Who Are You?

Thinking of this, Ye Shengge spoke up before the dungeon boss could start with his sarcasm: “I am not, I did not, don’t talk nonsense. I never even thought about running.”

Seeing his eager denial, the dungeon boss’s mood improved significantly, but he still pretended to be unhappy, speaking to the youth with an eccentric tone: “Even if you wanted to, it would be useless. You wouldn’t actually believe what that waste said, would you? He is so weak, how could he possibly stop me to help you run away? Besides, everyone is now trapped in the boundary. No matter how much noise is made, it won’t be detected by the outside world. Where do you think you can run to?”

Hearing the hidden threat in the latter half of the sentence, Ye Shengge knew the dungeon boss did not plan to let this matter go easily.

Sure enough, the next sentence was clearly meant to settle the score.

“Speaking of which, you were so scared when facing me, but in front of the real Zhou Yue, you were like a different person.” His tone remained familiarly sarcastic.

Ye Shengge could not see the expression of the masked dungeon boss, but judging by his tone, it was definitely mocking.

Facing this questioning, Ye Shengge was not flustered; instead, he felt a sense of satisfaction that this moment had finally arrived.

“Can you blame me?” He took a few steps forward, standing right in front of the dungeon boss, and said righteously: “Speaking of this, it’s actually your fault! Why did you have to stop using your own face and insist on wearing someone else’s skin to find me? Not only that, you even did that kind of thing to me. In that situation, how did you expect me to face the real Zhou Yue?”

This argument was well-reasoned, powerful, and completely confident. Anyone who heard it would be convinced.

The dungeon boss was no exception.

Seeing the youth’s eyes reddened with anger, he realized he was in the wrong. The idea of pretending to be angry to fish for benefits vanished instantly. He hurried to apologize: “I am sorry, don’t be angry, it was my fault.”

How tough he was when making threats before was exactly how pathetic he looked sliding into an apology now.

However, the person involved did not feel that yielding to the youth was shameful at all. As for whether he would actually change after apologizing, that was another matter entirely.

After all, such a great opportunity to take advantage of him was too rare to encounter; he did not want to give up the chance to be proactive.

What he did not know was that this attitude sparked suspicion in the youth.

Looking at this somewhat familiar scene, Ye Shengge suddenly recalled Jiang Yan’s reaction after making him angry before. At that time, Jiang Yan was also like this—using the fiercest tone to say the most cowardly words. When he apologized, he did not look like a school bully at all; instead, he looked like a big, silly dog that was scary on the outside but actually very dumb.

Jiang Yan and the dungeon boss were clearly two completely different people, and even their voices sounded different, so why did they feel so familiar…

Recalling the information Zhou Yue had revealed earlier, a bad guess suddenly occurred to Ye Shengge.

Could Jiang Yan be the dungeon boss? Is that why he gets along so poorly with the “Golden Finger” Mu Jinran?

If this guess were true, many inconsistencies would be explained.

He knew the system was restricted by rules and could not speak about the dungeon boss directly. But the system had done a lot to remind him by finding loopholes. One of them was telling him to separate from Mu Jinran and Jiang Yan and find a place to hide alone.

And shortly after he hid in the principal’s office, the dungeon boss found him, intentionally disguised as Zhou Yue to scare him, and later used Mu Jinran and Jiang Yan to threaten him, acting as if he would kill them.

In reality, the dungeon boss’s tone at that time was very calm. The only fluctuation occurred when he mentioned Ye Shengge being disobedient and abandoning Mu Jinran and Jiang Yan.

At the time, Ye Shengge did not understand why the dungeon boss said he was “running away again” or why the boss was angrier than the abandoned parties, but now it all made sense.

If the dungeon boss really was the petty Jiang Yan, being abandoned by him would surely make him die of anger.

Following that logic, the question the dungeon boss asked back in the woods—”Why can others kiss him, but I can’t?”—also made sense.

In that case, the dungeon boss’s ridiculous move of disguising as Zhou Yue to scare him was not hard to understand at all.

As for the fact that the dungeon boss’s voice did not resemble Jiang Yan’s but instead had some similarities to Mu Jinran’s, Ye Shengge automatically came up with a reason.

Jiang Yan and Mu Jinran had always been at odds. Jiang Yan, as the dungeon boss, deliberately used Mu Jinran’s voice so that even if his roommate discovered something was wrong, the blame would naturally fall on Mu Jinran.

After all, no one had seen the face under the dungeon boss’s mask. This kind of scapegoating would not only clear his own suspicion but also settle a personal grudge—killing two birds with one stone. How could the dungeon boss Jiang Yan miss such a chance?

For a moment, Ye Shengge became even more certain of his guess.

He never suspected that the roommate Zhou Yue spoke of was Mu Jinran. This was because Ye Shengge did not believe that the cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside Class Monitor could be the improper dungeon boss.

He wanted to speak, but a second before opening his mouth, he suddenly hesitated.

Just to be safe, he should try to unmask him and see. If he really was the boss, the face revealed would definitely be his true form.

Thinking of this, Ye Shengge cleared his throat and changed his tone: “Next time, don’t do this. I don’t want you using someone else’s face.”

“Then if I use my own face, can I do those things with you?” The dungeon boss asked subconsciously, sensing an opportunity.

What kind of talk was this!

Truly shameless!

The tips of Ye Shengge’s ears turned red, and his cheeks felt hot. His shimmering eyes glared fiercely at the masked man.

