Xing Yu scratched his head, looked at Chi Baiyi and the others, and said in a somewhat surrendering tone, "President Chi, Cheese, Qin Yuanyao, don't you have any opinions?"
Chi Baiyi said, "I have no idea."
Chi Cheese: "I don't have any ideas either."
Qin Yuanyao "..."
“I have an idea, but it might not be very helpful for decryption,” Qin Yuanyao said.
"What are your thoughts? Tell us quickly! We don't have any clue either, we're just guessing and trying our luck," Guo Zhuyan said.
"This is Li Xuan's desk, right?"
Everyone nodded.
Qin Yuanyao continued, "Based on the information we have so far, the children who were sent here were probably not here voluntarily, or at least they don't like it here."
Everyone nodded again.
“The children don’t like this place, so naturally they won’t like these brainwashing words.”
The group nodded thoughtfully.
Qin Yuanyao continued, "So, I think Li Xuan probably won't use these words she hates as a password. At least, she won't use the complete phrases of these words she hates as a password."
[Yaoyao is right! So smart!]
[Yao Yao hit the nail on the head! Indeed. If Li Xuan hates this place and this brainwashing, it's unlikely she would use these words as a password.]
The guests were also enlightened by Qin Yuanyao's line of thinking.
“Your idea isn’t very helpful for decryption? It’s huge! Much, much more helpful!” Guo Zhuyan said. “You’re absolutely right! Put yourself in my shoes. If I were in this school, I would hate it here and hate these words. I certainly wouldn’t use these words as a password.”
"If these words aren't clues to deciphering the mystery, where else can we find clues?" Xing Yu became increasingly confused.
“Although Li Xuan wouldn’t use these complete sentences as a password, she might skip some words,” Qin Yuanyao said.
"The character 'jump'?" Ye Rui asked, puzzled. "Like, 'listen' and 'follow,' 'do things' and 'go with the flow'?"
Qin Yuanyao nodded. "That's what I think."
"What's the pattern for skipping words?" Xing Yu asked, bewildered.
"I don't know either, I'm just guessing," Qin Yuanyao said frankly. "I think the password is in these words, but it won't be a coherent and complete sentence."
Everyone fell silent.
Qin Yuanyao's ideas pulled everyone out of one quagmire, but they then fell into another dead end.
If the password is hidden in these words, what kind of pattern would it follow?
After a long silence, Chi Baiyi spoke.
“Since Li Xuan doesn’t like these words…” Chi Baiyi’s voice was steady.
He walked up to the painting that read, "A woman's virtue lies in obedience, and a man's virtue lies in submission," and used his index finger as a pen to draw an X on it.
The guests at the scene and the netizens in the live broadcast room all saw that he used his index finger to draw an X and connect the four characters in order, which were 男 (nan), 德 (de), 女 (nü), 君 (jun).
Qin Yuanyao suddenly realized, "Male virtue and female ruler, or female ruler and male virtue! The first letters of these four characters in pinyin, or the full pinyin of these four characters!"
Chi Baiyi calmly nodded. "We can try both."
Qin Yuanyao first tried entering the first letters of the four characters "男德女君" on the combination lock's display screen.
The password error message sounded.
The atmosphere at the scene became slightly tense because of the notification sound.
Qin Yuanyao then tried using the first letters of the four characters "女君男德" (female ruler, male virtue).
As everyone held their breath in anticipation, the words "Password correct" appeared on the screen, accompanied by a confirmation tone.
Everyone was overjoyed.
"President Chi, you're awesome!" Guo Zhuyan gave Chi Baiyi a thumbs up with heartfelt admiration.
"President Chi, you're amazing!" Xing Yu happily gave Chi Baiyi a thumbs-up. "You said you had no ideas? You managed to crack the code even without ideas, that's incredible!"
Chi Baiyi remained expressionless. "I didn't have any ideas before, but Qin Yuanyao's words inspired me to think of this."
"You and Qin Yuanyao are both amazing!" Xing Yu said, completely convinced.
I'm not sure whether I should be happy that President Chi took the initiative to give Qin Yuanyao some sweet moments, or happy that they finally cracked the code.
[Mr. Chi, with you doing this, we can't help but enjoy the sweet moments!]
This is probably the first time CEO Chi has actively approached Qin Yuanyao on the show. I've been following this show since the first season, and I feel that CEO Chi's attitude towards Qin Yuanyao has become increasingly subtle.
【Subtle my foot! You P fans can find sweetness even in shards of glass! President Chi was just stating the facts, and you P fans twisted his meaning】
Regardless of whether we misinterpreted the meaning or not, the password was indeed cracked by Yao Yao and President Chi together. Just that alone makes us P fans satisfied.
Because of Chi Baiyi's words, the hashtag #QinYuanYaoChiJoinsToCrackEscapeRoomCode# became a trending topic on social media.
Now that the table's password has been cracked, everyone quickly opened the drawers.
Inside the drawer, there was only a diary and a few paintings.
The diary's title page bears Li Xuan's name, so it must be Li Xuan's diary.
Li Xuan recorded in her diary the abuse she suffered at the hands of the teachers after she entered the school.
She meticulously documented each instance of abuse she suffered.
The last diary entry was written on November 4, 2004.
In her diary that day, Li Xuan wrote: "I'm about to die, I feel like I'm going to die, I'm going to be tortured to death by them..."
This day's diary entry consists of only these three short lines.
Unlike her previous diaries, this one did not describe in detail the abuse she suffered.
Furthermore, compared to Li Xuan's neat and elegant handwriting in her previous diaries, her handwriting on this day was trembling and weak.
"Why are these words so crooked and twisted, like tadpoles?" Chi Nao asked, looking at the words in the diary.
"Yes!" Xing Yu also noticed. "The handwriting wasn't like this before; only the handwriting for November 4th, 2004, is like this. It's so strange. Could it be that the diary entry for November 4th wasn't written by Li Xuan?"
"November 4, 2004..." Qin Yuanyao murmured in thought.
Xing Yu added, "Moreover, the diary entry for November 4th is short and brief, and its style is different from the previous diaries."
Based on previous clues, Qin Yuanyao guessed, "The unsent message on the old cell phone we found in the teachers' office was from November 4, 2004. The last recording on the voice recorder we found in the secret room was also from November 4, 2004."
"The diary entry for November 4th should have been written by Li Xuan. The reason why the handwriting is different from the previous entries is probably because it was written after she was being abused."
Ye Rui understood a little: "Shortly after Li Xuan was abused, she wrote these three lines in her diary. Because her body was still in a lot of pain, she couldn't hold the pen properly, so her handwriting was crooked and she didn't have the energy to write as much as before."
(End of this chapter)
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