Chapter 57 Part 2

His voice actually carried a heavy sense of loss and melancholy.

“But you always favor Si Lin…”

“Clearly I was the one who chased you first!” Si Mingyu clenched his teeth, enunciating every word. “Si Lin clearly knew I liked you, clearly knew you were about to become my boyfriend, but he still approached you…”

Jiang Xiao was stunned by the content of Si Mingyu’s words, unable to believe it.

Si Mingyu looked up, the corners of his eyes red: “Big Brother doesn’t believe it, and have you even forgotten why you left us?”

Jiang Xiao paused, then said, “I don’t remember at all. What… happened afterwards?”

“Looks like the weather’s changing again. Let’s head back inside.” Ji Yanli walked over, saying, “It’s starting to drizzle.”

Interrupted by Ji Yanli, Si Mingyu stopped talking. Jiang Xiao felt raindrops hitting him.

Si Mingyu was silent for a moment, then said, “If you don’t believe what I’m saying, just go ask Si Lin.”

“He would never lie to you.”

After saying this sullenly, Si Mingyu turned and walked towards the cabin.

One hour before the voting results were announced.

The gym.

Lu Moxing had been doing aerobic exercise for two hours straight, yet seemed to feel no fatigue. Only when his set timer went off did he get off the machine and take a sip of water.

He leaned against the counter half-reclining, looking out the window. The brilliant sunlight made him narrow his eyes slightly.

From here, he could directly see the basketball court downstairs. Jiang Xiao was again buddy-buddy with the others, talking and laughing. After a while, he was leaning right against one of them, their bodies practically stuck together. Who knew who he was seducing now?

…A heartless guy.

His deep, sharp gaze still refracted a cold, severe light even under the warm sun.

Dark clouds were still layered thickly. Fine rain fell densely, and a gloomy atmosphere spread.

Ten minutes before the voting results were announced.

After intense exercise, a shower felt the most comfortable. Jiang Xiao came out of the bathroom with wet hair. Lu Moxing still hadn’t returned, and he hadn’t run into him while playing basketball earlier. Jiang Xiao was a bit puzzled, wondering what exactly Lu Moxing was doing. Could he have found a way to leave this place?

He checked the time. Ten minutes until eight.

Jiang Xiao quickly grabbed a hairdryer and started drying his hair furiously, his mind starting to churn.

Was what Si Mingyu said true?

Si Mingyu chased him, they were almost together, but then Si Lin stole him away. Then Si Lin did something else, causing their relationship to collapse, and from then on, he cut off contact with the Si brothers.

But Si Lin didn’t seem like someone who would do bad things.

Besides, Jiang Xiao always felt something was off.

Jiang Xiao thought for a moment: “My character setting in this instance has always been a straight man from beginning to end?”

System: “Correct.”

That was the strange part.

If he was a straight man, how could he have almost agreed to be with Si Mingyu? Was it just love goggles on his part, or was there another reason?

Jiang Xiao turned off the hairdryer and tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop.

If Si Lin wasn’t lying, then Lu Moxing had voted for him.

But what if Si Lin was lying?

That possibility probably didn’t exist.

In the first round of voting, only two people were voted for. Besides the people who voted for Lu Moxing, the others probably didn’t know. If Jiang Xiao went to ask someone else, the lie would be easily exposed.

Who was the other person who voted for him?

The media room.

Jiang Xiao was the last to arrive.

It could be said to be the place with the best environment in the entire cabin. The huge screen, with the lights off, it became a cinema, equipped with a popcorn machine and a drink dispenser. Someone had already gotten a bucket of popcorn, and the sweet scent wafted in the air.

The seats were also in pairs, but nobody was sitting together. Jiang Xiao turned off the light and immediately heard Si Mingyu’s voice saying urgently, “Big Brother, sit over here!”

A cold laugh came from somewhere beside him, supremely arrogant, speaking louder than words.

The only person who could produce such a sound was Lu Moxing.

…How exactly had he provoked Lu Moxing?

In the darkness, even clothing styles were hard to make out. Jiang Xiao’s prosopagnosia was getting progressively worse.

He held onto the chair backs, slowly making his way forward, his gaze imperceptibly sweeping over everyone.

…No good, it was too dark; he couldn’t see what clothes they were wearing at all.

Someone turned their head to look in the darkness.

The side profile looked incomparably cold under the faint light of the screen. Jiang Xiao desperately searched his memory to identify the person.

“Watch the step.” The other person spoke, his voice cold.

It was Si Lin.

Jiang Xiao’s brow felt a bit hot. In the darkness, Si Lin didn’t invite him to sit together, only saying, “Further forward and the view won’t be good.”

