Chapter 957 After the Concert and the Proposal (3)
"You're envious? Why don't you move in too?" Li Zhibai suddenly walked by, pointed at Yan Liang and said, "He's still single, why don't you go after him?"
Yan Liang grabbed the cushion and threw it at him.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xiao Yun was also speechless.
"He's had another episode."
Yan Liang complained, "Ever since he got together with Sister Yuqian, he's been like a peacock with its tail feathers spread, showing off everywhere."
"I really don't know what Yuqian saw in him," Xiao Yun added, continuing to complain.
Li Zhi looked at them with pity.
"You single people, are you jealous? I'm being merciful and showing you tolerance."
Yan Liang: "...I'm truly impressed."
Xiao Yun: "Tonight, while he's sleeping, I'll kill him."
Li Zhibai: "Xiao Yun, I am a married man. What are you trying to do by sneaking into my room late at night? Don't you know what it means to be in a compromising situation?"
Xiao Yun: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kill you right now."
Li Zhibai: "...Yan He, are you going to report Xiao Yun's work injury?"
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was taken aback.
“After she acted in ‘My Sassy Girl,’ she became even savager,” Li Zhibai said confidently.
Lu Yanhe: "Go to hell."
Xiao Yun rolled his eyes dramatically.
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In the evening, after everyone had taken a shower, they gathered in the living room.
Now it's time for the much-anticipated turtle soup.
Peng Zhixing was the first to ask the questions.
Peng Zhixing said, "This soup is a slightly modified version of a turtle soup I once saw. The soup is: When Xiaoming was four years old, his grandfather passed away. He was paying respects to his family and playing hide-and-seek with his sister. Xiaoming found his sister hiding in the house, dancing. Not long after, his sister died. You have to guess why his sister died?"
"Isn't this going to be scary again?" Song Linxin immediately grabbed Xiao Yun's arm, and Su Xiao followed suit, grabbing Xiao Yun's other arm.
Peng Zhixing said, "It's a bit scary."
Li Zhibai guessed first: "Did my sister hide in the house where my grandfather's coffin was kept and get scared to death?"
“No.” Peng Zhixing shook his head.
Qin Zhibai: "Was my sister murdered?"
Peng Zhixing shook his head: "Yes and no."
"Huh? Yes and no?" Everyone was taken aback.
Yan Liang: "Why is that?"
"Turtle soup, I can only answer yes or no."
Lu Yanhe realized what was going on, "The question should be: Was my sister deliberately murdered?"
Peng Zhixing laughed.
"no."
"So he was killed accidentally." Qin Zhibai realized.
Yan Liang immediately asked, "My sister was accidentally killed. Was it Xiao Ming?"
Peng Zhixing shook his head: "No."
"Huh?" Liu Zhiyin frowned. "According to the normal situation of turtle soup, every word in the soup is actually useful, so dancing must also be related to my sister's death. Could it be an electric shock?"
Peng Zhixing shook his head: "No."
Su Xiao: "Why would dancing cause an electric shock? When you're electrocuted, you can't move at all, right?"
"Xiaoming is only four years old. He probably only saw his sister's limbs stiffen the moment she was electrocuted and thought she was dancing?" Yan Liang asked.
"Hmm—" Peng Zhixing hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Lu Yanhe immediately realized: "So, actually, my sister wasn't dancing; it was just that in Xiaoming's eyes, she appeared to be dancing."
"yes."
"Is this dance move of yours related to your death?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"Yes." Peng Zhixing nodded.
Lu Yanhe let out a long sigh of relief.
"Oh my god." Lu Yanhe scratched his head. "There's only one sentence in the soup that wasn't used."
"Grandpa's passing, family members paying respects." Li Zhi asked, "What does this have to do with my sister's death? Could it be that the old man was lonely and wanted to take his granddaughter with him to keep him company?"
"You'd better watch out for what netizens are saying about you," Xiao Yun scolded.
"This is just turtle soup, let's put aside our morals a little, okay? People with too much of a moral compass can't play this game," Li Zhibai said.
"Ah—" Liu Zhiyin suddenly let out a scream.
"Sister Zhiyin guessed it, didn't she?" Yan Liang asked.
Liu Zhiyin's face turned pale. "What I guessed is very illogical, but it seems that turtle soup has always been like this. As long as it makes sense on the surface, it's fine."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Liu Zhiyin asked, "Could it be that the house Xiaoming mentioned is Grandpa's coffin? My sister hid inside the coffin, and as a result, no one found out, and she was burned to death along with Grandpa."
