Chapter 11: Truth and Illusion
Shi Zuocai was lying on the bed, like a corpse.
It is impossible for a person in prison to play "eat chicken".
Unless the jailers are all fools.
He muttered to himself.
"Fake, all fake......?"
From the operability of the method itself, to the support of news reports, and even to the relationship with that mysterious organization, there seems to be ample evidence of Liu Yanshi's methods.
But if you think that everything is fake, Liu Yanshi has never used this technique, everything is just an illusion created by her, and it seems that she can find a lot of supporting information.
It is not difficult to concoct the official website of Newcastle Honest People, and Liu Yanshi definitely has the ability to do so. Shi Zuocai did not have access to more local information, so he could not verify whether this website was authentic.
Stealing jewelry from prison was almost as difficult as it was to the sky, and Shi Zuo couldn't imagine how Liu Yanshi could do it.
The game records of those two days were genuine, and no one had the ability to modify the background data of the game company.
Can...... If all this is fake, what is the purpose of Liu Yanshi?
A huge amount of information surged through Shi Zuocai's mind. Both of these conclusions have evidence for their validity, and both have their own fatal wounds.
Shi Zuocai didn't know which one to believe.
Or rather, he didn't know which fact he wanted to be true.
He rolled over and suddenly heard a knock on the door.
He sighed helplessly, burying his face in his hands and digging his fingers into his hair.
β¦β¦
"You're back?"
Liu Yanshi looked at Mr. Demon, who was raising his eyebrows and leaning against the door frame, with a surprised expression:
"I thought you wouldn't come back. Why did you suddenly give up the stuffy oil bottle yesterday? I thought your personality would die suddenly......"
"He's because you're too vegetable, stimulated." Mr. Demon smiled, "And I can't die, he's counting on me to deal with you." β
Liu Yanshi raised her eyebrows: "I'm annoying, I need to deal with it?" β
"He feels like he's been being sexually harassed by you......" Mr. Demon paused and continued.
"But I'd love to be harassed by youβat least you're much more interesting than that nerd."
With that, he shut his mouth.
He heard a faint voice in his head - "You talk a lot".
He smiled at Liu Yanshi and spread his hands. Liu Yanshi looked at him meaningfully, turned her eyes away in amusement, and walked into the room.
She walked into the study with ease and opened the schoolbag she was carrying.
"Since you hate sexual harassment, can we live a simple life as a teacher and student, Mr. Shi Zuocai?"
β¦β¦
After a fierce battle between heaven and man, the stuffy oil bottle still decided to come out to help Liu Yanshi with homework.
One is because Mr. Demon doesn't like to read and doesn't know anything about mathematics. The second reason is that he believes in Liu Yanshi's evil and thinks that teaching her shouldn't be too troublesome.
He soon regretted it.
"Huh? In this first step, why did you change this equation to look like this? β
Shi Zuocai tried his best to keep his composure.
"This is an oral arithmetic problem for addition and subtraction within a hundred."
"Ah...... It's really going to be counted......" Liu Yanshi squatted on the chair, pouted, and quietly put down his reddened fingers.
Shi Zuo rubbed his temples.
"Do you have 10,000 fingers?"
"I'm tired of doing my homework, so let's move!" Liu Yanshi argued indignantly, looked at the second step of the equation deformation, and was stunned.
Then, she pulled her phone out. Glancing at Shi Zuocai, he turned on the computer.
The spirit of the "......" stuffy oil bottle was on the verge of collapse, and he even heard Mr. Demon's unbridled laughter in his head.
"Did you really go to school?"
"Where do Australian schools learn this!" Liu Yanshi looked aggrieved, "What's the use of high school math being so difficult?" β
Shi Zuocai smiled bitterly: "You have always received China's enlightenment education, right?" β
Liu Yanshi was still crouching in his chair. She hugged her legs, pursed her lips, and her bare toes were like shiny beans.
"I've never read in China, and you haven't read my files......
