Chapter 122
Chapter 122
At dinnertime, everyone arrived at the restaurant one after another.
Wei Sen, Xu You, Chen Lin, Lin Xiaoxue, Huang Xinze, Lao Wang, and Guo Lan sat at the same table.
Lin Ze was still at a table by himself.
Xia Susu and Meng Zhenzhen sat together. He Xu and Zhou Jie had yet to arrive.
Wei Sen did a quick tally of the current survivors.
Green Team: 9 survivors.
Red Team: 1 survivor, Meng Zhenzhen.
Blue Team: 1 survivor, Lao Wang.
Black Team: 1 survivor, Lin Ze.
Purple Team: wiped out.
Chen Lin’s expression was grave. “Eighteen people died in just three days.”
Huang Xinze clicked his tongue. “At this death rate, I’m afraid no one will make it to the seventh day.”
“We need to be even more careful over the next few days!” Lin Xiaoxue said.
“Oh?” Xia Susu stood up from the side. “You people really aren’t afraid of being killed by certain someone, huh?”
Lin Xiaoxue clenched her fists and stood, glaring at Xia Susu. She still hadn’t settled the score with her for falsely accusing her in the group chat today!
“What does that have to do with you?!”
Xia Susu snorted coldly. “You summoned an Eerie Entity and tried to get everyone killed. Am I wrong?”
“Stop trying to stir up trouble here! I never did that!” Lin Xiaoxue said, hands on her hips. “You’re shouting so loudly-don’t tell me you’re the one who made a wish and summoned the Eerie Entity, then tried to pin it on me!”
About the mother in Infinite Flight, Lin Xiaoxue admitted that she really had been impulsive back in that Instance. She had wanted so badly for that to be her mother…
But after waking from the Instance and returning to reality, she realized how foolish she had been.
She had known all along. Her mother would never come back. In that earthquake, she had been lost forever…
Just then, a figure on the stairs rushed rapidly toward the group.
“Brother Jie, don’t be rash!” He Xu chased after Zhou Jie, trying to stop him.
By the time everyone realized something was wrong, Zhou Jie’s fist, full of rage, had already slammed into Huang Xinze’s face.
Huang Xinze was left seeing stars by the sudden punch. When Zhou Jie’s next blow came down, he abruptly tilted his head and dodged, then grabbed Zhou Jie’s arm with his free hand and forcefully pinned him to the table.
“Fuck, are you insane?!” Huang Xinze cursed, shaking his dizzy head from side to side.
How the hell had he offended this idiot? The guy was actually trying to kill him!
Zhou Jie struggled hard, but Huang Xinze’s grip was too strong. He couldn’t break free at all.
“You dare mess around with my woman? I’ll fucking kill you!” Zhou Jie roared.
Everyone looked at Huang Xinze in shock. The silence was deafening.
Huang Xinze tilted his head, looking like confusion had grown on a tree and everyone present was one of its fruits.
What the hell was this bastard Zhou Jie even talking about?!
“Enough, stop fighting!” He Xu hurried over and pulled Zhou Jie away.
“Come on, then. Explain it clearly!” Huang Xinze looked at He Xu. “Did I mess around with you?”
Then he looked at Xia Susu. “Or did I mess around with you?”
He Xu and Xia Susu exchanged a glance, both looking unbearably embarrassed.
“Pfft…” Xu You couldn’t help laughing, only to feel two sharp gazes land on her the next second. “Sorry. Please, continue.”
“I’m chopping your dick off today!” Zhou Jie was beside himself with rage.
Xu You quietly teased Chen Lin, “Men really are hypocrites. They can fool around all they want, but if another man so much as looks at their woman, that’s unforgivable.”
Chen Lin replied in a low voice, “But I don’t think Brother Ze would do something like that…”
Seeing Zhou Jie roll up his sleeves like he was about to attack again, He Xu flung off his hand and roared, “I said enough! Haven’t you embarrassed yourself enough already?!”
Lao Wang rose and walked over, his face grave as he looked at Huang Xinze. “Come clean. What did you do to someone?”
“I’ve been investigating the killer with you all day. Who could I have done anything to?” Huang Xinze shot back.
Lao Wang turned to He Xu. “Please give us a detailed account of exactly what happened.”
Zhou Jie looked ready to explode.
He Xu stepped forward and blocked Zhou Jie, then glared viciously at Huang Xinze. “Him! Today, when I went back to my room alone, he climbed in from the balcony and harassed me. If I hadn’t used an Anomalous Artifact to protect myself, the consequences would have been unthinkable!”
“Tsk, tsk. A murderer, a deadweight, and now a pervert. We’ve really got every kind of freak here.”
Xia Susu sneered, her gaze drifting between Wei Sen, Lin Xiaoxue, and Huang Xinze.
Wei Sen was completely unaffected. Her expression remained calm as she quietly enjoyed the farce.
“About what time did you see him?” Lao Wang clearly did not believe He Xu. He trusted Huang Xinze’s character.
“Two forty in the afternoon!”
Lao Wang said with absolute certainty, “Then I can guarantee that the person you ran into was not him! Because at that time, he was with me in the backyard!”
He Xu frowned. “As if anyone can’t see what kind of relationship you two have! You’re just rats in the same nest!”
“Hey!” Huang Xinze raised his voice, a flash of anger in his eyes.
He rarely lost his temper with women, but it was one thing for He Xu to insult him. Now she had dragged Lao Wang into it too.
He Xu gave a cold laugh. “What? You dare to do it, but not admit it?”
“Heh, I really…” Huang Xinze was so angry he laughed.
Just what kind of person did they take him, Huang Xinze, for?
He loved beautiful women, yes, but he loved them with class! With morals! With boundaries!
But He Xu kept insisting she had seen him that afternoon. Could someone have disguised themselves as him to do that sort of thing?
Or were these two simply making things up to smear him on purpose?
Thinking this, Huang Xinze looked at Zhou Jie and said, “Buddy, next time you go out, do me a favor and bring your brain with you.”
“As for you!” Huang Xinze turned to He Xu and looked her up and down.
The two of them probably had eight hundred schemes between them, but unfortunately, he was a gentleman. He should still leave a lady some dignity. “Forget it. I don’t curse at women.”
“You fucking-!” Zhou Jie tried to charge forward again.
“Come on! A little warm-up before dinner!” Huang Xinze loosened his joints.
Just as swords were drawn and bows bent, Meiya pushed a serving cart out from the back kitchen.
“Everyone, dinner is now being served.”
“Enough, enough. Let’s eat first.” Xu You stood up with a smile.
But Wei Sen rose before everyone else and walked to the serving cart, pressing one hand down on its lid.
“May I ask what you’re doing?” Meiya looked at Wei Sen in confusion.
Wei Sen did not answer Meiya. Instead, she looked toward He Xu and the others. “Let me share a clue with everyone first. After you hear it, you can keep arguing.”
What she was about to do would earn her another wave of Merit Points, eliminate a threat to herself, and prove Lin Xiaoxue and Huang Xinze’s innocence while she was at it. Multiple birds with one stone.
At her words, everyone turned to Wei Sen. She had said that afternoon she would share a clue at dinner, so no one had been absent.
Lin Ze also pondered in silence, deeply curious about what exactly she planned to do.
It was obvious that among the Green Team, aside from Xia Susu and the few on the Hero Ranking, everyone else treated Wei Sen like the team’s pillar.
Now that Wu Qi’s group had descended into chaotic infighting, trust was easy to break and nearly impossible to rebuild. What could this pillar of theirs possibly do now?