Chapter 007: Wrong Status

How could Shen Sangning, a university bully, a technical worker, and an omnipotent wise man in Lin Xi's mind, have a pair of clear yet stupid eyes? Those eyes were just like the look Lin Xi had every time he encountered an unsolvable math problem in high school.

And there is not only clear stupidity, but also a bit of confusion.

Lin Xi swallowed, a bad feeling coming on. She opened her arms toward Chen Sangning, "Honey, hold me." Without hesitation, Chen Sangning walked over and sat across Lin Xi's lap, wrapping her arms around her neck.

Lin Xi was familiar with Shen Sangning's movements, but not with her eyes and expressions. But Shen Sangning had always followed her instructions, which was a problem! Suddenly, she felt a headache coming on. She called out "wife" and gave a series of instructions. Although Lin Xi's face was still blank, she still followed her instructions obediently.

After several rounds, Lin Xi confirmed that his wife had turned into a robot ghost.

Lin Xi came back to her senses from her excitement and sat blankly on the edge of the bed, head bowed, hands covering her face. After a while, Lin Xi looked at Shen Sang Ning, who had sat down next to her at some point, and gradually adjusted her mood.

In reality, Shen Sangning should be capable of independent action and isn't entirely a robot. This was specifically demonstrated by the fact that she had forcibly altered her talents in the dark space. Furthermore, when Shen Sangning emerged just now, she had indeed called her wife and herself by name.

This proves that she is not

Completely without any independent consciousness.

Lin Xi wanted to experiment again to find a way for Shen Sang Ning to move and think on her own, but she heard footsteps coming from the door. Soon after, there was a knock on the door.

"Lin Xi, Mom has prepared dinner. It's time to eat."

"Mom"'s voice was still gentle, but as long as Lin Xi thought of her head trying to kill her outside the window, she felt a chill in her body. She looked at Shen Sangning beside her. Shen Sangning did not react to the ghost outside at all, so the mechanism of Shen Sangning's action had nothing to do with ghosts.

But Lin Xi couldn't let the ghosts outside see Chen Sang Ning, because the first rule was "There are only five people in a sweet home." In this case, if there was one more person, Chen Sang Ning, and the family became six people, Lin Xi couldn't even imagine what would happen.

She pursed her lips and said to the outside: "Mom, you go first, I'll change my clothes and come right away."

After the previous trial in the room, Lin Xi realized that as long as she acted in a way that matched the image of the "sister" in the family, the four ghosts wouldn't give her too much trouble. On the other hand, if she didn't fit that image, she might be killed instantly by the ghosts.

She guessed right. Faced with such a sentence, the mother outside the door did not react much, but just urged: "Then come quickly, otherwise the food will get cold in a while."

"good."

The footsteps sounded again, and it was obvious that my mother had gone far away.

Lin Xi looked at Chen Sang Ning and tried: "Wife, come back first." Before, when she was in the dark space, Chen Sang Ning's hand came out from her chest. Although Lin Xi didn't know how she appeared just now, she guessed that Chen Sang Ning should be with her under normal circumstances, maybe in her body.

Shen Sangning didn't say anything, just looked at Lin Xi, then smiled and said "OK", then took a step towards Lin Xi and disappeared.

——If that’s the case, it should be attached to me, right?

Lin Xi was a little uncertain, but she didn't have time to delay any longer, so she simply tidied the room, opened the curtains, turned around, opened the door, and walked towards the restaurant. When Lin Xi arrived at the restaurant, the other four people were already seated, the father sat in a separate seat, the mother and the little girl sat on one side, the little boy and the mother sat face to face, and the only remaining seat was next to the little boy, opposite the little girl, and against the wall away from the father.

The food had already been placed on the table, and even the bowls were filled with rice. They would start eating as soon as Lin Xi took a seat.

Lin Xi naturally opened the only seat that was not occupied, and then sat down to eat.

Lin Xi had no idea that because he came a little later, he saved his life and even saved himself a big trouble: identifying his own seat. Now the number of people in the live broadcast room has been reduced to 30, and 10 people died in choosing seats.

There was one player who, faced with his mother's request for him to take a seat, simply pulled out a chair and sat down. This caused his father to become furious because he was sitting in his father's usual seat.

The dad ended with a sentence "What's wrong with you? Don't you know this is my seat? There's something wrong with you today. Are you really our child?! No! You are not!" and directly killed the player, and made the player their snack tonight.

