Witch, Open Your Eyes Chapter 80: Sixth day Part Three
Un-edited so please don’t kill me if you find anything wrong, please gently commenting so I can fix it. Thank you.
“We voted for a peaceful day!” Fang Daichuan yelled at the camera in the corner, “Why change the rules at whim?!”
The machine remain the same and still reads the preset program:
“Du Wei and Li Sinian have tied votes.”
“All players please vote again.”
“Otherwise all players will be eliminated together.”
“How could this be?” Chen Hui cried out, “Yesterday, it was obviously a peaceful day!”
Li Sinian shook his head: “No, yesterday’s peaceful day was the result of everyone abstaining. We didn’t vote yesterday.”
Fang Daichuan remembered that they had tried two times for peaceful days. Yesterday, all abstained, successfully making it into a peaceful day. The day before yesterday they voted for each other, however, Liu Xin* made a small move that interfered with the result and he was out of the game. In fact if that day he did not get voted, the result would have been the same. The machine would have forced them to vote again. The only difference was that they would have known the bad news one day earlier and would not have voted recklessly today.
(T/N : Yeah I am sure the one that messed up the vote is Xiquan but you have to admit that if not for Liu Xin purposely attacking Sinian he won’t get voted out. Anyway this is not the first time the author typed someone else’s name wrong so just a note.)
Even if you know the root, you can’t solve it. Yesterday, Du Wei smiled dryly: “I’m afraid that it will judge us to play negatively and then forcefully obliterate all of us, it will be troublesome.” Who knows that today his words will become real.
(T/N : On chapter 64)
Fang Daichuan stared at everyone’s faces, heavy silence fell upon the room, although everyone knew what others were thinking, but nobody wanted to take the initiative to open their mouth and said, “Please sacrifice yourself so that we can all survive”, it seems that no one was this shameless.
The machine urged again.
Du Wei grinned: “Li Sinian, you see, I have no moral integrity. I know I can’t survive but I certainly don’t want to die alone. If Hui Hui can accompany me that will be great.” You can’t tell if he was pretending or not, his whole demeanour was calm and indifferent, neither hurried nor slow, as if life and death doesn’t matter to him, he turned his head and glanced at Fang Daichuan and then fixedly stared at Li Sinian, It’s a smile that isn’t a smile, it means: “-I just don’t know, are you willing to give up?”
Li Sinian’s gaze met his. Li Sinian didn’t say whether he was willing or not, he turned his head and asked Chen Hui, “Did you hear that?”
Chen Hui was pale.
Du Wei turned his head and glanced at Chen Hui, suppressing the fear of not being trusted, and sneered at Li Sinian: “You don’t need to sow discord here, Hui Hui accompanies me to the island. Life and death have long been put aside. We live together and die together.”
“What a coincidence, so do we.” Fang Daichuan stepped out and stood side by side with Li Sinian.
He knew that right now Li Sinian and Du Wei were fighting. At this time, whoever cared about life or death would lose. He knew Li Sinian wouldn’t let him die but he had to take a good posture and act like he didn’t care. Du Wei’s indifference is also for the same reason.
This is a psychological game.
Fang Daichuan might not be as smart as Li Sinian but at least he understands the situation, not only he understands but he also wants Li Sinian to know that he really doesn’t care. He himself came to this island unprepared and it was already a blessing from Heaven to survive this far. It was because Li Sinian sheltered him. Du Wei was right, he still has a clear conscience because someone was protecting him.
He wanted to tell Li Sinian, it doesn’t matter, he has lived till this day and he is really not afraid of how it will end. Looking at the wind and waves on the island outside the window, he even felt that there was nothing wrong with dying here like this. After all, with the headshot it will be quick and there will be no pain.
He felt that they were going to win and as long as he held that thought, they would be invincible.
The machine repeated for the last time, and then began to count down.
“30, 29, 28…”
(T/N : The countdown is on English in raw)
The eyes of the four wandered in midair and as soon as one met the others they moved their gaze. Li Sinian’s eyes were fixed on a point in the air and he seemed determined. Only Fang Daichuan saw that his right index finger and thumb were quietly trembling.
Fang Daichuan took a deep breath and held Li Sinian’s trembling hand. During the interval between voting, he turned his head and smiled at Li Sinian.
Li Sinian’s eyes instantly darkened, like the sea outside the window, the still waters running deep, burying the countless whirlpools and waves deep beneath the calm surface. Hot lava tumbled and roared beneath the thin surface of the ice, and countless thoughts were suppressed in the deep eyes.
