My girlfriend is from the future!

Scenes like mansions are always used as the setting for some suspenseful or fantasy stories, from "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie to "Knives Out" by Rian Johnson. Anyway, if a group of people get together in such a large enclosed space and nothing strange happens, it seems like a shame for such a place.

Apparently, the staff of "A Day in the Life" also made this place into a main stage for this episode. The interior of the mansion is dim and gorgeous, with a shaky crystal chandelier hanging from the towering ceiling. The floor-to-ceiling windows on all four sides are sealed tightly, leaving no light. In addition, the lights flicker and the room only becomes completely bright when all the guests arrive. It is indeed easy to create a weird atmosphere.

Below the chandelier, in the center of the living room, there is a long mahogany dining table laid with exquisite silver tableware. Compared with the busy and deserted street scene outside, the clean tabletop looks like this place is often used.

The flames in the fireplace in the corner flickered slightly, and the firelight reflected an old portrait beside it. The person in the painting had deep eyes, as if he was watching every guest. When the show's empty camera swept here, a line of teasing subtitles appeared on the screen: "Is he picking someone to date?"

"Boom--boom--boom!"

The clock hanging in the living room rang at the right time, and the minute hand and the hour hand coincided at zero. In such a scene, the three girls seemed a little uncomfortable, but fortunately they were each accompanied by a male, and the photographer was following them all the time, knowing that they were recording a program, so for the time being there was no such welfare situation where they were frightened to the point of screaming and burrowing into other people's chests.

Not only the guests came in, but the director team also entered the mansion early and waited. However, they did not surround the guests to communicate at any time like they did when they were shooting on location. He Tianran looked around and saw that there were surveillance cameras installed in various places in the mansion. Occasionally, he could see one or two staff members flashing by on the second floor. He thought that in order to create an atmosphere, the director team should be hiding in a monitoring room somewhere.

“Welcome, guests. I am the owner of this mansion. This is also the last refuge in the end of memory. But when you hear me say this, I think I am no longer here, because I am about to go out to find my missing lover. Therefore, I may also lose my memory. For this reason, I deliberately left these words, hoping to help those who return here in the dark.

This mansion has many special features. After the end of the world, even I don’t know why it has become like this, but my butler seems to know a little more than me. He is a very hospitable person. I believe that when you come here, he will make you feel at home and find what you want~"

A synthetic voice that had obviously been post-processed and could no longer be distinguished between male and female voices came from the wall-mounted speakers in the mansion.

After everyone had listened carefully, a row of NPCs dressed as servants walked out from the side doors on both sides of the living room. They were holding the saucers commonly used in Western dishes. The man in the lead was wearing a black tuxedo and had a shiny hair. He walked to the front of the long table with a meticulous expression, and the servants lined up on both sides of him, rehearsing in an orderly manner.

"Dear guests, what you just heard was the instructions left by my master before he left. Everyone who comes is a guest, please take a seat."

The butler spread his hands and made a gesture of invitation. Everyone was very into the show and found a seat to sit down. The servants placed the food trays in front of each table and left in an orderly manner.

"Please, since everyone is here, please understand the rules here in advance."

The butler raised his hand to signal, and He Tianran lifted the dome cover on the plate in front of him. Inside was a task card. He picked it up and took a look.

"This place can be a shelter because the outside world cannot affect it, but inside the mansion, you must abide by the rules here:
1) According to the butler, the owner of the mansion and his former lover are always inseparable, so here, in addition to the symbiotic group principle, the memory will not decrease with time, and there is no need to abide by the odd and even hour system. The symbiotic groups can be separated, but the watch will activate the distance mode. Once the distance between the symbiotic groups is 3 meters, the symbiotic memory will decrease by 1% per minute.

2) The shadows of the love between the owner and his lover are left everywhere in the mansion, so every thirty minutes, the lights in the mansion will light up, and the two people need to complete a "certification contact" on the spot. The lights have three colors, green, blue and red. You need to collect cards of corresponding colors, which will have corresponding actions on them. If the symbiotic group completes it, the memory will increase by 15%, and vice versa; if the action is completed by two people in the non-symbiotic group, refer to the third rule.

3) Lovers always hate each other to be ambiguous with others, and the same is true for the owner of the mansion. Therefore, when you stay away from your symbiotic group partners and cooperate with others, the symbiotic relationship will be terminated immediately. Unless you gain someone's trust again, you will stay in the mansion forever.

4) Every hour, you will receive some special messages, please check the messages on your watch.

You came here to find your own memories and a way to escape the apocalypse, so while abiding by the rules of the mansion, please also actively look for your own clues. "

He Tianran read through the new rules one by one, feeling a little strange in his heart. Wen Liang beside him gave him a prying look. The man generously pushed the task card in his hand to her and grinned:

"The rules written here should all be the same."

