Part 2 of Chapter 46
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Do You Still Hate Her? 36 – Escape Room [Completed]
By the time Shang Lu finished speaking, Yan Zijiao was vigorously nodding in agreement, and his gaze toward Shang Lu became increasingly respectful… even admiring. He started actively asking Shang Lu how to handle various situations.
[What program am I really watching? I’m confused.]
[<Love Is Love> X <The Most Hated Her and Him> collaborative emotional response segment. Host: Shang Lu, Interviewer: Yan Zijiao.]
[Shang Lu started reviewing Yan Zijiao’s performance in the last episode, and I burst out laughing.]
[I don’t think Yan Zijiao has ever been this serious in class note-taking.]
[Shang • “Contemporary Emotion Master” • Lu]
[So, should we just let them keep chatting like this? Isn’t anyone going to intervene? Hahaha]
Of course, someone came to intervene.
Ye Lu heard that Wang Hanfei had been eliminated, so he came to find Shang Lu.
Because he didn’t know the way and went to the wrong building, he ended up wasting some time.
When Ye Lu arrived at the scene, this was the bizarre scene he saw.
Ye Lu : “?”
From Ye Lu’s perspective, Shang Lu and Yan Zijiao were squatting together in front of the sink, their heads close together, and he didn’t know what they were talking about.
During this time, Yan Zijiao kept nodding and writing something on his arm with a pen, saying, “That’s absolutely right, it’s really right. I should have met you earlier.”
Ye Lu stood at the door for half a minute, and when he saw Yan Zijiao trying to roll up his pants and continue taking notes on his leg, he couldn’t help but ask, “What are you two doing?”
Only then did Yan Zijiao notice Ye Lu’s arrival and quickly put down his sleeves and pants.
Although Shang Lu had noticed earlier, she was engrossed in her conversation and ignored Ye Lu.
At this moment, both Shang Lu and Yan Zijiao looked at Ye Lu in unison.
Yan Zijiao was too proud to admit that he was seeking advice on relationship issues with Shang Lu, so he replied, “What about you? Are you trying to eliminate us?”
Ye Lu asked back, “What else? Do I want to have a chat with both of you?”
“Sure.” Yan Zijiao directly took out the lucky draw card he had drawn earlier from his pocket and handed it to Ye Lu.
As Shang Lu had guessed, the two words written on it were: “Mutual Destruction”.
Ye Lu widened his eyes, his face filled with disbelief.
[Ye Lu, the ‘Mutual Destruction’ card’s first perpetrator and last victim (joking)]
[These two words have a special effect on Ye Lu, hahaha]
“Step aside, I’m not interested in you.” Ye Lu naturally didn’t go after Yan Zijiao at this moment but instead looked directly at Shang Lu.
Then he angrily said, “After I was eliminated, I watched the live stream barrage! Shang Lu! It was you scaring me just now! You’re the boss, the heartless intern teacher! You are so ruthless! I’m your assistant, and you still killed me!”
Shang Lu found it strange, “Why were you able to watch the barrage?”
“Because I stole Sister Assistant’s phone in the rest area,” Ye Lu replied with great confidence, then looked at Shang Lu, “Since you’re not kind, don’t blame me for being unjust. Let’s go down together, let our villain camp to perish and turn to the right path!”
[I can’t stop laughing, is this how the game is played? The righteous players haven’t done much, and the villains are actually fighting each other]
[The game rules seem to be ‘do as they please,’ just get used to it]
[Shang Lu! It’s your turn! Let Ye Lu perform as the rebellious sidekick]
[Ye Lu : I quit, I quit! Let’s go kill the heartless capitalist, Boss Shang!]
At this moment, Yan Zijiao also looked at Shang Lu.
Shang Lu took a step back, already considering whether to climb up the ladder or climb out of the window.
However, Yan Zijiao suddenly bowed to her, his voice sincere: “Thank you, I will reflect on this when I go back.”
Ye Lu, who was about to take action : “?”
Shang Lu, who was about to run away : “?”
The next moment, they saw Yan Zijiao suddenly pounce on Ye Lu, tightly holding onto his shoulders and not letting go.
