You Xi, with a height of 183cm, had a fair complexion and long legs.

Of course, that was only the first impression when others saw You Xi. In reality, he didn’t have a deceitful mouth. He had never even fallen in love. There were many men and women who chased the wild bees and butterflies, but You Xi was very dedicated. [1] He only loved games.

After being selected for the escape game, some were panicked and some were dazed and desperate. But when You Xi heard that it was a game, he appeared relaxed and comfortable. His expression was almost expectant, and his mouth was smiling.

The system mistakenly thought that he was a boss.

Big bosses must be treated like bosses. System administrators don’t dare treat bosses badly. The world conquering tasks were waiting for bosses to take the lead, and their bonuses were all dependent on the bosses.

As soon as You Xi entered the game, he was granted a luxurious gift package by an administrator.

It was a treatment that ordinary newcomers don’t get.

“Dear, please complete the newbie task of this escape game. Although it’s simple for you, it’s necessary. I am sorry to waste some of your time.” Administrators rarely show such humble moments. “To preserve the game balance, please do not engage in any harassment or disrupt the normal elimination mechanism of our game. Please pretend to be oblivious and do not spoil it. In order to compensate you and prove our sincerity to you, please click to receive the gift package.”

You Xi had experienced many battles and knew all kinds of game interfaces very well. With just a glance, he was like a veteran player in an escape game, neatly accepting the goods.

His light-hearted appearance really fooled the system administrator.

“Dear, do you have any other needs?” The administrator asked.

“I have a habit of drinking afternoon tea.” You Xi said. “Every day at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.”

Although he really wanted to complain that he was being so spoiled even in the escape game, the system administrator didn’t dare to provoke the boss. Afternoon tea wasn’t actually too much. The last boss asked to take a bath with red wine every day and rinse his mouth with shark fin soup. After ten people helping him with food, clothing, housing, and transportation refused to serve him, he directly cracked the code of the mission hall. With a wave of his hand, he forced hundreds of bugs into the escape game, almost crashing it, and the bugs haven’t been cleaned up yet.

“Of course, dear.” The administrator smiled. “The afternoon tea you want will be delivered on time.”

The administrator didn’t dare ask the boss if he had any other needs. He pressed the keyboard and sent the boss to the novice world.

In the blink of an eye, You Xi found himself in a villa. The game told him that he must stay in the villa for an entire week to pass the level.

In the lobby of the villa, over a dozen people were gathered. There were men, women, and children, all sitting or standing.

You Xi walked into the group of people and listened to their conversation. Only then did he figure out–

This HoLo game was linked to the real world. [2] If you die in the game, you die in reality. There were many ghosts and traps in the game. If you’re not careful, you’ll die.

You Xi was scared.

He didn’t expect this broken game to be so cruel.

He was born with a smile on his lips, and even when he was scared to death, people around him thought he was smiling.

“Hey, pretty boy. What’s so funny about this!” [3] A middle-aged man was suddenly dragged into an escape game. He was full of pent up anger with nowhere to release it. When he saw You Xi in a good mood, he felt particularly upset.

Relying on his physical strength, he wanted to pick up the soft persimmon, but before he could speak, he was pulled back by an old man next to him. [4]

“Young man, don’t be impulsive.” The grey-haired old man said. “This young man seems to be confident. Maybe there’s a way to complete the mission.

All those who came to this ‘Midnight Villa’ were novices who hadn’t participated in games more than three times. Although the old man was very high in years, he was excellent at judging the situation and would always follow the strongest person in the team. Although he was old, he was well-informed and clear-minded. He hadn’t become cannon fodder. He survived.

Everyone turned their gazes to You Xi. A younger girl had peeked at You Xi from time to time, and now she looked at You Xi in admiration and endless worship.

You Xi: “……”

Who am I, where am I, what am I going to do… I don’t know anything, ah. Look at what I’m doing.

You Xi sat on the sofa and looked at his watch. It was 3 o’clock.

“I just came for afternoon tea.” You Xi said. “Don’t look at me, I really don’t know anything.”

