QHM Chapter 86 – Part 2

[mfn]TL: Part 2[/mfn]They were in a living room.

Outside, it was pitch black night. In the center of the room stood five lit candles. The weak flickering light only illuminated a small area, creating a distinctly eerie atmosphere.

The kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms, and what looked like a study—all five doors were tightly shut.

Xu Yin tried walking forward, but whenever he got too close to any of the rooms, he was stopped by an invisible barrier. A message popped up: “You are not qualified to enter yet.” This was probably the trigger for the “Truth or Dare” stage.

After taking in the setup, Xu Yin and Yan Shixiu waited a bit—and soon, the remaining three players arrived.

Shuangcheng’s in-game avatar was a cool-looking woman in a leather jacket, giving off a sharp and fearless vibe.

She didn’t even glance at Chuuni God or his fan. Instead, she simply nodded calmly at Xu Yin and Yan Shixiu.

As for Chuuni God… he looked visibly aggrieved.

Chen Yu had never expected the organizers to group them like this—it was obviously done just to stir drama!

…But for the 300,000 yuan prize, he held back.

The female fan next to him was named “A-Lian.” The moment she saw Xu Yin and the others, her hostility was apparent. She clung to Chen Yu’s arm and whispered, “Don’t worry, bro, I’ve got your back today.”

Her cheeks flushed slightly as she made the move, sneaking a glance at Chen Yu’s reaction.

Chen Yu froze for a moment—he hadn’t expected his sugar mama to be this direct. His ego swelled with satisfaction. He gave a modest cough and said in a steady voice, “It’s fine.”

He didn’t shake off her hand either.

A-Lian immediately beamed, gripping his arm even tighter, casting a triumphant glance at Shuangcheng.

By this point, the danmaku were rolling in on the live stream:

“Damn, the toxic couple just entered!”

“I knew it was gonna go this way—brilliant!”

“And the guy’s actually playing along? Pathetic!”

“A-Lian? More like White Lotus. Clinging to Chuuni just to provoke Shuangcheng?”

“Girl, have some self-respect.”

“My fists are already clenched!”

Chuuni God had gotten used to being flamed these past few days. Though the comments annoyed him, he managed to hold back. He’d already mentally prepped himself before joining this circus.

But A-Lian wasn’t used to being on the receiving end.

She was usually the one slinging insults behind the screen—she’d cursed out everyone here at some point. But now, being targeted herself for the first time, her face turned red with fury. She snapped back, “Why are you all being so mean?!”

“Oh? You’ve never flamed anyone before? You’ve been in Yin’s stream throwing shade with your main account plenty of times.”

“LMAO—funny how you dish it out but can’t take it. Doesn’t work that way, sis!”

“No double standards, please!”

A-Lian, fuming, let go of Chen Yu’s hand and stomped her foot.

She felt wronged—after all, she’d poured a fortune into this platform. The platform even called people like her “sugar daddies.” Didn’t that mean she deserved respect? How dare these randos who probably never spent a cent talk to her like that?

In her eyes, Chen Yu had been victimized by those two bitches—Yin and Shuangcheng. And now, with the bullet comments coming at her too, she felt like the whole world was out to get them.

Anger rising, her eyes gleamed. She deliberately linked arms with Chuuni God again and sneered, “Go ahead and flame me. All you can do is scream from behind a screen. As soon as we’re out of this dungeon, I’m gifting Chuuni God an aircraft carrier!”

She even shot a glare at Yan Shixiu—as if to say: You think I can’t throw money too?

Yan Shixiu spared her a cold glance, utterly disinterested.

Chen Yu, however, perked up at her words. He gently patted her hand and said comfortingly, “Don’t worry about the comments—I’m used to it. And don’t be so impulsive, there’s no need to send an aircraft carrier…”

A-Lian’s eyes turned misty from his soft tone, and she became even more resolute. “No, I’m doing it! Don’t stop me—you’re worth it, gege!”

Chen Yu gave her a pained look. “Sigh, you…”

The bullet comments:

“Ugh. A match made in cringe heaven.”

“Sure, burn your money. Not like it’s mine—go off!”

“You better protect your precious gege! LOL”

While the two of them were deep in their emotional roleplay, Xu Yin gave them a half-smiling glance, while Shuangcheng ignored them entirely and said coolly, “Everyone’s here. Shouldn’t we start the game?”

Seeing that Shuangcheng remained unfazed, A-Lian bit her lip in frustration.

Xu Yin also skipped right past the two of them and smiled. “Yeah, I’d say it’s time to begin.”

