Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Ripe

"As 'Xiaoyou', I would like to say something; I also disagree with Gao Qian's statement." As the same person whose hypothesis was rejected, the joint consciousness seems to be working; I saw Senior Piaopao coming aggressively to help Xiaotu. "Oh?" On the other hand, Gao Qian put on a welcoming attitude, as if the more rebuttals she had, the more she enjoyed it. "Where do you disagree?" "According to what Gao Qian said, that little brat is very cunning, right? Since it is so difficult to deal with, the parents resorted to such extraordinary methods, so it can be seen that it is a bit clever."

"Well, it should be." "Of course he knows that parents built this villa in the mountains!" "Ah, that's right!" Xiaotu clapped her hands and yelled, leaning out.Although her speech was still clear, the alcohol had penetrated her body, and she had no intention of wiping off the white foam stuck under her nose again. "In this way, Xiaoyou will immediately realize that he is in the villa after waking up. This means that maybe he will feel incredible, but he will not think of supernatural phenomena and think that his parents disappeared out of thin air and be afraid. Change In other words, the punishment of his parents has no effect at all."

"That's right, that's right—hey! Little Rabbit, why are you also involved? Stop using the pseudonym Xiaoyou!" Senior Piaopao and Xiaotu teamed up to attack, but Gao Qian was unmoved at all. Instead, he calmly took out his handkerchief and wiped Xiaotu's white beard calmly. As for the little rabbit, he was at her mercy calmly and comfortably. "Perhaps Xiaoyou's parents started planning to punish him when they built the villa, so they would naturally conceal the existence of the villa." Facing Gao Qian's rebuttal, Xiao Tu leisurely nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes! It makes sense."

"It's really a long-term plan!" Seeing Xiaotu like this, Senior Piaopao was slightly displeased, as if he was complaining that he was helping her, but she turned against him. "It's just for disciplining disobedient children, how can I spend so much effort—" "Maybe," on the other side, Gao Qian was still at ease. "If the parents have been troubled by Xiaoyou's naughtiness for a long time—" "Okay, let's forget about that. I'll take a step back and treat it as his parents secretly. But even Xiaoyou... Ah! Too bad, it's because you keep using this name, which caused me to be infected too."

"Oh, what's the matter! And then? What about Xiaoyou?" "Even if Xiaoyou didn't know about the existence of the villa, and couldn't find half of his family when he got up in the morning, and he was in a house he hadn't seen before, he would naturally guess that he was sent to someone else's house!" "Can a child under the age of ten guess it?" "Didn't you say that Xiaoyou is a cunning child?" This pseudonym seemed to make Senior Piaopao subconsciously invest in his emotions, and he said proudly: "Especially his parents warned in advance that if they don't obey, they will leave him. Xiaoyou, who has a bright mind, will of course understand immediately: "Hahaha, my father and mother taught me a lesson, so they secretly sent me here. It's a pity that I won't be fooled!'”

"Senior, you look like a child!" This is not a compliment; I admire the senior's skillful change of tone to distinguish Xiaoyou's dialogue. "Maybe I can become a voice actor!" "Huh? Really? Does it look like this? Hahaha!" As soon as Senior Piaobao accepted the compliment, he would immediately get carried away. "That's right! A voice actor? This is also a kind of life!" It's okay for Senior Floating to have this idea, but I'm afraid that when he can't be a voice actor, he will come and blame me for disrupting his life plan and ask me to be responsible, so what should I do?It's ridiculous, but I'm really worried.Fortunately, Gao Qian poured a bucket of cold water at the right time, and Piao Piao's career as a seiyuu was over.

"I have no objection to you going to participate in the selection, but will you listen to my hypothesis?" "Oh! I listen, of course! You can start talking anytime." "Before we start, is there anything to write on? For example, report paper or something." "Well, wait a minute." After Gao Qian wiped Xiaotu's nose with a handkerchief just now, Xiaotu picked up the handkerchief and played with it. Only then did he grope for his luggage as if he had just woken up from a dream. "—Only this, is it okay?" As she spoke, she handed out the guidebook she had obtained at the counter of the National Hotel.It was bound with three typewriter papers, which was quite simple; since it was not printed on both sides, the back could still be used.