Before he could finish his words, a pale woman dressed as a maid walked out pushing a dining cart. The cart was stopped in front of You Xi, and she lifted the cloth covering the cart. Three delicate layers of dishes were spotted with delicious snacks, in full view of everyone. Next, You Xi enjoyed the delicious food and drank a cup of Ceylon tea.

When a child saw it, he couldn’t help but want to sell meng, but when he was approaching the food, he was scared by the maid who suddenly stuck out her long tongue and exposed the third eye on her forehead. [5]

The child cried loudly, and didn’t dare to approach half a step closer to You Xi. Other people who had moved also realized in an instant – this handsome guy with excellent looks was a powerful character. Even a game npc couldn’t easily provoke him and was being ordered around.

The middle-aged man who had yelled at You Xi in the beginning silently wiped awayhis cold sweat.

He hoped that the big boss wouldn’t hold a grudge, and that adults wouldn’t remember the villains. [6]

After ten minutes, afternoon tea time was over.

“Ceylon tea. I like Uva tea.” [7] You Xi commented. “Be careful next time. Don’t use Dilmah.” [8]

The maid nodded, retracted her half-meter long tongue, closed the third eye on the center of her forehead, and walked away respectfully like an ordinary waitress.

During that afternoon tea time, You Xi combined the previous clues to figure out his situation. He probably got some privileges by bluffing in front of the system administrator.

He needs to hide the fact that he’s a five-fighting-power scum pretending to be a boss. Otherwise, the system administrator who reacted to him will retaliate against him severely. In such a trashy game where people eat others without spitting out their bones, he would definitely die miserably.

After summing that up, You Xi stood up and left the hall.

The crowd behind him had long thought of him as a boss, and spontaneously followed You Xi.

You Xi: “……” He just wanted to take a nap. Why follow him like little chickens? He’s not an old hen!

But since the feet were attached to others, he couldn’t control them.

You Xi ignored those people and walked to the first room on the second floor.

Written on the door was the word ‘Sunday.’

……What Sunday?

You Xi had played some horror games and was particularly concerned about such clues. To be honest, he was quite worried about triggering a bad flag, so he glanced cautiously at the labels on the other rooms.

From Sunday to Monday, Tuesday… Everything including Saturday was available.

There were 7 rooms in total.

Corresponding to the rooms, there were 14 people total.

You Xi immediately understood that this stingy villa had double rooms.

You Xi’s family had always been well off. He hadn’t lived in a university dorm for even a day, so naturally he didn’t want to share a room with others. However, it was better to not be too independent.

You Xi glanced around the people behind him, and pointed to the strongest and most powerful man in the crowd. It happened to be the middle-aged man who was aggressive toward him in the beginning.

“You.” You Xi said. “Come into this room with me.”

Being called out by the big boss to enter the same room was supposed to bring peace of mind and stable profit, but the middle-aged man instead felt imminent disaster.

Among so many people, only he had offended the boss. Living in the room with the boss was so different…

The middle-aged man couldn’t help but step back. His expression of resistance was indescribable. It was as if the world beyond the door was a dragon’s pool and a tiger’s cave. [9]

You Xi was a little sorry. He just wanted to find a strong teammate.

“Does anyone want to share a room with me?” You Xi said. “Tell me now. No elderly, women, or children.”

— Because I’m unable to protect them.

Everyone secretly took a step back as soon as he said this. This ‘Sunday’ room sounds dangerous. How far would they go to leave.

“No one wants to?” You Xi, who was always popular, was met with such a cold reception for the first time, but everything was fine inside his heart. He felt that two people would be too crowded, since he wouldn’t be able to check what was in the privilege package he received.

“That’s okay. None of you want to live with me.” You Xi rushed through the door. “You can allocate the remaining rooms amongst yourselves.”

Outside the door, the remaining 13 people were chatting endlessly, but none of that had anything to do with You Xi.

He took a close look at the room and found that–

There were no beds in the room, only two coffins!

……Is it too late for him to check out now?

You Xi was terrified, but he didn’t dare to show it. The system administrator was almost omnipotent, and he could be detected anywhere. After closing the door, You Xi showed a sorrowful expression. Didn’t he tell the administrator that he was an embroidered pillow? [10]

He still wanted to muddle along.

