The atmosphere froze for a few seconds before Kong Susu caught on:
"So you're jealous... I thought you'd been possessed by a ghost, since you've been acting so strange all day."
Lu Mi ate quietly, watching coldly to see what happened next.
What was Liang Mafeng trying to do?
"It's not that I don't like you. Calm down..."
Before Liang Mafeng could finish, Gong Tan picked up a shard of the plate and slashed hard, cutting open his own artery without a moment's hesitation.
Blood sprayed everywhere.
The others were all right, but the newcomer had never seen anything like this. He screamed before swallowing his food and ended up choking badly.
Lu Mi wiped the blood that had splashed onto his face. Watching Liang Mafeng scramble to catch Gong Tan as he fell, he thought:
Playing both roles yourself, Liang Mafeng. You've really outdone yourself.
A living, breathing person committing suicide in public, and in such a violent way, would have attracted enormous attention in the real world.
But this was the Absurd Horror Game.
Liang Mafeng cradled Gong Tan's body, sighing over and over. "Why did this kid have to do something so drastic? It's my fault, all my fault..."
"Brother Liang, don't blame yourself!" Lü He stepped forward to deal with Gong Tan's corpse. "If he hadn't stuck with you, he wouldn't have survived last night."
The others chimed in. "Exactly. Someone that weird probably had some kind of mental illness."
Gong Tan's suicide plunged Liang Mafeng into deep grief and self-reproach.
When Lü He and the others dragged Gong Tan's corpse out of the Hall, he even reminded them to be careful and avoid touching the white fog.
What a kind, considerate man!
No one knew how difficult it was for Lu Mi, the only person