Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 743 Protect yourself

He Lingling frowned, somewhat disapprovingly saying:

"Sister An, actually, we don't need to tell Shi Jiu this so obviously; he can figure it out himself—"

"There will be more male players."

Yu Shijiu swallowed the cream in her mouth, slowly inserted the fork into the cake, and said with her eyes lowered:

“I know what you mean, Sister An. It’s nothing more than that male players are seen as stronger and more likely to survive, while female players, due to the natural differences in physique and strength… make people think a lot more.”

"Sister An, is that what you mean?"

Both He Lingling and An Jie were somewhat shocked this time.

The former is astonishment, while the latter is an unconscious panic.

Both of these emotions were somewhat strange, and Yu Shijiu, who had spoken such a long speech, simply looked up and smiled at them.

"Don't look at me like that. Although I haven't read many books, I still understand some basic social norms."

"...I'm a little surprised."

Ange paused, then sighed, "I thought you wouldn't understand what I meant."

"how could be?"

Yu Shijiu looked at her, somewhat puzzled: "I was born of my mother, raised by my mother. I was drawn from my mother's flesh and blood and became a new human being. How could I not understand?"

"..."

Even He Lingling patted her head helplessly and sighed:

"Sigh, the new brain works better."

If this were a mentally unstable pseudo-human, they would probably have refuted Ange's statement, which was clearly driven by a strong sense of self.

Chen Yi quietly went to the refrigerator to get a drink, and asked with a smile:

"Would Lingling and Sister An like some orange juice?"

"No, thank you, Brother Chen."

Anjie: "Give me the whole bottle, I'm a little thirsty."

Chen Yi walked over with a smile, carrying a large bottle of orange juice, and sat down. As he poured some for Anjie, he said:

"Have we gone off-topic? Weren't we talking about Chairman Ruan?"

"……I know."

Anjie took the orange juice, tilted her head back, and took a big gulp. Finally, she sighed and said, "Aside from being a bit dictatorial and selfish, Ruan Qinghe does a really good job in other aspects."

Especially the high-intensity recruitment of female players.

Ruan Qinghe doesn't need the players in the poker league to be very strong—as long as the few players who "protect" her are strong enough to be of use to her, that's sufficient.

The rest of the female players scattered throughout the town were merely there to make up the numbers—these were the ones who would set up betting booths around the square, and the high amount of points they earned would be distributed to them by Ruan Qinghe through the source of the "reward points".

This is why the Poker League is so low-key and secretive, yet almost no major guilds are unaware of it.

The Poker League is incredibly wealthy.

In terms of actual wealth—Ruan Qinghe's personal points are estimated to have reached over five million.

But like Anjie, Ruan Qinghe had no intention of leaving Dawn Games.

No one knows why Ruan Qinghe didn't leave Dawn Games. Just as An Jie had her own reasons for staying, Ruan Qinghe probably also had some unexplained reasons...

“Let’s try to avoid contact in the future,” Anjie said, her head aching at the thought of the past. “But I doubt Ruan Qinghe will do anything to us. She’s the type who doesn’t like to meddle in other people’s business.”

"Can we still pick up the cake?"

Yu Shijiu brought up what she was more concerned about: "That's a month's worth of cakes!"

"……Can."

Anjie nodded, both amused and exasperated: "Go get it, but if Ruan Qinghe wants to talk to you alone, I hope you can let me know beforehand, okay?"

"Uh-huh."

Yu Shijiu agreed very quickly: "I will definitely tell Sister An."

"...Alright, let's discuss the guild tournament now."

Anjie's head was throbbing with pain as one thing kept popping up after another. She had a strange, even bewildering feeling about this guild competition.

"Should we all enter the guild competition together, or in batches?"

Mentioning the guild competition made He Lingling's scalp tingle slightly—it was a premonition from "Ghost Eye" warning her in advance.

"Let's go in together."

Anjie: "There are too few of us."

Yu Shijiu raised her hand and asked excitedly, "Sister An, do you want to come too?"

“Okay.” Ange nodded: “I will assist you from the sidelines, but you will need to complete most of the plot independently.”

"Especially during the Lesser Cold season."

"His timid and fearful nature still needs more tempering."

Xu Han, who was squatting in the bathroom gagging, suddenly sneezed.

"Ha Qiu?!"

Xu Han, who had sneezed several times, stared blankly at himself in the mirror, rubbed his cheeks, and muttered to himself:

"Sigh, sometimes people just talk about tall and handsome guys behind their backs..."

living room.

After finishing speaking about Xu Han, An Jie turned to look at He Lingling and said hesitantly:

"Lingling, how are your eyes doing lately?"

"Almost fully recovered."

He Lingling: "I still get watery and sensitive to light occasionally, but most of the time I have no problem seeing things."

That means it hasn't fully recovered yet.

Anjie frowned: "There are less than five days until the guild competition. You should get some rest. If you're not better by the last two days... I'll ask Xiaohan to give you a private treatment."

"Sister An?"

He Lingling was surprised and subconsciously asked, "Won't the side effects of using a talent skill in town be severe?"

"Two days should be enough for Xiaohan to recover."

Anjie lowered her eyes, glancing past He Lingling's hesitant gaze: "And then there's Shi Jiu."

Yu Shijiu, who thought he was no longer involved, was left bewildered.

"what?"

Yu Shijiu asked in surprise, "Is there anything else I need to do?"

“Shi Jiu, what you said—” A glass of orange juice suddenly appeared in An Jie’s line of sight. She paused, took the glass, and stroked the rim of it. “I hope you can take better care of yourself.”

It's not about repeating old sayings like "be obedient" or "follow instructions and don't run around, chase monsters, or attack them"—it's about protecting yourself.

Yu Shijiu's smile slowly faded.

He looked at Fatty, who was dozing on his lap, and gently stroked the other's soft, smooth fur. "Sister An, I've been protecting myself."

"Ah."

Anjie didn't call out Yu Shijiu's unconvincing statement, but simply smiled and nodded:

"Okay, then it's settled. How about we adjourn the meeting for now?"

Anjie: "Everyone must be tired, right? It's still early, how about we take a nap? After we wake up, we can discuss what to have for dinner?"

He Lingling suppressed her curiosity and nodded in agreement:

"Great! How about we all make dumplings together tonight?"