Moreover, based on You Xi’s years of gaming experience, this kind of thing that obviously said ‘I’m weird’ usually didn’t set a death flag. Instead, things that looked seamless often carried many holes. [11]

Trying to psych himself up in his head, You Xi walked towards the coffin.

On the other side, the system administrator was paying close attention to You Xi. But he was monitoring him mainly because he was afraid that the big boss would do something hard for him to clean up.

After seeing You Xi force open the door to the ‘Sunday’ room and unkindly persuade the middle-aged man who had offended him to share the room with him, sweat was oozing down the system administrator.

He carefully recorded in the ‘Boss Observation Report:’ The S-Level player No. 004 is good at playing with people’s hearts. It is a level 2 dangerous element. If you encounter it, you must be careful to avoid it and not provoke it.

In the surveillance video, You Xi strolled in the dimly lit room, as if the coffin, paper money for the dead, and paper mirrors were all the same as normal furnishings.

The dignity of the game was being trampled, but the big bosses were all like this.

However, unlike in the system administrator’s imagination, You Xi was wandering around the room because he was totally confused.

Nothing seemed to work properly there.

Not even a toothbrush in this stingy villa. Bad review!

...To be continued... ...

You Xi sat on the lid of his coffin and lifted his gift box. He hoped that there would be some useful things inside.

The gift box given by the system administrator was indeed full of sincerity.

— Thunderbolt Seal x5

— Invisibility Seal x5

— Space Pocket (5 Square Meters)

— Wardrobe x1

— Healing Medicine x5

…Wardrobe?

The other things, You Xi could understand because it was an escape game, but what’s the use of a wardrobe? Could he hide in there when the ghost came? The big boss gift packages are so strange nowadays.

Curious, You Xi opened the wardrobe.

It was really a large wardrobe. After opening it, he saw it was filled with a dazzling array of fashionable clothes, luxurious watches, fancy shoes, and silk blankets.

You Xi was stunned by the result.

But as the beneficiary, he had nothing to say. You Xi picked out his favorite watch, comfortable pajamas, and soft silk blankets, then put the large wardrobe back into the game backpack, stretching out his waist.

It was 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and the game hadn’t given any clues.

Thinking that people usually don’t die at the beginning of a game, You Xi planned to stock up on supplies.

The others still didn’t know what to do in their own rooms. Without those little tails following him, You Xi was able to move much more easily. He snuck into the kitchen first, then put the kitchen knife in his backpack. Then he wandered into the villa service staff’s dorms and took away all the toilet paper and toiletries.

While doing all of that, You Xi was confident, as if everything was going as it should be–

Of course it should be. You Xi has played so many horror games, and no game has ever set a death flag on toilet paper. The kitchen knife may trigger a bad event, but if You Xi confiscated the tool used for the crime, then wouldn’t the danger be averted?

After the raid, he returned to his dorm and stuffed all the uncomfortable-looking paper money and paper mirrors into the space pocket.

The coffin also looked inauspicious. You Xi hesitated, then finally took out the kitchen knife and started chopping up the coffin.

“Di di di– Warning! Level 2 Warning!” The system administrator was out of breath. “S-Level Player 004 please stop the behavior of destroying important public property!”

You Xi frowned. He didn’t want to confront the system.

No damage was allowed. If it looked particularly unpleasant, just put it away.

You Xi packed to coffin into his space pocket.

“Di di di– Warning! Level 1 Warning! S-Level Player 004 please return the public property!” The system administrator was crying. The coffin was old and expensive. It was pure solid wood with a magic circle on it. Boss 004’s interests were too special.

Was he here to play the game? He’s here to scan the goods and collect all the valuables and invaluables. That’s his plan to empty the entire game!

You Xi tried to talk to the voice in his head. He was afraid of the coffin, but he was also worried about revealing his secret. So You Xi pretended to act like a freak: “Those two things are like black holes, so ugly. They’re in my room. I don’t like them.”

The system administrator hurriedly transferred two cheap blue coffins from other game worlds to replace them.

You Xi: “……”

He understood. It was impossible to take a shortcut, but the administrator really couldn’t let him destroy anything that was too problematic.

As for the kitchen knives and toilet paper that he put into his space pocket, they were simply physical props. They weren’t worth a dime in the game.

