Searching for fake people (5)
Jian Tanxi visited several more places but found no problems.
Next, she went to Gu Qian's house. Gu Qian was the housewife who used a lot of oil when cooking, and Qin Man had previously suspected that she was a fake.
Therefore, Jian Tanxi decided to stay at Gu Qian's house a little longer.
Gu Qian had just gotten married and lived with her parents and maternal grandparents; the family consisted of six people, but they had no children.
After Jian Tanxi went inside, Gu Qian was still cooking in the kitchen.
Jian Tanxi chatted with her elders, who all enjoyed having guests at home.
Jian Tanxi asked seemingly casually, "Does Gu Qian usually use a lot of oil when cooking?"
Gu Qian's mother chuckled and said, "Yes, she says it tastes better with more oil. However, we always rinse the dishes she cooks ourselves before eating them."
"When did she start cooking?"
Gu Qian's father said, "She started cooking when she was a teenager, and she's been doing it ever since, for over ten years. She's always loved strong-flavored food, so she always cooks her own meals with lots of oil and spice."
Jian Tanxi understood that Gu Qian was not a fake person, but a normal person.
After leaving Gu Qian's house, Jian Tanxi went to a family with four children.
Previously, Qin Man said she suspected the woman in this household was a fake, because she had given birth to four children but had the figure of a young girl, and it was impossible to tell that she was a mother of four.
Jian Tanxi also carefully observed the lady of the house, Sun Weiran, and indeed, it was as Qin Man had said.
Jian Tanxi then asked Sun Weiran, "What are your secrets to maintaining your figure?"
Sun Weiran said with a smile, "I don't know either. Maybe my body recovers quickly by nature. People say I don't look like I've ever given birth."
"You've never gained weight?"
"No, I ate very little and didn't gain weight during my pregnancy. I regained my pre-pregnancy figure shortly after giving birth. However, there were some changes, such as my waistline getting bigger. But I've always been quite thin, so it's not noticeable."
Jian Tanxi couldn't make a judgment either.
However, if Sun Weiran suddenly lost weight recently, she might say that she lost weight in a daze and didn't know why.
However, since she didn't say that, the possibility that she was replaced by a fake person is relatively small.
Sun Weiran has two sons and two daughters. Although her two daughters are still quite young, their overall figures are similar to Sun Weiran's, only proportionally smaller.
Judging from the physiques of the two daughters, they must have inherited Sun Weiran's genes.
So, perhaps Sun Weiran really is born with a good constitution and recovers quickly.
Jian Tanxi then visited Sun Weiran's neighbors. The neighbors all said that Sun Weiran had always been this thin and had never gained weight, even during her pregnancy, she only gained weight in her belly.
Jian Tanxi felt that Sun Weiran was probably not a fake.
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Today, Qin Man is in charge of Yang Fulai's area.
Yang Fulai once said that he suspected a little girl named Cheng Cheng was a fake, because when he was turning withered leaves into green leaves, only Cheng Cheng was not interested.
Therefore, Qin Man decided to investigate Cheng Cheng first.
When she arrived at Cheng Cheng's home, she found it to be a typical family of five: grandparents, parents, and Cheng Cheng.
Cheng Cheng was doing her homework at the table. When she saw that a guest had arrived, she just glanced at him and continued reading and writing.
Grandma Cheng said to Qin Man, "This child is a bit introverted, please don't mind."
Qin Man said, "It's okay. Has she always been like this?"
"Yes, she's not very interested in anything else, she only likes studying."
Does she usually enjoy watching magic shows?
“She doesn’t watch much. She rarely goes out, and at home she rarely plays or watches TV. She reads books when she has free time. Sometimes when we ask her to go out and play, she just follows other children around and doesn’t actively participate in games.”
"She doesn't like to smile?"
"Yes, she's a very competitive girl and has high expectations of herself. If she doesn't get first place in an exam, she'll work even harder than before. A few days ago, she got second place in an exam and was in a bad mood. She hasn't smiled for several days. Actually, we don't have any expectations of her; we just want her to be happy."
Qin Man felt that this little girl was not a fake, but rather that her personality was naturally like this.
Cheng Cheng is probably quite mature, so she doesn't care much about the things that other children are interested in.
Player Yang Fulai is in charge of Hao Yu's area today.
Yang Fulai first went to the house of several fat women. From the grandmother to the mother, and then to the daughters, everyone in the family was cylindrical in shape.
However, yesterday Hao Yu said he could make them lose weight, but apart from one of the younger daughters, the other women didn't seem very enthusiastic.
Therefore, Hao Yu suspected that all the women in this family were imposters, except for the youngest daughter.
Seeing that they were having a lavish meal, Yang Fulai asked, "Is this how you usually eat?"
Grandma said, "That's right. Everyone in our family loves good food and doesn't have any dietary restrictions."
"Aren't you afraid of getting fatter and fatter?"
