"I will send you off one last time" [Global Examination]

[79] Don't Close Your Eyes At Me: The Duke's Wishes

Zhou Qi barely touched the food in front of her.

She took a sip of wine, but it was only very small amount.

"At least she was still drinking something..."

Eating the food might not necessarily satisfy the Duke's request, since the Duke had specifically stated that the wine was there was not to hold back...

Everyone was already uneasy and worried for the two late examinees, Zhang Pengyi and He Jiajia, but their fates were already sealed... at least, Zhou Qi was safe for now. Because if Zhou Qi also didn't follow the Duke's requests, even a minor one like not drinking... You Huo would be in trouble too.

...

Not like You Huo would care anyways; he'd probably be happy to face down the Duke and punch his lights out.

It was because when she picked up her glass, the Duke sitting at the head of the table gave her a very strange look.

"..."

Everyone felt the impending sense of doom.

Uh oh...

Getting the attention of the exam subject was never a good idea... especially since Zhou Qi hadn't even done anything yet...

As for how it was strange?

It was as if he didn't want to look over, but his eyes didn't listen to him and insisted on turning this way...

There was a strange sense of mismatch.

"..."

They all shared a look.

Yeah... there was definitely something going on with the Duke... and they didn't necessarily like the the conclusion that all the evidence was pointing towards.

They could only hope that everything was just a huge coincidence, like maybe the lower half of the Duke's face just happened to look like Zhou Qi's boyfriend, and that the Duke also thought that the lower half of Zhou Qi's face, which wasn't covered by the mask, also happened to look like his dead wife Alyssa, and that was why the Duke seemed to want to look at her despite knowing that logically, his wife was dead and Zhou Qi was merely a guest...

Was that too many coincidences?

Who knew?

After all, You Huo and Qin Jiu's luck was absolutely dogshit... at this point, anything was possible.

After a quick glance, he continued to smile and chat with the two examinees next to him.

But this terrified Zhou Qi enough.

No one blamed the poor girl.

Even if the exam subject didn't look like their significant other... the fact that the exam subject was taking a special interest in them would freak anyone out... unless you were You Huo or Qin Jiu.

As soon as her lips were stained with wine, she hurriedly placed the glass aside.

Dinner ended at 10 o'clock in the evening.

"That is one long ass dinner..."

Everyone shuddered that the examinees had to be in the Duke's presence for so long.

At least, the Duke hadn't made any more requests in that period of time...

The male servants led the guests back to their rooms. Along the way, Zhou Qi was a little absentminded.