Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

Bai Youwei murmured, “We are the masters of the dollhouse, and they are the guests. The host entertains the guests… If we take the wrong item and anger the guests, we will face their wrath.”

She looked thoughtfully at the music box on the chest of drawers.

The crystal ball, noticing her gaze, swayed slightly. “Hey, what are you looking at me for?”

Bai Youwei smiled. “Nothing, I just think that nursery rhyme is quite pleasant. Can I hear it again?”

“Sure,” the ball said generously. “Just come over and wind it up.”

Shen Mo walked over, picked up the music box, and wound it two or three times. The music started playing, along with the nursery rhyme:

Spring, the bear awakes,

So worried, its two cubs it mistakes;

Summer, the rain pours down,

In darkness, no treasure can be found;

Autumn, who has arrived?

Look, Toothy opens wide, where have his teeth gone?

Winter, winter has finally come~

Which doll will see the falling snow, which one?

Hearing it again, Bai Youwei’s doubts remained. She propped her chin on her hand and muttered, “Strange… why is it so simple…?”

Yan Qingwen glanced at her. “In spring, find the bear’s cubs. In summer, find the treasure. In autumn, Toothy has no teeth, so literally, it should be about finding teeth. We don’t know what Toothy is yet, so let’s put the teeth aside for now. The last line, ‘Which doll will see the falling snow,’ should mean… which player will survive until winter.”

“If we take everything literally, there really isn't any obvious difficulty.” Shen Mo looked around. “Unless the things we need to find aren't in this house.”

Bai Youwei frowned and looked at the crystal ball. “Are you sure the things we’re looking for are in this house? If they are outside the scope, you must give us a hint; otherwise, it’s too unfair.”

“Of course, they’re in this house!” The crystal ball snorted haughtily. “Every game designed by an Overseer is absolutely fair and just! How could I deliberately sabotage the players and prevent them from clearing the game? Am I that bad?”

Bai Youwei: “You are.”

The crystal ball jumped!

It leaped half a meter high, as if in a fit of rage!

“You player is too much! If I were that bad, do you think those people you were with last time could have cleared the game safe and sound?!”

Bai Youwei: “If you weren't so bad, we wouldn't have had to struggle until the ninth round to clear the game last time.”

The ball: “…”

Yan Qingwen said, “So you’ve met before?”

“What, haven’t you?” Bai Youwei became interested and asked him curiously, “You’ve cleared games too. Which Overseers have you encountered?”

Yan Qingwen said, “The first Overseer I met had a rabbit’s head, a gentleman’s body, but a lady’s voice. The second Overseer I met… was very tall.”

“Was he blond and blue-eyed, looking like a male protagonist from an outdated 1980s shoujo manga, with exceptionally long limbs, like a stick figure?” Bai Youwei asked.

Yan Qingwen chuckled and nodded. “I haven’t read shoujo manga, so I don’t know if he looks like one, but he was indeed blond and blue-eyed.”

“That guy has a lot of tricks and likes to push people to their limits.” Shen Mo frowned, somewhat disgusted. “I hope we don’t run into him again.”

“I think he’s not bad, quite innovative.” Bai Youwei said with a smile. “The one I least want to encounter is that gray-robed monster. His games are so boring and so uninspired.”

“The Rabbit Head’s game is actually pretty good. The rules are simple and straightforward, without so many twists and turns.” Yan Qingwen commented.

Bai Youwei also agreed. “Yes, the simpler the rules, the more challenging it is to balance the game. Besides, Rabbit Head is much cuter than the others.”

Unconsciously, the three of them began to discuss which Overseer's game was better.

The crystal ball listened from the side, feeling restless, and couldn’t help but approach them and ask, “What about me, what about me? How's my game?”

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