The topic of "using chopsticks" ca to an end when Xiao Feng ntioned the little girl.
Hua Ling sat on the sofa with her arms crossed, muttering, "It's all your fault. Why didn't you take advantage of whatever scent yesterday and ask Gu Wanrong about her enemy?
If you had asked, we wouldn't be facing this unsolvable problem now.
You always say I'm not smart, but if you're so smart, how co you didn't consider such a simple question?"
Xiao Feng was amused and annoyed: "Are you stupid?"
"How am I stupid?"
"Let ask you, who was I in Gu Wanrong's eyes at that ti?"
"The big sister of Devil's Concentration Camp, right?"
"And as the big sister of Devil's Concentration Camp, what image do I project to the outside world? Surely, you must know that?"
"Mysterious, ruthless, always hidden behind masks and shadows."
Xiao Feng said, "That's precisely the problem—different people say different things.
Gu Wanrong might have been influenced, but that doesn't an she lost her insight. If I had asked her directly, 'Who's your enemy again?' wouldn't it be obvious I was faking it?
For example, imagine Gong Kaishan one day standing before you, fists under his chin, stomping his feet and whimpering, wouldn't you find that strange?"
Hua Ling envisioned the scene Xiao Feng described and instantly felt uneasy.
"So what do you suggest we do now?" Hua Ling stubbornly continued, "I don't care what you do, but you have to co up with a solution. Otherwise, you're not leaving this room."
Xiao Feng, unwilling to argue, pondered for a while and then said, "Contact Shi Yong and have him send Wang Yanmin over."
"Wang Yanmin?" Hua Ling asked suspiciously, "Is she your confidante?"
"Can you stop gossiping?" Xiao Feng retorted irritably.
Hua Ling made a face, picked up her phone, and contacted Shi Yong.
About fifty minutes later, Wang Yanmin arrived.
Xiao Feng greeted her, "Sister Wang, long ti no see."
"Huh?" Wang Yanmin said in surprise, "What are you doing here?"
Hua Ling looked at Wang Yanmin and silently dismissed the idea of her being Xiao Feng's confidante.
"We didn't call you here for anything other than a chat." Xiao Feng explained briefly, then turned to Hua Ling, "Don't just stand there, take Sister Wang to see Gu Wanrong."
"Oh, sure." Hua Ling agreed and arranged for soone to escort Sister Wang to the underground base.
However, before going down, soone reminded Sister Wang to sign a confidentiality agreent.
Sister Wang realized the seriousness of the situation but had to comply, so she carried a thermos-sized water bottle into the underground base.
"Let's go, I want to see who could impress you so much." Hua Ling said, heading toward the basent.
Xiao Feng advised earnestly, "I suggest you don't listen, or you might regret it."
However, the more he said that, the more curious Hua Ling beca, insisting on listening!
...
Forty minutes later, Hua Ling, sitting in front of the screen with headphones on, looked nearly dazed.
"This... she can really talk," Hua Ling said admiringly.
Wang Yanmin hadn't disappointed; in those forty minutes, her mouth never seed to stop, and the enormous water bottle beside her hadn't even been opened.
Twenty more minutes passed before Wang Yanmin finally unscrewed the bottle to take a few gulps, then continued her verbal assault.
anwhile, Hua Ling took off her headphones, rubbing her temples, "I can't take it anymore, I just can't!"
Xiao Feng watched Gu Wanrong's reaction on the big screen, his brows furrowing involuntarily.
The lady was so resilient, or was Sister Wang being serious this ti?
In fact, Wang Yanmin's strength lay in her ability to change topics frequently, switching subjects seamlessly.
This tactic could leave soone feeling overwheld, leading to irritation and other negative emotions over ti.
But if she discussed topics of interest, it would be different.
Once interested, an hour-long conversation—or even an entire day's worth—would be a breeze.
Thinking of this, Xiao Feng put on the headphones to hear what Sister Wang was talking about.
After five minutes, his expression turned serious, concluding: Sister Wang had t her match this ti.
Because during those five minutes, Gu Wanrong actually managed to respond…
Wang Yanmin: "When I was little, there was a mountain behind our house. My grandma told there were wolves in the mountain that would take away and eat naughty kids..."
Gu Wanrong: "The air must have been fresh and the scenery beautiful in the mountains, right?"
Wang Yanmin: "As the saying goes, you don't understand your parents' hardships without children—it's so true. Now, when I tutor my child, I sotis feel like hitting them..."
Gu Wanrong: "Children are young; they'll understand when they grow up."
Wang Yanmin: "In college, our dorm mates would tell scary stories at night after lights out, one after another.
We'd get more frightened with each story, going to the bathroom together, but still eager to listen..."
Gu Wanrong: "That's a common psychological phenonon."
...
After listening for a bit longer, Xiao Feng removed his headphones, a bit stumped.
It wasn't that Sister Wang wasn't trying, but the opponent was too strong.
In just under ten minutes of listening, Sister Wang covered nurous topics: parenting, technology, gaming, society, culture, music, history, and more.
Yet Gu Wanrong showed enormous resilience, managing to respond appropriately to every topic, without any signs of annoyance.
If it weren't for Gu Wanrong's accurate responses, he couldn't help but suspect that she might have found a way to temporarily block out the noise.
Hua Ling held her face in her hands, elbows resting on the table, and said with so disappointnt, "I don't think this is going anywhere. Should we just turn her over?"
"Let's wait a bit longer; perseverance ans victory!"
Though Xiao Feng tried to sound encouraging, he also didn't feel confident inside.
Because more than an hour had passed, and Gu Wanrong was still full of energy, showing no signs of a breakthrough.
As the two-hour mark approached, Li Ying ca over and said, "Let's eat first."
"Is it already lunchti?" Hua Ling looked at the ti, which was 11:45.
Xiao Feng said, "Call Sister Wang out; let's discuss it after lunch."
Soon after, guided by a team mber, Wang Yanmin walked back up from the underground.
The first thing she said to Xiao Feng was, "A kindred spirit is hard to find! After more than forty years, I've finally found mine!"
"..." Xiao Feng.
What on earth is this situation?
Sister Wang, you've always been unbeatable until now.
And I didn't bring you here to find a kindred spirit.
"Sister Wang, since you get along so well with her, let's continue in the afternoon—I refuse to believe I can't crack this!" Xiao Feng said with determination.
Wang Yanmin nodded, smiling broadly in agreent.
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