Wen Liang, who was discovered, looked away guiltily and said stubbornly:
"I know, I just want to confirm..."

As she spoke, she actually picked up the two cards and compared them back and forth.

At this time, something strange seemed to have happened to the others. They had all been in the entertainment industry for a long time, especially Sui Chulang and Bai Lingye. They had acted in so many dramas that they were able to react to this plot. Sui Chulang said:

"Could the owner of this mansion and his lover be among us? After all, we have also lost our memories."

And Bai Lingye made a reasonable guess:

"Then the probability that I am the owner of the mansion is quite high. After all, I have a skill called 'Save'. If I go out to face the end of the world and look for my lover, it should be able to match this theme. Do you have any other clues?"

So far, Bai Lingye is the only one who dares to show off his skills. Apart from He Tianran who already knows about it, even Sui Chulang is surprised that his companion is so bold.

Anyone who has played script-killing games should know that the murderer is generally afraid of the player who reveals himself as a good person at the beginning and makes his script public to prove his innocence, because this trend will soon turn into an embarrassing scene where the good guys all read the script verbatim, and the bad guys are so anxious that they don't know how to make up their lies.

Although He Tianran still didn't know what his true identity was, this was not a scene he wanted to see. Seeing Sui Chulang was also eager to self-destruct, he was about to speak to set the pace, but a warm and cool voice sounded in his ears first:
"Our earliest memories are of waiting for someone in Bullhorn Alley, right?"

Bai Lingye nodded, "Yes."

"Then it shouldn't be us, because we were waiting for someone, and the owner went out to look for someone. This behavior doesn't match my memory."

After Wen Liang said this, Bai Lingye thought about it and it seemed to be true.

"Alright everyone..." The butler NPC intervened in the conversation at the right time, "Don't think too much about this question. There are many clues about the past scattered throughout this mansion, about my master, and about everyone. You can visit at will, but please abide by the rules."

After hearing that this topic was of no significance for the time being, everyone lost interest in the discussion and began to focus on the mansion itself. Because the rules stated that a symbiotic partner was not allowed to be more than three meters away from them, they naturally went their separate ways.

This western-style house is very large, divided into three floors, dozens of rooms, corridors and gardens outside. When He Tianran came in, he also noticed that there was a basement. It would probably take an hour to walk through it, not to mention going through the plot and finding things.

After everyone discussed, Su Xiaotong said mysteriously that she wanted to go to the garden with Luo Que first. It was probably because she had discovered something in the garden in the previous session. Bai Lingye and Sui Chulang's group wanted to stay on this floor first. There was not only a living room here, but also a kitchen, back hall, and reception room.

He Tianran and Wen Liang stayed where they were. Seeing that the man didn't move, the girl took the initiative to suggest:

"How about we go upstairs and take a look first?"

He Tianran shook his head slightly. He saw Bai Lingye's group leave after consulting the housekeeper for a few questions, so he said to Wen Liang:

"Your chance has come."

Wen Liang blinked, "What did you say?"

"Charm, use your skills, try to charm this butler and see if he can help or tell us something."

The tentative tone of He Tianran's proposal made Wen Liang very alert. The memories that the two had just admitted outside the door clearly showed that they were both hiding something.

"Sure, but before that, I still want to know what your skills are. Don't talk about 'loyalty' anymore. It was clear to me just now outside the door, you playboy."

Wen Liang turned the tables. Her charm skills were consistent with the philandering personality that was revealed by the questions outside the door, but He Tianran's fabricated loyalty was too far-fetched.

He Tianran touched his nose. Although his lying skill could allow his companions to help conceal the truth, telling Wen Liang now would undoubtedly overturn his previous image of a passionate confession. Moreover, the two of them did not trust each other very much, so if he exposed himself too early, he might fall into a deeper crisis of trust.

After a while of excitement in his mind, He Tianran suddenly had an idea and said calmly:
"I can tell you that my skill is "See Through". In simple terms, I can tell from the NPC whether they are telling the truth or a lie."

"How are you going to prove it?"

He Tianran pointed at the butler standing behind the main seat and said to Wen Liang:

"Go ask him if the owner of the mansion is among us, and see how he answers you."

The girl stood up doubtfully and walked slowly to the housekeeper. As a living person, he certainly heard the conversation between the two, but as an actor NPC, he was very professional and did not reveal too much emotion. When he saw Wen Liang approaching, he nodded slightly and said:
"guest."

"Is your master among the six of us?" Wen Liang also got straight to the point. The housekeeper's smile remained unchanged as he said calmly:

"As I said earlier, there is no point in discussing this now. You might as well look for more clues in the mansion. Perhaps this will help you better understand my master's past."

Very official answer.

After hearing this, Wen Liang turned around and shrugged at He Tianran.

At this time, the man finally stood up and walked in front of the housekeeper. The two looked at each other for a moment.

