Su Mian picked it up and looked. It was a revival card.
Su Mian quietly put it away without announcing it.
She did not want to revive either of the two people currently eliminated.
Su Mian continued searching for other cards.
As she searched, she suddenly heard movement behind her.
Su Mian immediately turned, putting her back to the wall. "Who's there? Trying to ambush me?"
Cheng Qin jogged over, waving both hands. "No, no! Su Mian, shall we team up?"
Su Mian looked thoroughly guarded. "You're not pretending to surrender so you can sneak a hit in when I'm not paying attention, are you?"
Cheng Qin said, "I'm not! I'm a civilian."
As Su Mian hesitated, she suddenly saw Gu Yichen quietly approaching Cheng Qin.
"Watch out!" Su Mian grabbed Cheng Qin and pulled her behind her.
Then she stepped forward, putting herself between Cheng Qin and Gu Yichen.
A light involuntarily shone in Cheng Qin's eyes as she looked at Su Mian.
There was gratitude, admiration, happiness...
If not for Su Mian just now, Gu Yichen would have ambushed her!
Behind the cameras, the director slapped his thigh repeatedly!
Yes, yes, yes!
Su Mian's protective gesture, that look in Cheng Qin's eyes-this was exactly what a dating show needed!
There was absolutely nothing wrong with how they had designed the interactive segment!
It would have been even better if this shot had featured a male and female guest!
[Cheng Qin: Mianmian, give a girl a chance!]
[This dating show is straying further and further off course...]
Gu Yichen and Su Mian remained at an impasse for several seconds.
Gu Yichen spoke first. "Su Mian, Cheng Qin is a werewolf."
Cheng Qin hurried to explain.
But Su Mian spoke first. "Why should I believe you?"
The light in Cheng Qin's eyes grew even brighter.
Boohoo, she didn't even have to say anything, and Su Mian trusted her unconditionally!
Gu Yichen was actually going by intuition too, unable to give any reasoning behind his deduction.
He thought for a moment and said, "Why don't the three of us move together? Once we find the next identity verification card, we can check an identity before deciding."
"Besides, if the three of us stick together, whenever one of us makes a suspicious move, the other two can attack together. It's safer than moving alone."
Su Mian and Cheng Qin exchanged a glance.
Cheng Qin's eyes said it all: I'll follow your lead.
Su Mian nodded. "All right."
So the three of them went to look for the other two guests, along with more utility cards.
Su Mian soon found another revival card behind a wall painting.
Now both revival cards in the show were in her hands.
The corners of Su Mian's lips lifted slightly.
Time to hunt!
She put the revival card away and turned around to see Cheng Qin rummaging behind the sofa, unable to pay attention to this side.
Gu Yichen was searching the table and did not notice Su Mian approaching either.
Su Mian reached straight for the light on Gu Yichen's back!
But Gu Yichen reacted far faster than Fang Nuonuo.
He grabbed her wrist and stared at Su Mian in disbelief.
At this point, Gu Yichen had already guessed Su Mian's identity and her line of thinking.
Her teammate's identity had been exposed right at the start.
To protect herself, she had to sacrifice her teammate and surrender to the civilians.
Then she could assassinate her opponents while collecting revival cards to prevent her assassinated opponents from reviving.
Locked in a standoff with her, Gu Yichen said, "Su Mian, do you only play games to win?"
Su Mian said, "What else?"
Gu Yichen said, "This is a dating show!"
Su Mian said, "If a man can't even conquer me in a game, what ability would he have to conquer me in love?"
Gu Yichen said, "..."
[That makes so much sense!]
[Got it. Mianmian likes the strong!]
[You really can't join this dating show without some combat skills...]
Su Mian kicked straight out!
Gu Yichen instinctively bent over and raised his hand to block.
As a result, not only did his hand take a kick, but he also exposed the light on his back.
Su Mian jumped up and raised her hand!
Smack!
Yin Xiaohong's voice rang throughout the villa. "Gu Yichen has been eliminated. His identity was civilian! Please enter the civilian waiting area to await revival."
Gu Yichen looked helplessly at Su Mian.
But seeing the challenge in her eyes and her unrestrained, radiant smile, he found the corners of his own lips lifting involuntarily.
