Many moments will have a similar sense of overlap, such as now, the noise has subsided, leaving only the ups and downs of the merry-go-round, and of course Pei Zhi's gaze.
It’s hard to describe the feeling, but Lin Chaoxi felt that Pei Zhijian was like the best sedative. She instantly felt like cold water was poured over her head and she was no longer panicked.
She turned around and looked at Zhang Liang. Of course, she could say to him, "I don't want to play anymore. You always set the rules, and you know the winning strategy. You are playing tricks on me." But it was meaningless. Even if Zhang Liang was really plotting against her and using more knowledge to beat her, not playing would be the same as admitting defeat.
Lin Chaoxi quickly looked at the stone table in front of her. While counting the number of stones, she did not change any rules. She just held a stone in her hand and looked at Zhang Liang. The current rule was to take 1-4 stones, and the winning points were multiples of 5.
The so-called rotation rules only made the game look more complicated than usual. After calming down, she realized that no matter how the rules changed, what she had to do was not much different when counting to 17. 1. Determine the total number; 2. Find the winning point.
The sounds around her suddenly disappeared, the bright park scenery faded, leaving only a clear stone platform and the pebbles on it. She didn't need to care about what Zhang Liang said. The first thing was the total, Lin Chaoxi told herself again.
5, 10, 15, 20, 25...
Zhang Liang said something else, as if he was changing the rules or just trying to provoke her, but Lin Chaoxi didn't listen at all.
210, 215...
229. She looked up as she confirmed the number. The carousel in the distance had not stopped yet, the music was soft, and the children were smiling.
Hua Juan was running towards them with a stone in his hand. Pei Zhi was walking behind him, one step, two steps...
She picked up a stone and threw it away, then said to Zhang Liang, "1-3."
228 pieces. Now the situation becomes that the player who plays second will win. Under this rule, Zhang Liang will lose no matter how he takes the pieces.
Zhang Liang was finally stunned, and a crack appeared on the young boy's arrogant face. He knew that she had counted all the stones and had fully mastered the winning rules of this game.
How could an idiot like you be so fast? This is roughly what Zhang Liang meant.
Zhang Liang took away three stones and said, "4."
Lin Chaoxi took 1, leaving 224, and reported: "3."
Zhang Liang reported "5" and took 2 directly.
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Gradually, they took turns, changing the rules faster and faster, trying to disrupt each other's rhythm.
Lin Chaoxi took 2 and reported "5".
Zhang Liang took 3 and reported “3”.
After mastering the rules, all strategies become simple subtraction and multiplication and division. Determine the total number, determine the multiple of the number + 1, and leave this multiple to the opponent. This is the winning strategy of Bash game.
All the mental arithmetic training she had done before finally paid off. It enabled her to keep her mind clear even when she was nervous, see the patterns in the numbers, and simplify the calculations.
Around them, more and more curious people gathered. Seeing that they were playing neither Gobang nor checkers, they all asked what they were playing. Lu Zhihao was explaining the rules to an aunt. Huajuan was very anxious at first, but now he had already thrown away the stone he was about to put in, and was proudly provoking the person opposite him.
As for Pei Zhi, Lin Chaoxi knew that Pei Zhi had been pulled into the Red Star Primary School camp by Huajuan. She felt relieved, but this time, he might not be needed.
"3!" Suddenly, Zhang Liangxian shouted loudly, and then took away 3 stones.
His voice was obviously very loud, beyond his usual tone, and even cracked.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, but the merry-go-round did not stop, and neither did Alice. The cicada chirping swept in like a heat wave.
Lin Chaoxi then looked up at Zhang Liang. He didn't know when it started, but Zhang Liang's forehead became wet. Under the glow of his mother's pink umbrella, his face was covered with a layer of powdery color, and his eyes were also red.
Lin Zhaoxi saw through his thoughts in an instant: "Do you want to increase the difficulty? Within 5 is too easy, within 15?"
There was a moment of panic in Zhang Liang's eyes. Perhaps because he had never lost in fast calculation before, he was even a little afraid to answer.
But behind him, the children from Experimental Primary School were already shouting in unison.
"Come on, Zhang Liang."
"Kill her!"
"Don't let her get too arrogant!"
"Okay." Finally, Zhang Liang squeezed out two words from between his teeth.
However, Lin Chaoxi just looked at the boy in front of her and stopped moving. Her hands were placed on her legs and she did not touch the table at all.
The candy-colored carousel in the distance had obviously begun to slow down, and everyone held their breath, waiting for the moment when the carousel finally stopped.
Time passed by, and what no one expected was that the girl sitting in front of the stone table never had another child, nor did she change the rules as before. She was very quiet, like a stone sculpture, as if she was waiting for something.
"What are you doing!" Zhang Liang slapped the table, his originally serious face now showing panic, and asked.
"Me, I'm waiting for it to stop." Lin Chaoxi said, pointing at the Trojan horse in the distance.
"You broke the rules, you cheated!" The boy's voice was already trembling.
The speed of the merry-go-round was getting slower and slower. Zhang Liang's words aroused doubts from the people around him, and many people were asking what was going on.
"I didn't." Lin Chaoxi only said three words.
