"Pretend...?" Chu Tianqiu struggled to force a smile, "Are you saying I'm pretending?"
"I don't care if you're the leader of 'Heaven's Gate' or the deity ruling here, why did you provoke me?" Qi Xia said coldly.
"I..." Chu Tianqiu's expression was clearly a bit strange. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't imagine that Qi Xia would have such a personality, "Where did I provoke you...?"
"Last time I came to find you, you deliberately delayed me for half an hour with your mystique. Do you know how important that half an hour was to me at the time? Wouldn't it be better to speak directly?" Qi Xia turned his head, picked up a brick-sized rock from the ground, "This time I believed you and brought everyone here, and you tied up my teammate without a word. Chu Tianqiu, why did you provoke me?"
Qi Xia weighed the rock in his hand, feeling it was enough to crack someone's skull.
"You, you wait..." Chu Tianqiu was indeed scared. He quickly waved his hand, "Listen to me, there's a reason for what I did!"
"Unfortunately, you didn't tell me the reason in advance." Qi Xia said without expression, "The thing I hate the most in my life is something beyond my expectations. You might think that acting mysterious will make you look powerful, but it's very childish in my eyes. No matter how shocking the 'truth' you're about to reveal, I'm ready to smash your head."
"Qi, Qi Xia... wait!" Yun Yao hurriedly ran over and grabbed Qi Xia's hand, "What are you doing? You can't kill Chu Tianqiu here!"
"Then 'where' can I kill?" Qi Xia asked, "Do I need to move him to the hallway on purpose?"
"You..." Yun Yao's face was uncertain, looking very flustered, "Qi Xia, I apologize for Chu Tianqiu... but if you kill him now, we won't have any hope of getting out..."
"It doesn't matter, we can all come back to life after death." Qi Xia sneered, "This time, I'll smash your head and teach you a lesson. Don't provoke me in the 'next life'."
"Don't..." Chu Tianqiu's eyes widened instantly, "I can't die now..."
Qi Xia's eyes were extremely cold, and he didn't seem to be bluffing at all.
With Chu Tianqiu and Yun Yao looking panicked, Qi Xia raised the rock high and smashed it down fiercely.
A loud noise suddenly sounded, and the ground was covered with dust in an instant.
Yun Yao quickly closed her eyes and turned her head to the side.
But the scene of brain matter splashing that she imagined did not appear. The rock fell on the ground next to Chu Tianqiu.
Looking at Chu Tianqiu's panicked expression, Qi Xia slowly asked, "Did you remember what I said?"
"Re, remembered..." Chu Tianqiu stammered.
"What did you remember?"
"Not, not to provoke you..."
"Good." Qi Xia clapped his hands, stood up, found a chair to sit on, and asked, "Why did you take Qiao Jia Jin away? Where are the others?"
Yun Yao, who was still frightened, hurriedly helped Chu Tianqiu up.
Chu Tianqiu gave an awkward smile, picked up his glasses that were knocked away, and slowly put them on.
"You really are a formidable person..." Chu Tianqiu said with an ugly smile, "I thought I could give you a 'down payment' today, but I almost got trampled to death by your horse."
"Chu Tianqiu, if you want me to be a reliable teammate, put away your 'tricks' and exchange sincerity with me." Qi Xia said coldly, "I'm not an ordinary person. If you keep playing mind games with me, it will only make me angry."
"Yes, I deeply realize it now." Chu Tianqiu spat a mouthful of blood on the ground and sat down, looking much more honest, "When I saw your eyes just now, I thought you would really kill me..."
"But I'm a liar." Qi Xia said, "You can only believe half of what I say."
The three people sat in three directions, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.
"You still haven't answered me." Qi Xia said, "Why did you take Qiao Jia Jin away? Where are the others?"
"Qi Xia, your situation is very dangerous." Chu Tianqiu calmed down, looked up, and said, "There is a serious problem with your team."
"A serious problem?" Qi Xia frowned, "What do you mean?"
"The number of people is wrong." Chu Tianqiu said to the point, "The ratio of men to women coming out of your room is problematic."
"Oh?" Qi Xia looked at the refined man in front of him, "The ratio of men to women is problematic?"
"That's right." Chu Tianqiu nodded seriously, "To be honest with you, there should be 'six men and three women' coming out of your room, but now it's 'five men and four women'."
"Hmm." Qi Xia nodded and said, "I see, and then?"
"And, and then?" Chu Tianqiu was stunned, "Qi Xia, don't you understand what I mean? It's very likely that a 'Jidao' has infiltrated your team. I'm not sure how many intruders there are, so I've controlled everyone."
"I said I understand." Qi Xia said, "Any other reasons?"
"I..." Chu Tianqiu didn't expect Qi Xia to be in this attitude and widened his eyes instantly, "So that's it... You are simply too terrifying... Did you know about this all along?"
Qi Xia nodded silently: "Chu Tianqiu, I'm a bit suspicious now."
"Suspicious?"
"Are you really a smart person who makes such a fuss?" Qi Xia slowly stood up, his unfathomable eyes full of doubts, "If you find that there is a 'Jidao' in our team, shouldn't you quietly remove this thorn? But you made a big fuss and startled the snake, which is not like the act of a smart person."
"You..." Chu Tianqiu gave Qi Xia a meaningful look, "It was my mistake, I didn't think you knew about this all along."
"I've known for a long time that there is a high probability that there is a 'Jidao' in my team, but this person is very strange." Qi Xia said, "I've teamed up with most of them and exposed myself when I was unguarded in front of many people, but no one hurt me or tried to snatch the 'Tao', so I've been considering whether to spend a few days dealing with this issue."
Qi Xia knew that the only woman in the team who had not teamed up with him was Xiao Ran.
But is she 'Jidao'?
Looking at her performance, it's as if the word 'suspicious' is carved on her face.
Would 'Jidao' really arrange such a foolish person to go undercover in the team?
"Since no one is plotting anything wrong, how do you know there is a 'Jidao' in the team?" Yun Yao asked on the side.
"It's a simple and strange principle." Qi Xia scratched his head and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there were 'nine people' in your interview room at first, right?"
"Yes." Yun Yao nodded on the side, "Aren't there 'nine people' in your room?"
"That's right, there were 'ten people' in our room."
Qi Xia's words made both of them stunned for a moment.
"Ten people?!"