After the plan was decided, Teacher Wende allowed his disciples to leave. The eldest disciple went outside the courtyard to clean the spittoon that Teacher Wende used at night. Zhu Guang left with a sense of smugness, everything was under his control today. Tonight, of course, he had to find two beauties to spend a pleasant night with. Li Jiu also returned to his room, his eyes as cold as a knife.
Only Teacher Wende, Wang Ren, and Cao Shi remained in the study. Cao Shi looked at the displeased Wang Ren timidly and whispered, "I'm sorry, Senior Sister."
"You're fighting with those two, are you crazy? Second Senior Brother has followed Master for twenty years and has received Master's true teachings. Old Nine is incredibly intelligent and can discern all natural laws. What are you going to fight them with, eating?"
Cao Shi smiled obsequiously, "You say that, I'm actually a bit hungry."
Teacher Wende laughed heartily. Wang Ren was displeased, even Master couldn't be managed: "Don't laugh, the backyard is on fire, and you're still sitting at the tea table drinking tea? Can you be so carefree?"
"Girl, have you looked at the passbook I gave you?"
"No!"
"Then go home and take a look. Ponder, ponder. The two children at home are waiting for their mother to come home?"
"I'm not going."
"Go back, go back. Listen to Master, when encountering things, one should be calm and not so hot-tempered. If you speak impulsively, how can you achieve great things in the future."
"I..."
"Alright, alright, be good and go home."
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Wang Ren was forced to leave, but Cao Shi remained. He looked thoughtfully at Teacher Wende, who asked, "Do you have something else?"
"This is really not your scheme?"
"Cao Shi, are you not confident you can beat this old man?"
Cao Shi rubbed his neck and didn't say more. Something was not right. After interacting for over a year, Cao Shi knew that Zhu Guang was also a person of excellent temperament. Did one hundred million make Zhu Guang expose himself? Perhaps this was something Zhu Guang and Gao Ji had planned long ago. Cao Shi wasn't afraid of this, it was within his expectations. However, if it was Teacher Wende and Gao Ji who had planned it, that would be outside Cao Shi's expectations.
Cao Shi didn't have the ability to guess Teacher Wende's thoughts, but he understood that his Master was proud and would do things that were hard to fathom, but he wouldn't lie to his disciples, so Cao Shi asked again.
"Master, since it wasn't you, can I ask another question?"
"Sharpening the knife before battle is not too late, ask."
"Senior Brother said that the end of scheming is human nature, and the essence of human nature is that if a person doesn't act for themselves, they will be condemned by heaven and earth. Is this statement correct?"
"This statement is correct."
"Then I ask you, is human nature, master-disciple affection, and brotherhood considered human nature?"
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"Father and son, brothers, husband and wife, once emotions are elevated, they can elevate human selfishness into love. But this is small love. Great love continues to rise to national sentiment, but they are inseparable. A selfish person cannot love their country. Only those who love their family can love their country. This is the meaning of the two words 'country'."
Cao Shi smiled and said to Teacher Wende, "This time, I can win."
"Then go and do it boldly."
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Bold? Not at all...
Cao Shi went to the kitchen and grabbed a pot lid, holding it like a shield, he quietly entered the room. In the darkness, he saw Li Jiu sitting in the corner. Only then did Cao Shi put down the pot lid.
"Why use Gao Xiaojuan as a bet?" Li Jiu asked coldly.
"If I say it's for you, will you believe me? You are too proud, you disdain even one hundred million. If I opposed Senior Brother Zhu Guang, and in the end I said the one hundred million belongs to me, you would still agree with my plan. Am I right? This is you, Li Jiu, you are too proud, you won't lower yourself to love Gao Xiaojuan." Cao Shi gripped the pot lid tightly.
"How do you know I can't let go?"
Cao Shi's expression was awkward, "I guessed."
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Li Jiu raised his hand, and Cao Shi raised the pot lid, cautiously watching Li Jiu from the side. Li Jiu looked somewhat helpless, "When did my matters become your business to help me with?"
"The bystander is confused, you are already in Zhu Guang's scheme."
"So, what you said is true?"
"Wang Zeyyi hates evil like an enemy, he wouldn't lie about this kind of thing."
Cao Shi had already told Li Jiu about Wang Zeyyi's situation. Recently, there had been a series of bloody ABC murders, which were inextricably linked to Zhu Guang. Cao Shi believed that Zhu Guang was using the murder case as an experiment to find what he called the most important element in scheming: human nature.
The essence of human nature is selfish. Any contradiction can be exploited by selfish human nature to push things towards the plot Zhu Guang wanted to develop. This wasn't just an idea, but something Zhu Guang had been doing for years.
Not to mention the bloody ABC case, the invisible executioner back then was very likely Zhu Guang.
"Since Zhu Guang dares to bet with us, he must have a way to force Xiaojuan to comply."
