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The man stood in front of Ruan Qing with a cold and indifferent expression, his eyes even lowering slightly as if assessing Ruan Qing.
However, his gaze was far from innocent, giving off an indescribable sense of invasion, as if he could see through Ruan Qing’s entire being, even through his clothes.
There was an inexplicable tension in the air.
But his expression remained indifferent, his eyes showing no signs of emotion, making it seem like one was overthinking.
Even Ruan Qing felt that way.
As the man slowly approached, a sense of unease settled in Ruan Qing’s heart.
He recognized the man at a glance; he was the one who had noticed his presence on the third floor earlier.
The man with a keen sense of perception.
Had he... revealed some flaw?
“Your husband,” the man’s gaze finally landed on the young man’s face, and he coldly uttered a few words, “Did you kill him?”
The man’s tone was chilly, but his words seemed genuinely curious, devoid of any sarcasm.
As if he was purely wondering if there was a possibility that he really killed his husband.
Upon hearing the man’s words, Ruan Qing’s expression froze.
In fact, when the man scrutinized him, Ruan Qing thought he had already been exposed. His brain started to recall and analyze where he might have gone wrong.
However, he never expected the man to say something like this.
The players’ expressions also froze, and time seemed to come to a standstill at this moment.
Even the audience in the livestream room was directly stunned. The barrage paused for a moment and then quickly flooded in.
[Big brother, do you know what you’re saying?! Can you speak like a normal person? Can my wife be the kind of person who kills his husband!? (Table flip.jpg)]
[If you can’t talk properly, just donate your mouth to someone in need! Besides, even if he’s the type to kill his husband, it’s not like he killed you. Why are you barking like a dog!?]
Players looked at their vice president with shock, including the player with the crew cut.
The player with a crew cut wasn’t a newcomer; he was a senior player in the Yong’an Guild and was one of the insiders regarding the guild’s objectives. Moreover, he was one of the few who understood the vice president well.
The player with a crew cut looked at the vice president, who stood in front of the young man with an indifferent expression, and even began to doubt whether he had misheard just now.
Was this their cold and heartless vice president!?
And did he just say such things to a widower who just lost his husband!?
Wasn’t he intentionally making trouble...?
The player with a crew cut didn’t have time to ponder the possible deeper meaning behind their vice president’s words and subconsciously turned towards the young man.
Sure enough...
Ruan Qing seemed to realize what was happening. His beautiful eyes filled with anger as he stood up. Even his delicate face couldn’t contain the suppressed fury. “What did you say!!!?”
He reached out as if to slap the man, but as soon as Ruan Qing extended his hand, the man grabbed it.
The man, named Feng Ye, had a strong grip strength, restraining Ruan Qing’s wrist, leaving him almost no room to struggle.
Feng Ye, in the moment of grabbing Ruan Qing, lightly waved his other hand, and an indeterminate number of playing cards spun in the air, instantly forming a circle that enclosed Ruan Qing.
Feng Ye looked at the infuriated young man in front of him with indifference and spoke, “Do you want me to calculate your future?”
The playing cards had no visible support, standing in mid-air like a clever magic trick, appearing quite mysterious.
“Whether it’s marriage or destiny, everything can be calculated.”
Feng Ye raised his chin slightly, looking indifferently at Ruan Qing. “Even the cause of your husband’s death.”
The player with a crew cut was once again shocked. His eyes widened.
What did the vice president mean?
He’s actually willing to calculate for someone, and not just anyone—a person who might not even be a crucial NPC?
It’s difficult to ask the vice president for calculations, and he rarely engaged in such activities, considering the significant cost involved.
Even senior-level players in the Yong’an Guild might not be aware that the vice president’s expertise lay in divination.
Even when the guild was missing the biggest boss in this instance, it was the vice president who used items brought out by guild members to perform divination and get the results.
...Could it be that the vice president actually wanted to know how the young master died?
The player with a crew cut, who thought he understood the vice president well, cast his gaze on Ruan Qing’s face, for the first time unsure about his own thoughts.
Ruan Qing was unaware of what others were thinking. His gaze, at the moment the tarot cards appeared, seemed to be drawn to the spinning cards.
The airborne rotating cards were entirely different from Li Shuyang’s magical cards. Li Shuyang’s cards were somewhat larger, adorned with strange patterns, giving off an extremely dangerous vibe just by their appearance.
Clearly, they were primarily offensive card tools.
On the other hand, the cards in front of him seemed to be a simple deck of tarot cards, lacking any apparent aggressiveness.
However, they were definitely not as simple as they appeared.
Although Ruan Qing didn’t show any anomalies on the surface, his heart sank. This man was undoubtedly suspicious of him.
After all, someone with such strong perception abilities would not have weak strength.
Moreover, this group of players seemed to have a male-dominated composition. If he guessed correctly, this man should be a high-ranking member of the Yong’an Guild.
Such a person using divination for him? Unless the man was the type who casually performed divination for anyone.
Yet, Ruan Qing glanced at the player with a crew cut’s shocked expression, clearly indicating that it wasn’t the case.
Divination?
It wasn’t that he was afraid of divination; it seemed the man himself wanted to know something.
But unfortunately, Ruan Qing couldn’t refuse. Not because the original owner was a curious person, but because of the man’s statement, ‘Even the cause of your husband’s death can be revealed.’
Though it sounded absurd, the original owner who had always wanted to know the cause of his husband’s death would definitely give it a try.
Ruan Qing’s peripheral vision once again swept across the people present; there were just too many of them.
He already vaguely understood the rules for deducting points for breaking character. The main factor in character collapse was how many people suspected him not to be the original owner, including players and NPCs.
Now, almost all the players were present, and there were dozens of servants nearby.
If he was suspected, he might lose around two thousand points.
After careful consideration, Ruan Qing finally looked at the man in front of him, his face cold as he asked, “How will you do that?”
Feng Ye’s hand made a slight wave, and the spinning tarot cards accelerated, not just rotating in one direction. In the blink of an eye, the patterns on the cards vanished as if both sides were now facing backward.
“Draw one card.”
Ruan Qing glanced sideways at the spinning tarot cards around him. Although the speed had slowed down, it was impossible to see the face of the cards.
Moreover, due to the previous overlapping rotations, even if Ruan Qing had initially remembered the positions of the cards, there was absolutely no way for him to cheat.
Ruan Qing didn’t immediately draw a card but instead spoke with a tone full of suspicion, “Can you really calculate anything?”
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