All the children and adults looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. Some began to count the stones left on the table, while others began to count down on the merry-go-round.
The countdown of eight, seven, six... became louder and louder, and the piano sound of "To Alice" became quieter and quieter.
"What happened?" Huajuan was also panicked. He pulled Pei Zhi over and asked.
The boy's eyes casually fell on the stone table, and then on the girl's face. The wind blew her hair up, and her hair was flying.
"She has already won." Pei Zhi said.
Behind Lin Chaoxi, Pei Zhi's clear childish voice rang out.
As if foreshadowing something, the moment Pei Zhi judged that the game was over, the merry-go-round in the distance finally stopped with a squeak. Parents and children swarmed down from the merry-go-round, and the children watching the game around the stone table also burst into laughter.
"Did Lin Zhaoxi win?"
"I won thanks to her. How did she win?"
"Squad leader, what do you think?"
The children of Red Star Primary School asked one after another.
Lu Zhihao was pushed and said, "Don't move, I'm still counting." After a long while, he counted the remaining stones on the table, thought for a while and said, "Now there are 81 stones left. The rule is 1-3. It should be Lin Chaoxi's turn to take a stone. So, if she only needs to take 1 stone, she will...really...win?"
Lu Zhihao said that he was a little uncertain at first, but he was very excited by the end.
Yes, just now, after Zhang Liang shouted "3", he made a mistake in picking the pieces, which directly pushed the situation to a win for the second player, that is, gave the chance of winning to her.
She no longer needed to make any changes. All she had to do was wait quietly for the Trojan horse to stop.
"Lin Chaoxi, you are very good!" Lu Zhihao yelled. Lin Chaoxi was patted on the shoulder by her and almost vomited blood.
Hearing this, her friends from Red Star Primary School were all excited. The children were screaming and shouting. The other adults and children around were also infected by the atmosphere, and some even started to applaud.
On the other side of the stone table, Zhang Liang was pointed out the winner by Lu Zhihao, whom he despised the most. He finally showed his uncontrollable anger on his face. He slammed the table and shouted, "What's your business, fat pig!"
After Zhang Liang started to make trouble, all the children from the Experimental Primary School behind him started to scream and shout.
"She must have cheated!" Experimental Elementary School.
"You are cheating on me!" Red Star Primary School.
"Zhang Liang said you cheated, so you must have cheated!" Experimental Primary School.
"What do you think of Zhang Liang as being so great? He still lost!" Red Star Primary School.
"Because she cheated!" Experimental Elementary School.
"You're talking nonsense. Lin Chaoxi's hand was clearly there the whole time. If anyone was cheating, it was you guys who did it!" Red Star Primary School.
The children pushed and shoved, squeezed further and further into the middle, and were almost about to fight.
"Squeeze what?"
"No quarreling!"
Zhang Liang's mother stood in the middle with an umbrella and began to panic and stop all the children who were approaching her.
"Where did I cheat?" At this time, Lin Chaoxi finally spoke. The moment she asked the question, the surroundings were temporarily silent, and even Zhang's mother stopped talking.
Zhang Liang stood tall, with his mother holding an umbrella beside him. However, at this moment, Zhang Liang looked tense and stiff. He opened his mouth but could not say anything.
Zhang Liang's reaction said it all. Lin Chaoxi shook his head and said, "I didn't cheat. This was set by you. It's a fair game."
Zhang Liang clenched his fists, still very unconvinced.
"You said I cheated because you subconsciously believed that it was impossible for anyone to defeat you. You lost, so you were very unconvinced." Lin Zhaoxi sat and looked up at him.
"You always think you are the smartest, you have a good school and a good family, so you look down on others, but in fact, there will always be people smarter and stronger than you in this world. Instead of seeking pleasure by crushing people who are not as talented or whose family is not as good as yours, you might as well raise your head and look at those who are stronger than you, try to look up to them, and follow the footsteps of countless geniuses in human history. That is the real happiness, which is much happier than despising the weak."
After Lin Chaoxi finished speaking, the adults and children around her looked at her in amazement and the whole place was silent.
She suddenly felt a little bad. These words seemed inappropriate for a child to say. But what happened just now really reminded her of what Lao Lin said in front of the low door under the starry sky. She was so moved that she couldn't help but start stewing chicken soup.
Old Lin must not be here. Lin Chaoxi quickly turned around and saw the dark-skinned Old Lin, smoking a cigarette and looking at her, under a tree not far away. Damn, he is really here!
Lin Chaoxi was very embarrassed. He lowered his head, pretending that he didn't see anything and that nothing had happened.
Fortunately, Zhang Liang's mother was very supportive and quickly broke the silence. She said in a sharp voice: "I will educate my son. It is not your turn as a wild girl to interrupt!"
Zhang's mother said coldly and took Zhang Liang away.
Thank God, thank God, it's so touching!
Lin Chaoxi breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, Huajuan came to Zhang Liang and asked, "You want to leave after losing?"
"What do you want to do!" Zhang Liang shouted.
"Let me settle the score with you." Hua Juan stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Liang's tie. "How do you settle the score with me for calling my friend a fat pig?"
Wait, when did you and Lu Zhihao become friends?
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