Rebellious Game C16.2

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Chp16. part2

“This is too complicated,” Yun Xin thought, giving up on trying to figure it out.

Since she couldn’t find a suitable apartment to rent right away, she decided to move back into her family’s grand villa for the time being.

Living in the spacious villa and snacking on junk food, Yun Xin resumed her job search.

Before applying, she updated her resume, polishing it slightly.

In her third-to-last job, the boss had turned into a sugar man, and the workplace had been submerged.

In her second-to-last job, the boss had gone to jail, and the building had self-destructed.

In her last job, the boss was still around, and the building was intact, but the client base (hospitalized elderly) was on the verge of disappearing.

If she wrote about these ‘achievements’ truthfully, Yun Xin was confident she wouldn’t find work for the next year or two.

Therefore, some strategic omissions and embellishments were necessary.

For example, for her third-to-last job, she wrote that she decided to leave because the workplace had been flooded due to a syrup accident.

As for her second-to-last job, which lasted less than a month before both the boss and the building vanished, she simply pretended it never happened and omitted it entirely.

For her last job, which lasted only four days before half the clients disappeared and the rest were about to follow, she left it out entirely, only adding ‘experience as a caregiver’ under her university part-time work experience.

Of course, if anyone saw this line and tried to hire her for a similar caregiver role, even Yun Xin, who wasn’t picky about work, would firmly refuse.

Just writing some filler to pad my resume. Nothing serious.

After revisions, Yun Xin’s updated resume was finalized, and she resumed her mass applications.

Half a month later, Yun Xin called Wu Peng exactly on time.

After a short wait, the call connected.

“It’s me,” Wu Peng’s hoarse voice rasped from the other end.

“Is this Wu Peng himself?” Yun Xin asked.

“Yes,” Wu Peng replied.

Yun Xin’s sixth sense detected no deception, and she felt relieved. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.”

“Wait!” Wu Peng stopped her, hesitated, then said with a bitter laugh, “Sis, it turns out life really does require getting an A. No B, no C, and absolutely no room for negotiation.”

Yun Xin paused. “You found out?”

“Yeah,” Wu Peng’s voice was heavy with exhaustion. “The experiment’s over. Only one veteran survived — the one you pick.”

Just as I expected, Yun Xin thought. The other elderly men struggled even to save themselves, expecting them to rescue ten others… Barring miracles, the objective reality made it impossible.

“Are you even allowed to tell me all this?” Yun Xin asked, suspicious.

“What does it matter anymore?” Wu Peng shrugged off her concern. “If I’m not even afraid of being left alone in the Nursing Home, why would I care about violating some rules by telling you this?”

Yun Xin considered his point. “You’re right. Go ahead, tell me.”

“After you left, the Dean suddenly announced that we should encourage the elderly residents to help themselves and each other as much as possible,” Wu Peng recalled, his mood growing heavier. “At first, I didn’t understand why and even protested. But my opinion didn’t matter; everything had to follow the Dean’s orders.”

“The elderly residents were dying or getting injured, and many grew terrified. Some proposed leaving the Nursing Home to return home, but the Dean refused, claiming that if they left, they would endanger others. The residents didn’t believe her, united in rebellion, and were ultimately suppressed by the staff.”

“Sis, didn’t you say the elderly residents came voluntarily? It certainly doesn’t seem that way to me.”

“There are two possibilities,” Yun Xin mused. “Either the Dean genuinely believed the residents were there willingly, but she was being deceived.”

“Or the residents initially agreed, but when death became a reality, they grew frightened, regretted their decision, and no longer wanted to stay.”

“Sigh.” Wu Peng sighed heavily. “Anyway, after a week of chaos, everyone was gone except for that old veteran.”

“Watching them die one by one, my anxiety flared, and my precognition finally became accurate for once. After saving many lives, I finally understood what was really happening.”

“Sis, you were right to leave. Watching the elderly residents pass away one by one… it was too painful to bear.”