[Cafeteria Mind Games 2] Li Hebing's Discovery, a Narrow Escape!
The livestream chat also began discussing it.
"These players' mental fortitude is honestly pathetic. Learn from Boss Chen Han-he's as steady as a rock!"
"This school is way too terrifying. So many people have died! I can tell for myself whether it's a school or a graveyard!"
"Speaking of which, don't you think the students' reactions are strange too? They aren't completely like robots. They noticed the players' huge reactions to being frightened by the entities, but didn't say anything! Could they already be used to it?!"
"The more you think about it, the scarier it gets!"
"Are they plotting something?"
The instant Chen Han saw the entity right in his face.
His brain had already crashed.
Some players could still react because they had merely received a huge fright.
But Chen Han was different. He had been scared completely senseless.
Without exaggeration, his soul had gone straight offline.
In his daze, he seemed to have arrived in heaven...
That meant he was fucking dead!
Only when a player behind him screamed in fright at an entity did he dazedly come back to his senses.
Chen Han took a long, deep breath.
He waited another few minutes.
Finally, it was Chen Han's turn.
Through observation, Chen Han had learned:
In this cafeteria, you couldn't just ask the cafeteria lady to serve whatever you wanted.
Instead, the cafeteria lady packed the food directly into metal lunchboxes, and the students simply went up and collected them.
After eating, they only needed to put them in the bucket beside the cafeteria entrance.
After collecting his food, Chen Han found a place to sit with Chen Yinuo.
At this point, an entity was also following Chen Han closely, like his shadow.
This entity was the female ghost who had gotten right in Chen Han's face earlier.
The livestream chat was puzzled too.
"What is this entity trying to do?"
"Boss Chen Han really has amazing mental fortitude."
"Even with this happening, he can still act like nothing happened!"
Once Chen Han actually sat down.
The entity began cursing shrilly without pause.
"Why did the anonymous mailbox report me?"
"It hurts so much, so much, so much now."
"They were actually in it together. How could they treat me like this!"
"I hate you. I hate this man-eating school."
As she spoke, the female ghost shed a few black tears.
This didn't make her look more pitiful, but even more terrifying!
Inside, Chen Han was falling apart.
He hadn't expected to face an entity's mental attacks even after finishing queuing.
Now, looking at the lunchbox before him, Chen Han felt his vision go dark.
How was he supposed to eat?
Only after Chen Han had mentally prepared himself several times, ensuring he wouldn't spit out his food in fright while eating.
Was he finally ready to start eating.
He unexpectedly discovered-
This Chen Yinuo was a complete chatterbox.
He didn't care in the slightest whether Chen Han responded to him.
Before meeting Chen Yinuo, he had thought his personality wasn't particularly introverted.
After meeting Chen Yinuo, Chen Han realized his former self had practically been a total shut-in.
Chen Yinuo was so thick-skinned that he just kept forcing the conversation!
"Chen Han, do you think this citywide assessment will be really hard? I heard the teachers setting the questions this time usually make them difficult!"
Chen Han's inner voice: I don't know. I'm not the teacher setting the questions.
"Oh, right, right! Which university are you planning to apply to for the college entrance exam?"
"I'm planning to apply to a university in Magic City. I heard several famous universities there are merging to form a new university. I think it's called 'Magic City University.' Don't you think that name sounds fancy?"
Chen Han's inner voice: Good thing this is a world inside an instance...
Otherwise, in the real world, would he have any fucking choice?
Didn't you just get shipped off like a parcel to whichever university your score could scrape you into?
Before Chen Han could reply, Chen Yinuo suddenly grew wistful.
"Ah... Ever since I was little, my dream has been to see a big city!"
Chen Han's inner voice: (Launching a surprise attack) Hey, that's where you're wrong...
The secret to delicious loofah is to add more MSG...
Wait, no.
Although Chen Han had a rich inner life, outwardly he remained unruffled, as though he had simply blocked out Chen Yinuo.
Seeing the silent Chen Han and the endlessly chattering Chen Yinuo, the livestream chat was amused too.
"This Chen Yinuo is so annoying. He's rendered Boss Chen Han speechless."
