Chapter 36: Misunderstandings
"You mean that after Ji Chengcheng came back, the owner of the cat became two people?"
Yi Shaodong felt that he understood Qin Ming's meaning, but also felt that what he was thinking was wrong.
Qin Ming did not answer him on this question, but continued:
Ji Chengcheng was originally the owner of the cat, and it was because of a business trip that Lu Zhiqiang adopted her, so after she came back, she was actually still the adopter of the cat, so the cat was gone, whether she discarded it or not, the cat left her.
If, according to our previous guess, as long as you adopt a cursed cat, you will be infected with the curse, and then you will have various hallucinations, and when the cat is discarded, the curse will completely explode.
Then Ji Chengcheng should also show symptoms of being infected with the curse.
But in fact, Ji Chengcheng was not infected with the curse. At least not at the time.
This is clearly not in line with our original speculation about the curse.
You may remember what I said when I analyzed her and why she didn't show symptoms of the curse.
I said that it was because she transferred the cat to Lu Zhiqiang after a business trip, so it was equivalent to changing the identity of the cat owner.
It's like Feng Yuan picking up the cat from Lu Zhiqiang's house later.
But when I thought about it later, this idea didn't hold water, because when she came back from a business trip, she saw the cat again, which meant that the cat was back with her. She is still an adopter of cats.
However, after Lu Zhiqiang disposed of the cat, Lu Zhiqiang became a cat because of the curse, but Ji Chengcheng still didn't have anything to do.
So it made me even more sure that there was something wrong with my speculation about the curse at the time. ”
After Qin Ming finished speaking, it could be said that it was equivalent to slapping himself in the face. After all, everything about this incident is centered on him and analyzed.
However, Yi Shaodong didn't think there was any problem, and he asked again at this time:
"But if this conclusion is wrong, why is it completely in line with the situation of Lu Zhiqiang, Feng Yuan and others?"
"In most cases, just saying that this direction, or being generally right, is not exactly right.
So I've been thinking about it all night since last night, wondering what I was missing.
It wasn't until this morning that I finally figured out what the problem was.
When we analyzed, we missed time. ”
"When?"
"Well, it's the time that Feng Yuan and the others spend with the cat.
Because Ji Chengcheng told me that two days after she adopted the cat, she moved to Lu Zhiqiang's house.
After that, she went on a business trip and came back after a few days.
So I think the reason why Ji Chengcheng was not infected by the curse at that time was probably because she didn't spend enough time with the cat.
Although Lu Zhiqiang is not an adopter, the cat has been with him for longer than Ji Chengcheng.
So he was cursed, but Ji Chengcheng didn't.
This can also be reflected in Feng Yuan and his wife.
Feng Yuan's wife has to go to work during the day, and Feng Yuan often stays at home all day because he has no work, so his wife is fine, but he is cursed. ”
Hearing this, Yi Shaodong finally understood, and then said:
"That is, the conditions for cursing the infection have nothing to do with who adopted them, but it depends on the time spent alone with the cat?
Because the invasion of the curse takes a certain amount of time. ”
"I think so, so my earliest assumptions weren't correct.
At most, I can only say half right, there is no problem with the conditions for the curse to erupt, I think it is to discard the cat, but the conditions for contracting the curse, I obviously said it wrong at the time. ”
After listening to Qin Ming's explanation, Yi Shaodong knew why Qin Ming insisted on not keeping a cat.
Because keeping the cat by your side is not only not a way to unlock the curse, but it will make you really infected by the curse.
Thinking of this, Yi Shaodong couldn't help but be afraid for a while, and he almost went to a dead end. But when he thought about it, he suddenly became excited again:
"So, we didn't get the curse and passed this exam?"
"If I'm right, it should be. But what is going on, we have to wait for the school's email. ”
Qin Ming didn't think that what he was thinking must be right, after all, he was not a god.
So what he just said to Yi Shaodong may be the truth.
It may also be 108,000 miles away from the truth.
