Volume 2: Living with Ghosts Chapter 030 Chen Ping
At this moment, Li Mei was still unaware that she had completely fallen into the trap that Chen Ping had carefully prepared for her. She was still angry that Liu Qin had violated the customs of the village without authorization and did not allow Chen Ping to contact other people. This anger could be said to be more from the strong jealousy in her heart. At this moment, she was muttering in her heart: "What qualifications do you have to stop Chen Ping from being with others? You are not Chen Ping's wife. How do you know that Chen Ping will definitely like you? How do you know whether Chen Ping will like me? Since you disregard the rules, I don't have to abide by them consciously!"
There are many customs in this woman's village, one of which is that during the period of marriage, the candidate is not allowed to interfere with the bride-hunting party and contact other women. For example, he is not allowed to say bad things about other women to the bride-hunting party, or force the bride-hunting party to choose only himself, etc. These are not allowed in the village during the marriage period.
If Chen Ping knew what Li Mei was thinking at this moment, he would be very happy, because based on this he could guess the identities of the twenty-five women.
It has to be said that Chen Ping's luck is incredible, because the twenty-five women he selected are all real human beings!
Seeing that Li Mei didn't speak for a long time, Chen Ping guessed that she might be hesitating about something. He lowered his head slightly and whispered to Li Mei: "Xiao Mei, I may not come to see you again in the future. My parents are still waiting for me to marry a wife. Since Liu Qin is interested in me, I have no choice but to be with her wholeheartedly. Otherwise, if even Liu Qin doesn't want me, then I really have no chance."
Hearing Chen Ping's words, Li Mei became anxious. According to what Chen Ping meant, it was obvious that he was telling her that he was going to choose Liu Qin. Li Mei gritted her teeth and shook her head firmly, saying, "No, I absolutely don't agree!!!"
"Xiaomei, this is a big deal for me. If I could make a choice earlier, you could go home. Didn't you tell me that you didn't want to choose your lover in such an old-fashioned way? So I made the choice. You should be very happy now. Why don't you agree?"
Chen Ping had a very accurate grasp of Li Mei's thoughts, and he expected that Li Mei would definitely not agree with his choice. Before this mission started, he felt that the final pursuit would be the last difficulty of this mission, and it would be extremely difficult.
Because of the time pressure, he was even ready to gamble. But on the first night when he came here, after he met Li Mei, his worries disappeared instantly. Because he found that the task balanced all the difficulties in the previous one in this final pursuit. It was also because of this that these women fell in love with him in such a short time.
Of course, this was also inseparable from his own charm and careful calculation, but the task also obviously greatly shortened the time required to pursue the woman in the manor.
He knew in his heart that the mission was easier here, which was equivalent to telling him that the real difficulty of this mission was in identifying the identity. However, for him now, all these difficulties would be solved perfectly by him.
Li Mei clenched her fists tightly, and after hesitating for many times, she finally clenched her fists and said to Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, I like you, and I really like you. I know you like me too, otherwise you wouldn't care so much about my feelings. Since Liu Qin can break the rules for you, I can do the same for you. I like you, I want you to marry me, and I won't allow you to look for other women. Let's get married tomorrow, okay?"
Chen Ping pretended to be surprised, but he was laughing wildly in his heart. However, he needed to confirm with other women whether the rules Xiaoling mentioned before really existed, so it was too early for him to make a choice now.
The astonishment on Chen Ping's face gradually turned into a struggle. Seeing that Chen Ping was struggling, Li Mei's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and her evil face became even more hideous.
"Chen Ping, do you want to reject me? I have already broken the customs of this village for you, please don't reject me, okay?"
Li Mei's words once again made Chen Ping ecstatic. He sighed with embarrassment, and then said with a sigh: "Xiao Mei, this is a bit too hasty. How about this. Give me a few days to think about it, and I will give you an answer in a few days, okay? After all, this is a big event in life. I hope you can also think about it carefully. Only when both of us make a careful decision, there will be no regrets or regrets in the future."
Chen Ping gave Li Mei a Tai Chi, neither explicitly agreeing to marry Li Mei nor flatly rejecting her, but rather choosing a set of compromise statements in a tactful way. After hearing what Chen Ping said, Li Mei really accepted it sadly.
"Okay, I'll listen to you and respect your choice."
After comforting Li Mei for a few more words, Chen Ping left Li Mei's residence and returned to his own hut. He had gained a lot today, which made him very happy. He saw the hope of getting through this mission safely. As long as he confirmed the truth of Li Mei's words, his chances of surviving this mission would become very high.
"Ha ha!"
After thinking about it, Chen Ping couldn't help but laugh out loud, even though he had always been very calm, with little emotion on his indifferent face. But he was also a human being, and being human, he couldn't avoid fear, and couldn't avoid the fear of death.
He was an outstanding detective in the real world, but he fell into this curse because of a missing person case he took over. The son of a wealthy family suddenly disappeared in front of his father for no reason. After his son disappeared, the wealthy man naturally tried every means to find him. Because his son's disappearance was so strange, the family spent a lot of money to invite many monks and Taoists to perform rituals, but all their efforts were in vain.
Whether it was a ritual or a Taoist priest exorcising the devil, these were not what the rich man cared about. What he really cared about was finding his missing son, but this kind of thing was obviously not something that a monk or a Taoist priest could do.