"Very good, very good, just wait for me." "What are you doing?" "Draw a picture." Gao Qian took out the R plateau guidebook from his luggage, compared it with the map on it, and used a ballpoint pen to draw the descending route from the National Hotel to the national highway, the detour route, and the route leading to the county road. "Okay——Xiao Piao, I would like to ask your opinion as a driver; is it correct to draw the mountain road like this?" "Well, almost. Of course, the actual route is not so straight, it should be more winding; but it is a simplified diagram after all! Speaking of which, Gao Qian, you drew this to—"

"Wait a second, the problem is next. According to this picture, the location of this villa should be in this area—" Gao Qian marked the house mark on the sketch map, and signaled senior Piaojia with his eyes to confirm. "It should be. Of course, I don't know the exact position; but we have walked a long time, and we have not yet come to the intersection, so it should be the right way to draw it." "So, Xiao Piao's car should be left here..." Gao Qian also marked the places where senior Piao Pao abandoned the car and where the car crashed. "—By the way, I forgot, there is also a no-passing stand on the main road."

"Do you want to mark this too?" "Should it be this area? Xiao Piao, is this okay?" "Almost! Gao Qian, what can you know like this?" "In this way—" Gao Qian put away the ballpoint pen, and said simply, as if reporting the price of rice balls in a supermarket: "You can know the location of the other villa!" "Ah?" On the other hand, Senior Piao Pao's eyes widened as if he was asking about the price of rice balls but heard the evaluation of the best roads in the city. "You, what did you say?" "Another villa."

