Chapter 91 Red Rose Manor 1

Jing Yan was very curious about what had just happened. He knew they must have been talking about the captain.

He actually wanted to join in, but the opportunity had been missed, so he asked them to go to the hot springs to see if he could reopen the topic.

Xia Bai refused: "Lin Xiang and I will go eat first, and then go soak after dinner."

The airplane meal was not tasty, so they didn’t eat much. The two discussed on the plane that they would try the special food of Jiangyi City after getting off the plane.

Jing Yan agreed, "Okay, come after you finish eating, I miss Lin Xiang a little too."

He missed the time he and Lin Xiang spent together as the "Waste Brothers" in Wugu Village.

During the meal, Xia Bai conveyed Jing Yan's longing for Lin Xiang. After the meal, Lin Xiang took Xia Bai to take a hot spring bath.

Xia Bai didn't have a swimsuit for taking a hot spring bath, but luckily the hotel had some for sale. He asked Lin Xiang to go first while he bought a swimsuit and then went over.

Lin Xiang: "It's not that troublesome, I can just put on my shorts and soak in it, right?"

This doesn't sound like something the rich second-generation Lin Xiang would say. He usually dresses very elegantly, which shows that he really can't wait to take a hot spring bath with Jing Yan and the others.

When Xia Bai thought of the scene of several boys taking a hot spring bath in their shorts, he didn't want to go.

Lin Xiang still went to buy a swimsuit with Xia Bai.

The waiter took them to the hot spring area. This hotel selected by the Tourism Administration was very good in all aspects. There were single rooms and multi-person rooms for hot spring bathing. Even the starry sky multi-person room was not shared, but was located among flowers and plants, with small hot spring pools of different shapes scattered around, one for each person.

After seeing this, Xia Bai no longer wanted to go to the single room and immediately chose an oval hot spring pool.

The hotel thoughtfully prepares fruits, snacks, red wine and juice next to each hot spring pool.

Xia Bai took a comfortable breath in the warm spring water, and then he heard Lin Xiang say, "Brothers, look at me, eight-pack abs!"

“…”

You came here in such a hurry just to show off your abdominal muscles, right?

In addition to Hua Haoming and Jing Yan, there are two players from the assault team. Many players started exercising after being involved in the game for the first time, not to mention the players who already had enhanced physical skills. After Lin Xiang showed off his abdominal muscles, the men followed suit and showed off their muscles one by one.

"Whoever doesn't have it, watch me!"

"You still need to practice. Look at my sense of strength."

"Not only do I have abs, I have pecs too!"

Even Jing Yan has eight-pack abs!

Xia Bai slid into the hot spring, hid his head behind the orchid, and touched his pitiful four abdominal muscles.

Too curly.

Players are all gossiping about their abs, right? He knew the captain also had eight-pack abs. He had touched them when he was putting his body together. They were perfect.

Xia Bai poked Erwa's belly, who was trying to sprinkle little white petals into the spring water, and said, "Erwa doesn't have abdominal muscles."

Erwa: “?”

Xia Bai stuffed a blueberry into Erwa's mouth and a milk strawberry into his own mouth, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, not participating in their childish discussion.

It gets dark early in winter. When Ling Changye returned to the hotel, it was almost dark and twilight had fallen.

As soon as he entered the hotel, he asked, "Where are they?"

They were divided into two groups, some in the hot spring room and some in the audio-visual room. Ye Jiyue told Xia Bai where they were, "They are taking a hot spring bath."

Ling Changye turned around, "Who?"

Ye Jiyue told everyone who was there, "Xia Bai, Hua Haoming, Jing Yan, Xie Jin, Lu Kunlin, and Lin Xiang are all here. Captain Ling, do you want to go over?"

Ling Changye said after a few seconds: "I won't go over."

Ye Jiyue said: "Okay, there are also rooms with hot springs. I'll arrange one for you?"

Ling Changye nodded, "Thank you for the trouble."

The room with hot springs and the hot spring room were in the same direction. When Ye Jiyue took Ling Changye towards that direction, they happened to meet Xia Bai who was coming out of the hot spring room on the corridor.

