Please Stop Pretending To Be a Cute Newcomer!Ch47 - Lie

The faces of the players changed; they were obviously thinking of the corpses on the platform.

And what was even more frightening was that the train attendant’s words left a lot of room for interpretation. What if something disguised as a player had gotten into the car with them? ZdDehU

The copy information had suggested that “it” was good at camouflage.

They couldn’t tell who was a real player and who was a ghost in disguise.

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The train car had 60 seats, four in each row, for a total of 15 rows.

Lin Wen, a young, calm-looking player in the third row, inquired, “Does the number have to do with the seats?” co6mkP

“Of course…” The smile on the dark shadow’s face grew even bigger, the corners of his mouth drawn back almost to the base of his ears.

He moved his head rustily, his closed eyes pointing precisely at the speaker, “Smaller numbers… the seats… more front…”

And what it meant to be seated in the front was clear to all the players present.

As soon as the train attendant finished speaking, the “idiot” Jin Da who had lost his luggage couldn’t wait and raised his hand, “One, just one!”

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Lin Wen couldn’t stop him, and a deep ravine formed between his brows.

He disagreed: “The ghost that turned into black smoke is indeed the most obvious, but it cannot be ruled out whether or not there are other ghosts that have not yet been discovered.”

Lin Wen spoke with good intentions; he wanted to remind the young man to be cautious.

But Jin Da didn’t appreciate it, and said disdainfully, “I’m not stupid! Isn’t the purpose of ghosts disguising themselves as players to take our lives? Don’t you think I can tell who’s malicious towards me?” uL074F

After saying that, Jin Da turned back and glared at Shen Qingcheng.

For example, this gorgeous man; he thought he looked the most like a ghost!

The “gorgeous” Shen Qingcheng, chuckled lightly and pouted in return.

“Five minutes…” the train attendant said hoarsely, “Everyone should… make a choice… one… first row… Two…Second row… and so on…” GADS6e

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Shen Qingcheng suddenly frowned.

Lu Qi asked in a low voice, “What did you just think of?”

Shen Qingcheng contemplated it carefully, and said to him in a low voice, “There are 15 rows of seats, and there are also 15 players who have the right to subjectively choose where to sit. Are those numbers a coincidence?” Xo0t6b

At that moment, he even had a faint suspicion that everything around him was fake, and that all the players besides himself were ghosts in disguise.

All he met were ghosts, so he should sit in the fifteenth row.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Shen Qingcheng turned his head to look at the person beside him, then shook his head.

If it could pretend to be Lu Qi so realistically, then that ghost was just too scary. E7VpcA

It was a coincidence that they could not probe into for the time being, and the information they had was still too sparse.

After understanding the rules, some players had already started to act.

A player sitting in the first row silently lifted his luggage and moved back a row.

The players sitting in the middle and the back rows had more or less all adjusted forward. JtgATH

The players gathered in the first three rows. The seats in the front row were quickly filled, and those who had moved a little late could only stand in the open space.

Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi went to the first row. There were no seats in the first row, so they had to stand there.

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Jin Da sat firmly in his position from beginning to the end, and when he saw Shen Qingcheng standing, he unabashedly laughed out loud.

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Jin Da’s eyes were full of disbelief, and he stood up and retorted excitedly, “Impossible! How could I be in the second row? I’ve only ever seen one, the man who was stabbed to death!”

The flight attendant quietly “looked” at him. c70 8q

Jin Da was still desperately making a case for himself when his face suddenly changed as he spoke.

He remembered that a player had approached him.

She had been taking her child with her and said that her luggage was too heavy to carry, and asked him for help.

What a joke, if he had extra strength, would he have thrown his luggage away?! 1tbdHB

Thinking of this, Jin Da aggressively looked at Lan Xiu’er, who was in the fourth row.

Lan Xiu’er was caught off guard by the man’s gaze, and was so startled that she hugged her child tighter and quickly lowered her head.

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Shen Qingcheng: “You’re quite fierce now, but it’s not like it was her who approached you.”

Of course Jin Da knew, but he couldn’t help but feel angry. CGf6Ig

Holding his breath, he moved his belongings to the second row.

