129: Chapter 129 Alice's Doll Tea Party 22

The man with the emerald's gaze was like a sharp arrow, falling straight onto Luo Yuejian's cold face.

Yet, even upon hearing his question, Luo Yuejian's eyes, cold as millennium ice, continued to gaze at him indifferently, devoid of any ripples, as if he were not surprised that he had asked this question.

When she first heard the words of The man with the emerald, Luo Yuejian didn't quite understand. However, a moment later, when she realized what he was saying, Luo Yuejian froze, and she couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt.

Because she was indeed using The man with the emerald.

In reality, her mission target for this game was not him at all, but rather the Little Girl with a Crown.

She had pretended that her target was The man with the emerald, merely to incite his hostility and force him to make a move to kill her.

But now, it seemed her little scheme had been seen through by The man with the emerald?

Luo Yuejian was unsure if The man with the emerald had truly seen through her thoughts, or if he was merely testing her, trying to trick her into revealing the truth.

She still held a sliver of wishful thinking; what if The man with the emerald was only bluffing? If so, wouldn't there still be a possibility of being killed by The man with the emerald?

Meanwhile, seeing Luo Yuejian's cold reaction, The man with the emerald felt a thousand thoughts racing through his mind. Anger, panic, fear, and various other emotions intertwined in his heart, leaving him speechless for a moment.

After a long while, as if finally making up his mind, he gritted his teeth and asked again, "Your target is the Little Girl with a Crown, isn't it?"

Hearing his words, Luo Yuejian was startled. She thought to herself that he was indeed a veteran player, truly impressive. Unlike her, who knew nothing else besides her own mission target.

She had originally hoped to keep hiding it, but she hadn't expected this man to be so sharp; he had seen through her little plan in an instant.

Luo Yuejian was truly embarrassed now.

Since she had been seen through, Luo Yuejian felt it was no longer appropriate to play dumb. She hesitated for a moment, then finally whispered, "...Yes."

Upon hearing Luo Yuejian's flat yet cold "Yes," the heart of The man with the emerald sank, as if a chill were rising up his spine.

He stared fixedly at Luo Yuejian, yet all he saw was the mockery in her eyes.

It was like a perverse pleasure belonging only to the victor, after their plan had been completed and finally exposed by the defeated.

He couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, filled with self-mockery and helplessness.

He was finally certain now; the White-haired Girl before him had indeed been using him all along. The person this woman wanted to kill was not him at all, but the Little Girl with a Crown!

He took a small portrait out of his pocket.

This small portrait was only the size of a palm, but it depicted two people.

One was an elderly person with graying hair wearing a crown, and the other was an expressionless White-haired Girl, also wearing a crown.

At the moment he had found this small portrait, The man with the emerald felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He recognized at a glance that the white-haired little girl must be the White-haired Girl, and since both she and the elder beside her were wearing crowns, what this symbolized seemed self-evident...

The identity of the White-haired Girl, which was the Grand Duchess, seemed to have once been a princess, so why had the current princess become the Little Girl with a Crown?

The man with the emerald didn't know what exactly had happened in between, but he was very clear about one thing: the game would not provide useless clues.

Since the game had given such an obvious hint, it proved that there must be an extraordinary connection between the Grand Duchess and the princess.

And through his previous probing, he was very certain that the target of the Little Girl with a Crown was not the White-haired Girl.

Since that was the case, it was highly likely that the true target of the White-haired Girl was not him, but the Little Girl with a Crown.

Upon realizing this, The man with the emerald was stunned. He did not understand why, if the White-haired Girl's target wasn't him, she had put on that facade, leading him to mistakenly believe that the White-haired Girl wanted to kill him.

However, The man with the emerald was, after all, an experienced veteran player; he had encountered schemes and infighting in previous games before.

Therefore, after deep contemplation for a long time, he finally arrived at an answer that made sense.

That was that the White-haired Girl was using him.

The White-haired Girl had disguised her game mission target as him and made him genuinely believe that he was the target of the White-haired Girl, using his authentic reactions to numb the person she truly wanted to kill, which was the Little Girl with a Crown.

This was too terrifying...

First, she induced the Little Girl with a Crown to believe that the target of Luo Yuejian was The man with the emerald.

Subsequently, through misleading words, she made The man with the emerald also firmly believe that he was the object she wanted to kill.

And she allowed him to spread this news, thereby achieving a double guarantee, making the Little Girl with a Crown completely lose her vigilance against Luo Yuejian.

The man with the emerald did not know when exactly Luo Yuejian had calculated everything and decided to use him to achieve her goal, but judging from the reaction of the Little Girl with a Crown, Luo Yuejian's goal had been achieved.

Clearly, the plan of Luo Yuejian had already succeeded; she had successfully made the Little Girl with a Crown believe that her target was The man with the emerald.

The man with the emerald could even imagine the subsequent plot...

The Little Girl with a Crown, who had almost no guard against the White-haired Girl, and the White-haired Girl, who was like a venomous spider, having carefully woven a fine, large web, waiting for the ignorant prey to throw itself into the trap.

In an instant, The man with the emerald only felt a chill down his spine.

This made him shudder even more than when he had previously learned that the target Luo Yuejian wanted to kill was him.

That sense of oppression, of being seen through from the inside out, as if shrouded by an invisible fate, made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

From beginning to end, he, and the Little Girl with a Crown, and even the series of reactions from other players, were all under the control of the White-haired Girl before him.

Everything about them was under the calculation of the White-haired Girl, as if they were one puppet after another, performing play after play on the stage under the manipulation of the White-haired Girl.