Chapter 178: Dual Personality! Two Innate Talents?!

Why?

Linshuyu reached for her bag, slowly unzipped it, and took out a lipstick.

The deep crimson shade rested on her lips, which were lightly pursed, the full curve looking luscious and dripping with color.

"Do you think the number of people is off?" Su Yang looked at her 'odd' behavior, his eyes flashing a strange color.

Linshuyu put the lipstick back and said, "Your logic is wrong, and there are huge loopholes."

"If he is the 'fifth person', then the one applying Stasis is Tang Youning."

"Then please tell me, who were the first four people?"

Su Yang was not surprised by her doubt.

Indeed, the facts seemed utterly absurd.

Normal logic cannot explain it.

But one of them is not a normal person.

"You, Zhao Huaillei, Jiang Hua," Su Yang said, extending three Fingers.

His words landed, and he extended another Finger.

Linshuyu, hearing this, grew even more bewildered, her tone questioning, "Are you treating me like a child? You just said only three…"

Speaking of that, she seemed to recall something, and her complexion changed abruptly.

Su Yang smiled and, unhurriedly, went aside to pour a glass of water.

He took a small sip, looked at her fluctuating expression, and, as a Reminder, said, "Actually you've already encountered the answer; you just never thought of it that way."

Linshuyu recalled the various details of her date with Jiang Hua, and her thoughts finally landed on 'schizophrenia'.

"Are you saying… he has Dual Personality, and also possesses two Innate Talents?!"

Dual Talent.

No matter how you look at it, it's extremely inconceivable.

One person corresponds to one Innate Talent; this is indisputable common sense.

No one has ever questioned the fairness of this.

But from the death scene Su Yang reconstructed, he also felt something was off at the time.

He only thought there was something fishy.

He didn't place his suspicion on the 'person'.

Now that he voiced the shocking conclusion, Linshuyu couldn't help but emit a loud gathering-of-chi shout.

Goosebumps rose all over her body.

"This is just my speculation, no need to mind," Su Yang said.

Linshuyu's heart trembled violently; how could she not care?

If that were true, wouldn't it prove they've been kept in the dark these past few days?

"No wonder you said Zhao Huaillei was being used as a gun, so you had guessed it all along," Linshuyu murmured.

Last night she learned the entire process of sneaking into the boys' dormitory from Zhao Huaillei.

When she uttered the three words 'used as a gun'.

Linshuyu was still disdainful.

She thought Su Yang was merely being alarmist.

A dead person is an indisputable fact.

The result is what matters; she didn't care at all about the process.

But now it's different.

If that were true, there must be an even greater conspiracy behind this!

And it's a conspiracy targeting everyone!

"So the 'Three Men Form a Line' was also his creation?" Linshuyu exclaimed.

"I originally thought so," Su Yang nodded slightly.

"Originally? Speak clearly," Linshuyu said urgently.

Su Yang looked at her nervous, hurried demeanor and said calmly, "Clarify your situation and identity."

"Now you are asking me."

"When you ask for help, you should have a pleading posture."

"Also, take the knife out of your bag; I don't like having a heart-to-heart with someone who constantly carries a weapon ready to strike."

Saying that, his gaze fell on Linshuyu's bag.

Just earlier, when she was applying lipstick, a hurried glance caught a flash of cold light.

At first he thought it was something like a makeup mirror.

But after Linshuyu put the lipstick back, her palm lingered, not withdrawing from it.

Precisely because of that, Su Yang was able to reveal part of the truth.

His purpose was to make Linshuyu discard unrealistic ideas while probing the woman's attitude.

Obviously, she not only wanted to drag Su Yang into the water.

She also intended to seize the chance to take his life.

Opening the selection phase early was indeed disadvantageous to her.

But to eliminate this greatest threat, she chose to go all out.

Linshuyu's complexion changed slightly, and she slowly took the Small Knife from her bag and placed it on the table.

She then changed her previously cold expression to one of delicate pity, her tone soft and slightly coquettish, "Please tell me, okay?"

Su Yang chuckles lightly, "I take back what I said about your acting being poor; in this respect you are still a bit ahead."

"Then, Brother Su Yang, can you continue?" Linshuyu presses his lips, his face full of expectation, says.

"Actually, even if you don't do that, I still intend to tell you." Su Yang's mouth corners lift slightly.

Linshuyu's face stiffens, suddenly feeling a shameful sense of being treated like a monkey.

Staring at Su Yang's handsome visage brimming with Smile, she feels like doing something bad to vent her frustration.

"What do you plan to do?" Linshuyu asks.

"Drive Tiger Swallow Wolf." Su Yang says calmly.

"Who is the tiger? Who is the wolf?"

"Tang Youning is the tiger, Jiang Hua is the wolf."

"Just because the former is the 'fifth person'?"

Su Yang ponders for a moment, staring at the paper cup before him, his face showing contemplation.

Linshuyu does not interrupt, his peripheral gaze fixed on the Small Knife on the table.

This is a game of strategy.

An important moment concerning whether they can achieve Clearance smoothly.

"…On the surface, this is Jiang Hua's scheme, but you and I have both overlooked a crucial piece of information."

Su Yang smiles faintly, taking the Small Knife from the table and twirling it in his hand.

Linshuyu subconsciously tries to snatch it, but is beaten to it.

"Give it back to me!"

"Being distracted in class isn't being a good child." Su Yang looks at the delicate pattern on the Small Knife, unable to resist handling it.

Linshuyu sees no murderous intent in his eyes, the panic in his heart eases a bit, "Tang Youning already knew he had Dual Personality?"

"After the game started, I was the last to arrive at the Villa; I don't know what happened before."

"But while listening to their conversation, I noticed something interesting."

Su Yang, holding the Small Knife, lightly scratches his skin, brushing away the Sweat on his hand, causing Linshuyu to roll his eyes repeatedly.

"Tang Youning handles every daily task, big or small—cooking, taking out trash, cleaning, and the like—he does them all."

"Even Jiang Hua's Underpants and socks are all tossed by him into the washing machine; such a warm‑hearted man undoubtedly knows the Villa's interior layout best."

Linshuyu carefully ponders Su Yang's words, curiously asks, "Do you suspect that Huangfu Shu's room was deliberately arranged by him?"

"There's another interesting point: the corridor bridge offering the choices 'Love' and Desire is not separated; I noticed this when I went with him to discard a corpse." A mysterious hue flashes in Su Yang's eyes.

"What does this indicate?" Linshuyu asks, puzzled.

"It shows that when Huangfu Shu chose those two paths, he was most likely present, and he figured out the game's true mechanics!" Su Yang says.

The bewildered color in Linshuyu's eyes grows deeper.

She finds herself understanding less and less.

What exactly is Su Yang trying to convey?

She, who had been leaning in to listen, suddenly feels this game has become utterly unfamiliar.

"Dating, scoring, final choice—any problem?" Linshuyu asks.

"That's just the game's procedure, not the gameplay." Su Yang smiles faintly.