Gao Qian said again, and added a new house mark somewhere on the sketch map; but now he is not using a solid line, but a dotted line.To the left of the collision mark—that is, to the west—she drew two marks on both sides of the road before the intersection of the detour and the arterial road. (Refer to the sketch) "—and logically, another villa should be located in this area. I can't tell whether it is on the north side of the road or the south side, but one of the two." When Gao Qian mentioned the word logic, for some reason, she showed a look of shame; I thought she was laughing at herself for not matching the word logic, but if so, she should be showing a sarcastic expression. Regardless, it was a valuable experience for us.Highness and shame, this combination is like water and oil-to use a bad analogy, it is as incongruous and impactful as Godzilla embroidery with a needle and thread. However, these are all afterthoughts; at this time, we have no extra energy to rejoice in this rare "eye blessing", we can only blindly be amazed by the bomb dropped by Gao Qian. "Another...another villa? Gaoqian!" Xiaotu broke the long silence and made a panting sound. "What do you mean? Hey, what do you mean?" "There is another villa that is exactly like this one." "For..." Senior Piaopao fell into a daze and even forgot to drink the beer he just poured. "Why? What grounds do you have?" "Of course, I have no definite basis, it's just imagination." "That's why I want to ask you where did this sudden imagination come from? Ah!" "I'll explain it from the beginning." "Well, please take care of everything!" "But let me be the first to say that the idea is pretty far-fetched." "Far-fetched? Very good! Just let the horse come here!" "Let's start by explaining the question that Xiaopiao just asked! Even if a child wakes up and finds that he is not at home, at most he will be panicked because he doesn't know where he is, and he will not think of supernatural phenomena-thinking that his family members disappear. I am punished by God only when I am not good at ordinary times—I also feel the same about this point.” "That's right!" "However, what if he wakes up in his own home? He was still at home the night before, and his parents were with him, but when he woke up, there was no one. Maybe it would cause psychological trauma!" "Heart trauma?" Xiaotu tugged at Gao Qian's sleeve: "Is the heart traumatized?" "It's 'psychological trauma,' which means mental trauma." "Wow! Gao Qian, you are so knowledgeable!" "I was the one who said it first!" Senior Piaopao pointed at his nose childishly: "You should admire me!" "If you are not obedient, your father and mother will go far away. When you think of your parents' warning, the child really thinks that his own behavior has caused the misfortune. Obedient and good children, father and mother, please come back!'——this is what parents look forward to." "Hmph, it's really a trick to deceive children, so stupid." Senior Piao Pao seemed to have had a similar personal experience, and he seemed filled with righteous indignation. "In short, I understand what Gao Qian means. When the child wakes up, he will mistakenly think that this is his home, indicating that there is another exactly the same building, right?" "Simply put, that's the case. Of course, parents can also choose to vacate the furniture at night; but if there is another identical villa that has not yet purchased furniture, it is naturally much faster to use it directly." "For the sake of caution, let me ask you a question first. Are you going to say that the parents built a new villa in order to discipline their children?" "It's hard to say, if it's a rich person, it's not impossible!" "How could such a thing happen! What kind of parents are these!" "Just kidding. Having said that, maybe there is a chance to happen. After all, you can't imagine how crazy some people are. But thinking about it according to common sense, it should happen that the villa was being built at that time, and the parents took advantage of it." "But, according to Gao Qian's assumption—" Senior Floating's fingers moved along the sketch she drew. "Well, where are we now—?" "New villa." "Then the one drawn with a dotted line is the old villa? Is the owner the same person?" "certainly." "Then why build two villas in this close area? Of course, there are a lot of rich people, and it is their freedom to build as many villas as they want; but in general, they should be scattered, right? What's more, according to Gao Qian's plan Assuming that the two villas are built exactly the same, why do you want to do this? It doesn't make sense at all!" "It's another far-fetched assumption—perhaps, I think, because the old villa has to be demolished in the near future." "tear down?" "That's why a new one has to be built. However, the reason for the demolition should not be that the building is too old, but that the government ordered it to be demolished." "Demolition ordered? You mean, the old villa happened to be built on the new road or the planned land for construction?" "Simply put, that's it. I repeat, the reason for demolishing the old villa is just my guess, without any basis; maybe the real reason is actually beyond our imagination. In short. Because the old house must be demolished, the owner I just bought new land nearby, and rebuilt a villa that is exactly the same as the old villa—let’s just listen to my explanation on this assumption.” "Understood. However, since a new one is going to be built, most people should update the design as well, right?" "Maybe the owner liked the original design, or maybe he was too lazy to redesign." "This statement is also far-fetched." "I admit it. It's not that I'm going to talk about fallacies. Even if it's far-fetched, we still have to assume one by one. Otherwise, how can we continue the discussion? Anyway, only the owner of the house knows the real reason, and we can only fill it in with our own imagination." "Oh, okay! Let's take a hundred steps and treat it like that." "So, another villa that is exactly the same as the old house was built here." "The next job is to move, and parents plan to use this situation to discipline their children before moving-is that what it means?" "That's right. For this purpose, the parents have prepared a children's bed that is exactly the same as the old house, and put on the same pillowcases and sheets; of course, the fact that the old villa is about to be demolished and the new villa is being built is not hidden from the children. " "I understand these, but how to explain the most important beer?" "About this point, in conclusion, the beer and the refrigerator were not prepared by the child's parents." "Who prepared that?" "As Xiao Piao said just now, it's stupid to use this method to tame children; in other words, there are some relatives who hold critical views on this plan." "Which relative?" "Assuming that it is the father who is keen on this