The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.
The answer to this mystery is a bit too terrifying.
Peng Zhixing: "No."
"Huh? No?" Liu Zhiyin was taken aback.
The others were also stunned.
Because when Yoo Ji-eun gave this answer, everyone thought it was correct.
Lu Yanhe said, "If my sister was burned to death in the coffin with my grandfather, then it's true that Xiaoming couldn't see it because the coffin was closed."
"Yes." Peng Zhixing nodded.
Lu Yanhe: "Holy crap."
"What's wrong?" someone asked.
Lu Yanhe said, "Sister Zhiyin's answer gave me an idea. Compared to Sister Zhiyin's answer, I think it is even better."
"Um?"
Lu Yanhe asked, "My sister was burned to death, right?"
Peng Zhixing nodded: "Yes."
Everyone was taken aback.
Lu Yanhe: "...So, actually, when my sister was dancing in the house, it was when the paper house was on fire."
Peng Zhixing nodded, "Yes, the soup base is basically done, it's just missing one detail, which is a supplement to the soup noodles."
"My sister was mute, so she couldn't make a sound when she was burned to death. Only Xiaoming saw it."
“This patch is worse than not patching it at all. My sister is mute, can’t she just run away?” Li Zhibai said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”
“Turtle soup,” Peng Zhixing said, “basically none of them can withstand close scrutiny; they’re just a game of playing on paper logic.”
"Actually, it's about using the soup noodles as a starting point to expand your thinking. What does dancing represent? What might a house represent in this context? And then you can build a possible logical relationship," Lu Yanhe explained. "I've never heard of this before; it's a bit scary."
Su Xiao had already completely collapsed onto Xiao Yun.
“I have to sleep with you tonight,” she said to Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun nodded.
"That's terrifying." Song Linxin looked at Liu Zhiyin. "Can I sleep with you?"
Liu Zhiyin smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Lu Yanhe shuddered.
"Thinking back on it, it was really scary."
“Right?” Peng Zhixing said, “When I saw this turtle soup, I made a note of it.”
Lu Yanhe: "Then I'll suggest one."
"Is it scary?" someone asked.
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "I can't say. If I do, the turtle soup will lose a lot of its fun."
Everyone was taken aback.
Lu Yanhe suggested the following: "There was a couple. The husband was driving his wife at high speed late at night. After a while, the car ran out of gas. The husband locked the car door and went to a nearby gas station to get gas. When he came back, he found that the car was intact, but there was an extra person in the car."
"What are you asking?"
"I'm not asking anything, I just want to explain what's going on."
Li Zhi asked a hundred questions: "Is the extra person a corpse?"
"no."
Song Linxin's voice trembled slightly as she asked, "Could it be a robber?"
"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head with a smile.
"It's not that simple," Qin Zhibai asked. "Was this person already in the car from the beginning?"
Lu Yanhe nodded: "Yes."
Everyone's faces instantly tensed up.
"He wasn't a robber, and he was hiding in the car from the beginning... No, he wasn't necessarily hiding. Did the couple know he was in the car from the start?"
Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yes and no."
"Huh? Is this what they call 'yes' and 'no'?"
"Why?"
“Yes, if the couple knew from the beginning that there was someone in the car, then it wouldn’t be that the husband came back and found there was an extra person in the car. Where did this extra person come from?”
“That is, in the husband’s eyes, this person was not there at first, but could be there, and finally came back,” Liu Zhiyin said.
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Huh?" The group of people were completely confused.
Li Zhi asked, "Was the extra person hidden under the car seat?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "No."
Su Xiao: "Is it hidden in the trunk?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "No."
Liu Zhiyin was very puzzled and asked, "Was he hiding somewhere in the car before?"
"Yes and no," Lu Yanhe said helplessly.
Everyone was stunned.
“You guys take another look at the soup noodles,” Lu Yanhe reminded them. “There’s a sentence in the soup noodles that you didn’t use.”
"This noodle soup was used after my husband got out of the car and locked it. When he came back, the car was intact, which means he was in the car the whole time. What other noodle soup did he not use? Gas?"
"Is this person's appearance related to refueling?" Yan Liang asked.
Lu Yanhe: "No."
"It has nothing to do with refueling—"
"So what exactly is the meaning of this statement?"
Lu Yanhe maintained his smile and remained silent.
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
“The couple was driving along the road when they ran out of gas. They went to refuel. When the husband got out of the car, he made sure to lock the door. When he got back in, the car was in perfect condition. Wait, let me ask you first, was this an emergency?” Peng Zhixing asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded, "Yes."
