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Chapter 357 The Name is Expensive: Gu Bengbeng

The atmosphere became tense after Yue Nu mentioned the random allocation.

Guo Jimei spoke first: "How can that be? If this thing happens to fall into the hands of a ghost, wouldn't it be perfect for identifying someone from our own side?"

Li Yibai looked at Guo Jimei: "Shut up first. I heard from Lin Qi that she couldn't find the voting paper in your dormitory. Now, Li Wentao's seventh vote is most likely yours. Last night, you secretly followed us and voted for Li Wentao, then threw away the voting paper and pretended it didn't exist. So you are the most suspicious. Stop babbling on."

Upon hearing this, Guo Jimei blushed and said, "I already said that I didn't vote at all last night. I don't know why that piece of paper disappeared. The fact that the ballot paper is missing is actually bad for me because it proves that I didn't vote!"

“Maybe, maybe it was her…” Guo Jimei said, turning to look at Yuan Qinghua.

At that moment, Yuan Qinghua turned his head and met Guo Jimei's gaze.

Seeing the situation before her, Gu Mian frowned slightly.

Seeing Yuan Qinghua looking at her, Guo Jimei seemed a little scared. She twisted her neck and continued, "Moreover, my opposition to Yue Nu randomly distributing this 'prop' is for everyone's good. Compared to giving it to someone whose identity is unknown, I think it's better for it to stay in Yue Nu's hands."

At this moment, Gu Mian suddenly spoke up: "Yue Nu's approach is correct. We already know that this 'tool' is in her hands. If she continues to hold onto it, she is very likely to be killed tonight before she can even use it. But if she gives this thing to someone randomly now, then the ghost won't know who has the thing that can reveal the identity. Tonight, the ghost will hesitate when it kills someone..."

Gu Mian didn't say what came next.

The ghost wanted to kill the person who possessed the item, but it didn't know who actually had it.

Therefore, it will definitely test others, and in the process of testing, the ghost is very likely to reveal its true colors.

By revealing that I obtained the props, I might get a ghost that slips up tonight, as well as another ghost whose identity is revealed by the props. It's a win-win situation, much more beneficial than keeping the props hidden.

However, the risks will also increase.

Of course, there is another possibility...

After all, Yue Nu was alone for a while, and no one knew whether she actually possessed this so-called 'tool'.

Gu Mian stroked her chin. That prop was probably something Yue Nu made up. She wanted to use it to observe whether the others were acting strangely, or to carry out some kind of plan.

As for what the plan is...

Guo Jimei stopped talking, probably realizing that Gu Mian's words made sense.

The Yue woman stacked the seven paper squares in her hand and held them between her thumb and forefinger. She looked down at the other seven people in the room. Among them, who was the ghost...?

The most eye-catching one is the green-clad doctor carrying a guitar, whose name in the instance is Gu Mian, a very expensive name.

I don't know why he is so fond of his guitar. He doesn't put it in his inventory, but just carries it on his back without finding it tiring.

He was stroking his chin, seemingly deep in thought.

Just then, Yue Nu saw Gu Mian looking up at her, so she quickly turned her gaze away to look at the others.

Chu Meiren sat in the seat behind Gu Mian. She didn't quite understand why a grown man would have such a strange name.

His face was expressionless, and because of the lighting, Chu Meiren's glasses were reflecting the light, making it impossible to see his eyes.

Sitting opposite them was Yuan Qinghua, the class monitor of Class 9 in the second year of high school, who was in the same class as Zhang Pingfan, who had been missing but was still alive.

Because of the equipment room incident, Yuan Qinghua and Guo Jimei's relationship became very distant—of course, it was Guo Jimei who unilaterally distanced herself; Yuan Qinghua seemed to still want to repair their relationship with the terrified Guo Jimei. At this moment, Guo Jimei was standing in the corner furthest from Yuan Qinghua, with 007 beside her, seemingly deep in thought. Li Yibai, on the other hand, was always by 007's side, showing that he and Lin Qi were very close, although the current Lin Qi was not the same Lin Qi as before.

Coco, who looked clean and harmless, was leaning against the window not far from Yue Nu.

When Yue Nu saw where Coco was, she frowned. Coco was blocking the way where she had put her phone.

"What's wrong?" Coco turned to look at Yue Nu, seemingly noticing that she was being looked at.

Yue Nu immediately said, "It's alright, let's divide this random item now."

As she spoke, she raised her hand: "Because my original intention was not to let the ghosts know who has the props, please do not open them immediately, and do not tell others what you have."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Yue Nu slowly lifted her foot.

First, she walked towards Coco, who was closest to her.

After receiving the item, Coco immediately clutched it tightly in her hand.

Next came Yuan blue and white porcelain, followed by Gu Mian and Chu Meiren.

Finally, there are 007, Li Yibai, and Guo Jimei in the corner.

Yue Nu nervously observed everyone.

No one opened it to look at it, except for the doctor in green who had a somewhat arrogant expression. He was holding the paper square between two fingers, looking completely indifferent.

It was as if they didn't even expect to have anything good in their hands.

Yue Nu even suspected that if it weren't for saving face, the doctor might have casually tossed the flimsy little cube into a nearby trash can.

“Alright,” Yue Nu took a step back, “Now that the items have been distributed, everyone must wait until they are alone or when they are sure that no one else can see them before looking at them.”

time flies.

The light outside the window had turned pale yellow; the sun was about to set, and the students were about to finish class, signaling the start of the daily dinner marathon.

After Yue Nu finished distributing the items in her hands, the classroom fell into a moment of silence.

It seems everyone is thinking about how to observe what they have without leaving a trace.

But this rare silence was soon broken—a cheerful ringtone drifted in.

This might be the most pleasant ringtone of the day.

Hundreds of students rushed out after the signal bell rang, the sound of their shoes scraping against the concrete echoing throughout the school, even clearly audible in Gu Mian's classroom.

They don't need to participate in this food-grabbing competition, but an even more terrifying competition awaits them after 8 p.m. tonight.

Amidst the background noise of hundreds of students rubbing their shoes on the ground, Yuan Qinghua hesitated before speaking: "So what should we do next?"

Just then, Li Yibai, who was next to 007, suddenly spoke up: "I said...aren't you guys hungry? I've been holding back for a long time, but it seems like...none of you are very hungry?"

(End of this chapter)