[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 3] The Middle-Aged Man Was Stunned-Chen Han Was the Real Big Shot!

Chen Han had crouched down because he had spotted something white on the floor.

He couldn't help getting curious. Could it be some miraculous item?

Then, to his shock, he discovered that it was nothing at all, just the reflection of an incandescent light on the floor.

After that, he saw that, for some reason, a child in yellow beside him had fallen flat on his face.

What followed was an earth-shattering scream.

It never occurred to Chen Han that the child had fallen because of him.

He thought the child in yellow was deliberately staging an accident to scam him.

Or perhaps this was the children's tactic, meant to create an opportunity to draw players into speaking with them.

Once a player responded to them, that player would be wiped out on the spot.

The corners of Chen Han's mouth curled into a smile again.

These kids were truly black-bellied, but he had already seen through their scheme!

The four children had actually come over to snatch their admission tickets to the swimming pool.

Sure enough, the child in red saw the child in yellow fall.

Rather than looking worried, he shot him a thoroughly annoyed glare.

What an idiot.

The child in red was the tallest of the four. He nudged the shortest, the child in orange, with his elbow.

He signaled for her to snatch the ticket from the middle-aged man at the end of the line.

The tickets were being checked quickly, so before long, it was already the high-ponytailed girl's turn, with Chen Han up next.

That made the middle-aged man's ticket the easiest one to snatch right now.

The child in orange understood and crept toward the man, preparing to steal the swimming ticket from his hand.

Unexpectedly, just then, Chen Han turned around again to speak to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man instinctively brought his ticket to his chest, leaving the child in orange with no way to get it.

The child in orange was stunned. Why had Chen Han turned around at that exact moment?

Could he have done it on purpose?

The child in orange looked at Chen Han doubtfully, trying to find a trace of anything unnatural on his face.

Unfortunately, Chen Han's expression was perfectly normal, except for the eerie smile still hanging at the corners of his mouth.

It seemed to mock the child in orange for overestimating herself.

The bullet comments started flooding in as well.

"Big Shot Chen Han is killing me!"

"Look at that child in orange getting thwarted!"

"Big Shot Chen Han looks like he's been lining up without a care, but he's actually been watching the kids behind him the whole time!"

"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant!"

"Those observation skills put 99% of the people in the world to shame."

Chen Han had turned around because he had suddenly remembered that this was a multiplayer instance.

That meant building good relationships with people was important.

Everyone was lining up now, and his turn was next.

This was a crucial opportunity to get on good terms with the middle-aged man.

He might as well make some small talk.

Chen Han turned to the man. "Sir, are you married?"

Just then, he caught a flash of orange passing right beneath his eyes.

Holy shit!

Chen Han was so startled that his hand trembled.

Still, he pretended not to care, keeping a stiff smile on his face.

Then, without waiting for the man's answer, he silently turned back around.

Don't notice me!

The man froze at the sight of Chen Han's eerie smile.

Then he, too, spotted the orange figure right beneath his eyes.

His heart clenched, and he hurriedly brought his ticket to his chest.

In an instant, his heart was pounding.

Tiny beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead as well.

The child in orange had nearly stolen his ticket.

The young man ahead of him had already evaded the child in yellow's first attempt to snatch a ticket.

Others might not have seen it clearly, but he had seen everything perfectly.

Chen Han had clearly dodged on purpose.

That meant Chen Han had saved him this time, too!

Although the man was a newcomer who had only just entered the instance, he knew that some outstanding players who cleared rules-based horror games

would receive items and skills as system rewards.

This young man didn't have eyes in the back of his head. Logically, he shouldn't have been able to see what was happening behind him.

Yet he had seen it and had even thwarted the children's attacks twice.

Could this young man already possess an item or skill?

The more the man thought about it, the more certain he became that he was right.

He raised a hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The truly powerful person in this round wasn't that middle-aged woman, but the young man before him.

Chen Han's act of saving him just now must have been an attempt to win him over, too!

The man swallowed, secretly delighted.

Before he died, he had been a bootlicker to his superiors. After his death, even inside a rules-based horror game, he was still a shrewd operator.

He couldn't go wrong following Big Shot Chen Han!

Soon, it was Chen Han's turn to have his ticket checked. During the check,

he was surprised to spot a pile of candy on the table. It wasn't particularly fancy candy,

but he wasn't picky. He grabbed a large handful and stuffed it into his pocket.

According to the rules, he wouldn't be allowed to leave the pool before dawn.

That meant Chen Han would have to soak in the water for at least several hours.

If he collapsed from exhaustion then, he would be done for.

So he took some candy now to prevent dehydration later.

The ticket seller mechanically marked the swimming ticket, then handed it back to Chen Han.

Chen Han remembered that rule three mentioned that the ticket seller could be trusted.

He didn't know whether the swimming ticket would get soaked once he went inside, so he might as well leave it with the ticket seller for safekeeping.

If he needed the swimming ticket when he came out, he could simply ask him for it.

Chen Han handed the swimming ticket back to the ticket seller.

"Please keep this for me. Thanks."

The ticket seller froze briefly at the swimming ticket appearing before him again.

Then he resumed his mechanical smile, though this time there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Certainly, sir."

Chen Han then left the ticketing area and headed toward the swimming pool.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the four children. The child in yellow had stopped crying.

Since the child in red was the tallest, his expression was the easiest to see.

His face was full of defiance and resentment toward Chen Han for ruining his schemes twice.

Huh??

Wait a minute.

He suddenly realized there weren't just four children there now, but five!

There was another child wearing gray. More precisely, he wore a white shirt covered in stains of all sizes, making it look gray.

He was hiding behind the swimming pool's glass door, timidly poking half his head out.

He seemed very afraid of some of the people there, yet his eyes also held a longing for something.

Chen Han's scalp instantly prickled.

No matter how he looked at this child, he didn't seem normal.