Chapter 451: Chapter 450: Infinite World Cannon Fodder: Lies Come at a Price 5

Who is this?

They looked at Huo Jingchen with complicated expressions.

Who could have thought that Li Chen’s heart wasn’t even set on Huo Jingchen? But if she doesn’t like Huo Jingchen now, why risk her life to come here? Could it be that Huo Jingchen looks a lot like this Fu You person, and she’s using Huo Jingchen as a stand-in?

Everyone quickly shook their heads, realizing they couldn’t afford to let their imagination run wild, or it would never end.

The person Li Chen likes now doesn’t affect their challenge here, and she’s not like Huo Jingchen, wanting to provoke anyone by getting married.

Huo Jingchen looked at Ah Chen and couldn’t help but ask, "Who is Fu You?"

"Someone kept in one’s heart—it’s not so unusual to have a first love these days, right?" Ah Chen answered calmly.

Huo Jingchen had nothing more to say. The engagement was initiated by the Huo Family, she just agreed to it without other motives, and having someone in her heart really is quite normal.

Maybe she did like him before, just not as much as this other person.

Anyway, no matter what, the person came here, and had he not acted as if deeply in love with her, she might not have come. He’s quite sure of this. He still feels indebted to her, her conditions weren’t unreasonable.

After everyone had given their answers, the writing on the board disappeared and soon new words appeared: Task completed.

Immediately following, the slate and the pen disappeared from everyone’s hands as if they had never existed.

The previously noisy lounge instantly fell silent, with no one speaking for the moment.

Wei Wenlan approached Ah Chen, originally wanting to ask something about the name Ah Chen wrote on the slate. They were such good friends, yet she didn’t have any clue and was intensely curious. But then she quickly remembered that this was not the time for gossip. They couldn’t lie in this game, and it was better to ask fewer gossip questions. She hadn’t forgotten that humans tend to tell little lies quite easily, maybe without even realizing it, so it was better to speak less.

Bai Xingwen also glanced at Ah Chen a couple of times, curious but refrained from asking more.

Despite having teased Huo Jingchen earlier, he knew his boundaries. Ever since they came in here, he hadn’t relaxed. The things said earlier were harmless, affecting nothing. Idle talk wasn’t the same; without caution, a small lie might slip out.

Huo Jingchen and Qin Lin exchanged several glances, having much they wanted to say to each other, but they quickly calmed down. Now wasn’t the right time; the more you say, the more mistakes you make. They decided to wait for the right opportunity.

"You don’t like Jingchen?" Wei Yao suddenly asked.

As soon as the words fell, everyone’s gaze shifted to his face, making him quickly realize his misstep. But having already asked, he still hoped Ah Chen would answer.

In his view, since Li Chen didn’t like Jingchen, the conditions she proposed earlier seemed excessively harsh.

Ah Chen took a light sip from her teacup, casting a glance at Wei Yao.

This Wei Yao was loyal, caring for the down-and-out Huo Jingchen, which eventually led Huo Jingchen to lend him a helping hand, thereby granting him his current status. If you consider it, the man wasn’t all that bright. A clever person wouldn’t ask questions like that to disturb someone’s mindset, nor would they pursue it further at such an inappropriate time.

The Commissioner certainly liked Huo Jingchen; if not for liking him, she wouldn’t have risked so much to come here.

Even setting that aside, Huo Jingchen has been deceitful to her; their marriage was based solely on deception and exploitation, after all, it was he who proposed and sought the engagement. And she arrived here, risking her life.

Wei Yao’s stance seemed to be that since she didn’t like Huo Jingchen anymore, neither side owed the other anything, which was somewhat amusing.

More crises were sure to come, and even without Wei Yao, it wasn’t certain they’d get out safely. But had it not been for Wei Yao’s so-called righteousness and his question, the Commissioner wouldn’t have lost her balance and died in the first round.

"Do you seem to have a problem with me?" Ah Chen asked with a smiling face.

She wasn’t afraid of triggering the rules, drawing a monster’s attack, but she had no specific vendetta against the Infinite World and wouldn’t consciously set off the rules to kill the monsters here without reason.

Wasn’t Wei Yao curious?

She was quite curious too.

It would be interesting to see who’d let a little lie slip and trigger a monster’s attack.

As for answering Wei Yao’s question? No way. The best way to avoid lying is not to answer any questions, at least not from these outsiders.

If you run into an NPC from the Infinite World and choose not to answer their questions, it might cause more trouble and would require a different approach.

Wei Yao was about to say, "No, not at all, you misunderstood. I was just asking out of curiosity. I’ve never heard of these things before," when Huo Jingchen clamped a firm hand on his shoulder.

"Wei Yao, don’t talk." Huo Jingchen said quickly, a hint of urgency in his voice, "This isn’t the time to ask unnecessary questions. You guys are here to help me, whatever the reason, I owe you a debt."

Li Chen being here is a fact, whether she likes him or not, and there’s no point arguing. Since he agreed to her conditions, he would fulfill them. He used to think of Li Chen as someone oblivious to worldly matters, simple and obedient, but only now realized that was just one side of her.

His manipulative use of their engagement had indeed angered her.

She was also irritated with Wei Yao, likely mocking him as foolish, now dissatisfied with him too.

Wei Yao snapped back to reality, recalling what he was about to say, fear etched across his face.

He gazed at Ah Chen with an angry look, "Are you deliberately messing with me?"

Ah Chen burst out laughing, a mocking laugh, "You are something, aren’t you?"

"You still have the nerve to be mad? Weren’t you the one who asked first? Your attitude says it all. When I asked you if you have a problem with me, why aren’t you answering? Are you scared to answer?" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Wei Yao took a deep breath, almost blurting out more words.

Li Chen’s nonchalant demeanor made him even more frustrated.

Huo Jingchen quickly took hold of Wei Yao and then apologized to Ah Chen, "I’m sorry."

Wei Yao wanted to say something but was held tightly by Huo Jingchen, "Whatever it is, let’s talk it out once we pass through. This place is filled with danger, unexpected things can happen at any moment, and I hope we all make it out."

"Alright." Comforted by Huo Jingchen, Wei Yao felt much better.

Ah Chen chuckled, irritating Wei Yao, whose eyes popped with anger, his temper rising again.

"Chenchen, our lives are on the line here, let’s try not to let issues come between us, okay?" Huo Jingchen pleaded.

Ah Chen rested her chin on her hand, "Small-minded, blaming me for not being united? Maybe you should reflect on whether you yourself aren’t broad-minded enough? Don’t people with narrow minds see everything as mocking them?"

Huo Jingchen no longer dared to say more, falling into silence.