Qin Xue looked at Shi Xin speechlessly, and suddenly had a thought: "No wonder Teacher Ming took him and not me."
"Why aren't you talking?" Shi Xin looked at Qin Xue with a smile, "Admit it, there are always people in this world who are better than you in certain areas."
Qin Xue's face flushed when his thoughts were seen through, but he still said stubbornly: "You have been through the secret room with Teacher Ming so many times, of course you have more experience than me."
"Accumulating experience is also part of my ability." Shi Xin continued to try the mahjong tiles, arranging the scale from low to high: "Are you trying to say that you have no chance to accumulate experience? You proposed to follow Teacher Ming several times, but were rejected because he thought you were young and unreliable, so he never took you with him."
"That's right." Qin Xue said unconvinced.
"I'm telling you, it's not true." Shi Xin said, "Your teacher Ming didn't take you because he knew you were arrogant and couldn't accept failure when he was teaching. We made many mistakes along the way and paid a heavy price, but we still became more courageous and dared to correct and continue. What about you? Do you dare to admit that you are not good enough and that you made a mistake?"
Qin Xue did not comment, which was equivalent to his tacit agreement.
"When I first met you, you were trapped in a cage in the restaurant. Your teacher Ming went to rescue you, but you looked ashamed and unwilling. You were clearly conscious and physically fit, but you dragged your feet and pretended to be weak to get out of the cage. Although your teacher Ming didn't notice these details, I saw them." Shi Xin finally arranged the 88 keys that could make sounds in order and tested the sound. "Do you feel that Wang Lu has fooled you and that being trapped in a cage is a shameful thing?"
"Isn't it embarrassing?" Qin Xue was completely exposed, and frowned at Shi Xin: "My grades are much better than hers, why can she think of a way to get out of the restaurant, but I can't."
"Look," Shi Xin spread his hands, "I said that you can't accept that others are better than you, so you are not suitable for breaking into the secret room, because you can't think calmly when encountering things."
Qin Xue was about to open his mouth to refute, but was interrupted by Shi Xin again: "Oh, and, after leaving your teacher Ming, you finally stopped pretending to be a good student. You are very good at talking back."
Qin Xue was completely speechless. When he met Shi Xin, he finally hit a wall. Not only could he not maintain his self-righteous pride, but even his vest was stripped off without a trace left.
Qin Xue was both ashamed and annoyed, and he gritted his teeth and cursed Shi Xinneng to disappear from this room.
But Shi Xin seemed to be fine. After adjusting a few keys, he stood up from the chair and said, "I admit that you are excellent. You study well, look good, and are aloof and cool, just like the male protagonist of the Green River campus novel. You think these are all that make up a person's charm, but in fact, these seemingly perfect personalities are the standard configuration of the second male lead." Shi Xin pressed Qin Xue on the chair, and stood beside him, leaning against the wall, hugging his arms and continued, "I brought you in because I recognize your ability, but I also hope that you can humbly correct your shortcomings. Play, To Alice."
Qin Xue took a deep breath and slowly placed his fingers on a row of neatly arranged mahjong tiles. He turned to look at Shi Xin, "I have another question, how did you know I can play the piano?"
"From the moment you hummed slowly, I wondered if you already knew how to do it." Shi Xin smiled faintly, "And I heard that your mother requires you to be the best in everything. How could she let you miss out on the piano, which is known as the 'king of musical instruments'?"
Qin Xue had nothing more to say and quietly played the short piece he had just heard.
He has been playing the piano for seven years, and he can even play this kind of music just by muscle memory. His consciousness suddenly became blurred, and he began to think carefully about what Shi Xin had just said.
It seems to make some sense.
The classic piano piece is played out note by note from this discordant mahjong game.
Shi Xin stared at Qin Xue's fingers, waiting for him to finish playing.
Just as the last note was struck, the corresponding mahjong suddenly broke open, revealing the key inside.
Qin Xue was startled, but he quickly adjusted himself and dug out the key from the cracked mahjong.
"Where's the door?" Qin Xue asked.
"Here." Shi Xin grabbed the cotton cord of the light switch and pulled it down twice. The light went out and then came on again, and there really was a door behind him.
Qin Xue was completely dumbfounded.
"Give me the key." Shi Xin stretched out his hand to him.
"Let me do it," Qin Xue walked over with the key and looked at Shi Xin pleadingly: "I want to try."
When Shi Xin saw Qin Xue's expression, he knew that he had thought it through, so he quickly stepped aside and let Qin Xue open the door.
He looked at Qin Xue who was turning the key with a half-smile: "I remind you, don't be afraid when you see what's behind the door later."
"What's there to be afraid of?" Qin Xue opened the door directly.
Shi Xin knew at a glance that they were back.
In front of me is a long corridor with curtains hung at intervals. The incandescent lights in the middle flicker, just like a haunted house.
"That's it?"
Shi Xin didn't answer him.
He took two quick steps to the front of Qin Xue and led him out, while reminding him: "The main reason we came back is to find clues to escape from the playground. This is the main mission."
"clear."