Thinking back, he could use that method to smoothly avoid some death flags.

This was also a good harvest.

You Xi finally gave up and knocked on the coffin. Sleeping in a coffin was just sleeping in a coffin. He had a silk blanket, so it would be very soft!

At dinner time, everyone gathered in the restaurant on the first floor. You Xi only counted 13 people.

One short.

The number 13 was very unlucky.

“Where’s the little boy who appeared here this afternoon?” You Xi asked. “Why can’t I see him?”

The young girl who was in the same room with the little boy said: “Xiao Lu is asleep, so we can’t wake him up.”

The situation was so weird that You Xi was unwilling to eat the last supper with the others. After the dishes were served, he didn’t move a single chopstick.

Everyone else learned from him, so they didn’t eat any more.

A curvy blonde beauty boldly asked You Xi: “Why don’t you eat?”

You Xi: “……” I can’t say anything about being afraid of death.

You Xi: “I’ve had afternoon tea. I’m not hungry.” Not really. He almost drooled when he looked at the roast goose on the table.

“I suspect that one of us isn’t a human being,” said a young man wearing glasses. “As for my introduction, my name is Gu Mian. I have already participated in 3 games. I think, other than this gentleman, I am one of those with the most say in the room.”

‘This gentleman’ that Gu Mian honored was undoubtedly You Xi.

“According to the world famous painting, ‘The Last Supper,’ there should be a traitor among the 13 sitting people.” Gu Mian said. “If we can’t find this traitor, I suppose one of us will die tonight.”

After Gu Mian said those words, he looked at You Xi: “Sir, in your opinion, who is the traitor?”

You Xi: “……” Come up once and let people guess who the traitor is. That’s idiotic gameplay.

You Xi: “That isn’t a question we’re going to think about tonight.” Dage, you’re ahead of the class. [1]

Everyone listened, but You Xi was reluctant to say anything.

“I see!” The blonde said. “In ‘The Last Supper,’ there’s an extra hand. Let’s stop eating and see if there are any extra hands–“

As soon as her voice fell, the lights in the villa were extinguished. There was a strong wind outside the house, the closed windows were blown open, and a terrifying roar sounded throughout the villa.

Everyone was in a panic, and You Xi held the Thunderbolt Seal in his gift bag as firmly as a dog.

He wasn’t afraid. He didn’t trigger the flag, and he had weapons, so the one to die would not be him.

Two minutes later, the lights came back on.

People saw that the beautiful and charming blonde had her neck sliced off and her head was placed on a plate on the dining table.

She was smiling when she died.

“Ah–” The young girl in the room with Xiao Lu couldn’t help screaming.

Nobody was interested in eating.

But then You Xi moved his chopsticks. The lunch box plot that was triggered by eating was over. They would be in this broken game for a week, so You Xi didn’t believe that it would kill all the players who had eaten dinner after the meal.

People were iron, rice was steel. [2] Except for a few glass hearts who couldn’t force themselves, everyone who had played a round of the game chose to follow the boss and eat!

You Xi hadn’t eaten enough, and summoned the waiter to take away the leftovers.

The young girl couldn’t stand it anymore: “Aren’t you afraid that these dishes are made of human flesh?”

Gu Mian’s face was slightly ugly, but he still spoke objectively and unbiased: “It’s not. This man who is obviously a skilled player has eaten it. How could it be human flesh?”

You Xi’s packaging motions paused: “Well, actually I don’t care what goes into my stomach. After all, we have to stay here for a week. We can’t survive without being killed by a ghost if we starve to death first, ba.”

Those people were rarely confused. The stingy game now knew how to speak well and make the food appear delicious. The game would be more brutal later. Maybe in the end, it would be shameless and directly serve them raw meat.

What would he do then?

But although his words were reasonable, they couldn’t accept them. Eating with a head on a plate was beyond their tolerance, and now You Xi has taken the fig leaf off again. [3]

“Oh.” A chubby middle-aged woman couldn’t stand it anymore and felt nauseous.

It would be okay if she didn’t vomit, since after vomiting, it could make everyone nearby sick.

