Playing the Foolish Beauty in a Deadly Game - Chapter 2

Lin Qiao shrank back under Yan Ting’s gaze, embarrassedly burying his face in Yan Ting’s embrace. His fair shoulders, visible beneath the wide neckline, seemed tinged with a blush. Yan Ting’s expression darkened slightly as he not only pulled the blanket tighter around Lin Qiao but also took out the piece of candy from Lin Qiao’s pocket and tossed it away. Perhaps realizing that once the plane took off, the chances of being rescued would become even more slim, the passengers grew restless. The crying grew louder, and one passenger suddenly stood up and shouted, “I’m not a passenger on this plane! I was driving, and somehow I ended up here…”

“I’m really not a passenger. Are you filming a movie? Is the production crew playing tricks on passersby? Please stop filming and take out whatever’s talking in my ear. I don’t want to participate! Let me go!” With that, he began to hit himself and bang his head against the surroundings, clearly having a mental breakdown. A man in a black suit walked over and knocked him unconscious.

Lin Qiao’s body stiffened, and he got goosebumps. […] The system’s indifferent voice brought Lin Qiao back to his senses. Lin Qiao pondered for a moment, then couldn’t help but ask in his mind, “System brother, what do you mean by ‘I won’t die’?”

“If I’m not a player, how do I pass through… What does the person I need to find look like?”

“And another thing, will there be ghosts in this game level? I’ve read many novels that have ghosts, and I’m really scared.”

[…]

Lin Qiao was taken aback, and he started coughing violently, trembling again. Yan Ting, who was holding him, patted Lin Qiao’s back soothingly and nodded at the man in black, who immediately went over and dragged the new player away after knocking him out.

The system’s cold voice rang out again: “The person you need to find… choose after the game level ends.”

“There are three ways for the game level to end: one, all players are wiped out. Two, the game level duration ends. Three, the players complete the task ahead of schedule.”

After saying this, the system seemed to pause for a moment: “Is there anything else you want to ask?”

“Yes.” Even in his mind, Lin Qiao softened his tone: “When there was an electric current and a man’s breathing was heavy just now, was it you panting?”

The system: “……Yes.”

“Wow.” Lin Qiao even made a sound of surprise in reality, drawing a sidelong glance from Yan Ting.

So the system helplessly watched as Lin Qiao skillfully leaned up and planted a kiss on the corner of Yan Ting’s lips, boldly saying, “So sexy.”

It wasn’t clear whether he was talking about Yan Ting or the system, but the system let out a meaningful chuckle.

At that moment, one of the men in black suits, without Yan Ting’s command, stood up and spoke loudly. He had handsome features, a crew cut, and looked a bit fierce. Lin Qiao recognized him as the one who had given him the candy earlier.

“Attention all players, you have entered the horror game. You must play your roles well and not break character to avoid arousing the suspicion of NPCs. Anything related to the game that is heard by NPCs will be interpreted differently.”

“Everything we are experiencing is real. If you die in the game, you really die, unless you have an immunity item.”

“Your systems should have told you, right? Only those who are about to die will come here to pass through the game.”

“The task for this game level, ‘Plane Escape,’ is to survive for fourteen days. It’s a low-star game level with not much difficulty.”

“I’ll find a chance to gather all the players together later, so be prepared.”

At the same time, the system’s voice became cold again, as if the previous laughter was just an illusion: “Old player.”

“Other NPCs can’t hear the players’ words. The players’ words will be ignored or replaced with other content.”

“I will organize this into text for easy reference at any time.”

Lin Qiao let out an elegant yawn, his little tongue flickering in and out, and he hummed to show that he had heard.

At this moment, the plane took off on schedule, and the flight began to jolt. The flight attendant, with the permission of the men in black suits, arranged for the passengers to sit down. After a safe takeoff, Yan Ting had other business to attend to and needed to go to the cockpit to discuss matters with the captain. Lin Qiao couldn’t follow him around all the time, and he was really a bit nervous: “But just now, when you were talking to the captain, weren’t you holding me? Can’t you hold me this time?”

Lin Qiao could tell that although Yan Ting seemed to indulge his lover, he actually had his own principles. Under his ambiguous actions lay detachment and principles, and if it conflicted with his interests, the lover would definitely be abandoned. If it were in the past, Yan Ting would have had a cold face, but this time, looking at the mist in Lin Qiao’s eyes, he pointed to a bodyguard to accompany Lin Qiao and even took off his overcoat to give to Lin Qiao. “The cockpit is too small to hold you, and the matters to be discussed are not convenient to reveal to outsiders. There are too many people here.”

“Do not get too close to the passengers. There is a mobile phone in the pocket of the overcoat, and there are some mini-games on it that you can play.”

Lin Qiao found out that the bodyguard he was pointed to was the male player, and he immediately became happy. Seeing Lin Qiao’s eyes light up instantly, he was very eager but pretended to be reluctant. Yan Ting glanced at the male bodyguard, and the bodyguard player was tense all over. Yan Ting smiled meaningfully. Lin Qiao obediently stayed by the bodyguard’s side in the overcoat, watching Yan Ting leave.

After he left, the male bodyguard relaxed and coldly said, “Wait.”

“Where are you going?” Lin Qiao took out his mobile phone from his pocket and wanted to follow. The overcoat was very ill-fitting on Lin Qiao, and the cuffs even covered half of his fingers. He grabbed the bodyguard’s hem and wanted to follow. The bodyguard did not answer and ignored him. But when his eyes fell on the hem of Lin Qiao’s clothes, he “tsk” and did not push him away after all.

In fact, Lin Qiao was so enthusiastic because he wanted the player to complete the game quickly, and he could leave the game level earlier. There were three black suits scattered in the economy class responsible for guarding, and the passengers were whispering, but they did not care. Some passengers dared not get angry with the hijackers, but dared to scold the flight attendant.

A fat, brown-haired man with a big head lowered his voice and said, “Damn it, sit down, sit down. How can you sit down in this situation? Sit down and wait to die?”

“I’m also a customer who paid money. You should be responsible for us when something like this happens on the plane! Are you in collusion with those terrorists?”

The flight attendant was scolded until her eyes were full of tears: “Sir, please lower your voice…”

Lin Qiao frowned, and immediately a black suit got up and walked towards the brown-haired man. After a while, there were sounds of beating and the man’s begging for mercy. This provoked Lin Qiao to lift his head from behind the bodyguard player and stretch his body to watch the fun. The bodyguard player didn’t know what to say and almost laughed. The little guy was so timid that he trembled at the sight of violence, but he was curious and loved to watch the fun. The bodyguard player rescued the brown-haired man who was being beaten, took the flight attendant and a few others away together. Lin Qiao saw that the passengers who were taken away included the one who had shouted that he did not want to participate in the program, and immediately realized that they were all players. So Lin Qiao followed the players closely, and the players looked at Lin Qiao with hidden vigilance.