Chapter 354 Second Personality
"So what exactly does Commander Xie want us to do by living near Ling Shu? Surveillance? Or investigation?"
Cheng Sinian sighed, "Really? He didn't even bother discussing this with us in advance. What if something goes wrong?"
"Normal." Qiao Yu sighed softly and raised an eyebrow. "It's a common problem for those in power."
Xie Ping'an had already been a commander before the apocalypse. Having held a high position for years, he was accustomed to issuing orders. Even if he appeared approachable, he was still arbitrary at heart.
Besides, Xie Ping'an is not an easy person to get close to.
"It just so happens that we also need to investigate Ling Shu, so Xie Pingan is doing us a favor."
"How can it be the same?" Cheng Sinian curled his lips, but he didn't complain anymore.
"It's not just Ling Shu." Jiang Zhan suddenly interrupted, "That fake Li Wencai is also in this building."
"What?" Qiao Yu also frowned slightly.
She could understand Ling Shu being here, but why was the fake Li Wencai also arranged to live in the 331st Legion?
After all, that man is now bearing the name "Li Wencai", so no matter what, he should be arranged to live in the research institute.
If Xie Ping'an does this, wouldn't it be easy to alert the enemy?
"See? I told you he'd do something bad!" Cheng Sinian's eyes widened slightly. "He did it so obviously, is he afraid others won't notice?!"
This time, Qiao Yu did not refute. She pursed her lips, not knowing what she was thinking.
The room was quiet for a moment.
"So do we still have to follow Ling Shu and that fake Li Wencai for the next two days?" Hua Yue asked.
I didn't follow them before because of the heavy rain and we couldn't go out easily, but now we are all in the same military camp, so it is obviously much easier to follow them.
"No." Qiao Yu shook his head. "We are quite conspicuous inside the barracks. The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, so it's not suitable for tracking."
"Besides, with the recent heavy rain, they probably won't be able to do anything. Just keep an eye on their movements for the next two days; there's no need to follow them."
"Okay." Hua Yue nodded to show that she understood.
After Qiao Yu finished speaking, he sighed softly and turned his head slightly to look out the window.
In fact, what Cheng Sinian said just now was not unreasonable, but there was no point in complaining now.
Ling Shu and the fake Li Wencai have been arranged to come here, but I don’t know what excuse Xie Pingan will use.
If the excuse makes sense, then there's still hope. But if there's no excuse at all... or it sounds lame...
Then Ling Shu and "Li Wencai" must have been prepared.
If this is true, then it will be difficult for them to take action.
It seems that I still need to find some time to talk to Xie Ping'an.
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Qiao Yu's prediction was correct. Because of the heavy rain, Ling Shu and the fake "Li Wencai" were busy collecting rainwater and did not leave the military camp for several days.
Apart from going to the cafeteria to eat, the longest distance I have walked is to go to the training ground to change the water tank.
There is no need to track at all.
However, although there was no unusual movement, Cheng Sinian discovered something strange.
"You mean... Ling Shu might have schizophrenia?" Qiao Yu wrinkled his nose and looked at Cheng Sinian in shock.
"Yes! Zhenzhen and I heard it clearly!" Cheng Sinian sat on the big bunk in Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan's room and said seriously, "She really does talk to herself a lot."
Luo Zhenzhen nodded immediately after hearing this. "It's true, Sister Qiao. Although I didn't hear it clearly, I did hear it."
"Look, look, I didn't lie to you!"
Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen's rooms are just opposite Ling Shu's room.
The sound insulation of the houses in the military area is actually not too bad, at least it is better than the houses they lived in before.
However, due to the fruit juice, their hearing was much better than that of normal people. Otherwise, they would not have been unable to sleep because of the noise and would have moved to the military dormitory overnight.
"Did you hear what she said?" Qiao Yu touched his chin, looking thoughtful.
"Not really." Cheng Sinian shook his head. "Her voice was so soft that I couldn't make out complete sentences. I could only hear her say things like 'I want to go,' 'No,' 'You can't go.'"
"Could he be just agonizing over something?" Hua Yue frowned upon hearing this. "I used to know someone who would often mutter to himself like this whenever he had to make a decision."
Cheng Sinian shook his head again. "I thought so at first, but then I ran into her a few times when Zhenzhen and I were out strolling. She was normal the rest of the time, but that one time, she talked to that fake 'Li Wencai' for a while, and then she gave me a completely different impression."
"I don't know if you've noticed, but Ling Shu has a very obvious trait: her shoes are always polished clean."
"Even if it was raining heavily outside, the first thing she would do when she returned to the dormitory corridor was always to polish her shoes."
"But that was the only time she didn't wipe it off."
Cheng Sinian studied psychology and is very sensitive to these subtle movements and habits.
Ling Shu's attention to whether her shoes are clean or not has almost become an obsession, an obsession deep in her heart.
They already knew that Ling Shu's feet were very special, and the sizes of his two feet were very different.
So Cheng Sinian didn't find it strange that she behaved like this.
People always pay special attention to the differences between themselves and others.
But when she no longer paid attention to this place, it aroused Cheng Sinian's vigilance.
A person's habits can never change suddenly.
So from that day on, he had a vague suspicion that something was not right with Ling Shu's mind. It was also from that day on that he began to pay extra attention to Ling Shu's behavior.
Sure enough, he later heard Ling Shu's "mumbling to himself".
Cheng Sinian even specifically confirmed with Luo Zhenzhen, and only after confirming that Luo Zhenzhen had heard it did he dare to come over and tell Qiao Yu and the others.
"Could it be that she had something urgent to deal with at the time, so she forgot to wipe it?" Hua Yue pursed her lips. She always felt that it was a bit too hasty to judge Ling Shu as mentally abnormal based on this point alone.
"Absolutely not." Cheng Sinian shook his head again with great certainty. "If something's urgent, a person's facial expression will definitely change, but she didn't at that time."
"So after much thought, I still think it's more likely that she has schizophrenia."
"So you think...she has a second personality?"
Qiao Yu's tone was full of hesitation.
How is this possible?
Ling Shu joined the army before the end of the world!
If she really had schizophrenia, she would not have passed the physical examination.
Cheng Sinian saw Qiao Yu's doubts, nodded, and pursed his lips and said, "Yes, I do suspect she has a second personality, but I'm not sure if she's been affected by some drug, or if it's... a post-apocalyptic alienation reaction."
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