"Hahaha, does nobody else think Chen Han's speechless look is really funny?"
"When did Magic City start planning to merge its universities? How come I didn't know?"
"Are you stupid, person above? This is the world inside an instance. It's all a made-up plot."
"Why do I feel like something's off!"
Seeing that Chen Han wasn't paying her any attention.
The female ghost seemed somewhat indignant and stretched out her hand, trying to touch Chen Han's cheek.
At this critical moment, Chen Han's spoon.
Suddenly slid toward Chen Yinuo.
It made an ear-piercing sound.
Startled, the female ghost hurriedly withdrew her hand.
The livestream viewers were startled too.
"Scared me to death. I thought that female ghost was about to touch him."
"Thank goodness Boss Chen Han made a little noise right then!"
"Boss Chen Han timed that perfectly!"
Perhaps because the spoon had moved forward quite a distance.
Some greens suddenly appeared beneath the rice.
Naturally, Li Hebing's gaze had been following Boss Chen Han all along.
Even when eating, he had chosen a seat from which he could see Chen Han.
He had always liked observing people.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have managed to observe practically everyone in just one morning.
When he saw a hint of green appear beneath Chen Han's rice.
He had originally still been admiring Chen Han's swift reaction to the female ghost.
But when he saw that hint of green, his expression changed drastically!
Could that hint of green be vegetables?!
[1. If you find green vegetables in your food, do not eat it!]
Li Hebing was shocked.
Chen Han's action had undoubtedly been deliberate.
It wasn't just to scare off the female ghost, but also to check whether there were green vegetables in the lunchbox!
And these green vegetables had actually been buried beneath the rice?!
Was this a joke?!
Li Hebing had already inspected his food very carefully when collecting it.
But he had never imagined green vegetables could be concealed inside the white rice!
Who would have thought of that!
At this moment, Li Hebing felt fear for the second time!
The first time had been when he discovered that the class had changed without a sound!
The second time was right now!
Was this lunchbox in front of him really safe?
Could it be like Chen Han's lunchbox too?
Li Hebing swallowed.
He felt his whole body suddenly tense up.
So close...
So close...
If he hadn't seen what Chen Han did, he would never have thought of this!
Li Hebing picked up his spoon and began tremblingly searching through the white rice.
One spoonful.
Two spoonfuls.
When he reached the third spoonful, Li Hebing was astonished to discover that a hint of green had appeared in his lunchbox too!
???
!!!
Holy shit!
Holy shit!!
There really were some!
At this very moment, Li Hebing's feelings were simply beyond words.
After a burst of excitement.
Li Hebing sighed softly again.
He had originally thought he was a genius, but only now did he realize that next to a true genius, he was nothing but a minor witch before a great sorcerer!
Truly, kings should never meet!
Boss Chen Han was still the stronger one!
Thank you, Boss Chen Han, for saving his life again!
The viewers watching Li Hebing's perspective were also puzzled by the reaction of this "copycat."
At this moment, "Huixiazhi" appeared again.
"Hahaha, this Li Hebing really is smart."
"Every single move Chen Han makes comes after thinking through countless possibilities, and he generally kills two birds with one stone!"
"Like the sound of his spoon scraping the lunchbox this time. Most people would only think it was to scare off the female ghost!"
"But his true purpose was actually to check whether there were green vegetables inside the lunchbox."
"Don't forget, the rules expressly forbid green vegetables in the food!"
"So Chen Han was conducting a thorough inspection!"
"The clever thing about Li Hebing is that he's been observing Chen Han all along. That's how he discovered the secret hidden in the food!"
The livestream chat instantly exploded at "Huixiazhi's" remarks.
"Holy shit!!!"
"Once again, my IQ has been ground into the dirt!"
"Who could possibly have thought of that!"
"Is this a joke? Isn't that way too insane? How did Chen Han think of green vegetables being hidden inside the rice?"
"I seriously suspect Chen Han used to be a secret agent. He's so meticulous. Isn't that fucking attention to detail unreal?!"
Before you continue
Like what you read?
Upgrade to the full novel to keep reading beyond the preview chapters.