Volume 2: Living with Ghosts Chapter 031 True or False
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Chen Ping came to Liu Qin early in the morning to verify the rules that Li Mei had mentioned yesterday.
After Chen Ping's inquiry, Liu Qin told Chen Ping about the various rules of the village, but it was obviously unnecessary for Chen Ping to know these now. He just needed to make sure that it was true. In order to prevent Li Mei and Liu Qin from being the same, Chen Ping went to the other women one by one out of caution. After these people's confirmation, Chen Ping was completely relieved at this moment. Unless all the people he chose were ghosts, Li Mei must be a human.
"Except for Li Mei, the other 24 people are most likely human. Could it be that my luck is so good that all the people I chose are human? Forget it, I should go to Li Mei and express my feelings first, in case Li Mei thinks too much and something unexpected happens."
Just when Chen Ping was about to turn around and go to Li Mei, he found that Wang Lin was running towards him with an anxious look on his face. Chen Ping was stunned when he saw Wang Lin. He didn't know what Wang Lin was doing here.
"Captain Wang, why are you here?"
Wang Lin took two deep breaths and quickly pulled Chen Ping aside. After finding that there was no one around, he whispered to Chen Ping, "Xiao Ping, have you made your choice?"
Chen Ping looked at Wang Lin and shook his head in confusion. Seeing Chen Ping shaking his head, Wang Lin seemed to have let go of some worries and his expression immediately became relaxed. Seeing this, Chen Ping couldn't help but ask, "Captain Wang, what's the matter? Didn't Xiaoling say that it's best not to leave your area? Why did you come to me?"
After hearing Chen Ping's words, Wang Lin whispered in Chen Ping's ear: "I found a problem. Originally, there were 100 people in the women's village, but after Xiaoling became the matchmaker, each of us still chose 25 people. What does this mean?"
Chen Ping immediately showed an expression of enlightenment when he heard Wang Lin's words: "Yes, there were originally 100 people, but after Xiaoling became the matchmaker, there should be only 99 people left. But how come we can still choose 25 people on average? There is actually one extra person."
Chen Ping thought about it and immediately discovered the problem that he had always ignored. He finally knew the real number of ghosts when they did not choose the second way to choose the matchmaker. The number of ghosts at that time should be 49. After Xiaoling became the matchmaker, because it was confirmed that Xiaoling was a human, there was one more ghost at that time, so there was the sentence that the number of ghosts would become 50 after choosing the second way.
Although Chen Ping understood the information given in the supplementary hints, there was nothing to be surprised about. No matter how many ghosts there were before, there were now 50 of them, which did not affect them at all.
"Captain Wang, this is nothing to be surprised about!"
Seeing that Chen Ping did not react, Wang Lin sighed and said, "Xiao Ping, after my analysis, I have confirmed that the 25 people I chose are all human. I have also visited Feng Yu and he was also very lucky. The 25 people he chose were all human. This means that you and Zhang Feng have both chosen... ghosts!"
"Are they all ghosts?"
Chen Ping's eyes were filled with more doubts. He didn't know how Wang Lin identified the ghost, but he knew that Wang Lin would not lie. Since Wang Lin said so, it should be so. However...
Seeing that Chen Ping still didn't believe it, Wang Lin's face showed some anger: "Xiao Ping, I am risking violating this special custom to tell you. I will only say this once and you should think carefully. Xiaoling's previous number was 88, and after Xiaoling was chosen as the matchmaker, we don't know who No. 88 is, which means that Xiaoling can also be regarded as No. 88. In other words, we can also choose Xiaoling as our marriage partner. Although I don't know if this is considered a loophole in word games, because the twenty-five people you chose are all ghosts, this is the only hope left for you to complete the task.
Take advantage of this clue and chase Xiaoling. Only by marrying Xiaoling can you complete this mission. The reason why I say you still have hope is because I asked Xiaoling, and Xiaoling said that No. 88 is among the people you chose. This is not a secret, and you can also ask Xiaoling. I've left the solution to you, and I'm leaving now."
