TLC by Ning
Not long after leaving, the announcement of the program group came from the audio system: “Please pay attention, players, there are still 30 minutes left before all members vote for the execution. The countdown will be displayed on the screen of your mobile phone. Please decide the suspected killer within the specified time and go to the dining table to complete the execution together. ”
Is time so tight? Xia Xiqing frowned unconsciously.
This kind of game is similar to Werewolf. Everyone’s identities are in the black box, and no one could see them. They can only suspect each other. Even the voting is carried out through mobile phones in an anonymous way, and no one knows who the people around them will vote for.
If you make a hasty decision, you will probably kill the innocent by mistake and even affect the final result.
To be honest, it’s just a reality show, a trivial game, that doesn’t matter, but Xia Xiqing hates the failure of “GAME OVER” the most.
He’s the kind of person who lives in pursuit of victory.
You can’t make a decision casually if there is no evidence to support the facts.
Xia Xiqing led Shang Sirui back to the room of the female owner, and met Cen Cen and Ruan Xiao who were still inside. Up to this moment, Xia Xiqing still believed that the killer was among the two girls, but he did not have evidence, nor did he have enough clues to use.
If he tests them… it’s too easy to be exposed.
“Xiqing,” unexpectedly, Ruan Xiao called out to him first. “I want to ask you some questions about these paintings. I don’t know much about art.”
Xia Xiqing smiled gently, “Of course.”
Shang Sirui laughed. “I don’t know why, the image of you two in the same frame makes me fill my mind with the romantic love story of the noble lady and the artist. Hahaha.”
The atmosphere that was originally tense because of the countdown became a lot more active, but Cen Cen broke the delicate balance.
There was always no expression on her cold face, but at the moment there was a little suspicion. The crimson lipstick made her face colder, “You studied art? I don’t understand why a person who studied art can solve these problems so quickly? Was it all based on your artistic talent?”
Although these words are from reasonable speculation, and anyone who doesn’t know Xia Xiqing is likely to say such words, Cen Cen obviously has more hostility, which makes Xia Xiqing feel very uncomfortable. To be exact, it upsets him.
But he smiled and replied, “I studied art, but mathematics is my hobby. As Van Gogh said, his paintings are precise calculations. An artist who can be called an excellent artist often has a deep mathematical foundation or a keen sense of mathematics.”
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“Really?” Cen Cen smiled, “I have been guessing whether the Killer has more information than ordinary players, otherwise, fighting alone, he would be too disadvantaged. So… what if you are not an ordinary player yourself??”
Asking this… was she testing himself, or was she biting back? Xia Xiqing could not be sure, but he knew very well that his current situation was very dangerous.
Everyone was waiting for Xia Xiqing’s answer, but they saw him smile flawlessly. It seemed friendly and gentle, but what he said was very decisive.
“If I’m really a killer, the first thing I would do is to ‘kill’ Zhou Ziheng.”
Cen Cen obviously didn’t expect that he would say such words. In her eyes, Xia Xiqing and Zhou Ziheng were equivalent to allies, “But you’ve been together since you cracked the room. Aren’t you…”
“What about now? Am I with him?” Xia Xiqing folded his arms and leaned against the wall with a smile. “Where is Ziheng now?” His eyes swept around several people. Ruan Xiao’s face remained the same indecipherable expression, Cen Cen stopped talking, but Shang Sirui laughed dryly, “Impossible, I don’t think it will be Brother Ziheng, he has been very seriously solving puzzles…”
“Me too.” Xia Xiqing blinked, “Haven’t I been seriously solving puzzles?”
He paused and continued, “I’ll tell you a very important piece of information. From the beginning, my escape was more difficult than Zhou Ziheng. My hands and feet were tied, even my eyes were covered, but he could easily escape, you might as well think, how could the program group give the killer such difficult settings? On the contrary, from the beginning, the one with the clearest thinking was him. According to Cen Cen’s point of view, could he not have taken the script?”
After that, Cen Cen looked at Xia Xiqing with a complicated expression, and Xia Xiqing, who just spoke a bunch of nonsense seriously, looked at her fearlessly. After a while, Cen Cen raised her foot to leave the room, but was stopped by Xia Xiqing, “I’ll advise you not to look for him, if he really is the killer and is found out, you will definitely not be able to live.”
Cen Cen’s steps stopped. Although she was not so willing, she had to admit that Xia Xiqing had a point.
Xia Xiqing observed the expression on her face and smiled in his heart.
Mathematics can only be regarded as a hobby, but teasing people is what he is really good at.
He can’t just let himself be voted out. Such rhythmic words, he believes, cannot shake people like Ruan Xiao, it would just be an ineffective interference. Cen Cen is different. If the vote in her hand was originally for him, then after this disturbance, she may give it to someone else, which will seize the gap for his survival. It doesn’t matter if Zhou Ziheng, who is in such a safe position, receives a vote.
But who will Shang Sirui vote for? Xia Xiqing looked at him, only to find that he is in a daze and seems to be thinking about something.
“Don’t guess first,” Ruan Xiao calmly broke the deadlock. “You should tell me about these paintings.” Xia Xiqing nodded indecisively, stood up straight and walked to Ruan Xiao’s side, and raised his finger to the《Unknown Woman》on the wall, “Are you asking about this one?”
