Infinite: Dawn Game

Xu Han winced in pain, desperately pulling his hand back before daring not to say another word.

Meanwhile, Yu Shijiu, who was rushing to finish stabbing the other sixty-eight times, also stopped.

He reached out and casually touched the bloodstains on the fruit knife, tugging at the dean's clothes, watching as the dean collapsed to the ground due to excessive blood loss.

“Alright,” Yu Shijiu looked down at the twisted “love” on the dean’s face, and smiled as he reached out to peel off the wrinkled skin on his face.

"It's your turn to cash in your bet."

Yu Shijiu said.

"Cough—cough cough cough—"

Suddenly regaining control, the dean collapsed to the ground, coughing violently. His bloodshot eyes, devoid of their previous gentleness, now seemed to want to bite a piece of flesh off Yu Shijiu.

And he did.

Unfortunately, having been stabbed a total of sixty-eight times with a fruit knife, the dean, whose body seemed to be struggling to breathe, could only manage to condense a few tiny blood snakes, thinner than chopsticks.

While rubbing his arm, Xu Han muttered under his breath, "This dean has been stabbed all over, but he still doesn't forget to fight back."

He Lingling: "What's wrong with people trying to save themselves?"

Xu Han, who had been rebuked again: "..."

"But what was their bet?"

He Lingling lacked a sense of the plot and didn't quite understand what was happening in front of her.

Yu Shijiu looked at the dean, who still wanted to put up a stubborn resistance, and smiled enigmatically.

"It seems the dean still wants to be taught a lesson again—"

"and many more!"

Before Yu Shijiu could finish speaking, the dean hurriedly interrupted him. The latter's face was contorted and pale as he forced out a sentence through gritted teeth:

"Don't make a move, I'm willing to accept defeat."

After he finished speaking, the few blood snakes that the dean had painstakingly gathered twisted and intertwined, and the light above his head made a crackling sound as if electricity was breaking, plunging the entire office into darkness instantly.

Xu and He, hidden in the darkness: "..."

They've accidentally stumbled into a different questline, right? So, will they get extra points?

He Lingling felt relieved after a brief exchange with her personal system.

She wouldn't mind getting a few points for free, even if it wasn't much.

Yu Shijiu didn't seem to notice the sudden darkness in the office. He stared at the white dots that were gradually spreading in the depths of the darkness, his eyes slightly narrowed.

After the white dot completely swallowed the darkness, the gate of the Ed Sanatorium from many years ago appeared before the three of them.

The woman holding the child had her back to them. Her clothes were old and faded, showing signs of wear and tear from years of not having been changed. Her fingers, which were curled up from worry, looked pitiful and humble.

"It's really a pity about you."

A nurse, whose voice sounded rather loud, sighed. Her face was shrouded in a white mist, obscuring her features.

"Good educational background, and she used to work as a nurse in a top-tier hospital..." The nurse lowered her head and handed the resume back to the poorly dressed woman in front of her.

“If you don’t have children with you, we can indeed offer you a nursing job.”

"But not now. Based on what you said during the interview, we don't think you have enough time and patience to do this job well."

The nurse whose face was obscured said.

The woman in front of me trembled as she carefully placed the child in her arms on the ground. The child was playing with a teddy bear with its head down, its long black hair draped over its shoulders, obscuring its face.

Upon seeing the child, Yu Shijiu knew who was in front of her.

Xue Yan and Xue Xue.

"I can do it, I really can!" Xue Yan seemed to be about to kneel down, but the female nurse grabbed her arm and lifted her up.

The nurse seemed to have taken pity on him and, after some hesitation, offered a suggestion:

"Actually, our nursing home is still hiring cleaning ladies to clean the bathrooms. The salary isn't high, but our director is a good person. If you get the job, your immediate family members can save a lot of money when they get sick, with about 60% reimbursement. I just don't know if you'd be willing..."

Xue Yan grabbed the nurse's hand, "I'm willing! I'm willing! She's just a cleaning lady, of course I can do it!"

The nurse hesitated and said, "But we don't hire highly educated cleaning ladies..."

"It's okay, it's okay," Xue Yan grabbed the resume, tore it to shreds, and threw it into the trash can. She excitedly smoothed her disheveled hair. "I'm fine with anything, just say I... graduated from junior high school!"

Xue Yan said eagerly, "Just say I graduated from junior high school! There's no need for proof of graduating from junior high school, I can do it!"

The nurse said with some regret, "Then you definitely won't be able to get promoted in the future, and you'll have to keep your academic qualifications a secret, otherwise you might be fired."

"I know," Xue Yan said, her voice trembling with excitement, nodding repeatedly with a smile.

"As long as I have a job that allows me to take care of my child, and a place to live, that's fine. I can stay in the hospital every day. I'll just sleep on the stone benches in the courtyard of the sanatorium..."

Xue Yan spoke haltingly, her voice almost choked with emotion.

The nurse felt some sympathy for her, sighed, and made way for Xue Yan and her daughter to come in.

"You have to remember that you can't tell anyone about your educational background..."

The gate of the sanatorium in front of them began to blur. After Xue Yan, who had found a job, entered the Aide Sanatorium with the silent Xue Xue, everything around them instantly seemed to be pixelated and disappeared.

The three people who watched the whole thing remained silent, simply watching as the mosaic in front of them began to rearrange itself, creating a new scene.

This time, the two people in front of Yu Shijiu and Xuexue were sitting in the stairwell eating with their heads down.

Without makeup, Xue Yan looked pale and tired, but she was quite pretty. She was thin and looked somewhat timid, completely different from the bright and beautiful head nurse Xue later on.

She was eating her cabbage and rice with her head down, while Xuexue's bowl of vegetables was nutritionally balanced, providing her with the necessary nutrients without adding to her visceral fat.

"Mom, eat this."

When Xuexue was putting the chicken leg into Xueyan's bowl, Xueyan instinctively dodged, causing Xuexue to lose her grip and drop it on the ground.

"mom!"

Xuexue looked at the chicken leg covered in dust on the ground and let out a small cry. Her already pale face turned even whiter.

"It's okay, it's okay, Mommy doesn't want to eat it," Xue Yan gently comforted Xue Xue, bending down to pick up the dusty chicken leg.

Xue Yan lowered her head and used a piece of paper to wipe the dust off the chicken leg bit by bit. Then she tore off the skin and some chicken meat that had touched the ground and put it in her bowl.

"Alright," Xue Yan said with a smile, putting the cleaned chicken leg back into her daughter's bowl.

"How about Mom and Xuexue eat a big chicken leg together?"

Xuexue was very sensible. Her big eyes looked at the tired Xueyan in front of her, her pale purple lips moved slightly, and in the end she just nodded and ate her food in big mouthfuls.

But as I ate, tears streamed down my face like a broken string of pearls.