As soon as he finished speaking, two lines of text appeared in the air, and the three of them immediately shifted their attention.

“Welcome to Room 404.”

“Now beginning Round One of Truth Questions.”

“No other plot introduction?” Shuangcheng hadn’t played a game instance in a while and was a little surprised.

Xu Yin thought for a moment and said, “I guess we have to go into each room later to search for clues and figure out how to clear the stage.”

Completely in the dark, everyone could only follow the system’s prompts one step at a time.

A-Lian muttered, “What the hell, I don’t get it at all. Gege, you have to help me later.”

At this point, Chen Yu was being incredibly gentle and considerate toward his sponsor.

His voice was so soft it could practically drip water: “Of course. If we end up in the same group later, just stick with me the whole time.”

A-Lian giggled sweetly, “Okay! By the way, Gege, you don’t have any secrets you can’t talk about, right?”

“Huh? What secrets would I have?” The Chuuni God replied confidently.

He’d played this kind of game plenty of times. At first, sure, he’d been nervous about getting caught lying—because when they answered questions, the system could detect lies with over 95% accuracy.

But the truth was, he’d never once gotten caught after all these years.

So this time, Chen Yu was full of confidence.

Soon, the first question appeared in the air.

The question was: “Do you currently have someone you like?”

Everyone paused. Shuangcheng was the first to respond calmly: “No.”

A green circle appeared above her head—this meant she was calm and the system judged her to be telling the truth.

Xu Yin chuckled lightly, “Yes.” Green circle.

Yan Shixiu also smiled slightly and said in a low voice, “Yes.” Green circle.

Bullet comments:

“These two are killing me with their dog food again ahhhhh!!”

“One blood petition for more scandalous questions!!”

“More scandalous questions +1!”

Chen Yu glanced impatiently at the comments, then gave Xu Yin and Yan Shixiu a dark look and said, “…No.” Green circle.

A-Lian blushed and said in a small voice, “No.” Red X.

The moment the X appeared, A-Lian covered her face with a knowing look and muttered, “Ugh, so annoying!”

Of course Chen Yu knew why that X showed up.

He casually threw an arm over A-Lian’s shoulder and smirked roguishly, “A-Lian lied on the very first question?”

A-Lian kept her face covered. “Bro, you’re so annoying!”

The bullet comments floated by in lines of ellipses.

“My eyes are gone.”

“I poked them out myself.”

“This couple is a disaster.”

“Thank god Shuangcheng’s still holding it down… It’s true she doesn’t have anyone she likes. These two are disgusting…”

“yue I’m so done.”

On the first question, only A-Lian answered incorrectly.

The second question followed quickly.

The question was: “When was your most recent breakup?”

No one noticed the slight tension in Chen Yu’s expression when the question appeared.

Shuangcheng answered first again, calmly: “Monday.”

That was the same night she stormed into his live stream and beat him up.

The system showed a green circle.

Xu Yin and Yan Shixiu exchanged a look.

Xu Yin smiled with a twinkle in his eyes: “Never broken up.” Green circle.

Yan Shixiu gently added, “Never broken up.” Green circle.

Bullet comments:

“Perfect! They’re each other’s first love. Thank you, Chuuni God God, for letting go of Yin!”

“Thank you, Chuuni God, for not ruining Yin back then!”

“May they never break up!!!”

A-Lian’s turn.

While answering, she kept an eye on the man beside her and said slowly, “Half a year ago.” Green circle.

But the man next to her didn’t even seem to register her answer.

Only Chen Yu hadn’t answered yet.

The other four pairs of eyes were fixed on him.

Bullet comments were flying:

“What are you stalling for? The whole world knows you broke up on Monday…”

“What the hell is this guy pretending for now?”

“Wasn’t it just this Monday?”

Chen Yu secretly swallowed and clenched his fists, then calmly said: “This week.”

A second later, a red X appeared above his head.

He froze. The whole room went silent.

Bullet comments: “??????”

Everyone knew Chuuni God and Shuangcheng had broken up this Monday during a live stream watched by tens of thousands.

Shuangcheng had answered “Monday” openly, and the system confirmed it as correct—there was no doubt about her answer.

But when Chuunibyou God said “this week,” why did the system mark it wrong?

Even Shuangcheng looked surprised—she clearly hadn’t expected this result.

For the system to mark it wrong, it had to have detected that Chuuni God was feeling guilty.

Guilt isn’t sadness, or stubbornness, or some deep inner belief that “he and Shuangcheng never broke up.”

Not to mention, in the previous question when asked if he liked someone, Chuuni God had coldly answered “no”!