Chen Ping looked at Wang Lin's hurriedly leaving figure, and a smile appeared on his originally gloomy face.
Wang Lin is a calm person. Although he wants to help others survive, he will only do so on the premise that Wang Lin himself can survive. This can be seen from his previous secret plot against Zhang Feng.
If Wang Lin had violated that particular custom for the sake of others' lives, he would have stopped them. But Wang Lin obviously didn't do that. Xiao Ling had emphasized that it was best not to leave their respective areas, and it was obvious that she didn't want them to leave. But Wang Lin still left. He knew that this was against the rules, but he still did it. It was clear whether this was true or not.
"It seems that my luck is really good. The ones I picked were all humans. No wonder the task confused me. But if it is true that the ones I picked were all ghosts, then the method that person just told me can really be tried as a life-saving straw."
Chen Ping was in a good mood now. After tidying up his clothes, he quickly went to Li Mei's home.
Wang Lin walked very quickly, and gradually left Dongzhuang where Chen Ping was. After leaving Dongzhuang, Wang Lin stopped in a secret place, and he grabbed his head and pulled it up hard, then he took his head off and rubbed it vigorously.
Soon he stopped his movements, and the head in his hand suddenly turned into the face of Xiaoling, the evil ghost. Then the man put the head back on his neck, and after twisting his body twice, his body gradually turned into Xiaoling's graceful body, and he walked into Nanzhuang where the real Wang Lin was.
Wang Lin was very anxious now. After so many days, he still couldn't identify the identity of any one person. However, he and Chen Ping were similar. They were also very popular among the 25 people he selected. But being popular was useless. He had to identify the real person first, otherwise marrying a ghost would be a dead end. But after so many days, he still had no clue.
He had no choice. For fear of violating the customs of the village, he did not dare to leave Nanzhuang to ask Chen Ping. For a time, this veteran who had completed nineteen missions was forced into a desperate situation.
Just as Wang Lin was about to contact those women again to see if he could come up with any solution, Xiaoling's voice suddenly came through the door: "Wang Lin, are you there?"
When Wang Lin heard Xiaoling's voice, he frowned and thought to himself that Xiaoling had come twice today. With doubts, Wang Lin left the house.
Wang Lin wanted to open the door for Xiao Ling, but Xiao Ling stopped him: "You don't have to open the door for me. Chen Ping asked me to tell you something. I will leave after I finish speaking. He said that women are fickle."
"Women are all hot and cold? What is this?" Wang Lin repeated with a puzzled look on his face.
Xiao Ling nodded and said, "He said he couldn't leave Dongzhuang, so he had to ask me to pass on a message for him. He said if he told you this, you would understand what he meant. What did he mean by this?"
Wang Lin smiled apologetically at Xiao Ling, then shook his head and said, "I don't understand either. I guess this kid is just teasing me when he's bored! Miss Xiao Ling, is there anything else?"
"No, if Chen Ping teased you on purpose, I would have to go find him. It would be a waste of my time!"
After Xiaoling left, Wang Lin returned to the house, but his face was solemn.
"Chen Ping asked Xiao Ling to tell me this. I think there must be some deep meaning in this. But how could Chen Ping be so kind as to care about my life or death after we were separated? It really surprised me. But Xiao Ling is undoubtedly a human being, so there shouldn't be any problem."
"Women are always hot and cold? Are you trying to tell me how to tell identities? Yes, women's tempers are the most unpredictable. Sometimes you offend them without knowing why. Yes, it is very likely that this is the method Chen Ping found. It seems that this guy must have some regrets about the previous plot against Zhang Feng, and wants to make me forgive him!"
While Wang Lin was still thinking about Chen Ping's words, Xiaoling walked out from the room of one of the women. After Xiaoling left, the woman suddenly stretched out a long tongue from her split head and licked the large pool of saliva that had just flowed out of her mouth. It was obvious that Xiaoling had said something that excited her. What was it?
