He Was Rude

Yu Xing didn't know how many people were involved in this simulation, nor how many of them were people he knew.

It was quite a coincidence that I ran into three people at once, and they were all acquaintances.

But any encounter is a good thing; he has many questions about this deduction that he needs to understand. As for whether or not to travel with Zhao Ruru and Xu Shu...

Yu Xing didn't care.

If it were the Zhao Ruru of the past, he probably would have agreed immediately, because Zhao Ruru is a very smart girl with a very different perspective. She might have noticed details that Zhao Yijiu hadn't, and the comparison between the two would have provided some supplementary information.

But in that short time, he had already realized that the relationship between Zhao Ruru and Xu Shu was unusual. The two seemed to have a fixed cooperative relationship. The fact that a girl from the Zhao family who was not particularly outstanding could get together with Xu Shu, who was famous from the Xu family, and even decide on action plans clearly meant that Zhao Ruru was no longer the girl Yu Xing remembered.

Information bias can lead to many possibilities and consequences, whether good or bad, which is still unknown. Therefore, Yu Xing did not answer directly, but looked at Zhao Yijiu and asked, "Brother Jiu, regarding the mission, is it more convenient to have more people?"

Zhao Yijiu understood Yu Xing's meaning and said coldly, "I'll go with..."

Before he could finish saying "whatever," Xu Shu suddenly frowned, took a step forward, and said with a slightly agitated tone than usual, "Yu Xing! As a powerful person... you can't be so lenient with someone. You can make your own decision!"

Yu Xing: "?"

Zhao Yijiu was also surprised for a moment, then narrowed her eyes and looked at Xu Shu.

Did he not know that Xu Shu and Yu Xing had a prior connection?

"You can also choose not to act with Zhao Yijiu, that disobedient one, and just join us... um." Xu Shu was sincerely offering his suggestion when Zhao Ruru suddenly covered his mouth through her mask, making his voice muffled.

Xu Shu's eyes widened slightly, and his deep brown eyes, which looked as if they had dried up, suddenly became a little more lively, filled with disbelief.

"∮%∑?..." Why are you stopping me? He's the contracted vengeful spirit I'm looking for!

Zhao Ruru smiled awkwardly.

She chuckled twice at Yu Xing, who seemed to have grown a little taller. Having just seen Zhao Yijiu's reaction, she knew that Yu Xing was rumored to have been dead for a year, wasn't actually dead, and that the team knew this. "Ignore him. He's always been a bit eccentric. I didn't mean you weren't human, haha. Ever since that family gathering, this guy has been obsessed with making some kind of contract with you... I've told him many times you're not a ghost, but he just won't believe me."

Even when everyone except the Broken Mirror Squad who commented on "Xing's" disappearance firmly believed that Yu Xing was dead, Xu Shu would still occasionally mutter about Yu Xing.

Every time she reminded him, Xu Shu would say, "He wasn't human to begin with, so how could he die so easily? There must be some problem between him and the system, and the system is temporarily not allowing him to be a deducer."

Zhao Ruru had never seen Xu Shu so persistently and fervently believe in something. Seeing the light shining in Xu Shu he talked about it, she didn't refute him.

But believing it privately is one thing, since Yu Xing is already gone anyway. But now that it's confirmed Yu Xing isn't dead, you absolutely can't bring it up in front of Yu Xing!

Yu Xing: "... Oh, right, there's that too."

Having only met once, Yu Xing had an impression of Xu Shu, but couldn't quite recall the reason for his actions.

Zhao Ruru's reminder made him remember.

He truly hadn't expected it.

It's been so long...

Xu Shu still thinks about him?

The last time I met Xu Shu said that he only needed to form a contract with a powerful ghost to reach the Despair level. Now, judging from the density of ghost energy in Xu Shu's body, he should already be at the Despair level.

"≠÷π..."

Xu Shu seemed unwilling to pull Zhao Ruru's hand away, so he could only stand there helplessly making "uh-uh" sounds.

"Is that so?" Yi Qing, who was there to join in the fun, became interested as soon as he heard this, because he knew that Yu Xing was different from the moment they met. At the Sheqing Bar, Yu Xing, wearing a ghost mask, almost jumped directly into the blue. On the surface, he didn't see it at the time, but in fact, as the owner of the bar, Yi Qing was aware of everything that happened inside the bar.

Yu Xing is not a ghost, but there is still a certain difference between her and a human. It is not incomprehensible that this child wearing a ghost mask would mistake her for a ghost and believe her without a doubt.

He was simply curious. His contract with Yu Xing was given by the system, and he himself knew nothing about contracts. Could it be that the gagged child possessed such a top-secret ability?

Yi Qing floated over, peeked out, and asked, "You want to make a contract with Yu Xing? What kind of contract? Is it the kind that can only be broken if one party dies?"

Zhao Yijiu's gaze toward Xu Shu became even more hostile.

Xu Shu's eyes widened even more. "Ughhhh!" Another vengeful ghost... I knew Yu Xing was a vengeful ghost, even his friends have such terrifying auras!

"Hey, little girl, let him go." Seeing that Xu Shu couldn't make a sound, Yi Qing poked Zhao Ruru's arm with her closed fan, smiling gently, "I still have a question."

"This... senior." Zhao Ruru didn't recognize Yi Qing at first, but now that she thought about it, she remembered seeing this ghost in blue flash by in the mist when she reviewed the replay of the Death Parallel Line, when the Lingren and Yu Xing faced off.

It's not easy to tell what something is just by watching the video, but when you see a real person—no, a real ghost—you can naturally make the connection.

This ghost in green is obviously powerful and should not be offended. However, no matter what, the ghost in green has always been by Yu Xing's side and may act in the same way as Yu Xing. Therefore, Zhao Ruru is not afraid of Yi Qing.

"Senior, if we can work together from now on, you can ask him anything you want." She winked at Yu Xing playfully, "That depends on Yu Xing. If he doesn't agree, we won't just hand over information for nothing, right?"

"Hmm..." Yu Xing chuckled and wiggled her fingers, about to say something, when Zhao Yijiu, who had just been saying "whatever," suddenly said, "No thanks."

Yu Xing looked at him.

Zhao Yijiu said, "If you hadn't come, Xu Shu would have competed with me for this infected person, and he might have stolen my mission objective."

"You owe me 10 mission targets, which are already hard to find, why add to that burden?"

That's making excuses to refuse.

Yu Xing naturally respected Zhao Yijiu's choice and nodded, "Okay."

Xu Shu finally pulled Zhao Ruru's hand down, his voice urgent. "Wait..."

"He doesn't even treat you like a human being," Zhao Yijiu interrupted him, turning to Yu Xing, "He's incredibly rude."