"But there will inevitably be side quests, and side quests can help us understand and find the main quests."
"OK."
"The first side quest is to find out the casino rules."
"Casino?" Qin Xue looked up.
In front of you is a magnificent hall, which can be generally divided into three parts: poker, mahjong, and dice from left to right.
"Let's go to the mahjong area first." Shi Xin turned his head and whispered to Qin Xue.
"Yeah." Qin Xue nodded obediently.
The two of them walked quickly to the mahjong area, found a chair and sat down with a group of elderly men and women. Although many unfriendly glances were directed at them, the two of them did not care.
Shi Xin turned his head and asked Qin Xue: "Can you still see the poker area and the dice area now?"
Qin Xue turned his head and looked at both sides: "Okay."
Shi Xin immediately found two white boards from the nearest card table and handed one to Qin Xue, "Hold it in your hand and don't let go."
Qin Xue knew that it was useless to ask anything now, so he just had to do as he was told.
Shi Xin knew clearly in his heart that this casino had changed.
When he was with Mingqiao, the casino had never included any of the additional rules listed by the tall guy, but now, they encountered it.
Does that mean that the real casino has officially opened?
"Candy! Candy! Delicious candy! It will make you more energetic! You will win every time you bet!"
"Candy! Candy! Delicious candy! It will make you more energetic! You will win every time you bet!"
"Candy! Candy! Delicious candy! It will make you more energetic! You will win every time you bet!"
This sentence was repeated three times around the two of them. Shi Xin and Qin Xue held the white board tightly, closed their eyes and lowered their heads, hoping that the candy seller would ignore them.
However, the fourth time, the voice sounded directly above their heads: "Two handsome boys, buy some candy."
Shi Xin forced himself to open his eyes. The first thing he saw was a pair of black patent leather shoes lying on the ground close to his toes. Following the shoes up, he saw a pair of straight suit pants and a gray-blue plaid shirt. Looking up further, an abnormally pale face was facing him, and a pair of pupils without whites were staring at the two of them.
"Little brother, buy a piece of candy." the man said again.
Shi Xin's whole body was covered with goose bumps. He subconsciously wanted to hold Ming Qiao's hand, but he held Qin Xue's arm tightly, which was obviously much thinner.
Only then did he slowly regain consciousness, and then he said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, no candy."
The pretty boy was not annoyed, he just turned his head and looked at Qin Xue: "Then little brother, you buy one."
Qin Xue just thought that buying one piece would get him out of trouble, and seeing that the candy was crystal clear, just like ordinary rock candy, it was nothing to buy one piece. But just as he reached out his hand, Shi Xin slapped his hand down and roared in a low voice: "Aren't you afraid that this thing is a drug? You still dare to reach out and take it? Are you going to die?"
When Qin Xue heard the word "drug", he immediately retracted his hand.
Seeing that his candy was about to be sold but was ruined by Shi Xin, the pretty boy was inevitably unhappy. His smile began to become miserable, and even a trace of blood oozed from his eyes: "Why? Why don't you buy my candy? I will punish you! Punish you!"
Shi Xin was waiting for this moment. He took advantage of the pretty boy going crazy and pulled Qin Xue away.
According to the rules set by the tall guy, he must contact the administrator and explain the situation here.
The administrator will only appear at the counter and the leisure area, but Shi Xin has not been able to find these two places yet.
He only knew that the leisure area would provide free melon seeds and drinks, and the counter did not have any important features, so it would be easier to find the leisure area.
Shi Xin saw that he had thrown the pretty boy far away, and finally got a chance to grab an old man who was cracking melon seeds nearby and asked, "Where is the leisure area?"
The old man unceremoniously spat the melon seed shells on Shi Xin's face and pointed him in a direction: "Go straight, turn right, and you'll be there. Bring me two handfuls of melon seeds when you come back."
Shi Xin took the melon seed husks off his face, closed his eyes and suppressed his anger: "Thanks for showing me the way."
The old man spat another melon seed into his face.
Shi Xin was too lazy to argue with him, so he pulled Qin Xue away.
"Hey, are you angry?" Qin Xue asked.
"You're just talking nonsense! If I spit melon seed shells on your face, will you get angry?" Shi Xin walked faster and faster, getting angrier and angrier: "I surrender to this old man, he has no manners at all."
Qin Xue looked at him with a gloating look and helped him pick off a small melon seed shell that had fallen on his shoulder: "Don't be angry. If you get sick from anger, no one will take your place."
"Just wait. If you give me another chance, I'll crack a bunch of melon seed shells and throw them in his face."
The two of them walked very quickly and arrived at the place the old man mentioned in just a few steps.
This place is more like a bar counter in a pub. Two men in waiter uniforms are standing at the long table, cooking something on a gas stove.
As the rules say, administrators have very obvious characteristics that distinguish them from others.
Shi Xin took Qin Xue over and knocked on the table to attract the two men: "I want to report that someone in the casino is trying to sell us candy."
The two administrators looked at each other, and one of them came over with a notebook and a pen: "Please describe in detail."
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