Everyone was surprised.

After spending so many days together, they all understood Bai Youwei to some degree. Although her heart wasn’t too bad, it really couldn’t be called good either. Now she actually wanted to take in a ten-year-old child?

…Could there be some conspiracy?

“What’s with you all?” Bai Youwei’s brows furrowed slightly. “The way you’re looking at me right now makes me very, un, plea, sant~”

“Ahem…” Tan Xiao and Teacher Cheng withdrew their gazes.

Shen Mo was more direct, asking her: “Your reason?”

Bai Youwei spread her hands. “Because I think that kid has potential. His observational skills are good—he could guess our destination was the maze. His courage is sufficient—at ten years old, he dares to do business with adults. His mind is clear too—he knows Brother Fei’s side is actually using him as a shield. Of course, he has some shortcomings, but he’s only ten after all. I can’t demand too much, right?”

“Just these reasons?” Shen Mo looked at Bai Youwei, his eyes expressing doubt.

The child’s strengths were obvious, but his disadvantages were even more apparent.

He was a child. His abilities in all aspects were weaker than adults. In games, he would undoubtedly be a burden. For example, in the first flower-picking segment of “Friends Gathering,” if someone wanted to snatch his flower, a child simply had no power to resist.

In short, once they took him in, their entire team would have to expend great effort to keep him safe.

“Actually… ever since we came out of the game last time, I felt we few people were lacking something.” Bai Youwei said.

Shen Mo asked, “Lacking what?”

“It’s hard to describe in words. You can understand it as… a simpler way of thinking that’s more true to one’s nature?” Bai Youwei put down her chopsticks, was silent for a while, then spoke again. “I think the doll games aren’t difficult. What’s difficult is finding the problem-solving approach. And many people’s thinking patterns, due to influences from life experiences and growing environments and other factors, have already relatively solidified, including myself.”

She looked toward Tan Xiao and Cheng Weicai. “You probably don’t know that during Truth or Dare, when I was writing questions on the cards, I suddenly remembered the inspector mocking humans as combinations of water, protein, and organic matter, so I changed the question on the spot. But afterward I discovered there was an even simpler way to clear it that I completely didn’t think of at the time.”

Tan Xiao and Cheng Weicai looked at each other and asked Bai Youwei: “What method?”

Bai Youwei lightly pressed her lips together.

“The inspector cannot kill itself, so I had everyone write ‘kill this game’s inspector’ on the cards. But in fact, there are too many things the inspector can’t do. It can’t make itself bleed human blood. By the same logic, I guess it also can’t dig out earwax or pick its nose, can’t rub dandruff from its scalp, can’t spit saliva from its mouth. Do these methods sound disgusting? Vulgar? But they might actually work, right?”

Shen Mo frowned slightly. “You mean that child can fill our thinking gaps?”

“I can’t say for sure…” Bai Youwei pondered for a moment and said, “How about this—let’s play a game now. Treat me as the inspector and try to see if you can clear it. How about it?”

The three men held their bowls, momentarily speechless looking at her.

“Ask the question.” Shen Mo said.

Treat it as a dinner game.

Bai Youwei’s lips curved upward: “Hello everyone, I’m the inspector for this game. Welcome to the Doll Game.”

Shen Mo: “…”

Tan Xiao: “…”

Teacher Cheng: “…”

Bai Youwei smiled and extended both hands, palms facing up:

“The theme of this game is ‘Weiwei’s Candy.’ Suppose I have a red candy and a green candy in my hands. The red candy is watermelon-flavored. What flavor is the green candy?”