Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 635 Provocation

Shi Yuan walked beside her and couldn't help but glance at her neck.

“The thread on your neck,” Shi Yuan frowned, “seems a little too dark.”

He Lingling was startled at first, then casually touched her neck—the itching sensation that had been suppressed by coughing returned after her fingertips touched her neck.

"Ahem, is there?"

He Lingling coughed and touched her neck, feeling inexplicably irritated.

...She always felt that there was something she had overlooked.

This inexplicable irritability that swept over her made He Lingling barely notice Shi Yuan's reminder.

Shi Yuan noticed something was wrong with her and frowned.

Was it just her imagination? Why did she feel that He Lingling's current situation seemed a little strange?

Was He Lingling so indifferent to the thread on her neck in the past?

When He Lingling and Shi Yuan successfully met with Sun Qin and even nodded and talked with the "resurrected" Mr. Yao, Yu Shijiu, who was hiding in the corner of the corridor, turned his head to look at Xu Han.

"Brother Xu Han".

Yu Shijiu said sweetly, "Should we go check the kitchen again?"

"...?!"

Xu Han was startled. "The kitchen? What are we going to do in the kitchen? There probably won't be any clues there by now, right?"

"Maybe not."

Yu Shijiu held the opposite view, and he said seriously:

"Could we check if Brother Jin left any traces or anything? That should count as investigating clues, right?"

"..." Xu Han was silent for a few seconds, feeling that something was amiss—

Lu Chusheng couldn't stand it and scratched the surface of his shoe with his paw.

"……I go!"

Xu Han hurriedly pulled his foot back, glanced down at the scratches on his shoe, muttered something, and then froze.

"its not right?"

Xu Han suddenly looked up at Yu Shijiu, "Shijiu, didn't you promise He Lingling that you wouldn't run around, move around, or attack people?"

"?"

Yu Shijiu blinked innocently, "No, I just said I wouldn't hit randomly, no, I wouldn't attack people randomly, and even if I did attack someone, I would only do so while ensuring my own safety... I don't remember saying anything about not running around or moving around?"

"..."

Xu Han's mouth dropped open: "Impossible, why do I feel like I've heard this before?"

"I must have misheard," Yu Shijiu said softly, refusing to admit that she had said anything like that.

"So, are you going or not? If you don't want to go, that's fine too. I can have Fatty come with me—"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Xu Han hurriedly interrupted Yu Shijiu, saying helplessly:

"If I don't go with you, who will? — Pshaw, what's with all this talk about going with you? This is about finding clues, figuring out the plot, and clearing the level! Everyone has a responsibility!"

Yu Shijiu smiled, her eyes crinkling, and said sweetly, "Brother Xu Han, you're amazing."

He puffed out his chest and back after being praised by Xu Han, looking smug as if he was already amazing.

Lu Chusheng, who remained silent at his feet: "..."

Captain Lu watched as Yu Shijiu's short, uninformative remark instantly excited Xu Han, who then raised his paw and licked it.

Hmm... the little madman has turned into a little liar.

Yu Shijiu suddenly covered his mouth and nose and sneezed slightly. Before leaving, he looked back at the dance floor, which was now very calm and bustling, and hesitated slightly.

"I hope nothing will happen here."

Yu Shijiu muttered something under his breath.

Xu Han: "...I don't know, maybe we should stay—"

"Sister Lingling and Sister Shiyuan are so capable, they'll definitely be fine. Besides, the kitchen isn't far from the dance floor—it's okay."

After replying to himself, Yu Shijiu smiled and led the way again.

Xu Han, who had been interrupted, hesitated before speaking again: "..."

No, you said everything? What did I say?! What did I say, you idiot?! Was I just being presumptuous?!

Xu Han followed Yu Shijiu, complaining all the way, but his eyes kept scanning everything around him.

So far, everything has been peaceful, and nothing strange has happened.

Xu Han's restless heart gradually calmed down a bit.

Yeah... It's impossible to be so unlucky as to keep running into ghosts. Maybe in a little while, they'll find an important clue or trigger an important plot point, and they'll overtake everyone else and clear the game!

Feeling quite optimistic, Xu Han laughed out loud at this thought, earning a puzzled look from Yu Shijiu and Lu Chusheng ahead.

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's nothing, it's all good..."

Xu Han coughed seriously and waved his hands repeatedly.

Yu Shijiu and Lu Chusheng didn't keep looking at him and continued walking forward.

As Yu Shijiu walked, her eyelids twitched several times.

I don't know when it started, but the lights in the corridor seem to have become much dimmer... Is it because it's completely dark outside?

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Dance floor.

During her conversation with the resurrected Mr. Yao, He Lingling subtly tried to elicit several questions, but Mr. Yao refuted them all with a few words.

It is indeed "Mr. Yao" from last night.

He Lingling breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she still dared not relax at all.

"Mr. Yao."

He Lingling asked somewhat timidly, "Is there anything we need to do now? I see so many guests on the dance floor, are there any guests who might need our help?"

What kind of help would the guests need?

This statement was met with a dismissive response from Mr. Yao:

"You just need to clean up the mess on the table and straighten the overturned wine glasses. You can clean up the rest after the guests have had their fun and gone back to their rooms."

"Yes."

He Lingling and Shi Yuan nodded obediently, and were about to head into the dance floor when a female voice suddenly came from behind them: "Wait!"

The two stopped in their tracks, a chill running down their spines.

It's Wu Huimin.

With bruises still visible at the corners of her mouth, Wu Huimin jumped off the stage, lifting her skirt. The white skirt cascaded down her body like waves, undulating with her movements.

"Brother Yao."

Wu Huimin, who jumped down from the exhibition stand and ran over, first nodded to Mr. Yao, then looked at He Lingling and Shi Yuan.

“Lingling, Yuanyuan,” Wu Huimin’s voice was unusually gentle: “Where did you two go all afternoon? I haven’t seen you at all.”

Upon hearing Wu Huimin's words, both He Lingling and Shi Yuan felt a buzzing in their heads.

At this time, in this place, and with the NPCs around them, He Lingling and Shi Yuan both sensed the malice hidden in each other's words.

Wu Huimin...did it on purpose.

She deliberately brought up the fact that He Lingling and Shi Yuan weren't on the dance floor that afternoon, causing Mr. Yao, who was about to leave, to stop in his tracks.

"Didn't you see it?"

Mr. Yao's cold gaze fell on He Lingling and Shi Yuan, and he asked:

"What do you mean they weren't here all afternoon?"