12 It smiled at me
◎This is a choice for players◎
There are thousands of masks in the exhibition hall, and if you don’t look closely, you won’t notice that there is an extra mask there.
Qi Qiuxue and the other two followed Xiaoxiao into the exhibition hall. When the other party was not paying attention, they lifted the mask and took a quick look. Just as they had guessed, there was indeed a very familiar face under the mask.
——It was Liu Dawei, the first victim among the players.
Qi Qiuxue frowned and calmly put the mask back on. It was still unclear where his body was, but his face had already been discovered by them.
"Who killed him?" Li Yiqing clutched the corner of Qi Qiuxue's clothes, his face pale. "Could it be a resident of the island?"
"Possibly." Qi Qiuxue was silent for a few seconds before expressing her thoughts. "...But Wang Shuo also needs to be closely observed. If Liu Dawei died at the hands of the villagers, it wouldn't be surprising for his face to appear here. But if he died at the hands of Wang Shuo, where did his body go? Why is his face here? Does Wang Shuo know about this?"
Liu Ge quickly responded, "Axue means that Wang Shuo might not be on the player's side?"
Qi Qiuxue shook her head. "I only have this suspicion, but I can't be completely sure. Last night, he so sincerely accused Liu Dawei of being a traitor and a spy. How can we know if this wasn't just the thief crying thief? Until the truth comes out, we must pay attention to any suspicious points."
"Let's go first and talk later." Perhaps because she felt that it was a bit noisy here, Xiaoxiao in front of the team glanced at them again and again. Seeing this, Qi Qiuxue stopped talking and took the initiative to end the conversation.
The three of them quieted down again and walked forward with the team.
After the tour, everyone got back on the bus and the process was the same as yesterday. The next destination was the temple deep in the forest.
Li Yiqing had been walking around for the whole morning and seemed a little hungry. As soon as he got in the car, he couldn't wait to take out the bag of fruit.
She picked out the juiciest peach from the bag and held it in front of Qi Qiuxue like a treasure: "Ahxue, are you hungry? Do you want a peach?"
"No, thank you." Qi Qiuxue was not in good condition and naturally had a poor appetite. She shook her head to reject Li Yiqing's kindness.
"Then I'll eat it." Li Yiqing didn't bother to be polite with her and started eating. He even unethically opened the window and threw all the remaining fruit cores out of the window.
Qi Qiuxue once again concentrated on remembering the route the car had taken. Outside the window were the same towering trees, without any landmark buildings to facilitate record-keeping. In addition, the car was always driving in a disorderly manner. Even though Qi Qiuxue had managed to draw a map of the route in her mind, she always felt that something was wrong.
It was too complicated, every part was too complicated. She even had an illusion that some lines should not be arranged separately and should be integrated.
Until she subconsciously looked at the road through the window on Li Yiqing's side.
Qi Qiuxue paused. Li Yiqing's unintentional action helped her to a great extent. She saw the fruit core. Li Yiqing ate and threw away the fruit core along the way. Sure enough, they had walked this road before!
Xiaoxiao, who was sitting in the front row, happened to speak at this moment: "Everyone, hold on a little longer. We'll soon reach our next destination."
But Qi Qiuxue no longer cared about what she was saying. She quickly picked out the lines that she thought were suspicious in her mind, deleted and merged them, and gradually came up with a complete line map.
Perhaps this roadmap will need to be revised and modified in the future, but no matter what, at least at this moment, everything has made great progress.
Qi Qiuxue breathed a sigh of relief. The mood she had suppressed all the way finally improved a little. She looked at Li Yiqing beside her and called her name: "A Qing."
"?" Li Yiqing had eaten herself into a hamster, with both cheeks stuffed full. This was the first time Qi Qiuxue called her "A Qing". Li Yiqing was a little excited and a little flattered. She didn't bother to swallow the food in her mouth and answered her incoherently, "Pillow, pillow what's wrong?"
Qi Qiuxue took the opportunity to ask her: "Give me some fruit."
Li Yiqing nodded repeatedly and looked into the bag. She had already eaten 80% of the fruits inside, and the rest were either rotten or ugly.
She swallowed the food in her mouth awkwardly, searched carefully for a while, and finally took out a shriveled peach: "Axue, just make do with this..."
