"What about today?"

Where did Zhu Jinchao go?

"Where on earth did Zhu Jinchao go?!"

Su Ying was like a concubine who had gone mad in the cold palace. At this moment, she was grabbing Ning Shi and Zhu Mingyue's hands and asking them questions in a state of collapse.

Zhu Mingyue shook her head blankly: "I don't know, I really don't know... I've searched everywhere I could, but I just can't find anyone from Chaochao's group."

"And what about you?" Su Ying turned to Ning Shi, her eyes burning with fervor and madness. "Do you know where they've hidden?"

Ning Shi honestly replied, "I don't know. At the beginning of the game, I did think about hiding with Jinzhao and the others, but Jinzhao threatened to 'accidentally' get me out of there. I didn't dare to stay near her, so I ran away with Leizi and the others. As for where she went afterward, I really don't know."

"...I don't know." Su Ying suddenly let go of her hand, utterly despairing. "None of you know anything, so how are we supposed to find it? It's impossible to find it!"

"If you can't find it, just give up..." Fang Lei stood aside, making sarcastic remarks with a grin. "Anyway, we can't win today, so we might as well give up early and go have lunch."

"I won't!" Su Ying retorted sharply. "I will never forfeit! Forfeiting means losing three points, then how can we play the rest of the game?"

"Play the next game with us!" Fang Lei enthusiastically extended an olive branch to her. "Our group also lost three points for forfeiting. If you really can't find Jinzhao, why not just join us? Let's unite as brothers in misfortune to fight against the great demon king Jinzhao!"

"Mhm!" Ning Shi and Li Weiwan nodded in unison, extending a sincere invitation to Su Ying and Zhu Mingyue with their eyes.

"No!"

Su Ying and Zhu Mingyue refused in unison.

Zhu Mingyue took the hair tie off her wrist, casually tied up her long, loose hair, and said firmly, "If we can't find it, it means we've missed some places. As long as we search all those overlooked corners, we'll definitely find Chaochao."

“That’s right!” Su Ying and Xiao Chen agreed wholeheartedly.

Let's go.

Zhu Mingyue regained her confidence and led her shrimp soldiers and crab generals up to the fourth floor of the villa once again.

"Eh..."

Ning Shi watched their retreating figures and couldn't help but sigh deeply: "They could have just forfeited, but they insisted on wasting their energy like we did before coming back to forfeit. Stubborn kids..."

"Let them be." Fang Lei had already come to terms with it. "Anyway, they're all members of our abstention group. They can't run away."

“Mm.” Li Weiwan’s agreement was simple yet powerful.

[Hey, these three experienced people have already seen through Su Ying and Zhu Mingyue's fate, but unfortunately, those two girls still won't accept it.]

It's okay, they'll give up after searching a couple more times.

[“I was bullied at school. The school bully, Zhu Jinzhao, slapped me eight hundred times. I wasn't having it, so after school I lured Zhu Jinzhao to the woods. And then Zhu Jinzhao slapped me eight hundred times again. I gave up.”]

[They went to the fourth floor again... From the moment they chose to go to the fourth floor to look for someone, this game was destined to end in forfeit.]

So they're planning to search the villa thoroughly again? By the time they've done that, Jinzhao and Shijing's kids will probably be old enough to call him "Dad."

I'm not a hater: [Now he can call me grandpa too.]

I'm Jingjin's dog taking the imperial examination: [Now I can call her godmother too.]

I am the examinee in "Jing Jin Gan Kao" (a phrase from the novel *Dream of the Red Chamber*): [I can call him uncle now.]

Where can I find bison? [He can call me "little uncle" now.]

Hospitalization prevents me from taking leave to go home: [I can also call him my second uncle now.]

[Can you guys get out of here?]

The three hunters, still not convinced, searched the villa from top to bottom again, and then they were convinced.

"Let's abstain." Su Ying stood in front of the assistant director with her hands on her hips and her hair all frizzy. She gritted her teeth and said, "We're abstaining. You guys need to send out a notice and tell Jinzhao and the others to come out! I want to see where they're hiding that we can't find no matter how hard we look."

The assistant director gave an "OK" sign, then turned up the volume of the microphone and shouted towards the villa's main entrance: "Hunter Team One has forfeited! Jinzhao, Shijing, Xiao Li! You can come out now!"

"Ta-da!"

No sooner had the assistant director finished speaking than Xiao Li suddenly jumped out from behind several staff members in the corner.

"I'm right here."

"..."

"Holy crap!!"

Everyone in the living room was stunned.

Su Ying stared wide-eyed in disbelief, her hand trembling as she pointed at Xiao Li: "You were hiding right here?!"

Xiao Li smiled brightly: "Yes, I've been hiding here all along. Actually, when you were looking for someone, you all made eye contact with me several times, but unfortunately, you didn't recognize me."

"...I give up." Su Ying clenched her fists in frustration, wanting to punch herself on the head, but then felt that someone else deserved to be hit.

Zhu Mingyue's reaction was slightly calmer than hers, but it was clear that she was also very remorseful.

"There are the most monsters at the foot of Mount Ling. I completely forgot that you are actually a staff member of the production team, so I never even thought of looking for you among the staff. Sigh, I've missed so many opportunities."

Xiao Li shook his head smugly: "These were all ideas Jin Zhao gave me."

Su Ying: "Then where are they today?"

Xiao Li pointed to the doorway: "There it is!"

"Surprise!!!"

Zhu Jinzhao and Shi Jing entered the living room as Xiao Li spoke. They hadn't taken off their cosplay disguises yet, because when they appeared in front of everyone, they still looked like staff members of the production crew.

"..."

The guests in the living room all stared wide-eyed, stunned by the sight of the two of them.

As they walked toward the meeting point, they took off their wigs, removed their glasses, and stripped off all the clothes that weren't theirs, revealing their true selves.

"...Holy crap!!!"

The sudden exclamation was deafening.

Zhu Jinzhao tossed her long hair and asked with a smug smile, "Didn't expect that, did you? We've actually been right under your noses all along."

"...Aaaaaah!!!"

Su Ying screamed in despair: "Those two staff members at the door were actually you two in disguise! How could that even be allowed?!"

The assistant director thought for a moment, then nodded: "Theoretically, it's possible, because the key to hide-and-seek is finding people. As long as they can avoid being found by you, that counts as a win."

"..."

Su Ying closed her eyes, feeling like she was about to die of anger.

This time, Zhu Mingyue's reaction was just as intense as hers.

"Wow! You really have a sharp mind!"

Zhu Mingyue strode up to Zhu Jinzhao, stretched out her long arm, and tucked Zhu Jinzhao's head under her arm.

"Zhu Jinchao! You're incredibly smart!"

Zhu Jinchao cries out in a pathetic voice, "Help! Someone's been attacked!"