The train attendant said, “The third row…”

Jinda: “Just these two! No more!”

“The third row…” The train attendant who was hidden in the dark suddenly retracted the smile on his face, bent down and said harshly, “Because… you lied…” XLioBl

A gust of cool air sprayed onto Jin Da’s forehead and face from the mouth of the train attendant.

Jin Da seemed to have been suddenly woken up by a splash of cold water, and his angered mind finally regained some sense.

Only then did he see clearly that the train attendant was not closing his eyes, but that his eyelids seemed to be naturally glued together, with only a single gap that wasn’t completely sealed.

His heart about to leap out of his chest, Jin Da honestly took his things and went to the back of the third row, not daring to speak. uEDPaV

But when he noticed that Shen Qingcheng was looking at him, he still dared to stare back.

Shen Qingcheng withdrew his gaze and said, “Lying.”

This was being lied to.

The attendant had asked them to recall how many times they had encountered non-humans who were not companions on the way to the train, but the non-humans were all disguised, and it was impossible for every player to have answered correctly. KUnlP

Lu Qi nodded, “To say the wrong number is to lie, and the punishment is dropping in ranking.”

If you got a few numbers wrong, you would be adjusted a few rows back.

Shen Qingcheng: “Have you noticed that the players who said the right numbers chose their seats based on the number, and the players who said the wrong numbers are actually adjusted based on the wrong number?”

For example, if a player had actually encountered five ghosts, but he remembered and reported three, then he would be transferred back two rows based on the number five. oJEvhY

Eventually this person would be seated in the seventh row.

Lu Qi: “En.”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

In this way, the first seat adjustment was very random, and being in the front or back rows mainly depended on luck.

If you wanted to sit in the front row, you must not only encounter a few ghosts, but also get the numbers right. 1Nu4XF

Shen Qingcheng turned his head to look at the rearmost position.

In the dim light, the rust on the seats and the door of the car looked more and more like dried blood.

He said: “Then we were quite lucky.”

For the first time seats adjustment, the players were all in the first five rows, with only Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi in the first row. MHkC6D

After the flight attendant left, Shen Qingcheng thought for a while, “I think we might have taken advantage of being the last to leave. Wouldn’t it be obviously unreasonable to run into other players if we left last?”

Lu Qi: “Maybe.”

“It was just because we walked down the stairs separately that the ghosts had a chance!” The man didn’t speak, so he continued: “By the way, you only met the one who was disguised as me?”

Lu Qi: “En.” SAbxmH

Shen Qingcheng: “Then how did you recognize that he wasn’t me?”

Lu Qi paused for two seconds, then turned his head and asked, “How did you recognize it wasn’t me?”

Shen Qingcheng was not at all embarrassed, and answered generously: “Because he touched me. When have you ever taken the initiative to be so enthusiastic about me? It must have been a fake.”

Lu Qi’s eyebrows were raised, and his tone cooled a few degrees, “Touched you?” AIqKbr

“Didn’t I have a little bit of sweat on my forehead when I went down the stairs? He wiped the sweat for me,” Shen Qingcheng touched his chin after speaking, “Well, now that I say it out loud, it was quite considerate?”

Lu Qi: “…”

Lu Qi’s expression was slightly chilly.

It was getting darker and darker: the last ray of light in the sky dissipated, and the whole earth was shrouded in darkness. isMCU2

The night was very quiet. No insects, no birds, only the yellow grass on both sides of the rails swaying with the night wind.

The Harmony train with vermilion patent leather rumbled through the night, with only the first of the 18 cars dimly lit.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

In the car, Shen Qingcheng finished chatting with Lu Qi and rubbed his stomach.

As if it was telepathically connected to him, the baby in the back row started to cry. Its cries were loud enough to make their heads hurt. UBz9w

He looked back and saw that Lan Xiu’er was desperately comforting the little brat while checking her luggage, so anxious that she was practically crying along with the little brat.

Maybe she couldn’t find the bottle?

Even an unweaned baby wasn’t spared! This dogshit game was really unscrupulous and inhumane!

Shen Qingcheng only felt comfortable after a little scolding. KZjhNJ

He rummaged through his and Lu Qi’s luggage. Everything inside was messily scattered about; it was mostly filled with clothes, and nothing to eat.

