Chapter 152: Chess Meets Opponents (I)

"Let's play a game, of course, a game with stakes." Lu Mengyao said.

"Bet on what?" Su Jing raised her eyebrows and looked at her.

The two of them stood on the roof of the school's teaching building, which is the tallest administrative building in the school's headquarters, with 12 floors high. Basically, no one would have come to this place without something to do, and no one would have been able to get the key to it.

Of course, those who have a way will always have a way. Lu Mengyao, the president of the drama club, once applied for the right to use this place in order to find a place to rehearse, but after being refused, she played a little trick and tricked the mold of the key into her hand, and then made a new one. She has been carrying the key with her ever since, in fact, it took her several months to make copies of the keys for the entire school and put them in different folders in the club office, ready to go.

"Gamble on your life." Lu Mengyao smiled and said, "You lose, you jump from here." I lose, and I can do whatever you want me to do. From making me jump from here, until I become your personal slave - all conditions are fine. This is necessary to want your life. ”

"Fair enough." Su Jing climbed the parapet wall on the top of the building in one step, the parapet wall here was more than one meter high and only thirty centimeters wide. He stood on his daughter's wall, feeling the air on the eighteen-story platform, the feeling of crumbling, a gust of wind that could push him down at any moment.

"I must warn you that the air currents on the rooftops of the high-rise buildings are very strong. I don't want to fall off before you've finished playing this game. It's so unfair. Lu Mengyao pulled out a stack of playing cards from her pocket. The game we are going to play is simple. Draw one of each, compare the size. This is the easiest way to play. If I win. You can get the death you want. If I lose, you can get the obvious wonderful reward – myself. ”

"It's for me. It's too nice, isn't it? Su Jing smiled and shook hands with her, "I bet." ”

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Su Jing and Lu Mengyao met in the recruitment of the drama club, the fifth president of the drama club who was one year older than him was loved by everyone, with a beautiful appearance and amiable personality, as well as an omnipotent wrist - some people say that she can even control the decision-making of the student union behind her back, in fact, Su Jing did know the senior management of the student union through her.

Lu Mengyao looks like an ordinary excellent woman, or an ordinary to perfect human being, the only difference is that her mediocrity has almost been upgraded to the level of art. Test scores are always maintained in the top 30%. The scholarship of the second prize, the first prize can occasionally be won in three times, and participate in various competitions, and the third, second and first prizes are distributed in precise proportions.

Su Jing was also confused by this appearance at first, but perhaps because he was naturally sensitive, he always felt that there was something wrong with this woman - that is, everything about her seemed a little ...... False.

Her smile is fake, her anger is (occasionally) fake, her joy is fake. Her encouragement was fake...... Su Jing never laughs when she hears a joke that is not funny, but she always laughs a few times in a very even and rhythmic laugh, three short and one long, with a silent interval in between as an inhalation sound......

It's so regular.

After that. Su Jing became interested in this woman. He had seen a lot of hypocrisy, but he had been able to bring hypocrisy to such a vivid and vivid level - this was the first time he had encountered it. He couldn't help but be somewhat interested in what she was like under her mask - who are you? What do you really look like?

As a first step in gathering intelligence, he added her friends on online dating platforms. And began to retrieve the information she posted one after another. Very superficial and mediocre content, retweeting a chicken soup for the soul and life motto between seven and eight o'clock every morning. Then upload two selfies per day, as well as one photo of dinner. It is usually vegetarian. But eat easy-to-digest chicken once a week on Saturday night. Every morning after waking up, I would go to the playground for a twenty-minute run, and then I would have ordinary soy milk and vegetarian cakes in the morning.

Everything is so ordinary that it doesn't look like a popular college idol.

In the following action, he began to approach her. Mixed in the many fan groups, he began to contact her step by step. Relying on his long information-gathering and skillful skill in her, he began to approach the woman little by little. He tried to unmask her little by little by shrinking the distance, but the other party's disguise was always perfect. He brought her all kinds of breakfasts and gave her all kinds of flowers in a blatant way. The other party also responds softly and smoothly with a perfectly friendly smile all the time.

They gradually became friends, and Su Jing climbed to the highest point of Lu Mengyao's interpersonal range, but this was also the limit of what she could get close to. He became the right and left hand in her community, the number two person, her most effective assistant.

Finally, he waited for the best opportunity. School was on winter break, and he barely had to go home. He searched the Internet for the return time posted by Lu Mengyao, and then confirmed the location of her dormitory.

Su Jing spent three hours putting on her own makeup, and then sneaked into the girls' dormitory. With the tricked dormitory key—in fact, he was very good at all kinds of tricks—opened the door to Lu Mengyao's dormitory.

After locking the door, Su Jing began to methodically search for items in the room. He changed to a pair of cheapest shoes so that he could destroy them afterwards, wore rubber gloves on his hands, and wrapped his hair in a swimming cap. The four cabinets in the girls' dormitory were all locked, and he wrenched the small locks with a pipe wrench and began to rummage through them one by one.

After discarding a large pile of girls' clothes, he found what he was looking for in a closet. Wrapped inside a blanket is a heavy notebook carefully sealed in a plastic bag. He pulled his notebook out of his bag and found that there was one ...... in it

Character information.

On the title page of the notebook, the word "backup" was written in a pen. And what was recorded in it was all the ...... she deduced Information about the characters she has seen, including personalities, preferences, and analysis of relationships. Like some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder, she recorded the meaning of each message. and the date on which it was discovered. Reading this note, Su Jing was able to piece together a complete network of school people. And especially striking. She was the one who marked everyone's "weaknesses".

Weaknesses, handles. As well as all kinds of ways that can completely crush a person.

