Chapter 940

"You're envious? You move over too," Li Zhibai suddenly passed by and pointed at Yan Liang, saying, "He's still single; you should pursue him."

Yan Liang grabbed a cushion and threw it at him.

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Xiao Yun also had black lines on her forehead.

"He's acting up again."

Yan Liang complained: "Ever since he got together with Sister Yuqian, he's been like a peacock spreading its tail, showing off everywhere."

"I really don't know what Sister Yuqian sees in him," Xiao Yun continued to complain.

Li Zhibai looked at them with pity.

"You single dogs, be sour, be sour; I'll show you mercy and be tolerant."

Yan Liang: "... I'm truly defeated."

Xiao Yun: "Tonight, while he's sleeping, I'll kill him."

Li Zhibai: "Xiao Yun, I'm a married man. You sneaking into my room late at night, what do you want to do? Do you know what 'under the melon patch and plum tree' means?"

Xiao Yun: "If you keep yapping, I'll kill you right now."

Li Zhibai: "... Yan He, are you going to give Xiao Yun workers' compensation?"

"Huh?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

"After she acted in My Sassy Girl, she's become even sassier," Li Zhibai said righteously.

Lu Yan He: "Get lost."

Xiao Yun rolled her eyes massively.

In the evening, after everyone had showered, they gathered in the living room.

It was time for the highly anticipated lateral thinking puzzle segment.

Peng Zhixing was the first to pose a question.

Peng Zhixing said: "I modified this puzzle slightly based on one I saw. The puzzle is: When Xiao Ming was four, his grandfather passed away. While paying respects with his relatives, he played hide-and-seek with his older sister. Xiao Ming found his sister hiding in the house, still dancing. As a result, not long after, the sister died. You have to guess, why did the sister die?"

"It won't be scary again, will it?" Song Lin Xin immediately hugged Xiao Yun's arm, and Su Xiao followed suit, hugging Xiao Yun's other arm.

Peng Zhixing said: "It's a bit scary."

Li Zhibai guessed first: "Did the sister hide in the house where the grandfather's coffin was kept and get scared to death?"

"No," Peng Zhixing shook his head.

Qin Zhibai: "Was the sister's death caused by someone killing her?"

Peng Zhixing shook his head: "Yes and no."

"Ah? Yes and no?" Everyone was stunned.

Yan Liang: "Why is that?"

"For lateral thinking puzzles, I can only answer yes or no."

Lu Yan He realized, "We should ask it this way: Was the sister intentionally murdered by someone?"

Peng Zhixing laughed.

"No."

"So she was accidentally killed by someone," Qin Zhibai realized.

Yan Liang immediately asked: "The sister was accidentally killed by someone; was that person Xiao Ming?"

Peng Zhixing shook his head: "No."

"Ah?" Liu Zhiyin frowned. "According to the normal rules of lateral thinking puzzles, every sentence in the puzzle is actually useful. So, the dancing must also have something to do with the sister's death. Could it be electrocution?"

Peng Zhixing shook his head: "No."

Su Xiao: "Why would dancing be electrocution? Electrocution would make the whole body unable to move."

"Xiao Ming was only four; maybe he saw his sister's limbs stiffen the moment she was electrocuted and thought she was dancing?" Yan Liang asked.

"Hmm—" Peng Zhixing hesitated.

Lu Yan He immediately realized: "So, in reality, the sister wasn't dancing; it was just that in Xiao Ming's eyes, she was dancing."

"Yes."

"Does the sister's dancing action have anything to do with her death?" Lu Yan He asked.

"Yes," Peng Zhixing nodded.

Lu Yan He let out a long sigh.

"Geez," Lu Yan He scratched his head. "There's only one sentence in the puzzle that hasn't been used."

"The grandfather's passing, relatives paying respects," Li Zhibai asked. "How could this sentence have anything to do with the sister's death? Could it be that the old man was lonely and wanted to take his granddaughter with him to keep him company?"

"Be careful that netizens don't scold you," Xiao Yun scolded.

"This is just a lateral thinking puzzle; let's set aside morality, okay? You can't play this game if your moral sense is too strong," Li Zhibai said.

"Ah—" Liu Zhiyin suddenly let out a scream.

"Did you guess it, Sister Zhiyin?" Yan Liang asked.

Liu Zhiyin's face turned pale. "What I guessed doesn't fit common sense logic, but lateral thinking puzzles seem to always be like this; as long as it makes sense in literal logic, it's fine."

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded.

Liu Zhiyin asked: "Could the house Xiao Ming mentioned be the grandfather's coffin? The sister hid in the coffin, and as a result, no one discovered her, and she was burned along with the grandfather."

