Just when everyone was silent, Xia Xiaoxian suddenly stood up unexpectedly.
She smiled at the man in the flying fish suit standing next to her, then said, "I've set this level up so that no one can win!"
"Am I right?"
The man in the flying fish suit didn't move.
Xia Xiaoxian turned to the crowd and said, "If I'm not mistaken, except for me, everyone else got a letter from the Trickster!"
"You all lied!"
After saying that, Xia Xiaoxian spread out her own letter paper flatly and placed it on the table.
Three words were written on it: "Deceitful One!"
After hearing Xia Xiaoxian's guess, everyone's expression was extremely complicated.
After a long silence, Xia Chongde was the first to ask, "Could it be that... everyone is really lying? And you are the only one who is truly not lying?"
Xia Xiaoxian nodded and replied, "Indeed, you are all smarter than I thought."
Seeing that no one objected, Xia Xiaoxian continued to explain, "Each of you has added a little extra information to your own story. This way, others can't be sure whether you are lying or not!"
"But how can you make us believe that you didn't tell a lie? After all, what you said is the most bizarre among all of us." Xia Chongwen also asked Xia Xiaoxian.
"Also, what makes you say we are all lying?" It was Xia Linan's extremely calm voice.
"You can't possibly be telling the truth. Not only do I know you're lying, I even know where you've added to the story." Xia Xiaoxian's voice grew serious. "Actually, what I want to tell you is that there's no way there's a winner in this storybook duel!"
"The reason is that this so-called mission to find the 'Trickster' doesn't exist at all, because we are all 'Tricksters'!"
"I wanted to do this storybook killing, but it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. I'm going to use something like a psychedelic drug to make you take it and forget everything that happened before."
"And then they fabricated a 'Trickster' mission just for fun. So, the real 'Trickster' is the author of this storybook killing!"
"As for the author of this storybook murder, I still haven't figured out how she made your minds have memories that are completely different from the real world."
"What I do know is that the effects of the drug should wear off soon. If everyone chooses the same as me, that the author of the storybook murder is the 'Trickster', I believe we can all wake up together."
"Okay, I've finished what I'm saying. I believe you all have your own choices in your hearts."
Xia Xiaoxian stopped talking. She thought she understood Xu Yunxuan's purpose.
Aunt Yun arranged this game because she came from a book and should have known the future outcomes of the nine people in it long ago.
Everyone’s performance in this game now reflects their true inner thoughts.
Xia Xiaoxian retracted her gaze and looked at everyone, "If everyone makes their own choice sooner, they can leave."
It's really just a game.
......
Sure enough, in the end everyone chose to "kill the author with the storybook"!
The sound of wind chimes rang out from afar, and the man in the flying fish suit slowly walked up to the crowd and said, "Game over!"
Before anyone could react, a strong light shone into the entire room.
Everyone saw nothing but a vast expanse of white.
......
When I opened my eyes again, the table was still piled high with delicacies from land and sea.
"Xia Xiaoxian?"
Everyone in the room looked for Xia Xiaoxian.
"Why don't you see Xiaoxian?"
"Brother, I just had a dream."
Xia Yongan's eyes were a little blurry, as if he hadn't woken up from his dream yet. He pressed his left chest and said to Xia Linan, "But it wasn't entirely a dream. I still feel a dull pain in my left chest."
"Yong'an, what kind of dream did you have? Why don't you tell us about it?" Xia Lin'an nodded. "Maybe we all had a dream."
"I dreamed that a man in a Feiyu suit stabbed me in the chest with a knife, and then I knew nothing. When I opened my eyes again, I was still in Zuixianlou!" When Xia Yongan said this, one could even see the pain of the knife stabbing into his chest on his face.
Zhang Mingyu said, "I remember drinking a bowl of sweet soup sent by the owner of Zuixianlou, and then I had a very long dream."
"Were you an embroiderer in your dream?" Zhang Mingbao asked with a smile, as if he remembered something.
"How do you know?"
"And in my dream, I was the top prostitute in a brothel. Can you believe it?"
Zhang Mingyu seemed to recall more details. She looked around at the people around her and asked, "What about you?"
"Well, I'm a thief!" Li Jiujiang said this with some helplessness.
"I'm a constable, specializing in catching thieves." Xia Chongde smiled mischievously at Li Jiujiang.
"I'm a doctor." Xia Chongwen nodded and said seriously, "Perhaps I really would rather be a doctor."
"I actually became a tribute student!" Xia Ping'an was a little excited.
Although he had never been to the Imperial College, every tree and blade of grass there was already in his memory.
I have to find a chance to go there and see if it is exactly the same as in my dream.
"And I'm actually the owner of a brothel." Xia Xiaoyan looked at Xia Linan in disbelief. She asked, "Brother, who are you in the dream?"
"Me?" Xia Lin'an lowered his head and thought carefully for a long time before replying, "I think he should be the son of a landlord."
"Aren't we playing some storybook killing game? Why does it feel like a dream?" Xia Xiaoyan continued to ask.
"Yeah, that's exactly how it feels."
Everyone talked about their experiences in the story, and then they also described their roles in the story.
It feels so real, yet so unreal.
"I remember that it was Xia Xiaoxian who saved everyone in the end, and that's when we woke up from our dream." Zhang Mingyu said softly.
Her words instantly ignited questions in everyone's minds.
Everyone felt it vaguely in their hearts.
Among the ten people, only Xia Xiaoxian is somewhat different from the others, whether in the game or in reality.
The only thing everyone remembers is that Xia Xiaoxian saved everyone in the end.
But at this moment, she is nowhere to be seen.
Just as everyone was confused, Xu Yunxuan, the owner of Zuixianlou, walked in and said to the group, "Gentlemen and ladies, Xiaoxian is not very tolerant and has returned to Luyuan. She asked me to tell you to return to your homes and meet at Zuixianlou again in seven days."
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