"What about me? What about me?"
Watching Su Bai and Lin Wenhua look at each other, Huang Qi couldn't help pointing at himself and asking Su Bai, "Hey, you must have heard of me too, right?"
"Sorry." Su Bai hid his curiosity as he studied the yellow-haired boy. Although he was surprised to meet Lin Wenhua and the boy who was very likely his closest friend in an abandoned park like this, neither of them seemed to have become a Player yet. He would let them enjoy the peaceful days they had left before entering the Nightmare World.
"But if you tell me your name now, I'll be sure to remember it," Su Bai told him with a smile.
If the yellow-haired boy before him really was the friend who had changed Lin Wenhua, then his name was the name of the man who had forged an impregnable defense for the human Players of a later era.
"My name's Huang Qi." Although Su Bai sounded sincere, Huang Qi was still a little disappointed.
"I'm Su Bai, a student at Rainbow Locust No. 1 High School."
"We figured that out." Huang Qi's disappointment vanished in an instant. He quickly perked up again and asked with some concern, "Hey, brainiac, what are you doing out here so late at night? You really gave Lin and me a scare."
"What scared me probably wasn't what you're imagining," Lin Wenhua muttered beside him.
"You look pretty healthy, though. Much better than that younger buddy of mine who goes to Rainbow Locust No. 1 High School." Huang Qi looked wistful as he recalled his old follower. "I haven't seen him in a long time either, but the last time we met, he was so pale he looked like he might pass out any second."
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