If you want to destroy this girl, then you need to construct a rumor to affect the three people in her dormitory; If you want to control this teacher, you need to start with his position in the school system as a whole; Another teacher is the opposite of him, and perhaps he likes to hear bad things about the former, and some clever lies can lead him to do something......

On one of the pages, Su Jing found her name.

And in the column under his name, Lu Mengyao spent a full five pages to record his information. There are many possibilities listed under "misanthropy" and "suicidal tendencies", which are then overturned by herself.

[Deviant (or self-deviant) people are the easiest to control.] Because they think they are extraordinary. Above the mortal. And such personality shortcomings are the easiest to guide. Just don't let them realize it: they're just a mortal. Of course, this is very simple, and they will avoid it themselves. Just tease their self-esteem and they will do what you want them to do. 】

[I was wrong. This man isn't the kind of guy who pretends to be. He...... It's real naivety. That kind of insightful naivety...... It's like a child. The kind of childishness that has no shame and no desire...... I first encountered this type of genre in college. Such people are commonly referred to as ...... A saint who has seen through the red dust. 】

[So far, I think he seems unscrupulous and deviant not because he wants to attract attention, but because of some kind of ...... Self-destructive tendencies. Yes, I think that's a good explanation. He was actually looking for an opportunity to die...... His psychological tendencies toward self-destruction are deeper than most people's. But it doesn't make sense, judging by his clothes and spending habits, his family has no financial difficulties, and he is not extraordinary, and he will not be too deeply hurt in love - then the death of his lover? 】

[The last time I deduced that his suicidal tendencies stemmed from the death of his close lover.] But from some habits, he has not been in a relationship...... Or is it not an ordinary love experience? 】

[Immature mind. I remember where I had seen similar descriptions...... It must be about a part of the family relationship, the corresponding psychological disorder ......]

[I think I know the truth.] I had been thinking of these two situations as having two different causes, but I was wrong. Both are caused by the same element...... I'm starting to feel sorry for him. But even if it is, it doesn't make a person's personality so weird...... For what? 】

[Notably, he's starting to get close to me...... I don't know what this is for. But...... According to my previous reasoning, he shouldn't have a crush on someone like me. Then either my inference was wrong. Or maybe he had other intentions...... If he has other intentions, then what is there in me that is worth his watching? For a man bent on death. Beauty, money, ...... Ah, I think I got it. 】

[He's already suspicious of my disguise.] And he wants to see the real me...... I began to seriously consider whether or not I wanted to continue backing up the information on my notebook if he was really as smart and action-oriented as I thought he was...... Maybe it's my obsessive-compulsive disorder that's doing things again, maybe it's the ...... I'm thinking too much]

[Actually, if you don't take into account the strange habits and twisted mind, he is a very good opposite sex.] If I were a normal girl, I might already be dating him...... On the surface, he is almost invulnerable. But when I got so deep into his heart, I felt nothing but fear and ...... Challenge. I could not find any weakness in his personality, he had no normal human desires, only the instinct to chase pleasure. Will I be able to reawaken his humanity? As he approached me, taking me as a prey? 】

[Think about it, Lu Mengyao. Aren't you happy that you finally have a qualified opponent? Although he is not like you, he may be the most difficult ......]

There was a clattering footstep in the corridor, and Su Jing frowned and sighed. He closed the notebook and hid the pipe wrench under one of the beds. The lock of the girl's bedroom was opened with a click, and Lu Mengyao stood at the door with an unpredictable smile, her suitcase standing next to her lap.

"So...... Do you know everything? She looked at the notebook in his hand.

“…… I didn't expect ...... You even guessed my step. Su Jing smiled and raised the notebook in his hand, "It's wonderful, it's wonderful, dear president, my dear friend." ”

"No, I didn't design it." Lu Mengyao shook her head and sighed, "There was a traffic jam on the road, which caused me to miss the plane...... I didn't guess that there would be a traffic jam so much that the half-hour emergency time reserved was useless. Besides, I don't want anyone to see the notebook. ”

"Looks like you're getting close to my biggest secret...... It's all just speculation, but it's pretty close. But unfortunately, I also have your secret, so...... I think we can have a good talk. Su Jing's eyes swept slightly at the pipe wrench placed under the bed.

“…… If you can take off your women's clothes and wash off your heavy makeup, then I think we can talk in a different place. Lu Mengyao pointed to the wig on his head.

Half an hour later, the two stood on the roof of the school office building.

"Well, I think we can get acquainted again." Lu Mengyao took out a lady's cigarette from her pocket, and then lit it with a small lighter, "Lu Mengyao." As you can see, the hobby is...... Gathering Information. It's my personal habit. I hope you don't think too much about it, or rather think I'm an evil person, because I haven't really hurt anyone with this information. ”

"And a strong desire to control." Su Jing added, "After you collect this information, in order to verify your own ideas, you always take the initiative to manipulate others. Don't doubt it, I confirmed that. To achieve this, you have created a perfect image of yourself. You always want the situation to be completely in your hands, and I guess it's some kind of obsessive-compulsive manifestation. But what are the triggers for this? ”

He narrowed his eyes and began to tell his reasoning:

"You've created a perfect mask for yourself. I admit that everyone in this society is indispensable for the survival of masks. But only you - dear friend, only you completely hide yourself under a mask and never reveal your true thoughts. Let me guess, either you have such a strong dislike for 'ordinary people' that you don't even want to engage with them with your 'true self', or you hate your true self...... You've spied and analyzed so many people, but none of them involve yourself...... That's telling. ”

“……………… It looks like we all have a simple understanding of each other. Lu Mengyao's eyes revealed a dangerous light," he continued. (To be continued......)