Chapter 90
Lin Yi opened the door of the cake shop.
Then, seeing the person in front of him, his blood froze.
The black cloak and the wide hood hid the person’s entire face; like an impenetrable armor, resisting all eyes that wanted to pry into its depths.
But Lin Yi was different. If ‘Shunxi’ was wearing armor then he was a snail that had lost its shell; clearly seen by the other at a glance.
His face had been seen by Shunxi.
Because it was so unexpected, Lin Yi’s legs seemed to have been nailed in place.
Why did Shunxi appear here?
Why was he staring at him?
His face has been seen, now what?
Then Lin Yi saw Shunxi move his arms and something shone underneath the cloak. Although Lin Yi didn’t see it clearly, he could guess what that shining thing was; most likely it was the knife that killed several of the participants.
Immediately, Lin Yi’s whole body tensed up and his brain was galloping. It was the “present” and it was daytime. It still wasn’t completely certain that he’d violated a Rule of Death. Even if he had, he wouldn’t die immediately.
He still has time to struggle. The most urgent thing was to get out of here. The only one who should suffer the consequences of having Shunxi lay eyes on him was himself.
Lin Yi walked sideways. He could feel the Shunxi’s eyes trained on him. When he was a few meters away, Shuxi immediately begun to follow after him.
Lin Yi used his peripheral vision to keep track of the situation behind him. He didn’t dare slow down and he kept speeding up his steps until he was finally flat out running.
He looked at the street scene in front of him. Fortunately, he and Qin Zhou had explored Jianshe Road several times; he knew which streets and alleys were dead ends. As long as he wasn’t forced into a dead end by Shunxi, he could use the counter flow of the crowd and the terrain to shake off Shunxi.
In order to speed up, Lin Yi no longer kept track of Shunxi behind him. He kept pushing through the crowd going the opposite direction, apologizing for running through them. After many many “I’m sorry”s, Lin Yi turned around and stuck behind a pole.
He had gone down several forks in the road until even Lin Yi himself didn’t know where he was now. Even if Shunxi was more familiar with the terrain around Jianshe Road, being able to keep up with him would have been quite the feat.
Lin Yi stuck his body straight behind the telephone pole and looked sideways at the passing crowd. As he was fleeing, the sky had gradually turned dark. The street lamps hanging on the utility poles had lit up, dragging the shadows of the passing crowd on the ground.
Looking at the shadows going back and forth, after half an hour, Lin Yi was finally sure that Shunxi hadn’t followed.
But he didn’t dare relax at all. It was almost dark and he’d violated the Rules of Death. Even if he’d managed to shake off Shunxi for now, Shunxi would still find him at night.
Lin Yi pursed his lower lip, his dark eyes flickered with a look of deep thought.
For a moment, he hesitated whether to go back to Cen Qian’s house. But if he did, wouldn’t he just lure the wolf into the house?
Forget it then, he won’t go back.
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Lin Yi wandered aimlessly around Jianshe Road. Many of the shops on Jianshe Road were closed and the street gradually became deserted.
The street lights stretched his shadow overly long.
Lin Yi didn’t plan to walk any longer, the soles of his feet hurt from walking. Even if Shunxi comes to him later for violating the Rules of Death, he was still planning to fight to save himself. So, better to save some strength to run away later, right?
He saw a bench in front of him and walked over quickly. His butt just touched the bench when——
“Lin Yi!”
It was a very anxious and helpless sound.
Lin Yi turned around. “Senior…”
Qin Zhou walked over quickly and stopped in front of him. Lin Yi could clearly see Qin Zhou’s Adam’s apple bobbing up and down. He asked, “What happened?”
Qin Zhou’s voice was very steady, covering up his worries over Lin Yi so that his words wouldn’t cause Lin Yi any psychological burden at having made others worry about him; instead, it gave him a sense of security.
Lin Yi suddenly had this feeling like he’d found a dependable support. It allowed him to let a little grievance bleed into his voice, “Senior, I was seen by Shunxi.”
