tilted and his charred legs dragging on the floor. She didn¡¯t want to recall that scene ever again. She quickly ran to Niu Xinyan¡¯s room, just as she saw Niu Xinyan crawling out the window, at that moment, there was only one sentence in her mind: ¡°Save her, otherwise two grievous souls will come back in the dream and take your life!¡± She was so frightened that she jumped up and screamed while pulling her back. Fang Daichuan pulled the tablecloth and used it to cover the corpse, feeling a pity in his heart. ¡°Ding Zihui, that bitch, is a wolf.¡± Niu Xinyan raised her head. Her hair was dishevelled and her eyes were fixed on Fang Daichuan. ¡°Did she show you a villager card? That¡¯s my character card.¡± Fang Daichuan stood still. ¡°Li Sinian didn¡¯t lie to you. Brother Nan is a wolf. When you go back to your room, there are a few things I left for everyone. Among them, there is a letter for you.¡± Niu Xinyan finally said something after a long time, rolled her eyes, she reached out and handed the keycard to Fang Daichuan, saying, ¡°Fang Daichuan, I believe in your character, you remember to give it to everyone.¡± Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly and nodded, she said that she trusted my character, but she said it in front of Yang Song and Du Wei, she said that she left something, how can I not give it to everyone? I¡¯m afraid that these two people will watch me from now on, and they won¡¯t give me a chance to go in the room alone tonight. The eyes of the three met in mid-air, each with their own mind and motive. Niu Xinyan stood up while they were distracted, she hugged the corpse on the bed with difficulty, rolled over to the window behind her and fell down. Fang Daichuan was the first to react, his eyes widened, he jumped up, his right hand reached for her but he only managed to tear off the corner of the young mother¡¯s pure white skirt. ¡°No!¡± Fang Daichuan roared, watching Niu Xinyan fall under his hands. Yang Song held her head and screamed. Du Wei turned his head and ran out, strode off the stairs. Fang Daichuan¡¯s upper body was lying outside the window sill, the sea breeze blew in the night rain, splashed half of his body, making it soaking wet. He stared at the piece of the skirt in his hand. Outside the window, Niu Xinyan had fallen into the reef, her skirt was tattered and she looked particularly conspicuous in the dark night. Du Wei ran downstairs, at the corner of the stairs, a figure stood still. Du Wei abruptly stopped, he couldn¡¯t see clearly in the dark, hesitantly called out, ¡°Hui Hui?¡± Chen Hui tilted her head and smiled: ¡°Where are you going?¡± ¡°I¡­¡± Du Wei said, ¡°Someone jumped off the building, I want to¡­ check.¡± ¡°You want to see who jumped off the building?¡± Chen Hui took two steps closer, ¡°It¡¯s not like you jumped off the building, what are you anxious about?¡± ¡°Pei pei pei!¡± Du Wei said anxiously, ¡°What nonsense are you talking about?¡± Chen Hui, however, saw his impatience as the irritation of having his heart revealed. ¡°In your heart, I am the same as Niu Xinyan and Ding Zihui, right?¡± Chen Hui smiled and raised her wrist to wipe the wet marks at the corners of her eyes, ¡°Anyway, you don¡¯t care who you go to bed with, as long as they got a hole and a pair of tits.¡± Du Wei took a deep breath and hugged her: ¡°Look at what you said, this is important, don¡¯t be petty at this time, okay? I¡¯ll go and see if I can help, now the opposing faction is like this, I¡¯m nervous, there are fewer and fewer people, one less person means one less vote!¡± Chen Hui waved her arm away: ¡°We are also the opposing faction.¡± Du Wei was silent. ¡°I¡¯m on your side, Hui Hui.¡± Du Wei said in a deep voice and hugged Chen Hui in spite of her struggle. In the dark, the two held each other tightly, but their eyes stared in the opposite directions. Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth and pushed open the window. He stepped on the external air conditioner, grabbed the drainage pipe and jumped down a few times. (T/N : ¡­Jackie? Is that you?) Yang Song covered his mouth and screamed silently. As she watched Fang Daichuan hovering in the air, when he was about two metres off the ground, he jumped and landed steadily on a flat reef. He ran to Niu Xinyan, raised his head and made a safe gesture to Yang Song. Yang Song was slightly stunned. After returning to her senses, the silence around her became particularly evident. The dark room was like an abyss ruin that devoured life and the wind from the underworld lifted the half-burned curtains. Yang Song felt a cool breeze in her ears, she hugged her arm and shivered. I am the only one left here. Thinking like this, she reached out to take something out of her pocket but her fingers trembled so badly that she failed several times. ¡°I just want to live, don¡¯t blame me, don¡¯t come to me¡­¡± Yang Song said silently, forcing herself to calm down, wiped the fingerprints on the keycard using the corner of her clothes, and threw it to the corner behind the door. She took a deep breath and looked up to see the oil painting by the door, a golden wheat field with gloomy crows hovering above it. She shivered, grabbed her clothes and ran down. When she got to the stairs on the first floor, Du Wei was holding Chen Hui, sitting on the steps talking. Chen Hui rested her head on her boyfriend¡¯s shoulder as Du Wei smiled and nibbled on her ear, making countless promises. ¡°When we get back, we¡¯ll get married, okay?¡± He smiled, his voice was deep and pleasant, ¡°I¡¯m going to buy diamond rings, Lao Wu* is in South Africa and said that loose diamonds* are cheaper there than here, it is 60,000* for 1.01 carats. We¡¯ll ask him to bring it back and set up a wedding at your house, okay?¡± (T/N : Translation is Old Five, this is a nickname and could mean many things, from the 5th child to the 5th rank. A loose diamond is a diamond that has been cut and polished, but not yet made into a piece of jewellery, like an engagement ring. When you buy a loose diamond, you¡¯re buying just the diamond on its own. Also, the author did not write the currency but I am sure this is yuan.) Yang Song did not hear Chen Hui¡¯s reply, she left the villa without a glance. Men, huh. Yang Song rolled her eyes, but there was a sour feeling inside her heart that she couldn¡¯t suppress. At the reef. Fang Daichuan carefully raised Niu Xinyan¡¯s head, tore her skirt and wrapped it around her head, tightly pressing the wound. But it was useless, Niu Xinyan was falling into a dangerous position, a sharp wedge-shaped stone piercing into her right brain. The blood gushing out from the back of her head, instantly dyed Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands red. ¡°How is it?¡± Yang Song ran out of the villa and asked out of breath. Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression is ugly and he shook his head. Yang Song fell to the ground. Not far away, the sea gradually rose, there were still more than three hours before dawn. The sea slapped on the reef below them, making earth-shattering noises. Niu Xinyan heard the sound of the waves, raised her eyelids and glanced but she couldn¡¯t see anything. Never in her life had she been so calm. She turned her head and ¡°looked¡± in the direction of Yang Song¡¯s voice. Fang Daichuan held her head, feeling the blood gushing out under his finger, hurriedly said, ¡°Don¡¯t move!¡± Niu Xinyan smiled and shook her head. ¡°Yang Song, I have something to ask you.¡± She spoke in a low voice, amid the roar of the waves and the sound of wind and rain. It was inconspicuous but Yang Song trembled, as if she was afraid of what she was about to say. Fang Daichuan frowned. However, Niu Xinyan was blind and she couldn¡¯t see Yang Song¡¯s expression: ¡°Is your father¡®s investment advisor surnamed Li?¡± Before Yang Song could answer, she said again, ¡°Li Lixing, is that the name?¡± Yang Song¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°I know you have always hated Brother Nan but your father dragged Brother Nan under the train together. Brother Nan¡­ Brother Nan died together with him.¡± At the last moment of her life, Niu Xinyan finally admitted this fact. Perhaps it was because she admitted this fact that she ended her life. ¡°Li Lixing is also dead, he committed suicide.¡± Yang Song whispered. Niu Xinyan smiled strangely: ¡°I know you¡¯ve been looking for someone with the surname Li but you¡¯re looking for the wrong person.¡± Yang Song knew that she and Li Sinian had already talked about this issue, but Niu Xinyan¡¯s next sentence made her frozen to the spot. ¡°Li Lixing is a woman,¡± she said. (T/N : Yeah, Yang Song stole the keycard. Guess she also thought Niu Nahan¡¯s soul is inside Xiquan¡­Hatred makes you blind. But I guess Nan Nan tired being his father¡¯s sub which is why Xiquan did not move as they both got burned¡­Anyway just my 2 cents, leave a comment if you have different ideas. And well, I guess you now know who Li Lixing is related to.) CH 72 Chapter 72: Fifth Night Part Seven Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Li Lixing is a woman, so naturally her child¡¯s surname isn¡¯t Li. A gust of sea breeze blew, Fang Daichuan trembled. Li Lixing committed suicide. Ding Zihui sat side by side with him on the reef, overlooking the sea: ¡°My mother committed suicide when I was a child.¡± (T/N : On chapter 28) Everything falls into place. ¡°I know you want Ding Zihui to die,¡± Niu Xinyan¡¯s gasp became louder but her voice grew smaller, ¡°Is this good enough reason? Remember to use what I left for you.¡± She smiled faintly. ¡°Give me the keycard!¡± Yang Song looked calm and she stretched out her right hand towards Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan was unmoved: ¡°She is not dead yet, you are too impatient.¡± ¡°I said give me the card!¡± Yang Song roared. The commotion attracted the young couple inside. Du Wei held the wine bottle and hugged his girlfriend in his arms: ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Yang Song pointed to Fang Daichuan: ¡°He doesn¡¯t want to give us the keycard!¡± Surrounded by three people, Fang Daichuan was helpless and could only let go of Niu Xinyan. He carefully placed Niu Xinyan¡¯s head on a flat surface and then slowly backed away: ¡°I¡¯ll take you there, you don¡¯t have to do this.¡± He is willing to cooperate and no one wants to fight with him. After all, he has a physical advantage. At this time, no one is willing to make a strong enemy. The four people scrutinised each other and slowly retreated inside the villa. Only Niu Xinyan was left in the reef. Without Fang Daichuan pressing her wound, she bled faster. Niu Xinyan reached out to take a hand on the charred hand of the corpse lying next to her. Yet she could not see where her son¡¯s body was, and after groping futilely in the sea for a while, her head dropped violently. Li Sinian came out of the wooden house on the back mountain, playing with his card with one hand and pushing the door open with the other. The rain died down and the road was tough to walk. The rainy days made the dirt road in the mountains muddy. Li Sinian frowned, thinking about something as he walked. There was a sudden sound of something moving fast behind. Li Sinian hurriedly turned around and kicked out. As a result, a syringe fell to the ground, the tube was half transparent and the needle was glowing with cold light. But there was no one around. Li Sinian calmed down and listened to his heartbeat. The rain on the bamboo shoots fell on the ground, the darkness around gave Li Sinian an illusion that he had travelled to the world of martial arts. He raised his head and glanced at the sky. The stars performed their duties and rotated on a fixed orbit, no different from last night. Something watching him, the darkness like a bow, the invisible strings tightening. The sharp weapon came out of nowhere! Li Sinian couldn¡¯t see where it came from, so he intuitively chose a position and jumped. Another syringe was nailed to the tree trunk behind him. ¡°You only have two left. I advise you to think about it. Is it worth it to waste all of it on me?¡± Li Sinian found a pair of eyes under the cover of the tree trunk and glanced at it. On the hillside opposite him, there is a tall camphor tree with lush foliage. There were shadows on the trunk, and it seemed that someone was lying on their stomach, but he was not sure. There was a rustling sound, someone rolled down the tree and ran deeper to the forest. Li Sinian wanted to chase, suspecting that it was a trap, he hesitated for a moment before retreating behind the tree. He pulled out the syringe nailed to the tree, the liquid had all seeped into the trunk. The syringe was modified. Because of the air pressure, after the syringe is inserted into the muscle, the liquid will be automatically injected into it. Li Sinian¡¯s expression became ugly. He went down the mountain carefully, all the way observing the movements around him. A voice came running up the hill. Li Sinian stopped alertly and asked, ¡°Who?¡± ¡°It¡¯s me!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s figure flashed out from behind the tree, it could be seen that he was running all the way, now he was panting with his hands on his knees. Li Sinian hurriedly stepped forward to support him: ¡°Why did you come up the mountain? What happened at the villa?¡± ¡°Have you checked someone?!¡± Fang Daichuan asked. ¡°Yes, Ding Zihui, wolf.¡± Li Sinian help him lean against the tree beside him. Fang Daichuan nodded, holding a piece of paper in his hand, he shoved it into Li Sinian¡¯s hand, took a few breaths and then pulled Li Sinian to the mountain. Then turning back and explaining: ¡°Niu Xinyan committed suicide! Ding Zihui is indeed a wolf! Niu Xinyan told me everything in her letter! On the first night, they agreed to cooperate but before Niu Xinyan could leave the room, Ding Zihui was attacked. They felt that someone had betrayed them so the alliance naturally collapsed. Ding Zihui¡¯s mother was the investment advisor who deceived Yang Song¡¯s father back then and now Yang Song has got Niu Xinyan¡¯s poison and is going to kill Ding Zihui!¡± Li Sinian grabbed Fang Daichuan¡¯s right hand with his backhand and stopped him: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, let¡¯s discuss it first.¡± He held Fang Daichuan firmly and read the suicide note left by Niu Xinyan with a single glance. The purpose of her coming here is simple and clear, avenging her husband by killing Mrs. Song. About Niu Nahan¡¯s accident, apart from the email from Li Heng, the tragedy also happened because behind the scene, Mrs. Song set up the desperate businessmen. Mrs. Song has coveted the research institute for many years and she was fed up working under Niu Nahan. When she has such an opportunity, she certainly wouldn¡¯t let it go. She found the man who lost everything because of Niu Nahan and Du Chaosheng, and with a few gentle provocations, made the poor man lose his mind. The man asked Niu Nahan to go out for dinner and said that he wanted to talk about the development of the island. Niu Nahan didn¡¯t know that the real report had been leaked out, so he followed him out. With the excuse that the car was broken, they took the subway together. The moment the subway came, he grabbed Niu Nahan and jumped into the tracks together. Li Heng has been dead for many years but Mrs. Song is still the director. Niu Xinyan couldn¡¯t forgive her, her husband was trapped in her son¡¯s body, but the person who framed him was alive and well in the world. As soon as Liu Xiquan got the box, she looked at it. Inside there are four bottles of wolf poison and an unfamiliar keycard for a room on the third floor. She accompanied Liu Xiquan upstairs that night and saw Zhao Chu, Ding Zihui and the young couple inside the room. She had already decided to help Liu Xiquan survive. On the first night, in the woods, she found an item card that could switch factions. Villager faction just need to bind their fingerprints and the item card to the machine and they can switch to the werewolf faction, but they don¡¯t have the ability to kill*. If a werewolf wants to change into a villager faction, they need to put their four bottles of wolf poison back into the machine recycling port. (T/N : Means they don¡¯t get poison even after changing faction.) In the end, she didn¡¯t use the item card, because it didn¡¯t matter to her whether she switched factions or not. The person she wanted to survive was already dead, long gone. ¡°I said everything I know, not out of good intentions. On the contrary, I hope that everyone that is still alive will chase after each other, kill each other and give wonderful performances to all the dead souls. You are the next me. Good luck to you.¡± Li Sinian looked at the smiling face she drew after the last curse and his heart was slightly cold. Only now did he understand where the malice of Liu Xiquan¡¯s second personality came from. (T/N : Updated image, now, who is the wolf between Chen Hui and Du Wei? Will this be Romeo and Juliet? Stay tuned~~~ There are also character relationships that I can now share with you since everyone¡¯s past have now show up, big thanks to reii for the typesetting.) CH 73 Chapter 73: Fifth Night Part Eight Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Li Sinian finished reading a suicide note containing a huge amount of information, his expression was grim. Fang Daichuan looked at him expectantly: ¡°What did you guess?¡± Li Sinian smiled bitterly: ¡°You have too much faith in me. I need time to digest this mess.¡± ¡°Then you digest it, meanwhile I will tell you the questions I have in mind.¡± Li Sinian nodded. ¡°Ding Zihui is a werewolf, it¡¯s a fact that has been verified by both sides, then my biggest question is, if what Niu Xinyan said is true then Ding Zihui¡¯s civilian card came from her, now who put villager card in the beer belly¡¯s pocket? I can¡¯t think of the benefit of putting a villager card on the dead. Unless someone wants to divert our attention, beer belly¡¯s role is not a villager, but something else,¡± Fang Daichuan speculated step by step, at a certain moment , he felt that he was very close to the truth, yet he couldn¡¯t find the most crucial puzzle piece, the feeling of being locked out of the door was really tough, ¡°¡ªbut again there was no role left for beer belly. If he is not a villager, he can only be the unpleasant third-party faction. But the third-party faction was killed on the first night? Isn¡¯t it too much? Who has occupied his role? It makes me shudder thinking about it.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t think too much,¡± Li Sinian sighed wearily. ¡°There aren¡¯t enough people left. Maybe the troublemaker is already dead. Survival is the most important thing.¡± This is also true, no matter who occupies beer belly¡¯s role, definitely not a good person and everyone has to take precautions together. Li Sinian suddenly remembered something: ¡°What did Niu Xinyan give to Yang Song and Du Wei?¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head: ¡°I don¡¯t know, everyone¡¯s stuff is packed in a paper bag, they took it and left without showing me.¡± Speaking of this, Fang Daichuan was a little depressed, the corners of his mouth drooping. ¡°It¡¯s only natural*.¡± Li Sinian patted Fang Daichuan on the shoulder. https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E4%BA%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%B8%B8%E6%83%85 ¡°That¡¯s why I didn¡¯t show them either.¡± Fang Daichuan suddenly became smug. Fang Daichuan¡¯s most endearing trait is that he doesn¡¯t hold grudges, his positive energy tank is extremely large. The reply is extremely fast as if he is having fun every day. Li Sinian was pleasantly surprised by this: ¡°You learned to be smart this time, well done.¡± ¡°Do you think Yang Song will go after Ding Zihui?¡± The two continued to walk up the mountain, Fang Daichuan kept asking all the way, it was obvious that he was a little nervous. Lisinian seemed to be a little distracted. After a while, he replied, ¡°Ah? Oh.¡± Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian strangely. Li Sinian noticed his curiosity, he sighed, stopped and explained: ¡°Just now I was thinking¡­ Since Niu Xinyan is dead, according to what she said, the little boy is a werewolf, so where is his poison now?¡± A muffled thunder shook from afar. The two were frozen in place. Li Sinian said to himself: ¡°Better question is, to whom did Niu Xinyan give his wolf poison?¡± ¡°You mean, apart from the two of us, the remaining four people have twelve bottles of poison in their hands?¡± Fang Daichuan shivered. Li Sinian remembered the shadow who attacked him and shook his head: ¡°At most ten bottles.¡± That¡¯s a lot. The two of them were unarmed, although Fang Daichuan had a bottle of poison in his hand, he was not someone who could just throw poison on others. The two abruptly stopped. On a rock in front of them, Du Wei sat with his head raised; they didn¡¯t know if he was a friend or foe. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Fang Daichuan asked cautiously. Du Wei was still carrying the half-filled wine bottle in his hand. He didn¡¯t hold an umbrella or find a tree to shelter from the rain, he just sat lazily under the wind and rain. When Du Wei heard the question, he raised his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan: ¡°This is your island? What¡¯s wrong with me sitting here?¡± Li Sinian grabbed Fang Daichuan and dragged him behind him, staring at Du Wei suspiciously: ¡°You alone?¡± Du Wei lifted his eyelids: ¡°Otherwise? Are you looking for Hui Hui? I coaxed her to sleep.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t answer, he gave a mocking expression. ¡°I know what you want to do,¡± Du Wei smiled, ¡°You can¡¯t stop Yang Song, why go?¡± Fang Daichuan replied, ¡°You don¡¯t drink to get drunk, so why drink?¡± Du Wei raised his head and glanced at him, he was sitting with his legs spread slightly apart, his shirt open, his shoulders soaked in the rain, showing honey-coloured flesh, his chest muscles and abdominal muscles were neatly arranged, exposed in the wind and rain. The hem of the shirt was full of water and swayed in the wind. He snorted and tilted his head back to take a generous sip of the liquid: ¡°I drink just to get drunk, unlike you all? So many of you like to drink, like to hide wine, but which one of you dares to say that in all these years, you have ever once gotten drunk in a reckless manner?¡± He said ¡°you all¡±, but his eyes were only on Li Sinian. Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian, who was as motionless as a mountain. ¡°That¡¯s why you are not as good as me.¡± He lay down, ¡°I am drunk now.¡± He handed over the bottle from afar. Seeing that the two were unmoved, he looked up and took another sip: ¡°Go ahead. Don¡¯t blame me for not reminding you. When women fight, men had better not meddle in it. The consequences are tragedy.¡± ¡°You have a lot of experience.¡± Li Sinian smiled sarcastically. Du Wei was not annoyed: ¡°I like being surrounded by beautiful women, no more than you do.¡± The sky slowly lit up. Fang Daichuan saw that he really didn¡¯t want to stop them, so he dragged Li Sinian forward. Li Sinian took a few steps before suddenly turned around and asked, ¡°How many bottles of poison did Niu Xinyan give you?¡± Li Sinian did not ask ¡®Did Niu Xinyan give you poison¡¯, as if he already knew the fact. Hearing that, Du Wei¡¯s expression was startled. ¡°I guess she only left one bottle for you and she gave Yang Song the remaining three bottles, right?¡± Du Wei¡¯s expression changed a lot and Fang Daichuan knew that Li Sinian had guessed correctly. ¡°Niu Xinyan specially mentioned the item card to change faction. She said everyone who is still alive should give wonderful performances to all the dead souls. Poisoning, murder, suicide, such wonderful plays have already been performed, what else is there? What drama can be more exciting than the previous days? I guess it¡¯s breaking a lover apart? A trust issue? She wouldn¡¯t take something as fun as a faction switching card to her grave, right? She left it to you. However, between you and Chen Hui someone is already a werewolf, why would Niu Xinyan give you poison? I guess it has something to do with the faction switching card¡¯s rule. Only by stuffing all four bottles of poison into the machine can the card work. You have already lost one bottle of poison, right?¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t look at Du Wei but he seemed to have a faint smile. Du Wei put the wine bottle in his hand on the rock and stood up. He was tall, when he stood up and confronted the two of them chilly winds and cold rains there was some tension. ¡°Du Chaosheng was killed by you.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s tone was firm. Du Wei narrowed his eyes. He suddenly smiled. The hostile atmosphere instantly disappears. He waved and picked up the bottle again. ¡°Whatever you say.¡± He sat back on the stone and tapped the glass bottle rhythmically with his fingers: ¡°At this point, isn¡¯t everyone here to kill? I myself came here to kill.¡± ¡°One more day,¡± he muttered to himself, his back looking a little lonely, ¡°one more day.¡± Li Sinian turned to leave. Du Wei¡¯s voice suddenly rang out from behind: ¡°In the note Niu Xinyan left me, she wrote that the boss planted a spy among us.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s back stiffened, Fang Daichuan was not paying attention and almost bumped his nose on his back. ¡°I don¡¯t know whether it¡¯s true or not,¡± Du Wei sneered, as if he was not drunk, ¡°but I know that you are the one with the most complicated situation. If there is a spy, that person must be you.¡± CH 74 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 74: Fifth Night Part Nine Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Bullshit!¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head and scolded, ¡°Still want to bluff? The boss¡¯s spy is among us? How can Niu Xinyan know that? You think the boss won¡¯t use someone low-key? Do you think I¡¯m stupid?¡± Du Wei raised his head and laughed, his face drenched in the rain. He laughed out of breath as if he had heard some impressive joke. Fang Daichuan was furious hearing his laugh, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, glaring at him. After a while, Du Wei¡¯s laughter stopped. He covered his stomach and said in a low voice, ¡°Do you believe it or not, does it matter?¡± Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter whether the boss has a spy planted or not. It doesn¡¯t matter whether Niu Xinyan has any evidence. It doesn¡¯t matter whether you believe it or not. What matters is whether I, Chen Hui, Yang Song believe it or not. And as for Ding Zihui, if you have a chance to meet her alive, you might as well ask; does she believe it or not?¡± At that moment, Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart sank to the bottom of the sea. Well played. Li Sinian internally sighed with emotion. He had to admire Niu Xinyan¡¯s ability to drag himself into such a situation after her death by using a sentence that was indistinguishable from the truth. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t have the kind of appreciation he had. He gritted his teeth and his jawline was so tense. He wishes he can go back to the reefs and drag Niu Xinyan¡¯s corpse into the sea to feed the fish. A plausible lie mixed with many truths, making the peaceful day that Li Sinian had built up in a few days now go down the drain. His painstaking efforts to achieve a perfect ending, now go south. He wanted to say something else, but Li Sinian grabbed his wrist, dragged him and continued to walk up the mountain. Fang Daichuan¡¯s footsteps were faltering. ¡°If I die¡­ you remember to take my pen and notebook, there are some things inside the cover, remember to look at them.¡± As they got farther away from Du Wei, Li Sinian suddenly spoke. His sudden assumption was so genuine, Fang Daichuan violently trembling. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid,¡± Li Sinian felt his fingertips become cold. He randomly found a tree, pushed Fang Daichuan onto the trunk, pressed his eyes tightly and coaxed in a low voice, ¡°No matter how, I will definitely let you live, trust me.¡± A strange ominous feeling grips Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart. He jumped up, wrapping his arms around Li Sinian¡¯s neck and resting his forehead on his shoulder: ¡°Live together! We will live together, both of us.¡± Li Sinian was startled. He turned his head slightly, his lips brushed against his temple, a dry and light kiss. As if he was smiling, he promised in Fang Daichuan¡¯s ear, ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°When we get back, would you like to come to my house? My friends are easy to get along with and they¡¯ll be happy that I have a¡­¡­ friend* like you.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was buried in the side of Li Sinian¡¯s neck, he smelled the aftershave on the other man, the loving freshness of the top notes having dissipated, leaving only the flint and cedar of the bottom notes, surging and dangerously fragrant. (T/N : Yes Chuan¡¯er hesitated here and ended up using friend [ÅóÓÑ;P¨¦ngy¨¯u] ) The smell will not disappear even in the rain. Li Sinian replied, ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go eat oysters and drink Tsingtao beer*. If you want, I can accompany you to the North Pole Village* to see the aurora.¡± Fang Daichuan said, sniffling pitifully. https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/mohe/beijicun-86672/ Li Sinian still replied, ¡°Okay.¡± The rain is getting heavier. The sound of the rain covered up many trails and also made the escaped people have no time to consider the mark left on the ground. Muddy footprints, crushed grass and broken branches and leaves are all pointing clues in front of the careful mercenary. Yet, by the time Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian chased the trail to the edge of the back ravine, Ding Zihui and Yang Song had completely disappeared. Fang Daichuan peered into the crevice: ¡°Did they fall?¡± The crevice was so deep that the trees grew up savagely from the ground, cloaking the sky, and the gaping mouth looked like an ugly scar cut into the island, with maggots swarming under it. Li Sinian circled around the crevice opening, carefully examining the shrubs on the edge. Small red fruit with no name hangs upside down on the branch of the bush, don¡¯t know if it is edible or not. ¡°There¡¯s no sign someone fell down,¡± Li Sinian said. ¡°I¡¯ll look around. Be careful, Ding Zihui seems to have a crossbow which can shoot syringes.¡± Fang Daichuan glanced around: ¡°There is no place suitable for ambush and it is raining cats and dogs.¡± Fang Daichuan remembered that on the first day he came to this island, Ding Zihui was the first to smile at him. What did Ding Zihui think at that time? Is it kindness towards strangers, or, as she said, hinting at something? In just four or five days, the soft girl from the beginning has become like this. Is this what the boss wants to see? Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was filled with anger and some indescribable sadness. ¡°Found her!¡± Li Sinian¡¯s sound resounded from a distance. Fang Daichuan was stunned before running in his direction. Then he stopped. Is Ding Zihui dead? That girl? He saw Li Sinian standing in the grass, bending over to check if the one lying on the ground was still breathing or not. The figure of the person lying on the ground was hidden in the grass and could not be seen clearly, but judging from the delicate curves you could tell that it was a girl. Of course it¡¯s a girl, Fang Daichuan smiled bitterly after his thoughts. There are only three living men on this island and Du Wei is behind them. ¡°She¡¯s still alive!¡± Li Sinian called out. Fang Daichuan let go of the breath that he was holding, his scalp tightened, as if he had finally come into contact with the thin air after drowning for a long time. ¡°How is she?¡± He trotted forward. Not Ding Zihui. It¡¯s Yang Song. Fang Daichuan¡¯s stop breathing. The cold rain fell down his hair and slid from the neckline to his waist, the cold and wet touch made him shiver. ¡°Why¡­ it¡¯s you?¡± He was a little dumbfounded. Yang Song¡¯s face was pale, her face drenched; didn¡¯t know whether it was rain or sweat. She held a few empty poison bottles in her hand, her other hand covered her shoulders, looking at the sky absentmindedly. Li Sinian opened the hand that was holding the shoulder and there was an injection spot on the left shoulder. The wound was not forming a scab, the yellowish tissue fluid dripped down. A needle fell on the ground. Li Sinian picked it up and looked at it, it was the same as the one that ambushed him. ¡°This¡­ what¡¯s going on?¡± Fang Daichuan froze in place. He watched Yang Song going out to chase and kill Ding Zihui while carrying the three bottles of poison left by Niu Xinyan. He was ready to see Ding Zihui¡¯s corpse on the spot, who would have thought that the one lying here was Yang Song. Yang Song took two breaths with difficulty, her cheeks wet, something dripping down the side of her face. Fang Daichuan saw it clearly this time, it was tears. ¡°Do you have any antidote¡­ help me¡­¡± Yang Song desperately pulled the corner of Fang Daichuan¡¯s clothes. She was already starting to feel pain and have trouble breathing. Fang Daichuan squatted down and looked at Li Sinian for help. Li Sinian sighed and looked away. ¡°Help me¡­ I beg you¡­¡± Yang Song cried out, ¡°I don¡¯t want to die. I really don¡¯t want to die¡­¡± The desire to survive drove her, she became extremely strong, pinching tightly at the corner of Fang Daichuan¡¯s shirt. Fang Daichuan half hug her, he put his fingers on her shoulders weakly: ¡°I have¡­ used it for Li Sinian¡­¡± ¡°Please!¡± Yang Song interrupted him, shaking her head and refusing to listen to his explanation, as if he was her life boat. Fang Daichuan hardened his heart, closed his eyes and said in despair, ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­ I can¡¯t save you.¡± Yang Song opened her eyes in despair. Fang Daichuan could not bear to look at her expression and avoided looking at her. He did not see that Yang Song¡¯s originally clear eyes gradually became cloudy and cold, she stared deadly at Fang Daichuan, her right hand fumbled on the ground and reached for the syringe that had been stuck into her shoulder. ¡°Then ¡­¡­ die together ¡­¡­ die together!¡± She shook her head and cried out, raising her arm high and stabbing violently into Fang Daichuan¡¯s arm that was holding her up! (T/N : ¡­This is why you don¡¯t turn your back on the enemy, even if they are dying¡­) CH 75 Chapter 75: Fifth Night Part Ten Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Watch out!¡± A few steps away, Li Sinian roared, the blue veins on his forehead extended and his eyes red. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes wide open, the strength of the dying man was terrifying, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t react for a while and he could only watch the syringe coming at him! Li Sinian¡¯s heartbeat stopped and burst instantly. He jumped up and rushed towards Yang Song like a tiger. Yang Song turned around with a weird curve on the corner of her mouth, not knowing whether she was crying or laughing. There was a ¡°Bang¡±! Yang Song turned around and nailed the syringe into Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder! The modified syringe¡¯s needle is as thick as shoe sole. A finger-long* cold needle was nailed into the bone gap of Li Sinian¡¯s left shoulder, stuck between the coracoid process* and the acromion!* (T/N : Around 1.5 cm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coracoid_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromion ¡°Uh¡­¡± Li Sinian cried out in pain, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth to endure a wave of pain, barely pulling Yang Song away from Fang Daichuan, cold sweat dripping down on his forehead. His entire left arm was crippled, it was sore, numb, and then pain again and he couldn¡¯t use his left hand any longer. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mind went blank, he yelled, came over and pushed Yang Song out with one palm. Yang Song was already exhausted, pushed five or six metres away. She slammed her head on a thick tree and then stopped moving for a while. She gasped, raised her head, made a laughing sound, the laughter grew louder and weirder until she was out of breath. She was still holding the empty syringe in her hand but the needle had stuck in Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder. Fang Daichuan rushed to Li Sinian¡¯s side, his eyes were blurry, the bottom of his eyes seemed to be flooded and a spring appeared, the water mist covered his pupils and he couldn¡¯t see. Li Sinian clenched his right fist tightly, his body spasm with pain, the blue veins on his forehead jumped and he was shaking like a pendulum. Fang Daichuan squeezed his right hand and shouted, ¡°Hang on there! Brother Nian, hang on!¡± Yang Song shook her shoulders and laughed, shaking the branches and leaves of the tree behind her. As she laughed, white foam mixed with blood constantly poured out of her mouth. Li Sinian freed his right hand, clasping Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand tightly with his ten fingers. He was in so much pain that he couldn¡¯t speak, gasping for breath, trying to resist the pain that was grinding into his bones. ¡°Don¡¯t worry¡­ Die¡­ I won¡¯t die¡­¡± Li Sinian struggled to raise his head, shook his head hard, making all the water droplets on his forehead and eyelashes fall. He raised his eyes anxiously to look up at Fang Daichuan¡¯s side face. Fang Daichuan cried bitterly. His whole face was crumpled together and his eyes were red and swollen. Li Sinian was desperately trying to speak, but he couldn¡¯t utter a word. He gasped helplessly and struggled to breath. ¡°I will kill her, I will kill her!!!¡± Fang Daichuan watched Li Sinian struggle, drenched in cold sweat, clenching his fists tightly. The knuckles creaked as he squeezed a few words out of his teeth. He suddenly stood up and walked in Yang Song¡¯s direction. Yang Song tilted her head at a strange angle, leaning on the tree trunk, giggled: ¡°This is the first time I saw you look like this since I came to this island.¡± ¡°Say whatever you want, anyway, you won¡¯t be able to see anything in the future.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was calm despite the pain deep in his bone, the seawater poured in toward his empty heart and the blood in his body condensed into ice. He approached Yang Song step by step. ¡°Listen to me, Fang Daichuan!¡± Li Sinian shouted behind him, struggling so hard that his nails were embedded in his own flesh, ¡°Stand still! Listen to me!¡± Fang Daichuan turned around and glanced at him, standing between him and Yang Song. Li Sinian was anxious, cold sweat running down the corners of his forehead and over the side of his eyes like a trail of tears. ¡°That syringe is empty! I won¡¯t die! Get your fucking ass back here!¡± There was thunder rolling in the distance. ¡°Trust me, Sister Chuan,¡± Li Sinian forced a smile, ¡°You need a certain amount of snake venom to kill you. For a cobra venom to kill an adult, it will take 4 to 8 grams. Chuan¡¯er¡­ you come back, believe me. I won¡¯t die.¡± I won¡¯t die, I will just be in pain. Even in small, non-lethal doses, the body reacts the same when a poison gets into the body. Blood clots, bleeding kidney, fever and excessive sweating are just a few of the reactions. When the human body is healthy and immunity is strong, it may be easy to get over it. Li Si had just been poisoned a few days ago and he lacked medical treatment and medicine. He also suffered from high fever for 24 hours. With that saying, the situation did not look good for him. But he didn¡¯t dare to tell Fang Daichuan, he was afraid that Fang Daichuan would get angry and his hands would be stained with blood. Nothing wrong with that, but he genuinely did not want Fang Daichuan to do that. After Fang Daichuan heard what he said, he came to his senses. He stood on the spot and sobbed twice, the sharp and tyrannical aura instantly gone. I am scared to death, Fang Daichuan thought, the cold rain poured over his head, but his back was drenched with sweat. He came over, bent down, half-dragged Li Sinian from the ground and picked him up. Li Sinian¡¯s face was pale and his whole left arm was drooping by his side, unable to move. ¡°Let¡¯s go back; to hell with them.¡± Fang Daichuan sniffed and held Li Sinian in his arms. As he passed Yang Song, he didn¡¯t even glance at her. ¡°Li Sinian is the boss¡¯s man. He came to watch us kill each other.¡± Yang Song laughed low behind them. Fang Daichuan stopped for a while and said coldly without looking back: ¡°It has nothing to do with you, because you are already dead.¡± Every words is powerful and resonating*. https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E6%8E%B7%E5%9C%B0%E6%9C%89%E5%A3%B0 In front of Li Sinian¡¯s room, Fang Daichuan¡¯s fingers shook a couple times before he opened the door. He carefully helped Li Sinian to the bed, holding a kitchen knife in his hand. He knocked the slender neck of the wine bottle on the wine rack, the amber liquor spilled a layer of light honey on the tip of the knife. Looking at him busy taking care of him, Li Sinian whispered, ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Sorry my ass! Stupid!