"guest?"

"When I came in earlier, I heard the owner's message saying that he would leave this mansion to you to take care of, so I thought, brother, you must be a diligent and responsible butler, and you must be particularly loyal and honest. You will definitely not do anything to steal from the owner, and you will never be careless when treating guests, and you will never be perfunctory."

"The guest was honored."

He Tianran came up and started praising the butler, trying to get close to him. The butler was stunned. Until this moment, he still couldn't understand why He Tianran said that, and had no idea what was about to happen.

"So...if I say..."

He Tianran thought about it and hoped that these NPCs knew the skills of their respective guests, so that they could cooperate more professionally and use their brains more actively so as not to reveal their true colors.

"The owner of the mansion is among the six of us. Will you answer 'yes'?"

The NPC's expression became visibly flustered. After standing there for two seconds, he finally uttered a word -

"……Yes."

"Snapped--!"

He Tianran snapped his fingers confidently and said to Wen Liang happily:

"He told the truth."

The girl was confused, but the time was too short for her to figure out what was going on, so she could only say:

"how do you know?"

"Because I praised him for his honesty."

"what?"

He Tianran raised his watch and said, "If my watch vibrates once, it means he is telling the truth. If it vibrates twice, it means he is lying. It vibrated once just now."

All this happened so fast that Wen Liang didn't even notice it. He Tianran seemed to be unsatisfied with the proof and asked the housekeeper for confirmation:
"Am I right? It's like this~"

“…That’s right.”

The smile on the butler's face changed from calm to helpless.

In fact, Wen Liang was very suspicious of He Tianran's question, which reminded her of a classic logic puzzle: if one person only tells the truth and the other only tells lies, how do you tell who is right?

But that required two people to negate each other, a double negation, and He Tianran was one-on-one from beginning to end, plus there was an NPC to testify that he was not lying, so the girl didn't think about it any further.

In fact, this matter is not that complicated. He Tianran simply took advantage of the characteristics of the lie skill to make the NPC 100% cooperate and believe the facts he stated, and then changed the thinking of the logical case, making the housekeeper inevitably tell the truth.

"What? You two are acting together, He... Tsk, Xiaojia, are you stupid? If you have this skill, why don't you ask him first if there are any precious props or special plots in this room? Also, how can we escape from the doomsday?"

Compared to He Tianran who was racking his brains, Wen Liang's eagerness at this moment showed a more pragmatic wisdom.

He Tianran was awakened by a word. That's right, if his lying skill can be used like this, it really looks like a bug...

But just as he was about to speak and try his skills again, the actor who played the butler NPC couldn't hold it anymore. He raised his hands and stopped him.
"Well, two guests, please feel free to visit first. I have some things to deal with in the manor, so I will not accompany you any longer. We will see each other later. Forgive me."

After saying that, he quickly left as if escaping, as if the two guests in front of him were the real doomsday. Now this helpless NPC wanted to confirm one thing with the director team, that is, if they let He Tianran continue to play like this and they could only cooperate throughout the whole process, would there really be any problem with the next part?

After the butler left, only two guests, He and Wen, remained in the spacious living room.

"Shouldn't we take action too?"

"I'm not busy. Maybe there are some clues here?"

The girl proposed again, but He Tianran was still not in a hurry and had no intention of escaping from the end of the world.

He stroked his chin and slowly walked to the portrait by the fireplace to observe it.

If he wasn't in a hurry, Wen Liang would naturally not be in a hurry either. She followed him and stood beside the man, also looking up with her arms crossed, watching him, muttering to herself:

"When I first came in, I felt that something was wrong with this painting, but I couldn't tell what was wrong at the moment~"

"Right? Maybe we need to change our viewing angle? That's what's written in mystery novels."

"Hiss~ Really?"

The man and woman standing in the portrait tilted their heads to the left and right at the same time. This tacit and lovely scene was captured faithfully by the pinhole camera hidden in the painting.

"Tell me... Is the person in this painting a man or a woman? I didn't have time to ask the owner of the mansion about his gender just now."

Because the portrait of the person in the painting was too neutral, combining gentleness and heroism, Wen Liang asked this question.

"Take it down and have a look. There are usually clues behind the paintings."

With a reasonable guess, He Tianran took two steps forward and carefully took down the painting. When he turned the back, he found a red task card.

Wen Liang leaned over and looked carefully——

“My lover and I spend every day together, and we both wish we could melt into each other’s bones and never separate. This painting was created by us caressing each other’s facial contours and copying each other’s.

Red card (drawing): The symbiotic group needs to caress each other's face, touch their noses together and take a deep breath in sync, and say which facial feature of the other person they are most satisfied with, and continue the action until the red light flashes.

"Put it back."

Wen Liang snatched the painting from He Tianran's hand with a righteous look on his face, and hung it back with an extremely serious expression... (End of this chapter)