When he heard these words, Qin Zhou understood why Lin Yi was wandering outside and didn’t dare come back.
He sat down next to Lin Yi and it took a long time before he commented. “It’s a step backwards.”
Lin Yi: “…Huh?”
“In the 7-7 rule world, you knew to find a teammate to work with. How come you didn’t now?” Qin Zhou said, “Little genius, the tighter Shunxi covers himself, the more it shows that his face is a most shameful one. Regarding the situation at Cen Qian’s house, which do you think would be easier? For Shunxi to see our face or for us to work together and overpower him so long as its daytime? Little genius, do you think he dares come?”
Qin Zhou turned his head and stared at Lin Yi, “Sometimes you are extremely smart and sometimes you are plenty stupid.”
Lin Yi let out a ‘huh’, thinking that what Qin Zhou said made some sense.
Although he was afraid of going back and leading Shunxi to see Qin Zhou or Ren Li’s face, truth was, there were more solutions than problems. Maybe Qin Zhou could have thought of a way to save him. But it was late now and it was already dark.
He wasted all those daylight hours.
Lin Yi scratched his head. “Right…I seem to have regressed.”
Qin Zhou took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one. This was the first time Qin Zhou has smoked in the Rule World.
Lin Yi had been with Qin Zhou before and he hadn’t seen Qin Zhou buy cigarettes. Qin Zhou must have bought it when he was out looking for him.
Cheng Yang also smokes. Cheng Yang said that when a smoker encounters some matter, they get the urge to have a cigarette. But the amount depends on the matter. If it’s a good matter, they smoke less. For bad matters, they smoke more.
Lin Yi saw that more than half of the cigarette pack was empty.
After a while, even the remaining half of the cigarette pack was gone.
Qin Zhou snuffed out the last cigarette and crumpled the cigarette pack into a ball, throwing it into the trash can a little ahead in a perfect arc.
Lin Yi guessed that Qin Zhou was in an irritable mood and thus smoked so many cigarettes at once. He looked at the sky and said carefully, “Senior, you should go back first.”
It was dark now.
Qin Zhou opened his mouth, he’d smoked a lot and his voice was a little rough. “What are you afraid of? When Zhou Qi and Jiang Wang died, none of the others were hurt.”
Lin Yi: “…”
Wah, so ruthless.
Qin Zhou didn’t speak and Lin Yi didn’t dare say anything. He sensed Qin Zhou’s bad mood and planned not to set him off.
He was already pitiful enough. He was going to die any second and Qin Zhou was still so ruthless to him. This was a bit too much.
“Don’t sleep tonight.” Qin Zhou said in a deep voice, “If you’re sleepy, talk to me.”
“Oh, right, Senior.” Lin Yi nodded.
Qin Zhou glanced at Lin Yi and explained, “The first few all died in a time rewind.”
That’s why Qin Zhou wouldn’t let Lin Yi sleep.
Lin Yi actually thought about this too but he remembered very clearly that Qin Zhou said that after violating the Rules of Death, an NPC killing a participant was inevitable.
After all, even Monsters could be killed for violating the Rules of Death, what more mere participants?
Qin Zhou changed his words. “We’ll just try.”
Try and see if you can escape after violating the Rules of Death.
Lin Yi nodded. “OK.”
Lin Yi couldn’t sleep without the sounds on the MP4 player, so falling asleep was impossible for him tonight. But Qin Zhou didn’t know so in order to prevent Lin Yi from falling asleep, Qin Zhou said, “Little genius, find a topic you want to talk about.”
Lin Yi thought for a while and asked, “What score did Senior get in the college entrance examination?”
Qin Zhou thought back. “A little more than 600.” After a pause, he added, “Not as good as yours.”
He was referring to the results of Lin Yi’s three mock exams in high school.
Lin Yi let out an ‘oh’. He felt sorry for Qin Zhou. With 600+ points, he could have gotten into a very good university.
Qin Zhou asked him, “Were you feeling unwell on the day of the college entrance examination?”