¡± Fang Daichuan burst into tears while rinsing the knives with wine. He raised his arm and rubbed his eyes hard. His curses were filled with sobs and desperate sniffles, ¡°Just kick her off, why jump on her? What do you think you are, Iron Man? You think your flesh can withstand a steel needle? So what if it stabs me?! You know you won¡¯t die, so you decided to suffer? Why do you do this!¡± Li Sinian shivered and smiled: ¡°I was in a hurry¡­forgot¡­I only remembered after I jumped in that I won¡¯t die.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s hands stopped, he understood, there was no way Li Sinian could think about the relationship between dose and death at that moment. He dropped the knife and turned his face to cry. Li Sinian stretched out his right hand, the only one he could use, and touched the top of his hair. His hands were covered in cold sweat making it wet and cold: ¡°Don¡¯t cry¡­ It¡¯s ugly.¡± Fang Daichuan stared at him with red eyes, eager to pounce on him and bite him. His eyes were bloodshot, like a young wolf, fierce and pitiful. The fifth night broke my strength¡­this night was too long¡­ (T/N : Yes 5th night arc is the longest so far, 12 parts so don¡¯t worry, 2 more chapters and we will get to *drum roll* voting time) CH 76 Chapter 76: Fifth Night Part Eleven Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. The sharp knife cut open the shoulder¡¯s skin and flesh, blood poured out along the tip of the knife. Under the collar bone, the pale scapula sank deep into a hole and soon it was filled with blood. Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand holding the knife was steady but his forehead was full of blue veins and his mouth pursed into a straight line. Tears gathered but before they were full, he shook his head and threw them away, not allowing them to obstruct his vision. Li Sinian leaned his head up on the bedside post and stared in daze at the other party¡¯s expression. The emotion in his eyes is so complex that he forgot the pain for a while. The thick needle broke off and trapped inside the flesh, without cutting it, the needle could not be pulled out. Unlike other places, there is not much flesh on the shoulders. Li Sinian¡¯s mostly training his arm muscles so his shoulders are more sharp. Fang Daichuan opened an inch-long, knuckle-deep incision and found the broken needle, which he tried to squeeze, but it was too slippery and embedded in the bone, and could not be pulled out. He was annoyed and stared for a while. At this moment, the blood keeps flowing and Li Sinian¡¯s fingers quickly become cold. Fang Daichuan turned his face. He has lost a lot of weight recently, the thin layer of flesh on his face has gone, making his face look deeper and steeper. Even the drooping inner eyes appear larger. He opened his red eyes helplessly and looked at Li Sinian: ¡°How¡­ how to pull it out?¡± Li Sinian held Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand in one swift movement. Fang Daichuan himself held a knife in his hand, the back of his hand was covered with blood and tears. Li Sinian tilted his head and glanced then put his hand on his shoulder: ¡°Not yet¡­, go deeper,¡± he measured the length of the steel needle through the bone with his fingers, sighed, ¡°If only there were pliers¡­¡± Fang Daichuan took a deep breath and lowered the knife by half an inch. The bones were stained with blood, glowed eerily under his hands. ¡°Pull it¡­¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice is vague, as he has put a coin in his mouth, ¡°hands steady¡­¡± Fang Daichuan knew what he wanted to say, ¡°Keep your hands steady, just get it done in one motion, don¡¯t let your brother Nian suffer the second time.¡± He was, however, afraid that Fang Daichuan would be more nervous, so he vaguely just asked him to be steady. Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth and squeezed the broken needle between his right thumb and forefinger, raised his wrist upwards with force! Li Sinian let out a muffled grunt and his teeth gnashed the coin making a crisp sound. The broken needle did not move at all. Fang Daichuan¡¯s left hand was pressed against Li Sinian¡¯s back, he felt the body under him trembling uncontrollably, cold sweat instantly drenching the soft pillow padded behind his waist, a worryingly cold dampness in his arm. The veins in his right wrist were popping up in a torrent, underneath the transparent skin, the pale blue veins looked like they couldn¡¯t stand the pain and were about to break out. Fang Daichuan¡¯s Adam¡¯s apple moved as he swallowed, strangely, at this moment his eyes were dry and there were no tears. He was so calm, his whole body felt heavy, he said, ¡°It won¡¯t work, I can¡¯t pull it out.¡± Li Sinian nodded weakly, still holding the coin in his mouth: ¡°If you can¡¯t pull it out¡­ Forget it, bandage it¡­¡± Fang Daichuan put his arms around his shoulders and approached the needle. He was very close to Li Sinian, his warm breath was sprayed on Li Sinian¡¯s sweaty temples. He looked at it for a moment, then lowered his head and took the needle in his mouth! The sound of something rubbing between the bones was mixed with the rubbing of the two teeth. Li Sinian let out a roar, the coin in his mouth was bitten off by him! Half of the shards flew out with blood on the edges. Fang Daichuan¡¯s tongue was also punctured, the needle wasn¡¯t breaking evenly, it poked on his soft tongue, after a while, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He lowered his head, neither swallowing or spitting, blood dripped down the corners of his open mouth, came in touch with Li Sinian¡¯s wound and mixed with his blood. After half a century. (T/N : No we have no time skip here, this is what author wrote, just notes) ¡°Ptooey¡ª¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head and spat the needle. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ptooey An inch-long cold needle rolled on the bed sheet, with the blood of two people mixed together, it is vivid red. Li Sinian hung his head back, holding the remaining half of the coin, sweat dripping down from his temples down his neck, soaking his entire chest. There is a tattoo of a foreign letter across the lower abdomen, the sweat accumulating there makes it protrude like a claw. Fang Daichuan raised his hand and wiped the corner of his lips. His mouth was full of blood and his eyes were fierce, like a wolf who had eaten human flesh. Li Sinian stretched out the only hand he could use to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, smiled while he did so. ¡°You can still smile!¡± Fang Daichuan stared at him fiercely, squeezed his right hand roughly, held it against the wall behind him, lowered his head and kissed him. His kisses were brutal and violent. His teeth caught the corner of the other¡¯s mouth, biting hard. Fang Daichuan never deep kissed anyone, his only experience is mouth-to-mouth contact with the actress on the screen. He had no experience and was driven by instinct, like a beast, biting and venting. From the cracked lips, to the tip of his sweaty nose, to his sweat, to his own tears, to their blood, to all the filthy, sticky bodily fluids. He kissed them all. Then he kissed from the tip of the sweaty nose to the wet lips. After licking for a while, he drove straight in and rolled his tongue into the other¡¯s mouth. Two wounded tongues, softest defenceless soft flesh, bruised and battered under sharp objects, licked each other, thirsting for each other¡¯s saliva and blood, the pain was profound. As they swallow each other¡¯s blood, the sweet taste of blood reminds one of rusty nails, of milk, of strong wine, of everything raw and spicy and astringent and bitter, which finally turns into sweet honey. Fangdaichuan carefully pried the half coin in Li Sinian¡¯s mouth and bit it on the tip of his tongue. During a short breath, he turned to spit it out. The broken edge was covered with blood and two people¡¯s wet saliva. Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed and gradually released the hand that had imprisoned Li Sinian¡¯s hand. Li Sinian tightly clasped his right hand behind his neck and held his neck to prevent him from escaping. Fang Daichuan cupped Li Sinian¡¯s face, his index finger touched his eyelashes, trembling and shaking, the itching travel from the fingertips to the heart. ¡°Sister Chuan¡­¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice was weak but there was a smile on it. Fang Daichuan propped himself up a little and replied in a gruff voice, ¡°Can a sister bite you like this? Call me Chuan¡¯er-ge.¡± Li Sinian raised his head and smiled, his chest vibrated, the wound hurt terribly, but he couldn¡¯t stop. He sighed, put his head softly on Fang Daichuan¡¯s shoulder, called out obediently, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge.¡± He approached Fang Daichuan¡¯s hot ear and said, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, kiss me again.¡± Fang Daichuan blushed. Li Sinian chuckled twice, wrapped his arms around the back of his head, straightened his back, raised his head and kissed him. The two on top of each other, lying on the blood-red sheets. Fang Daichuan¡¯s upper jaw was lick, his whole body was shaking with excitement, his knees were fiercely pressed into Li Sinian¡¯s legs, and his crotch was on top of the other, rubbing gently. Through the two thin clothes, the fiery body was pressed to one place, emanating a temperature that was about to set both of them on fire. He was afraid of pressing his wound. He put his hand on the bed and dared not press it.The two people¡¯s breaths echoed in the room. The room echoed with the gasps of two people. The sound of gurgling water. Fang Daichuan slightly propped up half of his body, looked at the person under him using the little moonlight coming from outside the window. Li Sinian were muscular, half of his body was stained with blood, his facial skin appear greenish after shaving* and his facial features were carved deep. Sweat dripped from his body, suppressing the light aftershave smell, leaving only the Li Sinian¡¯s original smell. Hard, not soft nor sweet. Very manly touch and taste. Fang Daichuan looked at him, tracing his eyebrows with his fingers, his eyelids raised lazily, his jaw tensed because of the pain. Truly good looking. Li Sinian pinched the back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s neck and looked up at his Chuan¡¯er-ge. The drooping corners of his eyes and the pale pink heart-shaped lips are all shapes that beg for a kiss. (T/N : Yes author really say that [ËûµÄ´¨¶ù¸ç,T¨¡ de chu¨¡n er g¨¥] ) Every part is pleasing to the eyes. The two were covered in blood and sweat, their tongues were so swollen that they couldn¡¯t open their mouths. Li Sinian is still bleeding from his shoulders. They hugged each other and rested before suddenly, they looked at each other and giggled for a while. If only there were cigarettes, Fang Daichuan thought while holding Li Sinian¡¯s fingers. (T/N : 76 chapter and they finally kiss, for real. *throw biodegradable confetti*) CH 77 Chapter 77: Fifth Night Part Twelve Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. The strip of cloth was tightly wrapped around his shoulders, the bleeding gradually stopped, and his whole body relaxed. Li Sinian¡¯s expression also looked much better. Fang Daichuan was lying on his right, it is a very large double bed, yet they were huddled together in a small corner. But you can¡¯t blame them. The bed was stained and soaked with blood and sweat. It is wet and sticky and they couldn¡¯t lie down there. Neither of them spoke, adjusting the rhythm of their breathing and pretending to be asleep. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t dare to look at Li Sinian. He was a little uncomfortable with the hot body temperature beside him, so he simply turned his head to look out the window at the dim rainy moon. Li Sinian rubbed the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, listening to the ticking of the brass clock. The heartbeat was strong and fast, both knew that the other was not asleep, but after opening their mouths several times, they didn¡¯t know what to say. The atmosphere seemed a little awkward, however it is not the kind that made you want to get away from others but the opposite, a tacit mutual understanding hanging between them. The rain was getting heavier outside. Li Sinian lay down for a while, but couldn¡¯t help it. He half-supported and sat up: ¡°No, I¡¯m going to take a shower.¡± ¡°Like hell you will! There is no hot water, you have a fever!¡± Fang Daichuan jump. The two people that were pretending to be sleeping looked at each other, seeing the bloody corners of each other¡¯s mouth, they looked away tacitly. ¡°You didn¡¯t sleep¡­¡± Li Sinian asked knowingly. ¡ªI would be able to sleep if you didn¡¯t fucking rub your fingers. Fang Daichuan said in his heart. Fang Daichuan scratched his hair: ¡°I¡­I can¡¯t sleep on a strange bed.¡± ¡ª¡ªYeah right, Li Sinian rolled his eyes. Last night I saw that you slept soundly. ¡°Is it a bit crowded¡­ or I¡¯ll move¡­¡± Li Sinian smiled. ¡°No, no!¡± Fang Daichuan raised his head hurriedly, ¡°Just¡­let¡¯s sleep like this¡­it¡¯s fine¡­¡± Halfway through he saw the smile on Li Sinian¡¯s mouth, feeling embarrassed, he quickly changed the subject, said, ¡°I, I¡¯m afraid you will have fever in the middle of the night, so that I can take care of you¡­¡± ¡°I want to take a bath, do you want to take care of me?¡± Li Sinian asked, pretending to be calm. Fang Daichuan stammered: ¡°Ah¡­how, how could I do that? I¡­¡± ¡°My hands are no good,¡± Li Sinian tilted his head and glanced at his left shoulder. ¡°I can¡¯t lift my left hand, and I can¡¯t make it wet. You can help me hold the shower head.¡± Fang Daichuan squeaking: ¡°Ah¡­ ok, ok¡­¡± The island has lost electricity. The remaining hot water in the water heater was used up a few days ago. It has been raining for several days so the solar energy is not working. The two men went into the bathroom and turned the switch to the hottest position. The water was still cold. Fang Daichuan raised the shower head and sprayed cold water on Li Sinian¡¯s back to rinse off the blood. Li Sinian washed his hair with one hand, the hair is wet and curling. There is a scar on Li Sinian¡¯s back. It¡¯s a very long one, with a hideous sharp white edge. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t hold back and touched it. Li Sinian winced. He turned around and raised his eyebrows. ¡°What¡¯s the story?¡± Fang Daichuan poked his back. ¡°It happened when I was a kid.¡± Li Sinian turned around and took a shower, not wanting to say more. ¡°What happened when you were a kid?¡± Fang Daichuan was curious and he had patience. Li Sinian sighed, pressed the shower gel with one hand, spread it on his chest and rubbed bubbles all over his body. ¡°I was abducted and sold to a fraud organisation when I was a child. I ran away and got caught, from there on I stayed there.¡± He omitted the most important part and did not say what was happening or the specific circumstances. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know why but when he heard his calm words, his heart was heavy. Li Sinian finished washing his back and rubbed the bubbles all over his front chest, and was a little hesitant to turn around. Fang Daichuan, however, was already lost in thought, staring at the scar on his back, his mind already turning to the scene of Li Sinian being beaten up by a group of adults. Poor thing, so small. In a trance, he put his entire palm on it. The back waist¡¯s curve is deep and it fits nicely with his palm. Li Sinian shook violently. Feeling the combination of cold water and warm palms, he ignored the foam, turned around and squeezed Fang Daichuan¡¯s wrist, his eyes narrowed like some kind of large feline, with some insatiable danger: ¡°What that for?¡± ¡°No, I won¡¯t do it,¡± Fang Daichuan swallowed, resisting the temptation decisively and shook his head, ¡°You¡¯re still hurt, I can¡¯t take advantage of others!¡± Li Sinian was happy and angry at the same time: ¡°You may have misunderstood the word ¡®taking advantage of others¡¯ or misunderstood our position.¡± He kept his voice soft and said word by word in Fang Daichuan¡¯s ear. Fang Daichuan lifted his eyelids and glanced at him and poked a finger on the edge of the white cloth wrapped around his left shoulder ¡°Don¡¯t be arrogant, brother is seeing you suffer from injuries and feels sorry for you, so now you have verbally upper hand.¡± ¡°Then brother, feel sorry for me again.¡± Li Sinian took a step back in order not to embarrass someone, lowered his head and kissed him. After half an hour. (T/N : Alright this one is not like the ¡®after half a century¡¯ so I guess they did take that long to take a bath¡­) Lying on the bed, Li Sinian strained his ears to listen to the sound of water coming from the bathroom. Fang Daichuan was standing under the shower, taking a shower while rubbing his hands against his skin to combat the cold water. He had a wound on his shoulder and the gash he had made by banging on the door was still not fully healed. While repeatedly washing the energetic young brother with his left hand, he recalled the words ¡°wash your ass¡± that he had used to scold Li Sinian and he suddenly felt a bit of unspeakable shame. (T/N : Alright so again, swear words tend to get censored but well, I will tell you that yes, I purposely use ¡®ass¡¯ here. Also the energetic young brother [¶·Ö¾°ºÑïµÄСÐÖµÜ,D¨°uzh¨¬ ¨¢ngy¨¢ng de xi¨£o xi¨­ngd¨¬] are well, I am so tempted to use ¡®standing high¡¯ but I am sure you know what it means without me using standing part.) The doorbell rang abruptly outside the door. Li Sinian hesitated for a moment, picked up the knife on the table, carried it behind his back, and opened the door. Outside the door, Du Wei stood lazily against the door frame, as if he had no bones, his cheeks were flushed and he reeked of alcohol: ¡°Ding Zihui is dead, do you want to go and see?¡± Li Sinian was startled. ¡°What? Who¡¯s dead?¡± Fang Daichuan heard something from the bathroom. He casually wrapped a bathrobe without wiping his hair, opened the bathroom door and ran out. He brings out the fragrance of body wash and the moisture of cold water. Li Sinian turned his head: ¡± Du Wei came and said¡­ Ding Zihui is dead.¡± ¡°Ding Zihui?¡± Fang Daichuan was dumbfounded, ¡°Isn¡¯t it Yang Song? Yang Song went to chase and kill Ding Zihui but was killed by Ding Zihui¡­¡± ¡°Yes, but Ding Zihui is also dead.¡± Du Wei¡¯s voice didn¡¯t fluctuate, as if he didn¡¯t care who died and who lived, he just came to inform them, ¡°I moved her body and Yang Song back, do you want to go down and see?¡± Fang Daichuan wrapped his bathrobe tightly and went out the door. Li Sinian sighed, took the keycard, but did not put down the knife. ¡°I told you that when women fight, men have no place for it¡­¡± Du Wei drank too much and was a little drunk, ¡°Women fighting is really terrible. There is no compassion at all.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t like him very much, so he choked up when he heard the words, ¡°I didn¡¯t see you talk about compassion when you killed your father.¡± Du Wei suddenly stopped when he heard the words, glanced back at him, with some mockery and coldness in his eyes: ¡°You can preach about compassion because someone is protecting you.¡± ¡°He can talk about compassion because he has a clear conscience.¡± Li Sinian said coldly behind them. Du Wei¡¯s eyes wandered between the two of them, he snorted with a smirk, turned to go downstairs. Fang Daichuan stopped in place. Li Sinian passed him but was pulled by him. Fang Daichuan tugged at the corner of Li Sinian¡¯s clothes. ¡°Am I a dead weight? I¡­¡± Fang Daichuan felt bad. He remembered the syringe Li Sinian took for him, at that time he was afraid that Li Sinian would hurt Liu Xin, so he hurriedly tried to stop him, but he ended up seeing Li Sinian attacked by Liu Xin. Even now he still has a fever, Fang Daichuan thought, if Li Sinian was alone, he would definitely lock the door and sleep, who cares who lives or dies. But because I was dragging him and I wanted to save others, caused him to go through a lot of pain and suffering. ¡°But I can¡¯t change anything¡­ They are all dead¡­ I didn¡¯t save anyone. Instead, I implicated you.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was low. Li Sinian stopped. He hadn¡¯t slept all night, he had a fever and his eyes were bone-chillingly tired and cold, but when he looked back behind him, his voice was low and gentle, with certainty and determination: ¡°If it weren¡¯t for you, there would be no difference between me and Ding Zhui, or Yang Song, or Du Wei. The mechanism is all there is, and life and death are up to heaven.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t save someone who is looking for death,¡± Li Sinian said every words wholeheartedly, ¡°but Chuan¡¯er-ge, you have saved me.¡± (T/N : 4 left) CH 78 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 78: Sixth day Part One Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. On the first floor hall, lay two people. Outside the window, the sky has gradually brightened, the gloomy weather that has been hanging for a few days suddenly shows the sign of clearing . The villa had been in darkness for a few days and the few remaining people had already been exhausted, now there is a ray of sunlight through making everyone somewhat relieved. If possible, I hope there is no more death, Fang Daichuan thought so, stepping forward and looking at the people lying on the ground. Yang Song had been dead for a long time, her body was stiff, dried foam mixed with blood poured out from her mouth and her body was twisted into a weird posture. Fang Daichuan¡¯s emotions towards her were really complicated. Feeling that it is disrespectful to stare at the face of the deceased, he turned his head halfway. Next to Ding Zihui¡¯s corpse, Li Sinian squatted down and moved her limbs. When Li Sinian went out, he took a knife, Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know where he was hiding it. He moved just like usual. He pushed back Ding Zihui¡¯s long hair and saw that there were two bruises on her neck and her hair was messy. ¡°How did you find the body?¡± Li Sinian asked. Du Wei blinked: ¡°After you left, I was sitting and drinking in the middle of the mountain. Somehow I felt a little uneasy, so I went up and checked the situation. When I arrived, you had left. Yang Song was dead under a tree. I took two steps forward and saw Ding Zihui lying on the side of the road with a wooden crossbow in his hand and a syringe nailed to the tree next to it. It happened that Hui Hui was worried about me and came out to find me and together we moved them back.¡± He said as he handed the crossbow to Li Sinian. Li Sinian played with it for a while. It was a hand-made crossbow. There was just enough space for the syringe and the needle was shot out using propulsive force. It seems that the person who shot him behind the wooden house last night was indeed Ding Zihui. (T/N : Alright, so, because I am extra and I am also curious, here is a picture of a handmade crossbow that I got from Baidu.) ¡°When we arrived, we only saw Yang Song lying on the ground, not Ding Zihui.¡± Li Sinian raised his eyes and asked the important question. Du Wei shrugged: ¡°I am sure that they shot poison at each other. There is probably a time difference. Didn¡¯t the manual say that the poisoning could last for half an hour before death came?¡± Li Sinian found the pinhole on Ding Zihui¡¯s body, on the side of her neck, he nodded with a smile, but did not say anything. Chen Hui was drenched, sat down on the chair with her head lowered, wrapped in Du Wei¡¯s big shirt, she said with her face covered. ¡°They¡¯re all dead¡­ we¡¯re the only ones left¡­¡± She whispered, there was no emotion in her voice. Outside the window there is a sound of a crashing wave tearing the shore. Du Wei hurriedly stepped forward to coax her and put her on his lap: ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, it¡¯s over, the four of us will survive, ok?¡± Chen Hui hesitated, thinking that she couldn¡¯t say anything in front of Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian, Du Wei saw it, smiled and pulled her to the corner. The two sat next to each other and started talking. Fang Daichuan glanced left and right before coming to Li Sinian¡¯s side. ¡°Why are they still hiding? Niu Xinyan¡¯s faction switching card must have been given to them. When the daybreak comes, as soon as they change their factions, the game will be over.¡± Fang Daichuan said in a low voice. Li Sinian¡¯s face was not relaxed: ¡°I don¡¯t think so.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Fang Daichuan turned around and asked in a low voice. Li Sinian pointed to the bruise on the corpse¡¯s neck: ¡°Ding Zihui has a crossbow arrow in her hand, when she ambushed me or Yang Song, she was shooting from a long distance, so why is there a bruise on her neck? She used two poison vials to ambush me, one was used to kill Yang Song. Then, the last syringe that was nailed to the trunk next to the body, who was she shooting at?¡± Fang Daichuan glanced at the corner, the young couple were leaning together affectionately, Chen Hui lowered her head and leaned on Du Wei¡¯s chest, Du Wei¡¯s expression was still drunk, he lowered his head and lightly pecked on the tip of her ear. Fang Daichuan trembled: ¡°Is it Du Wei? He was very concerned about these girls before. He rushed out to see Niu Xinyan but after Ding Zihui died, he was extraordinarily calm and rational.¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°I don¡¯t know, but if it¡¯s not Du Wei then it¡¯s Chen Hui, there¡¯s no one else.¡± His last words were soft, almost sighing. Yes, there is no one else on this island. ¡°Forget it,¡± Fang Daichuan said in frustration, ¡°I don¡¯t care who they did, I¡¯m not a police officer. Anyway, we¡¯re two-to-two now and they don¡¯t want to hurt us. After we vote, we¡¯ll go back and lock the door and wait for the helicopter to pick us up tomorrow.¡± Daybreak came and it was almost eight o¡¯clock. Fang Daichuan suddenly remembered the card that appeared out of nowhere on beer belly. He remembered his fear, involuntarily reached out and touched Ding Zihui¡¯s pocket. There was a thin piece of paper in her pocket, Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was beating wildly, and he carefully pulled it out. It was a corner torn from a notebook and folded into a square piece of paper. Fang Daichuan took a deep breath and unfolded it. On the piece of paper is a familiar handwriting, signed with a familiar name. Fang Daichuan¡¯s fingers instantly tightened. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Li Sinian saw his expression changed, he leaned over and took the small note from his fingers. ¡ª¡ªThe autograph was bold and domineering, the design was sharp but the corners were soft and beautiful with the familiar three words ¡°Fang Daichuan¡±. Li Sinian also go silent. Fang Daichuan remembered that night when he knocked on the girl¡¯s room door, Ding Zihui cautiously coped with him and wanted to ally with him, but he rushed out before the words were even spoken, followed by Li Sinian being poisoned and jumping into the sea, a night of soul-crushing and thrilling events. He had long forgotten this signature. (T/N : On chapter 31) What was Ding Zihui¡¯s expression at that time? What did she say again? ¡ª¡ª Ding Zihui held the paper and looked at it for a while, then smiled and put it away. ¡°When I go back, I will post it on Weibo. Maybe I¡¯ll be able to get more followers.¡± Fang Daichuan closed his eyes, the smile on her face vividly showed in his mind. Li Sinian pulled down the curtains and unfolded it to cover the two bodies from foot to head. It is a Chinese rule that the dead are the most important, even though there was so much wrong and right done in life, when the person is dead, the past is gone, right? The young girl¡¯s exquisite figure fluctuated under the thick fabric. If it hadn¡¯t been for this disaster, she would have been sitting with her phone, browsing Weibo, putting on skin care and wondering if she could grab the new lipstick limited edition this year. Why come here and have your life cut short over a feud that happened over a decade ago? Fang Daichuan stood silently in front of the two corpses and made a cross on his chest. He ignored the mocking eyes of Du Wei and Chen Hui. The clock in the corner struck eight, and everyone stood up. ¡°Everybody open your eyes; it¡¯s daytime. Please swipe your cards in turn.¡± The machine¡¯s voice was still flat and monotone. They took turns to swipe their fingerprints, listening to the machine report as usual: ¡°The current number of survivors: 4, the game continues.¡± Chen Hui and Du Wei looked at each other. ¡°Let¡¯s not vote today, two to two, we can¡¯t do anything anyway, the votes will be tied.¡± Li Sinian discussed with the other party. Chen Hui¡¯s eyes circled the faces of the two of them: ¡°That might not be the case. At this moment, the third party hasn¡¯t moved yet. It¡¯s uncertain who is the Judas that harbours evil intentions among the four of us.¡± The situation came to standstill and the four of them stood in front of the machine and looked at each other. Fang Daichuan opened his mouth and was about to say something when he suddenly felt the floor under his feet suddenly shake! His right hand reflexively pulled the corner of Li Sinian¡¯s clothes. (T/N : It is voting time!!!! *drum roll*) CH 79 Chapter 79: Sixth day Part Two Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°What¡¯s going on?!¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head and looked out the window. The sun is shining brightly outside the window, the coastline has retreated more than ten metres. The dead bodies of animals and plants are left on the beach and reefs. From inside the villa, the coastline looks like a circle of cemeteries, where all sounds just disappear. The shrubs and grassy plants behind the villa were also withered and drooping, not greener and fresh as it should be after rain. There was a stench in the air, very similar to the smell at the beach that day, the smell of rotten eggs, vexing and disgusting. ¡°Sulphur¡­¡± Li Sinian¡¯s expression froze, ¡°The volcano is about to erupt!¡± As if responding to him, there was another shaking. The fog in the distance gradually rose up along with the vibration, like a mist, covering the island, the bright sunshine was blocked and a layer of ash fell outside the window. Fang Daichuan knew that what he said was true, his face was cold, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. ¡°The current number of survivors ¨C four! Please speak in turn and vote!¡± The machine flickered a few times, making a ¡°beep¡± sound. ¡°Fuck off!¡± Du Wei angrily threw a cup and the ceramic slammed on the casing of the machine with a crisp sound. The villa was shaking, Fang Daichuan was extremely flustered. This kind of villa built on a seaside reef had an unreliable foundation. It was no problem to live temporarily for a while. But there is no way it can stand against an earthquake or tsunami. ¡°Don¡¯t worry,¡± Li Sinian held the dining table and stabilised his body. ¡°It¡¯s just a slight earthquake. There is still time before the volcano erupts. Someone will pick us up tomorrow, don¡¯t be afraid.¡± Chen Hui cried out in a low voice: ¡°Tomorrow¡­is someone really coming?¡± No one is sure, but no one dares to say it. Only Li Sinian said firmly, ¡°Someone will come. As long as we survive until tomorrow, we will surely be rescued.¡± ¡°OMG¡­Look outside!¡± Fang Daichuan turned his head and saw something, pointed out the window and exclaimed in surprise. Outside the window, a tide more than five metres high raised on the sea surface, the dark shadows of unknown creatures, could be animals or plants rolled in the waves. Stirring and tangled, along the seawater to the shore, like the tentacles of the deep sea octopus of doom, or some kind of prehistoric monsters. Soon the tide surged, eroding a long stretch of coast. ¡°The bottom of the sea began to move drastically,¡± Li Sinian frowned, ¡°those things must be some kind of giant creatures on the bottom of the sea, which got dragged to the surface because the bottom of the sea moved.¡± The crowd was terrified. ¡°Would surviving players please come forward to vote in order!¡± the machine shouted sharply, ¡°Would surviving players please come forward to vote in order!¡± What to do now? A bead of sweat fell from Fang Daichuan¡¯s forehead and he turned to look at Li Sinian. Li Sinian took his hand and used his only good right hand. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid,¡± he whispered, his fingers cold and dry, like a jade texture, reassuring. The shaking slowly stopped, the villa was temporarily stable. Fang Daichuan clenched Li Sinian¡¯s fingers and stepped down slightly. Du Wei held Chen Hui in one hand, looked up at their holding hands, said with a half-smile, ¡°How to vote for today¡¯s vote?¡± Fang Daichuan was angry: ¡°How? Isn¡¯t it two to two?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not certain,¡± Du Wei said with a half-smirk, ¡°Isn¡¯t there a traitor? Have you noticed what is carved on the clocks in each room?¡± The carving is ¡°The Last Supper¡±, Fang Daichuan recalled, what did the boss want to imply? There is traitors among us? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo) ¡°I suddenly thought,¡± Du Wei narrowed his eyes, ¡°If the boss really planted a spy among us, who would it be? Li Sinian is too obvious, isn¡¯t that too much a gamble? Or, the person who seems to be the most innocent and most trusted among us is the real boss, what do you think, Fang Daichuan?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes widened. ¡°The unlucky man who comes in the middle of the game, that has nothing to do with the island. He has no motive and no reason. Is it really such a simple coincidence that you went to the island?¡± Du Wei spoke to Fang Daichuan, but his eyes were fixed on Li Sinian. Fang Daichuan took a deep breath: ¡°The truth is simple! I fucking don¡¯t know this island at all and I fucking don¡¯t know you!¡± Du Wei snorted: ¡°You know me or not, only you know.¡± Li Sinian was expressionless. ¡°It¡¯s not me,¡± For some reason Fang Daichuan felt a little flustered. He turned to look at Li Sinian, ¡°I really don¡¯t know the boss and I am not the boss.¡± Li Sinian looked back at him with a steady gaze: ¡°I know.¡± ¡°Really, I swear!¡± Fang Daichuan anxiously squeezed Li Sinian¡¯s hand in a hurry, accidentally touched the wound in the mouth, ¡°I¡­¡± Li Sinian sighed helplessly and gently put a kiss on the corner of his lips. He repeated: ¡°I know.¡± Fang Daichuan instantly calmed down, he touched his bangs and forcibly suppressed some unknown panic that rose in his heart. When Li Sinian didn¡¯t notice, he couldn¡¯t help licking the corner of his lips. Du Wei stared at their interaction and sneered with disdain. ¡°Don¡¯t forget that there is a third party,¡± Du Wei regretted that he didn¡¯t succeed in provoking, so he changed the topic, ¡°I will tell you this, Chen Hui and I were together when we opened the box, the two of us are not the third party.¡± Fang Daichuan gave Du Wei a hostile look and said nothing. Chen Hui didn¡¯t speak, as if she was frightened by the sudden earthquake, she huddled in Du Wei¡¯s arms, didn¡¯t say a word, nobody knew what she was thinking. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter who the third party is,¡± Li Sinian shook Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand. ¡°We both have a bottle of poison on us and you have a few wolf poisons on you. Let¡¯s cut to the chase. Anyway, we are two men. We are physically stronger and we are not afraid.¡± Du Wei lowered his head and glanced at Chen Hui in his arms: ¡°If you want my opinion, as long as the third party does not come out, we can discuss how to win.¡± He took out a card from his pocket: ¡°Niu Xinyan gave me the faction conversion card. Today we voted for a peaceful day and tonight we will switch factions. Then there are three people in the villager faction and one third party. In short, the villager faction will win.¡± Fang Daichuan did not believe in the bullshit third party anyway so he had no objection and Li Sinian happily agreed. Du Wei didn¡¯t expect it. He suspiciously looked at the two people on the opposite side, wondering, ¡°Among you two really don¡¯t have a third party?¡± Li Sinian shrugged, Fang Daichuan rolled his eyes. Du Wei seemed to be at ease, he lowered his head and kissed Chen Hui¡¯s cheek: ¡°That¡¯s good.¡± The four people took turns to vote. Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan voted for Du Wei and the two of them voted for Li Sinian. Du Wei and Li Sinian have tied votes. Fang Daichuan had been uneasy, for fear that they would do something wrong. Seeing the result, he breathed a long sigh of relief. He hadn¡¯t slept all night, was tired and hungry and Li Sinian was still hurt, so he patted the other person¡¯s shoulder and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go back to sleep.¡± He made up his mind that no matter what happened outside, whether the volcano erupted ahead of schedule or the tsunami destroyed the entire island, as long as the room did not collapse, he would not leave the room at all. The two turned to leave, but when they just took two steps, the machine behind them made a ¡°beep¡± sound. ¡°Du Wei and Li Sinian have tied votes.¡± ¡°All players please vote again.¡± ¡°Otherwise all players will be eliminated together.¡± Fang Daichuan quickly turned around, he can only react by yelling, ¡°Fuck?!!¡± Du Wei and Chen Hui were also stunned by this unexpected turn of event and stared blankly at the machine¡¯s screen. The blue screen glowed with an eerie light. The sniper rifles in the four corners of the ceiling had already aimed at the crowd. (T/N : Du Wei : Fang Daichuan, you are the boss aren¡¯t you? Chuan¡¯er & Sinian : ¡­ WTF) CH 80 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 80: Sixth day Part Three Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°We voted for a peaceful day!¡± Fang Daichuan yelled at the camera in the corner, ¡°Why change the rules at whim?!¡± The machine remain the same and still reads the preset program: ¡°Du Wei and Li Sinian have tied votes.¡± ¡°All players please vote again.¡± ¡°Otherwise all players will be eliminated together.¡± ¡°How could this be?¡± Chen Hui cried out, ¡°Yesterday, it was obviously a peaceful day!¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°No, yesterday¡¯s peaceful day was the result of everyone abstaining. We didn¡¯t vote yesterday.¡± Fang Daichuan remembered that they had tried two times for peaceful days. Yesterday, all abstained, successfully making it into a peaceful day. The day before yesterday they voted for each other, however, Liu Xin* made a small move that interfered with the result and he was out of the game. In fact if that day he did not get voted, the result would have been the same. The machine would have forced them to vote again. The only difference was that they would have known the bad news one day earlier and would not have voted recklessly today. (T/N : Yeah I am sure the one that messed up the vote is Xiquan but you have to admit that if not for Liu Xin purposely attacking Sinian he won¡¯t get voted out. Anyway this is not the first time the author typed someone else¡¯s name wrong so just a note.) Even if you know the root, you can¡¯t solve it. Yesterday, Du Wei smiled dryly: ¡°I¡¯m afraid that it will judge us to play negatively and then forcefully obliterate all of us, it will be troublesome.¡± Who knows that today his words will become real. (T/N : On chapter 64) Fang Daichuan stared at everyone¡¯s faces, heavy silence fell upon the room, although everyone knew what others were thinking, but nobody wanted to take the initiative to open their mouth and said, ¡°Please sacrifice yourself so that we can all survive¡±, it seems that no one was this shameless. The machine urged again. Du Wei grinned: ¡°Li Sinian, you see, I have no moral integrity. I know I can¡¯t survive but I certainly don¡¯t want to die alone. If Hui Hui can accompany me that will be great.¡± You can¡¯t tell if he was pretending or not, his whole demeanour was calm and indifferent, neither hurried nor slow, as if life and death doesn¡¯t matter to him, he turned his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan and then fixedly stared at Li Sinian, It¡¯s a smile that isn¡¯t a smile, it means: ¡°-I just don¡¯t know, are you willing to give up?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s gaze met his. Li Sinian didn¡¯t say whether he was willing or not, he turned his head and asked Chen Hui, ¡°Did you hear that?¡± Chen Hui was pale. Du Wei turned his head and glanced at Chen Hui, suppressing the fear of not being trusted, and sneered at Li Sinian: ¡°You don¡¯t need to sow discord here, Hui Hui accompanies me to the island. Life and death have long been put aside. We live together and die together.¡± ¡°What a coincidence, so do we.¡± Fang Daichuan stepped out and stood side by side with Li Sinian. He knew that right now Li Sinian and Du Wei were fighting. At this time, whoever cared about life or death would lose. He knew Li Sinian wouldn¡¯t let him die but he had to take a good posture and act like he didn¡¯t care. Du Wei¡¯s indifference is also for the same reason. This is a psychological game. Fang Daichuan might not be as smart as Li Sinian but at least he understands the situation, not only he understands but he also wants Li Sinian to know that he really doesn¡¯t care. He himself came to this island unprepared and it was already a blessing from Heaven to survive this far. It was because Li Sinian sheltered him. Du Wei was right, he still has a clear conscience because someone was protecting him. He wanted to tell Li Sinian, it doesn¡¯t matter, he has lived till this day and he is really not afraid of how it will end. Looking at the wind and waves on the island outside the window, he even felt that there was nothing wrong with dying here like this. After all, with the headshot it will be quick and there will be no pain. He felt that they were going to win and as long as he held that thought, they would be invincible. The machine repeated for the last time, and then began to count down. ¡°30, 29, 28¡­¡± (T/N : The countdown is on English in raw) The eyes of the four wandered in midair and as soon as one met the others they moved their gaze. