Chapter 082 A Lot of Ducks
Lin Xi was really curious about this question. Whenever she thought about the possibility that her "home" might be connected to the guys behind the Rules Ghost Stories, she felt like ants were crawling all over her body. The feeling was a bit disgusting, just like a mouse had entered her house.
Shen Sangning sang a harmony for Lin Xi: "Who is it?"
The TV fell silent, but the screen did not turn off immediately. The string of ellipsis was still on the screen. After a while, the text on it changed. Jia told Lin Xi directly: I can't say it.
If I tell her, I'll be killed by the guy behind the rules, but if I don't, I might be killed by Shen Sangning. Lin Xi's gaze turned cold, and she said softly, "Actually, I don't really like room number 403. I think room number 404 next door is pretty good. Besides, their 'home' is very nice, and they definitely won't let anyone in without a clear name."
The so-called "mysterious person" refers to Lin Xi and Shen Sangning. Although they knocked on the door several times before, the family opposite had an attitude towards them of "a stranger knocking on my door, I won't open it."
403 fell silent again, and it took a long time before he typed out any words.
"I can't tell you, or I'll die. The only information I can reveal is that they want to descend upon your world."
The sentence vanished quickly after being typed. If it weren't for Lin Xi's excellent eyesight, she would have missed it. This coincided with Lin Xi and Cai Hua's thoughts. They had long suspected that the ultimate goal of the Rule Ghost Story was to descend into the real world.
The real world is actually quite tempting.
There are so many living people that the ghosts in the world of ghost stories will drool just by looking at them.
It was just their guess before, but now it has been confirmed through "home".
Lin Xi sat up straight, trying to appear indifferent while secretly paying attention. However, her acting skills weren't great, and her expression of "Tell me more, I really want to know" clearly revealed her inner thoughts. Fortunately, "Jia" seemed even more innocent than Lin Xi, and she really thought that what she said was not enough, so she continued.
[If this instance is successful, I will also be able to gain a lot of happiness. The committee made many promises to the principal and agreed to let him join the committee.] This sentence still appeared and disappeared quickly.
Lin Xi touched his chin. The person behind the live broadcast of the Rule Weird Stories did not lie to "home". This was a complex weird story. Although "home" did not come because she cleared the "sweet home", if the host of the copy was wiped out this time, "home" could still come to the real world.
And she also received unexpected information - the committee.
Lin Xi didn't know what this committee was, but it was definitely connected to the "Rules and Ghost Talk" livestream, and a very close one at that. They might be the ones behind it. And most importantly, "Jia" had directly informed Lin Xi of the crucial information that the principal was the final boss of this dungeon.
Lin Xi couldn't help but ask, "How did you know the following news when you don't even have any legs and can't move?"
Although the information was valuable, the source was suspicious. This time, the family did not hide it and revealed the information to Lin Xi openly:
[It was said by the neighbor 404 that its resident goes out early and comes back late every day, and often talks to herself. If it wasn't for the fact that it couldn't beat its own resident, it would have kicked her out long ago.]
It looked like the neighbors next door were also having a major problem, Lin Xi pondered. However, thinking wasn't her forte, so she decided it would be easier to just rush over. Lin Xi chatted with "Jia" for a while longer, and when she was sure she couldn't get any useful information out of him, she waved her hand and let him go.
After resting for a while, she remembered Lin Lin who was still doing homework in the room, so she simply dragged Shen Sang Ning to see how their temporary child was doing. Lin Xi felt that the third grade academic work should not be difficult, and she could easily help Lin Lin with her homework.
But when she knocked on the door and went in, she found that Lin Lin hadn't even finished her homework.
"Can I see it?"
Lin Xi asked. The rules required students to complete their homework individually, so as a parent, Lin Xi shouldn't interfere. But if she just looked at it and didn't help, it definitely wouldn't trigger the rules. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Lin nodded: "Look."
Lin Xi picked it up and began to sweat profusely as soon as he saw the first question:
Question:
If there is a row of ducks in the river, and there are 2 ducks in front of 2 ducks, 2 ducks behind them, and 2 ducks in the middle of the 2 ducks, how many ducks are there in total?
——What a psycho!
Lin Xi wanted to throw the workbook away at that moment. No, why was the question so convoluted? Two in front, two in the back, two in the middle. Lin Xi felt like countless ducks were quacking overhead. Is this really a math problem? Lin Xi's tangled expression piqued Shen Sangning's curiosity. She pulled Lin Xi's arm and leaned over to look at the problem.
“…”
Very good, Lin Xi is not the only one who fainted, Shen Sang Ning is also in a bad condition.
After looking at Lin Lin's answer, Lin Xi got angry: "2! How can the answer be 2! There are so many ducks!"