After soaking for more than an hour, Xia Bai felt warm all over and a layer of powder appeared on her face.

Ling Changye came back from outside in the evening, covered in a layer of winter frost.

Xia Bai saw that he was wearing a black shirt and a black coat. The two overlapping collars were as smooth as if they had just been ironed. He was meticulously dressed, as if soaked in the cold wind. Perhaps because of the cold air, goose bumps appeared on his arms.

He subconsciously wanted to see if Ling Changye's eyes were a little blue, but he resisted the urge to look at them. His gaze fell on the tip of his nose, "Captain, you're back?"

Ling Changye hummed.

Xia Bai: "Are you leaving now that you're back? I mean tonight."

Ling Changye said: "I'm not leaving."

Lin Xiang, Hua Haoming and Jing Yan, who were standing at the door, remained silent.

They left the hot spring room together. Xia Bai was walking in front and happened to meet the captain. He greeted the captain first. When they were about to greet each other, they couldn't open their mouths for some reason. It was obviously a very normal conversation.

When he saw Ling Changye looking at him, he called out "Captain".

Ling Changye said: "Let's eat and have fun, then let's discuss the game later?"

Jing Yan immediately said, "Okay."

They moved from the hot spring room to the tea room, and other players in the hotel also came over. Ling Changye went back to change his clothes, changing from the heavy black to relaxing gray and white.

As soon as he sat down, Hua Haoming said, "Are we going to confirm the players for the game? I must go."

Ling Changye knew why he had to go, nodded, and said, "Okay, you go."

Xia Bai said: "I want to go too."

This was his assignment for the week and he didn't want to switch to anywhere else.

Ling Changye nodded and said, "Okay, you and me, three people. This map requires ten people. I suggest that the assault team should not have more than five people."

As for why the assault team should not consist of more than five people, they all knew it, including Xia Bai who had just joined the team.

This game is more dangerous than other games, and it may be very evil. It requires some powerful players, but not all of them are members of the assault team. It is rare for members of the assault team to play the game with more than five players, and it is best if not all of them are members of the same team.

Many times, the game sets them up to "kill each other" in advance, and even hides some clues in death.

In fact, every time the Game Management Bureau issues a bounty mission, they don't expect the players who accept the mission to provide much substantial help. The main purpose is to gather the number of people needed to open the game map. Therefore, every time they see a slacker appear, even if it is someone with bad intentions, they have no objection.

The game is the same this time.

Jing Yan said, "Captain, if you need me, I can go. You analyzed before that three groups of players died in this game because they missed or made a mistake. I can see what the NPCs are thinking, or I can discover something."

Ling Changye said: "Okay, Jing Yan is one of them."

Lin Xiang looked at the configuration and said, "Count me in, maybe I can be of some use."

The first game in his life was played with Xia Bai and Hua Haoming. Although his palms often sweated during the game and he felt panicked, not knowing whether to go south or north, he felt much more at ease with Xia Bai and Hua Haoming. Needless to say, Xia Bai might have a fledgling complex, and Hua Haoming gave him a sense of security.

Not to mention Ling Changye, whom he has admired since childhood.

Jing Yan is someone he can talk to very well and someone he trusts.

He was originally hesitant, but after seeing this configuration, he made a decision.

Ling Changye: "It makes sense to add a purification treatment player. I know you are still a little worried. We will try our best to protect you."

Lin Xiang was completely relieved when he heard this, "Serve everyone!"

Xia Bai was curious: "If they are not all members of the assault team, how can other players find them?"

Ling Changye said: "Look for teammates in the player exchange center in a private capacity."

Yes, in addition to the bounty missions from the Game Management Bureau, the Player Exchange Center also often has people looking for teammates to go there together, but it is not as popular as the bounty missions from the Game Management Bureau. After all, the Game Management Bureau will give points and cash rewards outside of the game, and there are also members of the assault team, so there is more security.

This should not be the first time they have looked for teammates in this way. As he was talking, Hua Haoming posted a message in the player communication center. The post title was in the standard team formation format.