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes were fixed on a point in the air and he seemed determined. Only Fang Daichuan saw that his right index finger and thumb were quietly trembling. Fang Daichuan took a deep breath and held Li Sinian¡¯s trembling hand. During the interval between voting, he turned his head and smiled at Li Sinian. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes instantly darkened, like the sea outside the window, the still waters running deep, burying the countless whirlpools and waves deep beneath the calm surface. Hot lava tumbled and roared beneath the thin surface of the ice, and countless thoughts were suppressed in the deep eyes. ¡°I¡¯m willing to die with you,¡± Fang Daichuan said firmly. He has always been straight to the point, ignorant of the impact he has caused, ¡°so no matter what the outcome, we are not afraid.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t speak. He raised his hand and squeezed the back of his neck. His hand was very strong and contained countless emotions. As soon as he said this, Du Wei¡¯s heart sank. He raised his eyes and glanced at his girlfriend, Chen Hui¡¯s round face had shrunk since came on the island, her cheeks were thin, making her eyes bigger and rounder. Her eyes were full of fear and nostalgia but she didn¡¯t dare to look into Du Wei¡¯s eyes with tears in her eyes. She must not want me to see her tears. So many thoughts passed Du Wei¡¯s mind and he touched his girlfriend¡¯s shoulder, bowed his head and kissed his girlfriend¡¯s forehead: ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid.¡± Using language to comfort her seems useless at the moment. Four people came forward to vote in turn. Fang Daichuan pressed Du Wei without hesitation and apologised to him in his heart, he voted for him not because he wanted to kill him but because he was unwilling to sacrifice Li Sinian¡¯s life. He knew that Du Wei and Chen Hui would definitely put their two votes on Li Sinian and the final result would be a tie and everyone would die together. If he could choose himself, he would vote for himself without hesitation but unfortunately he could only choose between the two and he had no right to do self-sacrifice for Li Sinian. Li Sinian was the last to vote. Maybe he knew that as soon as he pressed the button, everyone would die, so he stopped his fingers and looked back at Fang Daichuan with some nostalgia. The countdown has reached the last three numbers, Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart is strangely calm, perhaps because of the kiss last night or because of Li Sinian¡¯s smiling eyes. Li Sinian raised his hand and slammed his fist down on the button on the screen, the movement carrying some resignation and frustration, or maybe it was the sigh of relief that came with the choice. ¡°Di-¡± As he slammed his fist down, the machine let out a buzz. He stood back up beside Fang Daichuan and smiled as he whispered in his ear, ¡°Close your eyes.¡± Fang Daichuan obediently closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth raised high, as if for him, meeting death with his eyes closed while kissing his lover was something extremely rewarding. Li Sinian sighed and closed his eyes as well when he kissed him. On the other side, Du Wei gave them a mocking look, turned to Chen Hui with a smile and said, ¡°I also want to kiss you for the last time.¡± Chen Hui was trembling all over. She was so nervous that her eyes were dry, swollen and painful, but she couldn¡¯t shed tears. She was shaking all over and scared to death. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid,¡± Du Wei lowered his head and kissed his girlfriend¡¯s ear tip with a smile in his voice, ¡°I told you I could die for you. Do you believe it?¡± Chen Hui was frozen on the spot. Twas the night before yesterday that she witnessed the ambiguity between her boyfriend and other girls. She was sad and bitter. Thinking of her boyfriend¡¯s infidelity, she couldn¡¯t stop feeling sick. She bit her boyfriend on his neck, prevented him from kissing and insisted on his promise. Du Wei laughed softly and picked up Chen Hui directly across the room, banging the door open and walking in, throwing her towards the bed and unbuttoning her buttons one by one: ¡°Chen Hui, I can die for you, do you believe me?¡± (T/N : On chapter 55) Chen Hui shivering harder. Du Wei smiled, as if he was making fun of his little girlfriend, he pecked and kissed the little red mole on his girlfriend¡¯s ear: ¡°On the table in my room, I keep the wolf poison, the card as well as a letter, it is for you, There are some things I can¡¯t say in front of you, you remember to read that letter.¡± He looked a little embarrassed when he said that, he smiled shyly, his face was sunny, like a young man when the two meet for the first time. Instantly Chen Hui felt like falling into an ice cave. ¡°Remember to switch factions. If there is a third party between Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan, be careful. Hui Hui, I can only protect you up here, don¡¯t forget me. After leaving this place, stay widowed for three years and then happily fall in love with others, get married and have a lot of children. Give me one with the surname Du, preferably a chubby girl.¡± He smiled and kissed his girlfriend¡¯s earlobe. ¡°Voting is over.¡± The machine read out the result in an old-fashioned manner, ¡°A total of 4 votes were cast with 4 valid votes. Between Li Sinian and Du Wei, the one with the higher three votes is¡ª¡± Fang Daichuan suddenly opened his eyes, pushed Li Sinian away, and looked at him dumbfounded. Li Sinian looked at him and smiled relievedly: ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid.¡± ¡°You promised¡­¡± Fang Daichuan feels cold, ¡°You promised me¡­¡± ¡°Close your eyes, Chuan¡¯er-ge.¡± Li Sinian was still smiling. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were blurred, he shook his head. ¡°I¡¯m so happy. I got three votes,¡± Du Wei smiled in his girlfriend¡¯s ear, ¡°I¡¯m so happy that you trusted me.¡± Du Wei took a step back and a tear fell down Chen Hui¡¯s eyes. ¡°The one with the higher three votes is ¨C Du Wei.¡± With the announcement, the sniper gun in the corner of the house instantly fired. Du Wei¡¯s blood splashed Chen Hui¡¯s skin, it was hot. (T/N : Next chapter you will find out who is the last wolf. And now, the pic.) CH 81 Chapter 81: Sixth day Part Four Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Du Wei¡¯s body instantly withered. (T/N : So author use [¿Ýή[k¨± w¨§i]] and this is for plant, as in ¡®the flower withered¡¯ so yeah, euphemism? Anyway, just imagine the scene where Du Wei falls on the floor with those rose petals scattered around to substitute blood, I think that scene fits here. Also, this ¡®withered¡¯ sentence will show up again which is why I make this note) Blood splattered on the windows, the curtains were already taken by Li Sinian to wrap the body. Thick scarlet liquid splattered on the cold glass, covering the floor-to-ceiling windows that were exposed. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were full of scarlet colour. He stood still, staring at the blood splattered on his feet and looked up at Li Sinian in confusion. Li Sinian was in a daze, as if he didn¡¯t expect it at all. ¡°Current number of survivors: 3, the game continues.¡± The machine dutifully reported the result. The game is not over, Du Wei is not the last werewolf, Chen Hui is. Fang Daichuan heard a voice in his mind saying this, he pushed the voice away. He didn¡¯t want to think about these things now. He is exhausted. Is this what it feels like to escape death? There is no joy, no mourning, just a pale depression. Tired, annoyed, don¡¯t want to talk. All emotions were pressed under a layer of chaotic numbness, I didn¡¯t want to say a word. I just can¡¯t speak. Fang Daichuan turned his head and went out the door. He sat on the reef behind the villa, wrapped his arms around his knees and looked down at his palm. After a while, maybe five minutes, maybe half an hour, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t count, he felt Li Sinian sitting beside him. Li Sinian was holding two bottles of wine in his hand. Fang Daichuan took a bottle and gulped half of it with his head raised high. It was a bottle of white wine, which should be spicy and bitter in his throat. However, Fang Daichuan seemed to have lost his ability to perceive. In an instant, half the bottle is gone. Li Sinian opened the bottle and spilled half of the wine into the sea. The two sat in silence. In the distance, seabirds flew high, with shrill voices, because the geological activities that interfered with the magnetic field, the birds were confused and couldn¡¯t find their way to and from. It was quiet outside and inside the villa was also dead silent. A living person and three corpses silently gathered in the hall. After a long time, Fang Daichuan raised his head, he leaned heavily on Li Sinian, as if he had lost all his strength. ¡°Let¡¯s go back,¡± Li Sinian kissed Fang Daichuan¡¯s temple, ¡°It¡¯s over.¡± Is it really over? Fang Daichuan looked up at the sky in the distance. The sky was foggy and the ground was covered with a layer of pale dust, like frost. He dared not judge. He buried his head on Li Sinian¡¯s neck and rubbed against the other¡¯s collar. The soft fabric instantly absorbed a few drops of water. With the intention of comforting and distracting him, Li Sinian simply stood up with his arm around him, using his waist and belly, he lifted Fang Daichuan up with one hand, cradling him to his chest, his palm resting on his buttocks. Fang Daichuan works out all year round, his muscles are beautiful, not the exaggerated bodybuilders¡¯ muscles but the delicate and curved lines. He has a nice ass, it is smooth and elastic, firm and tight. The kind that when you tap it will bounce back. Li Sinian couldn¡¯t hold back and move his hands upside down. Fang Daichuan was so frightened that he grabbed Li Sinian¡¯s body. Li Sinian couldn¡¯t use his left hand. He was holding him with only one palm and it was dangerously shaky. He looked at the pile of rocks under him, his voice changed a little: ¡°Brother, be careful! Don¡¯t sway! Put me down, don¡¯t smash my tailbone¡­¡± He knows his weight. Although he has been on the island for so many days, a small layer of subcutaneous fat* has been burnt out and he has lost a lot of weight, but the skeleton and muscles are still there, it is definitely not a weight that an adult can hold with just one hand. However Li Sinian lifted him easily. He even bumped his palms twice, with his fingers pinched on his two buttocks through a layer of fabric. https://www.healthline.com/health/subcutaneous-fat ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t let you fall, I¡¯ll cushion you when you fall.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice was filled with a smile, perhaps because of Fang Daichuan¡¯s wimpy appearance or because he finally regained his vitality. Fang Daichuan no longer care about his face at this time, he is carried feet and hand by someone else and he bring dishonour to his grandmother¡¯s house*. He tilted his head and rested his chin on the nook between his collarbone and neck, laughing bitterly, ¡°You¡¯re not showing all your cards, usually you¡¯re pretending to be so gentle, I didn¡¯t know you were so strong.¡± (T/N : Yes that is what the author wrote, don¡¯t ask me why it is grandmother¡¯s house¡­) Li Sinian raised the corner of his mouth: ¡°Your fists and legs look good but it is because you were trained in the gym. How can you compare with me?¡± Hearing he said that, Fang Daichuan felt pain in his heart. He lost his relative when he was a child, became homeless and was wandering before being forced into a pickpocket group. He went to the streets to beg and scam. Then he travelled to a foreign country and joined a mercenary organisation. For many years, he lived while risking his life. With such an experience, how could he still be so gentle and handsome on the outside? He remembered the long scar on Li Sinian¡¯s back, horrible and ugly. The man had an unfathomable past as deep as a sea behind him and the pain he had suffered was nothing to him. Even when he can¡¯t use one of his hands, he is still as cool as a cucumber. Not to mention just now¡­ Fang Daichuan stretched his arms around Li Sinian¡¯s shoulders, put his right hand around him but did not dare to touch his left shoulder. Li Sinian felt his heart become soft and smiled in his ear: ¡°Why, did Chuan¡¯er-ge loves me?¡± Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed, he deliberately spoke in a deep, gruff voice in his ear. Every word he said was truly coming from his heart. He said, ¡°In the future, Chuan¡¯er-ge will be there to make you happy every day and not let you be wronged.¡± Li Sinian paused for a while. All kinds of feelings mixed together making a complex emotion. When they opened the door and entered the house, there was no one in the house. Du Wei¡¯s body was gone. There was a bloody drag mark on the ground. It is as wide as exactly one person. It goes from the hall to the stairs. There were pools of blood on the edge of the stairs, as if the body had been taken away by some monster. Li Sinian was taken aback by the scene. He put Fang Daichuan down, avoided the bloodstain, walked to the stairs and looked up from the bottom. Chen Hui half lowered her head and was looking down. He could only see her eyes from the gap of the stairs. She stared at him with a condescending malice. Li Sinian did not give in. Chen Hui lowered her eyes and kept moving her hands, dragging Du Wei¡¯s body to the second floor. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Fang Daichuan stepped forward and grabbed Li Sinian¡¯s cuff. Li Sinian looked up and saw that Chen Hui was no longer around the corner, he shook his head. The two of them cleaned up the hall and now there are only three people left, which is exactly what it said*. Those who die early will still have someone to collect their bodies, those who die late will have their own luck. The bodies of Yang Song and Ding Zihui were wrapped in the curtains. The two of them held a corner of the cloth and transported the bodies out of the room. They buried the two girls in the sand pit where the others were buried. (T/N : This is a word play I believe. So 2 people cleaned and now there are only 3 people left. So that doesn¡¯t make sense because the number don¡¯t match lol) When the old lady Song was buried that day, Ding Zihui picked up her gold necklace and put it into the sand pit together. Now it is still the same sand pit, but Ding Zihui herself is buried. Fang Daichuan thought for a moment, then reached out and put the note with signature back into Ding Zihui¡¯s pocket. Such a lovely girl, had to play in a game of life and death. When she was facing death, she carried a piece of paper in her pocket. Fang Daichuan was in a heavy mood and felt that the note was heavy. In the next life, cherish your life. He watched the sand gradually covering the girl¡¯s face, and silently said sorry. After the two finished burying the body, they rinsed the bloody floor with water. The floor had been soaked with water non-stop these days and the wood had already started cupping. There were two more bodies in the building. ¨CDu Wei¡¯s body had been dragged inside by Chen Hui and the door locked behind her. There was also beer belly¡¯s body on the third floor, which had not been brought down. Li Sinian felt his body getting heavier and heavier and he also felt dizzy. He touched the table and glanced at the time: ¡°Okay, let¡¯s not clean it up, let¡¯s go back to the room and go to bed first.¡± Fang Daichuan saw that his expression was not good, he touched the other¡¯s forehead. His hands were hot. He was a little worried: ¡°You hang in there.¡± Although Li Sinian wasn¡¯t feeling good, he was in good spirits. He sighed heavily, hugged Fang Daichuan, and said, ¡°Okay.¡± The two walked upstairs together, Fang Daichuan saw him frowning and thinking, he persuaded: ¡°Even if she survived, Chen Hui alone can¡¯t make any waves. Tomorrow it is two votes to one, she has no means to fight back.¡± Li Sinian nodded. The two swipe their cards into the room, Li Sinian looked out the window at the tidal wave sweeping across the sea and murmured, ¡°I hope so.¡± (T/N : And now we know who the last wolf is.) CH 82 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 82: Sixth Night Part One Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Heavy rain like waterfalls poured down, in the darkness Fang Daichuan ran in panic, he didn¡¯t know who was chasing behind him in this jungle or even if it was a human. ¡°Hurry up!¡±* The man beside him quickly ran past him, shouting into his ear. Fang Daichuan was in a hurry but he still managed to get distracted. Li Sinian was wearing a tactical military helmet and his face was covered** making him look like a stranger. The chaotic footsteps, each time the foot touches a puddle, the sound of splashing water makes people feel sick to the stomach, the soft and greasy mud is like a snake sticking to the soles. Fang Daichuan felt that his lungs were about to explode. He was about to ask, why are we running? What are we hiding from? When suddenly there was a sound of a barrage of bullets rang out behind him. (T/N : Hurry up is written in English on raw, I also include an image of what this probably looks like when I Baidu it. I chose the one with a visor because the raw stated that Sinian¡¯s face was covered.) The bullet pierced through the air, the sound was sour making teeth ache. Li Sinian, who was beside him, was shot in the head. Blood splattered all over the floor. There were large patches of scarlet, sticky and hot liquid everywhere, on the leaves, in the grass. Fang Daichuan stopped in place, he looked down at his hand, which was also full of sticky blood. All distracting sounds in his ears disappeared and he could only hear his own breathing, fast and heavy. Li Sinian missing a head, the body withered. Fang Daichuan sat up, covered in cold sweat. He gasped for air, his head hurt, the pain felt like a tree taking root in the brain and being pulled out over and over again. It feels like his brain is going to explode. He looked down at his palms, full of sticky cold sweat. It is already late. The room was shaking little by little. He turned his head to look beside him, Li Sinian slept soundly, his lips were chapped and there were two dark shadows under his eyes. The room only shook a little. Compared to the previous shaking, it was nothing at all. Fang Daichuan calmed down and didn¡¯t wake Li Sinian. He pushed open the window and looked out. The window bearing outside was wrapped with cloth strips by Li Sinian. When he open the window, it no longer make a squeaking sound. The glass slid away silently, revealing a resplendent sunset. The air is still hazy, the beam of light passes through the volcanic ash in the air, making a severe Tyndall effect. But at least the sky is completely clear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall_effect The sea water in the vicinity is green and blue, the horizon is dyed golden red by the afterglow of the sunset and the floating light is sparkling gold. Fang Daichuan sat cross-legged on the bay window, looking at sunset. Li Sinian seemed to have sensed something, turned over gently, hugged the quilt in his arms. ¡°What time is it?¡± He poked half of his head out of the quilt. Fang Daichuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the clock in the corner of the room, saw the time under the scarlet glow: ¡°It¡¯s half past seven, we slept for half a day.¡± He climbed back to the bed and reached out to touch Li Sinian¡¯s forehead. It is still warm to touch, but it is no longer burning. Fang Daichuan was relieved. The tiny hairs on the side of his face were particularly obvious in the glow, and there was still some sleepiness in his eyes: ¡°Are you hungry?¡± Fang Daichuan touched his flat stomach and said bitterly, ¡± I¡¯m so hungry that I¡¯m nauseous.¡± Li Sinian smiled silently, turned over and sat up: ¡°Let¡¯s go down to eat.¡± ¡°You have something to eat?¡± Fang Daichuan was almost drooling. Li Sinian wink his left eye mysteriously: ¡°I have a canned luncheon meat* in my possession.¡± He got up, opened the mattress and pulled out a canned luncheon meat from under the bed. (T/N : No it is not SPAM, I mean, well, when I google I found an interesting read about luncheon meat so link below. Also picture so you can see example) https://chinafoodingredients.com/2019/04/10/china-and-luncheon-meat-a-remarkable-relationship/ ¡°Fuck you!¡± Fang Daichuan swallowed his saliva and cursed, ¡°How can you hide food there?! Are you a rat?! You sleep over it and it is probably covered with dandruff!¡± Disgusted by his words, Li Sinian said, ¡°Then don¡¯t eat it.¡± First floor kitchen. Fang Daichuan stood eagerly at the kitchen doorway, looking forward to be fed the canned food covered with dandruff*. Li Sinian was cooking inside. The vegetables grown in the back of the villa were covered with a layer of volcanic ash. The two didn¡¯t know chemistry, so they didn¡¯t know if they could eat it. They are currently using leftover vegetables from a few days ago that are stored inside the villa. Li Sinian put the knife in his hand. He couldn¡¯t lift his left hand, so he called Fang Daichuan to come in and help cut the vegetables. (T/N : Oh Chuan¡¯er¡­I¡¯m just really glad you are in the story, really.) Fang Daichuan saw the knife and thought: ¡°Where did you hide the knife when you went out?¡± Li Sinian was instructing Fang Daichuan to pry the cans. Hearing Fang Daichuan¡¯s question, he patted his thigh. ¡°?¡± Fang Daichuan looked at him suspiciously. Li Sinian dipped his index finger into the canned oil soup, licked it, said vaguely, ¡°I used a belt to tie the knife to my thigh.¡± Belt? Tied to the thigh? Fang Daichuan looked down at the cooking knife in his hand, dumbfounded, imagining that scene, feeling a little complicated. The two are young men in their twenties, after a few days of physical exertion, this canned meat and some vegetable is not even enough to fill the gap between the teeth. After the two eat like a horse.*Fang Daichuan tore open the last packet of compressed biscuits and dipped them into the vegetable soup, wishing to lick the plate clean. https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E7%8B%BC%E5%90%9E%E8%99%8E%E5%92%BD ¡°Alright, leave it,¡± Li Sinian was also still not full, ¡°Go out and look around, I remember there are seabirds over the reef, let¡¯s search for eggs.¡± No one thought about the danger. First, there was only one girl left on the island, Chen Hui. Second, hunger could sweep every thought away. Isn¡¯t that why there is a saying; people can even give up their lives in pursuit of money? (T/N : So original word is [Òª²»Ôõô˵ÈËΪ²ÆËÀÄñΪʳÍöÄØ; Y¨¤o b¨´ z¨§ me shu¨­ r¨¦nw¨¦i c¨¢i s¨« ni¨£o w¨¨i sh¨ª w¨¢ng ne] and this literally ¡®Isn¡¯t that why we say that people die for wealth and birds die for food?¡¯ so yeah, that is why the previous word talking about hunger.) The two reached the agreement, got up and walked towards the reef group by the seaside. The sky was dark and everything around was covered in shadow and blurry. Fang Daichuan carefully examined the traces on the beach, some big fish stranded by the waves. The fish tail moving, slapped the beach below from time to time. ¡°I can leave here tomorrow.¡± Fang Daichuan picked up a strange looking fish. Li Sinian raised his eyebrows: ¡°What do you want to do after you leave?¡± ¡°Make a police report first, after all, so many people died.¡± Fang Daichuan said after a thought. Li Sinian smiled: ¡°And then?¡± ¡°Then take a rest. I don¡¯t want to do anything else, I just want to take a year off and take a long break.¡± Fang Daichuan said this with a very calm expression, but his eyes were deep with exhaustion. Suddenly, his eyes lit up again, he turned his head to look at Li Sinian: ¡°Let¡¯s go to North Pole Village* to see the aurora!¡± https://www.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/mohe/beijicun-86672/ ¡°Why¡­ suddenly think of this?¡± The smile on Li Sinian¡¯s lips faded. Fang Daichuan glanced at his face cautiously: ¡°You¡­You don¡¯t want to? Didn¡¯t your parents meet under the aurora? If you want to see it, I¡­I¡¯ll accompany you.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes darkened, he reached out and grab the back of Fang Daichuan¡¯s neck. Footsteps came from behind. Li Sinian opened his mouth and wanted to say something but Fang Daichuan had already turned his head. It¡¯s Chen Hui ¡ª there can be no one else. She stopped five metres away from them and stood in front of the small wooden house by the sea. ¡°Why are you here?¡± Chen Hui¡¯s eyes moved between the small wooden house and Li Sinian, ¡°Do you still need to check at this moment?¡± Li Sinian curled his lips and smiled: ¡°Of course we don¡¯t need it. Isn¡¯t the last beautiful wolf standing in front of us?¡± Chen Hui¡¯s expression changed slightly: ¡°It will soon change. Du Wei left me a faction conversion card and I can become a villager immediately. I will definitely live to the end, this is Du Wei¡¯s wish. I will live for him.¡± There was a look of sadness and determination on her face, which made people feel a little distressed. Of course, this ¡°people¡± refers specifically to Fang Daichuan because Li Sinian didn¡¯t feel distressed at all, he instead snorted. Somehow this made Chen Hui furious, her face flushed: ¡°What are you laughing at?!¡± Li Sinian shook his head and said nothing. ¡°I asked what you are laughing at?!¡± Chen Hui¡¯s eyes go wide. Fang Daichuan was at a loss, he saw that Chen Hui¡¯s emotions were on the verge of collapse, so he comforted her by saying: ¡°He¡¯s laughing at me, don¡¯t get angry, go and switch your faction. There will be a plane to pick us up when the game ends tomorrow morning.¡± ¡°Shut up, idiot!¡± Chen Hui mocking Fang Daichuan. Li Sinian¡¯s expression immediately turned dark and he curled his lips coldly: ¡°I laugh at Du Wei¡¯s death. Do you really know how to use the faction conversion card in your hand?¡± This time, even Fang Daichuan turned his head. Chen Hui held her breath. ¡°Didn¡¯t Du Wei tell you? To use the faction conversion card, you need to turn in all four bottles of wolf poison. Do you have enough wolf poison?¡± Li Sinian opened his eyes slightly, his eyes were cold. Fang Daichuan felt a little unfamiliar with Li Sinian in front of him, and he could even feel a mocking malice in the other¡¯s eyes. Chen Hui¡¯s complexion changed. ¡°Ding Zihui was not killed by Yang Song. She has traces of close combat on her body. You have been wearing your boyfriend¡¯s shirt since the daytime. Are you really reluctant to take it off or are you covering up something?¡± Chen Hui stared at Li Sinian, but she unconsciously touched her left shoulder with her right hand, where there was a round fingerprint. ¡°You and Du Wei are not on the same side so both of you only have four bottles of wolf poison. One bottle was used to kill Du Chaosheng. There is one extra bottle that was given to Du Wei after Niu Xinyan¡¯s death. The number is still enough, as long as you don¡¯t have bad intentions.¡± Chen Hui¡¯s eyes were filled with dense red streaks. She stared at Li Sinian, eager to bite down his throat.* (T/N : Is this because she is a wolf? Anyway, nice choice of words author.) ¡°It¡¯s a pity that you couldn¡¯t bear it. Ding Zihui and Du Wei slept together and you couldn¡¯t hurt your boyfriend. So after she and Yang Song had just finished fighting, you attacked her from behind, grabbed her neck and injected a wolf venom into the side of her neck. Her last poison bottle was stuck in the crossbow, she couldn¡¯t get it out at that moment. She raised her hand in a hurry and shot the poison into the tree trunk beside her. You killed her, so you have one less bottle of poison.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice was cold and restrained, without the slightest emotion, just a statement. Chen Hui screamed: ¡°She is asking for death! She seduced my boyfriend! She deserves to die!¡± ¡°Everyone here deserves to die,¡± Li Sinian raised his lips and smiled, ¡°It is a pity. You should make a better choice. Last night I checked Ding Zihui¡¯s identity. She is a werewolf. If you don¡¯t kill her, this morning we could vote to push her out. Du Wei doesn¡¯t have to die and you also don¡¯t have to die.¡± ¡°Idiot.¡± Li Sinian made a last word. The sentence, ¡°Idiot¡±, was pronounced clear and light, but it contained heavy emotions and force. Chen Hui finally broke down. She laughed, but the smile did not reach her eyes. Her gaze was like a moving poisonous snake, spitting out letters as she talked: ¡°Hehehehe, we are all idiots, Li Sinian, you are the smartest. You are the smartest. But did you know, today, during the vote, Du Wei got three votes, he voted for himself and the second vote came from me.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes flashed. ¡°Who do you think vote for you?¡± Chen Hui laughed so hard, her shoulders shaking, tears welling up, she pointed at Fang Daichuan, ¡°I betrayed Du Wei. Well, I am sorry, but this idiot by your side betrayed you as well!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s face suddenly darkened. Author¡¯s note: This chapter is a long one! The face slapping scene is so exciting! Brother Nian is really careful and protective of the calf. He is the only one that can call him a stupid dog and won¡¯t allow others to scold him as an idiot. He doesn¡¯t even care when he gets stabbed. Next, Sister Chuan will scold someone who makes a mistake. Translator note: Well we finally got the author¡¯s note. Anyway, the author already said what I wanted to say. CH 83 Chapter 83: Sixth Night Part Two Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (T/W : Necrophilia. Skip from [START HERE] until the end of chapter.) Fang Daichuan turned around and left. Li Sinian chased after him and grabbed his arm: ¡°Listen to my explanation¡­¡± ¡°Do you even remember your promise?!¡± Fang Daichuan suddenly turned around, his voice low, suppressing the surging anger in his heart, he clenched his hands so tightly that his nails were deeply embedded in the palm. Li Sinian moved his gaze: ¡°No¡­ I voted for Du Wei, she is lying since she is about to die, believe me¡­¡± A fire about to come out from Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes, he pointed at Chen Hui: ¡°You voted for Du Wei? Then tell me, what was your reaction at that time? You look back at me when you voted and after you voted why the fuck did you make me close my eyes!¡± (T/N : On Chapter 80) ¡°I want to kiss you. At that time, I thought that the four of us would die together because two to two vote. I was afraid that you won¡¯t die in peace.¡± Li Sinian smiled sweetly, reached out to hug Fang Daichuan¡¯s shoulder, but Fang Daichuan slapped it off. ¡°You¡¯re not afraid that I won¡¯t die in peace, you are afraid that I will see you die with my own eyes!!!¡± Fang Daichuan shouted, he remembered the dream he had just now, Li Sinian was shot in the head in front of him. At that moment the image of his and Du Wei¡¯s corpse became one, the body fell heavily to the ground, the sky covered in scarlet colour. That dream was actually his subconscious fear. He had already noticed that something was wrong with Li Sinian at the time. He was not surprised by the fact that there were three votes, but he cared about who cast the vote. But at that time, he just escaped from death and his mind is in a mess that he ignored it. Now that Chen Hui mentioned it in such a tone, his heart felt a hundred different emotions, and for a moment he did not know whether to feel scared or regret. His eyes burned red with these mixed emotions. He slammed the fish to the ground and knocked it unconscious in the reef, its tail flapping defiantly a few times before it stopped moving completely. Li Sinian stared at the fish and Chen Hui also stared at the fish. ¡°What do you mean¡­¡± Chen Hui¡¯s voice trembled, her eyes wandered around Fang Daichuan and Li Sinian¡¯s faces, a guess emerging in her mind but she didn¡¯t dare to confirm it. ¡°What do you mean?¡± Fang Daichuan said coldly, ¡°There¡¯s more than one fucking idiot like your man* on this island!¡± (T/N : Chuan¡¯er means Du Wei. So yeah, both Sinian and Du Wei vote for themselves.) Chen Hui stared at Li Sinian in disbelief, Li Sinian shot her a cold glance, a fire currently burning in his heart. Then she finally knew the truth. She is the only Judas here. The two of them, one hot and one cold, know each other well and complement each other. This situation made her look like an idiot. She lowered her head and laughed. The louder she laughed, the more desolate she became. ¡°A smart person can live, a fool can live, but half-idiot can¡¯t,¡± she smiled sarcastically, her eyes empty, ¡°a half-idiot that thinks they can live won¡¯t be able to survive.¡± ¡°Can¡¯t survive,¡± she shook her head and walked towards the villa, ¡°Can¡¯t survive.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s chest heaved violently, watching her retreating back, he endured for a long time, but finally he couldn¡¯t hold back: ¡°Don¡¯t do anything stupid! I still have a bottle of poison here, you can use it!¡± Li Sinian shook his head: ¡°It¡¯s useless, Niu Xinyan wrote it very clearly in the letter, it must be unopened wolf poison, four bottles.¡± With heavy emotions in his eyes he shouted to the distant figure: ¡°Tomorrow morning, we will abstain from voting, the helicopter will come and we will go back together!¡± Chen Hui stopped, turned her head and sneered: ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me, worry about yourself. The boss hasn¡¯t appeared yet, is the third party really dead? Is there anyone else on this island?¡± She stared at Li Sinian, the malice and curses in her eyes were so strong that it almost seemed like something would pop out, ¡°No one is innocent, don¡¯t pretend, we all are going to die, you are next, you won¡¯t survive, you won¡¯t have easy death.¡± ¡°Fuck you! It¡¯s not your fucking concern!¡± Fang Daichuan finally couldn¡¯t bear it any longer, he shouted, his chest heaving violently, obviously very angry. Chen Hui suddenly seemed to think of something, she bent down and giggled: ¡°I thought of something, he he, it¡¯s really interesting,¡± she said and stepped back, while backing away, she smiled, ¡°The beer belly¡¯s death is really weird.¡± Beer belly¡¯s corpse is really like a ghost, keep haunting them, Fang Daichuan thought, she is about to die so she wants to play one last trick. He was too lazy to tell her that he had seen the corpse, he sneered, simply turned around so he didn¡¯t have to look at her again. Chen Hui smiled and sang the nursery rhyme. ¡°Who killed the robin? The robin died on the island. ¡° Her voice was hoarse, like a sandpaper polished voice, combined with the sound of the sea, surrounded with breath of death and decay, the atmosphere turned weird and strange. Fang Daichuan stood there and blocked his ears. The voice still reaches his ears in whispers. ¡°What to do now that the robin is dead? The birds are standing by the grave. The sparrow opened its wings and sang; it was my turn to die next. ¡° ¡°It was my turn to die next. ¡° She left the beach after singing the ominous song. There were only two people left facing each other on the beach. ¡°Don¡¯t you have anything else you want to fucking say to me?¡± Fang Daichuan stood with his arms folded, looking at the sea beneath the reef. Li Sinian was silent for a while, as if there were a lot of things he didn¡¯t know how to say. After a long time, he raised his head and looked directly at Fang Daichuan. His eyes were complex and clear, confused and sincere. He said, ¡°You are different from them. They came to this island with malice. They did something terrible that not even death can wipe out their crimes*. Earlier, she said that no one is innocent. But you are different. The reason why you ended up on this island was entirely a coincidence and it was my fault that I didn¡¯t stop you and let you get in the car. I want to send you back alive. I am responsible for your life. ¡° https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E6%AD%BB%E6%9C%89%E4%BD%99%E8%BE%9C Fang Daichuan never expected Li Sinian to think like this. He froze on the spot. Li Sinian stepped forward and hugged him gently, because he can only use one arm, the hug supposed to be loose, yet it feels tight. He smiled in his ear and said, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, I am so selfish, so cold, I carry the same original sin. With malice and sin, without you, what is the difference between me and them?¡± Fang Daichuan hesitantly turned around and hugged him, and the two embraced by the sea. ¡°If you change the scene,¡± Li Sinian asked quietly, ¡°If you change the scene, only one of us can live, will you sacrifice yourself and make me whole?¡± Fang Daichuan stopped. By reflex, he wanted to say yes, but when he was going to say it, he realised it was basically slapping himself in the face.* He thought about it for a while, and then said against his will: ¡°Of course not, I will choose to live. You are smarter and more resourceful than me. If I give up on me, then I¡¯m really dead, but if I give up on you¡­¡± He suddenly couldn¡¯t continue, after a while, he sniffed, ¡°If I give up on you, you will definitely survive.¡± Li Sinian gave a low laugh twice but he did not expose his insincere words. The two hugged for a while, when they parted, Fang Daichuan seemed to hear Li Sinian say something. His voice was too low, buried in the wind, Fang Daichuan could not hear it clearly. But it seems to say, ¡°Remember what you just said.¡± [START HERE] On the second floor of the villa, Du Wei and Chen Hui¡¯s rooms. Chen Hui was naked, lying on the bed, holding her boyfriend¡¯s body, resting her head on the side of her boyfriend¡¯s neck like what she usually did when her boyfriend was still alive. Half of Du Wei¡¯s head disappeared, his skull exposed to the air, only a small half of his face still intact. The broken bone fragments pierced through Chen Hui¡¯s neck, bright red blood and dark red blood were mixed together. Seeming oblivious, Chen Hui reached out and wiped the remaining half of her boyfriend¡¯s face, wiping off the blood on the corners of his mouth and chin. Du Wei¡¯s smiling eyes had been shattered along with the upper half of his skull. Chen Hui stared for a while, then leaned over and kissed the corner of his mouth. ¡°It¡¯s all your fault,¡± Chen Hui lay back again, pulled her boyfriend¡¯s fingers, intertwined their hands together, ¡°You don¡¯t tell me anything, had you said earlier that we could switch factions, I wouldn¡¯t kill Ding Zihui. .¡± Du Wei¡¯s fingers were deformed, the joints were swollen and stiff. His arms were rotten blueish grey. ¡°Why did you sleep with them?¡± Chen Hui, feeling wronged, licked her boyfriend¡¯s exposed ear bones, the bitter taste of corpse liquid lingered on her tongue for a long time, ¡°Obviously we like each other so much.¡± ¡°I thought you would betray me,¡± she lowered her head and gasped for two seconds, her nose and mouth starting to bleed, ¡°So I betray you first before you betray me.¡± She wiped the blood on her face then carelessly wiped it on the sheets, rolled over and sat on the corpse. The corpse was also naked, its stiff limbs were left exposed in the air. It was hot in the summer, the corpse¡¯s internal organs had begun to rot. The abdomen was slightly bulging. (T/N : So, fun fact. There are five stages of decomposition and right now Du Wei is in bloat state. Link for more info.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_decomposition Chen Hui picked her boyfriend¡¯s cold lower body part, supported it, aimed and sat down on it. She had already started to bleed, her internal organs and her upper vaginal wall were also bleeding, but she ignored it and moved up and down for some time with no expression on her face. It¡¯s meaningless. The things that have always been hot and pulsating are now cold and stiff. There is no vitality, so they can¡¯t give her happiness and burning heat. Chen Hui lowered her head and watched for a while. The place where they combined was mixed with various body fluids, which was horribly dirty. Chen Hui closed her eyes. There were three empty bottles scattered on the bedside table beside her, blood was still dripping from the syringe needle. The wind coming in from the open window blew the curtains from the outside, the two people on the bed hugged each other tightly without any movement. (T/N : Chen Hui passionately sat on Du Wei and she used all 3 vials so yeah, updated image. Apologise if the smut seems lifeless, I mean, one of the participants was not exactly there ¡­lol. Also, I will take a break, hopefully not long. Probably 2 weeks top? The chapters are getting longer and I have some stuff to take care of so cya.) CH 84 Chapter 84: Sixth Night Part Three Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan go up to the third floor again. Last night, they heard Yang Song¡¯s scream and ran down the third floor in a hurry. They found that Niu Xinyan¡¯s son was burned, then they caught up with a series of messy things. People die one by one and they never go up again. The third floor still looks the same as they leave it. This time, the two went straight to the little black room, put away the scattered documents, bagged and sealed them. Beer belly¡¯s body was also dragged down and buried back in the pit. There are several other rooms on the third floor. Fang Daichuan is curious. Tomorrow is the seventh day, someone will come to pick him up. In any case, this matter is almost over, naturally he will have other thoughts. ¡°Let¡¯s open another door and take a look,¡± Fang Daichuan said, ¡°Chen Hui is right, we still don¡¯t know where the boss is behind the scenes, so we should look for clues, that way we won¡¯t be too passive.