Chapter 83: Chunhuahua Kindergarten (Part 3)
Even among a group of cubs, he was considered tall, with thick black eyelashes, narrow eyes, and a straight nose bridge that was just beginning to show, and thin lips that were pressed into a line. Even though he tried to restrain himself, he still showed a fierceness and indifference that did not belong to a child. Not to mention that among a group of crying cubs, he was the only one sitting quietly on the side.
If Qiao Yuan just felt that he looked familiar before, then after seeing the Buddhist beads on his wrist, this sense of familiarity reached its peak, and a name jumped into his mind.
When the audience in the live broadcast room watched Qiao Yuan, who looked like a cub, struggling to climb up the chair, the comments were full of praise for his cuteness:
[dbq, although Qiao Mei tried very hard, I still want to laugh]
[I feel like climbing up and down is equivalent to my annual exercise]
[The way she picked up the phone and put it back furtively was just like when I was a kid, playing on the computer secretly for fear of being caught]
[I feel like Sister Qiao is really good at stuffing things. This small schoolbag is almost as big as a storage space]
[It’s true. When I saw her stuffing so many things into that small schoolbag, I was worried that it wouldn’t fit. If I gave her another hour, she would probably be able to empty the house.]
[Fortunately, Qiao's parents didn't find out]
[When you came out and saw the baby sitting obediently at the entrance, how could you possibly doubt it? ]
Perhaps because of the influence of the atmosphere of the kindergarten, the mood in the barrage was relatively relaxed, until someone, like Qiao Yuan, discovered the person sitting not far away.
[I didn’t expect that there are so many children with outstanding appearance in this kindergarten]
[Wait, this guy must be a player. Normally, a child would still be crying there.]
[And they look very familiar. It is really hard to recognize them after they become children.]
[Which celebrity or famous player is it?]
[It’s my boss]
【？ 】
[I remembered who it might be. Let me search to see if it’s him.]
[Who is it? Who is it?]
[Family, I searched and found out that it was Sheng Guiye. The president of Sheng Group, the legendary boss. We just talked about him in the entrepreneurship class a few days ago. He started his business at the age of 23 and built his own business empire at the age of 26. I heard that he is already at the top of the rich list, and he is truly self-made. The mobile phone system we are using now was developed by his team.]
[Wasn’t there a popular saying before that a man’s highest career achievement is Sheng Guiye?]
[woc, my top boss, the company I’m working for is under the Sheng Group]
[When you mentioned it, I remembered who it was. He was the one who was accidentally photographed by the media and became a hot topic. But he is usually very low-key. I searched for him but couldn’t find many photos. Now I see that he does look a bit similar, but there are still some differences. How did you recognize him?]
[Yeah, he doesn’t usually like to be interviewed]
[I recognized him by the Buddhist beads he was wearing. He seemed to like wearing them very much. He was wearing them in almost every photo he was taken in.]
[This is true. I saw my boss from a distance once before in the company. He was indeed wearing Buddhist beads. I heard from colleagues that a temple master made them for him after he donated several million to the temple. I wonder if wearing them in the dungeon can ward off evil spirits.]
[Anyway, it can help poor people like me to be reborn]
[After watching LS, I laughed and cried. Who wouldn’t cry?]
[? This string doesn't look that expensive ]
[It’s definitely not what he wears in the real world. The system can’t allow him to bring it in. I can only say that he may have been wearing Buddhist beads since he was a child.]
So why does he wear it?
[I don’t know, this has been discussed online before, maybe it’s because of faith]
Because some of the software used in life belong to Sheng Group, and Sheng Guiye had been on a hot search before, Qiao Yuan was impressed by the Buddhist beads and quickly recognized the other party's identity.
After all, when she saw Sheng Guiye's photo on the hot search, many people in the comments were discussing why he wore Buddhist beads, and Qiao Yuan also secretly joined the discussion using a small account. She still remembered that his eyes were sharp even through the photo, and he was not like the kind of quiet and indifferent person who wanted to convert to Buddhism as most people in the comments guessed.
However, Qiao Yuan did not pay any more attention to more information about the other party. After all, it was obvious at first glance that she and Sheng Guiye were people who would never socialize with each other. Unexpectedly, they would eventually meet in kindergarten, so they could be considered alumni.
Sheng Guiye was wearing a string of Buddhist beads that looked like something he bought at a street stall. Because the string was long, he wrapped it around his wrist twice and held the excess end in his hand. While rubbing the beads with his fingertips, he glanced around, as if observing.