“Don’t eat, don’t eat!” Their hair was dyed pink, and they looked like the TOM-laoshi who worked in a barber shop and screamed and shouted, “This trash game, trash food, **** your mother!” [4]

There was buzzing downstairs, but You Xi didn’t bother to worry about it. En. He had reminded them with a reminder. He had tried his best.

You Xi went back to his room and spread the silk blanket in the coffin. It was the first time he would sleep in the coffin. He was so scared.

After five minutes, You Xi fell asleep without realizing.

In the middle of the night, You Xi felt thirsty for no reason. He woke up in a daze and glanced at his watch under the moonlight – it was exactly 12 o’clock at night!

Remembering that this instance was called ‘Midnight Villa,’ You Xi realized that he woke up so early, it must be the work of a supernatural ability. The players are asleep? They want to be beautiful, but I wont let you sleep-

Horror games are all about screwing people over and making them enjoy it. [5]

You Xi was worried about lying in the coffin again, then turning around to be climbed on by a female ghost. In such a small, tight space, it would be inevitable. But if he rushed out, he could guess that he would be killed by the game.

You Xi gave himself a defensive shot, sat up, and vaguely saw someone lying in the coffin next door.

You Xi was immediately dripping with cold sweat.

How could a ghost sleep in the middle of the night? What does she want to do? When did she come in? How long has she been lying down?

You Xi stared at the female ghost. He hadn’t figured it out yet.

At that moment, the female ghost in the coffin slowly opened the third eye on her forehead. She opened her mouth and spit out her long tongue, but when she noticed that the player in the neighboring coffin had already awoke and was sitting still, staring at her with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.

You Xi: “……”

Identifying was over. She came to be funny.

You Xi: “Ah, it’s you. The waitress from this afternoon.”

“Right, right!” The female ghost hurriedly sat up, stuck her tongue back into her mouth, and said in fear. “I didn’t notice that the person next to me was you when I entered. I’m bothering you, I’ll just get out of–“

“Wait a minute.” You Xi said. “Can you get me a cup of Uva?”

Asking for help, You Xi showed an affable smile.

Although it was very charming, the female ghost looked like there was a thorn in her back. When she was lying in the coffin just now, the boss wanted to kill her! He must have wanted to kill her! Fortunately, she was good at thigh hugging and took the duty to send afternoon tea to the boss that first time, so she was saved from death.

“Good, good.” The female ghost was incomparably eager, full of desire to survive.

...To be continued... ...

The next day, You Xi was awakened by a scream outside his door.

Ai, that’s the proper way to introduce an escape game.

The funny female ghost who came yesterday was obviously abnormal.

You Xi stared at the ceiling above his head dazedly. He was still young and had a romantic outlook. He had always thought he was born beautiful, different, uninhibited. But in the end, nothing was as good as the many otaku friends he had made in games. He has no match with others for the time being, and he may have no match until he dies.

With his head resting on his arm, You Xi let out a sigh of sadness and melancholy.

He didn’t want to die. Even if he was very against it, he had to get up from the coffin so early in the morning to see what’s going on outside.

At that moment, You Xi suddenly heard the sound of the system in his ears.

“Ding–“

“S-Level Player 004 has received 2 million game coins 16 hours after the start of ‘Midnight Villa.’ Congratulations to Player 004 for becoming famous overnight!”

The system administrator tried his best to suppress his excitement, but his tone wasn’t as unbiased and fair as he had hoped. Instead, he was full of obvious flattery.

“In under 34 hours, Player 004 has gained over 300,000 fans, and the gold master directly awarded 1 million coins on your game livestream room. No. 004, you are now on the homepage of the game, and a large number of fans are rushing crazily toward you–“

This year’s end-of-year awards must have been rewarded! The system administrator was about to explode with joy. What kind of godly luck was this; he had picked up such a big boss.

Powerful and mysterious, but the most important was that he was really good-looking and attracted men and women! The system administrator saw a rising star.

“When 003 swept through the escape game last year, he wasn’t as fast as you!” The system administrator spoke. “Here’s afternoon tea for you!”

The afternoon tea was rich, so You Xi was happy, but a livestream? Who was the livestream for? What could he buy with 2 million game coins?

