I Asked You To Simulate A Crime, And You Pulled Off The Perfect Crime? - Chapter 174

After reading Su Xiaoxiao’s identity, the audience had pretty much pieced together the timeline and main plot.

“Looks like the events of this episode happen after ‘Liu Liang’s Death’ and ‘The Diary Case’ but before ‘Say Hi to Sister-in-Law.’ It’s set in a blank period we’ve never seen before.”

“Exactly. During that time, Su Xiaoxiao’s homeroom teacher died, and she was later diagnosed with leukemia. What exactly happened?”

“Never mind what happened, right now I just feel awful for Su Xiaoxiao. She always ends up hurt. She’s practically born to be a victim!”

“Don’t panic, brothers! If the sister is sacrificed, all enemies die. If she dies wrongly, no one will survive. If she lives, the rules hold. If she dies, it’s game over for everyone!”

“Right. What really matters now is what identity Chen Shu gets. Please, let the director not assign him a useless role. At least give him a way to stop his sister from being bullied again. Based on Yamamoto Sakura’s task, she’s actually supposed to bully Su Xiaoxiao to death!”

Amid the audience’s anticipation, Su Xiaoxiao’s identity card was removed from the screen.

Then, the view suddenly switched to Building 109 in the western suburbs. 

We see Chen Shu sitting on the couch in the living room. In front of him is a box, he takes out a sealed identity card and opens it. The chest camera zooms in, clearly showing the content of the card.

Identity: Brother studying medicine at home.

Background Info: After resolving all your sister’s problems, the two of you finally found peace. But over time, you noticed something wasn’t right. Your sister’s health seemed off, she always looked worried when she came home, and at night, painful cries came from her bedroom. You suspected she was sick and wanted to take her to the hospital, but she always used senior year exams as an excuse to delay it. What’s more, due to school policy, all seniors had to live on campus, so you could only see her once a week. You were incredibly worried but felt powerless.

With nothing else to do, you came up with the idea of becoming a doctor. You thought that if you studied hard, maybe you could help your sister. So you bought countless textbooks, internal medicine, surgery, anatomy, you were determined to learn it all. Even if it took three years, you believed you could figure it out. That way, you could treat her at home, and even if you couldn’t land a job at a major hospital, you might at least get work in a small clinic.

Task: Study hard!

Silence. The entire livestream went dead quiet, viewers were stunned.

“This again? More blatant targeting. Pairing Chen Shu with Su Xiaoxiao already nerfed his crime potential, and now the show gives him… this?”

“Study hard? Are you kidding me? This is just like when they sidelined him with a filler role!”

“Wow, seriously? All this just to boost the Yamamoto duo?”

“Guys, what now? Chen Shu’s task is just to study, how can he protect Su Xiaoxiao? She’s about to be bullied to death by Yamamoto Sakura. And then Yamamoto Yuu will use his power to cover it up. He’ll even pressure the Liang Wei couple into lying as witnesses. Then the police will rule Su Xiaoxiao’s death an accident!”

“Another hellish start.”

“This episode is basically just a gang of villains bullying the only good people, Chen Shu and Su Xiaoxiao.”

“Wait a second. Don’t forget, three years later, Su Xiaoxiao is still alive. So that means, in this episode, she doesn’t get bullied to death, right? That makes sense with the timeline.”

Exactly.

The audience caught a major detail.

This episode is a flashback set three years before the events involving Chen Shu and the Liang Wei couple.

If Su Xiaoxiao is still alive three years later, then it means she doesn’t die here. But just as the audience was thinking that, Zhang Bingbing reappeared on the screen, smiling as she said, “Alright, viewers, now that everyone’s identities have been revealed, I’m sure you’ve all gotten a good grasp of the situation.”

“However, there’s one more thing I need to mention. Although this episode is set before ‘Say Hi to Sister-in-Law’ and focuses on the story of Chen Shu, Su Xiaoxiao, and the Liang Wei couple from three years ago, if a character performs well, it’s possible for the future to change.”

“In other words, if Su Xiaoxiao dies in this episode, the events of the last episode will vanish.

If Chen Shu dies here, then Dr. Chen’s character from the previous episode will disappear too. Even though the story is technically a prequel, history is created by the players.

The future will change based on what they do.”

“So, whether they follow history or rewrite it, everything will unfold as the game progresses.”

The audience now fully understood.

There’s no guarantee Su Xiaoxiao will survive. These actors are here to rewrite history to potentially alter the character outcomes from ‘Say Hi to Sister-in-Law.’ This was the production team’s way of redeeming themselves from the last episode. In that one, Chen Shu killed everyone.

But if history changes, if Chen Shu or Su Xiaoxiao dies three years earlier, then that episode will be erased entirely.

Holy crap. Whoever planned this storyline, you absolute genius. How did you even come up with this?

“And one final reminder,” Zhang Bingbing added. “All corpses appearing in ‘Inescapable Justice’ are highly realistic props. Any murder scenes are pre-coordinated with backstage staff and simulated using AI-generated visual effects. Do not imitate!”

“And now, this episode officially begins! Let’s experience this story from Su Xiaoxiao’s perspective!”

As Zhang Bingbing finished, she raised one hand in a welcoming gesture.

The screen slowly faded to black then, it lit up again. The camera switched to the girls’ bathroom at Haicheng High School.

Yamamoto Sakura, in her blue and white school uniform, stood with hands on her hips, glaring down at Su Xiaoxiao, who was curled up in a corner. Su Xiaoxiao’s hair was a mess, her cheeks flushed red. It was obvious, she’d just been bullied.

Several girls stood beside Yamamoto Sakura, crowding around Su Xiaoxiao and yanking her hair without mercy.

“Su Xiaoxiao, you think you’ve got guts? You went and snitched to my dad? Looks like your mouth isn’t tight enough, huh?” Yamamoto Sakura sneered, then pulled a bottle of industrial-strength glue from her pocket.

She turned to her girls and ordered, “Hold her down. I’m sealing her mouth shut. Let’s see if she dares tattle again.”

“She’s always so quiet and antisocial anyway. Might as well turn her into a real mute!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll take the blame if anything happens.”

Clearly experienced in bullying, Yamamoto Sakura barked orders like a pro. The girls obeyed, pinning Su Xiaoxiao against the wall despite her struggling. Then Sakura unscrewed the glue cap and began pouring it toward Su Xiaoxiao’s mouth.

Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes turned red as she glared at Yamamoto Sakura with fury. All around them, other students watched. Not a single one stepped in to help. Faced with this bullying, they all chose silence.

“Holy crap… the acting is terrifyingly real. It reminds me of back in elementary school. When someone was bullied, most people just stood there and watched like it wasn’t their problem.”

“My poor Xiaoxiao. She doesn’t deserve this!”

“Bullying is way too common in schools. And most parents and teachers just brush it off like ‘they’re just kids,’ not realizing the trauma lasts forever.”

“If the school won’t help, I hope Su Xiaoxiao tells Chen Shu. Let her brother unleash righteous violence!”

“Kill them all!”

“Wipe them out!”