Zheng Jie reflected on his stupidity and quickly realized more possibilities.

Lu Xinyi's plan likely had follow-ups:

If any of the other two people gave Zheng Jie a like, he wouldn't be able to tell who it was.

If he mistakenly thought it was Lu Xinyi and sent out another meeting invitation, perhaps another trap awaited him.

Even with the current situation, where Zheng Jie didn't receive a single like and Lu Xinyi's fake like was discovered, there wouldn't be any extra loss.

Given the current game mechanics, even if Zheng Jie was deceived, there was no way he could communicate this information to the other players in Community 17.

"Forget it, the fact that she didn't give me a dislike already shows mercy, blame it on my stupidity.

"I should wait and see if there's a more honest female player to team up with regularly."

Zheng Jie felt that his mind was not suited for playing such scheming games. As he was mulling over it, the meeting room opened again.

...

This time, the person who walked into the meeting room was a tall woman with long blonde hair.

Zheng Jie immediately looked at the other person's name tag: [Community 9 - Zhang Xiaoxia].

"Hello, my name is Zheng Jie. This game is quite tiring, have some water."

Zheng Jie was not particularly skilled in social interactions, so his words were a bit stiff and not very smooth.

But he thought that since he was friendly, smiling, and offered a bottle of water, it shouldn't be a problem.

However, Zhang Xiaoxia frowned, her face full of impatience: "Mineral water? That's all you're giving?"

Zheng Jie was taken aback, bewildered by her words.

"What? I'm offering you a bottle of water out of goodwill, why are you dissatisfied?"

Zhang Xiaoxia sat in the chair, arms crossed, scrutinizing Zheng Jie up and down.

"What's the act? What's the point of pretending with such little thought?

"You're the third guy to give me something, and also the stingiest. Can't you feel how insincere you are?

"Let me ask you, in this game, you guys don't have to do anything and get a 30,000-minute visa time after leaving.

"Find a female player to mutually like at the last meeting and get another 30,000.

"That's 60,000, easily earned, why?

"Giving me a bottle of water is just your cheap way of tricking a naïve girl into liking you at the last meeting to gain that extra 30,000.

"If you really calculated this, you wouldn't be brazen enough to just give a bottle of water, right?"

Zheng Jie was dumbfounded, feeling that the game's version was changing too quickly and he couldn't keep up.

In the first meeting, they were still splitting the room fee; by the fourth meeting, even a bottle of mineral water worth 50 minutes of visa time was despised.

"Then what should I give?"

Zhang Xiaoxia's face darkened: "The last guy said he'd give me a 10,000-minute visa time voucher in exchange for a mutual like at the last meeting. I'm just considering it, haven't agreed yet."

Zheng Jie's eyes widened: "10,000 minutes?"

Zhang Xiaoxia was a bit irritated: "What's the matter? You guys don't do anything and earn 30,000 lying down, but can't spare 10,000 to earn another 30,000?"

Zheng Jie felt something was off but didn't know how to retort at the moment.

Zhang Xiaoxia waved her hand: "Enough, there's no point talking to someone like you."

After that, she slapped down [You Pay].

Zheng Jie was even angrier. If it weren't for the previous argument, he wouldn't have minded paying the 200-minute visa time, but now he changed his mind.

He pressed [Split Bill].

Since the options were inconsistent, both were deducted 200 minutes of visa time.

Zhang Xiaoxia pointed at Zheng Jie in shock: "Are you crazy? Just wait, I'll definitely give you a dislike!"

Zheng Jie was also furious: "Whatever, let's just dislike each other then!"

...

Ten minutes later, the two left the meeting room in a rage.

Unquestionably, they both gave each other a 'dislike.'

Zheng Jie was also fuming. Originally, offering a bottle of water was purely out of courtesy. Even if someone didn't need it, they should at least say thank you, but instead, he got criticized.

During the meeting, he simply opened the mineral water and drank it himself.

After all, he had been in the game for over an hour and was somewhat thirsty.

The talent show resumed at this point, and Zheng Jie was surprised that the first performer was a handsome guy, a really handsome one.

[Community 1 - Gao Jialiang].

He had sharp features, a well-styled haircut, and impeccable fashion sense, the kind who naturally draws attention on the street.

The second performer was a woman who appeared to be in her forties, with a kind demeanor, but there seemed to be some water stains on the front of her clothes, possibly from spilling water.

[Community 12 - Zhou Guifen].

The handsome guy Gao Jialiang performed singing and dancing, while the woman Zhou Guifen also sang, though in a semi-professional bel canto style.

This time no one received excessive 'boring' votes that led to a premature end, and they both performed for about three minutes.

[Performer 1 received a total of 34 'Interesting' votes, receiving an extra 3 'Likes.']

[Performer 2 received a total of 32 'Interesting' votes, receiving an extra 3 'Likes.']

The talent show ended with their gestures of thanks.

Zheng Jie couldn't help but marvel, "How are they all so impressive?

"Dude, you're so handsome, yet you got to perform before I did—how is that fair?"

So far, all four talent show participants have chosen to sing.

Because singing is an artistic skill that most people possess, and the lack of accompaniment on this primitive stage could make solo dancing rather awkward.

And a cappella singing is relatively the easiest way to win audience favor.

Alternatively, those truly talented can sing and dance like this handsome guy, better than just singing or dancing alone, though it requires better modeling and operation skills.

This guy was indeed very handsome, even to the point that Zheng Jie was tempted to deliberately vote 'boring.'

But his singing and dancing were genuinely good, and with nothing else to do while waiting for the next meeting, Zheng Jie chose to finish watching.

From the choice of performers this time, Zheng Jie guessed some of the game's selection rules.

Apparently, there were many players with zero Likes, even that handsome guy didn't receive any.

This was reasonable, since each player could only get one Like per hour, if the people matched to this handsome guy had already given theirs away, they couldn't give more even if they wanted to.

Since everyone had zero Likes, the game could only randomly select, and Zheng Jie, with zero Likes too, wasn't chosen.

But it didn't matter, since players who had participated in the talent show wouldn't be chosen again soon. If Zheng Jie remained unlucky and received no Likes, he would get a chance eventually.

Instead of worrying about why he wasn't selected, he might as well consider what talent to present when his time comes.

During the talent show, the big screen occasionally interspersed new broadcasts.

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