Translator: Zayn_
After two seconds of silence, Xu Xingzhou suggested, âThereâs only a computer in the activity room. If he wants to see the contents of the USB drive, heâll come back. Why donât you continue to wait here?â
âIf you donât want to stay here forever, I can do it.â
Song Qingyou shook her head.â No, I donât plan to do anything to Tang Zinian.â âWhy not?â Didnât we agree to eliminate everyone except the two of us?â âWhen the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits.â Song Qingyou said, âSince someone followed Tang Zinian and came to the activity room, thereâs an 80% chance that heâll treat Tang Zinian as one of the murderers.â
âItâs indeed a good idea to let them fight among themselves, but the USB driveâ¦â
âThere should only be clues in there. It wonât reveal our identities. I donât think itâs a big problem. Besides, he might not have the chance to see the contents of the USB drive.â
Xu Xingzhou paused. âBut if Tang Zinian is really the third murderer, or if the person who followed him is the third murdererâ¦â
âThat wonât be a loss for us.â
âDonât forget,â Song Qingyou reminded him. âIâve analyzed it with you. The third murderer might not be with us.â
Xu Xingzhou recalled her words and nodded.
âThen Iâll go to the broadcasting room.â
âAlright.â
The two of them had just finished discussing when the broadcast room rang again.
âJiang Xuyan, OUT!â
âJiang Xuyan, OUT!â
âEven Brother Jiang was eliminated. It looks like they fought fiercely.â
Xu Xingzhou commented and turned to leave the activity room.
Even though he and Song Qingyou were both in the â murdererâ camp, and they had covered up for each other and tipped each other off, they didnât necessarily trust each other.
The two of them also tacitly didnât say that they wanted to move together, and naturally went their separate ways.
At the scene where Jiang Xuyan was eliminated, he had just torn off his name tag when he deliberately raised his voice.
âLittle Tang! I didnât expect you to be such a person!â
He still wanted to confirm Tang Zinianâs identity as the âmurdererâ
It was best if everyone knew.
But the man in black came very quickly.
Jiang Xu Yanâs mouth was covered and dragged away.
Shu Ling, who was hiding behind him, kept retreating. âDonât come over!â
Tang Zinian threw away the name tag in his hand and explained, âListen to me. I really didnât do it on purpose. If Teacher Jiang hadnât almost pulled my name tag, I wouldnât have torn his.â
âAlso, Iâve said it many times. I really didnât tear Sister Yingnanâs name tag! I swear!â
Shu Ling shook her head like a rattle-drum.
âWho would dare to believe youâ¦Iâve seen it, only you and Ying Nan have been to the activity room. When Ying Nan was eliminated, you happened to be in the activity room.â
âSo, Lil Tang is one of the murderers?â
Yu Muhuai walked out of nowhere and interrupted Tang Zinianâs explanation.
âThatâs my guess.â Shu Ling nodded.
âDonât get too close to me either. Who knows if you guys are accomplices?â
Yu Muhuai stopped and looked at Tang Zinian.
The latter was almost crying. âIâm really not the murderer. I met Sister Yingnan in Block C earlier. I even let her go once. If I were the murderer, why would I let her go again?â
âI know that too.â
âDidnât you let Yingnan go because she said that we were only starting to tear the nametag and didnât want to be eliminated? Later on, you regretted it and even chased after her. Then, Yingnan was eliminated.â
âI even went to the activity room to take a look. There was no one else in there. In any case, in my opinion, someone who tore off someoneâs name tag indiscriminately must be the murderer.â
âLil Tang, it looks like youâre very suspicious.â Yu Muhuai smiled warmly.
âI wonât be able to clear my name even if I jump into the Yellow River today!â
Tang Zinian really wanted to curse.
At this moment, Xu Xingzhou, who had taken a detour, walked over. âWhat are you guys doing here? Long-distance chat?â
âDonât come over!â Shu Ling raised her hand. âStand there and donât move.â
âOh.â Xu Xingzhou was also very âobedient.â
âI remember now. Yingnan said that she met Old Xu at the beginning.â
âIndeed.â Xu Xingzhou said, âShe said that she wasnât the murderer, and I said that I wasnât either. I didnât want to eliminate my companion, so I thought that I wasnât in a hurry to tear off the nametag, so I just left.â
Shu Ling nodded. âLook, this is what a normal person would think. How can a person who attacks right away be a good person?â
âI just want to win,â Tang Zinian said. âAs long as I eliminate everyone, wonât I win? Who cares if heâs a good person or a murderer?â
âXiao Tangâs idea makes sense,â Yu Muhuai said, trying to smooth things over.
âThen wouldnât Yingnan and Teacher Jiang be eliminated for nothing?â Shu Ling clicked her tongue. âIf you ask me, the probability of them being the murderers is very small.â
âSo we are at a disadvantage now.â
Yu Muhuai said, âWhy donât we go together?â
âI have no objections. Letâs see what you guys think.â
âI donât believe you.â Shu Ling shook her head.
Yu Muhuai wasnât disappointed. He changed his mind. âIf we donât go together, weâll split up. We canât just stay here forever.â
The few of them looked at each other and decided to walk in different directions at the same time.
She had only taken a few steps when Yu Muhuai suddenly said, âIâve already deduced the entire process of the missing and murder cases. Iâm only one step away from finding the murderer.â
Everyone was stunned.
âWhat a coincidence. I actually figured it out as well,â Shu Ling was the first to react.
âCanât you tell us?â asked Tang Zinian.
Xu Xingzhou clenched his fists. âI want to know too.â
Neither of them agreed.
Xu Xingzhou knew that this was an open scheme to lure the snake out of its hole, but he had no choice but to act.
Seeing that Shu Ling was about to go to the broadcast room, Xu Xingzhou thought for a while and decided to follow.
However, he didnât expect Shu Ling and Yu Muhuai to reach an agreement with just a few looks.
Just as Xu Xingzhou was about to make his move, Yu Muhuai suddenly appeared and tore off the name tag on his back.
âXu Xingzhou, OUT!â
âXu Xingzhou, OUT!â
Xu Xingzhouâs actions made Shu Ling and Yu Muhuai 100% sure that he was one of the killers.
âSister Yingnan and Brother Jiang shouldnât be.â Yu Muhuai took a few steps back and said, âAmong the five of us, at least one of us is the murderer.â
Shu Ling: âI think itâs Lil Tang. Should we work together again and eliminate Lil Tang first?â
Yu Muhuai frowned. âActually, I donât think so. Itâs more likely that itâs Qingyou and Teacher Gu.â
Of course, Shu Ling had this thought as well.
Because she couldnât wait to eliminate Tang Zinian, and she even believed that Tang Zinian was the murdererâ¦
It was hard to say that Shu Ling wasnât the one who eliminated Zhao Yingnan.
Shu Ling could sense the distrust in the other partyâs eyes, so she didnât insist.
She said directly, âI still have a place to go, so I wonât be going with you.â
After saying that, she quickly left as if she was running away.
Yu Muhuai let out a sigh of relief and began to think about the ghost stories in school.
As for the three people who had been eliminated, they had already been arranged by the program team to go experience the small dark room. They were about to cry but had no tears..