The stuffy oil bottle knocked on the table in annoyance, wanting to see the calculation process of Liu Yan's visual writing.
He put down his pen suddenly.
He looked at Liu Yan steadily, as if lightning flashed through his mind. Liu Yanshi looked at him curiously.
The stuffy oil bottle sighed and spoke leisurely.
"What are you making this bureau for?"
Liu Yanshi blinked, stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, and opened his mouth hesitantly.
"You...... Are you alright? β
The stuffy oil bottle took a breath.
The facts couldn't be more obvious. She's playing dumb.
"I'm talking about a series of illusions you've created...... Everything you showed me started with the disappearance case you were involved in last year. You've never been in prison, you've never been in a relationship with a missing person named Lin Yushang. β
"Admittedly, you've created a very real illusion β making fake news that echoes and looks like a newspaper is only one aspect, and it's not that hard for you who can make fake web pages. Your most powerful work is the disappearance case you designed. β
"Although it is a story you made up in the newspaper, I was really surprised by the sophistication of your thinking: not only did you make up a strange story with ups and downs, but through the superficial plot you made up in the newspaper, you were really able to concoct an ingenious criminal modus operandi: let your two fake identities meet, and then let your real body escape."
"This criminal modus operandi is so ingenious β ingenious enough to sway my mental inertia. It's hard for me to believe that such an elaborate technique could be fake, especially since you mixed the news of the stolen jewel being found in the fake news a few days later, making your fabricated story of going to prison seem to have a good reason. β
"You even added a memo to your phone to convince me that there was a connection between you and that organization and that case...... If I hadn't seen that memo, you must have had some other way for me to 'coincidentally' see it, wouldn't you? β
ββ¦β¦ Even if I saw your gameplay during the 'jail' period, I still couldn't understand what was going on, and I couldn't imagine that you might have made it all up. If it weren't for a coincidental detail, I would never have imagined that you would have made all this visible to me on purpose. β
"Archives, the problem is in the archives...... It was a coincidence that I saw that criminal record of yours. The teacher in the archives told me that you don't have to hand over your entry and exit certificate to him at all. β
"You were the one who asked me to hand over your file to the archives, and you were the one who deliberately disappeared when I received the file and let me see the contents of the file. Right from the start, you've been hoping that I'll see the full information on your file and that I'll start investigating you. Then I will step into your trap and see everything you want me to see. β
Shi Zuocai took a breath, slowly picked up the glass on the table, and took a sip of water.
Why were his hands trembling slightly?
"Liu Yanshi classmate." Shi Zuo put down the water glass.
"Now, tell me, why did you make all this?"
Shi Zuo looked at Liu Yan fixedly.
He was sure that his eyes were good enough to drill a hole in the stones.
But Liu Yanshi's reaction was completely unexpected.
Her gaze wandered, she looked at Shi Zuocai, and looked at the ceiling.
Suddenly, she popped and laughed softly.
She was actually laughing.
"Shi Zuocai's ......"
Liu Yanwei leaned forward, supported the table with both hands, and held her beautiful face.
She squinted and tilted her head slightly, like a child who had succeeded in a prank.
After a moment, she suddenly spoke.
"Guess what."
Shi Zuocai was slightly stunned.
Liu Yanshi grimaced at him, the expression on his face was secretive, but still with a detached smile.
"I read you right, Stuffy Bottle...... Whether you're right or not, but you do guess a lot. Now, you're close to the final step. β
Liu Yanshi leaned forward again and pursed his lips.
She hesitated for a moment and scratched the bridge of Shi Zuocai's nose.
"Whatever you want to know, give me a guess! I'll be back tomorrow afternoon to ask you about your homework, so you have to hurry! β
Shi Zuocai was still stunned, holding the pen that had been used to correct Liu Yanshi's homework.
But Liu Yanshi obviously didn't see his appearance, and he didn't plan to deal with him anymore.
After saying this, she quickly put on her shoes and slipped out of Shi Zuocai's house with light steps.