Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 592 Drive

Beside the piano at the booth, Wu Huimin's face was completely pressed against Sun Qin's, nose to nose, forehead to forehead.

The bloody smell of the medicine, when inhaled by Sun Qin, transformed into a nauseating odor that made her want to vomit.

"Qinqin?"

Wu Huimin, however, seemed to care about her, and her soft, cool hand quickly touched the back of Sun Qin's hand, gently stroking it.

"Why don't you speak?"

"Sun Qin!"

He Lingling's heavy breathing came from across the room. Sun Qin, whose mind was in a mess, looked up blankly and saw the faces of He Lingling and Shi Yuan.

He Lingling was somewhat hesitant to approach Wu Huimin... Wu Huimin just seemed a bit too much and unacceptable now.

Wu Huimin's body looked as if it had been broken into several pieces. Her arms, legs, and even her waist and neck beneath her white dress were twisted, as if her bones were broken but her tendons were still attached. She lay sprawled on the stool, and blood gushed out from beneath her white dress, flowing thinly and long, as if it were alive, towards Sun Qin.

Fortunately, Sun Qin couldn't see it because she was too close.

Otherwise, given her easily frightened personality, she would probably faint upon seeing it.

Neither He Lingling nor Shi Yuan are offensive players; the latter hasn't even activated his talent skill yet and can only stand there anxiously.

Just as He Lingling was considering whether to use a prop, Sun Qin suddenly looked up as if she had been awakened—

Then he slammed into Wu Huimin, who was trying to get closer to her head.

There was a dull thud.

Wu Huimin, whose head tilted to the side after being hit: "..."

Sun Qin, who was hit so hard she saw stars and her eyes instantly turned red and tearful:

"...Ah! My head!"

He Lingling and Shi Yuan: "..."

The two were silent for a moment, and the former immediately withdrew the restraint device that he had taken out halfway.

Don't ask her why she hesitated; the monsters during the day are unlikely to kill the player... though they might cause some injury.

"……it hurts."

Sun Qin, who had bumped her forehead and shoved a big bump, silently uttered the last two words, then looked at Wu Huimin with a pained expression, clutching her head.

"Huimin... I!!!"

Sun Qin stared at Wu Huimin, whose neck was twisted and whose head had fallen onto the piano, and was instantly terrified, her mind going blank.

Fortunately, Wu Huimin did not seem to have any aggressive tendencies. She glanced at Sun Qin sideways and her body began to slowly recover.

Taking this opportunity, He Lingling quickly went to Sun Qin's side, squeezed her hand tightly, and whispered a reminder:

"What were you talking about just now? Keep going!"

Based on He Lingling's past experience, the reason why Wu Huimin hasn't shown any signs of "attacking" them yet is most likely because she's waiting for something...

What can an NPC monster wait for? Isn't it just waiting for a response from the player who "chats" with her?

Now it all depends on whether Sun Qin can say something that will "please" Wu Huimin...

"...I, we," Sun Qin, who had just recovered, was startled again and stammered, "What am I trying to say—"

As she spoke, Sun Qin's gaze fell on the bruises on Wu Huimin's face.

"What did he lie to me about? He's been helping me the whole time..."

"He kept telling me that as long as I obeyed, as long as I continued to fight against those guests, as long as he found... as long as he had the chance, he would definitely send me off the ship and give me enough money to finish my studies..."

“Every time I got beaten up, Brother Yao would come to my rescue, he…”

"..."

Wu Huimin's words echoed in Sun Qin's ears. She suddenly stood up, grabbed Sun Qin's hand, and exclaimed in surprise:

He's lying to you!

"He's lying to you! He just wants to keep you calm! He wants to keep you from running away, he wants to tame you as a pet and keep you here forever! He wants... he wants to squeeze every last bit of usable material out of you..."

Sun Qin's voice grew louder and louder, and by the end, her voice began to tremble, and her facial muscles began to twitch, forming a strange, indescribable grin.

He Lingling, who was standing next to her, almost immediately took a step back, frowned and looked at Sun Qin, who seemed to have become a completely different person, her heart pounding.

Was it just her imagination? Why did she feel like Sun Qin looked like a bomb that could explode at any moment?

Or is it that... Wu Huimin's current predicament is actually very similar to Sun Qin's past experiences in some ways?

He Lingling was completely baffled and could only retreat silently.

Shi Yuan did the same. She stared at the grinning Sun Qin, her gaze slowly shifting down to the other woman's trembling hands.

Wu Huimin is currently very agitated.

"...Huimin..."

Sun Qin looked into Wu Huimin's eyes, which were fixed on her, and cupped the other's face in her trembling hands, murmuring:

“You can’t believe him, you really can’t believe him… He’s not a good person, he doesn’t genuinely want to help you… He’s just afraid you’ll get hurt and disfigured and won’t look good… Look, Huimin, look at your hands.”

Sun Qin took Wu Huimin's hand, which had returned to normal, and said:

"Look at your hands, how come they aren't seriously injured?"

Wu Huimin stared blankly at him, unconsciously responding:

"...Yeah, why wasn't my hand broken?"

"Because your hands are the most important thing."

Wu Huimin released one hand from the raised hand, gently stroking the few barely noticeable bluish bruises on it, and whispered in a tone completely opposite to her expression:

"You can play the piano, you have a face that most people like, and you're knowledgeable... Do you know that's why that man surnamed Yao covered your face?"

He Lingling suddenly remembered what she had seen last night.

Yes... she overlooked one point: Mr. Yao did indeed risk his life to rescue her, even using his body to shield her from most of the beatings by the guests... but now, looking back, it seems that Mr. Yao was really just trying his best to protect Wu Huimin's hand from being stepped on and bent...

How could I have thought that Mr. Yao was simply protecting Wu Huimin?!

Having figured this out, He Lingling looked up and met Shi Yuan's eyes, who was thinking the same thing.

The unpleasantness and irritability in Shi Yuan's eyes told He Lingling that she hadn't guessed wrong.

What Sun Qin said was actually true.

“He wasn’t trying to protect you, he just…” Sun Qin continued:

“He just wants you to obey, Huimin… He just wants you to obey, to be a dutiful object to be used by him… that’s all.”

At the same time, a muffled yet exasperated female voice rang in Sun Qin's ears.

How long ago was that?

It must have been a very, very long time...

"Qinqin..."

An uncontrollable wail escaped from the woman's throat:

"He's just...he's just trying to control you with unrealistic love...This isn't real, this isn't true love..."