"Is the extra person in the car still alive?" Peng Zhixing asked again.
Lu Yanhe nodded again: "Yes."
Peng Zhixing: "Does this involve a crime?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "No."
Peng Zhixing laughed, "Then I guessed it."
Lu Yanhe gestured to Peng Zhixing with his eyes to speak.
Peng Zhixing: "Is the extra person a baby?"
A group of people suddenly realized, "Ah!"
Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded: "Yes."
“I knew it! It’s not scary at all!” Xiao Yun said.
“But if I had said from the beginning that it wasn’t scary, it would have been easy to guess that this noodle soup was actually a bit creepy,” Lu Yanhe said. “If someone suddenly appeared, everyone would subconsciously think that he was an uninvited guest or a criminal.”
"really."
They played turtle soup twice, then switched to another game.
I switched to Werewolf and played a few rounds.
I'm tired of playing games.
Actually, they had enough material. Although Li Zhenzhen kept telling them not to worry about the material and to just do what they needed to do.
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Late at night, Lu Yanhe was getting ready for bed when he suddenly received a message from Chen Siqi.
She said: "You guessed it, Lily Williams is very depressed. It seems that her first boyfriend has passed away. The news has been reported on the internet."
Lu Yanhe was also taken aback: Huh?
Chen Siqi sent me a link to a post.
It's a post from an external website.
Lu Yanhe had no choice but to climb over the wall to see.
The post was an article published by Variety, about Lily Williams' childhood sweetheart, Rudy, who died three days earlier from a drug overdose.
Rudy is a singer, somewhat famous, but not comparable to Lily Williams.
After reading this post, Lu Yanhe learned that Lily Williams had been with this person since she was 15, and they broke up when she was 18.
My first love lasted for almost four years.
Died from drug overdose —
This is not a rare occurrence in Europe and America.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he was Lily Williams' first boyfriend, he might not even have been the subject of a special article by Variety.
Lily must have received the news a long time ago.
That's why I feel down and upset about this.
Even if this person has already broken up with their partner.
First love is always unforgettable.
Lily wants to stay in Yuming for a few more days after work tomorrow, probably to relax, or perhaps—
Hiding from paparazzi?
Lu Yanhe realized what was happening.
That's actually quite possible.
With Variety's article published, there must be a lot of paparazzi frantically searching for Lily Williams right now.
Unfortunately, she is currently far away in China.
Lu Yanhe sent a message to Chen Siqi: I asked Dong Ge to arrange two bodyguards to go over there, just in case there are paparazzi harassing us.
Chen Siqi: Okay, that's a safer approach.
Lu Yanhe immediately called Zou Dong.
Because he didn't want this to be exposed on camera, Lu Yanhe first greeted the camera, saying that he had a private phone call to make, then took off the microphone and went into the bathroom.
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The following day, Lily Williams did not answer any questions from the media during the event.
Some media outlets even ran headlines saying that Lily Williams had a cold expression throughout an event in China.
That's not actually the case at all.
It's just that they took photos of her when she wasn't looking so good and gave them these titles.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi both personally called some familiar media outlets, asking them to retract or delete their articles.
Everyone gave them face.
To put it bluntly, it's just about getting attention; they're not really reporting on it as a serious matter.
People still gave Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi face.
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After the first phase of filming for "The Days of Youth" was completed, Lu Yanhe invited everyone to have dinner at his house in Lingyang District.
The chef has been hired.
Liu Zhiyin, Su Xiao, and Yan Liang all had pre-arranged work and had to leave as soon as the recording ended, while everyone else came, including Li Zhenzhen.
Lu Yanhe also called Lily Williams and invited her to join him.
Lu Yanhe said, "They are all friends I have known for many years, so it depends on your mood; you can participate whether you want to or not."
Lily Williams said, "Yanhe, thank you for the invitation, but I'm not in the mood for a party right now. Have fun."
Lu Yanhe understood and agreed.
He asked, "I don't have work tomorrow, so I can show you around Yuming. What are your plans?"
Lily Williams said, "I'd like to visit your Yuming University."
“Okay,” Lu Yanhe said. “I’ll make the arrangements.”
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe sent a message to the current president of the Youth Association—
Because he was an honorary member, almost every president of the youth association added him to their contacts.
The other party replied very quickly with a "okay," and said, "Then I'll pick you up at the East Gate tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll send you the specific time once it's confirmed. Thanks."
"Brother Lu, don't be so polite with me."
(End of this chapter)
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