¡± Li Sinian nodded, found an awl or wire or something and fiddled with it for a long time. With a screwdriver in his mouth, he pushed a card into the crack of the door with his right hand, he loosened the screw and directly opened the door lock. The two push open the door. The room on the third floor is quite spacious, facing south, with good lighting and ventilation, it is half the size of the hall downstairs. Fang Daichuan held up the candle to observe, there seemed to be a small opening in the window, for there was a slight smell of sea breeze in the room. There is some furniture around the wall, all covered with a layer of white cloth. Fang Daichuan walked to the corner and took off the white cloth. It is a painting. A man was tied alone on a rock by the sea, chains bounding his limbs, a flock of birds hovering in the sky, each bird is like a dark shadow, eager to consume his flesh. His chest was cut in half, revealing the blood-red viscera inside, the atmosphere is very gloomy. ¡°What is this?¡± Fang Daichuan frowned, reached out and touched the canvas. Whomever painted this probably did in a hurry and did not give the paint enough time to dry, there is a slight streak and brush mark on painting. Li Sinian stood behind him and studied the painting: ¡°Prometheus Bound.¡± (T/N : Alright so although the famous one is Prometheus by Rubens, link below. I am sure the one used here is the one by Ilya, picture attached below since it is what came up when I put this on Baidu.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Bound_(Rubens) It was a replica of famous painting, Fang Daichuan thought to himself. He suddenly remembered the ¡°Wheatfield with Crows¡± that he had seen in Niu Xinyan¡¯s room. It is possible that the boss paint it? That is a lot of work, he thought, brought the candlestick close to the canvas, carefully looking for signature on it. (T/N : Shout out to jujube for guessing the painting on chapter 53 right. Excuse your humble translator for missing this piece of information. I kind of get distracted *cough* smut *cough* on this chapter and next one.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatfield_with_Crows In the corner is a discreet signature, the signature is cursive and using ink pen, with a single word, Eternity. (T/N : Eternity is in English on raw.) Eternity? Fang Daichuan said the word in his mind, recalling the small amount of English vocabulary he had learned at university. If he remembered correctly, it seemed to be a religious word, meaning eternal? Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t figure it out. He lifted the white cloth one by one, under the cover were paintings, dozens of paintings, some that Fang Daichuan knew, some that he did not know, some replicas and some paintings of this island. Occasionally, there are a few religious-themed paintings, such as the Virgin looks down at the world with love* or the Greek goddess holding a jug*, bathed in the sun, makes people feel a little more peaceful. (T/N : I have no idea what painting is this, comments are appreciated.) For some reason, somehow Fang Daichuan felt uncomfortable. ¡°What a pitiful man,¡± he thought, and said bluntly. Li Sinian was looking up at a statue of the Virgin when he heard the words: ¡°What do you say?¡± Art and aesthetic appreciation is a compulsory course for the director and Li Sinian¡¯s comprehension of these paintings must be far more accurate than his own. Fang Daichuan felt he was showing off in the presence of an expert and said embarrassedly, ¡°I don¡¯t know appraisal, I just think that this person should be quite depressed and have a lot of conflict in his heart and isn¡¯t happy at all.¡± ¡°He¡¯s asking for help¡­¡± Fang Daichuan pondered the painting carefully, frowning tightly. Li Sinian looked at it in order, from the first to the last. After watching it for a while, he smiled and shook his head. You don¡¯t know if he disagreed with Fang Daichuan¡¯s point of view or he really didn¡¯t see it. ¡°Meow~¡± A soft cry came from behind the curtain. Fang Daichuan came back to his senses, he opened the curtain, the black cat was standing on the bay window, licking his right paw. ¡°It¡¯s you?¡± Fang Daichuan said in surprise, ¡°Where have you been these days? Have you eaten?¡± Of course the cat couldn¡¯t speak. The black cat ignored Fang Daichuan and ran to Li Sinian¡¯s feet, rubbing its neck against Li Sinian¡¯s feet. Li Sinian squatted down and gently scratched the black cat¡¯s neck with his fingers. The cat stretched out, made a purring sound, turned over to reveal its belly, which turned out to be white. ¡°Go out, don¡¯t play here.¡± Li Sinian said, waving to chase it away. The little black cat actually understood, walked back to the windowsill one step at a time, meowing twice and then got out of the window. ¡°It actually listens to you¡­¡± Fang Daichuan feels something but doesn¡¯t know what it is. The second room was empty except for a round table in the centre with a pen on it. Fang Daichuan picked it up and took a look. It was the same model as his own. It seemed that this room was the room where the Wolves discussed their strategy and met in the middle of the night. The third room is full of records. It¡¯s not the kind of tape and compact disc. It¡¯s a vinyl record. It¡¯s a black disc with a certain thickness, with coloured rings embedded in the middle. It¡¯s properly placed on a wooden frame, which fills a room. There is a gramophone in the corner. ¡°This is good,¡± Li Si Nian stepped forward and touched the wooden box of the gramophone, ¡°Move it down, let¡¯s put it in our room.¡± The gramophone was very heavy, Fang Daichuan closed the lid, lifted it carefully, asked, ¡°But there is no electricity in the villa?¡± ¡°This is an old-fashioned needle gramophone, hand-operated,¡± Li Sinian pointed to the handle beside the box, ¡°Wait for me to pick a disc.¡± You definitely know how to enjoy life, Fang Daichuan said silently in his heart, noble young master. After going downstairs, Li Sinian grabbed the wine bottle and Fang Daichuan went to the bathroom to take a shower. The water inside the water heater has been completely gone. He waited for a long time without a drop of water coming out. The two were dragging the corpse out, smelling rotten and they also entered several dusty rooms. They were dirty and smelly. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t sleep like this. He put on his slippers, opened the door, stuck his head out and asked Li Sinian what to do. Li Sinian looked out the window and smiled at him. Seaside. The moon is dim and the sky is studded with stars. Standing shirtless in the waist-deep seawater, Li Sinian¡¯s skin was so white that his muscles reflected the light from the hazy moon and stars overhead. The gauze on his left shoulder was already half wet with water and a little blood was seeping out, looking like a gorgeous ghost that sucked people¡¯s spirits. Fang Daichuan sat on a reef and flicked a handful of water at him with his foot. Li Sinian was splashed all over and looked back at him with raised eyebrows. There were some drops of water on his cheeks and a smile reflected in his eyes, Fang Daichuan covered his face and cursed ¡°Fuck¡± in his heart. The other day when he was taking a bath, Li Sinian¡¯s chest was full of bubbles from shower gel. Fang Daichuan had his mind occupied so he didn¡¯t take a closer look. Now he¡¯s got a full view of his front and back. A narrow row of tattoos on Li Sinian¡¯s waist, which just happened to be positioned at the edge of his underwear, crossed the neatly arranged abs and slightly protruding crotch bone, with the mermaid line drawn at the side of his waist. Can¡¯t see, can¡¯t see. Fang Daichuan took a few deep breaths, both of them were only wearing underwear, if he had any reaction here, the other party would be able to see it at a glance. It would be too embarrassing. That is what he thought but the fire in his heart was burning hotter and hotter. Don¡¯t embarrass yourself. After taking a bath, Li Sinian wiped it off with his T-shirt and put on his clothes. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t wear a T-shirt, just put on the jeans and walked back behind him. The feeling of the wet underwear sticking to his skin combined with the rough jeans, making him feel uncomfortable. The first thing Fang Daichuan did when he returned to the room was grab a new pair of underwear. Li Sinian¡¯s back was turned to him as he tinkered with the gramophone, the handle cranking. Fang Daichuan hesitated for a while with his underwear. He felt that since they had kissed and hugged, if he had to go to the bathroom to change his underwear, it seemed a bit hypocritical which made him feel guilty. Thinking like this, he stood beside the bed and took off his trousers as he gritted his teeth. Behind him came the melody of trumpet and piano. Fang Daichuan hurriedly put on his new underwear and turned around. Li Sinian stood in front of the window with his arms folded, staring at him with interest. The rough male voice flowed slowly from the hands of the gramophone, the sound was not pleasant, hoarse and thick but strangely it drifted into the heart. ¡°This music¡­¡± Fang Daichuan usually listens to a lot of popular songs and he is not familiar with this song. He just said carefully based on a little impression, ¡°It¡¯s very similar to the style in ¡°La La Land¡±.¡± Li Sinian snapped his fingers in surprise and praised: ¡°Good guess, ¡ª it¡¯s jazz. Louis Armstrong, Kiss of fire.¡± He said and sang slowly to the beat. (T/N : Click the video below to hear the song.) Since first I kissed you my heart was yours completely If I¡¯m a slave, then it¡¯s a slave I want to be Li Sinian¡¯s voice is very nice, with a standard youth timbre, when he laughs it becomes a little low. When he sings in English, his pronunciation is clear and his breathing is soft, which is completely different from when he speaks Mandarin. Very sensual. Fang Daichuan felt goosebumps. He hummed softly: ¡± Don¡¯t pity me, don¡¯t pity me¡± ¡ª¡ª Don¡¯t pity me, don¡¯t pity me. He sang and walked towards the bed, Fang Daichuan coming back shirtless, his jeans still unzip, covered in only two thin pieces of fabric. Li Sinian, on the other hand, was fully clothed, water droplets in his hair falling low on his T-shirt, quickly absorbed by the cotton. Fang Daichuan swallowed hard, his eyes flickering. Li Sinian leaned in close to his ear, a deep laughter in his voice. Give me your lips, the lips you only let me borrow Love me tonight and let the devil take tomorrow I know that I must have your kiss although it dooms me Though it consumes me, your kiss of fire Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t bear it any longer, he pulled over Li Sinian¡¯s shirt and said in a low voice, ¡°As you wish.¡± Then he opened his mouth and kissed him. The record continued to sing with dedication. I touch your lips and all at once the sparks go flying Those devil lips that know so well the art of lying And though I see the danger, still the flame grows higher I know I must surrender to your kiss of fire Fang Daichuan¡¯s cheeks were on fire, the sound of kissing mixed with the mellow tone of the trumpet. Fang Daichuan bit Li Sinian¡¯s tongue lightly and heard Li Sinian¡¯s laughter in his ears, mixed with a thick nasal voice, which was hopelessly sexy. The two were breathing heavily and Fang Daichuan caught a glimpse of each other¡¯s chests burning red with lust. ¡°Wait¡­¡± Li Sinian took a deep breath, smiled while pulled away. Fang Daichuan rubbed the side of his neck dissatisfied and the corners of his mouth were full of water. Li Sinian reached out and touched the saliva at the corner of his mouth, panting and smiling, ¡°I have something to confess to you.¡± The record had finished playing and the lever reset with a soft click. Fang Daichuan raised his head, his eyes desperate and eager: ¡°Is it urgent, can¡¯t we talk in the morning?¡± He rubbed gently against the other man¡¯s waist and crotch, grinding against the rough denim through the thin fabric, hot and cool. ¡°It¡¯s not urgent¡­ It¡¯s about my first love¡­¡± Li Sinian deliberately lengthened his voice. Fang Daichuan wailed and flung him into the big bed behind him, picking him up on his hands and knees, biting his neck fiercely and saying gruffly, ¡°You tell me now! Explain to me!¡± During the action, their skins were stuck together and both felt each other¡¯s body temperature. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes darkened for a moment. Author¡¯s note : I can¡¯t write the meat! I have reached the word count, I am also very helpless! Forgive me! Translator¡¯s note : Meat = smut. Next chapter is the smut. Don¡¯t get your hopes up, I will try my best but don¡¯t hope too much alright. CH 85 Chapter 85: Sixth Night Part Four Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (T/N : NSFW) Li Sinian turned over using his waist and hips, trapping Fang Daichuan under him. His eyes were deep and dark, the halo in his eyes was like a large cat, with some lazy desire combined with some mocking that everything is under his control. Fang Daichuan was infuriated by the superior look in his eyes, a fighting spirit ignited in his heart and he didn¡¯t want to admit defeat as anger was burning in his chest. He seems to have seen a glimpse of truth. Tonight¡¯s war is only about two people but it seems to also determine their future status. Instinctively Fang Daichuan stretched out his right leg, rubbed his calf on Li Sinian¡¯s knee, causing Li Sinian to tremble. Now! Fang Daichuan stood up, hugged Li Sinian¡¯s waist and rolled over, pressing him firmly on the bed, twisting his arms behind him. ¡°Hiss¡­¡± Li Sinian bit the sheet, gasping for breath, a thin layer of sweat soon broke out from his back. As if he was patiently enduring something, he pressed his forehead against the sheets, hiding his facial expressions and didn¡¯t say anything to stop. ¡°Give up?¡± Fang Daichuan confined him and asked smugly. Li Sinian¡¯s voice was low: ¡°Yes, Sister Chuan, let go.¡± Surrender so easily? Fang Daichuan feels a little strange. He was worried that Li Sinian was playing tricks and twisted his arm: ¡°At this time, don¡¯t be cheeky, call me brother.¡± ¡°Brother.¡± Li Sinian knows when to yield and when not. ¡°You mean it?¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t dare to take it lightly. ¡°I mean it,¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice contained some unbearable gasps. He took two breaths to get through the darkness in front of him and said with a calm smile, ¡°It¡¯s just one night. I will let you do it once.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± Fang Daichuan should have been happy but he found out something was wrong. Under his fingers, Li Sinian¡¯s left arm had no strength at all, it was twisted obediently behind him, constantly trembling. His mind exploded, his memory came back and he suddenly remembered that the other party had a wound on his shoulder, bleeding so bad it soaks half a bed. He was so scared he let go of his hand in fright. Li Sinian moved his left arm slowly and tentatively curled his fingers. ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± Fang Daichuan felt a little embarrassed, ¡°I forgot about it¡­¡± Li Sinian rolled over and lay on his back, smiled: ¡°It¡¯s okay, I am not that delicate.¡± He raised his shoulders and kissed the corner of Fang Daichuan¡¯s mouth, hooked his lips and smiled: ¡°Coming?¡± He said, reaching out to unbutton his trousers but his left hand kept shaking. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart was blocked, he reached out and unbuttoned the button for him. Under the zipper, Li Sinian didn¡¯t change his underwear and it was still wet. The contents inside had half raised his head. Because of the pain it is half soft and half hard between the legs. Fang Daichuan gently kissed the side of his neck and there was a fine layer of cold sweat on the side of his neck. Fang Daichuan pecked and kissed slowly, smelling the light smell on his body, combined with some ocean fishy smell. Li Sinian held his head, squeezed his chin with his right hand and rolled his tongue in. He put Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand on his waist, and there was a bottle of hand cream on the bedside. He reached out and stuffed it into Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand. ¡°Will you?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice sounds spoiled. Fang Daichuan propped up his body and looked at him fixedly. There was sweat on Li Sinian¡¯s forehead. He was willing to be a slave, submitting himself, no complaints and no regrets, surrendered to the other¡¯s fiery kisses, just like the song lyric. Aware of the fact, Fang Daichuan felt bitter and sweet inside his heart. His entire body seemed to step into a swamp, the warm and moist mud wrapped all his senses and overwhelmed him. Confused, he plunged into the hunter¡¯s open net. This man has taken him, taming him. He lowered his head and kissed Li Sinian, opened the bottle of hand cream and squeezed it against Li Sinian¡¯s fingertips. Li Sinian was speechless, looking up at Fang Daichuan. Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed, the tips of his ears were burning red. ¡°Let you do it once, for the sake of your injury,¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his eyes embarrassedly and said stubbornly, ¡°It won¡¯t be so easy for you next time.¡± Li Sinian was completely going crazy hearing his words. He kissed fiercely, licking and biting all the way from his lips to his collarbone. Fang Daichuan raised his head and panted, it felt as if he just took a sip of freshly brewed white wine. These rough and spicy unspoken understanding, burning the whole person out of their senses and sinks into intoxication. His fingers tightly clasped Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder, pinched a purple bruise on his intact right shoulder. There were no lights in the room, Li Sinian looked at Fang Daichuan through a small light coming from outside the window. His eyes were confused, he raised his head and gasped, his hot breath sprayed on the vital part of Li Sinian¡¯s chest, burning Li Sinian¡¯s chest thin and red. He pushed him, Fang Daichuan lay down obediently. His head bent backward showing his neck, making him look fragile and pitiful, a sight rarely seen. The willing submission of the same sex is the best aphrodisiac. Li Sinian rubbed the sticky lotion on his fingertips and knocked open the body under him. Fang Daichuan trembled as if he was drunk and his kiss also had drunkenness in them. Li Sinian leaned over to grab the soft piece of flesh between his neck and pinned him under him. Fang Daichuan was so embarrassed that he didn¡¯t know where to put his hands. He pinched the sheet for a while before gently putting it on Li Sinian¡¯s waist. Li Sinian¡¯s waist is beautiful, the reflective white muscles are tight, the arc of the waist and crotch are lean and strong and the muscles are firm. ¡°Do you like me?¡± Li Sinian pulled out his fingers and pushed them in, sweat dripping from his forehead. He gasps. Fang Daichuan nodded carelessly, as if there was only one sense left in his body, an unknown feeling he had never experienced before rising inside him. ¡°Speak!¡± Li Sinian fiercely pushed his finger in. ¡°Like, I like it!¡± Fang Daichuan was driven to a desperate situation by him. He looked up at him absent-mindedly and said in a trembling voice. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes suddenly softened. He leaned on Fang Daichuan and bit his ear tips with his canine teeth. There was blood coming out, it looked like a red pomegranate seed. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes were soft but he was hard somewhere else, so hard that he felt pain all over his body. He got in in one swift motion and then pushed it hard ruthlessly. Fang Daichuan opened his mouth to gasp, but there was no word or sound coming out at all. ¡°If you like it, shout.¡± Li Sinian slapped his butt hard while doing it, making a crisp sound. Fang Daichuan shook his head, gritted his teeth and said nothing. Li Sinian laughed, one hand propped up on the bed board, one hand under Fang Daichuan¡¯s waist, he instantly exerted strength on his waist and abdomen. Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t take it any longer and a moan came out. ¡°Do you like it?¡± Li Sinian asked again. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were flushed with thin red and his eyes drooped pitifully. He straightened his waist and raised his head, biting Li Sinian¡¯s neck. The movement went deeper and both of them groaned. Fang Daichuan sank his fingers on Li Sinian¡¯s back and his teeth made a hole in his neck. ¡°You are really a puppy.¡± Li Sinian gasped and burst out a rough sentence. Fang Daichuan lowered his eyes and smiled. ¡°Brother Nian,¡± Fang Daichuan suddenly felt a little uneasy, he suddenly shouted. Second before the explosion, Li Sinian suddenly pulled out, his fingers moved quickly, his head buried between Fang Daichuan¡¯s legs, biting into the base of Fang Daichuan¡¯s legs. The tip of his nose was touching an unspeakable place, Fang Daichuan groaned and climbed to the top accompanied by a sharp stinging pain. There was a flash of white light before his eyes and his breathing was ragged as Li Sinian bit into the soft flesh at the base of his leg, his canine teeth slicing and grinding against the bloody flesh. He called out vaguely, ¡°Brother Nian!¡± ¡°Hmm,¡± Li Sinian replied, searching for his fingers and intertwining them, ¡°I am here.¡± He said, his voice muffled, soft and sticky. Fang Daichuan slowly calmed down and the two kissed. No longer breathing rapidly, Fang Daichuan lay on his back in the soft pillow, looking somewhat insatiable and lazy, exuding a relaxed flush, like a shore lapped by the tide and tall bamboo soaked in rainwater. Li Sinian put on a pair of trousers and got up to wash the towel. His chest was sweaty, there was a bloody tooth mark on his neck. The gauze on his left shoulder was soaked with sweat and blood. His back was full of love scratches and bloodstains. Of course, Fang Daichuan knew who did it which makes him feel a little guilty. He leaned on the headboard and his eyes following him around. He had never seen such a Li Sinian before, Li Sinian he knew usually dressed neatly. Right now the jeans were unzipped, the tops of the hairy bush wet and rolled out, looking wild and aggressive, emitting aggressive testosterone. ¡°There¡¯s no water,¡± Li Sinian sighed, opened a bottle of wine, poured it on a white towel, raised Fang Daichuan¡¯s leg and covered it with a towel, ¡°Bear with this.¡± ¡°Fuck ¡­¡­ ah!¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression was subtle and sour as the cold liquor covered the teeth marks at the base of his leg, the delicate side of his leg had never been treated like this before, aching and itching with some burning swelling. ¡°Do you also want it on your back?¡± Li Sinian smirked. (T/N : Yes there is a missing ¡®hole¡¯ here¡­ Anyway now that the smut is over, all I can say is that it is hard to translate smut when the author tries their best to be vague and you are like ¡®is this finger or other body part we are talking about?¡¯ So yeah, if the translation is awful forgive me, but I have warned you since the previous chapter.) Fang Daichuan pulled the sheet over his face and kicked him: ¡°I want your uncle.¡± His voice was muted. (T/N : Remember that Chinese curse words usually have a family member so this is why there is an uncle here.) Li Sinian threw away the towel and hugged the other side into his arms through the sheets: ¡°I don¡¯t have an uncle. Chuan¡¯er-ge wants me.¡± The two of them leaned together, the little food they ate in the evening had been consumed by the night¡¯s physical work and Fang Daichuan was drowsy and hungry at the same time. He suddenly remembered something and whispered, ¡°You haven¡¯t told me about your shitty first love.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not a shitty first love, it¡¯s a stupid puppy¡¯s first love,¡± Li Sinian laughed, his chest move a little, ¡°Don¡¯t you remember that when you were young, a foreign child lived next to your grandfather¡¯s house.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s brain has almost shut down, he carefully recalled his childhood, a peddler selling orange candy at the Hutong¡¯s entrance, the double decker tram jingling** and the distant shouts, the vegetable stand under the sun, the pile of cabbage on the wall in winter, grandpa¡¯s swaying old Phoenix***, a secluded alley that seems endless. In a trance, it seems that he remembers something, but it is like a layer of white mist, unclear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-decker_tram ¡°It¡¯s you?¡± he muttered. ¡°You lived next to my house?¡± He couldn¡¯t hear Li Sinian¡¯s answer. He was so sleepy that he soon fell into a black sweet dream. Vaguely, he heard Li Sinian humming a song in his ear. It¡¯s not jazz, it¡¯s a light song and even the melody is obscure. The sound has a heavy sadness, but also has some relief and sweetness. I¡¯ve seen the dark-side When I¡¯m trying to find the light Seen the shadows fade away On the wrong side of night It was quite beautiful, and before Fang Daichuan fell into a dream, he wanted to ask him what the name of the song was but he couldn¡¯t get the words out, he was too tired. Li Sinian lay on his side, humming a folk song, his eyes unblinking as he watched him. His right hand traces the outline of the side of his face vaguely through a layer of air. His closed eyes, his unfurled eyebrows, his eyelashes resting peacefully beneath his eyelids, his upright nose, and his light-coloured lips. You were just another sideshow And I was trying not to fall Trying not to fall¡­ Fang Daichuan dreamed when he met Li Sinian for the first time at the airport, after so many years, Li Sinian recognized him at a glance and asked hesitantly, ¡°Is it you?¡± It was raining heavily and Li Sinian¡¯s side face changed colour from the various lights installed in the airport. He wanted to say something but hesitated. That is strange, Fang Daichuan thought, since you recognized me, why did you let me board this car? He watched his back get into the car, the door was closed and he sped towards the east. A night of chaotic dreams. When Fang Daichuan woke up, it was already early in the morning and Li Sinian was still looking at him sideways, his eyes tender and full of affection. Fang Daichuan was bathed in such gazes, he felt lazy, almost melting into the morning light. The clock in the corner struck eight. The two went downstairs holding hands. For some reason, Li Sinian¡¯s palm was a little wet. ¡°It¡¯s finally over!¡± Fang Daichuan yawned, ¡°I just don¡¯t know which one comes first, the volcano or the rescue.¡± Li Sinian looked at the sky outside the window and whispered, ¡°Crow¡¯s mouth.¡± https://www.meetmandarin.com/video-lessons/vocabulary/wu-ya-zui.html ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, it doesn¡¯t matter if the volcano really erupts,¡± Fang Daichuan said laughing, ¡°I now think that if I die, then I die and I will have no regrets.¡± Li Sinian curled his lips into a smile and gave Fang Daichuan a deep look: ¡°So do I.¡± They pressed their fingerprints in front of the machine and waited for Chen Hui until the last minute. No one came downstairs. Fang Daichuan already guessed what happened and sighed. The machine made a ¡°Di ¡± sound, Fang Daichuan played with Li Sinian¡¯s fingers absently, waiting for the machine to announce the game over. The screen emits a faint blue light. ¡°Everybody open your eyes, it¡¯s daytime. The current number of survivors: 2.¡± The game is over, Fang Daichuan thought to himself. The inorganic voice of the machine slowly read out. When he heard it, it seemed to carry a mocking malice in his ears. The machine stopped for a while, as if calculating something. Then it declared: ¡°Game, continue.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t react, he was frozen on the spot. He felt Li Sinian¡¯s fingers in his palm suddenly disappear. A cold sharp thing touched his back. The teeth marks on his leg root have scabbed over but it is still painful. He heard Li Sinian¡¯s voice behind him, it was very soft, like a whisper. He said, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, I¡¯m sorry.¡± (T/N : Next chapter you will know Sinian¡¯s real role and everyone else too. Here is a hint, read chapter 1 again.) CH 86 Chapter 86: Seventh day Part One Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°What, what do you mean?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s body stiffened, he just stood for a long time in front of the machine. Li Sinian lowered his head and said nothing. He held the brass pen in his right hand and pressed it against Fang Daichuan¡¯s waist. ¡°Why isn¡¯t the game over yet?¡± Fang Daichuan was forced to smile, forcing himself a reason to ask, ¡°Is there someone else on the island? Is it a boss? Or, someone pretends to be dead¡­¡± ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge,¡± Li Sinian interrupted him, his voice soft, ¡°don¡¯t lie to yourself.¡± Fang Daichuan took a deep breath and fought the emotions in his heart. Right now everything seems covered with fog, he can¡¯t see clearly. He wanted to speak, but even after he took a few breaths he couldn¡¯t make a sound. ¡°Cinematography has borrowed a concept from physics called ¡®Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily¡¯, do you know it?¡± Li Sinian was still in the mood to joke at this time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor Fang Daichuan sniffed, suppressed his voice, pretended to be calm and followed his example: ¡°If there is no accident¡­, don¡¯t add entity.¡± Li Sinian smiled: ¡°When writing a script and shooting a movie, you can¡¯t just add characters that the audience don¡¯t know at the end nor can you use clues that have not been told to the audience. This principle has also been translated as: ¡®God likes simplicity¡¯. So Chuan¡¯er-ge, stop lying to yourself, there is no 14th person on the island, and there is no second boss.¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head and stared at his toes, a drop of water falling on the floor. The wound at the root of his leg hurt so badly that his voice trembled: ¡°Who is the boss?¡± Li Sinian sighed: ¡°It can only be me after all.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes instantly became hot and then cold. ¡°I¡¯ll explain it to you one by one, Chuan¡¯er-ge, turn around first, I want to see your face again.¡± Li Sinian touched the pen in his hand. Fang Daichuan turned around stiffly. Because of last night¡¯s activity, his waist and legs were sore and weak and his movements were no longer as crisp as usual. He lowered his head and he let the tip of his nose rest between his chest and stomach without resistance. Li Sinian¡¯s eyes darkened. The two weren¡¯t speaking. ¡°Do you want me to ask you first?¡± Fang Daichuan said with a smile. He raised his head and looked up, the light in his eyes shattered into thousands of emotions. ¡°Actually, I gave you enough clues,¡± Li Sinian said after thinking for a long time, but he didn¡¯t know where to start, ¡°Have you counted poisons?¡± In addition to the bottle of witch¡¯s poison in his own hand, there are four wolves and sixteen bottles of wolf poison. When Zhao Chu died, three bottles were found on his body, one bottle was stolen by Liu Xin and used on Li Sinian. Liu Xiquan had four bottles, three given to Yang Song by Niu Xinyan. Yang Song used them to hunt down Ding Zihui, but wasted them in the forest; A bottle was given to Du Wei, which was used by Chen Hui on Ding Zihui. Chen Hui¡¯s four bottles, one used to kill Du Chaosheng and three are in her hand. So who killed the beer belly the first night? Fang Daichuan closed his eyes in despair. Li Sinian opened the notebook: ¡°I said, remember to take my pen and notebook when I die. What I want to show you is inside the cover.¡± As he spoke, he pulled the notebook leather cord, pulled out a card from the inner layer. (T/N : On chapter 74) It is the old yellow parchment paper, surrounded by flowers and plants pattern, with two words in the centre. Fang Daichuan is already too familiar with this card. Since he came here, it has frequently appeared in front of his eyes, every single time it brings selfish desires, feuds and greed, stirring up countless bloody storms. Li Sinian held the card between his fingers and showed him the front. Two words are written on the card ¨C ¡°White Wolf¡±. (T/N : [°×ÀÇ;b¨¢i l¨¢ng] and yeah, surprise eh? Author already gives spoilers from chapter 1 lol.) ¡°Where¡¯s your wolf poison?¡± Fang Daichuan asked, when he heard his own voice, it sounded very strange, not like his usual voice at all. Li Sinian threw away the notebook and cards in his hand and unscrewed the pen. There is no ink inside the ink chamber. It is a transparent liquid, shaking in the narrow ink chamber, reflecting the sunlight. (T/N : The pen Sinian uses is a fountain pen. I just used this one to show you the ink chamber part.) I see. No wonder no one found Li Sinian¡¯s poison when they did a body and room search. His wolf poison had been placed on the table all this time, in front of everyone. ¡°Are the remaining three bottles there?¡± Fang Daichuan smiled. ¡°I don¡¯t have three bottles, the white wolf can only kill one person every two nights. I only have half werewolf venom so I only have two bottles.¡± Li Sinian said. ¡°One bottle is used to kill beer belly.¡± Fang Daichuan said clearly. ¡°Yes.¡± Fang Daichuan raised his eyes, his eyes sharp like knives: ¡°The Seer Card belongs to beer belly.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Li Sinian confessed. Fang Daichuan can hear his heart break. It seems that there is no need to continue to ask, all the strange things now have a reasonable explanation. The villager card in the beer belly¡¯s corpse must have been Li Sinian¡¯s work. ¡°Old lady Song has a villager card on her. When I buried her, I walked away and stuffed it into the beer belly. I want to remind you that when everyone guesses about the role, everyone seems to ignore the beer belly.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes look earnest, ¡°Du Wei noticed. He came to me that night and asked me if I had really checked people. I guess he is the one who moved the beer belly¡¯s corpse. He probably went up to the third floor and saw the safe, then after he heard Yang Song said and showed the key in front of everyone and saw she came to me. He guessed that we would have a deal, so he arranged the scene on the third floor in advance, the purpose was to tell me that he knew my trick.¡± No wonder, seeing the beer belly¡¯s corpse that night, Li Sinian sneered and said, it is for me. Fang Daichuan smiled miserably. He suddenly remembered that when Li Sinian saw the body, his face seemed a little pale. Of course, he sees the person he killed sitting behind the door. Even though Li Sinian was a calculating and secretive person, he would have a momentary tug on his heart. (T/N : On chapter 68) He remembered that day at the beach, he guessed that the boss was a woman with ¡°Exquisite lifestyle, luxurious and classy decoration, good taste in wine and non-smoker¡±. Now that he remembered, except for the wrong gender, all pointed to Li Sinian. (T/N : On chapter 52) Fang Daichuan recalled it carefully, it¡¯s like reading a book where all the audience knows the ending. It was like those books whose title had already spoiled everything. But he was the only one who was in the game and could not see clearly. After knowing the ending, when he looked back, every word was a foreshadowing. Li Sinian never checks people in front of him. ¡°Don¡¯t trust anyone, especially me,¡± Li Sinian said. (T/N : On chapter 7) Li Sinian flicked the pen cap continuously. Li Sinian was poisoned, leaned on his shoulder, whispered, ¡°Alright.¡± (T/N : On chapter 34) Li Sinian¡¯s forehead was sweaty and his left shoulder was bleeding. ¡°It¡¯s just one night. I will let you do it once.¡± (T/N : On chapter 85) Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were blurred. Please don¡¯t call me stupid, he thought, you are not in the game, you don¡¯t know the pain. ¡°So,¡± Fang Daichuan choked, ¡°you have been lying to me since the beginning.¡± Li Sinian smiled faintly, without arguing, he said, ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°I was the boss, I knew everyone¡¯s identity, I played you all for fools! I was the first to kill and kicked off the whole scene. I drove you all into desperation one by one, did you feel your desperation? Each of them died with such despair, like my father did when he died.¡± ¡°I know your greatest fear, I know what makes you most desperate. I want everyone to die with despair, filled with great malice towards this world, like my father who was trapped alive as the water filled the cave.¡± No! Fang Daichuan shouted in his heart, you are not! ¡°Now, Chuan¡¯er-ge,¡± Li Sinian laughed, his voice low and gentle, ¡°bring out your poison, let¡¯s fight seriously.¡± ¡°I never had a serious fight with you, right? Be good*, I can¡¯t let you live and you can¡¯t either.¡± He said, the pen on his fingertips reflecting a sharp light. (T/N : This novel is HE! Alright so for this [¹Ô, Gu¨¡i] Baidu told me this is like a cute nickname? But the dictionary gives me ¡®good, well behaved¡¯ and so on so yeah, I decided to use ¡®be good¡¯. And now, the last picture. What, are you angry that I told you there are only 4 special roles here? I told you this novel has many hints from the beginning, right? From chapter 1 the author already told you there is WHITE WOLF role, not my fault you don¡¯t remember it. *whistle* Also I am not lying when I say Chen Hui is the last wolf, I mean Sinian is WHITE WOLF he is not WOLF¡­ *running away*) CH 87 Chapter 87: Seventh day Part Two Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan wasn¡¯t swayed and asked, ¡°What is the relationship between the beer belly and the case more than ten years ago? Why did you kill him first?¡± ¡°He and old Chen were both prospectors at the Geological Institute back then. They didn¡¯t do any evil, but sometimes being ignorant can do more harm than being actively evil, like a thorn in the flesh.¡± Li Sinian raised his eyebrows. Fang Daichuan remembered that when he was in the car, old Chen said to him, ¡°Every time I take on new jobs at places without any signal where there isn¡¯t even bird shit, I¡¯d download several shows involving fights against the Japanese on my phone. I¡¯ve seen you several times.¡± At that time, he naively thought that the other party was an older generation of actors. Turns out every time he took on a job, he was actually going prospecting. (T/N : On chapter 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospecting ¡°They noticed my father¡¯s actions, Director Niu asked them about it and they threw my father under the bus without remorse,¡± Li Sinian continued sneering, ¡°They deserve it.¡± With things close to end, Fang Daichuan instead became calmer and his eyes nailed Li Sinian: ¡°Let me ask you two last questions.¡± ¡°First, how did you determine beer belly¡¯s role?¡± Li Sinian said with a very faint smile: ¡°I guess it. He glanced at the audience after reading the cards. He either has a really good card or a wolf. I throw the bait, saying that the werewolves should not kill people. Let¡¯s go back together alive. He was the first to respond. When the werewolves heard this proposal they were definitely hesitant. They are not willing to give up their advantages just for others. Only the villager faction wants to live in peace to the end. I guess you are a witch and I want to find more special roles, so I stay by your side to win your trust.¡± Fang Daichuan listened and was silent for a while before asking in a trembling voice, ¡°Second question,¡± he took a deep breath, ¡°You recognized me at the airport, why did you let me come to this island?¡± Li Sinian turned his head and looked out the window, recalling the heavy rain. It was raining so hard that the figure came crashing headlong in from outside, with a bright smile and droopy eyes, innocent and determined, he felt at the time that he had met his destiny. ¡°I recognized you and remembered that your parents were criminal police officers. You said you received an invitation to go to the island and I immediately became suspicious. I wondered if your parents had anything to do with the case back then and if this time you were involved. But you are innocent and it¡¯s all my fault for being suspicious and pulling you down on this road of no return.