Knock, knock, knock...

Suddenly, the sound of hurried high heels was heard outside the round table conference room.

"You guys really don't follow the rules at all!"

Su Yi raised his head and saw a seductive woman with heavy makeup and an old man with gray hair coming to the conference room and scolding:

"The master hasn't even come yet, and you dare to hold a meeting?"

The master was wearing an oak brown haute couture suit, with a pigeon blood ruby ​​brooch, a hooked nose, grey eyes, and was a foreigner, estimated to be almost sixty years old.

Su Yi thought that this person should be the master of the Bai family. The woman next to him was quite young, probably only in her early twenties. An old man and a young wife was also considered the norm in wealthy families.

The Bai family master hugged his wife and scanned everyone present with his confused eyes. He was a little presbyopic and stood far away from the third young master, so he couldn't see the rank clearly on it. He cursed:

"A bunch of bastards! They didn't even know how to greet me when I came!"

He spoke English, and the system automatically translated it to all players using his voice.

Planner Peng was shocked. What’s wrong with this old man? How dare he be so presumptuous even with Bai Shen in charge?

The eldest young master glanced over there indifferently, completely ignoring his father. The third young master Bai Shen didn't even bother to raise his eyelids from beginning to end.

"puff--"

The magician laughed softly: "Some people are really addicted to acting."

He raised his fingertips slightly, and with a whoosh, like magic, Su Yi heard: Ding——

It was the sound of the system screen. The magician pulled out two screens from their bodies. His slender fingers moved up and down like typing, and the two screens crackled and dropped a lot of players' private information:

Brooklin White, 59, died in a car accident and entered the thriller script murder, currently playing the role of the White family master;

Current level: Level 18, Gold coins: 96, Backpack items: A pair of reading glasses.

Grace Link, a 21-year-old mixed-race girl, accidentally entered a horror murder script while taking drugs. She is currently playing the fifth wife of the Bai family master.

Current level: Level 6, Gold coins: 12, Backpack items: Myopic glasses.

Magician: "You are not ashamed to come here with your level?"

The man is old and the woman is nearsighted. They are used to being bossy as the master and the lady in the script-killing games. They still couldn't get out of the role when it came to the round-table reasoning segment and continued to treat people with the condescending attitude in the script.

Mr. Bai and his wife put on their glasses tremblingly, and after a quick look, they immediately saw levels 53, 75, 88, and even 97, 98, and...

Level 108, White God!!

The two of them shuddered, shut their mouths, and quickly found a seat to sit down with their heads down.

The old pastor snorted and stared at Mr. Bai: "You are not young anymore, but you still don't understand the situation. The script is just a script, don't take yourself too seriously!"

Su Yi observed that although the old pastor was talking to the two men, his eyes were always on the magician.

At this moment, several senior players present were stunned by the magician.

The light screen interface is the privacy of every player. All their data and information are on it. Being able to spy on other people's light screens at will is simply a bug-level horror.

——Who is this guy?

Lawyer Chen in the gray suit was secretly glad that he did not continue to question the magician when he questioned why he wore a mask. He probably couldn't afford to offend such a person.

When the players were introducing each other, it happened to be the magician's turn, and everyone was looking at him openly and secretly.

The magician, like Baishen, didn't even stand up. He just sat there, shrugged his shoulders, and wore a clown mask with a mean smile on his face:

"I'd also like to learn from our White God's majesty. There's nothing much to introduce. Let's go to the next one."

——There is no next player.

There were thirteen round tables, with twelve people sitting at them. Mr. Bai and his wife, who came later, had their information cards taken away, so there was no need for them to introduce themselves.

Su Yi's heart skipped a beat. Generally speaking, in this kind of suspenseful mystery plot, if the remaining person is late, it is probably...

clang!

At exactly six o'clock in the evening, the church bells rang long and deep.

The twelve people present all had guesses in their minds.

"The person you shot and killed earlier should be the thirteenth player."

Sister Lin spoke first, her eyes turned to Su Yi's Bai Da Shao.

"Wait a minute! What's going on?" Fang, who was just at level 3, was shocked. This situation somewhat overturned his impression of script-killing:

"So...they both shot and killed the player. Doesn't that make them the murderer? What else is there to reason about?"

Su Yi didn't say anything. This was also his question. What was the purpose of today's concentrated reasoning? The whole case was very strange.

The maid, Miss Lin, entered the room and screamed. She knew the scene better than anyone else. She explained, "It was the player who wanted to kill the bride, and the young master helped the bride shoot and kill him. So to the bride, the player was like the murderer."

