Li Yibai didn’t speak. Gu Mian felt he seed to have sothing more to say, but the words died on his lips. It seed he too was now wavering.
There were seven people present, and adding Yue Nu on the floor—who was long past being lively—brought the total to eight. The only ones not present were 007, who had fled earlier, and Zhang Pingfan, who had barely shown himself.
Chu Changge glanced at the clock on the back wall of the classroom. "It’s almost ti to vote. Have you all decided who you’re voting for?"
Gu Mian looked at the others. Pan Yue’s expression was resolute, just as determined as when she had decided to vote for Li Wentao the day before. It looked like she was set on voting for 007. Li Yibai, next to her, sat with his head bowed, his expression unreadable. Guo Jii watched Yuan Qinghua warily, as if Yuan Qinghua were a vicious hound ready to take her life at any mont. Keke, held tightly by Guo Jii, looked extrely awkward. Chu Changge still wore that deathly-pale expression, like a face ruined by botched plastic surgery, incapable of showing much emotion. As for the actual dead person, Yue Nu... both Yue Nu lay quietly on the ground, offering no opinions. Of course, they couldn’t offer any opinions anymore.
The situation remained deadlocked; no one else spoke. Ti seed to pass with excruciating slowness.It was as if by unspoken agreent; though their expressions varied, no one broke the precious silence. Only the occasional rustle of wind-blown leaves scraping against the ground, or the flutter of birds passing overhead, punctuated the stillness of the campus.
After a long silence, the hands of the classroom clock ticked cheerfully on, finally pointing to three. They were once again facing the sa event as the previous night.
A chanical voice suddenly echoed in the darkness, right above their heads. Gu Mian looked up. Because the school corridors were equipped with loudspeakers, the announcent this ti was broadcast directly through them—
"The second night has ended. Voting will now comnce. Players, please select your voting target within one minute."
The mont the voice faded, Pan Yue spoke first, "I vote for Lin Qi!"
She seed to shout with all her might, as if she’d been holding her breath. Her voice echoed powerfully through the dark corridor. After shouting her vote, Pan Yue twisted her head to look at Li Yibai. Surprisingly, Li Yibai didn’t retaliate this ti, which seed to greatly disappoint Pan Yue, who had been all fired up.
Voting ti was only one minute. Yuan Qinghua spoke up shortly after Pan Yue, "Then I’ll vote for Lin Qi too..."
Her voice was sowhat shaky; she seed unsure about voting for Lin Qi.
Keke looked around. It seed she felt that voting for Lin Qi would damage their camaraderie. After struggling for a mont, she finally said, "I... I abstain!"
Gu Mian glanced at Keke, then said, "I also abstain."
After all, they were comrades; stabbing soone in the back like this wasn’t right.
Just then, a spoiler suddenly erged. An ill-tid voice cut in, "I vote for Yuan Qinghua!"
One didn’t even need to look to know those words could only have co from Guo Jii.
Gu Mian was speechless.He knew Guo Jii was a ticking ti bomb that would detonate as long as Yuan Qinghua was around.But he hadn’t expected Guo Jii to detonate quite so arbitrarily.
Keke also looked at Guo Jii in shock. It had to be said, Yuan Qinghua hadn’t shown the slightest sign of being a ghost so far.But Guo Jii was stubbornly fixated on her.If one were to go by evidence, the video in Pan Yue’s hand clearly pointed to 007 as the ghost.Yet Guo Jii clung tightly to her suspicion of Yuan Qinghua.
Pan Yue was also astonished. "Have you gone crazy? Why suddenly vote for Yuan Qinghua!"
Gu Mian looked at Pan Yue’s surprised face; it didn’t seem fake. She obviously didn’t know about the history between Guo Jii and Yuan Qinghua from earlier that day. From her expression, it seed she was even starting to suspect Guo Jii of being the ghost’s accomplice.
Guo Jii imdiately retorted, "Believe ! Yuan Qinghua is definitely the ghost!"
"I don’t believe a damn word you say!" Pan Yue looked furious. "Forget it. Lin Qi already has two votes anyway. Your one vote for Yuan Qinghua won’t make a difference." She looked at Li Yibai as she spoke, seemingly thinking he might vote for Yuan Qinghua to protect Lin Qi. "You’d better not get innocent Yuan Qinghua killed just to save Lin Qi!"
Yuan Qinghua looked genuinely scared.
Chu Changge had yet to vote, so Pan Yue seed sowhat at ease. "Of course, even if you, Li Yibai, vote for Yuan Qinghua, you can’t save Lin Qi, because iren Chu hasn’t voted yet..."
Just then, Gu Mian heard Chu Changge, who was beside him, suddenly say, "I vote for Yuan Qinghua."
Now, 007 and Yuan Qinghua each had two votes. As soon as he finished speaking, the others turned their heads to look at him in shock.
Pan Yue was the most agitated. "Have you all gone crazy? Why are you all voting for Yuan Qinghua? What did she even do today?!"
Gu Mian saw Yuan Qinghua staring at Chu Changge in utter disbelief. Within seconds, tears welled in her eyes. "No... It really wasn’t . I didn’t do anything..."
"Believe !" Guo Jii reached out to grab Li Yibai. "Vote for Yuan Qinghua; she must be the ghost! If she’s not the ghost, then vote out next round! Besides, if Yuan Qinghua is voted out, Lin Qi won’t die either."
Excluding the absent 007 and Zhang Pingfan, Li Yibai was the only one present who hadn’t voted. Everyone turned their gaze to him.
And only twenty seconds remained of the one-minute voting ti.
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