"Looking for five teammates on the Red Rose Manor map. There are now five skilled players."

1L: As the title says, we now have five team members, everyone has skills, and hope players who are familiar with Red Rose Manor will join us. It’s a matter of life and death, so please don’t disturb if you are serious.

2L: Wow! Five skilled players!

3L: What is Red Rose Manor? You come to find your teammates without any scientific knowledge. How cool!

4L: I searched and found that Hongqiang Manor is in Jiangyi City. Now you can download the map of Jiangyi City. Those who understand will understand.

5L: It’s obvious that they are looking for players who know the inside story. What’s the point of popularizing science? It’s said that players who know the inside story have joined.

6L: I feel like I am reading a riddle. What is Jiangyi City? What is Hongqiang Manor? Is there any big shot who can help me solve it?

7L: Jiangyi City is currently the most popular city among players besides Anbei City. If you don’t know about it, you may not have reached that level yet, so there is no point in asking.

8L: Don’t sign up if you don’t understand. Three groups of players have already died in Red Rose Manor. This place is very dangerous.

9L: I am even more curious about what to do.

10L: Hongqiang Manor is located in the eastern district of Jiangyi City. It has a quiet environment, facing the sea and backed by mountains. It has an excellent Feng Shui. This area was once bought by the Jiang family, a well-known family in Jiangyi City, and planned to build it into the richest area in Jiangyi City. Hongqiang Manor is here. It is the first manor built by the Jiang family. It is a demonstration manor and also where they live. Later, the Jiang family had problems with its capital chain, and the project was suspended. ——The above information comes from Wanglue.

There is also a rumor that the young lady of the Jiang family and the captain of the assault team were almost engaged. The influence of the Ling family in Jiangyi City is no less than the influence of the Game Management Bureau among the players. Ling Changye and the young lady of the Jiang family were a perfect match back then.

When the members of the assault team saw this revelation, they immediately looked at Ling Changye.

Ling Changye said calmly, "Don't believe in rumors or spread them."

Xia Bai asked faintly: "Really?"

“…”

Because of this gossip, the post posted by Hua Haoming quickly became popular.

76L: Wow! Why aren’t you engaged?

77L: I’m from Jiangyi City, so I don’t know the details, but I know that the Jiang family has fallen on hard times. Maybe that’s why you’re not engaged?

78L: This game won't be created by Ling Changye's team. If they can help the young lady from the Jiang family to clear this map, this big project of the Jiang family can be revived. By then, that place will be more than just a wealthy area in Jiangyi City.

79L: What is this? To win a beautiful woman's smile, he set fire to the beacon fire to tease the princes? He is indeed the leader of the assault team, but has he considered the safety of other people's lives?

80L: We sign up voluntarily, no one is a fool, what are we considering?

81L: I am also from Jiangyi City, and the news I heard is indeed true. I heard that the two were childhood sweethearts. Back then, Ling Changye liked the young lady of the Jiang family very much, but the young lady didn’t like him. Later, the Jiang family fell into poverty, and the Ling family developed even better and became the richest family. Ling Changye still liked the young lady of the Jiang family very much. It was a story of a nobleman and his down-and-out young lady.

Several people looked at Ling Changye again.

Ling Changye still said: "Don't believe in rumors and don't spread them."

Xia Bai said blankly, "Our lives are also lives."

“…”

Hua Haoming: "What is said online is very convincing. If I hadn't proposed this game, I would have believed it. No, even if I proposed it, there might be some manipulation by the captain?"

Lin Xiang: "Could it be that the gossip I heard is incomplete? Will I miss it if I'm not in Jiangyi City?"

Hua Haoming immediately asked: "What gossip did you hear?"

Lin Xiang saw Ling Changye looking over, "...everything I heard is in this post, and there's still more than what's in the post."

This is a great opportunity to eat melons. Eating melons is human nature. Jing Yan couldn't help but read their true thoughts.

Xia Bai: "Oh."

Lin Xiang: "Did I leak such a big melon?"

Hua Haoming: "Finally I got to eat his melon."

Ling Changye: "Of course your life is your life."