Liu Ge, who was not at a high level, was confused. "So, player number 13 went to commit the crime and killed the bride, but was killed by her husband in self-defense. Is that what you mean? There's nothing to speculate about. Can't we just vote for number 13?"

Wedding planner Ms. Peng smiled and replied, "Okay, just go and vote for number 13. We'll see if you're dead later, and we won't have to waste time having a centralized reasoning session here."

Singer Liu glanced at the other party's level 88 and kept quiet.

"Okay, everyone, don't start arguing. There must be something wrong here." Lawyer Chen in the gray suit said, "According to the plot setting, I have to stay in Mr. Bai's study. The soundproofing there is too good, and I can hardly hear anything outside.

"How about this, let's each take turns and go through it from the beginning. Let's explain clearly where everyone was and what they did before, and when."

Ms. Peng: "Then let's officially move on to the next step, which is to present the timeline. Everyone should take notes."

The system's machine voice sounded again:

[Players gather for reasoning for the first time. In the second phase, character business cards are distributed. Players are asked to complete their character collection and take notes.]

Su Yi saw his light screen floating in the air, then unfolded and turned into a large loose-leaf book.

At the top left of the page is a blank box:

[Waiting for other players to send personalized business cards. You can paste your business cards here.]

There are some blank horizontal lines at the back, which should be for each player to take notes. There are also many columns, such as the doubt column, evidence storage column, suspicion index, preliminary reasoning... It is convenient for players to record at any time when searching for evidence later.

Ding Dong——

[You have received your first business card, from the eldest son of the Bai family. Do you want to check it?]

Su Yi clicked yes.

Mr. Bai's business card was a night-black color with silver characters. There was a full moon in the upper left corner, emitting a hazy light yellow. There was a slight dark pattern in the lower right corner. Su Yi leaned forward and took a closer look. It was an English word:

night

Before night, there is a little rabbit with its ears erected. It sits by the water, quietly waiting. Its reflection in the water also has a pair of rabbit ears erected. The two pairs of rabbit ears, together, look like the letter K.

K plus night, Knight.

——I don’t know whose knight this is.

These designs are very tiny, and a normal person wouldn't even notice that there is anything there when just glancing at the business card. And precisely because they are hard to spot, when Su Yi spotted them at a glance, he smiled and thought they were quite interesting.

Su Yi raised his hand and placed this poetic business card on the first page of his loose-leaf notebook.

The next business cards Su Yi received were from Planner Peng and Maid Lin. Su Yi saw that these business cards had the person's surname plus the role he played, such as herself being Bride Su.

According to this logic, the players who play the role of the Bai family should all have the surname Bai. Su Yi guessed that the system plot setting only set up wealthy families, and the surnames were random. But after the surnames were determined, people with the same surname would be drawn to play the roles of brothers and fathers.

For example, Bai Shen, who plays the third young master, has the surname Bai, and the foreigner who plays the old master has the surname White. Similarly, the player who plays the eldest young master should also have the surname Bai.

Su Yi wrote this down in the doubt column of the eldest young master's page, leaving it for later verification.

Maid Lin, Planner Peng, Old Pastor, and Lawyer Chen's business cards have all been sent out. The remaining players of lower levels are still making business cards. The highest-level player, Bai Shen, must have ready-made business cards in his hand, but he has not sent them out yet, and others do not dare to urge him.

Miss Lin, the second-rank maid, took the initiative to host the event: "It's okay to hand out business cards slowly, so let's officially start the timeline.

"This copy of the bride has the most information, so please let Bride Su speak first."

Su Yi briefly summarized the groom selection process and was about to tell the details of his encounter with the murderer...

"Excuse me for interrupting." Miss Lin said, "Newcomer brother, you can't be so concise. You have to... well, explain the relationship between each character. For example, what is your relationship with the magician? Why did he reach out and touch you as soon as he came?"

Miss Peng laughed beside her and hit her: "You are so bad."

The magician sat aside and looked at Su Yi leisurely.

"He is... my ex-boyfriend." Su Yi whispered, following the bride's emotional setting word for word, "I was studying in France two years ago, studying painting, and he was performing magic on the street at the time. We met by chance, and broke up after dating for two months."

Although Sister Lin did bad things, the key time points of two years and two months were immediately recorded in the book.

"So, what's the situation between you and the Third Young Master?"

Su Yi suddenly felt the Third Young Master's gaze turning towards him, just like when he was choosing a groom, staring at him coldly and closely.

"He and I just knew each other...when we were students."

Sister Lin automatically translated: "Oh - first love?"

