Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Seeing that the people from Zone F were only now going to check the Elite Ranking List, Jiang Zong mocked them. “You’re only looking at it now? I checked it as soon as it was posted. Hasn’t Fan Jiangnan been first for the past two weeks? Her highest score in these two weeks was only 665. Back when I was in high school, the top student in my class was at least steady above 680. And this is supposed to be the elite class at City No. 1 High School.”

Shangguan Zhigu frowned. “You mean Fan Jiangnan’s highest score was only 665? She’s never reached 670?”

“Right. I asked the NPC cast about her highest score. It was 665.”

Shangguan Zhigu said in a low voice, “But she’s never gone below 650 either.”

Fifteen points. It was neither a huge gap nor a small one.

In truth, it was about the difference of one major science question.

Chen Qu’an caught her meaning. “You’re saying it’s dangerous to score too high too, so the people in the elite class deliberately keep their scores under a certain line?”

Shangguan Zhigu nodded. Gu Qi thought for a moment and added, “Also, when we came back to school last night, I helped a teacher I didn’t know deliver some materials to the art room. When I went upstairs, I ran into a ghost wall. Every classroom along that corridor had mirrors installed around it. I only survived by using a rope prop to force myself to jump out of the building.”

Jiang Zong said, “In short, the score Fan Jiangnan got should be a dividing line for now. Don’t score higher than 665.”

At that, Chen Qu’an looked worriedly at Yu Min, who looked back at him. “Don’t worry. I’m not good enough to reach that level.”

The captain had always resisted getting close to other people, and Chen Qu’an had no idea why.

He had heard that the captain had a wife in reality, but that still did not explain it.

What did him having a wife have to do with same-sex teammates like Chen Qu’an? Gay people were not exactly everywhere. The members of Zone B were all straight men and women.

From their usual interactions, it was obvious the captain was a decent person. But whenever their friendship seemed about to deepen by another step, the captain would always inexplicably pull away, as if deliberately avoiding any deeper connection.

That was how the relationship between the Zone B members and their captain, Yu Min, had become so subtle. In terms of closeness, they were actually nearer to their vice-captain, Jiang Zong.

Still, judging by Yu Min’s usual cold demeanor, he did not seem to care much about socializing.

The more Chen Qu’an thought about it, the funnier he found it.

In a Murder Mystery Game System like this, focusing on social relationships did not seem all that useful anyway.

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Compared with Zone B, Zone F had made slightly more progress in exploring the plot. The key was that they already had a target to investigate-You ge.

Rao Lin gave a summary: You Ge had originally been a ballet student in the arts class, but she had died because of campus bullying.

The reason for the bullying was still unknown. According to Ning Wang’s description, perhaps it was because, as an arts student, her cultural subject scores had been excellent, which earned her the jealousy of others. Or perhaps it had been for some other reason.

In any case, on one very ordinary day, You Ge disappeared.

Looking at it that way, if they wanted to investigate You Ge, Fan Jiangnan, who seemed to know some inside information, had become their biggest breakthrough point.

After all, whenever they tried to get information out of the other NPC characters, those NPC characters looked completely blank at the number 667.

Ning Wang was still putting on airs, even though those airs of his had long since shattered so thoroughly that no one could even find the fragments.

When the NPC characters were present, Ning Shuo had to follow his character setting too. At the very least, he absolutely could not deliberately go up to Ning Wang and show goodwill.

Ning Shuo thought it over and ultimately decided to let the Knight adjust on his own.

How could a qualified King possibly be without scars worn as medals upon his body?
Not to mention, Ning Shuo thought, he had only earned that medal because he had saved his own Knight.

And so, he happily entered study mode, and in just two days, he raised his total score by another twenty points.

The reason he only stayed in study mode for two days was because Ning Shuo knew his patience only lasted that long.

In other words, Ning Wang’s did too.

At seven in the evening, the Number One Swordsman in the World skipped evening self-study in a very school-bully fashion. Ten minutes later, Ning Banxian raised his hand and said he needed to use the restroom.

The moment he stepped out, a hand pulled him into an empty classroom.

Ning Wang leaned against the side of his neck, sounding inexplicably aggrieved. “Ge, you haven’t even coaxed me.”

“You know how to coax me. I’m obviously so easy to coax.”

Ning Shuo knew he wasn’t truly upset. This was nothing more than a little bitter-flesh tactic born from two days of missing each other and not speaking.

But knowing was one thing. Ning Shuo wasn’t going to expose him.

Because they really hadn’t spoken in two days.

Like Ning Wang, Ning Shuo hugged him back under the weight of all that gradually fermenting longing. “This King knows Knight Ning is easy to coax, but those ministers are all clamoring about brotherly incest. This King can’t very well summon you into the palace and make you my queen.”

Ning Wang: “…”

He looked up at him faintly. “Ge, I know neither of us is good at coaxing people, but you don’t have to deliberately ruin the mood like that.”

Ning Shuo hooked his arms around his neck and laughed with utter abandon. “What mood? What kind of mood does Ningning want?”

Following the force of his pull, the tips of their noses touched.

Smiling, Ning Wang reached out and pushed the glasses on the person in front of him up. “Of course, the kind of mood you’re making me read right now.”

He was just about to kiss him when a noise suddenly came from outside the classroom door.

Mischievously, Ning Shuo slid his glasses back down. There was clearly laughter in his eyes, but his voice was cold. “What? You couldn’t get the family fortune through legitimate means, so now you’re planning to bully me at school?”

Bully him at school.

Ning Wang abruptly came back to his senses. In the dim classroom, he silently mouthed, “Nice one,” then began cooperating with Ning Shuo’s performance. “Ning Banxian, it’s just the two of us here. Stop pretending. You think anything you’re doing counts as legitimate?”

“Weren’t you the one who said whoever got the higher grades would get the shares?”

Ning Wang sneered. “Why don’t you take a look at what your mother has been up to?”

Ning Shuo pondered this. “I live on campus. What has she done these past two days?”

The person outside listened to this exchange and wondered if they had misheard.

Ning Banxian… Though he really was very smart when it came to studying, he was actually just as slow as he seemed in everyday interactions.

How could he openly ask the person competing with him for the family fortune a question like that? How could his opponent possibly tell him?

Unless his opponent was stupid.

But the school bully’s grades had always been terrible, and he’d only gotten into the top class because money had been shoved in for him. Looking at it that way…

Sure enough, the Number One Swordsman in the World snapped in furious embarrassment, “You’re asking me? Why don’t you go ask your mother where she got the nerve to seduce her own brother?”

Ning Shuo genuinely hadn’t known about this.

He was a little shocked. Although he had guessed this was a Real-and-Fake Heiress Script, the ones he usually watched were about the fake heiress taking revenge on the real heiress. This was his first time encountering a plot where the fake heiress seduced the real heiress’s brother-and even succeeded.

Not to mention, Wen Nuan was already of their mother’s generation.

He thought for two seconds about how to continue the scene, only to find that the next part didn’t belong to him.

The person eavesdropping outside seemed unable to listen any longer. They stumbled and fell straight into the room.

It was Fan Jiangnan.