In addition to his son's mysterious disappearance, many other people had also witnessed similar bizarre incidents. However, after the police searched fruitlessly, the case was put aside.
The rich man naturally would not accept this result. While secretly cursing the police for their incompetence, he hired a particularly famous detective to help him find his son. This detective was Chen Ping.
At that time, Chen Ping was a standout in the detective world. His father was already well-known in the detective world, but after Chen Ping's rise, his fame completely overshadowed his father. Chen Ping solved many unsolved cases in a year, and then he repeatedly created legends around the world, solving one long-forgotten unsolved case after another. He was sought after by many people, and his actual skills were even more legendary.
Although Chen Ping seems to be invincible, he actually has a mystery that he cannot solve, such as the disappearance of the son of a wealthy man. Although Chen Ping tried his best to find clues and solve the missing case, he ended up with nothing. He had no choice but to give up temporarily until he received an invitation from the wealthy man and turned his attention back to the missing case.
After taking over, Chen Ping compared this missing case with the previous missing cases that he could not solve. After a series of comparisons, he found that the two were surprisingly similar. Both were missing, and both disappeared without a trace in front of people.
At that time, Chen Ping did not believe in ghosts and gods at all, so he thought that as long as there was a case, there must be a murderer, there must be a motive for committing the crime, and naturally there must be a method and tools for committing the crime.
With the scientific idea of a human detective, Chen Ping spent a whole year on this investigation, and during this year, he received several similar missing cases. The police were powerless to do anything about it, so they found Chen Ping, but Chen Ping refused without any hesitation.
However, despite his refusal, he still asked some questions about these missing persons in order to compare them with the rich man's son. But even though he thought so carefully, the answers he got in the end were the same as before.
A year of fruitless investigation did not make Chen Ping give up. On the contrary, it deepened his determination to solve the case.
Afterwards, Chen Ping conducted a detailed investigation of all the relatives and friends of the missing persons, even those with whom they had lost contact for a long time. He also paid great attention to some details, such as who the missing persons had quarreled with before they disappeared, who they had unpleasant friction with, and even who disliked them, etc. These trivial matters were all within the scope of his evidence collection.
He took all the information he had investigated and connected it with the missing cases, trying to find the common points among the missing persons. Although he had been trying to collect evidence and compare them, he could not connect these missing persons together. Although each missing case looked very similar, because the missing persons had no similarities, he could not determine whether these cases were caused by the same "murderer".
Faced with a long and fruitless investigation, others would have given up long ago, but Chen Ping still did not give up. Chen Ping has a persistent heart. The reason why he wants to be a detective is not only influenced by his father, but also directly related to his own personality. He has a strong desire to uncover secrets and is extremely persistent in the truth, so he chose the free profession of detective instead of the constrained policeman.
Half a year had passed in the blink of an eye, and finally, with Chen Ping's continuous efforts, he finally discovered a common point among these missing persons. However, this commonality was not something that was expressed, but something inherent, the character of these missing persons.
All the missing persons have a personality that is obsessed with one aspect, this obsession may be towards a person, or towards a certain thing... Chen Ping spent a year and a half to find only this little connection. If it were someone else, they would probably not care about such a small connection. But Chen Ping would not do that. Since these missing persons have a commonality, it means that they may have disappeared on this point. With this idea in mind, Chen Ping focused on the experience and personality of these people in solving the missing case.
Finally, he entered this curse. At the moment he entered this curse, he finally understood the method of this disappearance case. When he passed the novice mission and came to the Death Base, he learned some things from Wang Lin, and he believed in his guess. He secretly made up his mind to find out the truth about this curse. He would never allow himself to fail!
He has always regarded the existence of this curse as a method of the murderer, and his stubborn personality is the motive for the crime. In his mind, he regards the series of rules in the curse as a certain purpose that the murderer wants to achieve! And the "murderer" who has been hiding under this curse and secretly planning all this, he must reveal everything and find out the black hand of this curse!
As he came into contact with more and more executors, Chen Ping unexpectedly discovered that the motivation was not just a simple one-sided obsession, but underneath this obsession, there was also a strong struggle.
For example, Wang Lin was obsessed with the heavy responsibility he shouldered as a company commander. At the same time, he loved his wife and children and wanted to spend enough time with them, but he could not achieve both.
Another example is Zhang Feng, who was born in a poor family and always hoped to achieve something in his work. He has always been persistent in working hard to exchange for a better life in the future. However, the oppression of the boss, the squeeze of colleagues, and the difficulties of customers have forced Zhang Feng to become an idle gangster. While he wants to gain recognition from others through hard work, he has to face his identity as a gangster.
It was the same for Yun Yun. Because of her parents, Yun Yun thought that everyone who was nice to her was someone who wanted to curry favor with her and plot against her. So she took advantage of their kindness and took the opportunity to achieve her goals. But in her heart, she always hoped that someone would be nice to her not because of her family, but just because of Yun Yun. But what made her struggle was that she couldn't believe someone was just nice to her, not plotting against her family background and wanting to get something from her.
As for Zhang Fengyu and Li Xuan, they were the same, they still showed strong struggle in their persistence, and this manifestation of character was the reason why the curse came upon them.
