Back in the game space, after teasing Arataki Itto, everyone looked at the pile of pebbles scattered across the floor and found themselves at a loss.
There were simply too many of them.
Even if every player combined their attempts, there probably wouldn’t be enough identifications to check them all.
“Fang Yue is way too shameless!
How can he do this?”
Keqing stomped her foot and complained.
“First you make us solve riddles, then you make us fight monsters.
And after all that, you tell us it was all pointless?
Now we can only rely on luck to catch you?”
“How about we just identify two at random?”
Xiangling suggested.
The others had no better ideas either.
Then they might as well rely on luck.
Their luck seemed to be pretty good most of the time anyway.
Ningguang fell into thought.
She didn’t believe this game space would rely entirely on luck.
Otherwise, there would have been no reason to provide them with clues in the first place.
“Tap tap tap!”
Just as the group was wondering what to do, the maids came rushing over.
They began picking up the scattered pebbles one by one and putting them back in the corner before quickly leaving.
Whenever something was knocked out of place, these maids would come over and tidy it up.
By now, everyone was already used to it.
After racking her brains for a long time, Keqing finally gave up.
Fang Yue was simply too unreasonable.
She had foolishly played along with him for half the day.
Were they actually playing a game, or was Fang Yue playing them?
“I’m done.
Whoever wants to play can keep playing!”
After saying that, Keqing prepared to find somewhere to sit and wait for the game to end.
She had only taken a few steps when she suddenly stepped on something.
Her foot slipped, and she fell straight onto the floor.
“Ow!
What is this?”
She lowered her head.
It was a pebble.
Annoyed, she picked up the pebble and threw it back into the corner.
“These maids are really something.
They can’t even clean things up properly.”
Seeing everyone looking at her, Keqing’s pretty face turned red.
She quickly got back up and was about to leave.
Then she suddenly froze.
“Fang Yue, you bastard!
I finally…”
Before she could finish, Ningguang smiled and pointed toward the pebble Keqing had just thrown into the corner.
“I identify this pebble as Fang Yue!”
“Hey!
How can you do that?
I was the one who found it!” This story is hosted at g.com.
Keqing was furious.
She had clearly discovered it first, so how had Ningguang gotten to identify it?
“There’s no such thing as first come, first served in a game.
Besides, your reaction speed is simply too slow.”
Ningguang smiled as she retorted.
When Keqing had slipped just now, everyone had looked toward her.
But while Xiangling and the others had been looking at Keqing, Ningguang had been looking at the pebble.
The moment Ningguang saw that pebble, everything became clear.
The game space had provided the clue from the very beginning.
And that clue was the maids.
But at the same time, it had also set a trap.
If the players kept focusing on what the maids said, they would be led around in circles by their lies.
On the other hand, the maids had also been constantly giving the players hints.
Whenever something was disturbed, the maids would immediately put it back in order.
Because of their status, even Ningguang had initially found this perfectly reasonable.
After all, cleaning and tidying was exactly what maids were supposed to do.
But now, there was a pebble left behind.
There was no doubt that something was strange about it.
The maids only cleaned up the objects that had originally been in the room.
The object Fang Yue had transformed into was obviously outside the scope of their duties.
After seeing the pebble that had made Keqing slip, Ningguang had already formed a suspicion.
But when Keqing picked it up, Ningguang could only give up on the idea.
She never expected Keqing to throw it back out again.
With such a perfect opportunity presented to her, Ningguang naturally wasn’t going to refuse.
She immediately made the identification.
Keqing, who had been one step too slow, was completely dumbfounded.
Had she really handed the victory she had already found over to someone else with her own hands?
[Identification correct.
Ningguang wins!]
The system’s voice rang out, confirming the final winner.
“Poof!”
The pebble in the corner transformed back into Fang Yue.
After returning to his original form, Fang Yue looked at Keqing with a strange expression.
“I have to ask.
How do you manage to find me every single time?
Are we really that destined to meet?”
Hearing Fang Yue’s words, the others were also stunned.
That’s right!
Keqing really did find Fang Yue every single time.
Although she wasn’t the one who won, she had managed to pinpoint Fang Yue’s location with incredible accuracy each time.
The first time, she had sat directly on top of Fang Yue.
The second time, she had stepped on him and exposed him!
Did you install some kind of tracking device on Fang Yue?
Everyone else thought so.
Even Keqing herself almost began wondering whether she had some kind of special ability. The source of this chapter is novelping.com.
Ningguang had won, so she was in a good mood.
She immediately teased,
“Mm, looks like as long as Keqing participates in the game from now on, victory should be guaranteed.”
“Are Keqing and Fang Yue really that destined to meet?”
Amber widened her eyes.
Should I make sure to stick close to this lucky charm in the future?
“Who…
who is destined to meet with this guy?
Those were all accidents.”
“Exactly.
Accidental destiny!”
Everyone chimed in one after another, making Keqing’s face turn slightly red.
After all, saying that she and a man were destined to meet made it sound like everyone was trying to play matchmaker.
“I…
I…
think you two…
are…
destined to meet!”
Arataki Itto stammered from the side.
He still hadn’t recovered from the trap.
“Get lost!
You’re the one who’s destined to meet him!”
“Ah, you’re so scary…
I won’t say anything anymore…”
Fang Yue glanced at Arataki Itto.
He wondered whether this guy’s entire life was going to collapse once the trap wore off.
Fang Yue looked Ningguang up and down and couldn’t help sighing.
As expected of a wealthy lady.
Look at that bearing.
And then those legs, that waist…
Ahem.
Seeing Fang Yue looking at her, Ningguang instead turned sideways and put one hand on her waist, deliberately displaying her perfect figure.
“Do you like what you see?”
“Ahem!”
Fang Yue coughed lightly.
For once, his face actually turned red.
Why is Ningguang so good at teasing people?
“Come and choose your treasure chest.”
Four pitch-black treasure chests appeared in front of Ningguang.
So he really is still just a little boy.
Ningguang secretly giggled and casually picked one.
“I’ll take this one.”
The other treasure chests disappeared.
The remaining treasure chest began to glow.
Finally, its grade appeared…