40 Taboo 1 || The third game

Yan Shuang got up early that day and walked to the balcony as usual to enjoy the morning breeze to wake himself up.

"Good morning." Old man Li's son was standing on the balcony smoking. When he saw Yan Shuang coming out, he greeted her.

Yan Shuang was not familiar with him, and most of the time she would hear Old Man Li talking about his son, Li Chengze. When the family moved here, Li Chengze had already gone to school in another province, and would only come back during holidays.

Yan Shuang nodded and responded to him.

Li Chengze put out his cigarette, his face full of fatigue. Perhaps it was because he had been feeling depressed over the past few days dealing with the funeral. Seeing Yan Shuang, he couldn't help but speak, "My mother passed away early, and my father was used to being alone all his life. As for me, I had been away from home all my life. I had just finished school and started working. I thought it would be easy to take him over now that I was settled. But he said that the house would be deserted after he left, and he refused to go. We had many arguments because of this."

Li Chengze smiled helplessly, "People really get more stubborn as they get older."

"He's also afraid of bothering you." Yan Shuang took over.

"I know. Sometimes I think I'm such a failure as a son." Li Chengze took out another cigarette and lit it. The ashtray was already full of cigarette butts. "Luckily you were here, otherwise I don't know how long it would have taken me to find out. But it's okay. At least I didn't suffer much pain from the sudden heart attack."

"I'm still late." Yan Shuang said.

After he said this, he thought of what Jing told him about the ground shaking at the end of the game, and Old Man Li was buried under the stone pillar. Of course, he couldn't tell Li Chengze this.

After Yan Shuang persuaded him for a few words, Ye Jing'an called and urged him to go out.

That night, to celebrate their escape from death, everyone had a hotpot meal together, including Ye Jing'an who had shamelessly followed them.

Xu Yaoyu and Ye Jing'an were at the dinner table. The atmosphere was chaotic because of the two of them. Yan Shuang lowered his head and ate while sweating all over.

Jing Ning was sitting next to Yan Shuang, but he was not as happy eating as Yan Shuang. However, he also drank a lot of wine. He leaned back in his chair, looking relaxed and calm, watching the people playing in the private room.

"Yan Shuang! Aren't you going to take care of him?" Xu Yaoyu had also drunk quite a bit, her face flushed red as she was fighting with Ye Jingan for the tripe in the pot. "He ate a whole plate by himself."

Yan Shuang took a bite of the food and said vaguely, "When I was little, my family was poor and had nothing to eat. It was mainly because I was afraid of poverty."

Suddenly the table burst into laughter...

Tian Yiyi quickly integrated into the group. Since Ye Jingan was there, she didn't mention the game and said that everyone should take care of each other. Xu Yaoyu didn't fool around either and sat next to them with a sweet smile.

There was no tense atmosphere. Everyone looked relaxed, talking and laughing, and there was no sign of the storm ahead.

After a few days of rest, it was time to enter the game again. It is worth mentioning that the soreness in Yan Shuang's body had completely disappeared.

It was raining heavily when Yan Shuang arrived at the company. The dampness and oppressive heat were overwhelming. Yan Shuang held a popsicle Ye Jing'an had bought in her mouth while repeatedly opening the game interface.

Xu Yaoyu sent a message in the group: I'm so nervous right now! It's torture, just like waiting for the results!

Lin Haichen: Distract yourself for a moment, and when you enter the game later, take a close look at the poster and see as much as you can.

Yan Shuang wasn't in the mood to work anymore, staring blankly at his computer. Ye Jing'an hadn't noticed when he'd walked up behind him, and seeing he didn't react, he patted his shoulder. "You've been distracted all day. What did you think was going on? You're actually staring at a game poster?"

Yan Shuang was startled, and after turning around to see that it was Ye Jingan, her heart was still not at ease when his words brought her back to her senses. She looked incredulous and her eyelids twitched, "You...you can see clearly?"

"Look at what you're saying. The computer screen is only 40 centimeters away from me, and I'm not blind." Ye Jing'an said, "Shuang'er, you're not scared by a game poster, are you?"

Yan Shuang hurriedly asked him: "Tell me what's on it?"

Ye Jingan looked at him in confusion, and then saw that Yan Shuang didn't seem to be joking, and said in bewilderment: "It's written here, 'Married Woman'."

The two of them were so loud that their colleagues around them kept turning their heads. A bad premonition suddenly arose in Yan Shuang's heart, and he hurriedly got up to check Ye Jing'an's computer.

After searching around and finding no game icon, Yan Shuang finally felt relieved. He couldn't let Ye Jing'an get involved, ever.

At 7:19 PM, the game's cover changed, resembling a building with a large sign above it. Yan Shuang felt a massive force drawing him in. When the overhead light flickered, his vision shifted, a flash of white light passed, and when he opened his eyes, he was already in the game.

The office disappeared, and what appeared before Yan Shuang was a middle school. He looked around. The school gate was closed, an old man was dozing off in the security office, and the students should be in class. There were also some students playing basketball on the playground.

"Hey, why am I here?"

Yan Shuang turned around abruptly upon hearing the familiar voice, meeting Ye Jing'an's puzzled expression. Seeing Yan Shuang in front of him, the fog in Ye Jing'an's eyes instantly dissipated, "Have we traveled through time?"

Yan Shuang had cursed the game over and over again in her heart for about eight hundred times!

Yan Shuang took out his phone and took a look. Surprisingly, he actually had a signal, albeit a weak one. But he still put it in his pocket. He was risking his life to make a call while in the game. Whether the call would go through was another matter. Even if it did, whether the person on the other end was a human or a ghost was still a question.

He explained the current situation to Ye Jingan, regardless of whether Ye Jingan believed it or not. He simply told him everything in a nutshell. Of course, he didn't explain it too clearly. If he were to explain it in detail, he wouldn't be able to finish until dark. "Do you understand? You are in a game now, and there are ghosts in the game."

Ye Jingan suddenly said, "Is the ghost a woman or a man? Are we role-playing? Are we teachers at the school gate now?"

Yan Shuang: ...I'm so confused. I finally understand how difficult it is for Lin Haichen. Every newcomer has a million questions.

Yan Shuang said seriously, "I'll explain this to you later. The most urgent thing is to gather everyone."

The two stood there looking around. Ten minutes later, Lin Haichen, Tian Yiyi and Xu Yaoyu also appeared at the door.

After seeing the three people, Ye Jing'an immediately understood what Yan Shuang was talking about. He had been curious about where Yan Shuang met these friends, as he had never heard him mention it. It turned out that all the people at the party that day were game players.

Lin Haichen walked towards Yan Shuang and the other person, raised his hand to greet them, and looked at Ye Jingan, "I didn't expect you to come in too."

Ye Jingan had already gotten to know these people at the party that day, so he waved and responded casually, "Doctor Lin, how many people are playing this game?"

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