Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

Cheng Wei had kept his head lowered and his hands clenched into fists ever since the Proctor announced the answer.

When the screams rang out, his head bowed even lower, his fists clenched tighter, and his thin body trembled uncontrollably…

He was consumed by remorse.

He had subconsciously chosen the category he was most proficient in, momentarily forgetting that everyone else present was young! These people were not familiar with classical poetry at all!

If someone died because of this, it would be equivalent to… him indirectly killing them!

The metal chair slowly rotated back, its occupant vanished once more. Only the messy bloodstains and scratch marks on the chair hinted at the terror that followed death.

“I’m sorry…” Cheng Wei’s face was streaked with tears. He kept his head down, unable to face the others. “I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

“Oh, it’s alright, Old Cheng…” Tan Xiao said carelessly, “If it were me, I would have chosen the category I was best at too! What’s there to be sorry about?”

Cheng Wei kept his head down, eyes closed, a dull ache pounding in his heart!

Lucky Quiz – the spinning pointer brought good fortune to the chosen one, but at the same time, it brought misfortune to those not selected.

He was the one who had caused the deaths of those five people!

His entire life, he had been diligent and honest, never even speaking ill of anyone! But now, he had indirectly ended five lives!!!

Cheng Wei was overcome with guilt, as if he had aged instantly, every wrinkle etched with grief and sorrow.

Bai Youwei leaned forward, looking at Cheng Wei past Tan Xiao.

Having spent so much time together, she understood what kind of person Cheng Wei was. Precisely because of this, she was even more worried. In this current situation, if his mental state was on the verge of collapse, it would severely affect his ability to answer questions.

If the pointer landed on him again, Teacher Cheng mustn’t let his sympathy overflow and deliberately choose a category he wasn’t good at, just to let others pass, right? Compared to poetry and literature, general knowledge, food, and clothing were relatively easier categories to score points in.

Wait a minute…

A thought stirred in Bai Youwei’s mind. Categories he wasn’t good at…

At this moment, Shen Mo, sitting to her left, spoke, “Teacher Cheng is older and tends to overthink things.”

Bai Youwei turned to look at him.

Shen Mo hadn't answered correctly either, losing 1 point, leaving him with a score of 1.

She thought for a moment and asked Shen Mo, “If it were you, what category would you choose?”

Shen Mo’s gaze lingered on the slowly rotating board. He said indifferently, “Probably general knowledge.”

“General knowledge, huh…” Bai Youwei pondered.

Lü Ang, the burly, rough man sitting to Shen Mo’s left, chimed in, “Yeah! Choose general knowledge. General knowledge is stuff most people know! It’s fairer to everyone. Choosing those literature, music, art…blah blah blah, those are too specialized! Any random question could kill us all!”

“Lü Ang, you idiot!” Li Li yelled from across the room. “Even for general knowledge, could you answer even a few out of 36 consecutive general knowledge questions?! The right thing to do is to choose the specialized category you’re good at! Right, Yan Ge?”

Lü Ang cursed back, “Specialized my ass! I don’t even have any points left!”

Cheng Wei’s poetry question, although it only killed five people, had cost almost all the players 1 point. Lü Ang now had 0 points!

If the next question was another specialized one, all the players with 0 points would have no points to lose and would be quickly eliminated!

Bai Youwei looked around. There were 20 people left. Starting from number 1, Pan Xiaoxin had 2 points, Teacher Cheng had 2 points, Tan Xiao had 0 points, she herself had 2 points, Shen Mo had 1 point, Lü Ang had 0 points, Yan Qingwen had 2 points, Zhu Shu had 1 point… Li Li had 1 point.

The number of people without any points was…

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