Chapter 37 I've never heard you comment like that before...
In the midst of a snow-covered landscape, four people on two boats faced off.
Fang Xingu really couldn't understand why Jing Yitong was angry when he didn't even know who Jing Yitong liked, and he hadn't even managed to get the answer out of Jing Yitong.
Fang Xin couldn't understand why he had anything to be angry about.
Fang Xingu felt a throbbing headache coming on again. He rubbed his temples with his thumb knuckle, looking utterly helpless: "What are you all doing blocking this place?"
Jing Yitong's smile remained unchanged: "I just heard you guys having a good time chatting, so I wanted to come and join in the fun."
"There's nothing to share about work."
"You're this happy even when talking about work?"
Listening to the two of them start talking sarcasticly again, Wang Peiyang shrank back to minimize his presence. He felt a deep sense of desolation. Did Jing Yitong always have to drag him into trouble?
Is there no one who can take care of whether he lives or dies?
He shifted his gaze to Lu Changning, who looked just as innocent as him, only to find that although Lu Changning seemed confused, he was still observing Jing Yitong with great interest.
After exchanging a few meaningless words with Jing Yitong, Fang Xingu got a little annoyed. He instructed Lu Changning to row the boat backward and simply bypassed Jing Yitong, leaving without a trace. Fortunately, this time Jing Yitong did not chase after him.
Lu Changning struggled to row the boat forward, let alone backward; in the end, it was Fang Xingu who managed to row it away.
He said apologetically, "I'm sorry, did I slack off a bit?"
Fang Xingu was amused by his double entendre: "It's nothing, the essence of rowing is just paddling."
After exchanging a few words, Lu Changning still hesitated before asking, "Do you really not get along with Teacher Jing?"
“…No, not exactly,” Fang Xingu said, but then he thought of Jing Yitong’s abnormal behavior earlier and felt that his words were not very convincing, so he added, “He took the wrong medicine today and his mind is not right. Don’t pay attention to him.”
Lu Changning paused for a moment: "I've never heard you evaluate someone like that before."
Fang Xingu muttered under his breath, "Who knows what he's been up to lately..."
Lu Changning turned around and looked at him with some surprise. Fang Xingu was hanging his head and seemed to be thinking about something, but his expression showed obvious distress and irritability.
Lu Changning had known Fang Xingu for four years and knew that Fang Xingu was not the type to speak ill of others behind their backs. Based on this, Fang Xingu's attitude towards Jing Yitong was quite different.
Before coming to "The World Is So Big", he knew that people online were saying that Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong were not on good terms, but after watching the previous live broadcasts, he felt that the two should have known each other for a long time and that their private relationship was not too bad.
Fang Xingu's attitude towards Jing Yitong was too casual, and even his emotions were so outwardly expressed, which was not Fang Xingu's usual behavior.
In those few dozen seconds, Lu Changning thought about many things. By the time he came back to his senses, Fang Xingu had already changed the subject and started talking to him: "How is your dad's health lately?"
At this point, Lu Changning smiled gently: "Very good. He even cooked a whole table of dishes for me when I went home the other day. I owe you so much for what happened back then."
"It's good that Uncle is in good health."
Lu Changning sighed, "I've finally paid back all the money I owed you, and I'm free again."
Fang Xingu frowned and complained, "It's like you've sold yourself to me."
Moreover, it's not that Lu Changning can't repay the money; it's that he inexplicably insists on repaying a little bit every month, just like a loan, claiming that he wants to pay more interest to Fang Xin.
“Sigh,” Lu Changning sighed silently, “Time flies so fast, four years is just a blink of an eye.”
"yes."
The two chatted idly as they rowed aimlessly across the sea. Fang Xingu took Lu Changning to touch the iceberg and made the kayak break the floating ice on the sea surface again and again. He rowed the boat to the shore and took Lu Changning to see the penguins incubating their eggs on the island up close. He also chased after a group of penguins leaping in the sea.
This was the first time in Lu Changning's life that he had seen such a wonderful world. Even just being in a kayak made him extremely happy, and he was still reluctant to leave when he returned to the Affogato.