Jiang Xiao’s steps paused slightly, then he sat down beside Si Lin.

Someone poked him in the back. Jiang Xiao turned to look. The person was facing him with an equally expressionless face.

The black shirt he wore almost merged perfectly with the surroundings, making him look like a vampire in the dark night.

Jiang Xiao had wanted to ask some things, but seeing that voting time was approaching, he ignored it and pondered silently, thinking about how to vote in the upcoming vote.

He wasn’t familiar with everyone on the first day, and it wouldn’t be good for Jiang Xiao to openly ask others about their voting situation, as it would seem too deliberate.

Only the mole would truly care about the voting results.

After all, it wouldn’t matter if the others were voted out.

So the people who were voted out were actually the safest.

He got poked in the back again.

Jiang Xiao was inexplicably reminded of his elementary school deskmate. That person had a crush on someone. To make his presence known, he harassed the person every day, either pulling their hair or coming over to bother them for no reason.

Lu Moxing probably wasn’t poking him intentionally because he liked him.

Jiang Xiao continued thinking, but then, he suddenly realized something.

No.

Everyone didn’t know that Lu Moxing had received the most votes because no one had discussed the voting results, and the results weren’t displayed.

So the fact that Lu Moxing wasn’t the mole… probably only Jiang Xiao knew it right now.

The screen in front of him suddenly brightened. It was time.

A cold blue light entered his vision.

[So far, 38,156 viewers have watched the program, posting a total of 56,741 comments. 25,137 people participated in the vote. The voting results are as follows:]

[Mole Vote: Lu Moxing 37%, Ji Yanli 26%, He Chen 21%, Si Mingyu 11%, Si Lin 2.5%, Jiang Xiao 2.5%]

Seeing the voting results, Jiang Xiao had basically grasped the viewers’ voting psychology. If he had ambiguous interactions with other guests, the number of people suspecting him would decrease, but…

What was up with Lu Moxing?!

He clearly did kiss him once, although it ended very quickly, but it shouldn’t still have him solidly in first place, right?

This voting result was about to short-circuit Jiang Xiao, the straight man.

[CP Interaction Ranking Area Results Announcement]

[First Place: Jiang Xiao & Si Lin]

[Second Place: He Chen & Jiang Xiao]

[Third Place: Jiang Xiao & Si Mingyu]

[The rest of the rankings are not displayed. The following are the room arrangements for the next day:

King Bed Room: Jiang Xiao & Si Lin

Double Room: He Chen & Si Mingyu

Single Room: Lu Moxing / Ji Yanli]

He hadn’t expected that one kiss from Si Lin would be so effective? Jiang Xiao was quite surprised. Yet CEO Lu actually had no presence on the CP chart at all, which was also strange.

The person behind him suddenly said coldly, “I have an objection.”

“The voting results are problematic.”

The mechanical broadcast voice from before spoke word by word:

“The voting results have been confirmed as correct. Objection overruled.”

CEO Lu’s eyes were icy: “Recalculate.”

The mechanical voice enunciated word by word: “The results are correct. If you have doubts, please reflect on your own problems.”

Utterly soul-piercing.

Lu Moxing: “…”

Jiang Xiao forcibly held back a laugh.

The only one who could defeat Lu Moxing was Lu Moxing himself!

[All audience votes have been published. Below is the personal voting time.]

The broadcast ended. A selection box appeared in front of Jiang Xiao. He subconsciously scanned around, but no dialog boxes appeared in front of the others. It seemed only his own screen was visible.

[Zero people have voted]

[Please select the person you believe is the “Mole”]

A. Jiang Xiao B. Lu Moxing C. Si Lin D. Ji Yanli E. Si Mingyu F. He Chen G. Abstain

Jiang Xiao pondered for a moment. He didn’t feel he would be voted out this round. After all, he had indeed done quite a lot today to pretend to be gay.

Still, he needed to find a scapegoat…

Since he knew Lu Moxing wouldn’t die even if voted out, Jiang Xiao voted for him with a clear conscience.

[You have completed voting]

[Consolidating results]

[Results consolidation complete]

[Congratulations, you successfully concealed your identity in this vote!]

[But unfortunately, in this vote, 2 people voted for you.]

The exact same answer as the previous round.

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly.

He couldn’t understand why two people still voted for him. Had he really been exposed?

However, before he could react, the screen in front of him flashed again, showing new information that hadn’t appeared in the previous round.

[Second Round Voting Results Publicized]

Lu Moxing: 3 votes

Jiang Xiao: 2 votes

He Chen: 1 vote

[Regrettably, the Mole has successfully hidden]

[Please everyone, keep up the effort]