Ten Days End Revised Edition

Chapter 3: The One with Skills

"The Liar..."Qi Xia repeated these three words in his mind, confirming his identity, then silently kept the card hidden in his hand.Just a minute ago, he had fantasized about the thought of "everyone leaving alive."But now, things were different.Although he didn't know the eight people in front of him, this time, it was only them who would die.

"If there are no objections, please remember the rules: There is 'only one liar' in this game..." The goat-head man pointed to the s*xy girl on Qi Xia's left, "You start, and the rest will follow in a clockwise direction."

"Huh? Me?" The girl was stunned, then pouted.Qi Xia glanced at her and realized that the order of storytelling starting from the girl on his left didn’t favor him.He would be the last to tell his story.In extreme tension and pressure, people usually only remember the first and last storytellers.But raising doubts now seemed too out of place, so he decided to take it one step at a time.

The s*xy girl furrowed her brows, her big eyes darting around. She finally sighed and said, "Okay... I'll go first, but I’m not good at telling stories. If it’s bad, don’t blame me..."Everyone was silent, not sure what to say, and just listened quietly.

The s*xy girl raised her slender finger, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, then said, "My name is Tian Tian, I'm a... uh... 'technical worker.' We make a living with our skills, and I don't think it's shameful."At this moment, everyone noticed that the girl named Tian Tian was wearing very little—a dirty low-cut short dress that didn’t cover much.But she seemed to not care about that.

"I have a lot of stories that I can't share with you... Anyway, you can call me 'Action' if you want, but calling me 'Description' really doesn’t work, because, well, who would work in my line of business if they had a little culture?""Anyway, I was working before I came here. But the customer I met was really odd... Our store provided a service area, but he insisted on going to his car, saying it would be more exciting... So, to make money, I had to go with him..."

"This was my first time working in a car. I didn’t expect the car, although looking high-end, to be so narrow. Within a short while, I was sweating all over. I really don’t know what’s so 'exciting' about this place. During that time, the customer’s phone kept ringing, and he refused to answer. I was so annoyed..."Tian Tian seemed ready to continue cursing the customer, but her eyes accidentally landed on the corpse on the table, giving her a fright. She took a deep breath and said,"Well, I accept the industry I chose. But I didn’t expect a 'earthquake' to suddenly happen. At first, I thought we were moving too much, causing the car to shake, but then it really was an earthquake."

At the mention of "earthquake," everyone’s expressions changed slightly, as if they remembered something."Our car was parked in a narrow alley... directly below a huge billboard... At that moment, my head was sticking out of the car, and I happened to see it." Tian Tian pointed to her head and gestured, her voice trembling, "That huge billboard, for some reason, after making a 'clanging' sound, broke off, and the first section fell onto the car. I lost consciousness..."

She sighed again and said, "When I woke up, I was here. I was really scared..."Tian Tian showed a look of grievance, one that seemed rehearsed, making men feel a little moved.The tattooed man sitting next to her froze for a moment, then said, "Everyone, do we need to continue?"The man in the white coat was startled and looked at the tattooed man, "What do you mean?""This 'lady' has already lied. We can vote now." The tattooed man said firmly."You...! What do you mean?!" Tian Tian was shocked, "What did I lie about?"The tattooed man gave her a cold glance and said, "Your name. You said you’re 'Tian Tian,' but all escort girls use fake names. 'Tian Tian,' 'Xiao Fang,' 'Li Li'—those are common fake names, so you’ve already lied by hiding your real name."

Tian Tian’s face immediately turned red."What... are you talking about? My name is Tian Tian! I haven’t used my real name for many years!" After saying that, she looked around at everyone and added, "At my workplace, they only call me 'Tian Tian.' No one would recognize me if I used my real name!"Everyone began to ponder, and Qi Xia’s expression grew serious.From Tian Tian’s earlier words, Qi Xia couldn’t detect any signs of lying. She spoke with a calm rhythm, her tone soothing.Such a storytelling style, like chatting with a friend, could only suggest two things: Either the story had been fabricated long ago, and she had told it many times, or she was telling the truth.But now, the tattooed man gave Qi Xia a new angle.That is, "name lying."Lying about one’s name doesn’t require logical reasoning and is difficult to detect.After all, no one here had met before, so their names could only be known through what they said.Qi Xia thought back to what the goat-head man said: "Among all the storytellers, one of them is lying." This rule did not specify that the liar must tell a "false story"; a "false name" would be enough.

Seeing that she was being suspected, Tian Tian’s eyes widened, looking very nervous. "If you don’t believe me, my real name is Zhang Lijuan... I’m from Shaanxi... You can call me by my real name, but I won’t respond to that. I only respond to 'Tian Tian'... I... I..."Hearing this, Qi Xia silently shook his head.This woman wasn’t as clever as he had imagined.That meant she couldn’t have fabricated this lie in advance, nor could she have suddenly thought of the "name lie" strategy.The goat-head man said, "There is only one liar," so that person could only be Qi Xia himself.If the others hadn’t noticed the seriousness of the "Tian Tian" issue, then he had found a surefire way to win.To make up a name, "Qi" wasn’t a good surname. While it’s not rare, it’s not too common either. He needed to avoid a surname that would make it easy to remember.In other words, everything he told had to be as inconspicuous as possible.So, he decided to call himself "Li Ming."The rest of the story, he could tell normally. No matter how skilled someone was, they couldn’t detect the flaw.The game was nearing its end.