Infinite: Dawn Game

The appalling living conditions before her made He Lingling's brow twitch. She held her breath and said:

"Although there are two beds in the room, there are three of us."

As she walked forward, she gestured for herself to hurry up and offered a reasonable analysis:

"At first I thought one of the three of us would have to sleep alone, but then I thought of that girl in the white dress on the dance floor... Now I suspect that an NPC might come and sleep with us tonight."

Of course, the NPC refers to the girl in the white dress playing the piano.

"..."

“…Um,” Sun Qin followed closely behind the group and whispered, “So who’s sleeping with her tonight?”

Sun Qin felt she definitely wouldn't dare... but she had no right to bring it up.

Everyone present was fighting for their lives. She didn't want to, and was afraid of, sharing a bed with a dead person. But would the others be willing to?

Xu Han and Yu Shijiu, who were walking at the front, didn't say anything. They were the ones who were really unlucky; they were going to sleep with a bunch of NPCs who were neither human nor ghost in the dead of night...

Xu Han nudged Yu Shijiu's arm and whispered as the latter looked over in confusion:

"Shi Jiu, are we really sleeping here tonight?"

"?"

Yu Shijiu blinked. "If I don't sleep, I might die, right?"

Xu Han: "..."

Okay, that's enough, I understand what you mean.

Behind her, He Lingling looked at Sun Qin and said, "It's unfair no matter who it is, so I've decided to draw lots."

"Before going to bed, I prepare two long and one short wooden sticks."

"Does anyone object to the person who catches the short wooden stick sleeping with the NPCs at night?"

Shi Yuan seemed unconcerned. "Sure."

Sun Qin hesitated for a moment, struggled a bit, but finally said:

"...You really won't do it—"

Her words trailed off abruptly. Sun Qin hastily patted her flushed face and whispered:

"Okay, I agree."

He Ling looked at her intently for a few moments. "Don't worry, since I promised absolute fairness, I won't do anything."

Sun Qin's face turned even redder, and she nodded frantically, "I know, I know, just now I was just... I just couldn't think straight..."

Sun Qin had only been in the Dawn game for a short time; this was only her second instance. She was a rather cautious and wary person... If nothing unexpected happened, she could find a few companions to stick together and support each other as they accumulated points for "rebirth."

"Understandable."

He Lingling understood what Sun Qin meant just now, and she nodded:

"But let me make this clear from the start: even if we really wanted you to be with an NPC, what could you do about it?"

Sun Qin's face turned deathly pale.

She opened her mouth, then belatedly realized that what He Lingling said was true.

I don't have any familiar teammates or friends in this instance... not even a single player who looks familiar.

He Lingling and her group have so many people... If He Lingling really wanted her to die, she wouldn't need to go through all that trouble about drawing lots or anything like that.

Ultimately... it's just that the other party didn't necessarily want her to die.

Having figured this out, Sun Qin felt extremely ashamed and stammered an apology, but He Lingling stopped her with a raised hand.

"Don't be soft-hearted."

He Lingling glanced at her and walked out of the cabin. "You should thank yourself. If you hadn't given me a good impression so far, I wouldn't have bothered saying all this."