Swaying gently.
When she got ho, Ling Xia carried a case of wine and placed it on the table. Her drunken appearance under the moonlight seed sowhat enchanting. Looking at the wine that glowed with a rosy sheen, she showed a satisfied expression.
Who could imagine that this woman had lost her husband just ten minutes ago?
And who could imagine that the entire case of wine was exchanged for her husband's life?
She lay on the sofa, took out a bottle of wine, and with a flushed face, she was intoxicated: "It's wonderful, that man was actually worth such good wine..."
Qin Nuo closed the door, looking at his mother on the sofa.
Although this woman was equally decadent and addicted to alcohol, unlike his father, she still cared for her son.
"Congratulations, Player, on completing the role-playing task, resolving the neighborhood feud, and achieving a 15% role-playing degree. Your score and rewards will be settled after exiting the ga!"
"This character's role-playing degree should be at 50%, but given the current ti and the distractions on the main storyline, it seems difficult for to achieve a perfect role-playing with this character!"
Qin Nuo took out a music box, made of mahogany, which was a reward from a platinum chest before entering the instance.
The magical music box, the ragged Child's Play doll, the cursed drawing board, and the Wraith Mask, all four items had been used.
Putting away the music box, Qin Nuo went to pour a glass of water. Over there, Ling Xia opened another bottle of wine, drinking it in large gulps, leaning back on the sofa, utterly comfortable. She looked at Qin Nuo: "Son, you should have a sip too. Wine is truly a wonderful thing, it can bring you to a very magical feeling..."
"I'm not even thirteen yet, that's not sothing a mother should say."
Qin Nuo took a sip of water, paused, and asked, "Are you staying ho tonight?"
"I might go out..."
Qin Nuo stopped mid-sentence, looking at his mother who had already fallen asleep with her head tilted back, the wine bottle in her hand falling to the floor, rolling into the corner.
Checking the ti, Qin Nuo went into his room, took out a blanket, and covered his mother, then went into the bathroom to take a shower.
When he ca out, he changed his clothes, sat down at the desk, and took out the group photo of the Performing Arts Departnt.
Looking at Tang Rou and the others in the photo, he pondered for a mont before speaking, "I have a feeling there will be a big change tonight, it might even be my final showdown with it."
"When don't you have a feeling?" The Blood-Eyed Ghost rolled its eyes.
"But I'm always right." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novᴇlfire
Qin Nuo smiled, his gaze returning to the photo fra.
There were a few children in there whom Qin Nuo had never t, among the unfamiliar faces was Yanan's.
Noting so features of these children, Qin Nuo leaned back in his chair, intending to rest a bit and recharge for tonight's action, but suddenly opened his eyes, rembering sothing.
Putting the photo fra back in place, Qin Nuo imdiately got up and left the room.
In the living room, his mother was still lying there, but now with another wine bottle in her hand.
She was slightly bowing her head, muttering sothing, the blanket had fallen to the ground, Qin Nuo picked it up and covered her again, not lingering any longer, he left the house.
"I rember this isn't the way to school." On the road, the Blood-Eyed Ghost noticed Qin Nuo was walking in the opposite direction and pointed it out.
"I'm going to Li Qianqian's house, I've never been there."
"Besides, I need to bring Li Qianqian along for tonight's action, she seems to have connections with those kids from the Performing Arts Departnt."
Qin Nuo said as he walked, Li Qianqian's house wasn't far, just across an alley.
Exiting the alley, he saw a house in the distance.
Qin Nuo reached the door and was about to knock when the door opened by itself, revealing half of Li Qianqian's face: "You're still up?"
"Can't sleep, Qianqian, can I co in and sit for a while?" Qin Nuo had his hands in his pockets, looking a bit chilly.
Li Qianqian didn't refuse, stepping aside, she said, "My grandma is asleep, keep your voice down."
Qin Nuo nodded, entering the house. From the interior decor, it was clear that Li Qianqian's family wasn't wealthy either, similar to Qin Feng's, but much tidier and cleaner.
Qin Nuo glanced at a room, where in the dim light, an elderly figure could be faintly seen lying down.
"That's my grandma, she hasn't been sleeping well lately, and just fell asleep now," Li Qianqian whispered.
Qin Nuo feigned realization, though he suspected that the grandma Li Qianqian spoke of, who couldn't speak, was likely just a skeleton like Mr. Liu's granddaughter, but he was surprised to find he was wrong.
Li Qianqian led Qin Nuo to the living room, poured him a glass of water, but saw him wandering around, seemingly curious about everything around.
"Haven't you been to my house before? Why so curious, like it's your first ti?" Li Qianqian set down a cup of warm water.
"It's been a long ti." Qin Nuo picked up a photo fra, looking at the group photo.
A family of four, Li Qianqian and her grandma, along with a middle-aged couple.
"Those are my parents, they've been working away for a long ti and haven't returned."
"I don't think I've told you this before." Li Qianqian sliced so fruit, walked over, and handed half to him.
Qin Nuo stared at the photo, his eyes narrowing slightly, he took the apple, bit into it, and said with a smile, "Maybe they'll co back soday."
"Many tis, I've told myself the sa thing, but I feel like they won't co back..."
"They haven't even called once, not caring whether my grandma and I are still alive." Li Qianqian's eyes were filled with sadness.
Qin Nuo pondered what to say, Li Qianqian looked up and asked, "What did you co to find for?"
"My friend Yanan, I couldn't find him during the day, I want to look for him again tonight, I think he's at school," Qin Nuo said.
"Is he a very important friend to you?"
"Very important."
"I'm a bit scared to go to school alone at night, so I wanted Qianqian to co with ."
Li Qianqian blinked, pondered for a mont, then nodded: "Alright, I'll go with you."
"Thank you, Qianqian, if you co along, those ghosts will probably avoid us." Qin Nuo smiled.
Li Qianqian didn't roll her eyes or smile, she seed indifferent to such half-joking remarks.
After midnight, Qin Nuo and Li Qianqian got up and headed to Black Crow Ghost School.
On the way, Qin Nuo opened the ga panel, up until now, there were 20 people left, including him, five had played to the third character, the rest were still lingering on the first and second characters.
Two had completed the third character role-play.
"We're nearing the end of the instance, after midnight, there are only two days left in the instance."
"Hopefully, tonight can bring closure."
Qin Nuo quickened his pace, walking down the dark path.
Along the way, the ga notification sounded again.
"Notice: Detected that the mysterious principal has made preparations against the Player!"
"Due to the Player obtaining clues from the ga NPC Mo Ting, the main storyline progress has reached 60%!"
"Acquired auxiliary skill—True Body Replacent, at any chosen ti, the Player can swap their true body with the role-play character!" (Note: After swapping, the character can no longer be played, and the role-play degree is finalized.)
"Acquired secret weapon—Overturning Curse Seal!" (The Player obtains the curse seal, which can be imprinted on any ga NPC's forehead to trigger an absolute obliteration effect!)
"Note: The secret weapon can only be used once, if the mysterious principal is wrongly identified, it will automatically fail, resulting in main storyline failure!"
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