Chi Hao’s simple summary was perhaps not enough for others, but for Jing Minghe, it was the best answer.
"What about you guys?" Jing Minghe asked the others.
Gu Chenhui was the first to answer, "The person I looked for was Wei Hao, logistics from the art troupe. However, I didn't find him in his room, but in the room next to the exhibition hall on the second floor."
"Next to the exhibition hall?" Si Lian asked with a bewildered look, "Aren't all the doors on the second floor, except for that exhibition hall, locked?"
Gu Chenhui nodded, "That's right, that was indeed the case before. But just because we couldn't open them doesn't mean the people from the art troupe couldn't, right?"
When asked this by Gu Chenhui, Si Lian was stunned for a moment before slowly nodding and replying, "Yes, yes, they are different from us."
"And then?" Qiao Qiao pressed, "What did you talk about with him?"
You Mi also looked at Gu Chenhui with great anticipation, after all, they had learned from Yawei that Wei Hao was not a man of many words, and moreover, besides Luo Yu, he never spoke much with anyone else.
Gu Chenhui sighed lightly, "We didn't talk much. He was reluctant to speak, but it wasn't entirely without results. Through my probing, I found that he didn't care about the art troupe's affairs at all. He was indifferent to who died or lived, except for one person."
"Who?" Xia Rong blurted out.
Gu Chenhui glanced lightly at Xia Rong and replied, "Luo Yu."
"Luo Yu?" You Mi asked, confused, "Why Luo Yu? Did Wei Hao tell you?"
"He didn't say it directly, I guessed it, but it's about eighty to ninety percent accurate," Gu Chenhui paused for a moment and explained, "Wei Hao said, 'I'm just here to repay a debt of gratitude. As long as he's alright, the good or bad, life or death of others has nothing to do with me.' I asked Wei Hao who this 'he' was, and was promptly kicked out. As I was leaving, I heard Wei Hao and Luo Yu talking." Sudian Novel Network
Qiao Qiao's eyes widened in surprise, "Luo Yu was there too?"
Gu Chenhui shook his head and denied it, "No, it should be that Luo Yu had just arrived, and Wei Hao then asked me to leave. Through our interaction, I felt that Wei Hao, although not talkative, was a very polite and courteous person. I didn't walk far after leaving the room and heard him say, 'Luo Yu, why are you here?' Wei Hao's tone also became gentle afterwards."
"Gentle?" You Mi and Qiao Qiao said in unison, looking at each other, seemingly unable to understand why Gu Chenhui used the word "gentle."
"Also," Gu Chenhui added, "I confirmed one thing: not only can we not see Luo Yu, but we also cannot hear his voice."
"Gu Chenhui, you..." Si Lian hesitated before saying, "I really don't know whether to say you're lucky or amazing. You only looked for one person, yet you got clues about two."
Gu Chenhui smiled and said, "It's probably luck."
After speaking, Gu Chenhui's gaze swept over the faces of the remaining people, "These are all the clues I have. It's your turn."
After Gu Chenhui finished speaking, Si Lian said, "The person I looked for was Qi Meng, Yawei's assistant. I learned from her that Yawei liked the puppeteer Luo Yu very much, but Yawei had never confessed to Luo Yu. She only found out by chance when she overheard Yawei muttering to herself."
"What about Qi Meng herself?" Jing Minghe asked.
Si Lian's brows furrowed slightly and she said, "This person's jealousy seems quite strong. When she mentioned Yawei, the jealousy in her tone was very obvious, especially regarding Yawei liking Luo Yu. She explicitly stated that Luo Yu would definitely not like Yawei, and that someone as outstanding as Luo Yu wouldn't like anyone."
"Oh?" Gu Chenhui raised his eyebrows with interest and smiled, "It seems this Qi Meng also likes Luo Yu."
"Perhaps," Si Lian sighed heavily. The complex relationships between NPCs only increased their difficulty in clearing the game. Although she didn't want to admit it, thinking was her biggest weakness.
After sighing, Si Lian added, "Actually, I think rather than liking, Qi Meng's feelings for Luo Yu are more of admiration."
"Admiration?" Jing Minghe narrowed his eyes in thought, and finally, his gaze swept over Xia Rong and An Ruo, "What about you two?"
An Ruo looked at Xia Rong. Xia Rong remained silent for a while before speaking, "The person we looked for was Liu Mei, the doll caregiver. This Liu Mei... is very difficult to talk to. We tried our best to persuade her, but she only focused on her work and showed no intention of conversing."
"Yes," afraid that Jing Minghe and the others wouldn't believe him, An Ruo quickly confirmed, "We really tried hard to make her speak. In the end, she only said three words, 'I'm very busy,' and then remained silent."
After An Ruo finished speaking, everyone's gaze turned to the last person, Gong Liang, who had inexplicably disappeared earlier and now inexplicably reappeared.
Under everyone's gaze, Gong Liang let out a faint, indifferent sneer and said in a neither warm nor cold tone, "You don't need to look at me like that. I don't have what you're looking for."
Si Lian stood up and asked Gong Liang in a questioning tone, "Ning Ping disappeared with you in the performance hall, and you came back. What happened? Why hasn't Ning Ping returned yet? Is he... is he..."
"I will not say this a third time," Gong Liang stood up and looked not at Si Lian, but at Jing Minghe, "I don't have what you're looking for."
With that, he turned to leave, but Xia Rong rushed forward and blocked his path.
"Gong Liang, this is a dungeon in Infinite Horror: City of Death. How can you be so selfish?" Xia Rong glared at Gong Liang, "You've heard everyone's clues, and yet you say nothing yourself. Is that appropriate?"
"Everyone's clues?" Gong Liang glanced at Xia Rong with a sarcastic expression and mocked, "What's the difference between you and me?"
Xia Rong naturally understood the implication in Gong Liang's words and was about to retort when the surrounding space suddenly began to distort. Jing Minghe shouted, "Get out of here quickly!"
Hearing Jing Minghe's shout, Xia Rong didn't care about anything else and immediately ran out with everyone else.
After leaving the restaurant, everything returned to normal.
You Mi looked at the closed restaurant door, "Something's not right. Time seems to have sped up."
Jing Minghe turned to look at the wall clock above the bar. If his senses were correct, then You Mi was also right; time had indeed sped up.
"Don't come near!"
An Ruo, who had been standing at the edge of the crowd, suddenly screamed and stumbled upstairs, as if something was chasing her.
"An Ruo?" Xia Rong, seeing this, quickly chased after her.
Jing Minghe and the others followed, but by the time they reached the fourth floor, An Ruo had already hidden in her room. No matter how Xia Rong knocked and called from outside, there was no response from within.
As everyone was puzzled, the same situation as yesterday occurred again. Screams echoed in everyone's ears from all directions.
"How can this be?" Qiao Qiao looked around, "This happened after dinner yesterday. Today it's happening earlier."
"Not only that," Gu Chenhui's eyes scanned the surroundings, "Listen to me, everyone had best return to their rooms, now, immediately, without delay."