After dinner, he kept saying, "This trip to Antarctica was really worth it. It would have been a waste to just be a guest star."
Fang Xingu nodded in agreement: "We're going hiking on the ice field tomorrow, it's sure to be a lot of fun."
"I'm already looking forward to it!"
Rhoda encouraged him from the side, "Then Changning, don't leave. Come with us on the boat back to Ushuaia."
Lu Changning saw through his trick in a second: "Brother Da just wants me to experience the Drake Passage as well."
"Haha, if you come to Antarctica and don't experience the devilish Roaring Forties, then you've wasted your trip!"
Just as the group was chatting happily, the annoying Yan Tu came again. He gestured for everyone to be quiet, and after they calmed down, he said, "First of all, welcome to Professor Tan and Professor Lu to our Antarctic expedition team. Although they will be leaving tomorrow afternoon, let's give them a warm round of applause tonight!"
The nine people applauded and cheered. Yan Tu continued, "Tonight we're planning to do a live stream and play some games to liven up the atmosphere. Does anyone have any suggestions?"
Li Wenyu's gaze unconsciously swept over Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong. She raised her hand and answered quickly, "Truth or Dare! This is a must-have activity at parties!"
Hehe, she has a whole bunch of tricks up her sleeve waiting for these two to take the bait!
To her surprise, no one responded to her call. After all, it was going to be a live broadcast, and there were too many uncontrollable factors in games like Truth or Dare, so they were all a little worried.
Fang Xingu glanced at Li Wenyu. He knew immediately that Li Wenyu had ill intentions and was definitely plotting something. Fortunately, no one was cooperating with her, so Fang Xingu simply made another suggestion: "Nine people, that's just the right number for a standard Werewolf game."
Rhoda nodded in agreement: "I also think that Truth or Dare is too boring, let's play Werewolf instead!"
Tan Zhi hesitated for a moment: "But I've never played Werewolf."
Wang Peiyang patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, Teacher Tan. It's quite interesting and not difficult. You'll know after playing one game."
Meng Hui also said, "Actually, I haven't played much. I only know the general rules. Please don't think I'm bad at it."
Tan Zhi smiled wryly: "Sigh, at our age, where would we have come across these kinds of games that young people play?"
Meng Hui joked, "Teacher Tan, the two of us have also raised the average age of the entire production team."
Rhoda comforted him, "Hey, we're not professional players either, we're just playing around. If you don't understand how it is, just take advantage of the situation."
After a lively discussion, everyone except Li Wenyu unanimously agreed to play Werewolf.
Fang Xin gave Li Wenyu a provocative look, which earned him several glares from Li Wenyu.
They moved to a small conference room, and the production team used this time to set up the live streaming equipment. A group of early-rising viewers immediately flooded into the live stream room—
"Ahhh, they're finally streaming again!"
"Am I hallucinating? What's Lu Changning doing here?"
"Is that Tan Zhi in the corner...?"
Lu Changning pulled Tan Zhi along and took the initiative to greet the audience: "Hello, viewers of 'The World Is So Big', Teacher Tan and I are guest stars. We'll be playing Werewolf together in a live stream later."
"Holy crap, it really is Lu Changning!"
"Former Nb fans are about to cry, production team, you've done so much good, sob sob!"
"Even after leaving NB, our mainland side still has after-sales service!"
"Fang Lu is the true immortal, I swear to defend Fang Xin's right to pretend to be number one [drooling]"
"Fang Lufang, stop arguing! This is Tongxinyuan's home turf!"
"Can KY please get lost? [smile] Does everyone have to ship your Tongxinyuan?
"Hehe, yes!"
"Didn't there gossip before that 'The World Is So Big' initially signed Tan Zhi, but he left on his own later? How come he's back?"
"Ahhh, it's one of our Nb's regular programs, Werewolf!"
“Back then, Tan Zhi disliked ‘The World Is So Big’ because it was too unpopular. Now that the show is gaining popularity, he can’t help but come here to ride the wave of popularity.”
"Wasn't he running away because he knew Liang Jiyan was on the show...?"
"In this snobbish entertainment industry, are there really people who believe this kind of nonsense?"
Will we, Nb, ever have the chance to reunite in our lifetime?
