The Weird Life Game: Starting as a Department Head

Chapter 4 People are divided into black and white

Listening to Xu Hang's mutterings, Song Qingyang shook his head.

"Where did I go wrong?"

Do you remember what this game was called?

"What's wrong with the 'Life is Weird' game?"

"The key question is, which is more important, life or games?"

Song Qingyang looked in the direction of the grave and continued:

Let me put it another way.

There's a one in ten thousand chance that we're not in a virtual world right now, but actually in what the game description says.

We are now five years in the future, and our family and friends are real.

"Could you ignore that one in ten thousand chance and watch your parents die?"

"Qingyang, this place is already unlucky enough."

A voice interrupted Song Qingyang.

"Xu Hang, don't take offense. Old Song was like this back in high school; he can't say anything nice."

"Oh, it's alright. For Qingyang, this is a very tactful way of putting it."

Xu Hang nodded to the person who was trying to smooth things over. The other person was a kind-looking young man named Liu Xuan.

"I understand what Qingyang means; we can't treat the present as a game."

Xu Hang turned to Song Qingyang:

"I completely agree."

What he didn't say was that he had similar concerns even earlier.

This concern is the root of their wariness towards Luo Yingchen.

This is my hometown, where my parents live. I can't let them encounter any danger.

Suddenly, a voice asked:

Who is Xu Hang?

In response to the voice, the crowd around Xu Hang dispersed, but Su Wanqing walked up to him.

Xu Hang looked at the person who had come to find him; it was the young woman who had buried Luo Yingchen.

She looked very haggard from excessive grief.

She was holding a child's hand. Xu Hang had no memory of it, but he could guess her identity.

"Sister-in-law, please accept my condolences."

He spoke first:

"If you encounter any difficulties in the future, I will definitely help you if I can."

Xu Hang did not regret rejecting Luo Yingchen. It wasn't him who killed him, it was the game that killed him.

All I can do is avenge him and treat his family well.

The woman didn't respond to Xu Hang's words; she simply squatted down, grabbed the child's shoulder with one hand, and pointed at Xu Hang with the other.

"Remember this, this is the person who killed your father."

Xu Hang felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his anger flared up instantly.

He was about to step forward when a pair of arms grabbed him from behind.

"Don't be impulsive, let me handle it."

After saying this, Su Wanqing released Xu Hang, stepped past him, and shielded him behind her.

"Sister-in-law, I understand how you feel."

She first appealed to their emotions, then reasoned with them:

"Xu Hang did nothing wrong, and you can't blame him, because I forced him to do it."

The students present: "?"

Xu Hang: "?"

Luo Yingchen's wife: "?"

"I told him on the day he proposed that if he dared to do anything illegal or disorderly, I would be the first to object."

Su Wanqing got more and more excited as she spoke:

"If he helps Luo Yingchen, guess what I'll do? Divorce him? Heh, you really underestimate me."

I'm going to rush to the company immediately and accuse him of embezzlement, bribery, keeping a mistress, misappropriating public funds, gambling, womanizing, abusing his power, selling official positions, and even daring to use a sword and shoes in the palace—he's practically plotting a rebellion!

Several students in the crowd turned to look at Xu Hang, and Liu Xuan, one of them, asked:

"You're plotting a rebellion but didn't call me?"

"Besides choosing a virtuous wife, I have nothing else to say."

Xu Hang turned his face away. He didn't want to say anything right now, and even wanted to leave.

Su Wanqing showed no intention of stopping there:

"In short, if he dares to break the law, his family will be destroyed and he will die, and there's nothing he can do about it."

She leaned forward slightly, using one hand to stop Xu Hang from rushing forward, and placed the other hand on her chest:

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. If you want to hate someone, just hate me."

Luo Yingchen's wife was frightened by Su Wanqing's staring gaze and was about to lash out.

Suddenly, she saw that Luo Yingchen's classmates all took a step in her direction.

The orphan and widow were so frightened that they lowered their heads and ran away with their child.

This was just a minor incident in the overall funeral.

After that, Xu Hang learned the cause of Luo Yingchen's death.

He committed suicide by jumping off a building.

Not only was he ill, but he also carried a huge debt.

The more Xu Hang learned, the more frightened he felt.

After the funeral, the flow of time returned to normal.

That evening, the group of people, whose photos were still in color, gathered at Xu Hang's house for a meeting.

After a brief discussion, a conclusion was reached:

Luo Yingchen, who approached Xu Hang at the time, was on the verge of collapse, no different from a water ghost looking for someone to take its place.

"To facilitate the discussion, I suggest we start with simple group work."

Just like when he was in school, Song Qingyang chaired the meeting as the class's strategist:

"We are the full-color team, and they are the black and white team."

At that moment, someone raised their hand; it was a tall, slender girl.

"Qingyang, there's something I actually want to ask you. Where did you get so much information?"

Xu Hang looked at the other person, who was Lu Tingxue, an art student in the class.

Five years have passed, and she has grown into a very beautiful and accomplished woman.

Xu Hang was also curious about the idea proposed by the other party.

The game's cutscene-like movement and the sudden teleportation to the funeral gave him the illusion that the game wasn't a linear narrative.

But after talking to them, he discovered that everyone's time was synchronized.

Less than half a day had passed between everyone leaving the classroom and entering the funeral scene.

Xu Hang was the only one who experienced the incident; the vast majority of people didn't even fully understand who they were.

Song Qingyang, however, was able to explain a complete set of game rules.

How did he find out?

Once this question is asked, it implies doubt, so even though everyone is curious, they are all somewhat hesitant.

At this moment, Lu Tingxue asked the question, and everyone's attention quickly turned to Song Qingyang.

"I have people in the Black and White Group."

Song Qingyang didn't hide anything and directly gave the answer:

"It's not that their identity was exposed that led them to switch to the Black and White Groups."

Half of the students started in the black and white teams; they not only knew the rules but could also hear the instructions.

contradiction.

Xu Hang's first reaction upon hearing this was that it was too contradictory.

"Qingyang, wait a moment."

He raised questions:

"If the people in the Black and White groups are cursed, they will be unlucky and may even bring misfortune to their families."

How could they possibly cooperate with you? Don't they have family and friends?

Or... who did you use as an exchange?

The atmosphere in the room became tense when he uttered the last sentence.

Everyone knows that Luo Yingchen wasn't originally a member of the Black and White Group.

It was in full color at first, but turned black and white shortly after the game started.

Someone stripped him of his protective identity and transformed him.

In order to protect himself, he had no choice but to try to drag Xu Hang into the mess.

Xu Hang's words at this moment were tantamount to directing suspicion at Song Qingyang.