Chapter 245: Friends and Enemies (Monthly Tickets Plus)
When Wen Nan looked at the boy in the corner, the person opposite him was also looking at him.
This was the first time Wen Nan saw the boy's full face. He had short curly hair, a small round face, round eyes, a small nose and lips. At first glance, he looked like a Pomeranian, a face that could easily make people let down their guard.
The two looked at each other for a while, and the other party gave Wen Nan a very faint smile.
Wen Nan was stunned and did not respond to the other party's friendly smile.
"Hurry up! Come in and sit down! Now that everyone is here, we can start drinking and singing!"
The students sitting at the table saw Li Fang, Wen Nan and the other two standing by the door for a long time without moving, and began to urge them loudly.
Li Fang led Wen Nan and the other two to the sofa.
The students who were originally sitting in the middle of the sofa consciously vacated the seat closest to the protagonist of the night, saying, "Senior, it's a rare honor for you to come to the dinner, you must sit in the center seat!"
Wen Nan wanted to decline, but the crowd started to make a noise again, with whistles and cheers ringing out.
Seeing the people around her hesitate, Li Fang leaned close to Wen Nan's ear and whispered, "Senior, if you don't want to, I'll vacate the seat at the edge of the sofa for you."
Wen Nan didn't want to spoil the fun, so he said no, smiled and thanked everyone for their warm hospitality, said he was welcome, and then sat down directly in the middle.
This immediately caused another commotion among the people present, as if Wen Nan had already achieved an extraordinary victory just by agreeing to sit shoulder to shoulder with Li Fang.
"snort."
Zhao Wanting pouted. Unable to occupy the middle seat of the "little birthday boy", she walked to the inside of the sofa, on the other side of Wen Nan, and sat down next to Wen Nan.
Guan Ailin looked around and finally sat down on the separate sofa nearest to the innermost seat.
The dinner party officially begins.
Li Fang's friends are basically all students from the School of Life Sciences. Those who can enter a school like T University were mostly the "top students" in their high school class. Now they have just entered the undergraduate campus and have not yet been influenced by the habits of society. Therefore, the table is filled with drinks and tea, but no alcohol is seen, and no one takes the initiative to smoke.
Everyone picked up their glasses filled with Coke and Orange Juice, said some blessings together, and then started eating and drinking, grabbing the microphone and singing.
A waiter knocked on the door, came in and asked if we needed any drinks. He brought over a half dozen beers and said there was a promotion today and beer was 50% off.
The students in the box seemed to suddenly remember that they were no longer underage high school students and could drink to cheer themselves up, so they accepted the half-dozen beers.
The one who took the initiative to accept the beer was the boy who had urged Wen Nan to sit next to Li Fang when they entered the room just now.
The boy was not tall and wore a loose black hooded sweatshirt. Like a catfish in a calm pond, he always played a key role in livening up the atmosphere at the dinner party.
Putting the half-dozen beers on the table, the boy took out a beer and handed it directly to Wen Nan, "Senior! You are the boss in our box, drink first!"
Wen Nan turned his head and glanced at Li Fang beside him.
The boy also looked at Li Fang, and Li Fang immediately raised her hand and shook her head, "I don't drink."
Wen Nan raised his hand, took the beer and said thank you.
My fingertips accidentally touched the back of the hand of the boy in the black hoodie, and the system prompt sounded in my mind——
9527: [Successfully contacted the target, unlocking the target information for you——]
【Name: Zhou Shijie】
[Identity: Freshman of the School of Life Sciences at T University]
【Introduction: Omitted.】
[Faction: NPC. ]
Wen Nan was stunned.
A student who looks so active is actually just an NPC without any identity?
Feeling a little disappointed but not showing it on his face, Wen Nan smiled and cracked the beer bottle cap on the corner of the table, then drank the next glass amid the encouragement of the students.
I don’t know who ordered the song “I’ll Love You Until I Die”, but the roar after the broken voice seemed to break through the eardrum, and the whole box seemed to be filled with screaming chickens in an instant.
The atmosphere became lively, and students were singing, eating, and throwing dice, each having fun.
During the conversation, several students wanted to drink with Wen Nan. Wen Nan accepted all the offers and unlocked five students one after another. Without exception, they were all NPCs, and he didn't even encounter a servant.
It seems that among Li Fang's group of friends, there may be only one who is truly worth exploring.
Thinking of this, Wen Nan unconsciously cast his gaze on the sofa in the corner.
At this moment, his sight was blocked by a black figure.
Zhou Shijie stood in front of Wen Nan. He grabbed a microphone from somewhere and passed it to Wen Nan. "Senior, can you sing a song to open our eyes?"
After hearing what Zhou Shijie said, the other students immediately became interested and gathered around, joining in the fun:
"Yes, the senior is so handsome, his singing must be very good!"
