Chapter 16: Speculation is terrifying
"Hey, wake up."
Hearing someone calling in his ear, Luo Sheng woke up. When he opened his eyes, he found that his forehead was pressed against the glass window of the taxi, and he had fallen asleep at some point.
Looking to the right, An Yi's face as steady as Mount Tai was doubled and dangled in front of his pupils.
"I thought you fainted." An Yi pulled away, and only then did the size of his face return to its normal proportions.
"Arrived?" Luo Sheng rubbed his forehead and asked.
An Yi got out of the car and poked his head in again, "I haven't arrived, there are pharmacies and supper stalls here, you go down first, and if you don't figure things out, you have to take care of yourself first, you look at your face, those who have not recovered from serious illnesses are better than you." β
The driver in front of him, who could not speak Chinese, also nodded, babbling in non-standard English, pointing at An Yi and giving a thumbs up.
Luo Sheng had no choice but to follow and get out of the car. An Yicai walked towards the pharmacy with confidence, his tall and down-to-earth back was always reflected in the eyes of a person with a gunshot wound, and he gradually walked away......
Luo Sheng felt a warmth in his heart, and he couldn't help it. After being warmed by the words "I believe in you" last time, this time it was melted by the big hand of friendship.
Secretly sighed: I didn't want to listen to the crow's words on the plane, not because I was afraid of being disturbed, but in my heart, he didn't believe that fox face could tell the truth, he was willing to believe this policeman.
Therefore, he also prayed that in the end, he would never let An Yi become unrecognizable.
Coming to the supper stall, Luo Sheng's stomach began to alarm him. From Connoola's custody unit to Cambodia, along the way, he has never eaten anything else except for the plane meal like cat food, facing all kinds of coconut milk boiled fish, beef hot pot, kebabs, Thai cold dishes, pumpkin coconut soup, and roll pancakes...... He surrendered.
Luo Sheng asked for a copy of everything, and then deeply realized that there are situations where people's sanity is completely defeated by food, and there must be.
When the delicious Cambodian delicacy was served, An Yi came out of the medicine store across the street, carrying a plastic bag in his hand, and the wounded supplies such as bandages and disinfectant were piled up inside.
When he came to the table, he was also captured by a table of delicacies.
Although An Yi came here first, he never had the heart to eat, let alone his stomach, he felt that his kidneys were full of countless problems, and where could he make room to digest the meal.
At this moment, as soon as I ate, I was going to vomit all the words-
Because the ultimate goal here is to meet a monk, Luo Sheng didn't ask for wine, and it was a table of delicious tea.
An Yi sat down and took a sip of tea before saying, "What's the matter with the gunshot wound on your arm?" β
Luo Sheng stopped his hand that was feasting, in fact, he was also about to say something that An Yi had never known, at present, there was only good for himself and no harm.
He put down his chopsticks, took out three game cards from his pocket, and arranged them on the table one by one in the order in which they were obtained.
"An Yi, do you know why I'm looking for Cheng Yin? On July 1st, the day he disappeared, just moments before he disappeared, he asked me to go and get a document, and he said it was very important, and I told you about it, right? β
An Yi nodded: "Yes." β
Luo Sheng continued: "Actually, after I arrived at the designated place, the information I got was sealed in a file bag, and because I was too curious, I peeked at the content of the information. β
Looking at the game cards on the table, An Yi understood a little, and by the way, he took a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, chewed and said: "The information is the game card?" β
"That's right!" Luo Sheng pointed to one of them and said, "This is itβ"
"What do you mean without me and without werewolves?" An Yi used to read it again, and then threw the question to Luo Sheng.
"If the card is meant by the game, the cards say that, out of superstition, the village names chose not to say words that contain 'werewolf' and 'me,' which means that they cannot be used in the game for identity guessing. But, here, I don't know what this card stands for -
Originally, I shouldn't have read the content of the information, after all, Cheng Yin told me not to check it without his permission, but I think that at that time, Cheng Yin may have seen through my thoughts. So, when I read the contents, I became even more sure that this card was inextricably linked to the conversation he had with me. β
An Yi looked at the cards intently and was silent.
Luo Sheng continued: "I think Cheng Yin deliberately asked me to take this card, he knows my curiosity very well, and he knows that I will definitely ask him with the mentality of killing the net at most after reading it. β
"But he's missing." An Yi Huoran raised his head and looked at Luo Sheng, "Then, just like the game starts, you are put in the middle of it." β
Luo Sheng really admired this man's analytical ability, "That's right! β
"Well, this one will be put first, what about the second one?"
"The second card is the ...... that the woman gave me when I first went to Connora" Luo Sheng said all the three questions on the card and his conversation with Connora in the custody room, word for word, and the third card did not need to be explained - this card about the burial of the dead - the two had discussed it in the apartment before, and came to the conclusion that "it is impossible to know who the deceased is".
An Yi ate all kinds of feasts, silent and serious, obviously making up all the things that happened before and after while eating, and then dismantling and analyzing them in his mind.
Luo Sheng has eaten almost the same, is drinking pumpkin soup in small sips, from time to time I hear the voice of the supper stall owner greeting guests, speaking Khmer, Luo Sheng also does not understand, it is estimated that translated into Chinese is nothing more than "come sit and sit, delicious and delicious".
After a while, I saw An Yi put down his chopsticks, picked up the second card and said: "The three questions on this card - pointing out whether the two players are in the same camp (villagers or werewolves); At least one werewolf; Witches are not male; Why did you want to ask the first one and not the others? β
From An Yi's eyes, Luo Sheng could see that he was not simply asking him, but obtaining a comparison of answers. In other words, he just wanted to see if what he speculated was consistent with what Luo Sheng thought.
Luo Sheng put down the soup bowl and said: "Because of that conversation, Cheng Yin put forward the statement 'I met another me', perhaps, like a psychological suggestion, at that time, I have subtly placed myself into this statement, so when I see the problem, I want to know who the killer and the deceased are, according to the card, only the first question fits this idea." β
That is, you are subconsciously asking, killers and dead...... Is it the same person? β
Luo Sheng nodded, and An Yi continued: "That's right, so it's not that Cheng Yin can predict which question you will ask, but you will be hinted at at the beginning, as he expected, you will follow the goal of the hint, or the distance will be reached one by one, of course, including here." β
Luo Sheng fully agreed with An Yi's reasoning, "But, what is the purpose of this? Just to make me ......" Luo Sheng suddenly paused, and a very terrible and bold idea crawled out of his head.