I Rely On Poverty To Sweep Through Survival GamesCh18 - Ten Years Ago

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The voice outside the door disappeared, and the pacing footsteps also stopped abruptly.

Xiao Lan had zero interest in opening the door to confirm it; after all, curiosity killed the cannon fodder. He turned over and buried his face in Luo’s fur. Although Luo didn’t have body warmth, his fur could absorb a person’s warmth when he was leaning against someone, and he became nice and warm. 7jCD9G

Listening to Xiao Lan’s breathing gradually deepen, Luo’s tail gently encircled him as his amber eyes stared at the door unblinkingly and he stood guard against possible danger from outside.

If someone were to observe the black cat’s expression at that moment, they would notice a certain profound and alien mystery in its eyes, like a merciless and ruthless deity standing high above an altar, guarding the most precious treasure in all of heaven and earth.

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Unfortunately, there was only Xiao Lan next to him, whose hair was sticking up from the way he slept.

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Early next morning.

Xiao Lan carried the cat to the dining hall. Breakfast was self-service, and the dining hall had an array of sumptuous dishes on display for the guests to choose from. The air was filled with the warm smells of a traditional breakfast.

He couldn’t be considered to have arrived early, and there was already someone sitting at the table.

Liu Yiyi was absentmindedly drinking the tea which she had scorned yesterday. Seeing Xiao Lan come over, she found the time to nod at him in greeting.

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Xiao Lan glanced at the teacup in her hand, then gave her a nod as well. The two of them didn’t interact much.

While Xiao Lan was having breakfast, the other players arrived one after another. After all, this wasn’t really a holiday, and no one was in the mood to sleep in during a game.

The players sat together and discussed their speculations about the game. Xiao Lan shared his discovery of Gu Mo’s diary with them. Meanwhile, Liu Yiyi merely listened silently today, and unexpectedly didn’t evince annoyance like she had done yesterday.

Xiao Lan sized up Liu Yiyi once more. Her behaviour today was extremely strange. He feared that something had already happened… 4qjh7Y

Tong Qing hesitantly spoke up. “You guys… Did you hear someone speaking last night?”

Zhao Fan shook his head. “I… sleep like the dead.”

Liu Yiyi shook her head.

Gu Shengan: “You heard it too?!” eXCiOW

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Tong Qing nodded. “I heard a man who sounded like he was speaking to someone next to him while he was walking, but… I only heard one pair of footsteps.”

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“That’s not right ah, I heard an old lady’s voice; she was coughing while she sang a nursery rhyme,” Gu Shengan said in confusion. He turned to Xiao Lan. “Our rooms are next to each other; you probably heard it too, right?”

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Xiao Lan casually picked up a stuffed bun from the tray. “I said I didn’t need to use the toilet at night and told her to go back earlier; then, she left.”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

The players: “…”

Logically speaking, things shouldn’t develop like this? What’s up with your calm reaction? Also, is now the time to be eating stuffed buns?! Not only that, but the black cat in an emerald green headscarf, which was sitting calmly next to Xiao Lan, even helped him push the teacup further in with its tail to prevent it from falling. S3Zcu6

Truly a pro.

“Ah!” Tong Qing drew everyone’s attention as she suddenly cried out in alarm, and they turned to look.

They only saw her looking disbelievingly at her left hand; her face was deathly pale and had cold sweat on it. “Just now, a hand grabbed me from under the table. It was especially cold.”

The stiff and freezing cold sensation still lingered on her hand. 16Ls5N

Everyone immediately looked under the table — the space was empty, with nothing there.

Tong Qing frowned, her eyes terrified. “How can that be? Just now I clearly…”

Though they didn’t see anything, they were now in the game’s instance; the players wouldn’t suspect Tong Qing of lying like characters in a movie, or suggest that she find a psychologist.

Their expressions turned cautious. First, everyone heard a different person’s voice last night; now, there was a hand. Danger was already around them, but they still didn’t have a single clue. 5mhd6E

At that moment, there were footsteps outside the dining hall; the other guests, from the alumni party, had arrived.

They didn’t look as relaxed as last night, and were completely silent as they walked. Upon entering the dining hall, they split up and went to get food. Xiao Lan didn’t see Du Yuhui, who had been staring at him yesterday, among them. Instead, the other person who had been mentioned in the diary, Cheng Lang, appeared.

Today, Cheng Lang just happened to be sitting closer to Xiao Lan, making it convenient for Xiao Lan to seize the opportunity to examine him.

Sitting there with his breakfast, the way Cheng Lang ate looked very cultured. His hair was also combed neatly, his suit was tailored and didn’t look cheap, and his leather shoes were polished until they shone; he looked like a successful figure. NCjqFE

But Xiao Lan noticed that the collar of his shirt was a little stained, and the edges of his socks were also yellow; this indicated that he wasn’t as neat and as obsessed with cleanliness as he appeared.

Xiao Lan approached Cheng Lang as if he was looking to chat. “Mr Cheng looks like a talented person; you must be very popular.”

Cheng Lang looked at Xiao Lan in his ordinary white T-shirt and smiled proudly, but said modestly, “How can that be? It’s just a little.”