discipline plan—of course, it can also be the mother, but let's talk about it as a father here—he proceeds step by step to tame the child's farce." "Domestic? That's an ugly word." "Isn't that what it means to put it bluntly?" "That's true." "On the surface, the mother is willing to help, but in her heart she feels that this is an evil plan; she opposes this kind of authoritarian punishment of the parents, and is also worried that the child will not only not reflect on himself, but will be hurt because of it. To be exaggerated, according to the child's In terms of age, maybe it will be the same as Xiao Piao said, causing psychological trauma. So the mother consulted with her father, who is the grandfather of the child." "Needless to say, it doesn't have to be grandpa to discuss with, as long as it is someone my mother can trust." "That's right, by the way, let's make a spoof again, to deepen the authenticity of the character setting - Dad is actually married." "Ah? Why did you suddenly add this setting!" "What I said before, don't take it too seriously. This is just a character setting for the convenience of understanding." "Got it, got it, take a snapshot of your script and continue to stage it!" "Grandpa is the chairman of a big company, very rich." "Oh!" "Dad used to be an employee of the company, and he got married only after being spotted by grandpa." "It's really corny." "Speaking of it, it's also the tragedy of a married son-in-law. Dad always can't hold his head up in front of others; based on this inferiority complex, he plans to train the child to be the heir of the company, while he himself controls it behind the scenes, venting the years of depression." "Gao Qian, how did you come up with this idea?" Xiaotu seemed to be watching a play nearby, drinking beer enthusiastically. "Could it be that you are a fan of local dramas?" "When deciding to find another land and build a new villa, the reason why my father wanted to use it was because he was worried that if he continued to tolerate the child's waywardness, it would cause trouble for the future." narration, and spoke in a low voice. "His own life has been trampled by those in power, so he vowed to manipulate the heir's son to take control of the overall situation. In order to discipline his son, he will do whatever it takes; however, some people are not happy to see his plan succeed." "Hey, hey, stop learning!" Senior Piao Pao's frightened expression from the bottom of his heart was extremely ridiculous. "Gao Qian's voice is too bold and terrifying!" "Under mother's report, grandpa learned about the plan." Although Gao Qian returned to her usual way of speaking, to me, her indifferent and flat tone was more terrifying than that dramatic and weird tone. "Grandpa was shocked and angry. What does my son-in-law want to do to my grandson? Could it be that he lost his mind and went crazy?" "Is it a period drama this time?" "Crazy is not a special term for period dramas. In short, grandpa is very angry and will never allow his grandson to be tempted and hurt like this." "So he came forward to stop this daring villain?" "Xiao Piao, your words are more like a period drama. No, no, he didn't directly stop it." "Directly? So, what strategy did he use?" "That's right. Grandpa's personality is also quite authoritarian. In order to prevent my son-in-law from getting a bad idea in the future, I set up a plan to teach him a thorough lesson." "This pair of Weng and son-in-law are quite alike!" "Finally, the day came for the son-in-law and son-in-law to carry out their respective plans. Grandpa took advantage of the son-in-law taking away his sleeping grandson, and ordered the young employees who had been waiting in advance to move all the furniture and daily necessities out of the old villa." "Oh?" "On the other hand, the son-in-law arrived at the new villa, placed the child in the bed he had moved in advance, and then left. The employees who had been waiting for a long time moved the furniture from the old villa into the new villa, without the son-in-law's knowledge. Complete the move under the circumstances." "It's so satisfying!" "The son-in-law returned to the old villa in high spirits, only to find that the villa was empty, and he was stunned and speechless." "At this time, the father-in-law appeared and scolded: 'How? Now you understand how it feels to be a young child who is abandoned?'" Senior Piao Pao seems to be in love with the style of period dramas, and he can't leave this tone when speaking. "So, Gao Qian, these beers could be..." Now that the conclusion is ready to come out, to be honest, I am a little bit surprised. "For the employees who moved for grandpa?" "should be." "There are thirteen beer glasses, which represent thirteen employees." "The house is so big, it is still a big project to move the furniture from the old house to the new ones in just a few hours, even if there are thirteen people. I believe the beer after work is also delicious!" "But," to be honest, I think this assumption is essentially the same as Xiaotu's "toast to success"—I still think so at this time. "Then there is no need to prepare a refrigerator and hide it..." "You want to say that you can use a portable ice bucket? However, Jiang Zai, in this case, the truck of the thirteen people is full of villa furniture, and I am afraid that there is no room for other things; it is better to hide the refrigerator on the second floor of the new villa in advance. It’s much easier to come here. Anyway, the son-in-law will leave after setting up the children, so as long as he hides on the second floor, he doesn’t have to worry about being discovered; even if the son-in-law visits on the second floor by chance, it’s safe to hide the refrigerator in the closet.” "I understand the truth, but why bother to invite your subordinates to drink?" "Maybe this is just a way for grandpa to reward his subordinates!" "Well, maybe! But—" "And maybe it's just because grandpa likes to drink beer." Seriously, I think this extra motivation is a bit "foul". "But, Gao Qian..." Xiaotu, who nodded frequently in agreement, suddenly picked up Jiantu with a look of disbelief. "How do you know that another villa is in this location? Is there any basis?" "I also have questions." Senior Piao Pao peeped at Jian Tu from the side. "According to Gao Qian's assumption, the employees have to take advantage of the time when the son-in-law goes back and forth between the new and old villas to complete the move. At least the furniture in the old villa must be moved out and loaded onto the truck. But—" Senior Drifting opened his guidebook, comparing the map with the sketch. "I made a rough estimate based on this map. The one-way journey from the old villa to the new villa is about ten to twenty minutes; even if the estimate is as loose as possible, it will not exceed half an hour. This means that there is at most one employee. Hours of work. Of course, it is not impossible