Jing Yan: “…”

Something is wrong. Something is really wrong.

He began to think back to what he thought when he first saw the captain, and he kept thinking about this sentence. He felt like he had tasted the real big news, but he was not sure.

Ling Changye glanced at several people, but he didn't seem to look at anyone for even a second. He asked, "Has anyone signed up?"

"Thanks to the popularity of the post," Hua Haoming said, "more than 20 people have come to consult, and three have confirmed that they will participate."

Ling Changye: "You don't actually have to say the first sentence."

Hua Haoming: "I said that on purpose. The captain made a great contribution."

“…”

Thanks to the popularity of the post, they gathered ten players that night. In order to prevent any accidents, they also found two players they knew as backup team members.

Except for the five people on their side, the other five players are all players outside the Game Management Bureau. They registered together as two or three people.

It was common and reasonable for people who knew each other to play games together, and they didn't mind at all because all five of them knew each other.

But in this case, if one of them comes to sign up, they don’t know who his teammates will be. They are used to the bounty mission model of the Tourism Administration, so this is nothing. They don’t want to have people they know participate in the first place.

Because three of them were in a place quite far away and needed to fly here, they set the time at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening and played the game after dinner.

After the people and time were confirmed, the discussion about the game ended, but the gossip was not over.

Hua Haoming used the analysis game to talk about a lot of things about Hongqiang Manor, and finally said: "Is Hongqiang Manor really the home of Miss Jiang? Then she must know a lot about Hongqiang Manor, right? Why not ask her to tell us about it?"

“…”

Under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, Ling Changye said frankly: "Hongqiang Manor is indeed Jiang Yu's home. This game map was not proposed by me. They discussed the result and asked me if I wanted to play this game. I agreed to play this game not because of her."

Why is that?

Jing Yan hated himself for having just read Ling Changye's inner thoughts. Now the time has not come yet, so he cannot see what Ling Changye is thinking at this moment. Obviously, now is the time for the melon to explode.

Xia Bai said: "It seems that what they said is wrong. This Red Rose Manor is actually worth taking."

Several people immediately looked at him.

Xia Bai said seriously: "Whether this project is handed over to Miss Jiang or taken by the Ling family, it will be very valuable."

Lin Xiang nodded, "Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong. He looked at Xia Bai and saw that he had a dazed look on his face and showed no other expression. He looked at Ling Changye and did not see any unhappiness on his face. Instead, he caught a glimpse of a smile in his eyes?

Lin Xiang: “?”

When it was time for dinner, the captain ended the discussion firmly but not abruptly.

Everyone gathered together for a sumptuous dinner. The lively dinner lasted until around nine o'clock in the evening, and the second child fell asleep while eating.

After dinner, Ling Changye picked up the second child.

Xia Bai asked: "Are you going to take him tonight?"

Ling Changye took two steps while holding Erwa in his arms before saying, "I have other things to deal with, so I'd like you to take care of him for one night."

Seeing that he was holding Erwa, Xia Bai didn't reach out and let Ling Changye hold Erwa and send him to his room.

Jiangyi City has been a prosperous commercial city since ancient times, without any heavy industry, so it not only has beautiful scenery, but also good air. At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and people feel cool and gentle under the moon.

Xia Bai glanced at the corner of Ling Changye's mouth again and felt a hint of joy from him, even though he was not smiling.

Very strange.

Xia Bai thought that even if Ling Changye, whom he met this time in Jiangyi City, had the same smile on his face as always, he would not be happy in his heart. After all, everything that happened here recently was related to his father's death anniversary. He didn't believe in his dead father for many years, but they celebrated his death anniversary.

At this moment, he was actually very relaxed, and even without smiling, he felt very happy.

Ling Changye opened his mouth and unexpectedly mentioned what Xia Bai was wondering about, "I am always a little unhappy during these few days every year. Even though I feel less unhappy every year, I never thought that this year I would feel happy."

Xia Bai then asked: "Why?"

Ling Changye said: "Maybe I saw something very good, even if it's just a sign. On such a dark day, we don't need good things like fireworks exploding. Signs are hope for the future."