Ever since the incident when they saved the woman in labor at the hospital, he had realized that she was a girl with an incredibly strong core.
Kindhearted and hot-blooded, she refused to show weakness.
Although she was highly competitive, her ability matched her competitive spirit.
Gu Yichen left the game.
But instead of going to the civilian area, he went to the werewolf area.
He asked Duan Xuanyu, "Ask me what you asked last night again."
Duan Xuanyu said, "Which question?"
"Why doesn't she hit you?" Gu Yichen asked it for him.
After asking, he rotated the wrist Su Mian had kicked and smiled slightly. "She does."
A visibly stronger trace of murderous intent appeared in Duan Xuanyu's eyes.
[It was just a hit, not a kiss... Why is one of them proud of it and the other jealous?]
[Can you two find something better to compete over?]
[Mianmian is beating you now, but she'll conquer the world in the future! Stick with her, and just wait to enjoy the good life!]
[One of these two men is mentally unstable and thinks he's an ancient emperor every day, while the other fell in love out of nowhere. They're nowhere near as good as Su Mian's ex, Lu Zhou.]
[Human Head Bro, say that on your main account.]
Cheng Qin had not found any utility cards when she heard that Gu Yichen had been eliminated.
She still did not suspect Su Mian's identity.
She even made excuses for Su Mian. "Gu Yichen attacked you first, and you only put out his light while fighting back, right? But since he wasn't one either, the werewolf must be either Lin Xi or Teacher Yang. Where did those two run off to?"
Cheng Qin searched everywhere for the other two.
Su Mian suddenly spoke. "Cheng Qin."
Cheng Qin turned around, just about to ask what was wrong.
Smack!
Su Mian slapped her light off.
Cheng Qin's eyes slowly widened, her expression bewildered and shocked.
Yin Xiaohong's voice came through. "Cheng Qin has been eliminated. Her identity was civilian! Please enter the civilian waiting area to await revival."
"Sorry, but we're enemies."
Su Mian apologized mercilessly to Cheng Qin, then turned and took out a utility card.
"I want to revive Duan Xuanyu!"
Yin Xiaohong said, "Duan Xuanyu has been revived by his teammate!"
[So that's it! Aaaah, Mianmian never intended to abandon Tyrant Bro!]
[I only shipped them for fun before, but now I really ship them!]
[The legitimate ship returns! Today, all you concubine-born ships are getting sold off!]
Su Mian had not rushed to revive Duan Xuanyu earlier because she feared that, fighting two against five, they would struggle to guard both head and tail.
So she had concealed her identity and cleared away the obstacles.
Now only two civilians remained.
She and Duan Xuanyu would fight two against two.
She couldn't even see how they could lose.
Upon learning that he had been revived, Duan Xuanyu stood up in the rest area, intending to reenter the game.
But suddenly, everything spun before his eyes.
He shook his head and barely steadied himself.
The production team watched him in confusion.
"Why does he look a little unsteady on his feet?"
By now, Su Mian had found Yang Bingchuan.
Yang Bingchuan had been forced into a corner by her, with nowhere left to retreat.
Whenever Yang Bingchuan appeared on shows before, his juniors would let him win during the games.
When it came to the punishment segment, quite a few juniors would even volunteer to take his punishment for him.
So Yang Bingchuan usually just lay flat, and he could not accept losing to a junior either.
He took off his light and stuffed it inside his clothes.
That way, if Su Mian wanted to slap his light, she would have to come over and take his clothes off.
This was nothing short of cheating.
But he did not care. The production team would not actually make him lose face.
Yang Bingchuan taunted her. "Come on. Come slap the light."
[This old geezer is such a cheat! If Mianmian doesn't take his clothes off, does she just have to lose?]
[Forget winning or losing. Isn't this a form of sexual harassment?]
[I can already imagine it. If Mianmian goes over and takes his clothes off to slap the light, she'll immediately trend. Either a bunch of creepy netizens will mock her for stripping an old geezer, or they'll curse her for disrespecting a senior...]
[Don't panic. Have you forgotten that Mianmian still has a teammate?]
At that moment, Duan Xuanyu had already entered the villa and was heading toward the room!