"The senior has a low, very attractive voice, and it's very suitable for love songs!"
"Senior, come on, sing a song! Come on, sing a song!"
Since he was attending the dinner, Wen Nan naturally didn't want to be the one to spoil the fun. He took the microphone and ordered "Fushiyama".
In that era, for students from inland schools like T University, being able to sing Cantonese songs was a plus in itself. Being able to sing a Cantonese song from beginning to end was considered the best of the bunch.
But someone like Wen Nan not only managed to finish the song, but also his pronunciation and pitch were all on point, and he even performed it with deep emotion, which was enough to become a topic of conversation among the students of that class after dinner.
Li Fang sat beside him, looking up at the other person's well-defined profile.
Wen Nan's bangs had grown a little long, with the soft ends of his hair hanging down, half covering his eyebrows. The images jumping on the screen cast vibrant colors in his pupils, making his eyes seem even more affectionate.
When singing the line "Who can own Mount Fuji with love", his thick eyelashes drooped and he seemed to glance at the girl beside him unintentionally.
Li Fang was originally looking at the other person quietly, infatuated. Their gazes unexpectedly collided. Her breathing stagnated, her heart beat faster and faster, her cheeks burned hot, and her slightly trembling hands could not help but quietly reached out to the side, wanting to gently touch the other person's hand that was casually placed on the sofa beside her.
Just when their fingers were about to touch on the sofa, Zhao Wanting's voice rang out from the other side. Li Fang was so scared that she hastily withdrew her hand, placed it neatly on her legs, lowered her head, and dared not look at the person next to her again.
Zhao Wanting pressed her chest against Wen Nan's arm, raised her thin arm, placed it on Wen Nan's shoulder, and rested her head on it.
Her thighs were pressed tightly against Wen Nan's legs. If there weren't so many strangers in the box, Wen Nan suspected that she would have sat directly on his legs.
"Brother, how come this is so? I like it so much."
She smiled and whispered eagerly in Winnan's ear.
Someone pressed the [Cheers] button on the table, and cheers immediately rang out from the speakers around the room.
Gao Shijie clapped his hands vigorously and shouted, "Damn it! Whoever played the original soundtrack? Turn it off immediately!"
The others laughed too, but their looks towards Wen Nan changed a little, with the boys showing a little more jealousy and the girls showing a little more admiration.
After the song was over, when Zhao Wanting's thigh was about to touch his leg, Wen Nan gently pushed her away, then stood up and walked to the corner.
Guan Ailin sat quietly on a separate sofa next to her, looking quietly in the direction of Wen Nan.
Because of her age and era, she seemed out of place in this small box, so she just watched everything that happened here calmly like a bystander.
Until the boy behind her called out to her, "Sister, do you want a drink?"
Guan Ailin turned around and saw a boy with a childish look and a well-behaved look.
The two of them shared a sofa. Guan Ailin sat on the outside of the sofa, closer to Wen Nan, and the boy opposite sat on the inside of the sofa, right in front of the song requesting stand.
Throughout the entire evening, the boy was like an emotionless machine, requesting songs and changing songs for the students present, but he had no intention of joining in at all.
Until just now, a classmate brought two glasses of beer over. The boy took one for himself and handed the other to Guan Ailin.
Guan Ailin was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand and was about to take it, when an arm reached out and intercepted the wine glass halfway.
Guan Ailin looked up and saw Wen Nan appeared beside her without her noticing. He bent down slightly and rejected the boy's invitation for her: "Sorry, she doesn't drink."
As he spoke, Wen Nan moved the wine glass to the side, but the boy raised his hand and took the initiative to hold his wrist.
Wen Nan was slightly startled.
Unexpectedly, before he made a move, the other party took the initiative to make contact with his skin.
In my mind, the system prompt sounded quickly——
9527: [Successfully contacted the target, unlocking the target information for you——]
[Name: Yoon Ji-eun]
[Identity: Sophomore student majoring in digital media at the School of Computer Science]
[Introduction: As a student majoring in digital media, Yin Zhien is very good at modeling. He likes to see the characters he designed appear in the game vividly.
Although she is a bit introverted, likes to be alone and doesn't like to socialize with others, Yoon Ji-eun is meticulous and takes study and work very seriously.
Not long ago, he received a mission that required his absolute loyalty, but it could not be completed by him alone. For this reason, Yoon Ji-eun had to wander around the campus, constantly searching for his allies.
In this journey of constant searching, he noticed your existence.
You are not in the same grade as him, nor are you in the same major, but you run into each other on campus again and again, which makes Yoon Ji-eun wonder if you are one of the allies he is looking for.
Because of her curiosity about you, after her fellow villager Li Fang invited Yoon Ji-eun to a birthday dinner and told her that you would also attend, despite her introverted personality, Yoon Ji-eun readily agreed to the invitation and tried to take this opportunity to get close to you.
