Chapter 350 Recklessness
"Should we decorate a bit?" Kevin asked, unsure. "Confessions are supposed to be romantic, right?"
"No need," Benjamin said, thinking of Daphne. "She likes minimalism. I'll talk to her later."
"Alright," Kevin agreed.
They didn't say much more.
After a while, Kevin remembered something important. "Charles came with Daphne. What if he sticks around and you can't confess?"
"Evan will handle that," Benjamin said confidently.
Evan adjusted his glasses, looking calm. "No problem."
Around seven, Daphne and Charles arrived.
Benjamin stood up and offered Daphne the seat next to him.
Daphne sat down without much thought.
Seeing this, Kevin and the others relaxed. Step one, done.
After some snacks, they decided to play games.
Usually, they played deduction games, but today was different. They needed to set up Benjamin and Daphne.
"Let's play some games," Emma suggested, giving Kevin a look. "Any ideas?"
"Truth or Dare?" Kevin suggested quickly.
This way, they could get Benjamin to confess to Daphne.
"Sounds good," Emma agreed. "What about you guys?"
Evan and Benjamin nodded, and Daphne didn't mind.
Only Charles seemed uneasy, tugging at Daphne's sleeve. "Daphne, I don't want to play this."
Daphne shrugged. "What do you want to play?"
"Never Have I Ever," Charles suggested, hoping to find out if Daphne was scared of ghosts. "Is that okay?"
"Sure," Emma said, adapting quickly.
Kevin looked at Benjamin. As long as he was okay with it, so was Kevin.
Benjamin glanced at Charles and said, "Fine."
With Benjamin's agreement, Evan and Kevin also agreed. Daphne, who was fine with any game, had no objections.
"This game tests honesty," Kevin said, thinking of ways to help Benjamin. "Everyone must be honest, and the person with the most fingers up at the end gets a punishment."
"Got it," everyone agreed.
"I'll start. If you've done it, bend a finger; if not, don't," Kevin explained. "I've learned hacking from the King of Hackers."
Emma smiled and bent a finger. "I've learned it too."
Evan and Benjamin also bent a finger.
They had all asked Daphne to teach them hacking, but only Kevin kept learning.
"When did you guys learn?", Kevin asked, not realizing the loophole. "You know hacking?"
"You said 'learned,' not 'mastered,'" Emma replied casually.
Kevin felt frustrated and reckless.
Only Daphne and Charles didn't bend a finger.
Charles glanced at Daphne, thinking, 'Hasn't she learned?'
"My turn," Emma said, saving Daphne. "My hair is longer than shoulder-length."
Daphne bent a finger.
Evan played it safe. "My litigation success rate is 100%."
"I'm not afraid of ghosts," Charles said, bending a finger and looking at Daphne.
Except for Kevin, Evan, Emma, and Benjamin all bent a finger.
Everyone looked at Daphne.
Daphne's eyes deepened.
If she bent, Charles would suspect yesterday's incident. If she didn't, everyone knew she wasn't afraid of ghosts, ruining the game's honesty.
"Daphne," Kevin said first, "You're not afraid. Why didn't you bend?"
Emma agreed. "Yeah."
No one noticed anything wrong.
They thought Daphne wasn't keeping up and didn't want her to have the most fingers up.
After some thought, Daphne bent a finger.
"Daphne," Charles said deliberately, still holding his bent finger, "You said you were afraid of ghosts."
Benjamin instinctively looked at Charles, sensing something was off.
"Being afraid before doesn't mean being afraid now," Daphne replied calmly.
"Daphne, your turn!", Kevin urged.
"I go to bed at 10 PM more than 20 days a month," Daphne said something routine.
No one bent a finger; most of them were night owls.
When it was Benjamin's turn, he glanced at Daphne before speaking casually, "I've confessed to someone I like as a joke several times."
"You have someone you like?", Daphne asked instinctively.
"Benjamin, you're good at hiding," Kevin and the others teased.
Emma and the others chimed in, "What's their name? Do we know them?"
"It's game time," Benjamin said, not planning to reveal it now. "Continue."
After several more rounds, everyone had bent all their fingers except Charles, who still had two fingers up.
The loser was Charles.
"The loser has to accept a punishment." Kevin handed over a box of slips. "Draw one and do what it says, or drink three glasses of wine."
Charles drew a slip, and Kevin immediately looked at the result. It was to confess to the first person he saw outside.
"That's too easy," Kevin said, disappointed.
Charles put the slip down and drank three glasses of wine.
Seeing this, Daphne worried about his recovery and said, "The first person you see outside is usually a staff member. They know what's on these slips, so they won't be surprised or bothered by a confession."
"No," Charles refused firmly.
Daphne frowned, but before she could speak, Charles continued, "I will only confess to you."
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