Xia Bai didn't understand, but he had already reached the door of the room.

Ling Changye handed Erwa to him and said, "To avoid misunderstanding, there is one thing I want to tell you again."

Xia Bai: "What's the matter?"

Ling Changye tilted his head slightly and looked at him with a smile, "I'm gay."

Xia Bai's heart skipped a beat. "Why are you telling me this? Do you want to clarify the online rumors that you don't like women?"

Ling Changye: "If your emotions are dull, use your brain to think."

Ling Changye left after leaving these ambiguous words.

Xia Bai stood at the door holding Erwa for a long time before walking into the room in a daze.

He took the advice and took out a notebook. Without using any emotion, he used the method he was good at to draw a logic map. He couldn't sleep for two hours while doing this.

Because he went to bed two hours late, Xia Bai got up two hours later the next day.

He needs to get enough sleep the night before downloading the game, without anyone disturbing him.

Xia Bai sat up from the bed in a daze and saw Erwa feeding his sister Xuemu breakfast with a tiny drop of blood.

When Erwa saw him get up, he immediately ran over and said to him, "Captain, go home and come back for dinner."

Xia Bai didn't know how Erwa knew this, so he nodded.

Because they had to play games, they had dinner very early, at five o'clock. Even so, Ling Changye came back before dinner as he said.

While eating, they talked about games.

Hua Haoming said: "The five people are here, and no one has violated the contract. We will go to Hongqiang Manor later and then we can download the game directly."

Ling Changye said "hmm" and reminded, "Those who signed up are all familiar with Hongqiang Manor. Since they know Hongqiang Manor and are willing to team up to play the game, they should be players with skills or players with ulterior motives, not idiots."

This can be a good thing for them, but it can also be a hidden danger.

This game is inherently difficult, and having powerful players participate can increase their chances of successfully completing the game. At the same time, if they have ulterior motives, the level of danger will also increase.

Ling Changye: "Everyone, please pay attention."

After dinner, Xia Bai handed Erwa to the assault team and took a car with them to Hongqiang Manor.

The origin of the name of Red Rose Manor is related to the flowers that Miss Jiang likes. It is said that the manor planted many roses at that time, and the main one was the red dense thorn rose, which was Miss Jiang's favorite.

There used to be patches of rose walls here, and it was also one of the check-in spots in Jiangyi City.

I don’t know whether these roses died or withered naturally in the winter, but now the manor no longer has the bright red color it once had, and is now only desolate.

It is said that a house without popularity will age easily. The magnificent manor that served as a demonstration at the time had already looked eerie and old after only a year without anyone approaching it.

There were four cars parked in front of the rusty iron gate, which was unexpectedly more. The other five people were two teams, so there shouldn't be so many cars.

They soon found out why.

A girl wearing a red mink and a long skirt got out of the car and looked at Ling Changye accurately.

Hua Haoming's eyes lit up, and he was eager to gossip. Lin Xiang and Jing Yan were similar to him. They had guessed the identity of this beautiful girl, one of the protagonists of the gossip, the young lady of the Jiang family, Jiang Yu.

The other five players also got out of the car. It was impossible for them to accept this task without reading the post and not knowing the big gossip in the post. They looked at the girl and Ling Changye one by one.

"Changye, I know everything and I understand. I didn't expect you to do this." As she said that, she walked towards Ling Changye.

Jiang Yu was in her early twenties, with bright and pretty features and a good temperament. The closer she got to Ling Changye, who was standing there calmly, the more she felt that they were a perfect match.

The post looking for teammates last night eventually became a gossip post, and the identity of this Miss Jiang was easily found out. This was because there was only one such Jiang family in Jiangyi City, and because Miss Jiang's family fell into decline, she took a stage name and became a celebrity, a very popular celebrity.

The two of them really look like a pair of a nobleman and a superstar.

But Jiang Yu couldn't get to Ling Changye.

As she approached, Xia Bai walked to Ling Changye with a blank expression under the gaze of everyone, and held Ling Changye's hand, "Your eyes are always blue every time you look at me."

He whispered.