However, things did not go as smoothly as he expected, because when you stepped into the box, you were flanked by two beautiful women, one on your left and one on your right. Moreover, during the entire dinner, you were always the focus of everyone's attention, surrounded by the crowd like a star, making it difficult for him to find an opportunity to approach you.
Luckily, one of the female companions you were traveling with seemed to be just as out of place at this dinner as Yoon Ji-eun, and she happened to sit next to him.
Finally, Yoon Ji-eun found the right opportunity to strike up a conversation with your female companion, trying to use this as an opportunity to get closer to you.
As expected, you came closer to him at the right time after he took action, and everything went in the direction he expected.
Yin Zhien was very satisfied with this. 】
【Faction: To be unlocked.】
After seeing this introduction, Wen Nan fell into deep thought.
Unexpectedly, the mental journey of this boy named Yin Zhien was surprisingly similar to Wen Nan's - when Wen Nan suspected that the other party's actions were too consistent with his own, the other party also suspected Wen Nan.
Likewise, the temptations towards each other are mutual.
Just like Lu Xiaohong’s previous introduction, this system introduction still updates the other party’s latest ideas in a very timely manner.
In this case, there was no need for Wen Nan to use mind reading on Yoon Ji-eun. Even if he did, he would only be able to hear the other party's suspicion and temptation towards Wen Nan.
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Wen Nan's gaze stayed on the first half of the introductory text.
Wen Nan had seen the introductions of Hu Jiayao and himself, and he was certain that the contents of those introductions, although not necessarily the literal meaning that most people would understand, were definitely pertinent and honest.
For example, Wen Nan himself is good at cryptocurrency trading, horse riding, and fish farming. Wen Nan has no way to refute this. He really likes it and is quite good at it.
So, by analogy, is the modeling that Yin Zhien is good at really the modeling mentioned in the digital media major? Or... is there another meaning? In addition, it is mentioned in the introduction that Yin Zhien has a very important task that requires his absolute loyalty and cannot be completed alone.
This mission, it sounds, is very much like the protection of the queen and princess by a loyal minister.
However, this is not absolute, because if the other party is a young master, he also needs to offer absolute loyalty to the treacherous minister, and at the same time join forces with the treacherous minister to eliminate members of other camps.
While Wen Nan was thinking, Yin Zhien in front of him was also looking at Wen Nan with a strange look.
Obviously, at the moment their skin touched, the other party also obtained Wen Nan's identity information.
However, what the opponent got was a bunch of asterisks in a hidden state.
The person on the other side first widened his eyes slightly, revealing a hint of surprise. Then, the corners of his lips twitched downwards, obviously disappointed with Wen Nan's hidden ID card.
However, the other party was in a good mood and quickly calmed down. He smiled at Wen Nan again and let go of Wen Nan's wrist. "Since my sister can't drink, senior, are you willing to have a drink with me?"
As he spoke, he raised the wine glass in his hand and handed it to Wen Nan, "My name is Yin Zhien, let's be friends?"
Wen Nan raised his glass, and the rim of the glass slowly touched the glass on the other side. At the same time, he raised a finger and quietly added some wine into the other person's glass without the other person noticing.
Raise your glass and drink it all.
Seeing this, Yoon Ji-eun did not hesitate and drank the wine in her glass as well.
At the same time, a system prompt sounded in Wen Nan's mind -
9527: [It is detected that you have used the item - truth serum on a target, Yin Zhien.]
9527: [The item is taking effect, please wait...]
9527: [The prop was used successfully! ]
9527: [The item Flower Tears has been added to you.]
9527: [After stacking, the remaining effective time of your item, Veritaserum, is: 180——]
The truth serum originally only lasted for 60 seconds, but after the effect was added, it lasted for three minutes, which was enough time to get certain information out of him.
Just as I was thinking this, I saw Yoon Ji-eun holding up the glass and looking at the remaining beer foam inside with some horror. Then she stuck out her tongue and started to dry heave, "There's something added to this beer. Ugh, I, ugh..."
Halfway through her speech, Yoon Ji-eun raised her hand to cover her mouth, stood up suddenly, rushed out the door, and ran to the public toilet at the end of the corridor.
Li Fang, who was originally sitting in the middle of the sofa, stood up worriedly when she saw this, walked to the door, and looked at Yoon Ji-eun's back.
Wen Nan then quickly followed to the door.
Li Fang looked at Wen Nan, "What's wrong with him? I'll go check it out..."
As he said this, he was about to follow.
Wen Nan raised his hand to stop the other person, "Let me go, you're a girl, it's not convenient."
Li Fang glanced at the men's room that Yoon Ji-eun rushed to, and finally nodded.