to have as many as thirteen people; but it is too hasty to move all the furniture and luggage out of the huge house and put them on the truck in just one hour. " "Oh? Why do you two have such a tacit understanding?" Gao Qian spread his hands, pretending to be funny. "Just put the problem together for me." "what……?" "Xiao Piao and Xiao Tu's questions are actually the same in essence." "What do you mean?" "You said it takes an hour to go back and forth between the two villas," Gao Qian took the sketch from Xiaotu and showed it to the seniors. "But that's on the main road, right?" "Yeah! It's much faster to go the main road." "Then what if we take a roundabout route?" "Well, according to this picture, it will probably take twice as long!" "So, the employees have two hours of homework?" "Hey, hey, that's when the son-in-law took a detour. The son-in-law is not an idiot, not to mention he has built two villas in this area, so he must know better than me which route to take is the fastest." "But what if the main road can't be used? He can only take a roundabout route, right?" "Can't use it? What do you mean?" "It means literally! What if there is a sign in the middle of the road that says 'Ahead of landslides, all traffic is prohibited'?" Our first reaction was to open our mouths.I don't know how long this heavy air has flowed. Moments later, a chorus of wonder shakes the walls. "Well, so to speak, could it be that..." Regardless of others or himself, as long as someone dares to waste a drop of beer, he will not hesitate to punish with an iron fist. He was too surprised and overturned the remaining half can of beer; however, he didn't have the extra energy to wipe the foam formed on the floor puddle. "Could it be that the ... that standing sign we saw when we drove down the mountain from the National Hotel was fake?" "We should have found out a long time ago. You may wish to recall, has it rained in the past four days? No, right? Every day the weather is so good that we are dying from the sun. In this case, why did the landslide suddenly happen?" I took out a handkerchief to wipe the foam on the floor, but I couldn't help but stop.What she said was indeed reasonable. If it rained heavily and the ground was loose, it would be understandable; but these days are sunny, how can the earth and rocks suddenly collapse? ... This principle is easy to understand, but we didn't suspect it when we saw the standing sign at the time, which was really careless. "...In other words, the stand sign was done by my father-in-law?" Senior Piaopao finally came to his senses, snatched the handkerchief from my hand, and cleaned the floor by himself. "In order to fight against the son-in-law and buy time to move?" "should be." "So...the signboard was put up today—no, the date is already yesterday—does this mean...?" "You should have guessed what I was thinking, right? The son-in-law and father-in-law's son's correction plan was supposed to be carried out tonight—in terms of date, last night. The reason why I said 'originally' was naturally because the plan Because of the temporary stop." "Temporary call to stop...?" "Because the son-in-law and the child's car had an accident on a circuitous route." I managed to get back together, thinking that I had made perfect mental preparations; I didn’t expect that I was still taken aback when I heard the words, and my jaw almost fell to the ground. Senior Floating and Xiaotu seemed to be in the same state of mind, and a stinging silence swept across the room. "We encountered a collision accident around 8:00 p.m. Judging from the atmosphere at the scene, the accident had just happened. Therefore, based on time calculations, the child fell asleep at about 7:00 p.m., and the son-in-law was around 7:30 p.m. Driving with a child. For modern children, going to bed at seven is a bit early, but if it is a four- or five-year-old child, the setting is not too far-fetched." After Gao Qian finished explaining, the silence continued for a moment.The fact that the sign was erected just now has shocked us, and the accident that happened just a few hours ago can be related to this matter, which is beyond our wildest dreams.It was really a complete failure at the moment. "That, that...Gao Qian," Xiaotu was the first to shake off the silence. "You just guessed the location of the other villa from the location of the signboard and the car accident?" "That's right." "But, but, these alone are not enough to determine the location! For example——" Xiaotu immediately took out the sketch map.I flicked the points below the intersection of the main road and the detour—that is, on the south side—with my fingers. "Here and here, maybe it's further south! Right?" "No." Gao Qian pointed to the dotted line to mark the house. "It could only be here." "Why, why?" "Do you still remember what the uncle who directed the traffic at the scene of the car accident said? Xiao Piao asked him what happened. He said it was a collision accident. A truck hit his own car on a detour from behind..." "Well, so to speak," the aftertaste of astonishment continued, and the senior's voice trembled slightly. "The one in the private car is the son-in-law's child, and the truck that collided from the rear is the grandfather's employee...?" "Grandpa's plan was supposed to work like this—first, the son-in-law set off with the grandson in the book, and immediately turned around at the intersection after seeing the false sign, drove into a roundabout route, and headed for the new villa; after he left, the moving truck The legion will gather again at the old villa." Gao Qian's tone has not changed much, but because the content is too shocking, the explanation is very immersive, which makes me have the illusion of watching a movie. "However, the leading truck did not seize the right timing, or the son-in-law slowed down for some reason, and the truck hit his own car from behind." "But, but..." "Of course, I can't conclude that my own car and truck belong to my son-in-law and the moving army, but at least under this assumption, another villa can only be located at this location. The car accident happened here, which means that after the truck entered a detour I ran into my own car here, right? If, as Xiaotu said, the other villa is located further south, how could the truck take a detour and drive here?" exactly... A drunken feeling of emotion arises spontaneously.By logical analogy, another villa can only be here——I finally understand why Gao Qian is so sure. Indeed, Gao Qian's hypothesis is not necessarily true; it can even be said to be a castle in the air built on fantasy. However, it doesn't matter if it's true or not; at least to me, it doesn't matter. In this sleepless night, we put forward various hypotheses in order to exclude boredom; among the many strange theories, especially Gao Qian's hypothesis is the most "artistic", which is undeniable by everyone. To be honest, we were all overwhelmed.