Although he really wanted to know, You Xi couldn’t ask. Since he was pretending to be a boss, he could only hold back his curiosity and stick to his rules.

He didn’t worry. If there was a chance to complete the mission by fishing in troubled waters, he would definitely be able to figure it out after he escapes the Midnight Villa instance.

You Xi walked out of the room. Outside the door, the players gathered there saw that he had finally deigned to leave. He suddenly seemed as if he had found his backbone.

The pink haired TOM-laoshi said: “Sir, Dr. Liu is dead!”

Because he didn’t speak deeply with the other players, You Xi didn’t know which one Dr. Liu was and had to approach the corpse and observe carefully. Lying on the bed in the Wednesday room, the corpse was already completely different. According to the TOM-laoshi in the same room, he had died silently. It wasn’t until this morning that the TOM-laoshi woke up and found that he had died a miserable death.

You Xi resisted his nausea and fear, then finally matched the deceased with the characters in his mind.

Dr. Liu didn’t speak much. He sat to the right of the decapitated blonde girl during dinner last night. He had a big appetite; he ate half of the roast goose.

You Xi only had that impression of Dr. Liu.

You Xi leaned lazily on the table, the hazy morning light shining on his well-defined, romantic face. He seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and asked casually: “Tell me, what did you do yesterday?”

The TOM-laoshi looked at You Xi, trying to suppress the eagerness in his heart that was electrified by the boss. He recalled: “Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Liu and I entered the room together. I didn’t notice anything unusual, but Dr. Liu said that there was an odor in the room, so he forcefully requested to sleep by the window.”

While speaking, the curtains in the room were blown by the wind, and everyone saw a blood-red handprint on the white wall!

The temperature inside the room dropped instantly.

The TOM-laoshi seemed to remember something terrible. “After returning from dinner in the evening, Dr. Liu said that the odor was worse. I asked him what the smell was… He said it was like carrion. I was scared. I tried to get him to close the doors and windows to prevent things from crawling inside, but he insisted on opening the windows, and then this happened.”

The TOM-laoshi spoke, but his voice trembled at the end and he looked at You Xi pitifully. “But sir, I asked the others, and the window in the Friday room was also open last night. I don’t understand why our room was targeted? Please help me!”

You Xi: “……”

Eh. He had no clue at all.

He was wrong. He overestimated his IQ. Not everyone was capable of logical reasoning.

There was nothing, no logic connecting the clues. He couldn’t say that it was because the room smelled bed that he died first. Could he still be a boss if he told that kind of bullshit?

You Xi sneered. “You didn’t tell the truth. I can’t help you.”

Regardless, if you encounter something that you can’t solve, you can push the blame, Did TOM-laoshi tell the truth? Only TOM-laoshi knew, so the boss couldn’t break his image anyway, As long as the others still thought he was awesome, he wouldn’t fall apart!

The TOM-laoshi was really scared. “I’m sorry sir! Don’t be angry– I have an issue I’ve been keeping from you. You have to save me!”

The TOM-laoshi burst into tears. “Can everyone else leave? I’ll only tell you the truth.”

“Gu Mian stays. The others can leave.” You Xi spoke after thinking deeply for a while.

Gu Mian was flattered by You Xi calling his name. He adjusted his glasses and tried to hide his ambition and make himself appear as calm as possible.

The TOM-laoshi was still dissatisfied. Why did Gu Mian have to stay?

The faint smile on You Xi’s lips disappeared. His tone was extremely cold: “Your fate is your own. I have no time to accommodate your hypocrisy. Are you going to talk or not?”

The TOM-laoshi clenched his fists and struggled for a few seconds. “I’ll talk! I probably know where the smell of carrion was coming from.”

But he didn’t speak anymore. Instead, he sat on the edge of his bed and silently removed his shoes.

A breeze blew in and an unbearable stench rushed violently toward You Xi.

You Xi: “……” Damn, what kind of spell is this? Let me go, it’s so spicy!

You Xi’s eyes were narrowed at the stench cloud, and tears were about to flow out. Regardless of his boss demeanor, he immediately turned away. “Gu Mian, you will handle the rest.”

The boss waved his arms, but couldn’t get rid of the cloud.

