Chapter 171

"How about we make a trade?" Zhao Huaillei proposed.

"Let's hear it."

"You submit your partner information, and I'll help you scout for candidates. In exchange, you help me scout for a partner too," Zhao Huaillei said.

"Is there even a need to look? Jiang Hua and Tang Youning have already been ruled out by you, so doesn't that just leave me?" Su Yang spoke up.

"Tang Youning can be ruled out first, but I can't be sure about Jiang Hua," Zhao Huaillei voiced her worry.

"Because of his two faces?" Su Yang asked.

"You noticed that too?" Zhao Huaillei's expression suddenly turned grave.

"I noticed it on the first day. I suspect he has schizophrenia," Su Yang nodded slightly.

"On one side, he has the image of a warm, breeze-like man; on the other, a gloomy, depressed face. Which one is the real one?" Zhao Huaillei couldn't figure it out.

"Perhaps both are real, or perhaps both are fake," Su Yang said.

How is this any different from saying nothing?

Zhao Huaillei muttered to herself, pretending to be indifferent on the surface, "Which one are you more inclined to believe?"

"I don't know," Su Yang said as such.

Zhao Huaillei almost choked, suppressing her anger as she said, "I hope you can show some sincerity; it will be better for both sides if we cooperate."

"I truly don't know. I've had even less interaction with him than you have," Su Yang shrugged.

Jiang Hua was a person whose appearance didn't match his interior; after interacting with him, Su Yang couldn't tell which side was the real one either.

Because he didn't care about this point, he had never delved into it.

Zhao Huaillei's goal was very simple: she wanted to distinguish which one of them was the one she sought in her heart from Jiang Hua and Su Yang.

This was the true intention behind her night visit to the male dormitory.

"Then who is your male partner?" Zhao Huaillei asked.

"Why should I tell you?" Su Yang countered.

"So that means there's nothing to talk about?" Zhao Huaillei stopped pretending, her voice turning a few degrees colder.

"If the name I say matches your target, wouldn't I be giving you a reason to kill me?" Su Yang smiled slightly.

Zhao Huaillei glanced at the clock on the wall and realized she didn't have much time left.

She couldn't help but grow anxious.

"I'll ask you one last question: what is Jiang Hua's talent?" Zhao Huaillei asked.

"'Silence'," Su Yang raised his eyes and spoke.

"No wonder..." Zhao Huaillei suddenly remembered something and realized the truth.

"My turn," Su Yang collected his thoughts and said, "The plan to murder Huangfu Shu... how many people were involved in total?"

Zhao Huaillei did not hesitate and said bluntly, "Four."

"You, Tang Youning, Jiang Hua... is the remaining one Lin Shuyu?" Su Yang asked.

"Yes."

"That's not right, the death logic doesn't add up," Su Yang shook his head.

"What's not right about it?"

"You were responsible for the killing blow, Jiang Hua was responsible for making Huangfu Shu shut up, and Tang Youning was responsible for eliminating the noise. Then what was Lin Shuyu's task?" Su Yang asked.

"Observing the position and finding the best time to strike," Zhao Huaillei explained.

Huangfu Shu was already dead; one could actually see the clues from the scene.

It wasn't much of a secret.

She was just curious why Su Yang didn't ask about the information of the other female players but kept harping on the deceased.

What was his intention?

"I've thought it over and still feel there's something fishy. How could someone planning a murder not even think of destroying the evidence?" Su Yang voiced his confusion.

A look of curiosity appeared in Zhao Huaillei's eyes; she couldn't peek into the situation here.

"If I were Jiang Hua, I would kill Huangfu Shu to eliminate a potential threat, even if it meant facing terrible consequences," Su Yang thought from the perspective of the layout planner.

"It would be difficult for me to do it alone. Huangfu Shu's body is very strong, and without a gun, there's no hundred-percent certainty."

"So I need to find helpers, and the temptation provided must be enough to convince them."

"Furthermore, I didn't invite all the male players over; I left one player whose situation was unknown."

"Obviously, if I didn't let everyone participate, why wouldn't I erase the evidence after the killing?"

Zhao Huaillei listened and understood the gist, "You mean... the body still retained the original traces when it died?"

Su Yang nodded, "The arrow you shot was still stuck in his chest until morning."

"You knew it was me who killed Huangfu Shu all along?" Zhao Huaillei was deeply shocked.

She wasn't clairvoyant, nor did she have super hearing.

After killing the person, she returned to her original body.

She couldn't peek into the situation here.

In her view, Jiang Hua and Tang Youning would definitely handle the body well.

Whether it was disguising the scene or destroying the body and erasing the traces.

But she didn't expect them to keep the scene exactly as it was?!

At this thought, anger suddenly rose in Zhao Huaillei's heart.

She suddenly felt a sense of being betrayed.

Just as Su Yang said at the very beginning—she had been used as a tool.

"Damn it!" Zhao Huaillei cursed loudly.

No wonder Su Yang wasn't afraid of her making a killing move.

No wonder Su Yang wasn't surprised at all when he saw her come.

There was actually this layer of reason behind it.

The two had a huge information gap.

One prided themselves on being flawless.

The other wanted to laugh just watching her put on an act.

Zhao Huaillei was ashamed and angry; she still thought she was very mysterious.

She never thought she had been exposed long ago.

Su Yang observed the changes in her expression and said, "Jiang Hua didn't clean up the scene; his intention was to expose your information."

"To be precise, he wanted me to see it."

"Why?" Zhao Huaillei was puzzled.

Su Yang didn't speak; he had already guessed the reason in his heart.

One could see the clues from Zhao Huaillei's reaction; Jiang Hua's mind was extremely deep.

On the surface, he was playing a conspiracy, but in reality, it was a naked, open plot.

If it weren't for the verification from Wang Ning's palm reading, Su Yang really wouldn't have been able to detect anything wrong in a short time.

"You just said Huangfu Shu's death was fishy; what exactly was wrong with it?" Zhao Huaillei asked.

"According to the 'All-Seeing Eye', the person had a conflict with Jiang Hua before he died," Su Yang recounted:

"Ask yourself, if someone who wants to gamble their life with you reveals an alternative face, any normal person would be on guard."

"Huangfu Shu looks reckless, but he isn't actually stupid."

"He wouldn't let a threat jump around in front of him, let alone have no alertness at all."

"Originally, I thought your talent was simply controlling dead objects, but from the moment you entered through the window, I felt something was wrong."

Zhao Huaillei listened to his analysis and nodded secretly, "You think Huangfu Shu died too simply?"

"Even someone who has never played a death game would have the most basic precautions, yet he happened to be lying in a range where you could shoot him..."

"Don't you think it's too coincidental?" Su Yang looked at her deeply.

"But his bed happened to be facing the window position; people have to sleep, right?" Zhao Huaillei said.

"The problem lies with Lin Shuyu," Su Yang looked at the thick fog outside the window,

"She started peeking at the settlement moment; she must have started observing Huangfu Shu back then, right?"

Zhao Huaillei did not refute this.

"Even an outsider like me felt like I was being watched; as the main target, could he not perceive it?" Su Yang said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Huaillei suddenly looked up in surprise, "Huangfu Shu is faking his death?"

"No," Su Yang shook his head.

"There is no doubt about the death; the fishiness I'm talking about is not here."

"Then what is it?"

Su Yang pondered for a long time, his eyes narrowed slightly,

"... The murder plan, besides the four of you."

"There is a fifth person!"