Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

Besides three bedrooms, the second floor also had a small study.

Although the study was small, it contained a considerable number of books. If one were to read them all, one by one, it wouldn't take just 24 hours, but perhaps even 24 days.

Early on, during the initial search of the house, Teacher Cheng had already looked through more than a dozen books.

The books in the study were diverse, including both Chinese and English titles, and even some in Latin, which were completely incomprehensible. They could only skim through them roughly.

While they were searching through the books on the second floor, the people in the attic were still pondering the strange nursery rhyme: The summer rain is heavy, it's pitch black, where is the treasure…

Li Li spoke weakly, "Is it possible that it's on the first floor… Now all the lights on the first floor are off, which fits the 'pitch black' description."

Bai Youwei frowned, disagreeing with his statement, "The first floor is flooded. There's no light, and it's underwater. There's no way to search."

"What about using a flashlight?" Li Li asked.

Bai Youwei wanted to say that using a flashlight would eliminate the "pitch black" condition. Moreover, their flashlights weren't waterproof. Shining them only on the water's surface would provide very limited visibility. The treasure shouldn't be hidden where players couldn't find it.

However… Li Li was merely proposing a hypothesis. She shouldn't extinguish this glimmer of hope. They should at least try.

Thinking this, Bai Youwei closed her mouth just as she was about to speak.

She thought for a moment and then asked, "Where is the Supervisor now?"

"I don't know," Yan Qingwen replied. "We haven't seen it since the first floor flooded."

Bai Youwei's frown deepened.

It was supposed to provide guidance and hints throughout the game, yet it had disappeared in the second round. It truly was an unreliable good-for-nothing.

She felt thirsty and remembered that the food and water were all on the first floor. Now, with nothing to eat or drink, her mood grew increasingly irritable. She could only endure, closing her eyes and forcing herself to calm down.

The attic light was dim and yellowish.

Time ticked by…

After about forty minutes, the search of the second floor and the attic was complete. They had already searched several times, and no matter how much they looked, they couldn't find anything new.

Except for Bai Youwei and the injured Li Li and Lü Ang, everyone else went to the study to join Teacher Cheng in looking through the books, hoping to find a clue.

Reading was meticulous work.

The answer to clearing the game might be hidden within a few words on a certain page of a certain book.

After waiting for a long time, Bai Youwei fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was still pitch black outside. The rain hadn't stopped.

Li Li was able to get up. He couldn't make any large movements, but he could manage a few steps while leaning against the wall.

He didn't want to sit idly by, so he asked Su Man to bring over a dozen books from the study and slowly read them in the attic.

Lü Ang was also bored lying down, so he picked up a book to read as well.

Although the wound on his leg had healed, the bone inside hadn't set properly, and it throbbed with pain.

He wanted to read to distract himself, but not only did the book fail to alleviate his leg pain, but it also started to give him a headache.

Lü Ang sighed in frustration.

Bai Youwei glanced at him. "What, are you afraid of becoming lame?"

Lü Ang: "…"

He subconsciously glanced at Bai Youwei's leg.

"Why are you looking at me? Don't worry, if you become lame, I can share half of my diapers with you." Bai Youwei looked Lü Ang up and down. "But only if you lose weight, otherwise you won't fit into them."

Lü Ang was so choked by her words that half of his face turned red and blue. The other half was covered by his thick beard, making it impossible to see its color.

He remembered the first time he met Bai Youwei, when he unintentionally "mocked" her for being lame. Now, the tables had turned, and he was also…

Sigh…

Lü Ang's feelings were complicated.

"Ah!"

Li Li suddenly shouted, "Come and see this!"

Everyone was startled, and everyone from upstairs and downstairs rushed over—

Ignoring his injury, Li Li held up the book in his hand and exclaimed, "It's written here! The water monster likes to collect shiny things!"

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