¡± He said in a deep voice. Fang Daichuan finally understood why among so many people, why Li Sinian seemingly chose him for no reason and got close to him. He couldn¡¯t figure out what he was about, so he was the first to approach him. So there was the initial gesture of goodwill, the deliberate approach to test the waters, the step-by-step walk-in and the meticulous observation. Li Sinian recalled these seven days, just one week, but it feels like a lifetime already. He watched him coldly as he tried to save everyone, he watched him naively make fools of himself, he watched him little by little get roped into his trap and finally saw him take a leap of faith and the last thin ice in his heart was ruthlessly shattered. He leaned back against the other man¡¯s back and sighed, ¡°Alright.¡± He has since then accepted his fate. (T/N : Remember chapter 34? I will put the part below so you don¡¯t have to go back and search for it and then break the atmosphere.) Fang Daichuan spoke firmly, already knowing what he would face. He thought for a while, and added to Li Sinian, ¡°Even if I get poisoned on the way, the antidote will be given to you. This, I promise. I won¡¯t break my promise.¡± Li Sinian instantly reacted. He leaned on his shoulder and gave a low laugh. Li Sinian put his forehead against Fang Daichuan¡¯s back, sighed, and shook his head gently. In a place invisible to everyone, he turned to Fang Daichuan¡¯s back and said softly, ¡°Alright¡­¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t understand what he said, what Li Sinian just gave up and what the choice he just made. ¡ª¡ªUnder the cover of darkness, Li Sinian slid his finger upwards and held Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand with his backhand. (T/N : End of flashback. Yeah this chapter hurts¡­) Regrets. If only he did not have any doubt at that moment¡­ If Fang Daichuan caught the plane to the show, if he went to film variety shows safely, he (Chuan¡¯er) would never experience such a thrilling experience and he (Sinian) would not have to face such a dilemma. Li Sinian looked frustrated. ¡°You lied to me again.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was like the sea breeze outside the window, terribly calm. His eyes were sharp and he was staring at Li Sinian but his voice was very soft, ¡°If you are really the boss, how can you not know, I didn¡¯t get invitation to going to the island!!?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyelashes trembled. ¡°I know what you want to do, Li Sinian, you can¡¯t fool me.¡± Fang Daichuan took out the bottle of poison from his trouser pocket and pulled out the brass cork. ¡°I won¡¯t give you what you want.¡± With a faint smile, he swung his right arm round and flung the bottle of poison against the nearby floor-to-ceiling window in one swift motion, the glass shattering with a crash! The shattered pieces glinted with a bit of sharp light in the sunlight. Li Sinian stared at the shattered glass and froze on the spot. ¡°Don¡¯t you just want to test human nature? I tell you, there are fucking idiots like me in this world, who are rebellious and unyielding, so go on, kill me, I will prove to you with my life. You might fucking won the game, but you¡¯ll never prove that human nature is evil. You lose the bet.¡± ¡°You fucking kill me now,¡± Fang Daichuan raised his eyes and looked directly at Li Sinian, with an angry arc at the corner of his mouth, ¡°Come on. Stab me to death!¡± There was a loud bang outside the window and the villa shook. The sea syphoned, retreated far away and then suddenly rose. There was a destructive force brewing beneath. However, neither of the two people in the room moved. Facing each other, the gloves are off.* https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E5%89%91%E6%8B%94%E5%BC%A9%E5%BC%A0 Li Sinian smiled bitterly as he thought to himself, ¡°I lost a long time ago. The night you jumped down, I lost willingly without regrets.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s face was grim, he was still standing in the same place. Without anyone knowing, a thin layer of mist gradually formed under his eyes. Fang Daichuan took a step forward, the sharp steel nib nudging at his soft neck, a step further would have cut through the flesh and filled it with venom. Li Sinian reflexively took a step back. Fang Daichuan squeezed his wrist tightly. ¡°You¡¯re always like this,¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s voice was choked but his eyes were wide and round, stubbornly preventing the tears from rolling down his eyes, pretending to be unmoving like a mountain, calculating in every possible way. With your personality, Li Sinian, if you really want to kill me, will you have sex with me? With your pride, will you see everyone¡¯s identity cards before you do anything? You are forcing me to do it, right?? You fucking want me to kill you! Isn¡¯t it!¡± Li Sinian¡¯s figure slightly swayed. ¡°You think we¡¯ve only known each other for seven so I can be deceived by you. You fucking look down on me, Fang Daichuan and you look down on yourself.¡± He said every word powerfully.* https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E6%8E%B7%E5%9C%B0%E6%9C%89%E5%A3%B0 Li Sinian shook his head and smiled bitterly: ¡°No, I think highly of myself.¡± Qian Zhongshu* said: The viciousness of loyal and honest people, like the gravel in the rice or the uncleaned thorns in the boneless fish fillet, will give people an unexpected pain. Now it seems that the viciousness of loyal and honest people still can¡¯t match that of honest people who are committing crime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Zhongshu (T/N : Link for people who wonder about the quote.) https://min.news/en/culture/eeae7541ed419f26bed8c150bce847d1.html He might look stupid on surface* but he nailed it. https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E5%A4%A7%E6%99%BA%E8%8B%A5%E6%84%9A Because there is an eternal flame of light in my heart, I never fear the darkness around me. He bowed his head and smiled miserably, lowering his hand. The sea breeze came in through the holes in the floor-to-ceiling windows and the smell of sulphur in the air became heavier. ¡°If you don¡¯t want to say it, I¡¯ll tell it for you,¡± Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand to hide his tears, his face tense, ¡°From the very beginning, you have been giving us a way out, you said that no one should do anything, wait for the seventh day and the plane will came to pick everyone back together. You didn¡¯t do anything until Ding Zihui screamed on the second floor, the war drums were already beating and you killed the beer belly without knowing it. You have been in a self-destructive mood, poisoned by wolves, threatened by hunter, voting for yourself. You are looking for death every step, putting yourself in a dangerous situation countless times. Of course you don¡¯t know our identities, everyone draws cards at random, you can¡¯t check people and you have never been to the wolves¡¯ room. You put yourself on everyone¡¯s hostile list, balancing on a thin wire, your life hanging by a thread. Is this what a cold-blooded and calculating boss will do?¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes flashed, his lips curled into a sad smile that didn¡¯t reach his eyes. Bang¨C There was a gunshot. Fang Daichuan was shocked! Li Sinian hugged his left arm, unable to stand still in pain, his knee slammed to the ground. The sniper rifle in the corner was aimed at his left shoulder. Fang Daichuan¡¯s head buzzed, his eyes went black and his reflex took a step forward. ¡°Back off!¡± Li Sinian raised his head and shouted! A blue vein popped out on his forehead, his eyes were calm despite the extreme pain yet it was frightening at the same time. Fang Daichuan had never seen this side of Li Sinian before. He stopped in place as a large tear slid down from the corner of his eye: ¡°How, how could it be¡­¡± he shook off the tear and twisted his head to force himself to look at the camera, cursing,¡± Are you fucking out of your mind!¡± He was answered by sniper rifles in the corner of the room, four of them, all aimed at him at the same time. ¡°Don¡¯t touch him! Please!¡± Li Sinian struggled to stand up, staggered and walked a few steps, ignoring the excruciatingly painful shoulder and the cold sweat on his forehead, squeezed the camera on the machine, ¡°Don¡¯t touch him¡­¡± The loudspeaker of the machine made a rustling sound, and Fang Daichuan froze in place. The voice that can¡¯t be distinguished between men and women sounded faintly: ¡°Eternity, you really let me down.¡± (T/N : Eternity is in English in raw.) ¡°I can¡¯t understand why you still try to be witty at the end of the game,¡± the camera was aimed at Fang Daichuan¡¯s face, and Fang Daichuan seemed to see the person sitting behind the camera, who was frowning and thinking, as if he was reluctantly explaining for them for the sake of their death, ¡°This is a game where humanity is tested and you can only choose between your own lives and the lives of others, if you aren¡¯t on same sides, who told you to be unlucky?¡± Li Sinian flicked off the pen cap, held the pen upside down in his hand. Lowered his head, seemingly resigned to his fate. ¡°That¡¯s right, Eternity, kill him, don¡¯t let me down. This is what humans are, we are the descendants of Homo sapiens. For millions of years, more than a hundred biological species were brutally exterminated by our hands. From the very beginning, the malicious human nature is carried in our genes. Fear not to carry sin, we are all servants of sin.¡± Li Sinian raised his arm. Fang Daichuan jumped and firmly held the nib, the nib facing Li Sinian¡¯s neck, just a millimetre away from the skin. Fang Daichuan¡¯s fingers were almost crushed, which showed how much power the opponent used. ¡°Li Sinian! What did you promise me?!¡± At that moment, Fang Daichuan suddenly remembered a lot. Similar sentences and sayings, but Li Sinian graduated with a film major and not biology. Three days ago, at the seaside, Li Sinian stared at the ocean with deep eyes and said, ¡°We are the descendants of Homo sapiens, with the cruel gene of killing and exterminating more than a hundred biological species in our blood.¡± It was more or less the same as what the boss said. (T/N : This is from chapter 29) The room is full of cosmetics, but no cigarettes are prepared. ¡°The more I think about it, the more I think the boss is probably a gorgeous and smart woman.¡± (T/N : From chapter 52) A string of English words in front of Li Sinian¡¯s room: ¡°It¡¯s better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.¡± (T/N : On chapter 25) On the second floor mural, in addition to the battle between Gods and Demons representing justice and evil, a glamorous Lady Justice holds a scale, her eyes closed in deep thought, with black bat wings growing behind her back. (T/N : On chapter 24) ¡°When my mother died, I personally sent her into the crematorium. I looked at her, a 68-inch* person, squashed into a palm-sized box. At that time, I thought of only one sentence: ¡®For we are like olives: only when we are crushed do we yield what is best in us.¡¯* . (T/N : From chapter 29) The paintings signed by Eternity, the wailing of despair, Prometheus bound on the top of the mountain, the surging sea waves, the Wheatfield with crows but there are also the statues of one¡¯s own mother* and the Greek goddess that represents tranquillity and beauty. (T/N : Yes author used [Éúĸ;sh¨¥ng m¨³] which is one¡¯s own mother also this is from chapter 84) ¡°He¡¯s asking for help.¡± The brass key that opens the door on the third floor represents the star and the aurora of romantic encounter. ¡°My parents were much more romantic.¡± (T/N : On chapter 29) There are many, many more stories, but there are enough clues. ¡°Brother Nian,¡± Fang Daichuan pulled the pen out of his hand and asked softly in his ear, ¡°is your mother really dead?¡± (T/N : I told you there is no Star Wars here and I mean there is no ¡®I am your father¡¯ but I did not say there is no ¡®I am your mother¡¯ situation¡­*running away again*) CH 88 Chapter 88: Seventh day Part Three Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. The wind was howling outside the house, the leaves on the back mountain were rustling, the sea birds were hovering in a mournful cry. The villa hangs on the reef, as if it will be blown down by gust of wind. In the distance, bubbles have begun to appear in the sea water. Some kind of grey-black solid thing is like Moses, dividing the sea before pushing up the dark sea water from the depths of the sea. Fang Daichuan staggered a little, he couldn¡¯t stand, only then did he realise that the villa was shaking. There was a hissing electric sound from the amplifier, the voice that come out later seemed a little surprised: ¡°You aren¡¯t as stupid as you look.¡± This is it. Fang Daichuan looked down at Li Sinian, Li Sinian covered his shoulder with one hand. Blood dripped down the wound and spilled all over the floor. Something was blocking Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart so much that he felt like he couldn¡¯t breathe. ¡°Are you fucking out your mind?! As a mother, how could you do this to your own son!?¡± Fang Daichuan kept reminding himself to be patient but unfortunately he couldn¡¯t hold back his anger. It erupted like a volcano. The person in the loudspeaker seemed to chuckle twice, which sent out a few electric bursts. ¡°How did Eternity describe me to you?¡± The person spoke fluent Mandarin, without any accent making people could not tell the other¡¯s accent and origin. Only now Fang Daichuan realised that this is how Li Sinian learned Mandarin. Fang Daichuan sneered and said, ¡°You are Miss Qianjin* who travels alone with a backpack and loves to go to the Arctic Circle to see the stars for sightseeing.¡± (T/N : Apparently this [ǧ½ðС½ã, Qi¨¡nj¨©n xi¨£oji¨§] means unmarried girls from wealthy family. Also Flores and Eternity in this chapter is on English in raw) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle Li Sinian had already stood up, without looking at the camera, his eyes were fixed on the four sniper rifles. He then looked up at the villa gate, calculating the angle and time in his heart. Mrs. Flores chuckled: ¡°Did Eternity tell you which wealthy family I came from?¡± No, Fang Daichuan was very angry when he heard it. Li Sinian, that bastard, his mouth full of words but he didn¡¯t tell the truth. Mrs. Flores said, ¡°Ocean Security Company, have you heard of it?¡± No, Fang Daichuan blinked his eyes and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a while. ¡°Security Company? Are you training security personnel and protecting property?¡± This wealthy young Miss business is quite down to earth, Fang Daichuan thought and replied reluctantly. After all, she is Li Sinian¡¯s own mother and he had to give his mother-in-law* a face. Even if she is a vicious mother-in-law, Fang Daichuan roasts internally. (T/N : PFFFT! Alright so the word is [ÆÅÆÅ;P¨®po] and this means grandma or husband¡¯s mother or mother-in-law and therefore I used mother-in-law since well, read further and you will see why.) ¡°Ocean Security Company, the largest mercenary force in the United States, has cooperated with USMC and RAF, and has travelled all over Europe, North America and North Africa.¡± Li Sinian glanced at Fang Daichuan and explained aloud. (T/N : USMC and RAF is on English in raw, link for more info) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force Although I don¡¯t know what USMC and RAF are, they sound very high-end. Fang Daichuan became a little respectful to this mother-in-law. No wonder she can travel around the world alone with just a bag on her back and daring to venture into the wilderness, not to mention places like the Antarctic and North Pole. I should have figured out earlier, would a woman who travelled around like that be some dainty young lady? ¡°Auntie,¡± Fang Daichuan told himself to be someone who can bend and stretch. In front of such a terrifying woman, even people like Li Sinian are obedient, so he lowered his posture and said sincerely, ¡°I¡¯m afraid you don¡¯t believe me but I slept with Nian-ge last night. We are a family now. No matter how you look at it, I am your half-daughter-in-law, right? If there is any problem, let¡¯s sit down and have a cup of tea to solve it. What do you think? Nian-ge had an injury on his left shoulder. It¡¯s not a big deal to break a bone but it¡¯s a terrible thing to injure a large blood vessel. ¡° (T/N : Yes this is why I used mother-in-law. *howl with laughter* Darn this chapter and previous and previous is depressing so thank you Chuan¡¯er for the laugh. Oh and Chuan¡¯er used [¶ùϱ;¨¦r x¨ª] which is yes, daughter-in-law.) Li Sinian looked up at him as if he was mentally ill and was deeply impressed by his shameless spirit. ¡ª¡ªAs someone from show biz, regardless of his acting skills, he has a thick skin. His mother-in-law responded with a sneer. There was a sudden, loud propeller noise in the sky and a helicopter spiralled and descended close to the reef mound on the beach, which both men saw through the floor-to-ceiling windows and both looked flabbergasted. Li Sinian closed his eyes: ¡°Don¡¯t talk nonsense with her, they are here, Chuan¡¯er-ge, go.¡± Fang Daichuan looked at the gun in the corner of the house, looked at his face, and said in a deep voice, ¡°Let¡¯s go together!¡± ¡°We can¡¯t go together!¡± Li Sinian was furious, ¡°She¡¯s true to her word. Do you think she¡¯s just bluffing? I arranged that helicopter! Once the game starts, only the winner will be taken in the end!¡± The floor under the feet rumbled and trembled, the volcano, which is 15 years late, finally erupted. The violent tremor caused the sniper rifle on the ceiling to move away, the villa was crumbling among the rocks. Li Sinian suddenly pushed Fang Daichuan out: ¡°Go!¡± ¡°Give me your hand!¡± Fang Daichuan was unmoved, his expression was calm as he came back to his senses, but the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed. ¡°I fucking told you to go!¡± Li Sinian roared. Fang Daichuan became anxious: ¡°I fucking told you to give me your hand!¡± The sniper rifles in the corner of the room were shaking and moving with difficulty. Li Sinian did the calculation in his mind but his cold lower limbs from blood loss could not support him in the short time he had to run out of range. At that moment, Li Sinian¡¯s mind was extremely clear. He looked up at the monitor, his light amber pupils like some kind of inorganic glass, staring straight at the man behind the monitor. ¡°Die together,¡± Fang Daichuan noticed Li Sinian¡¯s physical condition. Strangely, his state of mind was surprisingly peaceful, without the slightest despair before dying. ¡°If we can¡¯t go together, then we will die together.¡± Li Sinian stared at him for a few seconds, dejected, raised his right arm and hugged him gently, his blood colouring Fang Daichuan¡¯s body. ¡°I really can¡¯t win against you,¡± he sighed in his ear, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Chuan¡¯er-ge, don¡¯t blame me.¡± Fang Daichuan wanted to say, how could I blame you? Living and dying together are the rare happy ending that the world can ask for. It¡¯s a pity that before he had time to speak, the back of his neck hurt and the whole world was spinning and blurring. (T/N : happy ending is in English in raw) ¡°Li Sinian! Fuck you!¡± He was physically stronger, struggling to say a few curse words, crying while doing so, as he drowned in despair he never felt before. Li Sinian smiled and kissed the corner of his mouth: ¡°If someone can survive, why should we die together. Chuan¡¯er-ge, remember what you said. Wait for me.¡± The sea in the distance has already turned into a sea of ??fire, the helicopter did not dare to descend too close. It stays in mid-air and puts down a soft rope. Seeing that two people came out, a head stuck out of the cabin and the cold pistol was facing them, shouting: ¡°Only one!¡± (T/N : Only one is in English in raw) Li Sinian ignored him, tied Fang Daichuan with a soft rope, he tied a dozen knots in a row. He stared at him for a few seconds, then resolutely stepped back. Fang Daichuan¡¯s body was already limp but his right hand desperately grip Li Sinian¡¯s clothes, not letting go, still remembering the master¡¯s command before he fainted. Even in the deepest darkness, a large drop of tears still flowing non-stop from the corners of his eyes, brushing the side of his blood-stained face. Li Sinian ruthlessly ripped open his T-shirt, the helicopter was instantly raised and Fang Daichuan¡¯s palm became empty just like his heart. Subconsciously anxious, he reached out trying to grab something but only a piece of cloth squeezed tightly in his hand. The flames had surged up, carrying methane and combustible gases from the seabed and spreading remotely across the sea, half greenish-blue water, half intense red flames, the angle turning as the helicopter lifted off, the water sparkling in the sunlight. The hatch opened, someone pulled the rope up, Fang Daichuan¡¯s body swayed in mid-air, and Li Sinian¡¯s heart tightened. ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge,¡± he looked up at Fang Daichuan¡¯s face, which was not very clear against the light, but the threads of tears smashed into his heart drop by drop. His eyes were soft and affectionate, ¡°Goodbye.¡± He said, raising his hand and kissing the silver ring on his pinky finger. The silver ring still has L&F engraved on the inside, but now it has a new meaning. (T/N : Li and Fang. I just love the author.) ¡°How do you know that he won¡¯t seek death when he goes back?¡± Behind him came a female voice, speaking in English. Li Sinian felt a cold muzzle pressed against his back but he didn¡¯t turn around: ¡°I know him too well, in the heat of the moment, he can said we can die together, but when he goes back, he will face his parents, grandpa, and all those who love him. Facing all people who have expectations for him, with his personality, he will never walk away.¡± He looked up at the helicopter silhouette: ¡°What¡¯s more, I left him hope. As long as there is that glimmer of hope, I can die for him and he can live for me.¡± All kinds of calculations, showing how deep the affection. The helicopter silhouette had disappeared from the horizon. A sea of fire surrounded the island, and the flames were already licking at the corners of Li Sinian¡¯s coat. He turned around, his hair moving in the volcanic ash and the sea breeze, and looked straight at the blonde woman in front of him with a curled smile: ¡°After all these years, it is time for us to end this. Mother, why involve the innocent when those who deserve to die are already dead? Now it¡¯s just you and me. Will you accompany me and be buried on this island in Dad¡¯s final resting place?¡± (T/N : And this is the end of mass release. Honestly I wish I can give you more chapters but even after 2 weeks I can only get 5 chapters out. As I said the chapters are getting longer and I have stuff to do so anyway after this the release will be sporadic, also we won¡¯t see Sinian for some time but don¡¯t worry this novel is HE!) CH 89 Chapter 89: Seventh day Part Four Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan found himself in the hospital when he woke up. The unique smell of disinfectant and Western medicine in the hospital made him feel a little nauseated. A strand of hair was stuck in his eyes. He stretched out his hand to move the hair and felt a slight tingling on the back of his hand and saw the IV stand beside him. He moved, realising his bruised chest has been bandaged, the tooth marks on the thighs have been coated with medicine and bandaged. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t feel ashamed, he sat up abruptly, his face pale. The nurse in the next bed was startled by him and she ended up stabbing the needle incorrectly. The nurse bowed to the patient to apologise to the patient, shouted, ¡°He¡¯s awake! Visitors come in one by one!¡± A large number of people poured in from outside the room. The policeman wearing a light blue shirt looks alert and fully armed. Behind them followed Xiao Zhou and Deng-ge, who had a solemn expression on his face. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why am I here? Li¡­ What about the others?!¡± He said anxiously. A policeman held him down: ¡°Don¡¯t get excited, lie down first, if you have anything to say you can slowly talk.¡± ¡°Is there no one else by my side?!¡± Fang Daichuan raised his hand and tug the IV drip, ¡°Where are the others?!¡± Deng-ge held his hand: ¡°Only you, everyone else is dead.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s heart skipped a beat and shrank down a lot. A week ago. When Xiao Zhou got off the plane, he received a call from the production team. Fang Daichuan¡¯s mobile phone and carry-on luggage are all with him and he can¡¯t contact anyone at all. She waited for Fang Daichuan in Qingdao for a whole day. She sat in the hotel bewildered. In the end, she couldn¡¯t help it. She couldn¡¯t hide Fang Daichuan¡¯s whereabouts, so she called Deng-ge and then called the police. Although Fang Daichuan is a lesser known martial arts actor, he is still a public figure and his parents are both in the public security system. The police attached great importance to it and immediately contacted the airport to obtain surveillance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_security The investigation result found that the car that picked up Fang Daichuan was using a duplicate licence plate. The police followed the licence plate and found the abandoned van by the seaside. After further investigation, they found that the car had picked up a prospector that lived in a park opposite the airport. The camera recorded the ¡°pick up¡± scene that does not seem friendly. Following the social connections of the seismic prospector surnamed Chen, the police found, to their surprise, that many related people, including Chen¡¯s colleagues and former colleagues, had all disappeared within a day¡¯s time. Fang Daichuan have no connection with these people, but they are different. The relationship between them was inextricably linked. Starting from the Geological Institute, the police found a small island on the high seas that can only be reached through Shandong. All clues point to an overseas person named Li Sinian, a Chinese person who is the grandson of Flores, the godfather of the American mafia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandong ¡°Li Sinian, half American half Chinese, with a history of substance abuse, trained with Ocean Security for 13 years, bought that island a few years ago through local government registration, we managed to pulled his treatment records from a psychiatric clinic in North America,¡± the task force cop reported to his superiors with a serious look on his face, ¡°This person once suffered from moderate depression and relied on addictive drugs. He had antisocial personality.¡± The police tracked down the other man¡¯s entry and exit records into China. On the projector, the cold-faced young man emerged from the airport, raised his wrist to check his watch, took off the sunglasses and his light amber eyes looked straight towards the camera before leaving at a brisk pace and getting into a car where a snapshot was taken. All his actions in China are clear. He gathered all those who were related to the island and distributed invitations. Perhaps out of selfishness for revenge, perhaps out of a guilty conscience or perhaps attracted by huge reward or being threatened, these people rushed to Shandong at the same time and left Chinese territory by helicopter. The police department did not find the person hiding behind him. In fact, how it was possible for them to find out all the information in just seven days, it is because in China, all information is made public to the public security system. All Li Sinian¡¯s actions are obvious. The construction of the island, the setting of the game, the decoration and the invitation letter all point directly to Li Sinian. ¡°Boss, look at this,¡± the police officer said with a grim expression, handing over a stack of materials, ¡°We translated the key chapters of Li Sinian¡¯s novel on social networking sites, ¡°The Werewolf Game¡± overnight, you can take a look.¡± After taking a glance, the Deputy Bureau¡¯s face changed immediately: ¡°Contact the local government, we must act as soon as possible!¡± They dispatched helicopters and warships and rushed to the island to rescue the Chinese hostages. Like the plot of all police and gangster movies, it was late. When they arrived, the entire island had been razed to the ground by volcanoes. The volcano was still erupting, volcanic ash and putrid foam covering the sky, their ships could not get close and the helicopters could only circled high around the island. After Fang Daichuan listened to their story, he lowered his head and did not speak. ¡°We pick you up at a port in Qingdao. You were lying in a small fishing boat tied to the dock. Local fishermen found you and called the police. Now I hope you can cooperate with the police and explain how you escaped from the island? Where are the other hostages on the island?¡± The police start the recorder in the ward. A young doctor knocked on the door of the ward, frowned and walked in: ¡°If you want to interview then go to the police station, how can the patients recuperate with so many people inside the room?¡± The police officers looked at each other and stood still for a while, seeing that Fang Daichuan was not cooperating, finally the Deputy Bureau winked and they all withdrew together, leaving only the Deputy Bureau, Deng-ge and Xiao Zhou in the room. ¡°Chuan¡¯er, our little comrade is under a lot of pressure to solve the case, so their tone is not good. Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± The Deputy Bureau took a paper cup, took a cup of hot water from the corner of the room, handed it to Fang Daichuan and said politely, ¡°I know your parents well, and I watched you grow up. You are a good boy, and I believe you. ¡°Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand to take the cup, but did not speak. The Deputy Bureau looked at his face: ¡°But this case is really strange. Inexplicably involved in so many people and you are the only one who survived. We found this on you,¡± he said. He took out resealable plastic bag*, throw it to Fang Daichuan, ¡°I hope you can explain.¡± Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand to take it, when he looked down, there was a small silver ring inside the transparent bag. Plain white ring, the inside is engraved with the English letters: ¡°L&F¡±. His eyes instantly became blurry, shaking his fingers to open the bag, he put the small ring on his ring finger: ¡°Where did it come from?¡± He sniffed. ¡°I found it in your pocket. When I checked you for injury, I cut open your clothes. This thing fell out of your trousers pocket.¡± The Deputy Bureau sighed and showed him another photo, it was Li Sinian leaving the airport, he is taking off the sunglasses, the ring on the right hand pinkie finger is conspicuous, it was obviously a pair, ¡°Do you know this person? How did you know each other? What role do you play in this game?¡± Fang Daichuan looked down at the photo. The man in the photo had a familiar face yet is also unfamiliar, with a gloomy and cold expression. ¡°We are lovers.¡± He raised his head and stared at the Deputy Bureau and a tear suddenly flowed down from his left eye. He quickly reached out and wiped it off. The IV needle slid out from his hand, returning half a tube of blood in a silent and alarming way. ¡°Bullshit!¡± Before the Deputy Bureau could say anything, Deng-ge scolded, ¡°What kind of lover do you have? I fucking have the passwords for all your accounts and I have never seen this person on your social media!¡± Deng-ge was anxious. Although Fang Daichuan is not the only artist he manages and he is not even his favourite one, he is a child he nurtured by his own hands. He can¡¯t eat or sleep for seven days. His hairline had receded for half cm, if it wasn¡¯t for Fang Daichuan¡¯s injuries, he really wanted to strangle him to death. ¡°Have you found him yet?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were wide, there was a thin layer of water in his eyes, like a lost puppy, which was heart-breaking to watch. ¡°Our helicopter circled and broadcasted several times but no one answered. The island is full of semi-solidified magma and at the highest back mountain the magma is as high as one person tall. The villa was buried two floors up and it is impossible for anyone to survive.¡± The Deputy Bureau was silent for a while before answering him. CH 90 12-15 minutes 22.07.2022 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 90: Seventh day Part Five Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan went straight into the police station after being discharged from the hospital. He is now the only living witness, a major suspect. The police department¡¯s performance for a year is about to be accounted for in this big case, which makes them too cautious, seven or eight police officers surrounded him in the middle as he got into the police car. Although he is not handcuffed, that scene is really scary. Fang Daichuan himself was in a daze, he lowered his head and nobody knew what he was thinking. Outsiders didn¡¯t know the inside story, they only saw Fang Daichuan looking dejected and entered the police car, surrounded by seven or eight police officers, as if facing an enemy, his manager drove behind him, his face was hard, the assistant bowed her head and reduced to tears. That night, the entertainment gossip official account collectively exploded. What a hot summer. The melons eaters* are very excited. It just so happens that the entertainment industry recently has been calm and the official account is worried about not being able to find any news. This time, big news came out and the internet instantly blew up. ¡°@Blooming Entertainment: Fang Daichuan was arrested, guess, which team gets point, the drug addicts team or the prostitution team? [Picture] [Picture] [Picture]¡± ¡°@Don¡¯t get so excited it is not a big deal: Actor Fang Daichuan was arrested today on suspicion of drug use. He is in a trance. [Picture] [Picture] [Picture]¡± ¡°@Pay attention to gossip for a hundred years: The tier-3 young actor murdered and absconded, arrested in Shandong. [Picture]¡± (T/N : Lengthy notes below) Below the post in the comment section, some scolded, some lamented the quality of the people, some ask for the truth, some eat melons and watch the fun and then there is a few fans, who argue using logic on the Weibo, saying please wait for the truth and don¡¯t spread rumours. Unfortunately, Fang Daichuan is a lesser known martial arts actor who only has a few fans. Those fans have never experienced internet bullying and their combat effectiveness is not good. Eventually they were surrounded and torn apart by passers-by. In the end, some fans cried together in a group under Fang Daichuan¡¯s selfie at the airport a week ago. Soon, #fangdaichuanarrest# and #fangdaichuanwho# both went up on the hot search. Deng-ge swiped Weibo for a while but the more he swiped, the angrier he became. Eventually he threw away the phone. ¡°Look at the great job you did!¡± He turned his head and scolded Xiao Zhou, ¡°You can¡¯t even manage a simple thing! You dare to let Fang Daichuan get in the car without checking the ID?! Fortunately, he came back alive! If he died like the others, see if you can take responsibility for it!¡± Sitting on the passenger seat, Xiao Zhou cried, shouting, ¡°I¡¯m sorry! I¡¯m sorry!¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know about the affair on the Internet. His mobile phone was confiscated, currently he sat in the interrogation room and was asked over and over again for the same statement. At first, the police poured him a cup of coffee. He never interrogated before and didn¡¯t know that coffee would make his interrogation more difficult, so he casually drank it. Since then, he hasn¡¯t drunk or eaten anything. He repeatedly asked to recount his experience, from the beginning to the end, from the back to the front, from any point in the middle. ¡°What happened on the third day?¡± A new team had taken over the interrogation and this one also had bloodshot eyes. After talking to him for a while, he suddenly asked him a question. Fang Daichuan¡¯s brain was rusty and he reacted very slowly. He thought for a while before saying: ¡°On the third day Niu Xinyan made breakfast, I was reading at the table, they all came down. After the young couple came down, there were footprints on the floor. I poured a glass of water on the carpet in advance and the footprints can be seen¡­¡± ¡°Please describe the order in which the others went downstairs from the back to the front.¡± The police interrupted him. Fang Daichuan closed his eyes, he was sleepy. It was already dark outside and he was very tired. The police made a gesture and two assistant police officers brought in the headlamps* and point it at Fang Daichuan¡¯s face. (T/N : Alright so author using [´óµÆ;d¨¤ d¨¥ng] and when I check it is truly headlamps and next sentence is [ºÜÇ¿µÄ̽ÕÕµÆ,H¨§n qi¨¢ng de t¨¤nzh¨¤od¨¥ng] which is strong searchlight so this is probably headlamps used for search and rescue since you know, they are cops.) The strong searchlight* burn his face. The thin eyelids could not block the light. Even when he closed his eyes, he kept seeing red. Fang Daichuan quickly opened his eyes again. ¡°Please tell us from the back to the front, the order of everyone going downstairs in the early morning of the third day.¡± The policeman repeated the question. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes were dry, his lips chapped. From morning to now, he hadn¡¯t drank a sip of water. The coffee in the morning accelerated his metabolism and he felt extremely thirsty. ¡°Ding Zihui and Mrs. Song went downstairs last. The young couple was before them, and before the couple was Liu Xin, Du Chaosheng, Li Sinian, Yang Song, Niu Xinyan and her son. I was the first to go downstairs and wait for them.¡± He repeated numbly, licking his dry lips. The policeman was expressionless: ¡°When the couple came downstairs, what were you talking about?¡± Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t hold back and closed his eyes again. Bang. The police slammed heavily on the iron table and Fang Daichuan woke up. ¡°Talking about the secretary. Du Chaosheng asked Niu Xinyan if she would like to be his secretary. Niu Xinyan said that his secretary was killed by him and she dared not do it.¡± Fang Daichuan gasped a few times, the thirst from his throat stimulated his chapped lips and his voice was hoarse. At midnight, when he was extremely sleepy, Fang Daichuan squinted for five minutes and then woke up with a start. The whole back of his head was in severe pain. It is as if something is taking roots inside the brain and an invisible hand is pulling the fine strand out one by one. He is also drowsy; overall it is painful. But this is good, Fang Daichuan breathed in a few mouthfuls of scorching hot air, the dry air rubbing across his throat, rustling painfully. This way he wouldn¡¯t think of someone, wouldn¡¯t imagine his figure buried in the fire and he wouldn¡¯t fall into despair. He raised his hand and kissed the ring on his ring finger, there was a light shining on them. He failed to fulfil his wish. ¡°How did you and Li Sinian know each other?¡± After twelve hours of high-intensity interrogation, the police judged that Fang Daichuan¡¯s psychological defence line was on the breaking point and they finally began to get to the point. Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyelashes trembled. A few policemen caught a glimpse of his reaction, it gave them a shock and they all straightened up. They are also extremely exhausted. They have been fighting until now and 24 hours have almost arrived. Fang Daichuan¡¯s parents and agency are currently mediating. The key is in the last one or two hours. (T/N : For people who don¡¯t know, the police can hold you for up to 24 hours before they have to charge you with a crime or release you. So yeah, next chapter there will be no more interrogation which is good, poor Chuan¡¯er.) Several police officers spoke faster: ¡°Where did you meet? When did he come to China? When did he organise this event?¡± Fang Daichuan sniffed, he didn¡¯t know whether it was because the search light was too strong or if he was too sleepy. Several policemen saw broken watery light in his eyes but he held them firmly in his eyes. ¡°I met him on the island. I don¡¯t know his origin or how he organised the event. We only knew each other for seven days.¡± Several police officers looked at each other. ¡°Bullshit!¡± a fat man yelled, throwing out a dozen documents and slapping the table loudly, ¡°Look for yourself! Thirteen years of training for a mercenary group! The grandson of the godfather of the Mafia! Moderate depression! Drugs Addiction! Antisocial personality! Someone like that will give you a ring and fuck you after knowing each other in seven days?! Do you really think of yourself as a fucking big star?! Do you think Li Sinian is a rich second generation?!!¡± Fang Daichuan opened the document and read it silently for a while. His expression was very calm but under the table, his palms were clenched tightly and his nails were firmly embedded in his palms. ¡°I didn¡¯t know he was depressed. He behaves normally. Except for self-destruction and self-abuse*, I can¡¯t see an antisocial personality. I also don¡¯t know that he is addicted to drugs. He hasn¡¯t taken or injected any drugs on the island. If he is addicted, it¡¯s probably only alcohol.