"It's okay, I'm fine." Qi Qiuxue was not picky and even said to her politely, "Thank you."
This made Li Yiqing feel quite embarrassed: "Next time I will definitely leave the biggest one for you, it's a deal."
Qi Qiuxue bit the ugly peach in her hand and nodded: "Okay."
As they talked, they were getting closer to their destination. The bus stopped by the roadside as usual. Xiaoxiao blew the whistle on her chest: "This section of the road is quite narrow. We need to walk."
She walked and explained to the players, and mentioned the word "worship" again. Zheng Miao in the crowd looked back and met Qi Qiuxue's eyes.
After arriving at the temple, she took the initiative to come over and reunite with the three of them: "Zhang Xue, do you think the results of today's draw will change?"
Qi Qiuxue shook her head: "I don't know, maybe..."
She kept her eyes on Xiaoxiao and saw that she was still the first to complete the worship, burning incense, praying, and kowtowing. After kowtowing, she should have proceeded to the next step, asking for divination.
But this time, she didn't, and she skipped the process of asking for fortune.
Qi Qiuxue pursed her lips and said no more, saying that since entering the temple today, everything she saw and heard was normal. Just like the step of drawing lots suddenly disappeared, the various strange things on the statue did not reappear.
"Aren't you going to ask for fortune today?" Li Yiqing raised his hand and asked.
Xiaoxiao glanced at her, her face full of disdain, just like yesterday: "What are you asking for a fortune? You're dreaming."
"Hurry up, everyone, come up one by one and pay your respects. We still have a lot of places to go, so don't waste time." She urged the players impatiently, ordering everyone to complete all the steps of the worship as she instructed.
Until Qi Qiuxue came forward.
Xiaoxiao urged again, just like last time: "Hurry up."
Qi Qiuxue ignored her and completed all the procedures carefully. She even spent more time praying, looking up at the eyes of the statue hidden under the mask.
Then she stood up and looked at Xiaoxiao beside her: "Is it my illusion? The statue just smiled."
"How is that possible?" Xiaoxiao snorted. She didn't dispute the idea that the statue could laugh, but instead mocked Qi Qiuxue's daydreaming. "The statue's face is wearing such a large mask, how could you possibly see its expression?"
"Of course." Qi Qiuxue said seriously, "I saw it, there was a smile in its eyes."
"..." Xiaoxiao was speechless after hearing this. She raised her hand and waved it perfunctorily, "Whatever, whatever you say."
Qi Qiuxue still persisted: "Why is it smiling at me?"
Xiaoxiao was almost annoyed by her and blurted out: "Didn't I tell you before that the statue likes you, and you still..."
Before she could finish her words, Xiaoxiao suddenly realized that she had said something wrong and shut up.
But Qi Qiuxue had already grasped the information she wanted and left with satisfaction: "Thank you."
She raised her lips and chuckled, and returned to the team as if she didn't realize anything was wrong. When Xiaoxiao looked away, she restrained her smile.
Sure enough, what happened yesterday was not an illusion. The process of seeking fortune did exist, but for some reason, it suddenly disappeared today.
Unconsciously, she began to ponder the deeper meaning of Xiaoxiao's words again.
Which color will appear, the red or green lottery head? It may not all depend on luck. Just as Xiaoxiao said, it may be a choice made by the statue based on its own preferences.
Because I was liked, I drew the red ticket.
Because I like it, I cancelled the fortune-telling step today.
——The statue still insisted on its choice yesterday.
【Author’s words】
Here we come!
Special thanks to 2028 baby Shen Shui, and thanks to all the babies who support me, woooo, I love you all so much!
Thanks to the little angel who cast the deep-water torpedo: 2028. 1;
Thanks to the little angel who threw the shallow water bomb: Shi Yi 1;
Thanks to the little angels who threw the grenade: Shi Yi and Qiu Lang are both beautiful fairies;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: Chen, Mancao, Huaiyi, the cat selling grilled fish, Langli's dog, Rabbit Huhu, and 1 person who is addicted to the Internet;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Jin Xi 13 bottles; Bu Xiang Gou 12 bottles; Pigeon is not a cat and Jingran Qin Jiaren Yi 1 bottle;
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