Hey, first of all, thanks for reading my lousy Machine Translation. To be honest, I’d really like it if you guys corrected the mistakes I made. But please speak nicely and politely. My heart is not strong enough to read your too-harsh comments. Have a nice day. 🙂
Chapter 49. (2/2)
After some thought, Contestant No. 10 asked, “Did you grow up happy in your family?”
Contestant No. 7 paused and then quietly said, “No.”
Unhappy childhood? Contestant No. 10 realized where to focus his attacks. He waited for Contestant No. 7’s next question, only to hear, “Have you been cheated on three or more times?”
Contestant No. 10, “…”
Clearly, Contestant No. 7 had hit a sore spot and retaliated ruthlessly, disregarding any pretense of fairness.
Contestant No. 10 raised his hand and heavily declared, “I forfeit.”
The third round ended.
The system announced, “Contestant No. 7 wins. The betting results are as follows:
- Contestant No. 1 (Qi Yuan) bet on Contestant No. 7 to win 30 chips and now has 160 chips.
- Contestant No. 2 (Xu Jia) bet on Contestant No. 7 to win 20 chips and now has 130 chips.
- Contestant No. 4 bet on Contestant No. 7 to win 20 chips, now has 60 chips.
- Contestant No. 7 bet on himself to win 25 chips and now has 50 chips.
- Contestant No. 9 bet on Contestant No. 10 to win 5 chips, now has 30 chips.
- Contestant No. 10 bet on himself to win 5 chips and now has 0.
- Contestants No. 3, No. 5, No. 6, and No. 8 abstained from betting.
After Contestant No. 10 left, Contestant No. 7 didn’t hurry to leave. He studied the lie detector with interest and casually conducted an experiment.
He said, “I am a man.”
The lie detector showed a green light.
Then he changed his statement, “I am not a man.”
The lie detector beeped and then showed a green light again.
Contestant No. 10, “…”
Alright, he actually lost fairly. This guy clearly had a cheat mode on!
With the third round over, the top three were Contestant No. 1 (160 chips), Contestant No. 2 (130 chips), and Contestant No. 4 (60 chips). Contestant No. 7, with 55 chips, followed closely behind.
Feeling slightly bored, Xu Jia yawned and urged, “Hurry up and start the fourth round so we can finish the game.”
Le Lin thought there was a reason Xu Jia attracted so much hostility. While he was frantically planning his next move, she was yawning and looking like she wanted to nap, making him want to slap her.
Among the ten players, most were either already out and watching or securely leading and not worried, thus appearing calm. The only ones feeling really anxious were Contestants No. 4, No. 7, and No. 9.
Break time ended, and the golden letters announced the fourth-round game rules, “Fourth Round Game—Psychological Rock-Paper-Scissors. Two contestants will participate. They will inform each other of their choice before the match and then proceed to play. The game is best two out of three, and the first to win two rounds will be the victor.”
Contestant No. 7 looked at Le Lin and suggested, “Why don’t we bet all our chips and have a showdown?”
Before Le Lin could answer, Contestant No. 9 started coughing heavily. If Contestants No. 4 and No. 7 made wrong bets, he still could win!
Contestant No. 7 glanced at Contestant No. 9 and said casually, “Stop coughing. In the last round, we’ll only bet on ourselves to win, so we can’t lose. So, you’re actually already out.”
Contestant No. 9 suddenly realized this. Once he figured it out, he felt deeply frustrated. He had thought he still had a chance to compete, but it turned out it was either one or the other, and the winner would only be between Contestants No. 4 and No. 7.
At this moment, Contestant No. 9 felt inexplicably sad. After eating all those spicy peppers, he didn’t even get a final fighting chance!
Thinking it over, he realized this game was surrounded by strong opponents, like a pack of wolves. It wasn’t surprising he couldn’t compete. He was just an ordinary person who couldn’t outsmart them.
Contestant No. 9 felt melancholy, but Contestant No. 6 sneered, “Don’t listen to his nonsense! Go and grab the participation spot. If you get it, the result is not certain. Why should the last round’s contestants be them? I don’t accept it! I also want to compete!”
Le Lin felt a bad premonition, “You don’t have any chips left. What’s the point of competing?”
Contestant No. 6 replied righteously, “Deciding the third place between those two is so boring. Gambling is about excitement! I’ll compete, and you guys bet on me. It’ll be fun!”
With Contestant No. 6 participating, they’d have to guess whether she’d throw the game or use her total effort. Contestant No. 7’s face darkened, almost losing his temper.
For a moment, he wanted to throw his chips and quit.
**Author’s Side story:**
Contestant No.10: This lousy game is doomed!
Contestant No. 6: Come on! Let’s have fun and cause trouble!
Contestant No. 7: I never hit women, but I really want to kick her QwQ