Lin Lin's face was very embarrassed, as if Lin Xi was being unreasonable. Shen Sangning was also more confused than ever. She let go of Lin Xi's arm, raised her hands beside her, looked at her fingers, and muttered to herself: "Two, two, two ducks, so many ducks..."
If it was the living Shen Sang Ning, she would have solved the problem very quickly and told Lin Xi the correct answer and the solution, but now Shen Sang Ning could only raise her finger and feel dizzy.
The two of them successfully became a stupid couple.
"If it's not two, how many?"
Lin Xi choked at Lin Lin's warmth. She didn't know the correct answer. Fortunately, she didn't know the answer, otherwise she would have triggered the fourth rule, inviting Lin Lin's attack. Of course, Lin Xi wouldn't be in trouble, but Lin Lin would be. If Lin Lin died, she would have to face a bad ending, a failure to gain recognition from both her teacher and her students.
Lin Xi took a deep breath, turned over this question and looked at the next one.
Question:
Now there is a glass of milk. Xiao Ming drinks half of it and fills it with water. He drinks another half glass and fills it with water again. He drinks the last glass in one gulp. How many glasses of water and milk has he drunk in total?
“…”
Lin Xi fell silent after looking at the question. Is this really a question for third graders? Why do kids nowadays have to learn such messed up stuff?
Not only Lin Xi, but even the audience in the live broadcast room were speechless:
[The first answer is 4, right? Although I know the answer, this kind of question can't be called a math problem at all, it's basically a Chinese language problem! ]
[Ahhh, who on earth came up with such a convoluted question? Get the person who came up with this question out!]
[To be honest, these questions are very realistic. My children are doing this kind of questions now.]
What's the second answer? A glass of water or a glass of milk?
Please, please don't show me questions like this. All I see are ducks and milk.
What’s even funnier is Lin Lin’s answer. She is really a very honest child. Faced with such a question, her answer was - I don’t know.
This straightforwardness was even more outrageous than Lin Xi's. Back then, even if she didn't know the answer, she'd just make one up. If she had to, she'd just write "Solution" in the answer box, at least allowing the teacher to give her a 1 point. Although later exam changes meant that writing "Solution" wouldn't help her score, Lin Xi still wrote it in without hesitation.
Seeing these questions, Lin Xi backed off because she had no idea what the answer was, and she didn't have the correct answer. She decided to go to the bookstore tomorrow to see if she could buy some exercise books, the kind with answers and problem-solving ideas. She would do them first, check the answers, and then help Lin Lin with her homework.
Just looking at Lin Lin's expression, Lin Xi felt that his great "daughter's rapid progress" plan might fail.
Lin Xi realized this after flipping through Lin Lin's homework. It wasn't that she didn't have confidence in Lin Lin; it was just as her teacher had said: her academic performance was a mess. Lin Xi could only say, "Take a shower and go to bed early. Get up on time tomorrow, eat breakfast, and go to school."
Lin Lin responded, and Lin Xi took Chen Sang Ning out of Lin Lin's bedroom. The two of them returned to the master bedroom, and at this moment, Chen Sang Ning suddenly said, "It's four."
"ah?"
Lin Xi didn’t understand, and then she saw Shen Sang Ning answer Lin Xi with a serious face: “Wife, the answer to the question about ducks just now is 4.”
"Why four?"
Lin Xi asked this question sincerely, because she still hadn't figured out the answer. In her expectation, there were 2 ducks in the front and 2 in the back, which meant 6 ducks. There were 2 ducks in the middle, which meant 8 ducks in total. But she wasn't sure. No matter how she thought about it, it shouldn't be 4 ducks. That number was too small.
However, Shen Sangning answered Lin Xi with reason and evidence: "The question said at the beginning that it was a row, so there are only four."
"How can there be front, back, and center if there's only one line?"
"Because ducks can swim." Chen Sangning said seriously, "If the ducks swim vertically, there's a front-to-back relationship. There are two ducks in front of the two and two ducks behind them, so they're all in a row at this moment. If they swim horizontally, there are two ducks between the two ducks, so they always swim in a row. So, only four ducks are needed to meet the requirements of the question."
“…”
I have to say, what Shen Sangning said makes a lot of sense.
Lin Xi sighed at this moment. She reached out and rubbed Shen Sang Ning's cold and soft hair, praising Shen Sang Ning sincerely: "Wife, you are worthy of being you. You are really amazing."
"Hehehe..." Chen Sangning couldn't help but smile proudly upon hearing Lin Xi's praise, and Lin Xi laughed as well. Although Chen Sangning had lost her memory and was completely clueless about everything, a top student was still a top student after all.
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