Ye Lu was startled and instinctively tried to break free, asking, “Yan Zijiao, what are you doing? Are you crazy?”
But Yan Zijiao was counting down in his mouth: “Fifteen, fourteen… three, two, one.”
The loudspeaker sounded.
“According to Additional Rule No.2, Ye Lu captured Student Yan Zijiao for more than fifteen seconds, Student Yan Zijiao is expelled! Remaining students in this class: five.
“Student Yan Zijiao makes his ‘last words.’
“Student Yan Zijiao uses a skill card : ‘Mutual Destruction,’ to completely kill Ye Lu.]
Ye Lu : “?!”
How could this happen? He had just returned to the scene, how did he get killed so quickly? Is Yan Zijiao crazy to want to take him down with him? He hadn’t even scared Ou Yi yet!
When Ye Lu and Yan Zijiao were taken away by the NPCs, Ye Lu obviously hadn’t figured out why he had faced his second failure so quickly.
And Shang Lu also used her reward, but this time she chose to eliminate Tang Qingqing.
At this moment, there were only four students left in the field: Male #4 from <Love Is Love>, Song Zeqian, Yu Su, and Ou Yi.
Netizens: “?!?”
[Hahaha, the shark has mercilessly killed its two teammates on its own!]
[Congratulations to Boss Shang Lu for finally successfully getting rid of the two assistants arranged by the program team and could finally fly solo!]
Shang Lu turned to the cameraman and said, “Let’s go, let’s continue climbing!”
Shang Lu’s cameraman reluctantly climbed the ladder.
Why? Whenever a guest entered, he felt a glimmer of hope in his heart, as he thought that he could finally finish his work if Shang Lu was eliminated.
But why? Shang Lu was still alive?! What were these guests doing?
The cameraman could only follow Shang Lu, tears in his eyes.
The reason Shang Lu took this path was clear : she wanted to return to the boys’ and girls’ dormitories she went to last time to verify her suspicions.
Just now, in the bathroom stall, while searching for a passage, she had seen many small eyes drawn on the wall, as if they were staring at her, making her very uncomfortable.
The moment she saw the severed head props on the partition, it immediately reminded her of a classic scene from a famous foreign film, where the principal’s smiling head peeking out from above the partition.
In addition to the diary and letters in her bag, although they were about campus violence and corporal punishment by the teachers, could it really be that simple?
As she walked forward, she recalled the announcements on the loudspeaker and that phrase, ‘the unspeakable silent truth.’
Shang Lu already had a basic answer in her mind, but she had to return to the boys’ and girls’ dormitories to find more clues to confirm it.
When Shang Lu found the door to the boys’ dormitory again, she slowly opened it—
“Prosperity, Democracy, Civility, Harmony1! Don’t come near, don’t come near, ahhhhh!”
There was actually someone inside the wardrobe.
Seeing Ou Yi screaming wildly while holding a mirror in front of him, Shang Lu fell into silence and glanced at the cameraman next to Ou Yi.
The cameraman’s expression seemed dazed, as if he had been tormented by Ou Yi for a long time. He looked at Shang Lu with pleading eyes, hoping she could talk to Ou Yi.
Shang Lu could only say, “Ou Yi, calm down.”
Upon hearing Shang Lu’s voice, Ou Yi finally snapped out of it. He slowly lowered the mirror he had been using to shield his face and tremblingly reached out to touch Shang Lu’s pulse.
“There’s a heartbeat, it’s a living Teacher Shang Lu!” Ou Yi exclaimed excitedly after confirming this. His voice trembling, he asked, “How did you… how did you get out of there?”
[Look at how scared the kid got, it’s hilarious.]
[Ou Yi has been hiding here for a long time, haha.]
[So, why did Ou Yi get scared like this?]
[Actually, it’s not that special. He was just being chased by NPC ghosts all the way, and he’s naturally a bit of a scaredy-cat. His biggest fright was probably Shang Lu suddenly crawling out from behind him, hahaha.]
- part of Chinese Core Socialist Values. These Core Socialist Values was created to resolve the moral crisis in China, which was mainly about mammonism and extreme individualism, but the Core Socialist Values were also opposed to feudalism and superstition. ↩︎