Gu Mian wanted to step out with the boss, but because of what the boss said, he was forced to stay in the room drenched in the smell of rotten flesh.

Although it was very impolite, Gu Mian couldn’t take it and suddenly opened the window, breathing desperately. When he saw the room opposite the window, Gu Mian choked.

The TOM-laoshi put on his shows silently behind Gu Mian, and he was crying: “Is sir rejecting me?”

“No–” Gu Mian swallowed hard and gagged. “Mr. Liar, he saw this early in the morning. He intentionally left me behind, probably because he wanted me to see this.”

“What is it?” The TOM-laoshi leaned over to where Gu Mian was pointing. His pupils dilated instantly like Gu Mian’s.

After a long while, the two came out of the Wednesday room in a good mood.

When they arrived in the dining hall, You Xi was eating breakfast at the table. When he saw Gu Mian come down from the second floor, he smiled slightly, and shamelessly sold his dignity to buy the the little brother.

No one could resist You Xi’s charm when he smiled at them, not to mention Gu Mian had long admired him. For a moment, Gu Mian felt that he was favored by god and favored by his husband. [1] He had excellent grades ever since he was a child, but no matter how many times he placed first on an exam, he had never felt enclosed in joy like that moment.

After receiving gratitude from the boss, Gu Mian was floating among the clouds.

“About this matter.” You Xi asked. “Gu Mian, what do you think?”

You Xi took a sip of soup, squinted his eyes, and successfully used Di Renjie’s ‘Yuan Fang, what do you think?’ method to throw the problem to others. [2] You Xi hid his merit and fame and couldn’t help but praise himself! [3]

“First of all, all players who die in the game must be cremated on the spot, otherwise they may be cursed and demonized by the game.” Gu Mian spoke loudly. “Secondly, everyone must be careful of headless ghosts and shut their doors and windows tonight.”

Everyone looked flustered. Only You Xi looked happy.

Of course You Xi was happy. Gu Mian really had two brushes. [4] He encouraged Gu Mian to continue speaking using his eyes.

Gu Mian spoke again: “I saw handprints spread all the way from the opposite wall outside the window. They began from the windows of the dining hall on the first floor. The first room they passed was Sunday on the second floor, and the second was Wednesday.

“Unfortunately, sir’s window was closed tightly last night. The ghost who crawled out of the hall window couldn’t enter sir’s room and ended up in the Wednesday room. There should be a limit on the number of deaths per day in the game, so Dr. Liu, who was by the window, was killed by the headless ghost while Jiang Jiang survived.

Jiang Jiang was the real name of the TOM-laoshi.

You Xi was frightened when he heard that. Had he closed the window last night? That didn’t seem right… When he woke up at midnight, he still felt the wind blowing from outside.

Could it be that when he woke up last night, the headless ghost was actually looking at him from outside his window?

You Xi was scared for a while.

Aahhh, so terrible! But–

“Why is the ghost headless?” Xiao Lu, the boy who hadn’t appeared at dinner last night, wondered without understanding the situation.

“A player died last night and her head was cut off.” The TOM-laoshi explained. “When everyone woke up this morning, they found her head was still on the table and no one had taken care of it, but no one knew where the torso went.”

“It must be her who killed Dr. Liu last night!” The TOM-laoshi trembled. “We asked the villa attendants. They hate having dead in the villa. They don’t like to clean up the corpses, and it’s unlikely for someone to secretly hide the corpse. The head is still there, but the body is gone. There was only one explanation – the dead player became a ghost!”

“No wonder Old Liu’s face was chewed up when he died.” The man in the suit who hadn’t spoken before now said emotionally, “Maybe the female ghost will grow eyes and a nose after eating Old Liu’s face?”

“So we now need to cremate the corpse to prevent another accident.” Gu Mian was worried. “The question now is where are we going to cremate them? Stepping outside the villa will lead to death, but there isn’t a courtyard in the villa. Dealing with the corpse is a very difficult, serious, and urgent issue.”

You Xi had an ominous hunch, and sure enough, everyone’s eyes drifted to him again.

You Xi choked silently. Since he was pretending to be a big boss, he could no longer happily blend with the crowd.

...To be continued.... ...