"Holy crap, you've been through so much in one night after you ran out of our house last night?"
This morning I saw the news in the newspaper, the news of the serial killer being caught was on the front page.
Even if Zhen Hu had no interest, he would still see that photo.
Good heavens, they showed no mercy at all; they didn't even blur the killer's face. He recognized the killer's familiar face immediately.
Isn't that Bai Xiao?!
Looking more closely at the account above, it's revealed that a father and daughter were nearly murdered for intervening in an injustice, and there are even photos of their injuries as evidence.
Even if the victims' faces were blurred, how could Julian and Lu Xiaoyao not recognize each other based on their body types?
One of his teammates, whom he knew, had been arrested for murder, and the other had almost been killed and ended up in the hospital. How could Zhen Hu possibly sit still?
So, he simply took the morning off and didn't go to work, and made his way to the hospital ward.
Zhen Hu's loud voice as soon as he entered the ward startled Julian, who had been up all night and whose anesthesia was not working well and whose shoulder pain had persisted, causing him to be unable to sleep. Just as he was about to close his eyes and feel a little sleepy, Julian suddenly opened them.
"Hey? Why are you staring at me like that?"
As soon as Zhen Hu entered the house carrying the fruit basket, he saw Julian staring at him with a deeply resentful look, completely bewildered.
"You don't like fruit? Then... what would you like to eat? I'll bring it to you next time." www.cascoo.net
Sleeping pills.
Zhen Hu: "..."
That's a bad joke.
"By the way, where's Lu Xiaoyao? I haven't seen her."
“She went back to change her clothes and rest…” Julian pinched the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes, and seemed to want to simply fall asleep to the sound of the other person’s loud voice.
However, Zhen Hu did not want him to sleep like that.
"By the way, how did you get injured like this? Is it really like Mingmei said, that Bai Xiao lost her mind and tried to kill you both after discovering that you and Lu Xiaoyao had stumbled upon her murder scene?"
"Otherwise what?" Zhen Hu opened his eyes and glanced at the other person sideways as he listened to their doubtful words.
Mingmei and Mu Chen weren't the type to talk nonsense, so when describing this kind of thing, they certainly wouldn't go into such detail about what they and Lu Xiaoyao had done.
He just didn't expect that Zhen Hu would have doubts.
What are you doubting?
Julian's tone didn't sound very happy, and Zhen Hu noticed it, but he wasn't sure if it was because of him. He just assumed that Julian was recalling unpleasant memories of last night.
"Ah... I just didn't expect Bai Xiao, who usually seems to have such a good personality, to be so ruthless..." Zhen Hu said, pointing to half of his body that was bandaged up, as if half of his body was gone.
"So you're too influenced by the character settings." Mu Chen didn't intend to say anything more. "You should go back first. This unexpected incident happened, and we don't know if Lena's plans will be affected. You should ask her more about whether what happened last night will affect her."
"Oh, that's true. She was quite surprised when she found out about it."
Reminded by Julian, Zhen Hu took the initiative and learned about Lena's plans before Mingmei and the others even asked her.
...
"Oh? You're planning to throw a birthday party for Lena?"
Hearing a plan that was completely different from what he had imagined, Zhen Hu almost doubted whether he had misheard.
“You heard me right.” Zhen Hu’s expression was so inscrutable that Lena’s lips curled up slightly. “I want you to throw her a birthday party.”
"Me?" Zhen Hu pointed to himself, about to shake his head in refusal, but then he heard Lena say, "Don't be afraid, I've prepared everything. You just need to be there and read the lines I tell you."
Zhen Hu: "..."
"Huh? It's that simple?"
When Mingmei and the others heard what Zhen Hu, who had come to them for help, said, their expressions were exactly the same as when he first heard it.
Even the questions asked were the same.
"How is that easy? I can't act!"
Seeing that Mu Chen's focus seemed a bit off, Zhen Hu immediately emphasized what he was going to do in the plan.
"It's okay, Mona won't be able to tell anyway."
"What?"
Slightly taken aback by Mingmei's words, Zhen Hu immediately asked, "How did you know?"
Mingmei: "..."
How did she know?
Can she say that she could fool Mona for a long time even with Lu Xiaoyao's terrible acting skills?
"Think about Lu Xiaoyao. She spends much more time with Mona than you do. Her acting skills are better than yours. Do you think you still lack confidence?" Mu Chen tried a different approach to reassure Zhen Hu.
This approach, however, was heartbreaking for Lu Xiaoyao, who happened to be resting at home and came to the store to buy a hot dog.
Lu Xiaoyao: Do I have no acting skills?
"By the way, how are Yuan Fang and Bai Xiao doing?"
After Lu Xiaoyao arrived, they briefly discussed the topic with Zhen Hu again. Once they started eating hot dogs, Lu Xiaoyao's attention was no longer on the question of who had worse acting skills, herself or Zhen Hu.
On the contrary, the fact that she had not received any news from Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang from last night until this afternoon made Lu Xiaoyao even more concerned.
"Didn't you go to the police station to ask about the situation?"
Zhen Hu had no idea that Lu Xiaoyao was practically suffering from PTSD at the police station. Letting her ask the questions herself was worse than killing her!
"You didn't go?" Lu Xiaoyao glared at Zhen Hu, still remembering how he thought her acting was worse than his.
"I went to see Julian first, then came back and chatted with Lillian for a while, and then came here."
Zhen Hu spent the entire day either meeting his teammates or on his way to meet them.
"The evidence against Bai Xiao for murder is irrefutable; it's unlikely to come out. The final outcome will either be that she's trapped inside, controlled by her character, until the game ends and she detaches from the role. Or... she'll regain consciousness midway, realize she can't participate, and like Hu Yue and the others, end the game early and leave..."
This morning, Mu Chen took advantage of delivering milk to obtain some firsthand information.
"If that's the case, shouldn't Julian also go out early? With his injuries, if he goes when Mona comes back the day after tomorrow, he'll just be filling in for everyone." Lu Xiaoyao thought of Julian; the medical technology in the world set in this game wasn't as advanced as in the interstellar era.
My arm isn't even broken yet, and the injury will take so long to heal. It hurts terribly every day.
"His arm was chopped off, but he's not dead yet. Are you planning to let him commit suicide, or are you going to do a buy-one-get-one-free deal, so whoever gets involved ends up in jail too?"
Mu Chen reminded Julian that this situation was different from Bai Xiao's and the others'.
"What about Yuan Fang? Does anyone know where Yuan Fang lives? Is it inconvenient for him to live with that identity in this game?"
Zhen Hu thought of Yuan Fang again. Thinking about how Julian was bandaged up today, he couldn't help but think of another person in the game who was missing an arm and a leg.
Everyone is not very skilled, so we can't show favoritism.
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