Chapter 290: Chapter 290: Failed to Die
Ashley Shaw didn’t know why, but she felt a little guilty.
Maybe it’s because her soul was still Warren Prescott’s wife, but now she’s being coaxed to kiss another man for a minute right in front of her husband.
But she quickly shrugged off that identity.
"How about we pick another one? Otherwise, Leo is at a big disadvantage."
Ashley joked to decline the suggestion.
It’s not because of Warren, but purely because she felt someone as gentlemanly as Xavier Quincy didn’t suit this kind of game and punishment.
The girl who egged them on already sensed the killer vibe in her boyfriend’s eyes.
Even someone that’s usually clueless could feel that the atmosphere had changed.
And the change was evidently brought by Warren Prescott.
She shivered slightly, hurriedly trying to make amends by saying, "I just checked, and the punishments on this app are so juvenile. Let’s just not play this. How about we switch to playing Werewolf?"
The suggestion was met with immediate enthusiasm.
Xavier Quincy nodded naturally and smiled, saying, "I’m down for anything."
Ashley Shaw let out an almost unnoticeable sigh of relief.
In her mind, Xavier Quincy was like a brother.
She really couldn’t play that kind of punishment game with a brother.
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The Werewolf game is essentially about werewolves pretending to be good guys, while good guys try to find the werewolves and vote them out.
If the werewolves survive to the end, the good guys win.
This game not only requires logic but also acting skills.
Playing with too many werewolves is hard, but fortunately, a few people present didn’t know how to play Werewolf, so they formed a group of ten to play a ten-player round.
Those who didn’t know how to play were sent out to buy late-night snacks.
Cillian Xavier returned at this moment, having regained his composure. Upon hearing the ten-player game was already full, he volunteered to lead the team to buy the snacks.
Ashley Shaw learned how to play Werewolf from Ariana Grant; that time Ariana was playing on an app and needed one more player for a ten-person round, so she pulled Ashley in.
Initially, Ashley was quite resistant because she normally doesn’t like playing games.
But after two rounds, she couldn’t stop playing, and her skills even surpassed Ariana Grant’s.
The Werewolf game was also played using an app on the phone.
Ashley Shaw was truly unlucky today, getting selected as a werewolf on the first draw.
The music in the bar had already been turned off.
The advantage of being wealthy is doing whatever you want, like turning a bar into an offline Werewolf gaming hall.
"Night falls, please close your eyes..."
Leo’s magnetic voice echoed.
After Ashley Shaw and the others shut their eyes, she couldn’t tell if it was her imagination, but she felt a gentle and burning gaze fixed on her.
A moment later, someone asked, "Leo, why aren’t you speaking?"
Leo’s voice came, "Sorry, it’s my first time being a ’judge,’ just checking the rules. Alright, let’s begin. Werewolves, please open your eyes."
Ashley Shaw opened her eyes, turning her neck to look at her teammates.
Since Xavier Quincy was the "judge," he now stood in the middle.
Ashley Shaw glanced across but saw no one open their eyes, then glanced to the left and finally saw a "wolf teammate."
But where’s the other one?
Suddenly realizing something, Ashley Shaw quickly turned to her right.
A few seats away, there was Warren, eyes open and expressionless.
What a twist of fate.
Even playing Werewolf ends up with Warren as a teammate.
Ashley decisively made a throat-slashing gesture, indicating to her teammates to kill her, opting for a "self-sacrifice" to make the good guys waste a bottle of potion to save her.
Her thought was, it’d be best if the good guys didn’t save her, which would mean she wouldn’t have to team up with Warren anymore.
But things didn’t go as planned. Once everyone opened their eyes, Leo said, "Last night was a peaceful night."
Which means, at night, someone in the good guy camp used the potion to save her.
She survived.
Ashley Shaw felt a twinge of regret in her heart.
Her micro-expressions naturally didn’t escape the nearby Warren’s eyes.
Warren lightly pressed his lips together, a cold chill on his face.
Perhaps Warren’s coldness was too intense, or everyone was too scared of him; not a single person wanted to vote out Warren, even though he was a blatantly suspicious werewolf.
Instead, the teammate they had all hidden well was voted out.
So on the second night, when she opened her eyes, it was just her and Warren staring at each other.
On the second night, werewolves couldn’t kill themselves again, so they had to team up to kill a good guy.
Ultimately, Warren randomly chose to kill a relatively skilled good guy.
This good guy was the only one who pointed out that Warren might be a werewolf, but during the day, after this good guy "died," the others still didn’t vote for Warren.
After two more nights, as expected, Ashley Shaw and Warren won.
Cherie Crawford was the first to speak up, "Ashley, you’re so good, you hid well. I didn’t suspect you were a werewolf at all."
She smiled warmly, completely different from the woman who initially toasted her with shady intent.
Ashley Shaw glanced at Damian Ford, knowing he had clarified everything.
Ashley Shaw smiled back with curled lips.
The friendship between girls can come quickly and suddenly.
Just a few minutes ago, the two were at odds, but now they were discussing what to wear on the first day of school.
Cherie wasn’t going to the same school, but she was soon going to start her freshman year too.
Even more coincidentally, the university she chose was actually Aethelgard Medical University, the same one Ashley truthfully picked, and even the major was clinical medicine.
Ashley found it inconvenient to tell her now that they’d be classmates, so she simply asked for Cherie’s contact info.
Cherie was exhilarated, and they exchanged WeChat contacts.
"On the first day, you definitely have to dress nicely, but it shouldn’t be too flashy, so I plan to wear a JK skirt."
Ashley Shaw shook her head in disapproval, "I advise you to wear pants on the first day, you’ll have to carry a lot of stuff."
Cherie said, "What for? The family butler will accompany me, I’ll leave the heavy lifting to him."
Ashley Shaw curled her lips, having forgotten that everyone else at the bar today, except for her, were wealthy daughters and sons.
After two more rounds of Werewolf, Cillian Xavier and the others who went to buy snacks returned.
Ashley Shaw reasonably suspected that they had moved the entire nearby barbecue place over.
Out came ten-odd people, each holding a bag full of food.
Besides the barbecue, there were also fruits, desserts, and various other delicacies.
Ashley thought if Ariana Grant were here, she’d feel it was a festive celebration.
Thinking of Ariana Grant, Ashley Shaw checked the time.
It was already eleven at night.
"Here,"
Ashley turned her head slightly, seeing Xavier Quincy handing over a skewer of grilled bird.
Grilled bird is similar to barbecue, but it’s a Japanese style of grilling, using more expensive ingredients with a hint of sweetness.
It was Ashley Shaw’s first time trying it, and she ended up eating three skewers in a row.
Leo reminded, "Don’t eat too much, or you’ll be too full to sleep later."
After saying that, he handed her a bottle of yogurt with the cap already removed.
"Drink this, it’s good for digestion."
Ashley Shaw was about to take it when suddenly a deep voice from behind said, "No wonder you have a girlfriend now, you’re more considerate and attentive than us single folks."