The dividing line on Xi Jueyun’s face was especially startling. The left side was as picturesque as a painting—melancholy eyes, deep red lips, slender willow-leaf brows lifted high, rose-colored makeup staining the ends of her eyes, lending her a haunting, unusual beauty. The right side, however, was a bare skull, the eye socket a deep… Continue reading Tricked 135: Ninth Concubine

At sunset, Jin Yuebai led Pingping through the final article, circling all the simple characters, then handed her the newspaper. “Tomorrow morning at eight, I’ll test you after breakfast.” Pingping could guess with her eyes closed that tonight would be rough. She could only hope her persona’s memory was good enough—otherwise, she’d have to write… Continue reading Tricked 134: White Bones

Pingping didn’t feel any prejudice toward Jin Yuebai. In fact, she found her intriguing, even admirable—managing to carve out some vibrance and freedom in such a tragic line of work. But her bodily reactions just now contradicted her conscious thoughts. Her limbs were stiff, her gaze evasive; when she sat on the bed, she only… Continue reading Tricked 133: National Salvation News

Actually, Jiang Yan’s character setting was perfectly logical: a once-privileged young lady fallen into ruin, her family all dead, desperately needing an emotional anchor—and right then, she encountered Xiao Congye, who so strongly resembled her elder sister. She came to treat Xiao Congye as her spiritual support. Even if Xiao Congye disliked her, she would… Continue reading Tricked 132: Jin Yuebai

As soon as Jiang Yan finished speaking, Shen Huanhuan realized that this method was indeed viable. Because in Huaguo, there had never been a psychic or rune capable of seeing the ultimate future. All abilities related to precognition only glimpsed the most probable outcome based on the current choices. In other words, all the precognitive… Continue reading Tricked 131: Rolling Her Eyes at Xiao Congye, Too

Looking at the three options, Yu Renwan let out a breath, her expression relaxing a bit. This time the answer was obvious: pick 3. Both “Option 1” and “Option 2” would violate taboos. Since ancient times, opera troupes have had a rule: as long as the stage is set and singing begun, even if no… Continue reading Tricked 130: Fang Xuyu

Shen Huanhuan was silent for a few seconds. When she saw the background introduction for Lingren Village and the three options, she didn’t feel much. But when she looked at the mutilated limbs, the fingernails, and the boning knife clearly used to kill, Shang Huanhuan finally felt the reality— In this energy field, she had… Continue reading Tricked 129: Xi Jueyun