The Weird Life Game: Starting as a Department Head

Chapter 3: Is this game a PvP game?

"You're testing me like this? I can't withstand such a test?"

Xu Hang's voice wasn't angry, but it revealed a deep disappointment.

Sitting opposite him, Luo Yingchen pursed his lips and let out a heavy sigh.

"Ugh."

"What, who forced you?"

"It's fate, this unfair fate forced me to do it!"

Luo Yingchen opened his backpack and took out a rolled-up file folder.

Xu Hang recognized it as the kind of bag used in hospitals to hold X-ray films.

"I don't have much time left, at the shortest it will be five or six years, at the longest it will be ten or eight years."

As Luo Yingchen handed the document to Xu Hang, he suddenly coughed.

He wiped his mouth with a tissue, and Xu Hang noticed the blood.

"Do you want me to take you to the hospital?"

"No need, I've done all the necessary tests, and I chose conservative treatment."

Luo Yingchen tossed the crumpled paper into the trash can beside her and smiled at Xu Hang:

"In these last few days, I just want to leave some things for my family. This money isn't for you."

"Who is that for?"

"It's always useful for bribing superiors and subordinates."

His gaze was earnest yet resolute, his determination to not give up until he achieved his goal startling Xu Hang.

"Old Xu, I've never asked you for anything. Just take this money and put my mind at ease."

Xu Hang had heard a saying that there is no leader in the world who doesn't take kickbacks.

But Luo Yingchen's money, he reached out and pushed it from the table in front of the other person.

"Old Xu, is it too little?"

Luo Yingchen looked embarrassed because Xu Hang didn't show any emotional fluctuation this time.

He knew that this quiet demeanor meant that Xu Hang had made a decision about something.

"This is just a small gift. We can discuss the rebates later."

Luo Yingchen gritted her teeth, but her voice was already trembling:

"Don't be as stubborn as you were in school. You're married now, right? You'll need money a lot more in the future."

"Luo Yonghao, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Xu Hang countered with a question:

"One minute they tell me to use the money to bribe officials, the next they say it's to put my mind at ease."

Did you really ask me to meet you to discuss work?

Or do you have an unspeakable motive?

Normally, Xu Hang wouldn't think the worst.

But the black-and-white photographs, the hints behind them, and the unspoken rules of the game.

Not to mention that she wasn't transported to another world; her parents and lover were right here.

He didn't want the person he loved to be in any risk whatsoever.

Luo Yingchen's expression changed in the face of Xu Hang's sudden questioning.

First came shock, then shame, and finally, anger.

"Do you think I'm that bad?"

He patted the hospital's test report:

"When you see that your old classmate has a terminal illness, your first thought is that he might harm you?"

Xu Hang nodded solemnly:

"Of course I want to help you, but I need to make sure you won't hurt me."

"I thought that because of our relationship, you could save me."

Luo Yingchen's voice sounded tired:

"So, in your words, you're beyond saving?"

Xu Hang propped his head up with one hand, looking at Luo Yingchen with a puzzled expression:

"Since there's no hope for you, why don't you tell me everything you know, like why you're beyond saving?"

I don't know anything, so I can't help you.

Let's work together and figure something out; maybe we can turn this into a life-or-death situation.

At this moment, Xu Hang was quite certain that Luo Yingchen had not come to him to discuss business.

The other party must know some information, important information related to this game.

"I...I can't tell you, I have a family."

Luo Yingchen shook his head, which made Xu Hang even more confused:

"What do you mean by that? Is your family being threatened?"

"It's even more terrifying than that. Soon, you'll find out what I'm facing."

At this point, Luo Yingchen stood up and smiled with relief:

"Old Xu, I'm really hesitant. I don't want to hurt you, but I have no choice."

Fortunately, you are more cautious and ruthless than I thought; your words might just win you in the end.

I'm not playing with you guys anymore.

After leaving Xu Hang with a few words that left him scratching his head, Luo Yingchen stood up and faced the shop door.

Then, he took a deep breath, walked out, and disappeared from Xu Hang's sight.

"Gone?"

Xu Hang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this stage, the entire bizarre life game is still a mystery to him.

But at least I survived the first danger safely.

Later, Xu Hang packed up the food he had ordered, and also packed up two extra servings of rice.

Confused about whether he would be teleported back again, he walked out of the store.

The transmission has occurred.

But what appeared before them was not their residence, but a cemetery.

A young woman is holding a small ceramic jar, while a young child is being led by the hand by an adult.

The old man's cries echoed all around.

Xu Hang recognized most of the people present; they were his classmates.

Although they are more mature than I remember, some have almost changed their appearance.

However, it can still be identified by certain features.

At this moment, they split into two groups in front of the cemetery. In the group on the right, Su Wanqing was waving at him.

As Xu Hang walked towards the team, he understood why they were divided into two teams.

It wasn't simply to make way for the families attending the funeral.

The group on the right consists of people whose photos in the group photo have been turned into black and white.

It's a faction division.

"Who died?"

As he entered the line, Xu Hang immediately asked a question, but his voice was very low.

"It was Luo Yingchen. Wanqing said you went to see him. It's both unfortunate and fortunate."

The one who answered Xu Hang was not Su Wanqing, but another tall and muscular man standing next to him.

"Qingyang, how did you get so strong... Wait, do you have intelligence?"

Xu Hang recognized Song Qingyang, the top science student in the class.

The person I remembered was tall, thin, and cold, but now he was much stronger, like a martial artist.

"Did Luo Yingchen ask you to do something, and you refused?"

Song Qingyang answered the question with a question.

Xu Hang responded with a nod.

"If you agree to this, you might lose the identity assigned to you by the system?"

"That's right... What would happen if you lost your identity?"

"Encountering misfortune, one misfortune after another."

Song Qingyang looked in the direction of the grave.

The old man's heart-wrenching cries still echoed around, as if trying to call the child back from the underworld to the world of the living.

"Once one's actions become unbecoming of one's status, one will completely become a part of this world."

He spoke calmly:

"Then, misfortune will follow one after another; in game terms, your luck will keep decreasing."

It's not just targeting you; starting with your closest family members, misfortune can spread like a contagious disease.

The person crying right now is Luo Yingchen's mother. His father's condition suddenly worsened not long ago, and he has passed away.

His child was diagnosed with a genetic disease, an incurable condition requiring lifelong medication.

Xu Hang suddenly understood something:

"The only way to break this curse is to drag someone else down with you?"

Song Qingyang nodded, and Xu Hang's gaze immediately turned to the opposite side of the group.

The students, now in black and white in the group photo, gathered there.

One of them raised his hand and smiled slightly at Xu Hang, sending chills down his spine.

"This is a faction-based game."