mtl008 Who can clear Chapter 124?
Who can clear Chapter 124?
He Jingtang turned and glanced at him. "You just fainted, why did it take you so long to come out?"
"Let him play; I don't believe he can choose any other answer."
As he spoke, he gestured for Yan Xun to hand the handle to Ning Xinian behind him.
Ning Xinian took the controller, looking at the game screen and Yan Xun with some difficulty, "I don't really know how to play."
He Jingtang suspected he was faking it, but had no proof.
He watched as Ning Xinian walked around the sofa and sat down next to Yan Xun. "How do you use these buttons?"
Yan Xun briefly explained the button options to him, and then said, "You can choose a branch after you start dating them."
Ning Xinian tried to manipulate things; Yan Xun and He Jingtang instructed him to choose the older neighbor girl—
“I think this is a good idea,” He Jingtang said. “Watching the protagonist grow up, he shouldn’t be suddenly killed off.”
“Yes.” Yan Xun nodded. “You should choose him.”
The two of them sat next to Ning Xinian, looking like cunning strategists. It was hard to believe that these two, who had never been in a relationship themselves, could give advice on dating to others.
Ning Xinian was also somewhat confused.
He tried manipulating the controller and soon arrived at the branching options.
"She invited me home for dinner." Ning Xinian looked at the scene on the screen, where a gentle older sister was inviting the protagonist home for dinner.
The protagonist can choose to "go" or "not go".
“Of course I’ll go,” He Jingtang said. “Otherwise, how can I develop the relationship further and gain their favor?”
"You choose not to go; it's a strategic retreat," Yan Xun suggested.
Ning Xinian listened, first saving the file as instructed, and then following Yan Xun's command—
Why won't you come to my house...?
The older sister looked at the protagonist with tears welling up in her eyes, ["...Is it because you discovered my secret that you've started to dislike me?"]
"What secret?" Yan Xun moved closer to Ning Xinian. "Let him keep asking."
On the screen, the protagonist's hand was placed on his chest—
Yan Xun: "???"
He Jingtang: "!!!!"
Ning Xinian: ...I don't understand what it means.
Did you find out I'm a man, and that's why you're disgusted with me?
Upon seeing this, Yan Xun immediately grabbed He Jingtang, "Are you sure you didn't take the wrong game?"
He Jingtang hurriedly opened the game introduction, "...No, right?"
Yan Xun leaned over and took a look.
The game description didn't mention the words "beautiful girl" at all; it only mentioned a mysterious neighbor A and a gloomy character B who followed the protagonist... Yan Xun looked up at He Jingtang.
"...I just said that because the game's visuals featured beautiful girls." He Jingtang argued illogically.
Ning Xinian, on the other hand, continued playing the game.
Soon a new option appeared before him—
Would you hate me for this?
"Of course I don't dislike him," He Jingtang said. "After all this time, surely I have feelings for him?"
"I hate it," Yan Xun said. "I hate it when people keep things from me."
He Jingtang looked at Yan Xun, "So strict?"
“It’s not that I’m being strict, I just hate being kept in the dark,” Yan Xun said. “But it’s okay, even if someone is keeping something from me, I will investigate it myself.”
As he said this, he glanced at Ning Xinian and asked, "And you?"
What do you think?
Ning Xinian didn't speak; he simply followed Yan Xun's answer and selected the "dislike" option.
The neighbor gave a bitter laugh, then muttered to himself, "...I did lie to you."
It's okay... I want to be alone for a while.
The neighbor told the protagonist to go home first, and they would meet again another day.
The next day, news spread that the neighbor had committed suicide at home, and a blood-written apology letter was found slipped under the protagonist's door.
It was filled with countless "I'm sorry"s written with fingers.
【BE·Apologetic Letter in Blood】
Yan Xun: "No, are all the people in this game this extreme?"
He refused to believe it, took the controller from Ning Xinian's hand, loaded the save file, and chose a new branch. This time, he chose not to hate his neighbor's deception.
The neighbor smiled happily and invited the protagonist to his home.
They had a perfect candlelight dinner—
Then they were both poisoned to death.
The person who poisoned the scene was, of course, the neighbor himself. His reason was that he didn't want such a beautiful scene to disappear, and he was worried that the protagonist would change his mind, so he thought it would be better to freeze time at this moment.
Yan Xun: "……………………………………"
He felt like this lousy game was just like his own instance.
No matter which path you take, you can't escape the Bad Ending (BE) option?
Then return to the beginning and choose whether or not to visit your neighbor.
If you choose "go", the neighbor will still poison the protagonist; if you choose "don't go", the neighbor will go berserk and stab the protagonist.
When Mu Yuanming finally managed to catch up on his sleep and left the bedroom, he saw three people sitting silently on the sofa in the living room, their expressions blank, as if they had suffered some huge shock.
His roommate was mentally unstable to begin with, so Mu Yuanming wasn't surprised.
"how?"
He walked over, glanced at the game description they had tossed aside, and then turned his gaze to He Jingtang, "I don't even want to talk about your taste."
“Mu Yuanming,” Yan Xun said in a heavy tone.
Mu Yuanming looked at him.
"You give it a try."
As Yan Xun spoke, he shoved the controller into Mu Yuanming's hand—he thought this guy must be a master of romance.
After figuring out how to play, Mu Yuanming smiled confidently.
He asked He Jingtang to move aside, and sat down next to Yan Xun. Then he chose the third character to pursue.
……
He Jinqiu returned to her dormitory.
He didn't expect that all four members would be in the living room, and that each of them would have a blank expression, but their eyes would light up when they saw him.
"He Jinqiu, come here." Yan Xun beckoned.
He Jinqiu was puzzled. He had done something important at home and was feeling uneasy. When Yan Xun called him, he was half confused and half happy, and slowly came to the sofa.
As soon as he walked over, a controller was shoved into his hand.
"Try this game."
Yan Xun grabbed him and pressed him down onto the sofa.
"I refuse to believe it!"
That night, He Jingtang couldn't resist posting a screenshot of the game on his Weibo account—
[SLNT-He Jingtang V: Wait, who can actually find love in this game??]