A bad premonition rose in Bai Youwei’s heart.
Sure enough, moments later Fang Yu’s voice rang out again: “Please leave. We’ve already made our decision to withdraw from this game—we won’t be voting for you.”
“Withdrawing from the game?” Bai Youwei asked calmly from outside the door. “You mean you’re choosing to be voluntarily eliminated? If that’s the case, you can still cast a few votes for us before you get eliminated~
Violence is prohibited in the game. As long as you all get into a quick brawl with each other after voting is over, you can leave the game safely—and you won’t have to worry about the doctor retaliating against you. Once we win the game and collect our rewards, we’ll share some with you. It’s a deal you absolutely can’t lose on~”
Silence fell inside the room.
Bai Youwei continued at a leisurely pace: “What’s there to hesitate over? Vote with us, and after the game ends, the puzzle pieces and items are guaranteed to have your share. If you’re worried about retaliation, just beat each other up a bit and get eliminated—there’s nothing to lose in any case…”
The short-haired woman added: “That doctor is very likely the X-guest. As long as both sides cooperate and vote him out, we can win this game.”
Fang Yu finally responded. His stance was resolute and his tone cold: “Please leave—there’s no need to say anything more. No need to approach the other blue-eye players either. We already know who the X-guest is.”
The short-haired woman’s brow creased sharply: “What do you mean by that?!”
The people inside said nothing more.
She knocked hard on the door again. Still nothing from within.
“Forget it—let’s go.” Bai Youwei said without expression. “We came too late.”
“Too late?” The short-haired woman gave the door a suspicious glance. “You mean… they’re also in there?”
Were the yellow eyes already canvassing for votes?
The thought made the short-haired woman let out a sarcastic jab: “And here I thought that threatening people with ‘divine punishment’ was such an impressive trick. Turns out they still have to go around begging for votes just like us.”
Bai Youwei said nothing. She turned her wheelchair in silence and left.
The short-haired woman looked at the closed door, then at Bai Youwei’s retreating figure, and followed after her reluctantly, in foul spirits.
“Without the blue eyes’ votes, the next round of voting is going to be very dangerous…” the short-haired woman sighed despondently. “Maybe even the two of us will be voted out.”
“Whether you’ll be voted out, I can’t say. But as for me…” Bai Youwei said, “I definitely won’t be voted out.”
The short-haired woman glanced at her and found herself more and more unable to figure her out. Where on earth did this confidence come from…
……
Inside Fang Yu’s room, the yellow eyes and the blue eyes had all gathered together, cramming the small room to capacity.
Xufang He had laid a sheet of paper in front of Fang Yu and was explaining in an unhurried manner:
“Each time I provided a number range, I deliberately divided it into three segments arranged vertically. This way, when people read it, their gaze naturally divides into upper, middle, and lower portions—and every time, Bai Youwei’s eyes went to the middle segment. That tells me her number is somewhere in the middle… roughly in the 10–14 range.”
He circled numbers on the paper with his pen and continued:
“During the second round of narrowing down the numbers, she crossed off Number 11 without any hesitation, then crossed off Number 7. So Number 11 is a strong possibility.”
Xufang He looked around at everyone with soft, unhurried eyes and smiled as he said: “Based on my observations, Bai Youwei is without question the X-guest. Even though the blue eyes are short on numbers, as long as we eliminate her in this round, regardless of how many people are left, all of you—and all of us—will win.
I’ve said it before: conflict leads nowhere. Only working together with one heart can achieve a truly shared victory.”
Yu Chaohui couldn’t help but ask: “Are you sure she’s the X-guest? …How did you figure that out?”
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