Wen Nan hurried out and was about to enter the public toilet when he was stopped by a waiter beside him. He asked with concern, "Is that gentleman okay? Do you need help?"
Wen Nan shook his head, "It's okay, my stomach just feels a little uncomfortable."
The waiter wanted to follow in to see what was going on, but Wen Nan had already walked into the bathroom and locked the door.
Yoon Ji-eun was lying on the side of the sink, vomiting violently, as if she was vomiting out all the food and alcohol she had eaten that night. A sour and foul smell soon filled the toilet.
Wen Nan glanced at the pool of vomit in the sink, frowned, and felt a little sorry for the truth serum he had just put in -
If I vomit like this, I won’t vomit it all out, right? Fortunately, the next moment, the system prompt sounded again in my mind——
9527: [After stacking, the remaining effective time of your item, Veritaserum, is: 26——]
It seems that vomiting did not make the truth serum ineffective. After all this ordeal, the original three minutes were now reduced to only the last twenty seconds.
There was only enough time for Wen Nan to ask one question, and he decided to ask the most crucial one.
"Yin Zhien." Wen Nan called out to the other person seriously. The other person leaned on the sink with his hands and looked up at Wen Nan in embarrassment. Wen Nan asked, "What camp are you from?"
There was a hint of surprise in Yoon Ji-eun's eyes, as if he had not expected Wen Nan to ask such a straightforward question, but an answer came out of his throat uncontrollably: "Loyal minister."
Sure enough, they are in the same camp as me? "Why did you go to the police station before? Were you involved in that murder case, or did you find any clues? How many characters have you unlocked? Have you found the queen or princess? Your identity introduction said that you are good at modeling. What does that mean?"
There were less than ten seconds left, and Wen Nan had no time, so he had to ask the remaining questions like a machine gun.
Yin Zhien was stunned for a moment, then continued: "I happened to be at the scene when the murder took place, but I was not involved, and I don't know who the murderer is..."
9527: [The validity period of your item, Truth Serum, has ended. ]
Wen Nan still looked at the other person steadily, waiting for him to finish speaking.
Yoon Ji-eun was completely unaware of the changes in herself and continued speaking in a calm tone:
“I went to the police station to see if I could find any clues. I also wanted to see if I could find any allies or people from the enemy camp.
“Besides you, I have only unlocked one character with information, Li Fang. The others are all NPCs. There is no clue about the queen or princess at all.
"I haven't heard my introduction. Did it mention modeling? That might be related to my hobbies in the real world. I... I like Eryou, and my undergraduate major is digital media."
After answering all the questions one by one, Yin Zhien looked at Wen Nan, raised her hand to wipe the stains from the corners of her mouth, and smiled, "Senior, do you have any other questions? Do you need to ask?"
She deliberately emphasized the word "interrogation". Obviously, as a player, Yoon Ji-eun guessed that Wen Nan used some kind of prop on her.
Wen Nan smiled and said, "Believe it or not, you and I are in the same camp."
Yoon Ji Eun smiled and nodded, “I know.”
Wen Nan was a little surprised that the other party used the word "know" instead of "believe".
Yin Zhien nodded her head. "My skill [Subconscious Sensing], when I touched you just now, I had a vague subconscious feeling that you would be my ally."
Subconscious...it sounds like a somewhat metaphysical skill.
Then I heard Yin Zhien say, "Senior, you put a potion in my wine that can make me answer questions honestly, right?" He smiled and said, "Because it is a potion that may be harmful to me, my subconscious mind had a very strong rejection reaction and told me not to drink it, which caused such sudden vomiting."
Wen Nan took out a few tissues from the tissue box next to him and handed them over. "Sorry, I'll be more careful next time."
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the toilet door.
Zhou Shijie shouted outside: "Senior! Fellow villager! Are you two okay? Do you need help? Xiaofang is going to blow out the candles and eat the cake, do you want to come with her?"
Wen Nan and Yin Zhien didn't delay any further and went back to the box.
As soon as I pushed the door open, I saw that all the lights around were turned off. Only the candles on the birthday cake on the table were glowing dimly. The Happy Birthday song was playing in the background. A group of students gathered around, some taking pictures, and some singing along.
Seeing Wen Nan and Yin Zhien coming in, everyone waved to them enthusiastically.
Zhou Shijie closed the door behind him.
Li Fang knelt in front of the cake, waited until the birthday song was over, closed her eyes, made a wish very seriously, then opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and blew out all the candles with force.
The room immediately fell into darkness.
A pungent smell of smoke came from my nose.
By the time Wen Nan realized that something was wrong, he had already lost the ability to resist.
He had no strength left in his body, his knees went weak, and he fell to the ground with a thump.
Before he finally fell into a coma, he saw the door of the box open, and a figure walked in and stopped beside him...
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