The whole room fell into a deathly silence.

This answer was a bit too horrific and scary.

Peng Zhixing: "No."

"Ah? No?" Liu Zhiyin was stunned.

The others were also stunned.

Because when Liu Zhiyin said this answer, everyone felt it was correct.

Lu Yan He said: "If the sister was burned to death inside the coffin with the grandfather, indeed, Xiao Ming wouldn't see it; the coffin would be closed."

"Yes," Peng Zhixing nodded.

Lu Yan He: "Damn."

"What's wrong?" Others asked.

Lu Yan He said: "Sister Zhiyin's answer gave me an idea. Compared to her answer, I think mine is even worse."

"Hmm?"

Lu Yan He asked: "The sister was burned to death, right?"

Peng Zhixing nodded: "Yes."

Everyone was shocked.

Lu Yan He: "... So, actually, the sister was dancing in the house when the paper house was being burned by fire."

Peng Zhixing nodded, "Yes, the bottom of the puzzle is basically out; it's just missing one detail. This detail is a supplement to the puzzle."

"The sister was a mute, so when she was burned to death, she couldn't make a sound, and only Xiao Ming saw it."

"This patch is worse than not having it. If the sister was a mute, couldn't she run out?" Li Zhibai said. "It's too illogical."

"Lateral thinking puzzles basically can't stand up to scrutiny; it's just a game of playing with literal logic," Peng Zhixing said.

"It's actually just diverging your thinking from the puzzle, what dancing refers to, what the house might be in this context, and then constructing a possible logical relationship," Lu Yan He also explained. "I haven't heard of this one; it's a bit scary."

Su Xiao had already sprawled herself onto Xiao Yun.

"I have to sleep with you tonight," she said to Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun nodded.

"Too scary." Song Lin Xin looked at Liu Zhiyin, "Can I sleep with you?"

Liu Zhiyin nodded with a smile: "Sure."

Lu Yan He shuddered all over.

"Thinking back, it really is scary."

"Right?" Peng Zhixing said. "When I saw this lateral thinking puzzle, I wrote it down."

Lu Yan He: "Then I'll pose one."

"Is it scary?" Someone asked.

Lu Yan He shook his head: "I can't say; if I say it, this puzzle will lose a lot of its fun."

Everyone was stunned.

Lu Yan He posed the puzzle: "There is a married couple. The husband is driving his wife late at night, speeding along the road. After a while, the car runs out of gas. The husband locks the car doors and goes to a nearby gas station to get some. When he returns, he finds the car is intact, but there is one more person inside."

"What should we ask?"

"Don't ask anything; just explain what the situation is."

Li Zhibai asked: "Is this extra person a corpse?"

"No."

Song Lin Xin's voice trembled slightly as she asked: "Could it be a robber?" "No." Lu Yan He shook his head with a smile.

"It's not that simple," Qin Zhibai asked. "Was this person in the car from the beginning?"

Lu Yan He nodded: "Yes."

Everyone's expressions suddenly became tense.

"Not a robber, and was hiding in the car from the beginning... No, not necessarily hiding. Did the couple know this person was in the car from the beginning?"

Lu Yan He hesitated for a moment and said: "Yes and no."

"Ah? That's called yes and no?"

"Why?"

"Right, if the couple knew there was someone in the car from the beginning, then it wouldn't be that the husband returned and found one more person in the car. Where did this 'more' come from?"

"That means in the husband's eyes, this person wasn't there at first, but could be there, and finally was there," Liu Zhiyin said.

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded.

"Ah?" A group of people were confused.

Li Zhibai asked: "Is this extra person hiding under the car seat?"

Lu Yan He shook his head: "No."

Su Xiao: "Is he hiding in the trunk?"

Lu Yan He shook his head: "No."

Liu Zhiyin was very confused and asked: "Was he hiding somewhere in the car before?"

"Yes and no," Lu Yan He said helplessly.

The whole group was bewildered.

"You guys study the puzzle again," Lu Yan He reminded. "In the puzzle, there is one sentence you haven't used."

"The puzzle is just that the husband got out of the car and locked it, and when he came back, the car was intact, which means the person was always in the car. What other part of the puzzle hasn't been used? Gas?"

"Does the appearance of this person have anything to do with getting gas?" Yan Liang asked.

Lu Yan He: "No."

"Nothing to do with gas—"

"Then what is the meaning of that sentence?"

Lu Yan He kept smiling and didn't speak.

Everyone looked at each other.

"The couple is driving on the road, runs out of gas, goes to get gas. When the husband gets out of the car, he specifically locks the doors. When he gets back in, the car is intact. Wait, let me ask first, is this an emergency?" Peng Zhixing asked.

