I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

"Throw it back!"

The girl next to her screamed in fright.

"It tells you to pass it on!"

The boy's hands were trembling, and his mind went blank.

Without hesitation, he threw the ball forcefully towards the frog in the pond.

"Smack."

The frog caught the ball steadily.

However, the replacement the boy had anticipated did not occur.

The frog's smiling face seemed to distort slightly.

Its pupils on its headgear contracted slightly, and bubbles faintly churned on the surface of the water around it.

Whoosh!

The ball was slammed back again, this time twice as fast as before!

The boy screamed as the ball hit him in the chest again.

The intense pain nearly caused him to drop his grip, but he managed to hold on tightly.

"Next." The frog's voice sounded slightly manic.

"Throw it away! It's angry!" the girl cried.

The boy gritted his teeth and threw the ball at the frog again.

Catch it.

Whoosh!

It hit the boy a third time.

This time, the ball hit the boy directly in the face, and blood instantly gushed from his nose.

He fell to the ground with a thud, the ball slipped and bounced twice on the ground.

"Those who fail are disqualified from happiness!"

"Those who fail are disqualified from happiness!"

The children's voices on the radio rang out again, this time sounding particularly eerie.

The water where the frog was located began to bubble and boil.

Large swaths of green fluff, like seaweed, surged wildly from the bottom of the water and spread toward the boy on the shore.

"Help! Help me!"

The boy crawled backward in terror.

Regular passes are useless; they deliberately increase the speed to force you to lose the ball.

Or rather, it doesn't want to play the game at all; it wants to kill people!

Lin Yan stood aside and observed when the ball that had rolled to the ground suddenly disappeared.

Then he noticed that the frogs in the pond threw something at him.

Lin Yan caught it instinctively.

It's a ball.

The immense impact caused Lin Yan to slide back half a step.

Damn.

The force is wrong.

It must have been the force with which I threw it to the boy last time.

If this continues, I won't be able to handle it the second time.

The ball in Lin Yan's hand was slippery and greasy, and it had a nauseating, fishy smell.

"then."

The frog in the pond spoke again.

Its gaze locked onto Lin Yan, and a large patch of green fluff began to surge beneath the water's surface.

It was waiting for Lin Yan to pass the ball back.

How do I send it?

Lin Yan gripped the ball tightly with both hands, his mind racing.

The broadcast said, "Those who fail are disqualified from happiness."

If you simply throw the ball back, what if it deliberately doesn't catch it?

If it didn't catch it, whose ball was it?

Is this considered a failure?

Lin Yan glanced around at his surroundings and then recalled the message Chu Chu had just sent him.

Chen Shu has long devoted his personal time to studying parent-child interaction, and his family members have also participated in the tests...

In addition, there's the test you have to smile to pass when you enter.

And the frog playing with a ball in front of me.

All the clues were arranged one by one in Lin Yan's mind.

He suddenly let out a long breath.

I have an idea in mind.

It cannot be sent directly to it.

Lin Yan made a bold decision.

"Little friend, I'm going to throw the ball!"

He raised the ball, assuming a shooting stance, his movements quite exaggerated.

The frog in the pond spread its arms wide, its horizontal pupils revealing a hint of anticipation, and the green fuzz beneath the surface was already poised to burst forth.

"Get out of here!"

Lin Yan shouted and swung his arm forcefully.

But just as the ball was about to slip from his hand, it "accidentally" slipped out.

clack.

The ball floated lightly to Lin Yan's feet.

It rolled twice and then stopped.

The frogs in the pond were stunned.

The couple behind them were also stunned.

It’s over.

If I had known he was unreliable, I wouldn't have gone with him.

The boy had closed his eyes, waiting in despair for the fluff to cover him completely.

An awkward silence fell between the three of them.

Looking at the ball at his feet, Lin Yan suddenly slapped his thigh in frustration, like a clown who had made a mistake.

"oops!"

Lin Yan's voice suddenly rose, adopting that affected tone typical of adults teasing children:

"I didn't catch it properly, the ball dropped!"

He raised his hand towards the frog in the pond and gave it a thumbs up.

"Little friend, you threw so accurately!"

"I lost! You're amazing!"

The surroundings remained quiet.

Lin Yan's palms were sweaty, and he could even hear his own heartbeat.

That was his guess.

Chu Chu's message said that Chen Shu was studying parent-child interaction, and his family members had also participated in the testing.

In this bizarre and distorted set of rules for parent-child games, how can one avoid failing?

Or, to put it another way, how can this game be ended?

Only winning.

Only by letting the child win.

Parents who play with their children will deliberately lose the game!

The statement on the radio, "Failures are disqualified from happiness," is just a trap.

If you follow the rules announced in the broadcast, you can play this passing game normally.

The frog will pass the ball with increasing force, and sooner or later it will be unable to catch it.

At this point, failure is a real failure, and the rules here will be immediately triggered.

In other words, Lin Yan thought this game was just like playing house with children.

Winning or losing is not important; what's important is to follow the child's nature.

He's gambling.

The bet on this bizarre and monstrous murder rule is related to the parent-child game that Chen Shu was researching, as mentioned in Chu Chu's message.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

The frog in the pond suddenly moved.

Followed by.

A series of intermittent "clucking" sounds came from inside the bulky mascot costume.

It's laughing.

It is really laughing.

With that eerie laughter, the green fluff quickly retreated to the bottom of the water like the receding tide.

The frog turned its body 180 degrees and finally aligned itself with the headgear.

It picked up the other ball that was floating on the water.

Splash, splash...

He kept pushing the object into the water, ignoring the three people on the shore.

The broadcast did not sound again.

After confirming several times that there was nothing wrong, Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

The bet was won.

"I survived, I survived."

The boy behind him collapsed to the ground, seemingly unable to believe he was still alive.

The girl next to him was hugging him, already crying so hard she couldn't speak.

Don't get too excited yet.

Lin Yan turned around, his expression grave.

He looked down at the boy.

The boy has just triggered the rule.

Although the green fuzz receded before it touched the boy.

But now, on the boy's bare forearm, there is a faint layer of green fuzz, like mold clinging to it.

Lin Yan narrowed his eyes.

Could it really be just as I guessed?

"Happiness" is the most important thing in this godforsaken place?

Just then.

A commotion came from a door on the other side of the pool.

Lin Yan turned his head to look.

He heard a somewhat familiar voice.

"Don't come any closer! Don't give it to me! I don't want this broken balloon!"

It's that plaid guy with the heavy husky voice.