Guilt was guilt, plain and simple.

He felt guilty about the answer “this week”…

Wait a minute—come to think of it, he deliberately said “this week” instead of answering frankly like Shuangcheng with “Monday.” That’s kind of… subtle, isn’t it??

Some viewers caught on quickly and immediately came up with a possible explanation—

“…Could it be that your most recent breakup wasn’t on Monday?? Is that what you’re feeling guilty about??”

Upon seeing this comment, Chen Yu’s expression visibly stiffened again.

Countless viewers were initially confused, then quickly understood what the comment implied.

…After all, the Chuuni God did break up with Shuangcheng on Monday, so if he said “this week,” that should theoretically be completely correct. In fact, “this week” is technically more correct than “Monday,” because it’s vague—a “safer” answer!

But the Chuuni God still felt guilty about saying that. Why?!

What was he so guilty about? Why did he deliberately avoid saying “Monday”?

Was he scared to even say that specific day?

Which would mean… that his most recent breakup wasn’t even on Monday?!

Shit.

Instantly, the bullet comments exploded.

“?????”

“What the hell does that mean???”

“Not Monday? But still this week? Are you saying what I think you’re saying???”

“His most recent breakup wasn’t with Shuangcheng??”

“Then who the hell did he actually break up with recently???”

“There’s no way he broke up with Shuangcheng on Monday and then got into another relationship and broke up again within four days, right???”

“—Wait, does this mean he was two-timing again?!!”

What was meant to be a fun little segment had now turned into a full-blown “scumbag exposé” session.

Next to Chen Yu, A-Lian was stunned. After reading the bullet comments, disbelief slowly crept across her face.

…His most recent breakup wasn’t with Shuangcheng?

He broke up twice in one week?

He was two-timing???

Chen Yu’s heart pounded wildly. He panicked and shouted, “It’s wrong! The system definitely glitched! You guys are making stuff up!”

Chen Yu hadn’t expected the system to suddenly throw out such a question. He got flustered and the system caught it, and now he felt like he was sweating bullets!

But from the way he was panicking, the truth was more obvious than ever.

In fact, many streamers had been exposed by the system before.

Some handled it with calm composure—viewers could tell it was truly a system glitch, and after a few laughs, no one took it seriously.

Some simply admitted the truth. Bullet comment reactions varied, but since they were honest, the backlash usually faded after some discussion.

But the worst cases were like Chen Yu’s.

He got caught lying, then panicked and denied it, and it just so happened that the stuff he’d been involved in recently was already morally outrageous—so the bullet comments instantly went ballistic.

“Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting!”

“Shuangcheng, your eyes must’ve been broken before!!”

“Trash scumbag, I’m so done!!”

“Totally grossed out!”

The comments were so vicious Chen Yu nearly passed out from rage!

Every viewer knew that before starting this kind of instance, the system always warned streamers to think twice before confirming participation.

And yet Chen Yu had the audacity to join?

He was so confident he wouldn’t get exposed?

Where the hell did he even get that confidence?!

In the living room, Xu Yin looked amazed. Yan Shixiu had a small look of surprise in his eyes too.

Shuangcheng, on the other hand, looked complicated—utterly baffled that she had once felt sentimental about this piece of trash.

Bullet comments asked her: “Did Shuangcheng know about this?”

Shuangcheng moved her lips slightly, her voice icy cold: “No. It’s disgusting.”

Chen Yu: “…”

A-Lian: “…”

Chen Yu’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot!

Just as he was about to curse someone out, A-Lian hesitated and loosened her grip.

Chen Yu’s heart sank with a thud.

Sensing something was wrong, he couldn’t care less about the bullet comments or the others. He turned to A-Lian and demanded, “Even you don’t believe me?”

A-Lian stiffened. “I…”

Chen Yu’s eyes were red as he said, “So the whole world doesn’t believe me now? Even you guys don’t believe me?!”

And say what you will, these two really were a perfect match—

The moment Chen Yu said that, A-Lian seemed to instantly recall her “fan mission.”

A pained expression crossed her face.

She linked her arm with his again and said firmly, “I believe you. It must have been a system error. This kind of truth-or-dare mode always has a 5% margin of error!”

Chen Yu, eyes filled with tears: “It’s enough that you believe me.”

Xu Yin tilted his head slightly, his tone gentle: “As long as you two are happy.”

Bullet comments:

“You two being happy is what matters.”

“You two being happy is what matters.”

“You two being happy is what matters.”

Chen Yu: “…………”

A-Lian: “…………”

Fuck.