¡± He fought back wave after wave of crushing pain in his heart and suddenly understood something. (T/N : Honestly I want to type ¡®for being trembling M and suicidal¡¯ but that is not what author wrote sadly¡­) Why Li Sinian¡¯s fingers did suddenly convulsed; why did he drink a lot of wine, but he didn¡¯t care about the brand of the wine; why did he jump into the sea when he was poisoned; why did his fingers move nimbly and there was a long scar running across his waist. He¡¯s depressed, he¡¯s addicted to drugs and he¡¯s trained in a mercenary group for fifteen years. (T/N : Yes police said 13 but Chuan¡¯er said 15. Now, I think author purposely made it so reader can see how messed up Chuan¡¯er mind right now. I means, when I translate this chapter there is some stuff that did not fit with previous chapters [and you all who have read so far must know how obsessed I am with checking with previous chapters] so yeah, just for this chapter I won¡¯t put any notes stated where it comes from since author made it so Chuan¡¯er is now a unreliable narrator.) He had no one on his side, no friends, no relatives, he tacitly accepted that there will be no rescue, no one cares, no matter in life or death, he is alone. Is Li Sinian really such a person? He suddenly burst out laughing, laughing so hard he is moving upside down, unable to stop. Such a person, kissing his ear while stuffed a bottle of hand cream into his hand and said, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, will you?¡± With a doting in his voice. Such a person would put a ring in his pocket in a chaotic situation, would laugh and go into the sea and pry open oysters for him to eat and would kiss him vividly on the bed. He didn¡¯t fuck me after knowing each other for seven days, Fang Daichuan thought, the grandson of the godfather of the Mafia, the best mercenary, the depressed patient, Li Sinian. After knowing me for seven days, he¡¯s already decided that he wants to get fucked by me once before he dies ¡°You think the time we spend together is too short but I hate that I didn¡¯t get to know him sooner,¡± Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand to wipe the tears that came out of his eyes from laughing, ¡°If I had known, I shouldn¡¯t have let him go when I was a child, I will bring him back to my house and grew up with him.¡± As he spoke, he imagined that scene and smiled, a delicate light flowing out of his eyes. (T/N : How nostalgic. I used to translate entertainment novel and well, for people who didn¡¯t know short explanations then. Melon eaters as you can see are people who love to watch/read gossip while munching watermelon, pic attached below. In English it will be popcorn but honestly I like watermelons better. I won¡¯t explain the @ name since they are only to show up once if I remember right so just take it as a name. About the drug team or prostitution though, in China prostitution is illegal so yeah, the official gossip account is making a bait title asking the reader if Chuan¡¯er is arrested by cop because of drug or prostitution. So, this novel ended at chapter 97 and we are now at chapter 90 and the ML is missing, don¡¯t worry though, they will meet again, soon. I will try my best to finish translating this novel before August ends since it is already near the end of July and there is no way I can translate that fast. Anyway, cya.) CH 91 Chapter 91: After Part One Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan was finally released after being detained for 24 hours. He is interrogated day and night without any result. His parents got the news long ago, they have waited in the police station. They won¡¯t leave unless they saw him. They stayed in the lobby of the police station. They are all criminal policemen and they are very familiar with how police interrogation work. They are anxious and distressed at the same time. They let Xiao Zhou run errands and buy many useful things. Xiao Zhou felt ashamed. She was the one who let him into the car and she also the one reported to the police. When she saw Fang Daichuan¡¯s parents, she felt extremely guilty and ran errands back and forth without complaining. When Fang Daichuan was released, Xiao Zhou instantly burst into tears. She has been under too much psychological pressure these few days, she is worried and anxious. When Fang Daichuan disappeared, she had been carefully interrogated by the police after reporting the case, just not as serious as Fang Daichuan. When Fang Daichuan came out from the detention room, Xiao Zhou could hardly recognize him. Stubble appeared on his chin, his face was haggard and pale and his lips were all cracked. Xiao Zhou felt so guilty that her whole heart shrank into a ball. Fang Daichuan smiled weakly, touched the top of her head, said with a smile, ¡°Don¡¯t cry, it¡¯s so ugly, outsider who saw must think I¡¯ve done something wrong.¡± His voice was hoarse, his throat felt like it was clogged with sandpaper. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Chuan¡¯er-ge, I¡¯m sorry¡­¡± Xiao Zhou cried so hard that she was almost couldn¡¯t speak. Fang Daichuan shook his head and said with a smile, ¡°It is all in the past, I don¡¯t blame you, I also didn¡¯t pay attention.¡± His parents stood aside, they looks so sad, Fang Daichuan looked away, not daring to look into his parents¡¯ eyes. His dad strode forward, patted him continuously on the shoulder and scolded, ¡°This child, you make us worried.¡± Mom knocked off Dad¡¯s hand, sniffed, hugged the tall son, pressed her head against his chest and only said, ¡°You come back, that is good and that is all matters.¡± ¡°Old Fang, I¡¯m sorry, we have to following the procedure.¡± The Deputy Bureau handed Father Fang a cigarette. Fang Jin lit his cigarette and took a big mouthful, his fingers trembling. The outside world has paid a lot of attention to this matter. Fang Daichuan is a star so more or less the case become popular. There is no evidence and the police can¡¯t arrest him. According to the rules, they can only release him first and put people to monitor the residence. The takeaway and courier guys were stopped and check one by one. It¡¯s easy to monitor, because Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t go anywhere and slept at home all day. Fang Jin cooked for his son. Fang Daichuan slept for a whole day, when he opened his eyes he smelled the fragrance of rice, the sound of frying tofu came from the kitchen. It is the familiar sound of tiny oil bubbles topping the tofu until it became a golden colour. Only then did Fang Daichuan realize he was hungry. He first went to the bathroom to wash up, clean his face, shaved off his beard and stared at himself in the mirror in a daze. The young man in the mirror was gaunt and quiet, his cheeks were sunken and his eyes were dull and lifeless. Is that Fang Daichuan? Fang Daichuan should be someone full of spirit. He looked down at the ring in his hand, out of the corner of his eyes he saw the toolbox on one of the shelf. A pair of scissors lying on top of the rest of the tools, the edge is sharp. ¡°Food is ready!¡± Mom knocked on the bathroom door, she forced a smile outside the door, ¡°You must be hungry, come out, your dad made you a soup rice.¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned for a moment before looked away. Fang Jin made crab roe soup rice* and fried tofu with eggs**, all of which were the specialties of Fang Daichuan¡¯s grandfather. Soup rice is Fang Daichuan¡¯s favorite rice when he was a child, every time his grandfather made soup rice, he could eat two more bowls. (T/N : The raw are [з»ÆÅÝ·¹; Xi¨¨hu¨¢ng p¨¤of¨¤n] but the picture is just crab soup rice. When I Baidu for pic, most did not show the crab roe because they already mixed the crab roe with the soup rice and I want to show the crab so yeah, just pretend this is the correct one) (T/N : Raw are [¼¦µ°ÉÕ¶¹¸¯; J¨©d¨¤n sh¨¡o d¨°ufu] and honestly there is a lot pic to show but I choose this one because I think this is unique) The egg yolks are beaten with vinegar and grated ginger and scrambled until lightly toasted, then stir-fried with the fried tofu and sprinkled with a handful of tender chopped spring onions before serving. Heat the butter and stir fry the peeled crab roe with the butter, add the chicken stock that has been simmering all afternoon and bring to the boil, then pour the hot soup over the cooled rice. Fang Daichuan was eating absent-mindedly, through the steaming heat, he can saw his parents forced a smile on their face. The egg yolk ended up stuck on his chest, blocked, unable to go up or down. (T/N : No Chuan¡¯er did not choked on the food, author just decided to use egg yolk there and I am unsure how to change it so well, just a note here.) ¡°Is it delicious?¡± Fang Jin asked cautiously. Fang Daichuan nodded, in reality he actually can¡¯t taste anything at all. The three of them ate in silence, only the sound of the bowls and chopsticks being heard on the table. Mom took a chopstick of water spinach and stuffed it into Fang Daichuan¡¯s bowl: ¡°Eat this too, don¡¯t just eat soup rice.¡± Fang Daichuan absent-mindedly shoved it into his mouth: ¡°I miss grandpa.¡± Fang Jin and Jiang Jie looked at each other. ¡°If you want then just go see him,¡± Jiang Jie smiled and served her son a bowl of soup, ¡°Let¡¯s go after dinner.¡± Grandpa still lives in that Hutong, he has a dog and there is a row of pigeon nests hanging under the eaves. Fang Daichuan got out of the car and several police cars in the distance also stopped to monitor him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong ¡°Grandpa!¡± Fang Daichuan shouted loudly. His grandfather had been deaf for the past two years and he had to shout before he could hear it. The old man turned around, he is in good spirits: ¡°Yo! My Chuan¡¯er is here! This brat, you still remember to come and see me!¡± Grandpa also shouted loudly. The long and spacious Hutong in my childhood memory now looks narrow and dark. The chaotic wires cut the narrow line of sky even further. There were electric cars park against Hutong¡¯s wall, as well as Xiao Huang* who people rode back from outside. Neighbours pulled up ropes between the windows to hang clothes and sheets that mixed with the hostess¡¯ underwear and baby¡¯s diapers* to dry outside. (T/N : So this [С»Æ] is a bike sharing that used to be popular in China around 2016/2017. Remember this novel is written on 2017 so yes, they are no longer popular? I just quick Baidu and Google I did not search further, picture for more info. Also the baby¡¯s diapers here are the cloth diapers not the one time use, picture below for example.) The vendor selling orange candy was nowhere to be found. ¡°Our neighbor¡­ When I was a child, I lived with a foreign child, do you remember grandpa?¡± Fang Daichuan asked tentatively. Grandpa smiled and threw corn kernels on the open space. His pigeons flew down to eat, poking their necks: ¡°Remember, so you still remember? You liked that child when you were young, you will go there every day. After you go back home, you make trouble with your mother, asking your mother to give birth to a little sister for you, you ask her to give birth to a foreign child for you to play with. Your mother said that she could not give birth to a foreign child, so she beat you up angrily.¡± Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t remember this at all. Hearing his grandfather mention it, he was a little embarrassed. ¡°That kid was always bullied when he was little, his parents were not at home, he lived alone, it was so sad. You¡¯ve been a good fighter since you were little, when Dahu and Zhouzi bullied him, you went and beat them up, they were several years older than you and you came back with nosebleeds every day.¡± As they talked and walked back, the big yellow dog* at the door heard the commotion and came out to welcome them, circling around his grandfather¡¯s legs, ears pricked on the top of his head, sticking his tongue out for food. Fang Daichuan watched as his grandfather tore ham sausages for the big yellow dog, feeding him while petting him from head to tail. The big dog made a comfortable cooing sound from his throat: ¡°So grandpa, why did the family ¡­¡­ stop living here, do you remember?¡± Grandpa thought for a while: ¡°I don¡¯t know, it seems that something happened. The man died and the child was taken away by relatives. His family is not a landowner but rented house from outside. They are also not familiar with neighbours, who knows where they moved?¡± Fang Daichuan sighed. ¡°When they left, you cried a few times,¡± Grandpa said with joy, ¡°You knock loudly on the landlord door and insisted that the landlord hid the child and asked them to return it to you. The landlord coaxed you and said that after he returning to China, he will come back to find you when he grow up and that¡¯s got you to stop crying.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s nose was sour and he was almost cry. ¡°It was good when I was a child and I could go to someone else¡¯s house and cry,¡± he muttered softly but his grandfather couldn¡¯t hear him. ¡°He was hidden again. This time, I don¡¯t know if he can return to me.¡± Grandpa cook fried tofu with eggs for him. As he got older, his taste deteriorated and his hands and feet were no longer nimble. The tofu was a little mushy and it is too salty but Fang Daichuan still ate a lot. ¡°Speaking of which, the day before yesterday, I dreamed of you.¡± The old man had a poor appetite and ate a little. Grandfather lit the tobacco bag* and smiled as he watched his grandson wolf down his food. Fang Daichuan stuffed a mouthful of tofu in his mouth, swallowed and asked casually, ¡°What did you dream about me?¡± ¡°I dreamed that you were filming on an island, I went to see you. You said that Grandpa I miss you and I found a foreign wife for you.¡± Grandpa took a puff and smack his lips, ¡°I said that a foreign wife is good, she has long legs and big hips and it will be easy to give birth. You say no, my wife has something wrong and cannot give birth. I sighed and said, oh, what should I do, you have liked mixed-race children since you were young, now you can¡¯t have a mixed-race child even if you beg your foreign wife.¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned. Grandpa stared at the vegetable in his hand with a faint smile and understanding look on his face: ¡°I woke up later, but I couldn¡¯t fall asleep. Da Huang* sat with me in the courtyard for half the night. When dawn came, I figured it out, hey, anyway, I¡¯m so old, I probably can¡¯t see you having a baby and I¡¯m content to see you have a wife. When I go down, I¡¯ll tell your grandma, Chuan¡¯er have a good future and married a foreign to be his wife.¡± (T/N : The dog¡¯s name) Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t speak, he lowered his head and stuffed a big mouthful of rice. Grandpa opened a bottle of yellow wine* that soaked with herbs like ginseng, seahorse and other medicinal materials; the two of them drink in the courtyard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaoxing_wine ¡°Chuan¡¯er,¡± Grandpa clinked his glass with him, ¡°at this age, I don¡¯t want anything else, I just want you to be happy. If you are troubled by anything, come and talk to grandpa, don¡¯t be hard on yourself and don¡¯t work too hard. If you want something, fight for it. If you can¡¯t get it, forget it. If it¡¯s not meant for you, don¡¯t get too attached to it,¡± he said, swallowing a cup of wine, looking at Fang Daichuan and sighing, saying lovingly, ¡°Look how thin my Chuan¡¯er is.¡± (T/N : Chuan¡¯er also had a dream on chapter 66 about Grandpa. Anyway, 21 chapters left. I will make sure I get it before August end.) CH 92 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 92: After Part Two Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. Fang Daichuan came out from his grandfather¡¯s house and strolled in the old alley. There was a thread of fire clouds on the horizon, dyed red and fragmented into pieces by the wires. Fang Daichuan looked up, as far as eyes can see, the azure skyline is coloured by thick scarlet colours, just like the colourful flame cloud on that day, when everything falls apart. Music is coming from the hairdresser at the alley¡¯s entrance. Heard a song coming through And when I¡¯m looking for you, I sing blue Too long on the dark-side Trying to find the light This was the night before life and death separated them. After the lingering*, Li Sinian lay beside him and hummed this song in a low voice. Even now the melody is in his ear. (T/N : On chapter 85. So, according to Baidu Encyclopaedia, this words [²øÃà] means to be firmly entangled, unable to be freed (mostly referring to illness or emotion) and purple dictionary also gives me more or less same so yeah, I just love how Mandarin works, just one words can means a lot¡­which is also a nightmare to translate so here is a note since I want reader to know) https://www.purpleculture.net/dictionary-details/?word=%E7%BC%A0%E7%BB%B5 Fang Daichuan suddenly realised something. At that moment, it feels as if he is holding a key in his hand, just one step away from the lock of truth. He bowed his head and walked quickly into the barber shop. The two policies behind him quickly followed. ¡°Does the little brother want to cut, perm or style the hair?¡± The young man at the front desk looked up, his eyes suddenly lit up. Fang Daichuan took a deep breath, his fingers were shaking as he pointed to the music player on the computer desktop: ¡°What song is playing now?¡± ¡°Colour to the moon, a well-known song by master of folk singer Allan Taylor, do you like it too?¡± The young man¡¯s eyes moved slightly on Fang Daichuan¡¯s waist and crotch. (T/N : Link for the song below) Fang Daichuan ignored him, lowered his head and moved his fingers to open the search box. When typing, he misspelt words several times. The blue interface got replaced by the lyrics that occupy the full screen. I was walking the high wire And trying not to fall Just another way of getting through Anyone would do, but it was you You were just another sideshow And I was trying not to fall ¡­ ¡­ I¡¯ve seen the dark-side When I¡¯m trying to find the light Seen the shadows fade away On the wrong side of night Heard a song coming through And when I¡¯m looking for you, I sing blue Too long on the dark-side Trying to find the light You were just another sideshow And I was trying not to fall Trying not to fall¡­ ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, you have saved me.¡± ¡°If it weren¡¯t for you, there would be no difference between me and them.¡± (T/N : On chapter 77) ¡°He¡¯s asking for help,¡± Fang Daichuan thought of the other¡¯s painting and added in his heart, ¡°He¡¯s asking me for help.¡± (T/N : Painting is on chapter 84) A few water drops fell on the screen, Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand and wiped it with his thumb, his face expressionless. I¡¯m going to save him. ¡°Police! Don¡¯t move!¡± The criminal policeman monitoring him from afar saw him typing on his mobile phone, thinking that he was contacting someone. The police showed his police officer¡¯s ID card and took the mobile phone from him. The young man beside him was terrified. ¡°What did you talk about?¡± the policeman asked warily. The young man stammered: ¡°I, I didn¡¯t say anything¡­ This gentleman asked me the song name¡­¡± The police turned on the phone, Fang Daichuan¡¯s screen was still on the search result. Once the phone turned on, the music started playing automatically. ¡°Is there any code in this music?¡± the policeman asked suspiciously. Fang Daichuan shook his head: ¡°This is just a song.¡± The police wanted to say something else but the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He motioned to Fang Daichuan to stay with his eyes and then picked it up. ¡°Hello?¡± He stood aside, listening to the orders of the person over there, exclaimed, ¡°What did you say?! But we¡¯ve been following him all day!¡± The voice over the receiver was a bit loud and Fang Daichuan could vaguely hear it: ¡°Come back immediately!¡­Yes¡­with¡­ a yacht in high seas¡­it is another werewolf killing game¡­¡± The police hung up the phone, glared angrily at Fang Daichuan, threw his cell phone into his arms: ¡°You can go, the surveillance is cancelled.¡± ¡°Wait!¡± Fang Daichuan grabs the plain clothes police¡¯s shoulder in a hurry. The barber guy was startled, thinking that this man is so bold that he dared to casually stop the police. Plainclothes¡¯s face doesn¡¯t look friendly: ¡°Let go! Do you want to come to the police station again?¡± ¡°What happened? There is another werewolf game? This time it is in the yacht on the high seas? Did Li Sinian do it? Does it have anything to do with him? Why did you withdraw your surveillance on me? Did you get any information?¡± He asked a barrage of questions. The police were about to prevaricate him when he got another call. ¡°Hey, boss, I¡¯m here¡­¡± As soon as he answered, the phone was taken away. ¡°???¡± The policeman turned his head in confusion and saw Fang Daichuan said directly to the phone: ¡°I want to see you, I have something to say.¡± The same police station and the same interrogation room. The Deputy Bureau sat behind the desk, watching him. It is another cup of coffee. The person who handed him the coffee thought that after what he went through last time, he would have a shadow in his heart and he might not drink it. They didn¡¯t expect Fang Daichuan to joyfully drink it. Even the Deputy Bureau raised his eyebrows. ¡°What are the things you want to say?¡± The Deputy Bureau poured him another half cup. Fang Daichuan took off the ring on his finger, put it on the table and crossed his legs: ¡°Li Sinian and I have made vows for lifetime. Do you want to catch him? I can help you.¡± ¡°Oh?¡± The Deputy Bureau raised his right eyebrow, ¡°You two have made vows for a lifetime, yet you are still willing to arrest him for us? Aren¡¯t you going to tip him off and let him run away?¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his head and played with his fingers: ¡°I¡¯d rather he spend the rest of his life in prison than continue living under his mother¡¯s hands. His mental state is very dangerous and he has been asking me for help. I don¡¯t know if you believe me or not. In reality, he did set up this game but he is not the mastermind. He is also a victim and he probably has suffered more than any other victim.¡± ¡°You really want to do this?¡± The Deputy Bureau stared at his face with interest, ¡°Won¡¯t you regret it later?¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head firmly: ¡°He is in jail for a day, I waited for him for a day, he is in jail for a lifetime, I will buy a house next to the prison and wait for him for a lifetime.¡± He lowered his head and smiled and the lines on his gaunt face instantly became softer: ¡°After his condition has stabilised, please let me see him once a week, it would be better if I can see him face to face and not through glass. If he can¡¯t come out, I am willing to go in and accompany him, just save an empty cell for me.¡± The Deputy Bureau shook his head and smiled mysteriously at him: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, considering your situation, the top likely won¡¯t make it difficult for you.¡± ¡°Are you really willing to run this operation for the police?¡± The Deputy Bureau suppressed a smile and said sternly, ¡°First of all, we have no evidence to prove that Li Sinian is still alive. Second, although this game was organised in his name, according to the information send back by our informants in the early stage, the organiser is not himself.¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes suddenly dimmed. ¡°And it¡¯s very dangerous. We already lost contact with our informant for three days. It¡¯s basically confirmed that they have gone. Please prepare yourself mentally.¡± The Deputy Bureau looked serious. Fang Daichuan raised his head and took a deep breath: ¡°My parents are both criminal policemen, you should believe in my determination and ability. As for whether you can find Li Sinian¡­¡± He remembered what his grandfather said, if you want something, fight for it. If you can¡¯t get it, forget it. If it¡¯s not meant for you, don¡¯t get too attached to it. He stared silently at the chandelier on the ceiling and said, ¡°If he is there, it is good, but if he is not there, so be it. I¡¯m not asking for it. It¡¯s just that I¡¯ve given up on him twice before. Once unintentionally, once forcibly, and I don¡¯t want to give him up again, even if there¡¯s only the slightest possibility.¡± CH 93 Chapter 93: After Part Three Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. A luxurious cruise ship is parked in the port, the snow-white exterior paint is particularly flashing against the sun and waves. Fang Daichuan flicked the tie clip on his chest, where a miniature microphone was hidden. He wore a formal three-piece suit, heightening his narrow waist and long straight legs. The make-up artist skilfully glued his droopy eyes into long, narrow parallel eyes, making his gaunt face looking malicious. He got out of the limousine and as he walked in, he casually adjusted the cufflinks that matched his tie colour, glanced around calmly and walked steps by steps. ¡°Alas, you can¡¯t say he isn¡¯t an actor, with just simple movements he turns into a rich man and a gentle scum.¡± The standby policeman in the car in the distance stared at the monitor and sighed. Another police officer curled his lips: ¡°With such good acting skills and such long legs, why he isn¡¯t popular?¡± ¡°It¡¯s his bad luck,¡± the police officer smiled, ¡°he got into the wrong car and ended up in a life and death game, so you can see that his luck is very bad.¡± As they were talking, Fang Daichuan had already boarded the yacht. A policewoman is on his side, disguised as a female companion, she is half assistant and half surveillance, wearing a dress that shows half of her breasts, holding his right hand, smiling like a flower. Fang Daichuan put his right hand in his trouser pocket, chatting and laughing with the beauties beside him all the way, his walking posture was imposing. ¡°This must be Qin-gongzi!¡± As soon as he entered the hall, someone greeted him and stretched out his hands, ¡°When did Qin-gongzi return to China? I always said I wanted to know you but you are always busy, I am Lu Jiu from Xie Gong.¡± (T/N : Everyone that have read MDZS must be already familiar with this [¹«×Ó] but in this case this means son of a high official, I means, later you will see why.) A smile curled across Fang Daichuan¡¯s lips, he reached out and shook hands with the other party, but you can tell he only did it for the sake of formality. ¡°It¡¯s you, I know you. The old man* called and asked me to come back. When I came back, he wouldn¡¯t shut up and was nagging at home. He didn¡¯t give me any free time. Today, I ran out. Let¡¯s have a good chat.¡± Fang Daichuan patted his shoulders. (T/N : This [ÀÏÒ¯×Ó;l¨£o ye z¨«] is a respectful address to one¡¯s father so yeah, I guess Chuan¡¯er¡¯s disguise is a rich second generation young master lol.) ¡°Yes, of course!¡± Lu Jiu nodded hurriedly. He turned his eyes and saw two large suitcases being pushed by the waiter behind him, ¡°What is your room number? I¡¯ll ask them to bring your luggage in, Tang Shao, Sister Zhu and the others are here, would you like to go over and say hello?¡± Fang Daichuan raised his eyebrows: ¡°No, I just returned to China and still have jet lag. I¡¯m not familiar with them either. I¡¯ll go back to rest first. You can introduce them to me after dinner.¡± Lu Jiu hurriedly said: ¡°Please do as you wish, I will send you a wine and you two have a good rest.¡± ¡°You¡¯re pretty good at acting.¡± When he entered the elevator, the female police officer leaned on his shoulder and smiled softly, her voice was low but calm, ¡°I¡¯m breaking into a cold sweat here. How could you be so calm?¡± Fang Daichuan casually hooked his lower lip, put his mouth on the tip of her ear and smiled: ¡°After all, I graduated from Chinese opera, so I can¡¯t let my school down.¡± The two entered the sixth floor, found their room; opened the door and stepped in. The two pretended to kiss, stroking each other¡¯s shoulders while looking for hidden cameras in the room using a small instrument on their fingertips. None was found and the two of them relaxed. Fang Daichuan cracked his neck and moved his wrist. No sooner had they packed up than there was a knock at the door. Fang Daichuan took off his jacket, his suit vest stretching out a strong, thin, narrow waist. He yanked a few buttons off his collar and messed up his hair. The policewoman shakes off her high heels, takes off her dress and throws it on the floor, then wraps herself in the blanket. A waiter outside the door brought the wine in: ¡°Mr. Lu sent his regards and invited you to take a break and come to the deck. Our ship is about to leave and there is a departure ball on the 1st floor.¡± Fang Daichuan smiled and stuffed a decent amount of cash in his hand: ¡°Thank you.¡± They changed their clothes, the deck was already lively, with the familiar hustle and bustle. Fang Daichuan raised his hand and pinched his neck to make a red bruise, affectionately pulled his female companion and went downstairs. People come and go on the ground floor deck. He had a glass of wine and was sitting leaning against a beach chair by the pool, wearing a shirt, his coats thrown casually on a table to one side and his cuffs rolled up to reveal half his small arms. ¡°Darling, give me some luck,¡± Fang Daichuan stretched out his hand to grab the policewoman¡¯s wrist, pulling her all over him with a slight effort, ¡°Come on. Give me a kiss.¡± The two laughed for a while, then kissed. ¡°Stay alert at tonight banquet,¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s lips moved between the female companion¡¯s auricle*, the throaty breath sounds with a shallow gasp, collected into the microphone, making the few officers following far behind in the small boat blush, ¡°I¡¯ll stall them, you go find ¡­¡­¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricle_(anatomy) Before he could finish speaking, a cat suddenly jumped above his head. Fang Daichuan froze for a moment, then turned his head to look. It is a black cat with white pattern on the belly. The cat whined a few times and licked its front paws, there was a familiar pride in its eyes. Fang Daichuan suddenly stood up from the beach chair and his heartbeat quickly rise. The cat was startled by him, tilted its head to survey him, and only after a while did it reluctantly circle his right foot twice, sniffing his trouser leg. Fang Daichuan half-crouched, half-kneeled, and reached out to touch it, his silvery white ring passing between the black cat¡¯s smooth furs. The cat abruptly ran forward two steps, looked back to see that he did not follow, and then ran in tiny steps to chew his pant leg. The policewoman was a little dumbfounded and wanted to ask him what was wrong, but Fang Daichuan ignored her. He followed the cat that made a gesture to ¡®follow me¡¯ to him. The black cat is agile and swiftly walks through the crowd, turning to look at Fang Daichuan from time to time, as if to say why you are so slow. That haughty look, it¡¯s very much like its master. Fang Daichuan met with a few people along the way and after a few words of greetings, he escaped and followed the black cat upstairs from the lobby on the deck. The 4th floor was quiet, currently it is afternoon and most guests were either resting in their rooms or playing downstairs. On the brown long-haired carpet, a black hair ball quietly led the way. Turning past the guest room area, the observation deck on the 4th floor is just in sight, downstairs directly facing the beach chair where he just sat. Fang Daichuan¡¯s heartbeat was getting faster and faster. He only thought of one possibility but he was afraid that he was expecting too much and he would not be able to accept if he was wrong. For a moment, all he could hear was the rushing blood flow in his veins. Rounding the corner, the sunlight splashed all over the deck and the distant water glistened under the daylight. A figure suddenly came into his view. The man was half leaning against the railing, only half of his face was visible, the soft hairs on the side of his face were visible in the sunlight. The long flaxen eyelashes were translucent under the sunlight like a half-melted snow resting on his eyelids. He holds a glass of wine, the golden liquid rippling slightly in the glass in sweet honeyed ripples and a silver ring on his pinkie finger shines brightly. Fang Daichuan was blinded by the light and he didn¡¯t dare to move at all, for fear that once he took a step, he would break the dream. Hearing the movement, the man turned his head slightly. His light amber eyes show some grey-green undertones in the sunlight. Li Sinian. Fang Daichuan roared loudly in his heart. In the distance, the sea breeze blew. By the pool on the first deck, there were men and women who were talking and laughing, dressed in beautiful clothes and mingling together Fang Daichuan lowered his head and laughed, then suddenly came forward and threw a punch. (T/N : And they finally meet. 4 chapters left until the end of the main story.) CH 94 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 94: After Part 4 Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (T/N : Semi NSFW, next chapter will be the full NSFW) Thump¡ª¡ª, the fist hit the flesh with a muffled sound. Li Sinian didn¡¯t say a word and directly fell to the ground. They were isolated from the crowd and no one paid attention to the commotion. Fang Daichuan moved his legs, strangled Li Sinian¡¯s waist. He then threw a few punches with one hand at his side face. ¡°Are you dead?¡± Fang Daichuan sat on the other¡¯s waist, panting heavily. Li Sinian smiled bitterly, shook his head and gasped. ¡°If you aren¡¯t dead, why don¡¯t you come to me! If you aren¡¯t dead, why no news from you! I thought you are dead, you fucking make me anxious!¡± Fang Daichuan punched Li Sinian¡¯s stomach without holding back. Li Sinian coughed after taking these hard blows, almost vomiting blood. Fang Daichuan was still angry, so he pulled him up from the ground, grabbed the other party¡¯s tie and walked to the guest room area. Li Sinian covered his stomach and bent over. He lets the other guy drag him even though he feels embarrassed. ¡°What¡¯s the room number?¡± Fang Daichuan asked in a vicious voice. Li Sinian pointed to the suite on the corner. Fang Daichuan took out the keycard from his trouser pocket, swiped the card to enter the room, kicked the door closed and blocked the black cat who was hurriedly following him. The cat whined and scratched the door constantly. It was distressed when it saw its owner being beaten up by the vicious villain. Inside the room, Fang Daichuan removed the microphone from his collar, held it to his mouth and shouted, ¡°I have something to do. I will hang up first.¡± Without waiting for the policeman over there to respond, he turned off the microphone and threw it on the bedside table. This room is well lit, decorated in a simple minimalist style, the windows are wide open, showing the endless sea view. Fang Daichuan pulled down the curtains tightly and the next thing he did was to unfasten his belt buckle. He took out the belt, folded it twice in his palms and tied Li Sinian¡¯s hands to the headboard. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Li Sinian smiled weakly, ¡°Can I still run?¡± The injury to his left shoulder has not yet healed, currently his scapula was cracked and now he almost can¡¯t bear the pain. His forehead was soon dripping with cold sweat. Fang Daichuan glared at him, his eyes were made up into long and narrow eyes, which multiplied the lethality and aggression on his eyes. For a moment Li Sinian was in a trance. ¡°I¡¯m going to fuck you.¡± Fang Daichuan squeezed out a sentence between his teeth and unbuttoned his shirt with one hand. Li Sinian smiled but did not refute. ¡°I hate you, I despise you,¡± Fang Daichuan picking and choosing from the basket of erotic products at the bedside. He couldn¡¯t read the foreign words, so he just picked up a translucent one, which looked the safest. He tore open the outer plastic seal with his teeth and looked at Li Sinian angrily as if he was going to devour him, ¡°Coward, scoundrel, why do you make me love you? You think you deserve it?¡± He was furious he didn¡¯t realise he just said his true feelings. Li Sinian didn¡¯t say a word. He looked at him with fixed eyes. The room was quiet, only the mournful sound of the cat scratching at the door was heard. ¡°But I love you.¡± Li Si said softly. He stared at Fang Daichuan, a tear flowing down his thin face, dropping heavily on the bed sheet, adding to the suffocating atmosphere. He gaze deep at Fang Daichuan and said with a smile, ¡°But, Chuan¡¯er, I love you.¡± (T/N : Yes Sinian drop the honorifics here.) Fang Daichuan was dumbfounded and at a loss. He pushed Li Sinian into the pillow, untied the belt, got up and left. Li Sinian pulled him but he didn¡¯t look back. Fang Daichuan opened the door and walked out. His long legs stepped through the hairballs. The black cat didn¡¯t care to grab and bite the villain. It run inside with the hair raised, jumped on the bed and arched around its owner¡¯s neck. Fang Daichuan had mixed feelings, and for a moment, he didn¡¯t know what to feel. He didn¡¯t bother to fasten his button and even forgot to take the microphone. As soon as he walked out of the corner, he suddenly heard the cat screaming from the door behind him. He stopped dead in his tracks. Li Sinian is a good liar and is used to acting. The cat has been with him for many years and cooperates with him tacitly. Fang Daichuan thought so, and concluded that it was Li Sinian¡¯s trick to coax him to go back, but he couldn¡¯t move. ¡°Fuck,¡± he scratched his hair irritably, turned around and walked back, ¡°I must owe him in my last life.¡± He walked back with his knuckles clenched, his fingers crackling. He pushed open the closed door, forcing down the fire in his belly, already planning in his mind that if Li Sinian lied to him again, he wouldn¡¯t believe his words, he would have to fuck him until his ass blossoming. When he entered, he saw Li Sinian lying quietly on the bed, his face buried in the fluffy down pillow, maintaining his original posture and motionless. The black cat lay on the side of his neck, wailing loudly. Fang Daichuan snorted coldly, bent down to pick up the microphone that had fallen under the bedside table, but when he lowered his head, he saw a shallow puddle of blood on the carpet beside the bed. Fang Daichuan froze for a moment, his eyes following the blood trail. Li Sinian¡¯s left arm was hanging on the side of the bed and blood was dripping from his shirt. ¡°Li Sinian!¡± Fang Daichuan screamed, rushed to the bed and overturned Li Sinian¡¯s body. He closed his eyes tightly, a few mouthfuls of blood came out from the corners of his mouth, wetting half of the down pillow. Hairball was furious, thinking that Fang Daichuan was going to hurt his master, so it bit hard on Fang Daichuan¡¯s right wrist. Fang Daichuan hissed, put it under the bed and hugged Li Sinian. He tore off Li Sinian¡¯s clothes. As soon as the shirt was removed from Li Sinian, Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes became heated. His bare upper body was covered in cuts, some were so deep you could clearly see the texture of the muscle underneath. The left shoulder was swollen to two finger heights and the place where the bullet came out was plugged with cotton wool that was already soaked with blood. About half a minute later, Li Sinian woke up and reached out to wipe the blood on his lips. He didn¡¯t speak and Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡°Your mother¡­Auntie¡­¡± Fang Daichuan hesitated, ¡°Is everything alright?¡± Li Sinian closed his eyes, nodded and said, ¡°She fainted. I dragged her into the sea and went to the cave where my father died. I thought that the whole family would die in one place, but who knew that the cave was connected to the crack in the back mountain of the island? When the bottom of the sea was turbulent, we were washed into the crack and then we met the plane my grandfather sent to pick us up and we went straight back to the United States.¡± Fang Daichuan frowned: ¡°So, you rescued her and then she beat you up like this?¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t answer his question directly, only said, ¡°It¡¯s alright, I won¡¯t die with a small injury like this.¡± He must be accustomed to this kind of injury, to the point of being so indifferent to his own body. Fang Daichuan felt pain just looking at it. He finally understood where that self-destructive and self-abusive desire in him came from. For a while his heart is gripped tight. ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to fuck me?¡± Li Sinian smiled lightly and took off his clothes with difficulty using one hand, ¡°Come on.¡± He softly sang in Fang Daichuan¡¯s ear: ¡°Come on, Chuan¡¯er-ge, don¡¯t pity me.¡± (T/N : don¡¯t pity me is in English in raw.) Fang Daichuan slapped him on the side of his face and then leaned over to stabilise him. The two exchanged each other¡¯s breath, like two thirsty travellers, their lips and tongues tossing and turning. All the suffering, worry, anxiety and heartache for many days, all emotions exchanged in this kiss. They soothed each other and their body temperature gradually rose. ¡°How did you get hurt like this?¡± After the kiss, Fang Daichuan gently bit and kissed Li Sinian¡¯s chest, his eyes filled with unspeakable heartache. ¡°It¡¯s not serious, it¡¯s just scary to look at.¡± Li Sinian smiled indifferently, sighed, ¡°This is the punishment I deserve. I took so many lives.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t deserve this!