“I’m willing to die with you,” Fang Daichuan said firmly. He has always been straight to the point, ignorant of the impact he has caused, “so no matter what the outcome, we are not afraid.”
Li Sinian didn’t speak. He raised his hand and squeezed the back of his neck. His hand was very strong and contained countless emotions.
As soon as he said this, Du Wei’s heart sank. He raised his eyes and glanced at his girlfriend, Chen Hui’s round face had shrunk since came on the island, her cheeks were thin, making her eyes bigger and rounder. Her eyes were full of fear and nostalgia but she didn’t dare to look into Du Wei’s eyes with tears in her eyes. She must not want me to see her tears. So many thoughts passed Du Wei’s mind and he touched his girlfriend’s shoulder, bowed his head and kissed his girlfriend’s forehead: “Don’t be afraid.”
Using language to comfort her seems useless at the moment.
Four people came forward to vote in turn.
Fang Daichuan pressed Du Wei without hesitation and apologised to him in his heart, he voted for him not because he wanted to kill him but because he was unwilling to sacrifice Li Sinian’s life. He knew that Du Wei and Chen Hui would definitely put their two votes on Li Sinian and the final result would be a tie and everyone would die together. If he could choose himself, he would vote for himself without hesitation but unfortunately he could only choose between the two and he had no right to do self-sacrifice for Li Sinian.
Li Sinian was the last to vote. Maybe he knew that as soon as he pressed the button, everyone would die, so he stopped his fingers and looked back at Fang Daichuan with some nostalgia.
The countdown has reached the last three numbers, Fang Daichuan’s heart is strangely calm, perhaps because of the kiss last night or because of Li Sinian’s smiling eyes.
Li Sinian raised his hand and slammed his fist down on the button on the screen, the movement carrying some resignation and frustration, or maybe it was the sigh of relief that came with the choice. “Di-” As he slammed his fist down, the machine let out a buzz.
He stood back up beside Fang Daichuan and smiled as he whispered in his ear, “Close your eyes.”
Fang Daichuan obediently closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth raised high, as if for him, meeting death with his eyes closed while kissing his lover was something extremely rewarding.
Li Sinian sighed and closed his eyes as well when he kissed him.
On the other side, Du Wei gave them a mocking look, turned to Chen Hui with a smile and said, “I also want to kiss you for the last time.”
Chen Hui was trembling all over. She was so nervous that her eyes were dry, swollen and painful, but she couldn’t shed tears. She was shaking all over and scared to death.
“Don’t be afraid,” Du Wei lowered his head and kissed his girlfriend’s ear tip with a smile in his voice, “I told you I could die for you. Do you believe it?”
Chen Hui was frozen on the spot.
Twas the night before yesterday that she witnessed the ambiguity between her boyfriend and other girls. She was sad and bitter. Thinking of her boyfriend’s infidelity, she couldn’t stop feeling sick. She bit her boyfriend on his neck, prevented him from kissing and insisted on his promise.
Du Wei laughed softly and picked up Chen Hui directly across the room, banging the door open and walking in, throwing her towards the bed and unbuttoning her buttons one by one: “Chen Hui, I can die for you, do you believe me?”
(T/N : On chapter 55)
Chen Hui shivering harder.
Du Wei smiled, as if he was making fun of his little girlfriend, he pecked and kissed the little red mole on his girlfriend’s ear: “On the table in my room, I keep the wolf poison, the card as well as a letter, it is for you, There are some things I can’t say in front of you, you remember to read that letter.”
He looked a little embarrassed when he said that, he smiled shyly, his face was sunny, like a young man when the two meet for the first time. Instantly Chen Hui felt like falling into an ice cave.
“Remember to switch factions. If there is a third party between Li Sinian and Fang Daichuan, be careful. Hui Hui, I can only protect you up here, don’t forget me. After leaving this place, stay widowed for three years and then happily fall in love with others, get married and have a lot of children. Give me one with the surname Du, preferably a chubby girl.” He smiled and kissed his girlfriend’s earlobe.
“Voting is over.” The machine read out the result in an old-fashioned manner, “A total of 4 votes were cast with 4 valid votes. Between Li Sinian and Du Wei, the one with the higher three votes is—”
Fang Daichuan suddenly opened his eyes, pushed Li Sinian away, and looked at him dumbfounded.
Li Sinian looked at him and smiled relievedly: “Don’t be afraid.”