Ruan Xiao, who was looking up at the《Unknown Woman》, nodded first, and soon gave a negative answer, “It’s not just this one. I think there’s something wrong with the paintings in every room. These paintings can’t be randomly selected as decorations by the program group.”
Although the clues in Ruan Xiao’s hand are much less than those in his and Zhou Ziheng’s, her intuition is very correct. Xia Xiqing understood her and said, “You’re right, but not every room has a painting. Aside from the living room, I remember…” He looked at Shang Sirui beside him, “Your original room has no painting, right?”
Shang Sirui was stunned for a moment, and then he thought about it, “Yes, there wasn’t a painting in my room, nor the living room.”
Why did he hesitate?
“There was no painting when you entered the room?” Xia Xiqing asked again.
This time Shang Sirui did not hesitate, and replied very positively: “Yes.”
Xia Xiqing nodded slowly, and his eyes left Shang Sirui’s face. At this moment, Cen Cen proposed to return to her original room. Before leaving, she looked back at Shang Sirui, “Sirui, come and help me move the bed, I want to see if there are any clues below.”
Shang Sirui gave an “Oh” and followed Cen Cen out.
After such a long time, Zhou Ziheng should have found it… Xia Xiqing is still a little worried, afraid that his clue-finding will be disturbed by Cen Cen and Shang Sirui.
Now the most critical clue is in Zhou Ziheng’s hands.
After he heard the sound of the closet door closing, Ruan Xiao took out a folded piece of paper from her dinner purse and handed it directly to Xia Xiqing without saying anything.
This move was unexpected, but it was reasonable. This Ruan Xiao is indeed a smart person. If she made such a decision, she probably already ruled out the suspicion on him.
Xia Xiqing took the paper and took a look.
This is the inner page of a medical record, and the line written on it quickly grabbed his attention.
[Patient, male, 14 years old, diagnosed with bipolar disorder. ]
Bipolar disorder, isn’t that manic depression? When you are depressed, you will have a low mood. When you are manic, it is difficult to control your emotions, and you will make some extreme moves that cannot be controlled in your mind.
“Where did you find it?” Xia Xiqing was a little surprised. He immediately thought of the empty medical record in Shang Sirui’s room.
“It’s hidden in a coat in the closet of Shang Sirui’s room.” Ruan Xiao replied softly, “It was hidden deeply, it doesn’t feel like the way the program group puts out clues.”
Wrong.
He was wrong from the beginning.
Xia Xiqing leaned against the wall, swiftly thinking about all the things that happened before, only to realize that from the initial meeting, almost every dialogue and movement was a well-set trap, waiting for him to jump.
He originally thought that according to the setting of the general program, there must be someone among the guests who took the “Muggle” script, but he got the wrong target, and the real ignorant one was actually Cen Cen who seemed unapproachable. Moreover, his natural prejudice against the third party also led to his bias in judgment.
Xia Xiqing’s eyes were blank, and in a short period of time, he quickly thought about the Killer’s tactics. If he could use the public method of execution, plus his ability to kill in the dark, then he could get rid of two people.
These two people, needless to say, must be him and Zhou Ziheng.
After analyzing all possible solutions from the perspective of the Killer, Xia Xiqing finally understood. He raised his eyes to Ruan Xiao, “You help me act out a scene.”
Ruan Xiao felt that something was wrong. This person obviously already knew who the killer was and the voting will start soon, shouldn’t the safest thing to do at this time be to win over the players on the field and make sure that they won’t be voted out at the execution? But he clearly wanted to mess around, “What are you going to do?”
Xia Xiqing grabbed the hair on his forehead and unconsciously licked his dry lower lip.
“Suicide attack.”
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The author has something to say:
You may think that there is a reason why such a smart man as little uncle would fall into a trap. I will talk about it later.
My readers are very smart and gave me, a person who dreams of writing suspense, a lot of pressure haha. And because my first novel is basically pure emotional flow, there are always people saying that this author is pretty good in writing emotions but has no plot, so I always wanted to change the impression brought by the first novel.
Maybe it’s hard for you to read these successive chapters of reality TV, but it’s almost over. Love and other things will also be on the agenda. Thank you~
We shall see the drama next chapter~ I can’t wait >u<
Thanks for the chapter~
let’s hope it really is shang sirui like i’ve always thought…
thanks for the chapter ♡
I did harbor some doubts, there is no way that someone is that dumb.
what is the clue they are looking for?
thanks for the chapter <3
This reveal would have more impact if it hadn’t been spoiled in the comments 🙁
so it really is shang sirui?? was he pulling the innocent and clueless act??
thanks for the chapter!!
I’m gonna wait for the drama to unfold~ Afterall the drama leads are so handsome!~
Thanks for the chapter<3
I know bipolar and DID is different but is that the reason for ZZH and XXQ in the same room?
((please don’t thinking, me. you’ll regret it later ahahahahah))
I decided to just enjoy and didn’t really think of who the killer is. And I’m happy I did since it comes as a surprise 😊 And don’t worry, I really liked the chapters of reality TV 😉
Now let the final begin ＼(^o^)／
Thank you for the chapter 🥰💕💕💕💕