¡± A drop of tears falls from Fang Daichuan¡¯s nose, he took off his pants and sat directly on the half-raised p*nis. Without proper lubrication, both of them were tortured and they gasped in pain. Li Sinian was stunned by his words. ¡°Li Sinian, why did you hurt yourself like this?¡± Fang Daichuan moved mechanically up and down with a cry in his voice. Such pure mechanical movement, no one got any pleasure from it. He said, ¡°You say I am na?ve but you are more na?ve than me, purer than me.¡± Li Sinian could only stare at him, at his painful face, at the sweat on his temples and the tears on the side of his face. ¡°It¡¯s not your fault,¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s tears fell on Li Sinian¡¯s chest, burning him with pain. ¡°Nian-ge, it¡¯s not your fault.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes softened slowly and finally moved. He choked up slightly and said in an angry voice, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, hug me.¡± Fang Daichuan went over to hug him, they both ended up stained with blood and he kissed him fiercely. I¡¯m just a sideshow, but you don¡¯t have to walk on a high wire anymore, he thought while kissing each other fiercely, together with me, as we walked side by side on the ground. (T/N : 3 chapters left until the end of the main story. Don¡¯t worry, Sinian will be fine. I mean, if Sinian bleeds that much his lil bro shouldn¡¯t be able to stand up but as you can see here it works just fine. And yeah, now you see where the tag ¡®straight uke¡¯ comes from.) CH 95 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 95: After Part 5 Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (NSFW) As the two kissed, Fang Daichuan felt that his body was burning badly and he was in a trance. When he touches Li Sinian¡¯s warm body, a sense of reality is awakened in his heart. Oh, it turns out that Li Sinian is not dead and currently I am having sex with him. This realisation almost made him cry. Li Sinian picked up the lubricant that was rolling on the bed, glanced at the name, a smile quietly forming on his lips. He unscrewed the bottle and squeezed out a lump between his fingers. Fang Daichuan raised his hips slightly to match his movements: ¡°Your injury¡­ Can you?¡± ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, how can you asking a man that question in bed? It¡¯s not appropriate,¡± Li Sinian jokes. ¡°Can I do it, don¡¯t you know?¡± He said and put the liquid in his hand into it. ¡°I¡­Fuck¡­?¡± Fang Daichuan frowned and exclaimed, a strange feeling swept through the key points, the feeling was cold and burning at the same time, causing his waist to jump. Li Sinian laughed deeply, his chest fluctuated: ¡°Desert Mint, one can give you the feeling of both ice and fire, you are pretty good at choosing, Chuan¡¯er-ge.¡± I knew it! Fang Daichuan slammed the bed angrily. How can a rotten and degenerate cruise ship provide a naturally harmless and refreshingly bland lubricant?! However, already on the point of no return, Fang Daichuan decided to raise his head, took a few deep breaths. His chest was already dyed with a thin layer of red. The lower body was on fire but the inside felt empty. The entrance was terribly swollen. It kept opening and closing, resisting this kind of stimulation and the muscles on the inner thighs continued to spasm. Li Sinian touched the not-yet healed scab on the side of his leg and his pupils instantly turned dark and unreadable. He thrust in, Fang Daichuan trembled, his nose wrinkled and his mouth were slightly open. Li Sinian opened one of his legs, stretched out his hand and scraped off the scab, revealing the pale pink tender meat inside. The chaotic liquid stuck to the wound as the two rubbed their thighs together. The sting made the wound painful and itchy, Fang Daichuan gritted his teeth and suppressed the gasp in his throat. He boasts that he is a straight man in the universe and he is also a rough man in bed. He can pant and cooperate, but he can¡¯t do anything else and that including screaming. ¡°I can¡¯t move my left hand,¡± Li Sinian licked the tips of his teeth in good humour, ¡°touch it yourself.¡± Fang Daichuan was moved upside down by him. He was afraid of the wound on his body, so he didn¡¯t dare to sit down, he just supported himself on the bed with his knees. Hearing this, he sighed, his hand sliding down his waistline, reaching out to hold it, spitting out some transparent liquid from the stiff top, making Li Sinian¡¯s lower abdomen wet. ¡°I didn¡¯t let you touch it there,¡± Li Sinian slapped his hand away with a smile, reached out to replace his hand and held it up. ¡°Up,¡± he repeated aloud, ¡°touch it yourself.¡± Fang Daichuan stiffened when he heard the words and the mermaid line trembling at his waist also stopped instantly. He stared at Li Sinian with a complicated expression: ¡°I¡­¡± ¡°Touch it,¡± Li Sinian laughed, Fang Daichuan¡¯s bones going soft hearing the laugh, he coaxed, ¡°Be good.¡± Fang Daichuan hung his head in defeat as he hesitantly reached out and caressed his chest. ¡°Use more force,¡± Li Sinian commanded with a gentle voice. However, the movements under the body are ferocious and completely different from the voice. Fang Daichuan whimpered, ¡°Use your nails.¡± Fang Daichuan shook his head, his hair was finally messed up and his bangs were scattered, covering half of his wet eyes. He bit his lip, embarrassed but unable to resist, he finally followed the other party¡¯s orders to play with himself. A normally strong, reliable, masculine man, now drowning in the lust you impose on him, becomes weak, helpless and pitiful. He is biting his lip waiting for your forgiveness and invasion, with nowhere to run. This unknown feeling makes people feel heavy, a little proud and a little uneasy. Such a lovely person, Li Sinian sighed in his heart, such a lovely person. He turned over and changed positions, biting down hard on the other¡¯s chest with his canine teeth. He mercilessly goes in and out, transforming all his uneasiness and pride into a violent storm, turning all his secret thoughts and hidden emotions into all his desires and passions. You are the light of my life, the fire of my desire, my inexhaustible soul, the sins I carry, my complete salvation. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t know why he suddenly went crazy and was about to capsize by the strong wind and waves. He leaned on Li Sinian¡¯s shoulder while carefully avoiding his wound. The blood and sweat stained his body along the place where the two were connected. At the moment when he reached the top, Li Sinian looked at the blood on Fang Daichuan¡¯s chest and whispered in his ear: ¡°I have soiled you.¡± The end note was raised high and hoarsely spat in his ear, the phrase containing a hundred twists and turns between his tongues, screaming seductively in his ear. Fang Daichuan¡¯s waist was sore, a heartfelt pleasure of being violated and tainted and marked ran through his head with an electric current, a flash of white light before his eyes. The sea breeze poured in from the window and the black hairball under the bed bit the foot of the bed aggrievedly. There is no killing and death, and they are not separated. Their bodies pressed against each other, their sweaty sideburns pressed against the tips of each other¡¯s reddened ears. Fang Daichuan held Li Sinian¡¯s hand, for a moment he was so happy that he wanted to cry. So he pulled Li Sinian into a tight embrace and cried out. The policeman on the other end of the microphone was already frantic and explained to the policewoman remotely. Using the vague context from when the two were talking, the policewoman had already reached the fourth floor. She stopped outside the door and was about to knock when she heard crying inside. An indescribable cry, not the kind of soft and sweet cry, but a very manly, man cry. Like a lone eagle who has lost his partner, a young wolf who finally returns home, venting more than talking. He didn¡¯t want to tell anyone nor did he want to complain to anyone, it is an answer and a summary of what he has learned about himself after he has carried his suffering and finally got out of it. ¡°I love you,¡± she heard the man inside choking and sobbing, ¡°I¡¯ll never let you go again.¡± On the other end of the microphone, all the police officers were silent. They had never experienced a narrow escape from death for seven days and nights. They could not understand such overwhelming and passionate feelings and could not understand how two strangers could promise to never leave each other, to live and die together in just seven days. Before today, the policewoman felt that Fang Daichuan was too innocent and had been played into the hands of the criminals and tricked to death. But now, she feels that she is wrong. People who claim to be smart are always unconsciously examining other people¡¯s emotions. However she doesn¡¯t know that this kind of arrogance is another form of stupidity. The policewoman sighed and just raised her hand and knocked on the door, when her vision suddenly went dark. A towel with a pungent sweetness covered her nose and mouth. She only had time to kick her high heels to the door of Li Sinian¡¯s room before her limbs became weak and she lost consciousness. The two people in the room froze for a moment. They quickly dressed and opened the door. They rushed out, only to see a high-heeled shoe and a microphone scattered on the long-haired carpet in the corridor. The policewoman had disappeared. Fang Daichuan¡¯s expression instantly became ugly. ¡°I have long awaited to meet you, Mr. Eternity, welcome to the cruise game.¡± A strange voice suddenly came from the end of the corridor. Li Sinian sneered, he put on his shirt, hidden the heavy wounds behind the shirt and buttoned it. CH 96 Chapter 96: After Part 6 Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Now, please follow me. Your two friends have been waiting for you for a long time.¡± A figure gradually emerged from the depths of the corridor, wearing a tuxedo, a stiff collar white shirt and gloves. https://www.oliverbrown.org.uk/blogs/blog/a-history-of-stiff-collars/ The two looked at each other and walked side by side into the room at the end of the corridor. Fang Daichuan put the microphone in his palm, quietly turned it on and stuffed it into his belt buckle. The police outside had already noticed the situation at the scene. Seeing that Fang Daichuan¡¯s channel was opened, no one said anything and no one dared to make a move. They quietly told the helicopter and the fleet to standby with their sweaty palm. The European carved door at the end of the corridor opened from inside. Waiters with plates in one hand and one hand behind their backs shuttling through the ballroom. A long table was empty. An Eastern-Asian-looking man sitting in the host* seat turned around and smiled at the two of them. (T/N : Alright so I have been waiting to say this, but remember when I said that the author gives a lot of hints through the novel? One of them is this. As you can see, Sinian sits on host2 seat in the villa and the host seat is empty, because his mother is the real boss behind the scene and Sinian is the helper. I just love the author for giving a lot of hints lol, now let¡¯s get back to the story.) ¡°I¡¯ve heard a lot about you, Mr. Li,¡± he gestured for the tuxedoed butler to pull out the chairs for the two men, ¡°I¡¯m a loyal reader of yours, and I loved the trilogy of fraudulent games you¡¯ve written, The Dunhuang Game, The Werewolf Game and The Galaxy Game.¡± https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhuang The man¡¯s eyes were fixed dead on Li Si Nian¡¯s face, the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile that made Fang Daichuan feel very uncomfortable: ¡°My lifelong dream is to be able to play a real game of fraud with you, this time I heard that you bought an island and finished doing the deserted island survival mode, I acquired this cruise ship overnight, issued the customs approval, and wanted to play a game of high seas cruise mode with you, I don¡¯t know if you willing to.¡± Li Sinian took a sip of wine, put down the glass on the long table, which made a cold and crisp sound: ¡°You don¡¯t seem to have given me a chance to refuse.¡± The man seemed to like Li Sinian¡¯s submissive attitude, he smiled smugly and snapped his fingers. The unconscious female police officer and other plainclothes officers were pushed out, each tied up and with a gun on the back of their head. Fang Daichuan remembered that the Deputy Bureau himself told him that their informant had been out of contact for three days. Now it seems that, fortunately, they are all right. ¡°Two people? Solo game?¡± Li Sinian glanced at the hostage casually then averted his eyes. (T/N : Solo game is in English.) The middle-aged man smiled, seeing that smile on his oily skin, somehow it gives people a sticky disgusting feeling. His eyes then move toward Fang Daichuan: ¡°This¡­ Qin-gongzi? If you like, you can join in.¡± Fang Daichuan politely declined. ¡°Don¡¯t bring him in, how do you want to play?¡± Li Sinian casually blew at his nails. (T/N : Yes, Sinian really did that. I Baidu, use a dictionary and this is not an idiom. Say hi to sassy Sinian lol.) ¡°Red and white cards, odd and even, 9 points, I found a sure way to win, do you believe me?¡± The middle-aged man was full of pride. The red and white cards, odd and even, nine points, is a game designed by Li Sinian. It appeared in the novel ¡°Galaxy Game¡±. It is a game of psychology and mathematics. Each player will receive nine cards, the back of odd-numbered cards is red and the back of even-numbered cards is white. First the dice will be thrown to decide who goes first. The first one gets to choose which colour they will play and the opponent can only choose the card with the opposite colour. The person with the higher card gets a chip and gets the first move on the next round. A winner is announced every time a card is played, however, no information is given as to which card each player has played and the first person to take a five-kill chip wins. Li Sinian raised his eyebrows and was noncommittal. Li Sinian sat at the end of the long table, Fang Daichuan stood up and stood opposite the dealer, staring at the dealer¡¯s movements. The four people¡¯s positions are very coincident. If this is not a long table, but a square table, they will look like they are playing mahjong. On the deck outside came the song from popular singers. The men and women laughed and shouted; it was very lively. The dealer threw two dice into a dice cup*, raised his hand and shook it. ¡°It¡¯s so boring to play like this.¡± The middle-aged man sat at the other end of the long table lit a cigarette under the service of the tuxedo Butler. He glanced at the hostages and said, ¡°We might as well make a bet.¡± ¡°How about gambling on his arm?¡± Before the middle-aged man finished his words, the waiter already put the informant¡¯s right hand on the leather stool. A black suit lifted his leg and pulled out the dogleg knife* from the knife pocket outside his thigh. The bright silver knife surface reflected the light of the chandelier, grazing the informant¡¯s right wrist before being inserted into the stool surface. The informant swallowed his saliva and a drop of cold sweat slid down his sideburns. Li Sinian didn¡¯t turn his head to look, he stared at the beautiful dealer¡¯s face with great interest: ¡°It¡¯s boring to bet on his arms, it¡¯s better to bet on mine,¡± he said with a smile, ¡°My hands are worth more than his.¡± ¡°Please guess if it is an odds or doubles.¡± The beautiful dealer stopped shaking the dice and threw the dice cup firmly in the centre of the table. ¡°Let¡¯s do it like this. If you win, you can take the person away. If you lose, I will keep your hand.¡± Both of them stared at the small dice cup, the middle-aged man looked at Li Sinian¡¯s eyes and smiled slightly, ¡°I guess double.¡± Li Sinian made a ¡®as you wish¡¯ gesture. The dealer opened the dice cup. Two bright red dots stop in the middle of the bowl. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯ll go first.¡± The middle-aged man took a cigar and smiled. ¡°Mr. Song will go first, please shuffle your cards.¡± The dealer spread his hands. ¡°Find the information! Chinese, surnamed Song! He is this yacht passenger!¡± The policeman clasped his earphones tightly and yelled at the investigator. Mr. Song shuffled the cards, drew a white card and pushed it into the centre: ¡°My sure win method only works when I have the first move advantage,¡± he laughed. ¡°Heaven is on my side.¡± Li Sinian didn¡¯t speak, only faintly smiled. His right index finger and thumb kept shaking. He rubbed his fingers and then took a sip of wine to suppress the trembling. ¡°Do Mr. Li thinks the first move advantage is important?¡± Mr. Song tried to interfere with Li Sinian¡¯s thoughts. He played with the nine chips in his hand and made a crisp sound. Li Sinian shuffled the cards, pondered for a while and said to him casually: ¡°Of course it is important for a player like you who is superstitious in the so-called ¡®sure way to win¡¯.¡± He drew a red card and threw it into the middle. The dealer used a long rod to pick up two cards, slightly opened a gap and then smiled: ¡°In the first round, Mr. Song won.¡± Mr. Song smiled. Li Sinian raised his right eyebrow and tossed the chip he had been playing with. The gold coin made a parabola and landed right next to Mr. Song. (T/N : Alright so author using both chip and gold coin. Chip is a common word in gambling and it means currency so don¡¯t be alarmed. They are using gold coins as currency and it is called chip here, just a note that I will keep using chip and gold coin because that is what the author uses.) ¡°Accepted.¡± He touched the warm chip. Fang Daichuan made a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth. Mr. Song drew another white card and pushed it into the stack of cards in front of him: ¡°So it seems that the first move advantage is very useful. We, the players of the ¡®superstitious sure way to win¡¯, are not without skill, don¡¯t you think so?¡± Without a word, Li Sinian casually drew another red card and pushed it into the middle of his own stack of cards. ¡°In the second round, Mr. Song won.¡± Fang Daichuan secretly took a deep breath. Mr Song smiled as he fiddled with his chips, Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t understand, he vaguely guessed that he was using the placement of the chips to remember his cards. Did it mean that he had really found the way to winning? Or could he guess what cards Li Sinian would play? Li Sinian has lost two gold coins. Then, in a very short time, he lost the third one. Mr. Song still use a white card and Li Sinian only had six gold coins left in his hand. ¡°If I win the next round, I will win for sure.¡± Mr. Song was confident. Fang Daichuan knew that what he said was true. He only played three white cards from the beginning. The biggest red card, 9, was still in his hand. If he wins the fourth round, he only needs to use the highest card, 9, and Li Sinian will lose. In the fourth game he threw a red card. Li Sinian calmly uses a white card. ¡°In the fourth round,¡± the dealer looked at the cards and paused, ¡°Mr. Li won.¡± The corner of Mr. Song¡¯s mouth twitched. He felt that he had neglected something but he looked at the 9 at his hand and he gained confidence. He looked at the colours of Li Sinian¡¯s remaining cards and arranged the chips in another direction. Li Sinian just drew a red card and pushed it into the centre of the card stack without even looking at it. Mr. Song opened up all his cards and looked at them. He needed to play a white card to deal with it. However, his white card had already been played and there was only one 2 left. Of course he lost. Li Sinian gained back 20%. It doesn¡¯t matter, Mr. Song thought to himself, he only has one red card left and sooner or later he will use a white card. As long as he uses a white card, he can use the red 9 to make a comeback. In the next round, Li Sinian unexpectedly use a white card. Mr. Song was overjoyed and hurriedly pushed his red 9. Sure enough, he won. Although there were some small accidents in the middle, it was not important. In the sixth round, he took the lead. He¡¯s already won 4 games, and if he wins the last game, he will win. He stared at his cards, and there were three red cards left, 1, 3 and 5. He carefully tosses a 5. ¡°I guess you played a 5,¡± Li Sinian smiled slightly and pushed out a white card. He didn¡¯t count the chips. He randomly tossed a few chips around in his palm, ¡°If I guess right, you will lose.¡± Mr. Song was startled. The dealer opened Li Sinian¡¯s white card, which was a 6: ¡°In the seventh game, Mr. Li wins.¡± Mr. Song froze. Li Sinian had two cards left, one white and one red. Li Sinian smiled: ¡°Mr. Song has 1 and 3 left, right? I still have a 4 and a 9 left.¡± He showed the two cards and as he said, a 4 and a 9. Mr. Song was dumbfounded. ¡°Go! Go go go!¡± A dozen metres away, from the ship disguised as a small fishing boat, the leader of the action team shouted. Helicopters instantly forced their way down from high altitude, machine guns protruded from the windows and several ships surrounded the cruise ship from all sides. Fang Daichuan breathed a sigh of relief. Mr. Song silently turned over the two cards in front of him and asked through his gritted teeth, ¡°How did you do it?¡± Li Sinian stood up and tidied up his clothes: ¡°I designed the red and white cards, odd and even, 9 points. The core conflict is the biggest 9 and the smallest 1. Basically it is how you use your strongest and weakest card. When you say you have a sure way method to win, I know you must use the 9 as the key point. The question now is, which round is the most crucial one? Given your character, I¡¯m sure you wouldn¡¯t drag it out with me until the final, so naturally a clean sweep of five games would be the most impressive. Unfortunately, there is never a sure win method in these games. When you played an even number of cards in the first three rounds, I figured you out and took the opportunity to lose the three smallest odd numbers to you. In the fourth game, you had to make sure you could win and you couldn¡¯t use the most critical 9. The highest card can¡¯t be used, so you had to use the highest number left. I don¡¯t need to know which odd you used, just use the 8 to win the game. The rest of the game was easy to play and with your character, you will quickly recover from a setback. In the fifth game you used the crucial 9 and I played a 2, so I ended up with 4, 6 and 9, and you with 1, 3 and 5.¡± ¡°The 9 is indeed should be used in the most crucial rounds. Unfortunately, you forget that odd and even are not equal. Everyone has 4 even-numbered cards and 5 odd-numbered cards. 9 is not the only reliable method to win against even numbers. In the last round, when there are only odd numbers left, we still have to use it to win.¡± Li Sinian drank the red wine in his glass and smiled. ¡°Freeze! Put down your weapons!¡± The door was suddenly kicked open by bomb proof military boots and heavily armed police burst in with miniature submachine guns. At the same time, they also take control of the deck. In the deck, the high officials, bigwigs and celebrities who came for socialising, using drugs or having fun became confused like a deer in the headlights. The waiters in the room put down their weapons and hugged their heads. ¡°You, hand on your head! Don¡¯t move!¡± One of the policemen pointed at Li Sinian as if facing a formidable enemy. Li Sinian remained calm, he raised his eyebrows before raising his hands. Fang Daichuan looked flustered. He remembered the promise he made in front of the Deputy Bureau to help them catch Li Sinian in exchange for getting close to Li Sinian and reuniting with Li Sinian. However, at this moment, so many emotions mixed inside his heart and he does not know what they are. CH 97 Chapter 97: After Part 7 Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. With a pistol on the back of his head, Li Sinian raised his hands and smiled lightly: ¡°No need to point the gun at me, I won¡¯t run.¡± The policeman took out the handcuffs from his pocket, twisted his arm and went to handcuff him. Fang Daichuan hurriedly emerged from the crowd and stepped forward to support Li Sinian: ¡°Don¡¯t handcuff him, he has a shoulder injury. I¡¯ll watch him for you. I really won¡¯t let him run!¡± The policeman didn¡¯t dare to take it lightly, he thought to himself, can you be trusted, he ran away in front of you once. Therefore, although he was not handcuffed, there were still two people, one on the left and one on right, guarding him side by side as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Li Sinian raised his eyebrows, forcing a smile he said, ¡°Well done, Chuan¡¯er-ge, you play well.¡± Fang Daichuan moved his eyes, he didn¡¯t dare to look directly at him. Li Sinian only wanted to tease him, seeing his reaction, he couldn¡¯t help but chuckle. The group of people was escorted to the deck. In the extravagant banquet held on the luxury yacht, the police in military uniforms look more dazzling compared to the depressed celebrities. Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan stood on the side of the railing. The black cat somehow managed to come out and lay on Li Sinian¡¯s feet, bared its teeth at the armed police. ¡°Beta,¡± Li Sinian whistled, ¡°Come on, jump into Dad¡¯s arms.¡± The black cat that previously acted like possessed, raised its head and glanced at his master, jumped onto Li Sinian¡¯s shoulders, then curled up on his chest, his tail hooked on Li Sinian¡¯s wrist. Its body heat is as warm as a small stove. ¡°Hold your head and stay where you are! Don¡¯t move!¡± A policeman checked everyone¡¯s ID card one by one using an instrument. Li Sinian looked at the sky above their heads, a helicopter painted black hovered above their heads and moved around aggressively. ¡°You! Take out your ID card!¡± a policeman shouted at him. Li Sinian did not have an ID card. He smiled slightly, he then hugged Fang Daichuan and his cat and jumped into the sea, catching everyone off guard. The three-story deck is at least ten metres high. The armed police on both sides did not manage to respond quickly, they reached out but they only caught an empty space. They can only hopelessly watch as the two jump from the yacht. ¡°Lifeboat! Lifeboat!¡± the police officer shouted, his voice breaking with anxiety, ¡°Someone fell into the water!¡± There was no sound of something falling in the water. Before he could finish his words, he saw the two people suddenly floating in the air. Above the deck, the helicopter above everyone¡¯s heads increased in height and the two people hanging on the soft rope instantly rose up several metres into the air. ¡°Who is responsible for that helicopter?!¡± The police officer yelled while clutching the walkie-talkie. A confused answer came from the walkie-talkie: ¡°I have no idea, this helicopter is not from our squadron, isn¡¯t it sent by the peacekeeping force?¡± The person in charge of the peacekeeping side immediately replied: ¡°It¡¯s not from our side. It always stays behind us. I thought it was your air force infantry.¡± Unexpectedly, an enemy managed to sneak in. Several snipers instantly were in position, aiming at the two people who were rising higher and higher. ¡°Stop! Don¡¯t shoot! Don¡¯t shoot!¡± Someone shouted, waving his hands to stop the action team, he held up a mobile phone, ¡°The leader is on the phone! The leader has instructions!¡± He handed the phone to the person in charge of the scene. The Deputy Bureau was thousands of miles away in Beijing, drinking tea and smilingly said: ¡°Let them go, we have reached consensus here, don¡¯t hurt anyone.¡± ¡°But!¡± The person in charge argued hard and was very unwilling. Their peacekeeping force had clashing with Ocean Security Company many times so he held a deep grudge toward this young owner, ¡°This is a good opportunity, this Ocean mercenary group often fucks with us overseas. They will do a job for whoever pays. Compared to dealing with a bunch of lackeys, we should take this opportunity to deal a heavy blow to them!¡± The Deputy Bureau took a sip of tea and said calmly, ¡°Why bother to beat them down? There is an old saying in China, ¡°subdues the enemy¡¯s troops without any fighting¡±. You young people are too hot blooded.¡± (T/N : Sun Tzu said this, the quote is Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy¡¯s troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field. [Sun Tzu¡¯s : The Art of War] ) Fang Daichuan was afraid of heights, his hands and feet were clinging to Li Sinian¡¯s body, he was scared to death. The black cat in the middle of them was squeezed so hard it felt uncomfortable, meowing loudly, it beating Fang Daichuan¡¯s side face with his tail in disgust. ¡°Beta!¡± Li Sinian scolded, ¡°Don¡¯t act like a spoiled child. Get along with your brother!¡± Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t care less about how Li Sinian is addressing him right now. He closed his eyes tightly and didn¡¯t look at boundless blue waves under him: ¡°Is it okay now? Is it okay? Can I go up?¡± The hatch above was opened and someone started to roll up the ladder. ¡°Okay, time to go up,¡± Li Sinian said with a smile, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, open your eyes, it¡¯s so beautiful.¡± Fang Daichuan took a deep breath, grabbed Li Sinian¡¯s neck and opened his eyes slightly. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid,¡± Li Sinian hugged him tightly, put his dry lips on his temples, ¡°I¡¯m here, Chuan¡¯er-ge.¡± The sea beneath them was getting farther and farther away, the blue surface of the sea was foggy, the sun was setting in the distance, the sea and sky were dyed thin red, the sea was endless as far as the eye could see and on the distant horizon was a blurred port. The two floated in mid-air, in a tight embrace, as if they were the only ones left in the world, Li Sinian kissed him, whispering words of love in his ear. ¡°Last time, I stood on the ground and watched you being dragged away by the helicopter and my heart trembled. I thought, what if I didn¡¯t tie it firmly, what would I do if you fell and then I thought, what if you woke up halfway? If you untie the rope and die with me, what should I do? That time I told myself, when I see you again, I must hold you. And now I held you and Beta, just like the last time we separated and this is how it begins this time.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s voice was mixed with the sound of the wind and there was some aftershave smell. The dangerous coldness of the top note of cedar and sandalwood and the strong surging of the middle note of saltpetre and blaze have all dissipated, leaving only a light fragrance in the base note, a calm and warm citrus scent, mixed with a little bitter tea aroma. (T/N : I have made some T/N on chapter 66 about Sinian¡¯s aftershave. Just a quick note, the note above is the one on perfume: top, middle and base, link for more info.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note_(perfumery) Fang Daichuan raised his head and kissed him. The two kissed in the midst of the sea and sky, as if being watched with compassion by the heavens above. ¡°How did you do it?¡± The two get inside the helicopter, which was filled with unfamiliar faces. Li Sinian took off his shirt and let someone bandage his wound. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t dare to go up and get in the way. He squatted with Beta, looking up at Li Sinian. Li Sinian was impartial, he rubbed his head on Fang Daichuan¡¯s head: ¡°I made a deal with the Chinese police.¡± He smiled and leaned over to kiss Fang Daichuan¡¯s mouth: ¡°I sent my mother to the police who then sent her to a nursing home for treatment. My grandfather is old, Ocean Security is now in my hands. Being mercenary is all about money, who cares who earns it? It doesn¡¯t matter if he is a Chinese police officer or an American police officer.¡± ¡°You¡­ are you surrendering?¡± Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes widened. Li Sinian laughed: ¡°Yeah, I am now a Chinese son-in-law, you have to be more sympathetic to me.¡± ¡°Nonsense,¡± Fang Daichuan blushed and muttered softly, ¡°It is a Chinese daughter-in-law.¡± If you insist then it is the daughter-in-law, Li Sinian leaned on the seat, he doesn¡¯t care to refute. ¡°You haven¡¯t come to see me for so long, because you are busy with this?¡± Fang Daichuan took his hand. Since his left hand was injured, he lost a lot of blood and his hand is cold. Li Sinian smiled faintly and dismissed him with a few words, ¡°Well, everything went well. It¡¯s just that, when I just started contacting the police I heard that there was another incident here. I wondered if it was related to my mother¡¯s remaining forces, so I came to check it out, but who knew that you¡¯d also be involved in it.¡± Even if he didn¡¯t say it, Fang Daichuan could guess the hidden truth behind his words and the scars on his body was the proof. He was heartbroken but then he heard Li Sinian continue: ¡°I originally wanted to hide so that you wouldn¡¯t see me. I¡¯ll go back to find you when things settle here. Unfortunately, when I saw you and that officer kissing upstairs, I couldn¡¯t hold back my anger for a moment and simply let the cat out to bite someone.¡± Fang Daichuan rolled his eyes and gritted his teeth bitterly: ¡°I should have beat you back then!!¡± ¡°Where are we going?¡± Fang Daichuan put his fluffy head on his shoulder. Li Sinian stroke his hair: ¡°Go to Iceland, I will take Chuan¡¯er-ge to fly with me to see the aurora.¡± (T/N : On chapter 82, Chuan¡¯er told Sinian that after everything is over, he wants to go with Sinian to see Aurora because that is how Sinian¡¯s parents meet. Ah, finally we are getting more sweet moments.) Fang Daichuan¡¯s eyes instantly lit up, Li Sinian smiled, held Fang Daichuan¡¯s hand with his backhand and clasped their fingers together. Folk music came from the plane and the pilot bobbed his head and sang along. Melodious folk tunes came from the guitar and saxophone, accompanied by waves and propellers. You were just another sideshow In a back-street carnival I was walking the high wire And trying not to fall Just another way of getting through Anyone would do, but it was you ¡­ You were just another sideshow And I was trying not to fall ¡­ I¡¯ve seen the dark-side When I¡¯m trying to find the light Seen the shadows fade away On the wrong side of night Heard a song coming through And when I¡¯m looking for you, I sing blue Too long on the dark-side Trying to find the light ¡­ And when I¡¯m looking for you, I sing blue Too long on the dark-side Trying to find the light Li Sinian looked at the waves outside the window for the last time. The helicopter sprinted towards the north, passing through the mist, climbing against the sun, pulling up and gradually disappearing. The camera moves down below, showing the warm and wave less sea water, silent still and blue. (T/N : Next chapter is the author¡¯s word then EXTRA! Man, that scene is just like a movie, kissing while hugging on a helicopter ladder above the sea. So romantic. And yep author using the word camera for the last lines so yes, it really feels like a movie¡­I really want to see the drama QAQ) CH 98 This story has been with me for four months. Chuan¡¯er-ge and Nian-ge gradually change from strangers with blurred faces and unknown behaviour and manifest their own appearance. I accompanied them through seven days of life and death and like them, I am psychically and mentally exhausted. At the time I wrote the island part, I was busily writing my paper*. My study workload was heavy and I was burned out. I could only write 2,000 words a day and typing each word was extremely difficult. However, after they left the island, Chuan¡¯er-ge¡®s desire prompted me to write the rest of the story at a speed of almost 8,000 words a day. I could almost hear him nagging in my ear as I was typing. He would turn around, scolding Li Sinian and scolding me at the same time, otherwise I wouldn¡¯t be able to write the complete novel so quickly. Thank you Chuan¡¯er for your support. (T/N : Honestly I have no idea if it is a paper/thesis. Reminder, English isn¡¯t my first language so I have no idea what words I should use so yeah, paper¡­? *shrug*) Originally, according to my first outline, the 1st part of the story was to end where Li Sinian committed suicide by admitting his identity as wolf. The high seas cruise was the 2nd part where the reunion happened and the 3rd part was in Snowstorm Villa, because it is a classic scene in a mystery novel. In the original 1st part, there is no romance and I really don¡¯t understand how to make the two people have a heart-to-heart relationship. In the 1st half, this author almost pressed their heads to force them to fall in love, which ended up exuding an embarrassing air, the aura of strong and deadly straight men. I then give up, say, let¡¯s forget the romance and take it as an adventure mystery novel and don¡¯t bother about romance. Regretfully, in the middle of writing, Nian-ge got poisoned, Chuan¡¯er-ge resolutely jumped into the sea. Then Nian-ge got stabbed with the needle and Chuan¡¯er-ge resolutely kissed him. It seems that the character now has a soul and life, escaped from the second dimension and lives vibrantly, no longer under my control. This sense of losing control over the character is one of the greatest joys of my writing process. Another delight comes from the responses from my readers. Every time I find people discussing witches on Weibo or discussing plot¡¯s emotional lines in the comments, I feel that I am instantly charged and I can write another 8,000 words in minutes. You are the biggest support and feedback in my writing process. I sincerely thank everyone who read this novel. Because I want to finish writing before the festival, that way friends [T/N : reader-to-be] who haven¡¯t read the novel can spend their vacation reading this novel so the last ten chapters are a little rushed. Thank you for not disliking it. There will be a few more sweet sugar daily life in the extra part. The extra is planned to be placed in the exclusive white bear. It has nothing to do with the main story. You can read it or not and it will not affect your reading experience. Finally, I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. The new story ¡¶µ÷½ÌÉðÊ¿¡· has a sweet little meat and is serialised in Chang Pei and I hope everyone can support it. Love you guys. CH 99 Chapter 99: Ordinary Daily Life Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. (T/N : Alright so the title for this chapter is [ÕâË×ÊÀѽ] and it means ¡®This Mundane World¡¯ however I feels like it is a title for Cultivation novel so I changed it into ¡®Ordinary Daily Life¡¯) After a few autumn rains, the temperature drastically dropped. As soon as Fang Daichuan walked out from the house, he was hit by the cold air outside. He tightened his coat and pushed open the door of the convenience store while talking on the phone: ¡°When will you get here? I am waiting at a small store at the intersection to hide from the wind. Hurry up. If it¡¯s too late, we will get stuck in traffic.¡± The young girl inside the convenience store greeted him without raising her head: ¡°Welcome.¡± ¡°Two cups of hot coffee.¡± Fang Daichuan made a gesture. The young girl heard familiar voice, raised her head and shouted in surprise, ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge! Is that you, Chuan¡¯er-ge!?¡± Fang Daichuan is a small actor. Therefore he never wears any disguise when he goes out. Right now his face is fully exposed. The first time he is being recognized feels a little uncomfortable: ¡°Uh¡­ yes, it¡¯s me.¡± ¡°Please sit down!¡± The young girl walked out of the counter and pulled the chair from the corner of the door for him attentively. ¡°Have you had breakfast? What would you like to eat? We have sauce pork bun [1], sandwich rice balls [2], hot coffee and soy milk [3]! Self-heating hot pot [4] and microwave rice!¡± [½´Èâ°ü;Ji¨¤ng r¨°u b¨¡o] [ÈýÃ÷ÖÎôÒ·¹ÍÅ;S¨¡nm¨ªngzh¨¬ c¨© f¨¤ntu¨¢n] [¶¹½¬; D¨°uji¨¡ng] [×Ô·¢ÈÈС»ð¹ø;Z¨¬ f¨¡r¨¨ xi¨£o hu¨¯gu¨­] Fang Daichuan laughed: ¡°Two cups of hot coffee, go ahead and make it, don¡¯t mind me.¡± After a while, the young girl carefully brought two cups of coffee. She walked briskly with her ponytail jumping. She also carefully made latte art heart shapes on the two coffees. Fang Daichuan smiled when he looked down and saw the peach heart, and gave her a helpless look as she stood in the counter, raising her hand to her chest and tilting her head to give Fang Daichuan an exaggerated gesture of a heart. ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, we all like you!¡± After a while, the shop became empty and the young girl handed him a piece of post-it note, ¡°Sign my name please.¡± Fang Daichuan signed it neatly. He was wearing a long grey trench coat made of cotton and linen, light blue ripped jeans, and high-top safety shoes. He looks handsome and vigorous. The young girl took out her phone and snapped a few photos. ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, I heard that you secretly infiltrated into a high seas cruise ship, helped the police solve a big transnational case and even put an overseas mercenary force to an end, you even got bravery award, is it true?!¡± The little girl was excited to listen to gossip. https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/firearms/module-5/key-issues/international-public-law-and-transnational-law.html Fang Daichuan was embarrassed: ¡°It¡¯s not like that, it¡¯s mainly because the police are brave and invincible. I¡¯m just joining in for fun.