Lu Yan He nodded, "Yes."

"Is the extra person in the car still alive?" Peng Zhixing asked again.

Lu Yan He nodded again: "Yes."

Peng Zhixing: "Does this involve a crime?"

Lu Yan He shook his head: "No."

Peng Zhixing laughed, "Then I might have guessed it."

Lu Yan He signaled for Peng Zhixing to speak.

Peng Zhixing: "Is this extra person a baby?"

A group of people suddenly realized, "Ah!"

Lu Yan He nodded with a smile: "Yes."

"I knew it, it's not scary at all!" Xiao Yun said.

"But if I said it wasn't scary from the beginning, it would be easy to guess. This puzzle itself is a bit of a thriller," Lu Yan He said. "Suddenly having one more person, everyone would subconsciously think it's an uninvited guest or a criminal."

"True."

They played two rounds of lateral thinking puzzles and changed games.

Switched to Werewolf and played a few rounds.

They were tired of playing games.

Actually, they had enough material. Although Li Zhenzhen kept telling them not to worry about the material and just be themselves.

Late at night, Lu Yan He was about to go to sleep when he suddenly received a message from Chen Siqi.

She said: You guessed right, Lily Williams is in a very low mood; it seems her first love boyfriend passed away. The news has broken on foreign websites.

Lu Yan He was also stunned: Ah?

Chen Siqi sent a link to a post.

It was a post on a foreign website.

Lu Yan He had to use a VPN to see it.

The post was an article published by Variety, talking about Lily Williams' childhood first love boyfriend, Ludi, who passed away three days ago due to a drug overdose.

Ludi was a singer, somewhat famous, but nothing compared to Lily Williams.

Looking at this post, Lu Yan He only then learned that Lily Williams had been with this person since she was 15 and broke up at 18.

First love, a total of nearly four years.

Died due to drug overdose—

In Europe and America, this really isn't a rare occurrence.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he was Lily Williams' first love boyfriend, it might not even be worth Variety specifically reporting on it.

Lily must have received the news a long time ago.

That's why she was in a low mood and upset about this.

Even if they had broken up long ago.

First love is always unforgettable.

Lily wanting to stay in Yuming for a few more days after tomorrow's work was probably because she wanted to clear her mind, or—

Avoid the paparazzi?

Lu Yan He realized.

That's a real possibility.

Now that Variety has published this article, many paparazzi must be frantically looking for Lily Williams.

And she happens to be far away in China.

Lu Yan He sent a message to Chen Siqi: I'll have Brother Dong arrange two bodyguards to go over, just in case there's any harassment from paparazzi.

Chen Siqi: Good, that's safer.

Lu Yan He immediately went to call Zou Dong.

Because he didn't want this matter exposed on camera, Lu Yan He first greeted the camera, saying he had a private call to make, then took off his mic and went into the restroom.

The next day, when Lily Williams attended the event, she didn't accept any questions from the media at all.

Some media even ran headlines saying Lily Williams attended an event in China with a cold face the whole time.

In fact, that wasn't the case at all.

It was just taking photos from times when her expression wasn't very good and labeling them with these titles.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi both personally called some familiar media outlets, asking them to retract or delete the articles.

Everyone gave them face.

To put it bluntly, it was just to ride the traffic; it wasn't like they were really reporting it as a major event.

Everyone gave face to Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi.

After the first stage of recording for Young Days ended, Lu Yan He invited everyone to eat at his house in Lingyang District.

The chef was already hired.

Liu Zhiyin, Su Xiao, and Yan Liang all had work arranged in advance and had to leave as soon as recording ended, but the others all came, including Li Zhenzhen.

Lu Yan He also called Lily Williams and invited her to join.

Lu Yan He said: "They are all friends I've known for many years, so it's up to your mood; you can join if you want."

Lily Williams said: "Yan He, thank you for the invitation, but I'm not in the mood for a party right now. You guys have fun."

Lu Yan He understood and said okay.

He asked: "I don't have work tomorrow; I can take you around Yuming. Do you have any plans?"

Lily Williams said: "I want to go around your Yuming University."

"Sure," Lu Yan He said. "I'll arrange it."

After hanging up, Lu Yan He sent a message to the current president of the Youth Association—

Because he was an honorary member, almost every president of the Youth Association had added his contact information.

The other party very quickly replied with a "good" and said: "Then I'll meet you at the East Gate tomorrow to bring you in."

"Good, I'll send you the specific time once it's confirmed. Many thanks."

"Don't be so formal with me, Brother Lu."