There were also players who were asked by their "mother" to help her serve the rice, but when they walked into the kitchen, they violated some mechanism and were killed by the furious mother. It was just the prelude to dinner, and ten people died. The rules were weird and there was a real crisis at every step.

Lin Xi sat down at the table and started eating. She had of course wondered if the food made by ghosts was edible, whether it might taste like chewing wax or be made of unknown ingredients. But this "mother" actually made it quite realistically, with braised spareribs and vegetable tofu soup, and it was full of homely flavor.

Compared to my own cooking skills, it’s still far behind.

Lin Xi was quite hungry. It should have been the wee hours of the morning, so it was normal to be hungry after such a long time. Furthermore, in the seven days since Shen Sang Ning's death, Lin Xi hadn't eaten a proper meal, either skipping it outright or just ordering takeout.

Now Shen Sangning has returned to Lin Xi, and has turned into that ghost appearance casually, but as long as she is by her side, there is still hope. After Shen Sangning came back, Lin Xi's appetite also returned, and she started eating and drinking without hesitation.

Even if it might be made of some random stuff in secret, she would accept it. It was just a matter of choosing between chocolate that tasted like shi and shi that tasted like chocolate. Anyway, it all looked normal now, so she controlled herself not to think about it any more.

What if the people in the Rules and Ghost Talk Live Studio were kind-hearted and didn’t give her this weird scare segment?

Everything was normal during the meal, but after finishing her bowl of rice and scooping a spoonful of soup, things started to go wrong. Her parents' faces darkened, her sister had a strange expression, and her brother seemed to be gloating.

Apart from anything else, if they weren't smiling and just doing these weird movements, they would look quite human.

My mother's gentle voice sounded, but there was murderous intent in her words: "Lin Xi, what's wrong with you? You usually don't eat chopped green onions. Today I put chopped green onions in the vegetable and tofu soup. Why did you eat it?"

——Please don’t give her a weird personality.

Lin Xi's hairs all stood on end. Her mind raced, thinking she should say something to dissuade her mother. But her mother didn't even bother giving her time to react. She just blurted out, "You're not our child! She won't eat chopped green onions! You're fake! You're not family! I'm going to kill you!"

After saying this, my mother's head flew up again. She was very close to Lin Xi, and in less than a moment, her head was in front of Lin Xi. Her long black hair was draped behind her head, and her originally young and beautiful face suddenly opened a bloody mouth, and her teeth seemed like barbs, ready to eat Lin Xi alive.

At this moment, Lin Xi's brain stopped working. She knew that she would not be able to pass the test by herself. Lin Xi was a little unwilling. She had just met Shen Sang Ning and had not said a word to Shen Sang Ning who had turned into a ghost. She didn't know if she would also turn into a ghost if she was killed by the ghost in the Rule Ghost Talk copy.

A lot of thoughts flashed through her mind, but they finally turned into a voice: Shen Sangning.

Even when she was dying, the only person she thought of was her wife.

But neither pain nor death befell Lin Xi, for a pale, bloodless, seemingly powerless hand reached out from Lin Xi's chest. Shen Sangning's hand grasped her mother's neck. Her long, snake-like, earthworm-like neck was held in her palm.

At this moment, my mother was like a duck with its neck strangled. Not only could she not make a sound, but she was also completely terrified.

Lin Xi escaped death and couldn't help blinking. She subconsciously called out, "Wife..." Shen Sang Ning appeared in the restaurant. She stood behind Lin Xi, still holding the neck in her hand. Lin Xi raised her head and looked at Shen Sang Ning, who also lowered her head and looked back at her.

Chen Sangning's eyes were still filled with clear stupidity and confusion. She just unconsciously grasped the neck in her hand, as if she didn't know what to do with the long-necked monster opposite her. It seemed that doing this was just her instinct. When she thought of this, Lin Xi felt a slight pain in her heart.

Shen Sang Ning has become a ghost, a confused ghost with almost no thoughts of her own, but she still stood up and protected herself when she was in danger. Thinking about it carefully, the situation when Shen Sang Ning came out of the dark space before seemed to be similar.

It wasn't a direct threat to her, but a talent like "Evil Ghost Disgust" was essentially a death trap in a rule-based ghost story dungeon. To protect herself, Shen Sangning appeared and forcefully changed the outcome of the spin. Now, too, when she was in danger of death, she spontaneously took action.