¡± The young girl stomped her feet with excitement: ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, no need to be modest! The police have sent announcement on Weibo to praise you, but you don¡¯t even know that when you were taken away by the police to discuss the task, many gossip accounts spread rumours that you were taking drugs and using prostitute! We, your fans, argued to defend you and were attacked by netizen. We said in the fan group at that time that Chuan¡¯er-ge was definitely isn¡¯t someone like that! You don¡¯t know the face slap that happen when the police announcement came out!¡± Fang Daichuan smiled awkwardly. ¡°Knock knock!¡± The glass window behind him was knocked twice, Fang Daichuan turned around to look and saw Li Sinian greeted him with a smile and motioned him to come out. ¡°Wow¡­ so handsome!¡± the young girl whispered, ¡°Is it your friend Chuan¡¯er-ge? He must be a star!¡± Fang Daichuan stood up with the cup in his hand, said with a smile, ¡°No, he is the mercenary Chief that I brought back home.¡± ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, you are so humorous.¡± The little girl was amused by him. (T/N : Girl that is not a joke¡­never mind¡­) Li Sinian took a cup of coffee in his hand and opened the car door for him. When he turned around, he saw the little girl standing on the door. For a moment, her hands were stretched out and her fingers made heart shape. Next, her hands were on the top of her head and she then made another heart pattern. She made several patterns at once. In short, it was a passionate confession. Li Sinian smiled, said nothing and started the car. Today Grandpa is making homemade food and invited them to come over to Hutong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong The persimmon tree in grandpa¡¯s yard was bearing fruit. He was too old to deal with it, so he asked Fang Daichuan to pick persimmons for him and also invite them to dinner. ¡°Why is the Deputy Bureau looking for you? Don¡¯t you think they already overwork you?¡± Fang Daichuan held a coffee cup and fed it to Li Sinian as they stopped at a traffic light. Li Sinian glanced down at the latte art heart shape, took a big sip quietly that shattered the shape of the milk foam: ¡°It¡¯s not a big deal, I¡¯ll report to him every month and explain the progress of the task.¡± Fang Daichuan frowned: ¡°So troublesome? Are you that idle in America?¡± Li Sinian smiled but said nothing. ¡°Also, what kind of persona do you give me?! I ask the police to help refute the drug addicts and prostitute rumours. But what the hell did you do? You even gave me an award for bravery, what am I supposed to do with that?¡± Fang Daichuan pouted. Li Sinian reached out and rubbed the dog¡¯s head: ¡°The medal is very beautiful, go back and throw it to Beta to play with.¡± (T/N : Yes author said dog¡¯s head. Well, author did wrote Chuan¡¯er with ¡®puppy eyes¡¯ and so on so¡­) ¡°Forget it,¡± Fang Daichuan wrinkled his nose. ¡°It¡¯s gold-plated, it won¡¯t be poisoned.¡± The brothers did not get along. (T/N : Yes Beta is a male.) Beta hates that Fang Daichuan had beaten his master to the point of vomiting blood. Fang Daichuan doesn¡¯t like that Li Sinian hugged his son every day. When he got home, he hugged Beta first and he was tired seeing them with each other. A while ago, when Beta was old enough. Li Sinian had no time so he asked Fang Daichuan to send Beta to be sterilised. Beta didn¡¯t want to go, so Fang Daichuan forcefully put it into a cat bag and sent it to the hospital. After coming out of the hospital, Beta wore an ugly cone of shame* and desperately biting the seat cover of Li Sinian¡¯s new car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan_collar When Li Sinian came back that day, Beta was holding the master¡¯s trouser legs, crying with tears in its eyes. Biting its master and turning back step by step to Fang Daichuan¡¯s feet and yelling, pointing at Fang Daichuan to complain to the master, its face was deformed by grievance. ¡ª¡ªIt has no idea that the mastermind behind the scenes is its beloved master. What a tragedy, so sad. From then on, Fang Daichuan and Beta were almost incompatible and they could not eat at the same table. Every night Li Sinian will eat one meal with his wife and then with his son. He maintained the harmony and stability of the pet family by using his golden right hand. (T/N : Before anyone reacts, I just want to say don¡¯t worry. Author dedicated 10 Extra just for Beta and Chuan¡¯er to get along lol so yeah, from 15 extra, 10 chapters are about Beta and Chuan¡¯er. Sinian : What about me? Me : ¡­ Back to the story! ) Today he didn¡¯t bring Beta out. Li Sinian heard that there was a big yellow dog in his grandfather¡¯s house. Cats and dogs were naturally not getting along. Li Sinian thought about this and decided to not disobey the laws of nature. The small Hutong was too narrow for the car to enter, so the two parked the car on the parking lot beside the road and walked in. ¡°There used to be an old man that sold orange candy and Arctic Ocean soda here.¡± Fang Daichuan pointed to a flat land at the Hutong¡¯s entrance. Li Sinian laughed at him: ¡°You remember everything about food but you forgot everything else.¡± Fang Daichuan was a little embarrassed, he hooked his Nian-ge¡®s little finger and smiled at him. When they walked by the small courtyard next door, Li Sinian stopped for a while. He looked at the bicycles and screen walls through the open door, smiled and didn¡¯t know what he thought. Fang Daichuan felt a little distressed. ¡°Woof-woof-¡± The big yellow dog noticed Fang Daichuan¡¯s presence, ran out from the door next to him, slammed into Fang Daichuan¡¯s arms and licked his face. ¡°Oh, come on, Da Huang, just look how much you weigh, you still think you¡¯re a puppy, I can¡¯t carry you!¡± Fang Daichuan laughed and rubbed Da Huang¡¯s head affectionately, his heart that was broken by Beta was instantly healed. Da Huang jumped down, squatted on the side and looked at Li Sinian with head tilted. Li Sinian squatted down and stretched out his golden right hand: ¡°Hello, Da Huang, I¡¯m Li Sinian.¡± Da Huang thought for a while, leaned over and licked his hand, rubbing its head with his hand. ¡°Yo, what a surprise,¡± Grandpa walked out of the door with an old tobacco bag in his mouth while pulling up his shoes, ¡°Da Huang doesn¡¯t usually take the initiative to get close to strangers. This young man is a nice one.¡± Fang Daichuan had a black line on his forehead, he didn¡¯t know what kind of logic Grandpa used to praise Li Sinian for being nice just because he was approached by dogs. Li Sinian, on the other hand, stood up and nodded, shouting, ¡°Hello, Grandpa.¡± Grandpa nodded: ¡°Nice to meet you, it¡¯s the first time our Chuan¡¯er bring a friend to the house. Come in quickly, I will show you around.¡± The persimmon tree is very tall and old. Picking persimmons is like picking jujube. The ripe persimmons cannot be knocked down. When they fall to the ground, they will break into pieces. Someone has to climb up the tree and pick them one by one. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/jujube Fang Daichuan carried two ladders and divided the work with Li Sinian. One climb on the left and one on the right. Grandpa leaned his neck up and also worked, picked one, blew the soil on the top and stacked it in the box. ¡°Old Li¡¯s jujube is ripe. His daughter got married this year. He came with the son-in-law to the door and gave me two baskets of jujubes. He chat for a while, saying that his son-in-law is very tall.¡± The grandfather speaks casually. ¡°I picked persimmons today, later I will send him a basket and told him that my family Chuan¡¯er and his friend picked them by hand. Our family Chuan¡¯er is taller and his friend is taller than his son-in-law. Let me show off too.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s hands became stiff and he looked down at Grandpa, who was staring at him, his hand trembled and a ripe persimmon slipped out of his hand and hit the ground. ¡°Look at you, be careful,¡± Grandpa gave a regretful look, ¡°you young people nowadays have no patience and you like to rush things. Just learn from us old people, we take our time and we don¡¯t throw things away if we no longer like it. After all, life is long, you can just repair things slowly instead of discarding them.¡± (T/N : Alright so things about Chinese idiom is that it can means a lot things depends on how you translate it. So here Grandpa said [a lot] idioms [ÄãÃÇÏÖÔÚµÄÄêÇáÈËѽ£¬Ëµ·ç¾ÍÊÇÓ꣬ÓûµÁ˾ÍÈÓ£¬Ò»µãÄÍÐĶ¼Ã»ÓС£ÄÄÏñÎÒÃÇÄÇ»á¶ù£¬¸Éʲô¶¼ÂýÂýµÄ£¬ÓûµÁËÐÞÒ»ÐÞ»¹ÒªÓÃÒ»±²×Ó£¬½²¾¿¸öϸˮ³¤Á÷¡£] that, originally I translate as ¡°you young people nowadays have no patience and you like to rush things. Just learn from us old people, we took our time, especially in relationship. After all, what you pursue isn¡¯t short term but a lifetime relationship.¡± However, because of the later paragraph I have to change it.) Li Sinian didn¡¯t dare to answer back, smiled, and obediently raised his head to pick persimmons. Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t realised the context of the conversation*, he raised his neck to look for the persimmon on the top of the tree and said with a smile, ¡°Oh, grandpa, don¡¯t talk about ancient times, what age is this, being quick is being efficient, let¡¯s finish picking the persimmons, I want to eat your pancake.¡± (T/N : And this is why I have to change my first translation because even if he is slow, it would be weird if Chuan¡¯er did not notice Grandpa¡¯s meaning if I keep using my first translation.) Grandpa¡¯s pancakes are delicious, the dough is boiled inside the hot water and the pancakes are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. When you bite it down you can feel the layers. He quickly fried two more dishes, cut a cold dish, and at last made two meat and two vegetarian dishes. Shredded duck with sauce [1], beef in cold sauce [2], leek, vermicelli* and cabbage, wrapped in a pancake [3] and pepper mutton soup [4]. In the mid-autumn season, in the small open-air courtyard, Fang Daichuan was sweating while eating. [½´±¬Ñ¼Ë¿; Ji¨¤ng b¨¤o y¨¡ s¨©] [Á¹Çн´Å£Èâ;Li¨¢ng qi¨¨ ji¨¤ng ni¨²r¨°u] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermicelli [¾Â²ËÏã¸ÉºÍ·ÛË¿°×²Ë£¬¹üÔÚ±ýÀï¾í×ųÔ; Ji¨³c¨¤i xi¨¡ngg¨¡n h¨¦ f¨§ns¨© b¨¢ic¨¤i, gu¨¯ z¨¤i b¨«ng l¨« ju¨£nzhe ch¨©,] [ÓÖ·ÉÁ˸öÑòÔÓËéÌÀ£¬·ÅÁËÒ»°Ñºú½·Ãæ; Y¨°u f¨¥ile g¨¨ y¨¢ng z¨¢su¨¬ t¨¡ng, f¨¤ngle y¨© b¨£ h¨²ji¨¡o mi¨¤n] Fang Daichuan¡¯s dad also knows how to make pancakes but his hand is not as good as the old man. Either the water is too hot and the noodles are cooked too fast or the water is too cold so it is not crispy enough. Fang Daichuan praised while eating: ¡°If you talk about pancakes, it has to be my grandfather. My dad¡¯s baking is not as authentic as Grandpa.¡± ¡°The old lady loves pancakes.¡± Grandpa opened a bottle of white wine and poured it for both of them. ¡°I had cooked them for your grandmother for all her life. In her last few years she had a bad appetite and liked to eat soft and sweet ones. Every year when the persimmons began to fall, I mixed them with persimmons to make pancakes for her and she could eat 3 of them. How many years did your father cook them?¡± He pushed the wine cup to Li Sinian, raised his eyes and asked, ¡°Would you like a cup?¡± Fang Daichuan hurriedly refused: ¡°You can refuse, we come by car. You don¡¯t drink when you drive.¡± Li Sinian ignored him, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Grandpa, raised his head silently and took a drink. ¡°Okay!¡± The old man was delighted, he reached for the wine bottle, intending to fill his cup again. Li Sinian hurriedly took the wine bottle and filled the grandfather¡®s cup with wine. He took Fang Daichuan¡¯s wine cup and had a second cup. Fang Daichuan saw that he couldn¡¯t persuade him, so he sighed and poured himself a bowl of soup to drink. ¡°Our Chuan¡¯er grew up with me. When he was a child, his parents were busy, his diet and his behaviour were all like me.¡± Grandpa fill another cup, pointed at him, ¡°He is stubborn and he won¡¯t give up of what he likes. He has to eat whatever he likes for the rest of his life and he won¡¯t change his taste until he dies. Our Chuan¡¯er love to eat the meal I made. I thought, if I¡¯m gone, who will cook crab roe soup rice for him and who will give him pancakes?¡± (T/N : You can saw crab roe soup rice on chapter 91) Fang Daichuan silently sighs: ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Grandpa, with your body, you can live at least 109 years. When you go down, my dad¡¯s cooking skills will be polished and I can eat.¡± ¡°You expect your dad to cook for you for a lifetime?!¡± Grandpa glared at him. Li Sinian tilted his head and drank the cup, put it down and said with a straight face: ¡°I am not very good at cooking, I can cook well, but the appearance and taste are far from good. If you don¡¯t mind me, I¡¯ll come often and ask you for advice. I will learn whatever you teach me. I¡¯m a slow learner, but I have a long time to learn. If I cook just a few dishes for the rest of my life, I¡¯m sure they won¡¯t taste too bad.¡± On the way back, Fang Daichuan was driving, Li Sinian was sitting in the co-driver seat, dazed. Fang Daichuan glanced at him while waiting for the red light: ¡°Are you drunk? But you only drink three glasses of wine, aren¡¯t you good at drinking?¡± Li Sinian smiled, thinking of the energetic girl whom they met this morning and how she made a heart gesture. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat and for a while, he felt intoxicated. He move his fingers to made heart and blinked his left eye at Fang Daichuan: ¡°Chuan¡¯er-ge, I give my heart to you.¡± Fang Daichuan was stunned for three seconds. He is so cute he can¡¯t help himself, he lay on the steering wheel and laughed so hard that he couldn¡¯t stand upright for thirty seconds. Li Sinian was so enraged by his laughter that his face turned a rare shade of red. He took advantage of the last five seconds before the light changed colour to grab Fang Daichuan¡¯s collar and kiss him. Author¡¯s notes : A heart+wink from Nian-ge, mwahahahaha. (T/N : Grandpa knows everything. And yes, Sinian are the ones who cook in the relationship. Ah, the extra is truly sweet.) CH 100 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 100: Extra 2 : Ready? Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. ¡°Is everything ready?¡± Mrs. Flores turned. Li Sinian lowered his head and replied, ¡°Yes, I have arranged everything.¡± ¡°Have you checked everything on the island? Have you¡­ found your father?¡± Mrs. Flores¡¯ eyebrows that delicately drawn raised high. Li Sinian replied with poker face: ¡°I searched both inside and outside the villa, and also sent people to search the mountain, but there is no sign of him anywhere.¡± Flores didn¡¯t look at him: ¡°I just wanted to teach him a lesson. He blamed me for hiding my background and had a big fight with me. Because I am angry, even when I know that some of them had bad intentions, I let him go on the island.¡± The lady is forty or fifty years old this year. She is well maintained, with only her neck and elbows revealing her true age. Her face was bright and beautiful, still like a young girl, her loose hair was pulled together and her emerald eyes were full of leisurely melancholy. ¡°I want him to know that there are no good people in this world, not just me. No one is unselfish.¡± She curled her lips into a smile, ¡°That is why I let him go to the island, who would have thought he would be stupid, exposing other people¡¯s activities and never come back. How could he be so naive?¡± ¡°It¡¯s fortunate that you are like me,¡± Mrs. Flores looked at the sea in the distance, ¡°I am afraid that you will follow your father, stupid enough to believe in justice and light side that not even children believe in. Remember Li Sinian, your name means ¡®blessed by Heavens¡¯, under Heaven¡¯s blessing, only by rejecting everyone can you live alone to eternal life.¡± Mrs. Flores said to herself: ¡°I just want to prove to him that I am right. I want to tell him that in this world, everyone is born with original sin, and he will never see hope and redemption. I want to show him layer by layer the ugliness of human¡¯s nature. The world is like this, it¡¯s not my fault that you and I have come to this point, Li Heng.¡± (T/N : So, I guess it is a combination of guilt and anger that makes Mrs. Flores organise the game. Not exactly a good reason but grief is a powerful emotion. Anyway, Li Heng is Sinian¡¯s father¡¯s name just in case you forget.) *** ¡°Have you got everything ready for your trip?¡± Mrs. Chen pushed open the door and came in. She brought a bowl of porridge and placed it on Mr. Chen¡¯s table. ¡°What are you looking at?¡± Old Chen took off his reading glasses and put down the invitation letter in his hand: ¡°Why did you come in?¡± The old lady smiled: ¡°You haven¡¯t eaten much for dinner. I¡¯m afraid you¡¯ll be hungry at night, so I bought you a bowl of porridge.¡± Old Chen silently picked up the bowl and put a spoonful of porridge into his mouth. ¡°But it is also your fault,¡± the wife sighed, sitting on the edge of the bed while folding his clothes and scolding him, ¡°You know how Xiao Zhou is, he is ignorant. But you are a father-in-law and you are shouting at your daughter-in-law at the dinner table. Can¡¯t you control your temper?¡± Old Chen paused and put down the bowl. The old lady didn¡¯t notice it and continued to babble: ¡°We don¡¯t make any money, the family is supported by Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Zhou and they give us more than 1,000 yuan a month to honour us. Even if the daughter-in-law is like this, can you just accept it?¡± Old Chen picked up the invitation again and looked at the prize on it. (T/N : Yes there is a prize for winning, 20 million. Well I guess people mostly come to kill others instead of winning the game lol.) *** ¡°Are you ready?¡± The man beside the bed was wearing a three-piece suit with a gun hooked between his fingers. The other man lay shivering in the corner. There was an envelope in the seam of his closed window. Inside was an invitation letter. ¡°What should I do?¡± He widening his eyes in despair and thought, ¡°what should I do?¡± ¡°I really don¡¯t know,¡± he tried to convince himself and also tried to convince the man beside the bed with his back to him, his teeth rattling, ¡°what happened back then has nothing to do with me, I¡¯m just running errands, applying for approval, affixing an official seal, what the hell is going on has nothing to do with me!¡± The man in the suit gave a snort of disgust: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter what you said, it is time to pay the piper.¡± (T/N : My guess is this is the 2nd one who died, the one who run away and get shot before the game begin.) *** ¡°Are you ready?¡± Liu Xin pushed the gold rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, brewed a pot of Chaoshan Kung Fu tea* and poured one out to hand it to Du Chaosheng. Du Chaosheng¡¯s face was half hidden in the heat but you can tell his mood is not good. http://travel.newsgd.com/culture.php?act=article&id=556 ¡°Have you also received the invitation letter?¡± He took the tea Liu Xin handed over. Liu Xin raised his eyebrows. Du Chaosheng sighed: ¡°I don¡¯t know who made it, it¡¯s been so many years, why don¡¯t you let it go.¡± Liu Xin lowered his head and covered his eyes: ¡°Some things can never be forgotten.¡± ¡°I went to the island later and a villa was built on the island,¡± Liu Xin took the initiative to tell him the good news, ¡°I hid a box of drinking water on the island, do you remember the cave in the sea where we killed Li Heng? If something unextend happens, we¡¯ll hide inside and wait for things to calm down before coming out.¡± Du Chaosheng patted Liu Xin on the shoulder: ¡°Let¡¯s do it like this. If I don¡¯t see clearly the purpose of the people behind the scenes, I will always find it difficult to sleep and eat.¡± Liu Xin raised one corner of his lips and lowered his head to smile. (T/N : Yeah, the one who hid the box of food and clothes in chapter 7 is Liu Xin. Now, you probably don¡¯t remember, but the clothes did not fit Du Chaosheng and that DC wanted to trade the shirt because of that. I was lol¡¯ed at that because well, Liu Xin purposely chose clothes that did not fit DC. Man, talk about being petty.) *** ¡°Is everyone ready?¡± the director shouted. Everyone quickly said yes, after the scene¡¯s name was written on the clapperboard, the filming officially began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapperboard Fang Daichuan played the 3rd male lead in this martial arts drama. He was wearing a hood and layers of clothes, sweating like rain in the 40o. (T/N : Author did not say but I am sure this is Celcius.) ¡°The temperature is higher than my body temperature,¡± Fang Daichuan fanned himself with the script, ¡°How is my body going to dissipate heat?¡± He was a little jealous of the movie emperor Pei in the same group, who had an RV to rest, an air conditioner fan and fresh fruit to eat. He looked down at the water in his hands, it was room temperature and it was hot from the sun. ¡°Don¡¯t worry,¡± Xiao Zhou patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, ¡°Deng-ge has picked up a good script for you. After the variety show explodes in popularity in the second half of the year, we will also have air-conditioning fans and fresh fruit!¡± She said and handed Fang Daichuan a small hand-held fan, that turn out to be a fucking hand-cranked one. ¡°What script? When will it be filmed?¡± Fang Daichuan couldn¡¯t wait. Xiao Zhou blinked: ¡°It is still negotiated, they will give a reply next week, don¡¯t worry, Chuan¡¯er-ge, trust me. You will definitely became popular.¡± *** ¡°Is everything ready?¡± Li Sinian stood in the corridor on the second floor of the villa. Several workers raised their heads to carve statues. The God fought with Demons and the Lady Justice with black fleshy wings. When the workers saw him coming up, they all smiled and said, ¡°It¡¯s all ready, are you satisfied?¡± Li Sinian looked at the statues, expressionless: ¡°Yes, I¡¯m very satisfied.¡± ¡°Excuse me, I have to ask, what is the purpose of your villa?¡± Another worker on the side was hanging mural carpets on both sides, ¡°You don¡¯t look Chinese, we Chinese usually put these mural carpets in the tomb passage. It¡¯s a bit unlucky to put it in the corridor.¡± Li Sinian lowered his head and pulled out his phone, casually explaining, ¡°I¡¯m a director. I¡¯ll use this place to film a scene.¡± Then there was no problem, the worker nodded and continued to work. ¡°What kind of movie?¡± The sculptor had already polished the details and was currently wiping the dust on the stone with a damp cloth. Seeing that the owner was friendly, he casually asked. The corners of Li Sinian¡¯s lips curled into a smile that was not a smile, the light amber eyes glowed with a strange grey-green light under the sunlight: ¡°The battle between gods and demons with a moral battle between good and evil.¡± ¡°Your movie has a religious theme? Who won in the end?¡± The worker sat on the scaffolding, took a final look at his work and sighed with satisfaction. Li Sinian narrowed his eyes and looked at the waves outside the window: ¡°At the end of the world, Twilight of the Gods, there is no winner, everyone¡¯s dead.¡± ¡°Please write a sentence in the corner,¡± Li Sinian said suddenly when the workers were about to leave, ¡°write: ¡°It¡¯s better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.¡± How art thou fallen from heaven, O Morning Star, son of the dawn! You¡¯d rather be a king in hell than a slave in heaven. Li Sinian looked at the end of the corridor. In the room near the sea, a woman tilted her head and carried a violin, revelling in the song of the wanderer. (T/N : The mural first shows up in chapter 24. Yeah, Sinian, this trembling M, he already plans to end everything. Good things Chuan¡¯er coming to save the day.) CH 101 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 101: Extra 3: Addiction Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. When Fang Jin and Jiang Jie came, Li Sinian was taking out crab roe in the kitchen. The Mid-Autumn Festival is not complete without eating crabs. Li Sinian, an American, almost never eats fresh fish, shrimp etc. from the river before. However now he is a Chinese son-in-law, clumsily cutting crab legs with small scissors in the kitchen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival When the doorbell rang, Li Sinian opened the door with crab roe in his hand and sighed helplessly: ¡°I told you many times when you go out, you have to take the key with you¡­¡± He was stupefied. A middle-aged couple stood outside the door with a bag of crabs, a bag of Euryale-seed* and water chestnuts**. The man¡¯s eyebrows and eyes are a replica of Fang Daichuan however his face is squarer than Daichuan¡¯s. The woman has a straight nose with diamond shaped pale lips. (T/N : You can read more about the seed and see the picture on the link below. When I Baidu for water chestnuts, it turns out there is 2 versions, red and black so there are 2 pictures.) https://herbaltcm.sn.polyu.edu.hk/herbal/gordon-euryale-seed Li Sinian was completely dumbfounded. He hurriedly moved out the way and stretched out his hand, but instantly he felt that it was inappropriate, seeing that his hand was still full with crab roe. ¡°Hello, uncle and aunt¡­ Come in quickly, I¡­ I¡¯m a friend of Chuan¡¯er-ge, come here to play for a few days.¡± He is confused and his right index finger begins to tremble again, even worse than when he faces the bullets rain. He ran to the kitchen to wash his hands and poured two cups of tea. ¡°Are you a fellow co-worker, are you also a celebrity?¡± Fang Jin followed behind him into the kitchen and put the crab and Euryale-seed on the cooking table. Fang Daichuan¡¯s grandmother is from Jiangsu and she loves this stuff. The whole family also likes it. Every autumn, she asks someone to buy and eat it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu Li Sinian helped to soak the crab into the water and replied, ¡°No, I am a director. I met Chuan¡¯er-ge by accident and was trying to get him to play a role.¡± ¡°That¡¯s good news,¡± Fang Jin smiled. ¡°That means you are Chuan¡¯er¡¯s boss. How can you stay at home and clean up crabs by yourself? Chuan¡¯er is too ignorant! I¡¯ll teach him when he comes back.¡± Li Sinian smiled: ¡°It¡¯s okay, we are friends.¡± Jiang Jie sat in the living room for a while, somehow feeling that something was wrong. Out of a female intuition and a mother¡¯s natural understanding of her son, she got up and walked around looking at his son¡¯s apartment. The living room was spotless, the curtains were replaced with thick dark grey linen, a few bottles of wine were placed on the Bogu shelf* and there was a movable bookshelf in the corner of the room. As the one who gave birth to him, she knows that even if Fang Daichuan¡¯s life depended on it, he couldn¡¯t clean up like this. It¡¯s not that he doesn¡¯t like to be clean and sloppy. He can clean up the room, but it¡¯s clean to the level of ¡°regular¡± or even ¡°meticulous¡±. This level of cleaning however, at least in the late stage of obsessive-compulsive disorder. There was also a strange cat in the corner of the living room. Seeing that someone broke into the room with no warning, it looked at her vigilantly. The cat is not small, it looks like a year old and it doesn¡¯t look like it has just been adopted. Seeing Li Sinian and Fang Jin chatting in the kitchen, Jiang Jie sneaked into her son¡¯s bedroom. The original dark blue sheets and quilt covers were replaced with dark grey, two off-white striped pillows were chaotically stacked together and the quilt was messy. The window was open, and some cool wind blew in. There were two mugs on the bedside table, one black and one white and there were unpacked condoms scattered on the side of the alarm clock. Jiang Jie¡¯s heart sank. She hesitated for three seconds before opening the bathroom door. There are two electric toothbrushes standing on the toothbrush holder and a pair of towels. At this point, she can comfort herself that your son has a girlfriend and he is old enough. The two razors in the corner of the sink however is what gave Jiang Jie a fatal blow. Her eyes were hot. ¡°Eh? We have a guest?¡± Fang Daichuan came in from outside and saw two pairs of shoes at the door. Jiang Jie lowered her head and wiped her eyes, walked out, pretended that nothing happened: ¡°It is us.¡± She didn¡¯t miss the momentary panic in her son¡¯s eyes. Seeing those eyes almost shattered all her psychological construction and after calming down, she smiled and said, ¡°Your uncle sent you some crabs, as well as Euryale-seed, they are still tender. You eat while the shell is wet, don¡¯t let it dry, they¡¯ll get spoiled.¡± Fang Daichuan swallowed, his Adam¡¯s apple moved, he carefully glanced into the kitchen, seeing that nothing is happen, he calm down a little, and pulled his mother to sit on the sofa: ¡°Oh, mother, look at you, you came here without making a call, what if I¡¯m not home?¡± Jiang Jie turned her face away: ¡°I have the key. If you¡¯re not at home, I will just put your things down and we¡¯ll leave. You haven¡¯t done anything shameful, so why are you closing the door behind our back?¡± When she said this, in the end, she didn¡¯t manage to restrain herself and the end tone rose a little, there was a faint crying. Li Sinian¡¯s finger that was currently cutting crabs slipped and the scissors poked into his index finger. Fang Jin didn¡¯t hear what the two were talking outside. He was chatting with Li Sinian. He looked at Li Sinian¡¯s clumsy action and smiled: ¡°You are not skilled at cooking crabs, you have to practice more.¡± Li Sinian nodded and said, ¡°What you said is right, I will practice harder for a few more years.¡± ¡°Try my craft at noon!¡± Fang¡¯s father said proudly, ¡°I¡¯ve been cooking Mid-Autumn Festival cuisine for many years. You however still have to practise. When only men live together, someone has to be able to cook and clean up the house, or else it will be turned upside down.¡± Dad skilfully stirred the egg whites and egg yolks separately, poured in the white vinegar and minced ginger, whipped them quickly, sighing: ¡°Chuan¡¯er is just spoiled by his grandfather and can¡¯t do anything. Alas.¡± Li Sinian tentatively said: ¡°Fortune Favours Fools*. Maybe Chuan¡¯er-ge will married a wife, who happens to be able to cook.¡± https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198734901.001.0001/acref-9780198734901-e-846 ¡°Yeah,¡± Father Fang sneered, ¡°Lately parents have been spoiling their little girls too much since childhood and only few can cook.¡± (T/N : I just realised that we never read about Chuan¡¯er¡¯s mom¡¯s cooking skill¡­Guess this paragraph confirms it lol.) Li Sinian bowed his head and broke the crab legs: ¡°If you like him, you are willing to learn for him.¡± Outside, Fang Daichuan pulled his mother to study and closed the door. ¡°Mom,¡± Fang Daichuan lowered his head and thought for a long time, ¡°do you know something?¡± Jiang Jie¡¯s tears came down all of a sudden. She covered her mouth in a low voice and pressed her forehead against Fang Daichuan¡¯s chest: ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you? I remember you didn¡¯t have this problem before!¡± Fang Daichuan hesitantly hugged his mother¡¯s shoulder: ¡°Actually, it has been there for a long time and there are already signs since I was a child.¡± ¡°Is it because of me?¡± Jiang Jie raised her face and looked up at her son¡¯s face. ¡°When you saw me when you were a child, I always wore a police uniform, wielded knives and guns and was a daredevil. Is it related to this?¡± Fang Daichuan laughed: ¡°How could that be! Mom! No, it has nothing to do with you, I was just born like this, stop thinking about it.¡± Jiang Jie burst into tears: ¡°I gave birth to you, how you can have nothing to do with me!¡± Fang Daichuan took a tissue, held up his mother¡¯s face and wiped her tears: ¡°Mom, you gave birth to me and you are my closest relative. I don¡¯t want to hide it from you. He is Li Sinian.¡± Jiang Jie closed her eyes. ¡°His life is very tough. His father died early when he was a child and his mother and grandfather were not good to him. He never enjoyed family warmth and happiness. He is not like others that can come out of the closet. He may not be able to deal with the relationship with you. Therefore, I have never dared to confess to you.¡± Fang Daichuan hugged his mother gently, looked at the white hair on top of his mother¡¯s head, his eyes were sore, ¡°But I want to get your blessings, I love you and I love him too.¡± His pronunciation is very good. When he said the word ¡°love¡±, it was clear and full of affection, leaving Jiang Jie speechless. ¡°It¡¯s not that Mom doesn¡¯t want to bless you,¡± Jiang Jie sorted out her emotions and sniffed, ¡°Mom is scared. Mom can¡¯t accompany you all your life, you have no guarantee you can get married. Can you hold on for a long time? What will people outside think about you? Your job is¡­everything in the spotlight. Mom is scared.¡± Fang Daichuan smiled and looked at his mother with the same eyes as his father: ¡°As long as you don¡¯t object, no matter how big the storm outside, it won¡¯t break me. I¡¯m the son of Jiang Jie, the best criminal police officer.¡± During the meal, Jiang Jie didn¡¯t act like she usually does and didn¡¯t say a word. Li Sinian was chatting and laughing with Fang¡¯s father on the surface but the back of his shirt was soaked with sweat. His and Jiang Jie¡¯s eyes met inadvertently at the dinner table. A mother¡¯s grief and fear, pleading and asking, the gaze were so heavy that Li Sinian could not hold his chopsticks. ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you today?¡± Fang Jin smiled and gave his wife a dish using a chopstick, ¡°You don¡¯t like what I cook?¡± Jiang Jie looked at her son¡¯s begging puppy eyes and then at the sincere Li Sinian, shook her head slightly and gently put a vegetable dish into Li Sinian¡¯s bowl and said softly, ¡°You should eat more.¡± Li Sinian¡¯s eyes reddened and the chopsticks instantly slipped out of his hands. After sending his parents away, Fang Daichuan slumped on the sofa, pinched Beta¡¯s ears and said with a smile, ¡°I am scared to death.¡± Li Sinian sat on the side and poured himself a glass of wine: ¡°I was really scared to death.¡± His fingers are shaking badly. Fang Daichuan recalled the report that Li Sinian was addicted to drugs and was moderately depressed, and would suffer from addiction when he was nervous. It¡¯s fine when he doesn¡¯t know. Now that he knows, he can¡¯t watch Li Sinian use alcohol to suppress his drug addiction. He grabbed the wine glass, raised his head and drank it all. Li Sinian stared at him in surprise. ¡°You are not allowed to be addicted to alcohol or drugs in the future,¡± Fang Daichuan said with a smile as his wine breath gently touched Li Sinian¡¯s lips. ¡°You can only be addicted to sex.¡± He said as he unbuttoned Li Sinian¡¯s shirt collar: ¡°Think of me when you¡¯re nervous. Chuan¡¯er-ge will break his back for you.¡± With a smile, Li Sinian kissed him, drinking in the lingering scent of the wine from his throat. ==== Author¡¯s word : That¡¯s all for the Witch¡¯s public extras! Thank you all for your support and company along the way! The rest of the extras will be published exclusively over there, but they¡¯re not related to the main story, so they won¡¯t affect your reading experience. The original inspiration for this book was ¡°Who¡¯s The Murderer¡±. I saw the case of ¡°Crazy Tulips¡± half a year ago and I was so excited! The case model in that episode was the original inspiration for witches. Here I solemnly admitted it to everyone! It¡¯s a pity that the third season has not been released yet, which is very sad. When I was in college, I liked Werewolf games. The first half of the writing story was spent watching werewolf shows like crazy, so I was probably a little too influenced and a little out of character, which affected the reading experience of some readers. (T/N : This is a TV show, link for more info. The case Crazy Tulip is Season 1 episode 6. I myself have watched this up to season 5 so I can say this is a good show. Warning though, this is just entertainment, don¡¯t take it too seriously since you know, there is a culture difference here. Also as of this year, 2022, this show had 7 seasons already and the author wrote this is 2017 so yeah that is the author wrote that the 3rd season hasn¡¯t come out yet.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_the_Murderer There is a classic ¡°And Then There Were None¡± reference here that everyone can definitely see it. There are also some references to Nabokov, Hrabal and so on, so I will not annotate them one by one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohumil_Hrabal The translation of the two English songs is translated by myself, I am not an English major. I translate using NetEase Cloud. There may be some mistakes in the translation. Please bear with me~ In short, thank you all for your company. Chuan¡¯er-ge and Nian-ge have lived their little days without shame. All new adventures will be included when the book is published. Finally, my newest book, ¡°µ÷½ÌÉðÊ¿¡±, is ready to read, everyone is welcome to come and read it. Love you guys. It is my supreme honour to be able to bring you even the slightest touch and love. See you in the next story~ Last but not least, ¡°Open your eyes¡±! Open your eyes! Open your eyes! Sincerely, CH 102 Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 102: Extra 4 : Qixi Festival Un-edited so please don¡¯t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you. It is the Qixi Festival. (T/N : Alright so this sometimes translates to Double Seventh Festival but I want to give wiki links and Wiki uses Qixi Festival so that is why I use QF. Basically this is Chinese Valentine¡¯s Day.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixi_Festival There was a werewolf killing show in the college town* and Mr. Fang Daichuan, a ¡°well-known actor¡± was invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_ceremony The actress who worked with Fang Daichuan posted in her SNS during make-up time, it was a diamond ring that her long-time boyfriend gave her, making their relationship official. Fang Daichuan sighed and reluctantly clicked the like button. What will Li Sinian give me? Fang Daichuan didn¡¯t want to admit it, but he was really looking forward to it. After a while, Fang Daichuan received a text message: ¡°I have something to do in the evening. I won¡¯t go back home. The meal is on the table. Remember to eat it.¡± From: Shameless Fuck, Fang Daichuan threw the phone away, his face was clouded with unhappiness for at least half an hour. The more he thought about it, the more he felt unhappy. After finishing his makeup, before the live broadcast started, he picked up his mobile phone angrily and typed a lot of swear words. ¡°Mr. Fang! Are you ready? The show is about to start!¡± Someone outside talking, the tone is urgent. Fang Daichuan hurriedly responded, ¡°Just a minute!¡± Then he hurriedly deleted all the words, thought about how to express his dissatisfaction in a subtle way, so he typed a word without punctuation: ¡°Oh¡±. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he played three rounds of Werewolf Killing with other anchors and actors. Fang Daichuan was not in the right state the whole time, his speech was vague, his logic was confusing and the comments kept mocking him. Fortunately, his fans didn¡¯t come for his IQ, so even with his bad performance he didn¡¯t lose any fans. When the show ended, it was already midnight. Fang Daichuan went home without going into the kitchen. Changed clothes and went straight to sleep. Before going to bed, he makes excuses for his boyfriend generously. Maybe he doesn¡¯t know what Qixi Festival means since he is a foreigner. Even though he feels hurt deep inside. (T/N : So the last sentence is apparently a meme? GIF below so you can see the example.) In the middle of his sleep, he conditionally felt that there were people around him. He suddenly sat up and scared the people around him. ¡°¡­What are you doing?¡± Li Sinian looked at him like he was losing his mind. Fang Daichuan blinked twice: ¡°Aren¡¯t you¡­ not coming back?¡± Halfway talking, he noticed that there seemed to be something cool in his hand. He looked down and saw a plain white ring on his finger, reflecting the moonlight outside the window. Li Sinian sighed, pointed to the ring and said, ¡°I waited for you in the kitchen all night, I put this ring inside the cake, who knew that you would fall asleep as soon as you came back. I ended up cut the cake myself to get the ring out.¡± The next day, there was a reply under the ring post made by the cooperating actress. Dachuan¡¯er: ¡°Picture¡± (T/N : No I didn¡¯t type it wrong. Chuan¡¯er user username is [´ó´¨¶ù] so it is Dachuan¡¯er.) I have that too! Hum ¨q(¨s^¨t)¨r. (T/N : Yup the emoji is like that in raw. Smug eh?) Small annoucement : Alright so after this we will get 10 chapters of Beta and Chuan¡¯er having a sweet world together with no Sinian on it¡­Just kidding. But seriously the extra is titled Cat and it is 10 parts so yeah¡­ It has been more or less 20 days now and I managed to get 4 chapters out (lol) so here it is since I originally want to finish translating all Cat¡¯s chapters before releasing it and I am afraid I will get past the 3 months limit if I do that. Hopefully it doesn¡¯t take too long. My hand is getting better, I found the root of the problem and I am still working to fix it but it does help me tremendously with the pain so yeah, can¡¯t wait to finish this novel.