Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 611 - 454, Capture the Ringleader First (3 more)

Huangfu Huazhang was taken aback by the question: "Peacock Blue?"

Shi Nian clung to a thread of her intuition: "Although they are both timed bombs, each bomb must be different. If we consider the previous one as a reference point, then this one must be an upgraded version. And given George’s nature, he must have hidden some scheming in this upgraded bomb."

She took a deep breath: "In these years, George has been closely imitating Mr. Shi, so he must have studied Eastern culture, which Mr. Shi is so familiar with, diligently over the years in Asia. Hence, since this bomb is nailed in the southeastern corner, and not on the ground, but high up on the ceiling..."

Huangfu Huazhang quickly realized and decisively said: "Peacock flies southeast! So, that’s Peacock Blue!"

The story of "Peacock flies southeast" tells of lovers parting, separated by life and death. Doesn’t this perfectly align with George’s mindset!

Moreover, there are four fuses appearing simultaneously. Shi Nian is not particularly sensitive to color, but she vaguely understands that the fuses’ colors must be related to the color scheme.

Huangfu Huazhang then replied: "There are many combinations, such as lake blue + white + mildly cool lemon yellow, or blue + green + emerald green + ultramarine... If we go by the current fuse colors, we can use primary blue with a hint of primary yellow!"

"Okay, blue plus yellow, cut!" Shi Nian decisively made the decision for Huangfu Huazhang.

She understood that his concerns stemmed from fearing for her safety, so she simply made the decision for him. Even the choice of life and death is hers, lifting the burden off his shoulders.

Huangfu Huazhang raised his hand and cut the blue and yellow wires.

His heartbeat almost stopped as the glaring red digits on the timer jumped twice and finally settled at 3 minutes, no longer moving.

Shi Nian couldn’t help but let out a small cheer. She realized George could hear her and quickly covered her mouth.

But in the end, her eyes were still wet, and she wanted to cry.

Huangfu Huazhang slid down from above, reaching out to pull her into his arms, pressing her head against his chest, patting her head, and softly said, "Cry."

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Shi Nian quickly retreated from his embrace, wiping the tears from her face with the back of her hand, shining the flashlight on the ground so he wouldn’t see her face.

She took a deep breath and wrote in his palm: "There’s one more."

Shi Nian’s local accent could momentarily mislead George, but the local dialect was still based on standard Mandarin pronunciation, with relatively minor variations. If someone got used to it, they could guess what was being said after hearing a few sentences, so she changed her strategy again.

Huangfu Huazhang grabbed her fingertips in response, nodding forcefully. Then he wrote two words in her palm: Happiness.

Despite the crisis at hand, despite death’s potential approach in the next second, but fighting alongside her, striving for survival together feels truly—happy.

He had once been jealous of Tang Yanqing, had once desperately imagined what kind of feeling it would be to solve mysteries, investigate, and resolve cases side by side with her.

Heaven had not been unkind to him, for in this final moment, he had actually experienced it.

Nervous, yet at peace.

This led him to relax even more. With this state of mind, even facing life and death doesn’t feel scary.

He took her, and they walked back to the previous cell.

In the emptiness around the dungeon, the ticking sound grew fainter. If you listened carefully, it was confirmed to be a single soundwave, proving that perhaps there really was only one left.

After the last one, they could leave.

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George also nervously watched the listening equipment, carefully calculating the time.

When the set time arrived, and he didn’t hear the second bomb explode as expected, he knew that the second bomb had also been defused by them.

He felt a bit puzzled, but not regretful.

In puzzle-solving games, clearing a previous level smoothly doesn’t necessarily mean victory for the challenger; it might instead lead to self-complacency. When confidence reaches a peak, that’s when major mistakes will be made at the next level.

The true victory in puzzle-solving games is to clear all the levels smoothly, not in the middle.

George grinned with a cold smile: "Fine, continue. The third one is waiting for you. This one’s more fun, you better enjoy it."

His sneering face was reflected sinisterly on the computer screen. However, since the surveillance camera had been broken by Huangfu Huazhang, the display showed only a snowy static. This snow-like interference affected the clarity of the reflection, so George initially did not notice—but when he looked up again out of the blue, he saw that amidst the noisy snow, a figure had appeared in the screen’s reflection!