"I guess...right." Su Yi recalled the love history given by the system, and was a little unsure whether this could be considered first love. The plot setting was:

He was cornered by campus thugs demanding protection money, and the Third Young Master, who had a crush on him, stood up for him in the fight. He felt a little guilty, and doing homework and exams every day was really boring, so he thought puppy love might be interesting, so he agreed to give it a try with the Third Young Master (but did not agree to confirm the relationship). At the same time, he didn't know that the Third Young Master came from a wealthy family, so he found a random excuse to say goodbye to the Third Young Master when he graduated.

In Su Yi's opinion, this was just a joke during school days and could not be considered a serious relationship.

"So, these two are exes." Miss Lin glanced at the magician and the third young master, then turned to ask Su Yi:

"So what's the situation between you and the eldest son of the Bai family? Do you have a romantic relationship? Or did you marry him purely for his money?"

Su Yi felt the young master's gaze on him! But he couldn't lie, so he could only follow the plot and whispered:

“…for money.”

Young Master Bai: “…”

Miss Peng suppressed her laughter: "Okay, I understand. So, do you have a boyfriend now?"

"No…"

When he first heard the question, Su Yi answered it subconsciously. After answering, he realized that the question seemed to be asking whether he had a boyfriend in real life, and had nothing to do with script killing.

"Really?" Miss Lin at the side was full of surprise, her gossiping spirit burning, "How could that be? Are the men around you blind? Then you must have dated one or two before, right?"

Su Yi blushed when he asked this question. He saw a large area of ​​pink bursting out on his small TV:

[Family members, I’m so excited! ]

[Sister Lin is awesome! ! ! ! Every word touches my heart! ]

[Wuwuwuwu, honey, if you’ve ever had a boyfriend, I’d be so angry. What kind of stinky man could lick my sweet wife! But honey, if you’ve never had a boyfriend, I’d be even more angry. What kind of stinky man has such poor taste!!!]

Su Yi opened his mouth, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Ms. Peng joked: "Remember the rules of script-killing, don't lie~"

Su Yi knew in his heart that lying about this question would not be counted by the system, because things in real life had nothing to do with the script case.

But there was no need for him to take the risk of lying for his ex-boyfriend.

"...Yes." Su Yi answered frankly, "I guess I had one. When I was in high school."

Sister Lin and Sister Peng exclaimed "Wow!", and Su Yi's TV screen exploded:

[Wow, it really happened! I cried, I was heartbroken!]

[Why are you crying? Didn’t you hear your wife say that it happened? What do you mean by past? Past is the past. An ex-boyfriend is nothing!]

[Wait a minute, my wife originally said that I had had an affair with her, what is this? This stinky man who can barely be considered my ex-boyfriend, what kind of treatment is this? This is hilarious, he is not even worthy of being my love rival! ]

[Ex-boyfriends and all that, go to hell! My sweet wife, come into my arms!]

…

Su Yi lowered his head, not daring to look at the passionate comments, nor the people present. Sister Lin was more excited to find out a piece of gossip than to find out the truth:

"So, do you still have any feelings for your high school ex-boyfriend?"

Su Yi was socially phobic. With so many people staring at him, he couldn't help but feel nervous. When he was nervous, his senses became more acute. He could feel that among the crowd's gazes, there were three men who were the most explicit and fierce, especially the Third Young Master, whose gazes were so sharp that it seemed to pierce a hole in him.

"No, I don't feel anything." Su Yi answered honestly.

In his mind, the term "ex-boyfriend" was a bit of an exaggeration, as their relationship was far from that.

When I was in high school, my classmates played the King Game. Number four had to date number five for three months. Su Yi drew number five, and that person drew number four.

The classmates laughed and joked for a week, but the fun wore off and no one paid any attention to them.

The man persisted seriously. During those three months, they went to see two movies, both suspense films, went to the library to do homework twice, in math, physics and chemistry, and made three or four phone calls, basically to confirm exam times, but they would hang up after less than two minutes.

Later, when the college entrance examination was approaching, Su Yiben planned to study abroad and go abroad for medical treatment, so he stopped preparing for the college entrance examination and left school. They never contacted each other again.

It's too strange to call a relationship that started inexplicably and ended in vain a love relationship.

But the King's Game at the beginning said that we had to date for three months, and the deadline has been met, so... I guess he can barely be considered my ex-boyfriend.

Many things in high school are a bit vague, and this wasn’t a big deal. If Sister Lin hadn’t mentioned it, Su Yi really wouldn’t have remembered this past event.

Coincidentally, in real life, his ex-boyfriend from high school also happened to have the surname Bai.