As Qiao Yuan just walked over, he felt Sheng Guiye's gaze on him, and then he said: "You are also a player."
The other party's tone was firm, but Qiao Yuan did not deny it.
At this moment, He Ze also came over with Wang Xiaoyang. The other party was also looking for possible players, so the four of them met.
After searching around, no one found any other players. Either the other players were hiding too well, or there were really only four of them in this copy.
When Wang Xiaoyang and He Ze introduced themselves, he sat quietly on the side, listening attentively, but Qiao Yuan did not miss the astonishment and thought that flashed in his eyes when he heard what they said.
This also verified Qiao Yuan's guess -
Although Sheng Guiye looked very calm just now, he was actually a novice who had just entered the dungeon. Since he had just entered the game and did not understand the rules, he chose to listen mainly. He even absorbed the information he wanted from Wang Xiaoyang and He Ze's self-introductions just now.
After Qiao Yuan’s introduction, Sheng Guiye also introduced himself: “Sheng Guiye, this is my first time participating in a dungeon.”
Although the other party did not introduce his occupation, just hearing the name was enough for Wang Xiaoyang and He Ze to guess his identity more or less. After all, there are very few people with this name.
Wang Xiaoyang's attention was distracted for a moment.
He Ze quickly came to his senses after a brief moment of stunnedness. Although Sheng Guiye was powerful, they were now in a dungeon and the opponent was an inexperienced newcomer.
And Joe is willing...
He Ze's eyes fell on Qiao Yuan. He often went to the forum to check the news before the forum collapsed, so he had naturally seen posts about him. He knew that Qiao Yuan was not as simple as he appeared in the variety shows in the real world, so he said with a bit of flattery: "I have learned some news about this copy. A boy and a girl died in the kindergarten before."
Qiao Yuan also knew this news, so he didn't show any surprise. Instead, Wang Xiaoyang at the side opened his mouth wide and asked, "What does this have to do with the mission? Can they come back to find us?"
Of course, Qiao Yuan and He Ze could not give her an accurate answer. After all, the system only said to survive for 48 hours, but did not explain what the threat was.
Qiao Yuan: “This is just a possibility.”
Wang Xiaoyang had no time to think about why Qiao Yuan behaved differently from before in variety shows. When she heard the word "maybe", she felt dizzy. After all, in what form could a dead person come back?
Isn't it just a ghost?
Wang Xiaoyang asked tremblingly: "Why, why are there still ghosts..."
"Can't there be bad guys?"
Although she is also afraid of bad people, at least she is a human being and she won't scare people that much.
He Ze despised this kind of people the most. He said mercilessly: "Have you never encountered an ogre? In my last dungeon, there was an ogre. He used a chainsaw to cut open the stomach of one of my teammates, poured hot water into it to cook his organs, and then ate him in front of us. Another one had a hole in the back of his head and a straw inserted..."
Recalling what happened in the previous copy, he was actually very scared, but he just couldn't stand the look of Wang Xiaoyang.
Qiao Yuan stopped him in time: "Okay, we should continue discussing this copy."
Wang Xiaoyang could no longer hear what Qiao Yuan and the others were saying. Her face was pale, and she was frantically begging the system in her mind to let her go, but the answer she got was of course a rejection. If she hadn't known that not playing the game would also mean death, she really wanted to turn around and run away right now.
Sheng Guiye had been listening quietly, and the only ones who actually participated in the discussion were He Ze and Qiao Yuan.
He Ze was in the same class as the two children, so he still had some impression of them: "They were friends. I remember they were always together, but I didn't see them when I was in the middle class. They must have died at that time."
"I don't remember the boy's and girl's names, but the girl seemed to be a little slow in responding. She was always a beat late when others called her. Her name was... something like Ying."
He said this without any special emotion, after all, he knew clearly that this was not his memory, he was just annoyed that the child's memory was too poor and could only remember this much. He also didn't remember anything else.
But come to think of it, no one would tell a child that young.
Qiao Yuan kept all this information in mind.
As parents and children arrived one after another, a serious-looking middle-aged woman walked onto the stage with a microphone, announcing that the ceremony was about to begin and asking everyone present to take their seats quickly.
As soon as she said this, Wang Xiaoyang and He Ze became nervous. After all, according to the system, with the start of the ceremony, it also meant that they officially entered the countdown to 48 hours of survival.
He Ze often had close calls in dungeons. He was lucky in the last dungeon because he encountered an ogre that was caught by his companions. He fought back and fought with the ogre, and only then was he able to escape from that terrifying villa.