Xiao Lan continued, “I hear that popular people easily draw the fancy of girls from a young age.” C 3DMd

Cheng Lang gave him a look that said ‘you can really tell’. “Hehe, isn’t that right? Sometimes it can be a bit annoying ah.”

Xiao Lan seized the opportunity to toss out a question which he wanted to know the answer to. “In high school, were there any girls who had a secret crush on you?”

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Cheng Lang revealed a smile and was about to brag, but seemed to suddenly recall something, and restrained himself. Finally, he forced the corner of his lips to pull up. “So many people liked me, how can I remember? Uh… I’m about done eating, so I’ll take my leave first.”

With that, he got up and left. When he stood up, he even accidentally knocked a pair of chopsticks to the floor. 5cbDHT

Looking at his flustered movements and his evasive behaviour, it seemed that the words “girls who had a secret crush on him in high school” meant something to him, and there was a hint of a guilty conscience about it.

What on earth had he done?

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During the day, the players searched for information together; only Liu Yiyi did her own thing. zvo7m1

It was only after they investigated that they learnt that this hotel had been renovated once ten years ago; was it to hide something?

The new employees couldn’t explain the specific details clearly, so the players had no choice but to find the owner.

The tall and thin old man was holding a cigarette by the window, and was a little distressed at these avidly curious guests. “This hotel of ours has been open for over thirty years, so refurbishing our facilities ten years ago is very normal. You people ah, did you watch too many movies? No one has died here.”

Gu Shengan was unwilling to give up, and pressed, “Then, did anything happen around ten years ago?” Vsi9C6

The owner frowned as he thought about it. “Nothing ah. There was a school that always came here for their graduation trip around this time back then; it should’ve been them ten years ago ba. I remember that there seemed to be a schoolgirl who caused a ruckus over an unseemly matter, and the police even came to investigate.”

Zhao Fan’s eyes brightened. “Is — is that girl dead?”

The owner forcefully stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray on the side, and said in a displeased tone, “What dead? It’s said that she got pregnant and eloped with some good-for-nothing; she’s perfectly fine! Our hotel values safety the most; if such a case happened, how would our hotel still be able to operate?!

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Seeing that the owner was a little mad, and moreover, he didn’t look like he was lying, the players could only leave.

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In the hallway.

“It looks like the owner isn’t lying ah.” Zhao Fan had a confused expression on his face. “Can it be that we thought wrong, and no one died ten years ago?” mSQDbB

Gu Shengan: “That’s impossible. The handphone is already a very clear hint of the game’s main plot. Someone definitely died ten years ago. Could Gu Mo be the person who supposedly eloped?”

Zhao Fan: “How can that be…”

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Xiao Lan suddenly said, “Perhaps she’s dead, but no one knows about it.”

One by one, they turned to look at him. OfJ3l8

Xiao Lan continued, “Ten years ago, they were the ones who came here for their graduation trip. Gu Mo also left the diary behind at that time, and her secret crush was Cheng Lang. Since Gu Mo was secretly in love with Cheng Lang at the time, how could she have eloped with someone else?

“Moreover, I sounded out Cheng Lang this morning, and noticed that he clearly feels some guilt over a schoolgirl who had a crush on him in high school.

“Also, something definitely must have happened based on the reactions those people had when they saw the photo yesterday. Now, the question is what happened to Gu Mo? How did she die? Also — where did she die?”

Gu Shengan’s complexion abruptly changed. “The refurbishment ten years ago, and something that happened ten years ago that no one knows about. Don’t tell me she…” Eyg7u8

While speaking, the players looked at the ground under their feet in unison, their scalps turning numb. Did they spend the night in a place that was hiding a corpse? And they still had to continue sleeping here…

Xiao Lan comforted them. “Look on the bright side: the owner has already slept here for ten years.”

If the owner heard this, he would want to hit someone.

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28 comments

  1. Curiosity killed the cannon fodder, not the cat, because Luo is the cat~ meow(ฅ^・ω・^ ฅ) Thank you for the chapter❣️

  2. The owner has already slept here for ten years…. SKSKKSKSKS XIAO LAN…. is really a talent I’m really about to laugh out loud on the train at this rate.

    Thanks for the chapter~~

  3. Xiao Lan is so smart. It’s unfortunate what happened in his life to end up in extreme poverty, but he will make it out ok!

    Thanks for the chapter ❤

  4. I feel like luo yiyi was replaced by whatever ghost she heard because she is acting way to different than she should and xiao lan is just too much

  5. oof it’s the “corpse hidden in the walls” hotel (^^;;;; [thank you for the chapter!]

  6. » curiosity killed the cannon fodder« that made me laugh lolol

    I wonder if smth happend with Liu Yiyi.

    Thx for the ch (≧▽≦)/

  7. LYY has already been possessed, or replaced by a dud right?! The girl that’s missing, she’s a shapeshifter!!!

  8. ‘…like a merciless and ruthless deity standing high above an altar, guarding the most precious treasure in all of heaven and earth….

    (^✧ω✧^)◞ ̑̑ෆ *meow!