Grandma said, "I think your figure is for others to see, but what you eat is for yourself. It's not worth starving yourself for other people's opinions. That's how I always teach the younger generation."
"Don't you guys ever want to lose weight? Aren't you ever envious of those skinny people?"
The mother of the family said, "Sometimes, but when I think about how much suffering it would take to become slim, I'd rather stay fat. I think my own happiness is the most important thing."
The daughters all agreed, but the youngest daughter ate less than her family members, which shows she is still somewhat concerned about her figure.
Yang Fulai felt that the family was probably not fake people; they just loved to eat.
He then went to his neighbor's house and asked the women there if they had never tried to lose weight.
The neighbors said that it seemed not; the woman in that household had always been overweight and had never mentioned wanting to lose weight.
Yang Fulai understood; the women in that family simply had different views.
Yang Fulai went to Grandma Guan's house again.
Hao Yu said yesterday that she gave free eggs to the elderly, but only Grandma Guan refused.
Yang Fulai wanted to find out what was going on. He felt there was a high possibility that Grandma Guan was a fake.
He arrived at Grandma Guan's house, and Grandma Guan poured him a glass of warm water, saying, "I'm sorry, my family doesn't have much money, we don't even have tea, so I can only give you water."
Yang Fulai said, "It's alright."
Yang Fulai looked around and found that Grandma Guan's house was quite large, but very empty, with some places where furniture should have been placed completely bare. However, there were traces of furniture that had been placed on the floor, which was a bit strange.
Yang Fulai asked, "Grandma Guan, you have very little furniture in your house. But I see signs that furniture has been moved around in the living room. What happened?"
Grandma Guan said, "All that furniture has been moved away. It's all my fault for being so foolish before, so trusting of others. I took a few free eggs and got swindled out of most of my savings. After being scammed a few times, I even sold the furniture, and now I'm so poor..."
"Have you been scammed?"
"That's right. It all started with the same routine: they'd give us free eggs or oil, then we'd go to attend classes. After a while, they'd start pushing products, like insurance or financial products. The salespeople were very friendly, so I easily trusted them. But in the end, it always ended badly."
So now, if anyone offers me free eggs or anything like that, I absolutely refuse. Even if they really are giving them away for free and don't want anything from me, I still won't take them. What if they're a scammer and I can't tell?
Yang Fulai finally understood why Grandma Guan was so adamant about not wanting the eggs.
Judging from this, Grandma Guan is definitely not a fake.
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At six o'clock in the evening, everyone gathered in the lobby of the residence.
As usual, Professor Pan will preside over the meeting and talk about the discoveries of the day.
Professor Pan said, "Today I am in charge of the Jian Tanxi area."
I first went to the home of Li Zhicheng and his wife, the family whose two children were naughty, but whose parents were not angry at all.
I noticed that Mr. and Mrs. Li have been working from home recently and are quite busy, so they can't spare the time to take care of their children. Therefore, they have to leave their two children to play on the first floor to avoid disturbing their work.
As for their expressionless faces while cleaning up the mess left by the children, they said they'd experienced this too many times and were used to it. Getting angry was useless, only a waste of time and energy. Criticism and education were even less effective; the children were too young to understand reasoning. They could only clean up the mess as quickly as possible and then continue working.
I think this explanation is reasonable, but it doesn't completely eliminate suspicion about the couple. We can continue to observe them over the next few days.
However, I did find two other suspicious candidates.
Jian Tanxi asked, "Who is it?"
Professor Pan: "Do you remember when you mentioned that there was an elderly couple living in a house who only cooked one dish of shredded potatoes for their meal?"
"right."
"When I went to that family's house today, I found that they were still eating stir-fried shredded potatoes, and they ate it for both lunch and dinner, without any other dishes. I found it a bit strange, and I can continue to investigate in the future."
Jian Tanxi said, "I didn't pay attention to this restaurant... Is it normal to always eat the same dish and not change your taste?"
Professor Pan said, "Generally speaking, everyone has their favorite dishes, but they won't eat only one dish, nor will they eat the same dish for several meals in a row. If they continue to eat the same dish tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after that, then the risk of them becoming pseudo-humans is very high."
"Um."
Jian Tanxi wrote the elderly couple's names on the paper and circled them, indicating that a further investigation was needed.
Professor Pan said, "And the old man you mentioned who kept staring at the peach tree, I asked him about it, and it turns out that he lost a child when he was young, and he simply buried the child in front of his house. The peach tree grew from the child's grave, which is why he kept staring at it."
"I see... So, that old man isn't a fake, and we can rule him out."
"Um."
Next, it was Jian Tanxi's turn to share her experiences.
Jian Tanxi argued that Gu Qian, the housewife who used a lot of oil when cooking, was not a fake person, and presented evidence that gained the approval of others.
So, Gu Qian's name was crossed out.
Next is Sun Weiran, a woman who has given birth to four children but has a slender figure like a young girl; she is also less of a suspect.
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