Chapter 69, Partner Swap
The second floor is full of wedding dresses; there's nothing else interesting to see.
The group went up to the third floor to take a look. Compared to the wedding dresses on the second floor, the suits on the third floor looked ordinary and not so exquisite. They also had a bloody and rotten smell.
"The difference between these two is huge. The hidden text in Rule 3 has a big problem."
One is exquisitely beautiful, making you want to wear it, while the other is extremely ordinary and eerie, sending chills down your spine.
Rule Three contains content smudged with ink. Most people would assume that the lovers will eventually get married, but Zhong Bingxuan doesn't think so.
After all, if there were no traps involved, it would be impossible to blur the handwriting.
Even if the bizarre tries to think in reverse, it's still wrong; lovers will eventually get together, which doesn't fit the trend of the bizarre world.
In Zhong Bingxuan's opinion, it's more like lovers ending up as bitter enemies.
The fact that the wedding dresses and suits on the third and second floors are of two different styles further confirms Zhong Bingxuan's guess.
"So, when we come over tonight, should we pretend we don't know each other?"
"Of course not. The first part of Rule 3 is unclear and not completely legible, but the second part is perfectly fine. Tianqi Wedding Dress Shop welcomes unmarried men and women to come and view it. It would be inappropriate for us, who are not unmarried, to come to the wedding dress shop."
You can't pretend you don't know each other, but you can also pretend you're very close.
"No matter what problems lie ahead, as long as we don't appear to have a good relationship in front of outsiders, it's fine."
“No problem, but it seems that many people know that you and Li Hanmo have a very good relationship, which is not easy to fake.”
"Then let's change the approach, such as a family marriage or a relationship between the two people."
Zhong Bingxuan was not referring to changing to that ordinary appearance, as that appearance had a good but uneventful relationship with Li Hanmo. She only intended to change the actress to play Li Hanmo's love interest.
I did this in the previous dungeon run with Zhong Bingxuan. Practice makes perfect, so there shouldn't be any problems.
"Since you guys are going to play a couple on the surface, then Linlin and I will just play mortal enemies and argue every time we meet."
This isn't too difficult for Fu Yucheng, but Zhong Linlin's shy and introverted personality might make things a bit tricky if she gets agitated.
“How about we switch roles? My cousin and Fu Yuchen can play mortal enemies, and my cousin and her husband can play a couple who are married but not on good terms.”
Zhong Linlin tentatively made a suggestion, and Zhong Bingxuan had no objection, but Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen did not, and the two of them refused outright, but they had no say in this matter.
Acting requires a balance of three parts truth and seven parts fiction to make people believe it's real.
Before Linlin spoke, she didn't think much of it, but after Linlin spoke, Zhong Bingxuan realized that a person's eyes can reveal a lot.
For things to proceed smoothly, it would be best for the two teams to work together.
That's not the most suitable. Zhong Bingxuan and Fu Yuchen were always arguing when they first met, so when they played mortal enemies, there was no sense of awkwardness at all.
At least when the wedding shop officially opened at six o'clock, other couples came in and saw Zhong Bingxuan and Fu Yucheng arguing, but no one thought there was anything wrong with it.
As for Li Hanmo and Zhong Linlin, it's too easy for them to pretend to be a couple. Zhong Linlin is shy, introverted and doesn't like to talk. Li Hanmo is only gentle and considerate in front of Zhong Bingxuan, but he always has a cold face in front of others. Anyone can see that the two of them don't have a good relationship when they stand together.
The only thing that surprised Zhong Bingxuan was the helplessness and doting look in Li Hanmo's eyes when he looked at her, and the dissatisfaction and resentment in Fu Yuchen's eyes when he looked at Zhong Linlin, which made everyone in the audience imagine countless love stories between men and women.
This caused the four members of the Rain or Shine Team to constantly feel that the customers were looking at them strangely. When they turned to look, the passing customers would turn their heads away, leaving the Rain or Shine Team completely baffled.
"Cousin, their eyes are looking at us strangely."
Zhong Linlin was the first to complain to Zhong Bingxuan, and after she said that, everyone looked at their team with even stranger eyes.
“It’s okay, let’s go look at wedding dresses. My parents said that the wedding dresses here are the most beautiful. There’s also an event today, and the prices are discounted.”
"I'm not short of money, there's no need for me to take advantage of this little bit."
Fu Yucheng was in a bad mood, so he became even more sarcastic.
Zhong Bingxuan knew this man's temper, so she didn't argue with him and pulled her cousin upstairs to check.
During the day, everyone had already looked through the entire bridal shop and found nothing wrong except for the unusual things about Zhong Linlin being forced to buy the wedding dress and suit.
In order to prepare for the potentially deadly danger that night, the Rain or Shine team did not waste any more time at the wedding dress shop. Instead, they went out for dinner as a group and took the opportunity to wander around the area around Aoshida to see if there were any other events being held there that day.
Then there's no need to risk going to the wedding dress shop. Zhong Bingxuan was still uneasy about her cousin breaking the rules of death and being locked on by the eerie entity, so she would avoid the risk if possible.
Unfortunately, the Rain or Shine team wandered around Aoshida for a long time but couldn't find another event, so they had to return to Tianqi Wedding Dress Shop around 5 or 6 pm.
The wedding dress shop was much busier at five or six o'clock than during the day. To avoid being discovered, the "Rain or Shine" team started performing with sticks at the entrance, which led to the scene that the customers saw at the beginning.
"Cousin, your man likes me, and my man likes you. This relationship is too complicated."
"You say they walk together so naturally, do they not know the true colors of their men? Isn't that pathetic?"
"What's there to pity? You didn't see it. I just came down from the second floor and saw one of those couples buying a wedding dress in broad daylight. That must be so expensive. We poor folks don't need to pity the rich. Pity ourselves first. Our wallets are empty, and we can't even afford a wedding dress."
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The whispers behind her were so loud that Zhong Bingxuan couldn't pretend she didn't know anything. These gossipy customers didn't whisper to each other as they went upstairs.
Players have very keen senses, and they immediately heard what the customers were saying.
The four of them exchanged bewildered glances. Such rich imagination and keen observation skills! It was quite effective that they had deliberately switched people to pretend to be a couple in order to be cautious. Otherwise, they might have been exposed from the start and would have run into the death rule of rule three.
Zhong Bingxuan had already experienced the severity of the death rules as soon as she entered the dungeon, and she didn't want to experience it a second time.
"Miss Zhong, your wedding dress needs some alterations. Please come with me."
A staff member came over and invited Zhong Linlin to check out her wedding dress.
Zhong Bingxuan carefully observed the other party and found nothing wrong with the staff member; they seemed like a real person.
However, in anticipation of the danger that night, Zhong Bingxuan left something special on the paper figures of two staff members downstairs.
This is a small piece of gold powder that Li Hanmo took out of his multi-functional backpack. It has no special properties and is simply used to distinguish the different staff members.
As soon as Zhong Bingxuan saw the gold powder shimmering on the collar of the newcomer's clothes, she immediately realized that these were the two paper figures of the staff members they had seen on the first floor during the day.
Around 6 PM, when Tianqi Wedding Dress Shop opened, the two paper staff members immediately came to life.
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