Regardless, they've eliminated all the people and cats infected with the curse, which is tantamount to blocking the way back.
So right or wrong, that's all they can do.
Leaving Ji Chengcheng's house, Qin Ming and Yi Shaodong then took a taxi back to Feng Yuan's house.
The reason why they still want to go back to Feng Yuan's house is not to deal with the corpses of Xue Kai and Fu Guangliang, but simply to get things.
It's just that it's not their things, but Xue Kai and Fu Guangliang's things.
On the way back, Yi Shaodong asked Qin Ming a question that made him think about it a little carefully:
"Curses can spread, they can infect people, just like a virus, and people who fall under the curse will also have various abnormal manifestations after the curse erupts.
It's almost like some people who have a strange disease.
You say, there are so many strange and incurable infectious diseases in the world, could it be a curse? ”
"Maybe, who knows." Qin Ming couldn't think of an answer, and he didn't know whether to dig deeper or not, so he shook his head.
Ten minutes later, the two of them returned to Feng Yuan's house again.
In that second bedroom, Xue Kai's corpse was still lying on the bed with a bruised face, Qin Ming looked at Xue Kai, although he was not familiar with him, but there was inevitably some sadness in his heart, after all, no one knew whether today's Xue Kai would be tomorrow's Qin Ming.
"Fu Guangliang is dead, your revenge can be regarded as revenge, I hope you can rest in peace. I'll take the charms and potions from you. ”
After Qin Ming said a word to Xue Kai's corpse, he took out all the charms and potions he had put in his pocket.
In addition to the things on his body, in Xue Kai's pocket, Qin Ming also found a few spells and potions.
The number of auxiliary charms and exorcism charms combined, there are almost ten, and the number of potions adds up to nearly ten bottles.
Qin Ming didn't expect Xue Kai to have so much inventory, but thinking of Xue Kai's reward in the entrance test, plus he should have also gotten some things from dead people in the first monthly exam.
So there will be so many, but it is also said in the past.
When Qin Ming came out of the bedroom with Xue Kai's things, Yi Shaodong had already picked up Fu Guangliang.
Seeing this, Qin Mingbu asked again:
"Are you looking for something to take off all his underwear?"
"You think I'm thinking, the key is that this kid is so good at hiding.
It's okay to get a hidden pocket in the dress, the underwear, and even the soles of the shoes have been hollowed out by him. ”
Hearing Yi Shaodong say this, Qin Ming also looked a little surprised, but thinking of Fu Guangliang's previous disguise, this was more in line with him.
The two of them put all the loot on the sofa, Qin Ming looked at those things, and then said to Yi Shaodong:
"We're still the old rules, one and a half."
Regarding Qin Ming's distribution proposal, Yi Shaodong just smiled, and then said sloppily:
"I think Fu Guangliang and Xue Kai shouldn't have told us the truth about what happened to them in the monthly exam last time.
Otherwise, they shouldn't have so many things. ”
"Don't say it's useless, we'll have half of the stuff."
Qin Ming repeated it again at this time.
However, the one person and half he advocated did not come true in the end.
Yi Shaodong still took a small half of it on the grounds that he didn't make any contributions, leaving most of the rest to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming thought that the matter at home still needed to be resolved, so he didn't shirk anything this time, and then put the things in his backpack.
The two of them left Feng Yuan's house with a full load, and it happened to be noon again, so they found a place to eat as usual.
Only this time it was no longer a hot pot, but a small restaurant that made stir-fried dishes.
One person opened a bottle of beer, Qin Ming and Yi Shaodong touched it lightly, and they both drank it with a bang.
"Comfortable!"
Yi Shaodong put down the wine bottle and looked refreshed.
However, when he looked at Qin Ming, he found that Qin Ming still looked preoccupied, he suddenly thought of something, and then said to Qin Ming:
"After we finish eating in a while, we will buy a plane ticket and fly directly to your house.
I'm done with my buddies, and we'll meet you at your house then.
The sooner you settle your family's affairs, the sooner you can rest assured. ”