Edited by Ning
Hearing Xia Xiqing’s words, Zhou Ziheng was stunned. Although he still didn’t speak, his accelerated heartbeat couldn’t deceive anyone.
His eyes slightly narrowed, looking at Xia Xiqing in front of him, still facing himself so straight. After a moment of stalemate, he asked again: “Is your mouth sealed? That’s okay, can you help me with this cloth? Just take it down.”
Xia Xiqing’s tone was so firm that he could hardly refuse. Zhou Ziheng turned his neck and thought for a while in silence.
To be honest, he didn’t care about this person at all.
But… if they remain at this stalemate, neither of them would be able escape, not to mention they are recording a show, and they shouldn’t make it difficult for the program crew.
After struggling, Zhou Ziheng had no choice but to give up watching the good show.
He supported the ground with his feet and turned the office swivel chair he was sitting on to face the long table. A white porcelain vase with a bouquet of white chrysanthemums was placed close to him. Zhou Ziheng tried hard to stretch out his tied hand, struggling to reach the vase. Finally, his fingers grasped the bottle neck, and with a bang, he resolutely broke the vase to pieces on the side of the table.
Zhou Ziheng raised his leg, stepped on the edge of the table with the soles of his boots, pushed hard, and slid to Xia Xiqing’s side with his chair.
“I can unfasten the blindfold for you. In exchange, you have to untie the rope for me.”
No matter what, he has still really followed him for two years, Xia Xiqing instantly recognised Zhou Ziheng’s voice, which was completely in line with his previous expectations. He smiled. “No problem.”
As soon as he finished his words, Zhou Ziheng stretched out his two tied hands behind his head, took off the cloth that blocked his vision, and threw it aside.
His vision changed from a brief blur to clear. Xia Xiqing turned his face and realized that the two were very close. He could almost smell Zhou Ziheng’s light aftershave scent.
Xia Xiqing squinted his eyes that finally saw the light, the expression on his face changed from ignorance to surprise, and there was no flaw in this move.
“Ziheng? So I was trapped with you.” Xia Xiqing smiled sweetly, the mole on the tip of his nose made him look even more innocent, “It feels like I’m dreaming, I’m a little dizzy now.”
This person is so pretentious that even a professional actor like him has to admire him. Zhou Ziheng couldn’t figure out why this kind of smile on this person could have no sense of disobedience. Most people who hadn’t seen his real face would be deceived by him.
This secret room was full of cameras, and every corner could be taken clearly. Not wanting to be accused of being cold to fans, Zhou Ziheng had to respond with a smile that seemed warm enough, even the voice was softened. “My eyes were also covered by the blindfold, and I was surprised when they took it off.”
As an actor, Zhou Ziheng’s self-esteem and Jiang Yin’s advice made him choose to deal with him patiently, although he really didn’t like this kind of person. He handed Xia Xiqing the sharp broken piece of porcelain in his hand, “I’ll have to trouble you.”
“It’s no trouble. I’ve liked you since a long time ago. I watched every show you made.” Xia Xiqing took the broken porcelain with his handcuffed hands and half bent down to saw through the rope for Zhou Ziheng.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Xia Xiqing guessed that he would ask this sentence. Now there are only two of them here, and Zhou Ziheng fully understands his true colors. If he is not honest, he will lose more trust and cause trouble for later games.
It would be better to be open and honest.
That pair of drawing hands cut the rope forcefully. Xia Xiqing’s eyes fixed on the broken rope and explained in a low voice, “Although I’m on the show for the first time, I used to play escape rooms with my friends, so I have a little experience.”
“If you’re in this kind of place, you can’t be too absorbed in the setting. You should always think about problems from the perspective of those planners. ”
He cut one off and pulled the broken rope out with his hand. “They locked me here because they wanted me to escape, not because they wanted to trap me here for a whole episode. If I was the only person in this room, with my hands and feet trapped, and I could not even see with my eyes, the possibility of escaping by myself would be almost zero. Then, there are only two possible situations. First, I have to wait for others to escape from their room and come to my room, to save me or kill me. Second, there is another person in this room and we need to help each other. From the point of view of the program…”
Speaking of this, Xia Xiqing raised his head slightly and met Zhou Ziheng’s eyes.
He didn’t say anything, just looked at him in silence for three seconds.
Then he suddenly smiled.
For a moment, Zhou Ziheng had a strange illusion, as if he could hear his unfinished words.
It is clear that they have just known each other for a few days, and there was no tacit understanding at all. However, from this look, he fully understood Xia Xiqing’s implication.
[From the perspective of program visibility, only when I am with you can I have the highest degree of topic. ]
“I just wanted to try the second possibility, but I didn’t expect to be so lucky that I was right the first time.”
Lying again.
He didn’t know when Xia Xiqing had fully untied Zhou Ziheng’s hands.
“All right.”
“Thank you.” Zhou Ziheng was still in a daze. He thought he was a smart person, but his extremely poor first impression made him lose his judgment on the person in front of him. If he wants to win this game, he must throw away his prejudice.
When he reacted, Zhou Ziheng discovered that Xia Xiqing had actually bent down and used his handcuffed hands to untie the ropes on his ankles.
