Chapter 352: Chapter 352: A Key (Extra update for stinky tofu)

Translator: 549690339

Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling!

A sudden and urgent ringing sound echoed!

Hu Ya quickly came to her senses.

She hastily let go of the Gardener’s hand, her heart greatly embarrassed!

What was she thinking?! How could she be holding hands with an NPC?! NPCs are created for games! They are virtual! They are not real at all!

Meanwhile, the incessant chiming of the clock was discomposing her mind.

“Why is it suddenly making so much noise, it’s deafening…” Hu Ya irritably looked around until she spotted an alarm clock.

The clock was of an ancient design and quite solid. It was enclosed by a wooden case with floral patterns and statues of angels.

Unable to locate any mechanism to stop the ringing alarm, she was irritated and upset and she lifted the alarm clock to slam it on the table!

“What a piece of junk! Stop ringing!”

Thud!

The wooden bottom fell off revealing a metal key that dropped to the ground.

Simultaneously, the ringing also ceased.

Hu Ya was startled as she stared at the key on the floor, not believing her own eyes.

She actually found it?

Is it really the key to complete the level?

“See, I told you,” the Gardener smiled warmly from the side. “As long as you persist in searching, you will certainly find it.”

“Great!” Hu Ya picked up the key and immediately headed towards the door, “I have to tell the team leader!”

“Please wait.” The Gardener suddenly held her back, “You can’t tell the others.”

“What?” Hu Ya immediately became vigilant, “Why can’t I tell the others?”

Looking suspiciously at the Gardener, she pulled her hand back and said in a chilly voice, “Listen, don’t you try anything tricky with me. I am not easily deceived like those other girls!”

The Gardener sighed softly past her protective wall, “I said I would help you. In fact, there is something that I didn’t tell you all earlier. Only one bride can escape from here. If you give the key to others… Hu Ya, I am genuinely worried about you.”

Hu Ya was stunned, “Why…why can only one person leave even when we have found the key?”

“Because the carriage only comes on Sunday. Without the carriage, anyone who escapes will be caught by the Duke.”

The Gardener took her hand once again, bent over and whispered in her ear.

“The duke kills a bride every night, Hu Ya. If you want to get out of here, you must persist until Sunday, to be the last bride.”

Hu Ya stared blankly at him, her heart in a turmoil and her mind chaotic. The key in her hand suddenly felt incredibly heavy, even prickly, as if it was piercing her palm.

“Only…only one can escape?” She muttered in a daze, “Can’t one more person come along? What about the team leader…?”

“Her?” The Gardner looked extremely concerned. “If she is left till the end…”

“No! What I mean is… is that the two of us…” Hu Ya hastily started explaining, but halted midway.

She looked more lost than before.

If she and Yu Yaqing were the last ones left, and there was only a single chance for survival, then… would Yu Yaqing spare her?

No…

That won’t happen.

Who doesn’t want to live? Aren’t we all trapped here, looking for a chance to survive?!

So anyone can be left behind, except for Yu Yaqing!

Because Yu Yaqing is the only person she definitely cannot overcome! – That crying Cheng Xi! That injured Su Man! That simperingly fragile Zhu Shu! Or that wheel-chair bound Bai Youwei! She can beat all of them!

Only Yu Yaqing!

Her fingers slowly clenched into a fist.

The key in her palm deeply embedded into her skin.

Hu Ya stood there, stunned.

Was she… going to turn on Yu Yaqing now?

Yu Yaqing pulled open a drawer and opened a jewellery box. The sparkling treasure didn’t interest her, she was just frowning and searching, looking for the key.

The sound of footsteps echoed at the entrance, she swiftly turned around, her gaze stern and demanding:

“Who is it?!”

The gardener slowly walked into the room, raising his hand, “Don’t be alarmed, I just… wanted to help you.”