He never expected that his lips—which had recently been kissed red and ripe by the dungeon boss and still felt a slight sting—would be targeted by the boss again so soon.

What a bad thing!

Although the youth did not directly swear, one could see at a glance that his beautiful eyes were full of accusation and annoyance.

The man snapped back to his senses, realizing his previous words were easily misunderstood, and apologized to Ye Shengge again: “I am sorry, I did not mean it that way…”

As for what he did mean, he could not explain clearly either.

Because in his heart, even if he used his real face and risked his identity being discovered, he still wanted to be close to Ye Shengge and do intimate things.

So after apologizing, the man immediately realized that this brief explanation had no persuasive power.

Thinking that Ye Shengge might ignore him out of spite, the man was frantic, not knowing what to say to appease him.

However, Ye Shengge’s reaction stunned him.

“It doesn’t matter if you meant it that way or not, but… do you want to kiss me?” Ye Shengge asked stutteringly.

The man looked up at him sharply.

When asking this question, the youth’s tone was very calm. At most, he was a bit shy with the corners of his eyes reddening; he didn’t look angry at all.

Instead, it gave the illusion that as long as he nodded, he would be allowed to kiss him.

Realizing this, the man’s eyes lit up, and he nodded hurriedly: “Yes, I want to.”

“Then when you kiss me, you are not allowed to use too much force, and you are absolutely not allowed to use someone else’s face.” Seeing his plan succeed, Ye Shengge was very happy in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and shy: “But you can cover my eyes, so I won’t see your face.”

Ye Shengge felt this was his smartest moment, actually coming up with such a good idea. This way, he wouldn’t have to risk lifting the boss’s mask; he could just wait until they were kissing, and while the other party wasn’t paying attention, he would pull the hand away.

He was just too clever.

Plan in motion.

The system, witnessing this, hesitated to speak, but in the end, it said nothing and went back to calculating its points to see if there were any items to protect its host.

It knew that Ye Shengge wanted to rely on himself to complete the mission and leave the dungeon. Since that was the case, it would support him.

Who let this be what it owed Ye Shengge?

Ye Shengge agreed so readily that the dungeon boss actually hesitated: “Is it really okay?”

He felt like something was not quite right.

“It’s fine. I found that kissing is quite comfortable, but if you don’t want to, then forget it. I can find someone else.” To dispel the boss’s suspicion and make him agree quickly, Ye Shengge deliberately said those words to provoke him.

Sure enough, upon hearing that he wanted to find someone else to try kissing, the dungeon boss could not care about suspicion at all and immediately became anxious.

How could he not want to!

“I am willing,” he said hurriedly, fearing Ye Shengge would regret it and go find some other “wild man.”

After saying that, fearing the youth would not believe him, he hurriedly grabbed him and led him to a place where light did not penetrate.

Ye Shengge took a look and found that the place the dungeon boss planned to take him—though the light was dim—was not the pitch-black darkness of the dormitory stairs; at least he could see a person’s face.

Confirming this, he did not resist and let the other party lead him.

Just as they reached the junction of light and shadow at the staircase landing, someone suddenly covered Ye Shengge’s eyes with a hand.

Then, the sound of a mask hitting the floor rang out.

And then, Ye Shengge was kissed.

This kiss was different from every time before.

Because it was the first time he had actively made the request and mentioned finding someone else, the dungeon boss was as excited as someone eager to prove himself. Yet, he was worried Ye Shengge would be dissatisfied and go to others, so he could only suppress his excitement and kiss him with restraint and gentleness, making sure to make him feel comfortable.

It had to be said that the dungeon boss’s comprehension skills were very strong; once he wanted to do something, he would exert all his efforts.

And his target, Ye Shengge, looked as if his legs were turning weak from the kiss. His eyelashes trembled incessantly, brushing against the man’s palm like feathers, sending a numbing itch straight to the heart.

Although the upper half of his face was covered, preventing the man from seeing the alluring charm of the youth’s misty eyes, the man had already imagined it and was extremely excited.

As the man deepened the kiss, Ye Shengge suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around the man’s neck, responding clumsily.

His lack of response had already made the boss this excited; now, giving even a slight response made the other party erupt like a thatched house on fire—completely unstoppable.

All his attention was focused on kissing Ye Shengge, and the hand covering Ye Shengge’s eyes loosened slightly.

Ye Shengge blinked his eyes gently; this was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

The man never would have thought that a sudden change would occur at such a critical moment.

Ye Shengge suddenly used force and pushed him away.

This amount of strength previously wouldn’t have been enough to budge him a centimeter.

But now, caught off guard, Ye Shengge actually succeeded.

Although he wasn’t pushed away completely, the hand covering Ye Shengge’s eyes had loosened.

He looked at Ye Shengge in disbelief, unable to believe he had done this.

As their eyes met, the man clearly saw the shock and daze in the youth’s wet eyes.

He knew the light here was not dim enough to block one’s vision.

In other words, Ye Shengge had already seen his face.

He had no chance to fix it.

“Are you Jiang Yan? Or… Mu Jinran?”

Looking at that familiar yet strange face, Ye Shengge asked in a daze.

In the dimly lit staircase corner, he could clearly see the dungeon boss’s appearance.

That face perfectly combined the best features of both Jiang Yan and Mu Jinran, yet it possessed a unique temperament that neither of them had—one that was more attractive and made it impossible for one to look away.

Ye Shengge could confirm that this was not Jiang Yan, let alone Mu Jinran.

The person in front of him was more like the two of them fused together to form a complete existence.