Chapter 59
Chapter 59
This time was different from the first. Difference meant the unknown, and the unknown was always the easiest thing to fear.
[I kind of want to cry too.]
[Nian Nian, waaaah. I was watching her stream the first time she came in. She was such an adorable girl.]
[Brother Chao, we salute you!]
Seeing all of them fall silent one by one, Nian Chao smiled and high-fived each of them. “Why are you all looking so down? I was already dead to begin with. Getting to spend these days with you was a win for us.”
The last one was Rao Lin. When their palms met, Rao Lin caught his hand and bumped shoulders with him. “I will get every last one of you out.”
Nian Chao smiled. Before he could say anything, the people in front of him vanished all at once.
They had been sent out directly by the System.
At the same time, the world began to tremble. The moon, which had been glowing softly, turned a ghastly white. The stars disappeared, and the night sky became pure black.
Every part of the background faded into black and white. Nian Chao watched his own hands turn transparent, then scatter like broken fragments.
The process did not feel like anything. Just as he had said, he was already dead.
But even if he felt nothing, if those young people had seen it, their eyes probably would have gone red again.
Good thing they had not seen.
A drop of water struck the ground, then shattered into black-and-white fragments along with the floor.
Nian Chao thought of the young man who had just said he would bring them all out.
Over the past few days, he had heard that the young man’s father had also been a police officer, and that the young man himself had gotten into the police academy.
That was good.
Nian Chao thought back to the day he had first met them.
-So you’re Willow. That’s a good code name. Willow… It has a lot of meanings, doesn’t it?
Willow, a longing for home.
May this broken branch of willow fulfill his long-cherished wish.
…
[Congratulations, Player Ning Banxian, you have left the Script “Seven-Day Vacation at Rose Castle.” Next, the complete storyline of the Script will be presented to you.]
[You were an ordinary guest with a kind heart, invited to visit Rose Castle. When you first received the invitation, you found it very strange, because you had never heard of a place called “Rose Castle.”]
[You arrived at the waiting area mentioned in the invitation. Many other guests who had also received invitations were already there. People dressed as Servants claimed they would escort you to Rose Castle, on the condition that you put on blindfolds.]
[Although you found it strange, aside from the blindfolds, they treated you with the utmost respect, just as real Servants would treat their guests.]
[After putting on the blindfolds, you climbed many steps. Strangely enough, you did not feel tired.]
[After arriving at the Ancient Castle, the Castle Master required you to do good deeds every day. Naturally, this was not a problem for you, but why was this required?]
[Only during these days did you uncover a shocking secret, and after facing near-certain death, you finally escaped.]
…
[Player Ning Banxian has completed the main mission and Accusation mission. Mission rewards and Live Stream tips will now be calculated.]
[Player Ning Banxian, with your outstanding acting skills and flexible mind, you deceived every NPC. Based on your mission completion rate and the difficulty of the Script, you have gained 195,639 Heat. Among Scripts of the same difficulty level, you have surpassed 98.64% of Players. Your current ranking on Zone F’s Heat leaderboard is: 4,537.]
[You are among the best of the Players, and at the same time, you are deeply loved by the audience.]
[Your Live Stream Room, “Ning Shuo-Ning Banxian,” has received a cumulative total of 365,893 likes. 175,884 people tipped you, for a total tip amount of 75,516 Heat Points. Congratulations. When it comes to winning over the audience, you have already mastered it.]
[Your total Heat has been deposited into your Backpack balance. Your current Heat Points balance is: 429,003.]
[You will now be transported to your default Rest Area (that is, the Rest Area where you last stayed): Fiery Trees and Silver Flowers. We hope you enjoy your time in the Rest Area.]
[I remember this Script. I saw it in another Player’s Live Stream Room. If the Ancient Castle isn’t destroyed and only the King dies, all the other NPCs turn gloomy as hell.]
[More than that. They jump-scare you every now and then. Way scarier than the Evil Spirits.]
[Wuwuwuwu, my Officer Nian, gone too soon…]
[And if you’re a Good Person, enough said-the seventh day is hard to survive. If you’re a Bad Person, it’s easier. You get all drowsy and accidentally reveal your true name, then open your eyes and see Camberny, who’s supposed to be dead, staring at you with this creepy smile.]
[Also, dead Camberny uses an axe, not scissors. Ha.]
As for the fact that the Script had been smashed to pieces this time, the audience was practically used to it by now-
[See? Script Smasher really lives up to the name.]
[But seriously, Wang Shuo’s relationship progressed at lightning speed this time.]
[More than that. I mean, I kept screaming that it wasn’t enough, but I’m actually pretty stuffed.]
[Those two definitely cultivated feelings behind our backs!]
[It’s not like we’re outsiders. Why hide it from us~]
[It’s not Wang Shuo! It’s Shuo Wang! Is my Half-Immortal not alpha enough?!]
…
Whether it was Wang Shuo or Shuo Wang could be set aside for now.
The instant they emerged from the teleportation point, Shuo was pinned beneath Wang.
The former still felt that everything was under his control, his tone unhurried and calm. “Ningning, what’s the rush?”
Ning Wang gripped his wrists and pinned them above his head, a dark current surging in his eyes.
Ning Shuo frowned almost imperceptibly and finally realized he might have gone too far.
Though he had no idea he could be this impatient in a relationship, to the point that he couldn’t even be teased a little, he still softened his voice and said gently, “Ningning, why don’t we get u-”
Before he could get the word “up” out, Ning Wang reached out, pushed Ning Shuo’s glasses up, and took them off.
Then he kissed him directly.
Ning Shuo’s eyes widened as he watched Ning Wang close his eyes and work at his lips.
This couldn’t even be called working at his lips.
This was fucking gnawing like a dog.
But no matter how bad Ning Wang’s kissing technique was, this was Ning Shuo’s first kiss too.
No matter how many novels Ning Shuo had read, he had never put any of it into practice.
He lifted his hands and rested them on Ning Wang’s shoulders, half wanting to push him away and half not, passively enduring the kiss. All he felt was that even this kid’s kissing could make a person dizzy.
They hadn’t been kissing long when Ning Wang, as if learning without a teacher, pried open the seam of his lips and licked him.
Ning Shuo: !
He instinctively wanted to pull back, but the person pressing down on him held him in place with his free hand.
Ning Shuo finally found a gap to breathe. “Wait, you first-”
“Ning Shuo,” Ning Wang interrupted him, his voice hoarse. “I’ve wanted to do this since the Tequila Sunrise.”
Tequila Sunrise was the victory cocktail Ning Shuo had mixed for Ning Wang in the Large-Scale Murder Mystery Game, “Clown’s Favorite Paradise.”
The drink itself didn’t carry any meaning of celebration, but when Ning Shuo saw him back then, the cocktail had suddenly come to mind.
So he mixed it.
It also counted as the first proper cocktail he had ever made for Ning Wang.
But Ning Shuo hadn’t expected that he had guessed wrong about when Ning Wang had started liking him. He had thought it was during the previous Script, when Ning Wang got jealous.
But Ning Wang had actually liked him since that long ago?
Ning Shuo stared dazedly at that face identical to his own.
Without that layer of lenses between them, the emotions in both their eyes were laid completely bare.
The tips of Ning Wang’s ears were very red, and the desire in his eyes was just as intense. “Back then, watching Ge mix drinks, I already wanted to kiss you.”