Zhu Guang was somewhat abnormal today. Li Jiu had been waiting for Cao Shi to return, not because Cao Shi participated in the proposal to snatch Gao Xiaojuan, but because he believed Zhu Guang was preparing to harm Gao Xiaojuan.
"What do you think Zhu Guang can do?"
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"Will he attack the child?"
"Then what do we do?"
"Gao Xiaojuan and the child are staying at a hotel tonight. If Gao Ji set a thank-you bonus of one hundred million, then this Gao Ji will definitely see the result before leaving. If he doesn't leave, Gao Xiaojuan will inevitably stay in Beijing. What I need to do is to notify Gao Xiaojuan that the child is in danger and have her take the child back to Hong Kong immediately," Li Jiu said seriously.
"What about me?"
"Although Wang Zeyyi has been suspended, his circle is full of police officers. If Zhu Guang attacks Xiaojuan's child today, have him set up an ambush, and we'll catch him in one go."
Facing Li Jiu's plan, Cao Shi nodded happily.
"Do you know about the gunman's dilemma?"
"No!"
Three gunmen. A's shooting accuracy is 80%, B's is 60%, and C's is 40%. Each can only fire one shot. Who has the highest survival rate?
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First, A's choice. He will definitely deal with B. Only by killing B can he hope to defeat C. B and C will not hesitate to deal with A. The probability of B missing is 40%. The probability of C missing is 60%. Thus, A's survival rate is 24%. B's survival rate is 20%. And C's survival rate is 100%!
That is to say, in the first round, C will survive no matter what.
After listening to Li Jiu's explanation, Cao Shi began to understand, "Senior Brother Zhu Guang is that A. We are B and C. As long as we form an alliance, there is a possibility of winning."
Hearing Cao Shi say this, Li Jiu smiled, "Cao Shi, use your brain and think about the current problem. Regarding obtaining Gao Xiaojuan, it's not calculated like this. I am A, you are B, and Zhu Guang is C."
Cao Shi finally understood. Zhu Guang intended from the beginning to make Li Jiu and Cao Shi kill each other, and he would profit from it.
However, this world is unfair. According to the current method, if A and B both go after C, then C's survival rate is 0.08, meaning Zhu Guang will definitely lose.
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Li Jiu was not an ordinary person. He would not give Zhu Guang any chance. Tomorrow, he would completely eliminate Zhu Guang. Li Jiu had decided to apologize to Gao Xiaojuan and accept Gao Ziming as his child. This way, Zhu Guang would lose both his wife and his soldiers. Similarly, since Zhu Guang made such an excessive request, Li Jiu had no intention of letting Zhu Guang off easy. After obtaining Gao Xiaojuan's forgiveness, he would immediately turn to help Cao Shi. Li Jiu was confident he could find evidence of Zhu Guang's involvement in planning murders and send Zhu Guang to prison.
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Cao Shi did not rest that night. He went to Wang Zeyyi's house. Wang Zeyyi, who was currently suspended, was tutoring his child at home. Cao Shi knocked on the door. Wang Zeyyi's wife opened it. Seeing it was Cao Shi, she didn't give him a good look.
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Hearing the commotion, Wang Zeyyi came out of the study and looked at Cao Shi in confusion, "Why are you here?"
"Let's go!"
"Where?"
"To catch Zhu Guang!"
Wang Zeyyi put on his shoes and was about to leave. His wife quickly caught up and handed him a coat. The two rode bicycles to Xiao Zhou's house. Xiao Zhou, wearing slippers, looked at Wang Zeyyi, "Brother Wang, what's the matter?"
"We're going to arrest someone."
"So late? Who are we arresting?"
"The real culprit behind the bloody ABC case."
Xiao Zhou's face looked somewhat troubled, "That case is already closed?"
"Are you going or not?"
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"I'm going, of course, I'm going!"
The three of them found where Gao Ji was staying and lay in wait. After a long time, there was no movement. Wang Zeyyi impatiently asked, "Cao Shi, was your intelligence wrong? Will Zhu Guang really try to catch this child?"
"He will definitely come."
After waiting for a while, Zhu Guang still didn't appear. Wang Zeyyi said to Cao Shi, "Brother, why don't you go check the places Zhu Guang often frequents? I'll keep watch here with Xiao Zhou. As soon as Zhu Guang appears, I'll arrest him."
"Okay!"
Cao Shi had already familiarized himself with Zhu Guang's usual haunts, but he visited several places and didn't see Zhu Guang. At that time, Zhu Guang's smug demeanor when he left Teacher Wende's residence was fake. Cao Shi had guessed this. However, he couldn't understand why Zhu Guang had vanished. To catch Gao Ziming, it seemed that only tonight was the opportunity. As long as Li Jiu confessed to Gao Xiaojuan, Zhu Guang would lose.
Why would this happen? Cao Shi thought as he rode his bike. Suddenly, he stopped and shouted, "It's bad, we've been tricked."
This was not a competition. From the very beginning, this was a scheme.