Same as the traditional game of dropping the handkerchief.
At the beginning of the game, the person who throws the handkerchief runs counterclockwise outside the circle. He can throw the handkerchief behind any player at any time, and then continue to run in circles. When he reaches the game position, he taps the player's back with the handkerchief. The player loses, and the two players exchange roles and the game continues.
If the person who drops the handkerchief is caught by the other players, the game is considered a failure and the player will be punished.
After the two Yili understood the rules of the game, they began to silently observe their 'kind' around them. They were exactly the same, even their eyes showed no difference. They looked to the side indifferently and numbly, with a strange arc in their stiff mouth corners.
Sitting in it, I felt cold all over, and I felt inexplicably terrified and frightened.
However, there are quite a few participants sitting here, and the system will definitely not let her escape the pursuit of her other self so easily, so the punishment will definitely not be that simple.
"Then let's start playing games together? Let me go first~"
It clapped its hands, and they began to clap uncontrollably as well.
A strange song sounded.
They clapped and sang along uncontrollably.
"Throw, throw, throw the handkerchief~"
"My sister and I threw the handkerchief~"
"Throw, throw, throw the handkerchief~"
"Sister, come and throw the handkerchief~"
"A piece of corn, a mouthful of melon."
"Amei can't eat anymore~"
"Ah Ma keeps praising Ah Mei~"
The surrounding environment began to change before their eyes.
Under the scarlet sky, a dry well appeared nearby, and a withered and skinny woman was carrying a heavy bucket and throwing water into it.
At this moment, a girl in a tattered linen skirt came running over: "Mom, I'm hungry."
Upon hearing this, the woman didn't care about the bucket in her hand and slapped her.
The girl's body had long been reduced to a skeleton by famine, and her frail body flew away lightly because of the woman's slap.
"Hungry, hungry, hungry! Are you a pig? You eat so much! You're not even a son. You're a waste of food just by being alive."
Under the woman's vicious curse, the girl's breathing gradually became weaker.
The woman then turned her attention to the barrel, tied the rope and dropped it with a snap.
After a while, the rope was pulled. Yili saw the excitement on the woman's face and frantically collected the wooden barrel. The barrel slowly rose. The woman pulled it with extra effort. Finally, she saw what was inside the barrel.
It was a plate of fat, juicy roast chicken. Even though Yili was so far away, he could still faintly smell the tempting aroma of the meat.
The woman picked up the barrel like a baby and kicked the girl as she passed by. "Why don't you just die outside, you money-loser?"
After saying that, he left.
After a long time, the little girl struggled to get up. She approached the dry well as if possessed, "Mom, I'm so hungry. I'm really hungry."
She got closer and closer until, with a plop, she fell in, as if swallowed by the well.
The moment the scene ended, black-haired Yili felt her heart skip a beat. She subconsciously looked behind her and saw a bright red handkerchief placed behind her. The girl who threw the handkerchief was looking at her and gave her a weird smile.
Black-haired Yili: "..."
Without hesitation, she grabbed the handkerchief and ran towards the girl.
The moment she touched the handkerchief, her stomach began to feel empty and hungry, making it impossible for her to concentrate. She only wanted to eat and use food to soothe her irritable stomach.
She tried hard to suppress the uncontrollable hunger in her heart and ran towards the girl.
The girl turned and ran towards Yi Li's original position.
Just as she was about to sit down, a hand grabbed the girl from behind: "You failed, I caught you."
As soon as the black-haired Yi Li finished her words, she exploded in front of her. The hunger in her stomach became even worse. Looking at the remains of her body that was blown to pieces, she couldn't help but think of the plate of shiny and fragrant roast chicken.
A terrible thought came to her mind - would its meat be as delicious as that roast chicken?
She suppressed the hunger in her taste buds and pulled back her sanity which was about to spiral out of control.
New task information pops up in front of you.
"Please choose your replacement."
Yili turned into a 'ghost' and started throwing his handkerchief.
Her eyes fell on these people.
Who is the other self?
The silver-haired Yili sat in the middle and couldn't see what was happening behind him.
She blended herself into these NPCs and performed in a flawless manner.
The black-haired Yili's eyes fell on them. Not knowing what she was thinking of, she threw the handkerchief directly in front of the person with his back to her.
Just as she was about to run back to her seat, the scene changed again.
"Mom, where's my sister?"
The girl in flowery clothes was wrapped in rags and had her hair tied up in a bun. She had clear eyes and a fair and tender body, which formed a sharp contrast with the desolate and poor environment around her.
The woman excitedly handed her the roast chicken in her hand: "Xiaoxue, eat it quickly, it's still hot."
Xiaoxue was stunned: "Mom, where is my sister?"
The woman swallowed hard, suppressing the hunger in her stomach. "She, who knows where this girl has gone? Don't worry about her. Eat quickly. Don't starve yourself."
Xiaoxue took a look at the roast chicken and said, "Mom, I'm not hungry. You eat first."
An unnatural look flashed across the woman's eyes: "Mom is not hungry, you eat."
"My sister keeps saying she's hungry, so I'll save a chicken drumstick for her."
As Xiaoxue finished speaking, she heard the woman say fiercely, "No!"
Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment and looked at the woman: "Why?"
The woman tried hard to maintain her gentle persona: "Xiaoxue has already eaten, you should eat now."
Xiaoxue shook her head when she heard that. "I don't want to eat roast chicken right now. It's too greasy. I want to drink shredded chicken porridge."
“But we don’t have any…”
Before the woman could finish her words, she was interrupted by a harsh voice.
"My granddaughter wants to drink chicken porridge. Are you blind or deaf? If my precious granddaughter becomes thin from hunger, I will beat you to death, you money-loser!"
The starving old lady came out from the inner room leaning on a cane, glaring at the woman fiercely as she spoke.
"Mom, we really don't have any porridge at home."
The woman said cautiously, her eyes filled with fear.
Bang!
The crutch hit the woman's back hard, making a dull sound.
The woman's already ugly face became even paler.
"Just go when I tell you to! You're such a loser that you can't even do this! I'll beat you to death!"
The old lady was about to continue beating him. Xiaoxue was so scared that she quickly protected the woman, and the crutch finally stopped.
"Xiaoxue, what are you doing?"
The old lady asked dissatisfiedly.
Xiaoxue's voice was filled with fear: "Grandma, please don't hit Mom. I want to eat roast chicken. I don't want to drink chicken porridge anymore."
As he said that, he tore off a chicken leg from the roast chicken the woman was holding and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
The old lady's expression finally improved: "That's good, eat more and gain some weight. You are growing up now. It will be bad if you starve yourself and become skinny."
She watched the little girl eat the whole chicken while suppressing her nausea.
(End of this chapter)
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