"If the Chinese entertainment industry doesn't produce any geniuses, the world will remain in perpetual darkness!"
Amidst the flurry of comments, the nine guests had already drawn their role cards for the first round of Werewolf. They were playing the classic Seer, Witch, and Hunter setup, with Yan Tu temporarily acting as the judge to control the game.
Because of the presence of two new players, Meng Hui and Tan Zhi, the first game was played peacefully. The players explained things to each other while playing, and the game ended with the witch Jing Yitong poisoning the werewolf Lu Changning, leading the good guys to win the first game.
In the second round, Fang Xin Gu drew the werewolf card. On the first night, he opened his eyes and saw Lu Chang Ning sitting next to him and Wang Pei Yang opposite him, looking at each other in bewilderment.
Who should we kill?
The three exchanged glances for a moment, and finally Lu Changning pointed to himself and made a throat-slitting gesture, as if preparing to kill himself.
Upon seeing his actions, Fang Xingu's expression first showed disbelief, then quickly turned into one of pain as he closed his eyes. They hadn't played the sheriff mechanic this round, and self-inflicted wounds could at most trick the witch into giving him the antidote, which Fang Xingu felt was of little use.
Most importantly, Lu Changning is not the type to lie. In the past, when they played Werewolf in Nebula, Lu Changning would always pretend to be a villager whenever he drew the werewolf card. He never made a false claim and was a completely honest player. I don't know what triggered him today, but he actually started to kill himself. He hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands in horror to refuse Lu Changning.
Perhaps it was Fang Xingu's utterly dejected expression that was so funny that Wang Peiyang almost burst out laughing. Fortunately, Fang Xingu glanced at him at the last moment, which made him hold back.
After the three of them dawdled for a long time, even Judge Yan Tu couldn't stand it anymore and urged, "Who will the werewolf kill tonight?"
Fang Xingu glanced around and finally made an eight-shaped hand gesture – Jing Yitong.
Yan Tu nodded. A night passed; yesterday was Christmas Eve. It seemed the witch had given Jing Yitong the antidote.
After everyone had spoken, when it was Fang Xin Gu's turn (number six), he jumped in to stir things up: "First of all, I'm on the good guys' side. I don't know if anyone noticed, but last night when the werewolves were killing someone, it took them a very long time to decide who to kill. I think it's very likely that the three werewolves are relatively new players, so they discussed it for a long time last night. Firstly, they don't know how to communicate at night, and secondly, they don't know who they should kill. I will pay close attention to the two new players later. Also, the seer hasn't revealed himself yet, so he might be in a later position. I'd like to hear what the next three have to say."
Following Fang Xin was Lu Changning, who shamelessly said, "What a coincidence, I am the prophet. Actually, what number six said makes a lot of sense. It's a pity that I tested Sister Hui last night, and she is a good person. So tonight I will test Teacher Tan... Alas, but the witch used the potion last night, so I'm afraid I won't live past tonight."
Fang Xin glanced at Lu Changning without trying to hide it. Had this group of people been cursed today? Why was even Lu Changning acting so strangely? First, he tried to kill himself, and now he's brazenly claiming to be a prophet. Has he become bolder and more shameless in just a few months?
Next, it was Jing Yitong's turn to speak. He raised his eyelids and said with a smile, "I am the real seer. Unfortunately, yesterday I checked number seven, Lu Changning, and he is a werewolf. There's nothing to say, everyone just needs to vote him out. Tonight... tonight I'll check number six, Teacher Fang."
Fang Xingu's eyelids twitched, while Jing Yitong looked at him leisurely and said, "I now strongly suspect that what Teacher Fang just said was misleading. The fact that the werewolf kills people for a particularly long time could be due to either being a novice player or the fact that the werewolf players at night are more skilled, which led to the dispute. As far as I know, Nebula should play Werewolf often."
Fang Xin didn't reply, thinking to himself, "You still know that Nebula used to stream Werewolf?"
He rested his chin on his hand and looked back at Jing Yitong with an expression that said, "I'd like to hear what else you can come up with."
Jing Yitong smiled at him: "Alright, that's all I wanted to say."