Lin Yi lowered his head, unable to meet Qin Zhou’s eyes because of guilt. “En, I was sick.”
Qin Zhou noticed his evasion and the two tacitly dropped the subject. After a while, Qin Zhou asked Lin Yi to find another topic. From his point of view, the only way Lin Yi wouldn’t fall asleep was if Lin Yi was interested in the topic.
Lest the topic involve himself again, Lin Yi thought for a while and said, “Senior, were you… born with it?”
… This choice of topic surprised Qin Zhou a bit but he still answered seriously, “I don’t know but I became certain of my sexual orientation when I was in my first year of high school.”
Lin Yi was finally a little interested. “How did you find out?”
“Military training.” Qin Zhou recalled: “It was hot at the time and some of the boys would go around shirtless.”
Lin Yi imagined that scene and involuntarily glanced at a certain part of Qin Zhou’s body, and then suddenly realized “Oh!”
“It wasn’t a physical reaction that made me sure of it.” Qin Zhou saw Lin Yi’s gaze, and after a moment of silence, said, “It was something strange in my heart.”
Lin Yi was stunned into silence for a moment. “Something strange in your heart?”
“Yeah.” Seeing Lin Yi’s interested expression, Qin Zhou talked to him more. “I don’t know, maybe it was the hormones of adolescence. After that, I was sure that I like men. ”
Lin Yi thought for a while then asked nervously. “Senior, you said that you felt something strange, was it a sort of ticklish feeling?”
Qin Zhou gave him a meaningful look. “It was a ticklish feeling.”
Lin Yi was startled: “!”
Sure enough! He had also been having that ticklish feeling all day!
And it was a tickling all from his ears to the depths of his heart. Lin Yi’s mood turned little complicated for a while.
“…It’s not like it’s ticklish whenever I see a man.” Qin Zhou saw Lin Yi’s expression, misunderstood his inner thoughts and explained, “It depends on who.”
Even if his sexual orientation had been determined, Qin Zhou has never felt that ticklish feeling in his heart. So far, he’s only felt that in front of this person.
“Senior.” Lin Yi thought for a while and hypothesized, “Then if you see a man who makes your heart tickle, what does that mean?”
“It means…” Qin Zhou looked at Lin Yi, his eyes wandered over Lin Yi’s facial features — the little genius’s gentle brows, his apricot shaped eyes, the dark pupils, his natural sense of innocence.
Involuntarily, Qin Zhou’s heart began to feel ticklish. This tickle sparked his nerves, giving him the urge to directly pierce the space between them. His Adam’s apple bobbed. “It means you like this man.”
Lin Yi couldn’t hold back, suddenly possessed by Cheng Yang. “…what the fuck.”
Qin Zhou: “…”
He took a deep breath, as expected of Lin Yi.
This whole chapter I couldn’t stop thinking about poor Cen Qian waiting at home for friend to come back so he can eat his birthday cake. 🙁
Agreed, poor CQ
Oh no I forgot about that!! QAQ
totally forgot about that omg!! poor cen qian (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)
(but i’m glad lin yi and qin zhou got to talk!!)
Waiting fpr his birthday candle. So sad
Me too… I want him to have his birthday
Thax for the update , and yes! development between LY and QZ!!!
This chapter went from tense to WTF real quickly 😂😂😂😂(no complaints)
HEHE
Lin Yi, he’s going to misunderstand the reason for your reaction 🤣 at least he’s understood something about his feelings now?
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
I feel so dumb I was so excited while reading that when Lin Yi asked what it means I read that “what the fuc” as “want to fuc” and I was like WTF
‘Lin yi couldn’t hold back, suddenly possessed by Cheng yang’ lol
..hehe…I m absolutely loving this……..well the romantic scene ended with wtf from lin yi..pfft
Is the birthday cake is intact after all that running !!! 😢
Feeling bad for cen Qian as they both forgot about him and then remembering that he’s actually a potential monster candidate. NPC: 😬