His hands were now free, and he could completely untie the knot by himself. He doesn’t need the violent unlocking method of sawing with the broken porcelain, much less the help of others.
“I will do it myself…”
Before he finished speaking, he saw Xia Xiqing, who was still bending over, raising his head. His eyes were a little puzzled. His slightly red lips were holding the broken piece of porcelain that had cut the rope just now. The overly large collar of his white shirt exposed his raised collarbone.
The eyes that broke free from the black cloth, the slightly longer bundled hair, the angle of leaning, the position of pressing close to Zhou Ziheng’s knee.
Handcuffs, nose mole, sharp fragments, beautiful but thin lip line, tip of teeth lightly biting the porcelain.
The weird atmosphere set off these broken elements into an unfamiliar painting, very unfamiliar, and accidentally smeared with a bit of ambiguous paint.
Zhou Ziheng didn’t understand why he suddenly felt embarrassed. This kind of feeling was something he had never experienced before. He hurriedly bent down and reached out to untie his legs.
People are always subconsciously afraid of the unknown.
Xia Xiqing didn’t care either. He just took the clamped porcelain piece in his lips with his fingers and handed it to Zhou Ziheng, “It seems that there are a few dead knots, try this?” But the other party only shook his head and untied the knot with slight difficulty.
Seeing that he didn’t appreciate him, Xia Xiqing had to straighten up and threw the broken pieces of porcelain into a corner of the room neatly, like throwing a dart.
Zhou Ziheng, who had already untied his hands and feet, regained his most basic freedom. At least he is now able to leave the damned swivel chair. The scene just now made him feel uncomfortable. He had to attribute this feeling to the sequelae of being bound, he turned his neck side to side and clenched his fist to relax.
However, Xia Xiqing’s hands were still handcuffed, and he couldn’t use his own ability to untie the restraints on his legs.
It was a pity that he only exchanged a condition to remove the black cloth. Now Zhou Ziheng has been benevolent, he can completely leave him to become a victim of the game here, let alone he still hates himself so much.
Xia Xiqing was thinking about the countermeasures in his heart. This is recording a show. It is reasonable to say that the practice of directly abandoning his companion is too sinister. Ordinary stars will not choose such behavior, but this show has the particularity of psychological warfare, the hidden role of the killer will make people naturally doubt each other, so it can’t be called companion at all.
So even if Zhou Ziheng left him here at this moment, it was completely logical.
In fact, Zhou Ziheng was also thinking about it. To be honest, morality prevented him from abandoning someone like this, even if it was just a game of simulating survival. But he really doesn’t like Xia Xiqing. He is a big trouble. He is a time bomb. If he saves him now, maybe at some point he will betray him.
Smiling like an angel while pushing him into the abyss, this is Xia Xiqing.
For a short moment, both of them struggled and weighed.
“Although you are my fan, but this is in the game, I am not sure whether the program group will make some tricks to reduce my vigilance.” As Xia Xiqing thought, Zhou Ziheng found himself the excuse least likely to be criticized by the audience after abandoning him, but even if the audience is really dissatisfied with this, it does not matter, because he really does not want to be tied up with Xia Xiqing, “If you are the killer, then I’d be helping a tiger.”
But what if you are? Xia Xiqing originally wanted to ask him this way, but he took it back before he spoke, because such words were too direct and conflicted with his harmless persona.
There is really no way.
After making enough mental preparations, Zhou Ziheng turned around frankly, but at the moment he stepped on his leg, his calf was hooked by a foot.
“Don’t go.”
Looking back, Xia Xiqing sitting in the chair looked into his eyes. Zhou Ziheng felt very strange. They clearly belonged to such a cunning body, why these pair of eyes can always make the simplest and most unbearable look.
“Ziheng, make an alliance with me, I will help you win unconditionally.” Xia Xiqing smiled, the expression on his face was so confident that he didn’t seem to be a person asking for help at all, but he seemed to be the negotiator holding the best bargaining chip.
“Really? But in this kind of game…” Zhou Ziheng raised his eyebrows at him, “The rule of winning is not to trust anyone.”
Quite clever, Xia Xiqing laughed.
“I’m not asking you to trust me.” His eyes, dark as an abyss, glowed sweetly and seductively, “I’m asking you to use me.”
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The author has something to say:
Xia Xiqing: This child is so pure that my seduction technique has completely failed.
Zhou Ziheng: Actually, it’s not completely… [whispers softly.. BB]
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Zaki: Blushing red and squeeling… “I’m asking you to use me”… [mind went off the gutter]
thanks for the chapter <3
Use…😳 so seductive!!
Thank you for the chapter!
mind went off the gutter +2
Oops, was not supposed to reply.
Happy New Year~
[Zhou Ziheng has been stunned and is unable to retort, loses 10 HP ]
Thanks for the chapter~
That “use me” was too sexy I’m not blushing really (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Thanks for the chapter<3
Thank you for the chapter (≧▽≦)
sorry i’m late, thanks for the chapter, happy new year!
although his character settings are an angel, he doesn’t even seem to be trying to uphold them.
i wanna see an angelic face with a dark inside (slowly being melted by love?)
Hahaha, thank you very much!(灬º‿º灬)♡♡♡♡