After Number Nine finished speaking, everyone began the first round of voting. Without a doubt, Jing Yitong's investigation was more convincing than Lu Changning's positive assessment, and Lu Changning was eliminated in the first round of voting.
Fang Xingu wasn't angry; he just found it funny that Lu Changning had tried to act recklessly, only to end up dying so tragically.
On the second night, without a doubt, Fang Xin once again eliminated the known prophet Jing Yitong.
The next morning, Yan Tu announced that two people had died the night before. In addition to Jing Yitong, who was killed by the werewolf, the witch had poisoned Wang Peiyang to death.
Fang Xingu was completely speechless, but he couldn't show it on his face. He suspected that Wang Peiyang's chuckling on the first night had attracted the witch's attention. That witch must be Li Wenyu or Liang Jiyan, who was next to him.
Unfortunately, no matter how much Fang Xingu analyzed, it was useless. He lost two teammates in a row, and last night he was also trampled by Jing Yitong. In the second round, he was ruthlessly voted out by everyone, and the game ended quickly.
No one expected it to end so quickly. When they voted for Fang Xin, they didn't realize he was actually a werewolf. They just thought that since the good guys had the advantage, it wouldn't matter if they mistakenly killed a good guy. Who knew they would actually be chosen as the werewolf?
Tan Zhi chuckled and patted Jing Yitong's arm: "Xiao Tong, how come you actually guessed that Xin Gu is a wolf?"
Jing Yitong hesitated to speak because he had been secretly observing Fang Xingu. When Lu Changning boldly claimed to be the prophet, he saw Fang Xingu display a very subtle expression, which aroused Jing Yitong's suspicion.
Li Wenyu laughed and said, "Brother Jing, you don't know, you were chased and killed by these three wolves. They stabbed you on the first night. Luckily, I used the antidote correctly."
Wang Peiyang asked, puzzled, "Then how did you guess I was a wolf?"
Fang Xingu sighed deeply: "Xiao Pei, do you think your chuckling on the first night wasn't loud enough?"
The group burst into laughter, and Liang Jiyan asked, "Tell me what happened on your first night, I'm so curious."
Yan Tu stopped Fang Xingu from explaining and interjected, "Everyone should watch the full movie then; all the answers are in the full movie."
His words drew another round of criticism from the crowd.
The third game started quickly and was also a very stable one. On the first night, the witch cruelly did not use the antidote, and the seer Fang Xin was able to survive for two rounds. He was incredibly lucky and identified two wolves in a row before being gloriously killed. In the end, everyone worked together to vote out the last wolf, Jing Yitong, and the good guys won again.
In the fourth and final game, Fang Xin Gu drew the werewolf again. He sighed inwardly, knowing that he hated drawing the werewolf the most when playing Werewolf, as it made the game so difficult.
This time, when he opened his eyes at night, he saw the smiling Jing Yitong and the darting eyes of Li Wenyu.
Fang Xin gave them a look: Who's the knife?
Without thinking, Jing Yitong pointed to Lu Changning next to him.
Fang Xingu's forehead was so dark it looked like it was about to fall off. He shook his head vigorously: No! Why are you targeting Lu Changning all night?
In the first round, Jing Yitong was the witch and used poison to kill Lu Changning; in the second round, Jing Yitong was the seer and checked Lu Changning's identity on the first night; in the third round, Jing Yitong was the werewolf and tried to kill Lu Changning right away.
If the first time was because Lu Changning was highly likely to be a werewolf, the second time was due to the seer's intuition, and the third time could be a coincidence, then this is the fourth time, and there is no doubt that Jing Yitong is targeting Lu Changning.
Given Fang Xin's understanding of Jing Yitong, this was intentional on his part.
Fang Xin was having a terrible headache. The live stream was still going on, and he wondered what Jing Yitong was thinking. Wasn't he afraid that the audience would notice something was wrong?
When Jing Yitong saw that Fang Xingu had rejected his suggestion, he raised an eyebrow, shrugged seemingly indifferently, and then raised his hand to make a self-inflicted stab gesture.
Fang Xin Gu: ...
What are you doing?! Do you two want to commit suicide right in front of me?!
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