Shen Qingcheng had no choice but to get up and walk to the car’s connecting doors.

The door had been closed as the flight attendant left.

Lu Qi asked, “What are you doing?” a5sJVN

While groping about and trying to open the door, he replied, “I’m hungry. I’m looking for something to eat.”

Got it.

Shen Qingcheng grabbed the handle and pushed both sides of the door open.

A tall, thin black figure was staring down at Shen Qingcheng from behind the door, motionless, as if he had been frozen in his position before the door had been opened. HJI7tS

Shen Qingcheng calmly peeked behind the man: the lights were on here, but there nothing could be seen, like everything was covered by a layer of black cloth.

He made an eating gesture, completely disregarding how the other party had closed his eyes, “I’m hungry, do you guys provide dinner?”

At some unknown point, Lu Qi had walked to Shen Qingcheng’s side, and faced the dark shadow blocking the door with him with a cold expression.

The flight attendant in an old-fashioned uniform stiffly drew a note out of the bag on his chest, “Remuneration…” hQyE3s

The starving Shen Qingcheng couldn’t wait for the flight attendant’s slow movements, and grabbed the note and unfolded it.

He was so fast and his movements so neat that Lu Qi’s forehead twitched.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Only three words were written on the note: “Equivalent Product Exchange”.

It was an equivalent product exchange, not an equivalent exchange. h68O5t

Neither Shen Qingcheng nor Lu Qi were stupid, so they quickly realized what the “product” in the note was.

Luggage.

Food would be provided on the train, provided that they had luggage of the same size to exchange for it.

Shen Qingcheng: “Didn’t I just mention that preparing luggage is preparing luggage? Why would you prepare a bag of bricks? Turns out that’s how it’s used, huh.” yQ0 uP

Luckily he was smart and resourceful!

Behind him, Jin Da had been secretly paying attention to Shen Qingcheng, and when he heard the other person mention his bricks, his energy suddenly became more focused.

Shen Qingcheng discussed with Lu Qi: “Is one brick enough? I think it’s quite large, should it be enough?”

Lu Qi: “See what it is first.” dw6eKN

If it was bread, it might only be the size of a fist when compressed.

Shen Qingcheng said cheerfully: “Then we’ll eat two pieces!” They weren’t short of bricks!

Other eavesdropping players: ? ? ?

What’s going on, had they gone so crazy with hunger they wanted to eat bricks? moYsZp

The food was exchanged randomly. Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi exchanged two bricks for the same volume of red wine and steak.

Players: ! ! !

How could they not understand now? Bricks could be exchanged for food!

Players who hadn’t previously been in the mood to dig through their luggage quickly took out their luggage and rummaged through it. gszdGm

There was the excitement of finding a piece or two and the frustration of not finding anything.

In particular, Jin Da’s emotions fluctuated the most: that big bag of bricks that could become a big bag of food now belonged to someone else!

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It was supposed to be his!

“That’s mine!” He shouted and rushed towards Shen Qingcheng, who was looking down to enjoy the aroma of the steak. iZUJ8L

Ceng– A black light flashed.

Nobody saw what had happened, but after returning to their senses, a long black knife had been placed on Jin Da’s neck.

A slight coolness spread from the blade to the skin, causing layers of goosebumps to break out.

Lu Qi held the handle of the knife. His eyes were cold when he raised his gaze, “Tell me again, who does it belong to?” NZGCK9

Translator's Note

He compares him to a flowering branch (花枝招展), a description that can be applied both to beautiful natural scenery and beautiful women.

Translator's Note

Kinda confusing in the beginning but soon becomes clearer–the players are supposed to sit in the row that corresponds to how many ghosts they (think they) have encountered.

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  1. I’m laughing from the fact that he thought SQC is a ghost, but still thinks what he’s pretty~

    Thank you for your translation ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  2. i wonder what the doppelganger did to be recognized kekkk

    oop lu qi showing off his overwhelming skills 👀

    thank you for the chapter!

  3. Lu Qi: …he touched you? Steak bandit comes for SQC’s meal, suddenly feeling like chopping heads… hahahahaha. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️