Although he had just mocked Wang Xiaoyang, he still habitually prayed in his heart that this copy would be simpler so that he could survive.
Wang Xiaoyang's psychological endurance is not strong. Just now, He Ze talked about the deaths of several players he encountered before, which made her feel very upset, as if she was in that bloody environment, and she would be the next one to become a corpse.
When she heard the middle-aged woman mention the words about the graduation ceremony in the copy, her body trembled violently subconsciously, and her face wrinkled: "Let's not separate, okay? I'm scared..."
But as soon as they finished speaking, the parents of the four came over and wanted to take them to sit down.
No matter how unwilling she was, she could only be dragged forward by her parents unwillingly as she watched others leave with their parents.
Qiao Buyan has already reunited with Sang Miao. The two of them came together to find Qiao Yuan. Seeing Qiao Yuan huddled together with the other three, she happily expressed that she didn't expect that she would meet new friends before graduating.
The seats belonging to the children have their names on them, and parents only need to sit in the chairs next to them.
After the middle-aged woman on the stage urged again, the parents also took their seats with their children.
The seats were allocated according to classes. There were three classes in total this time. Qiao Yuan and Wang Xiaoyang were in one class, while Sheng Guiye and He Ze were in the other two classes.
Wang Xiaoyang sat in front of Qiao Yuan, and she would turn her head from time to time to look nervously, as if she was afraid that she would be the only one left in the room in the blink of an eye. Even Wang Xiaoyang's parents noticed this, and subconsciously held her shoulders to prevent her from turning around, and then turned to the people in the back row with an apologetic smile.
After the others took their seats, a kind-looking woman who looked to be around fifty years old walked onto the stage, took the microphone from the middle-aged woman, and began to speak: "Hello everyone, I am the principal of Chunhuahua Kindergarten. On behalf of all the teachers of Chunhuahua Kindergarten, I welcome all the children and parents to attend the graduation ceremony."
"Our kindergarten aims to focus on humanistic cultivation, explore the personality of each child, and allow children to cultivate their own interests... Graduation ceremony is also a feature of our school. It has been held for ten sessions so far, allowing children to officially end their kindergarten learning life. For them now, these two days may be just ordinary two days, but I hope that when they look back in the future, they will realize that these are the most beautiful two days in their lives..."
While the principal was giving a speech, Qiao Yuan's eyes were already searching the crowd. He soon noticed that there were two empty seats for children in the next class. One of them even had an adult seat next to it vacant. And although the other one had parents sitting on both sides, there was a one-year-old child in the mother's arms. Judging from the skirt she was wearing, it must be a girl, who was quietly sucking her fingers.
The graduation ceremony is an important event in the kindergarten, so parents and children are all present. Even if some parents cannot attend for various reasons, they will send other relatives.
Qiao Yuan thought of the two dead children, a boy and a girl, and believed that this pair of parents must be the parents of one of the two children.
Noticing that Qiao Yuan's eyes seemed to be looking somewhere else, Qiao Buyan and Sang Miao also subconsciously looked over and saw the parents.
Qiao Yuan heard Qiao Buyan say with emotion: "I didn't expect that they would come in the end."
"It's really not easy to work hard to get over something like that. I hope that little girl can grow up safely, and her brother..."
Qiao Buyan's words undoubtedly verified Qiao Yuan's guess. It seemed that this couple were the parents of the dead boy.
Qiao Buyan's words were quickly replaced by a sigh.
As the head teacher finally finished reciting the script, he invited the teachers from each class to the stage and finally announced the start of the graduation ceremony in a loud voice.
The system's cold voice rang out instead: [48-hour countdown begins...]
Except for Qiao Yuan, others obviously heard the voice as well.
Wang Xiaoyang's body was shaking so violently that her parents and the people around her looked over and thought she was sick. Her father frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?!"
Wang Xiaoyang was reminded by the system not to reveal its existence to the NPCs in the dungeon, so he could only stammer: "I... I..."
At the same time, Qiao Yuan suddenly felt a malicious gaze falling on him.
She immediately followed the line of sight, which seemed to come from a classroom nearby, but disappeared when she looked over there.
At this moment, Wang Xiaoyang suddenly screamed, but the sound was only half finished, as if it was blocked by something.
Qiao Yuan subconsciously looked at Wang Xiaoyang. The other party had fallen off the chair to the ground at some point. He was covering his throat and coughing painfully. His face was grim and he looked very painful.
