#609 - "Mind Reading"
You are from Shuzhou City, preparing to go to the capital to discuss resisting the enemy with the Emperor.
The carriage sped along, bathed in the golden morning light.
The moment they heard this, both Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi's pupils contracted slightly.
They exchanged a glance, and then Yang Liushi softly asked:
“Miss Li, why would you guess that?”
“Hmm.”
Li Zimu pondered for a moment, then answered with considerable clarity:
“Madam, Young Master.”
“The banditry in Zhongling City has been going on for more than a day or two. Since the Young Master possesses strength far surpassing that of ordinary bandits, yet did not intervene to eliminate them before, it indicates that he is not very familiar with the situation in Zhongling.”
“Furthermore, the Young Master is not aware of the city's layout, so I guessed that you must have only arrived in Zhongling City yesterday.”
“Yet the bandit scourge in Zhongling County is known throughout Tanzhou, and ordinary people would never choose to spend the night in Zhongling City.”
“Therefore, you must have come from a more distant place.”
“...”
Having said this, Li Zimu paused, lowered her head, and took a sip of clear water.
Her explanations were logical, but they had not yet gotten to the heart of the matter.
“Then how did you guess that we came from Shuzhou City?”
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: “And why do you think we are going to the capital?”
“Because of this...”
Putting down the teacup, Li Zimu gently pointed to the corner of her clothes.
She was still wearing Wei Changtian's outer robe, so the object of her finger was obvious.
It was the character “Wei” which had scared the black shop woman half to death.
“Young Master, apart from a few swindlers, only one family in the entire Da Ning dares to embroider this character on their clothes these days.”
“The Young Master is skilled and handsome, certainly not a fake.”
“So I guessed the Young Master’s identity, and then naturally I knew where the Young Master came from.”
“As for how I guessed that the Young Master was going to the capital...”
“Everyone in the world knows that the four countries are about to invade. Although the Young Master established his country in Da Shu, he certainly understands the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold,' and definitely does not want to see Da Ning fall.”
“And since you want to help Da Ning, the Young Master must go to the capital to discuss it with the Emperor.”
“Moreover, Zhongling is on the only route from Shuzhou City to the capital...”
“...”
Clear logic, coherent thinking.
Although the entire reasoning process was not complicated, and did not involve any secrets.
Including the impending invasion of the four countries, that Wei Changtian is the real “Emperor” of Da Shu, and that Ning Wenjun was supported by the Wei family to ascend the throne... many common people know all of this.
But to be able to use this public information, combined with the character “Wei”, to guess so much, is by no means something an ordinary person could do.
Not simple ah...
With an unchanged expression, Wei Changtian first affirmed Li Zimu's reasoning, and then slowly asked:
“But how exactly did you bet that I would take the South Gate?”
“Last night, when you asked me, I answered the East Gate.”
“Were you so sure that I would break my word?”
“This...”
Li Zimu lowered her head shyly.
“Young Master, this matter is actually not difficult to understand.”
“Last night, when I asked if I could follow you, if you had been willing at the time, you would have agreed directly.”
“But the Young Master didn’t do that, which means that the Young Master felt that I was of no use and was unwilling to cause this trouble.”
“It’s just that you saw I was pitiful and couldn’t bear it, so you didn’t directly refuse me, but instead gave me a question.”
“In this way, if I answered incorrectly, then it would be that I had no fate with the Young Master, and even if I died because of it, it would not be the Young Master’s fault.”
“Since the Young Master’s purpose in asking this question was only to clear his conscience, he certainly did not want me to answer correctly.”
“Therefore, the Young Master naturally would not take the East Gate...”
“...”
If the previous explanation was reasoning, then this explanation sounded more like “psychological analysis.”
If you were willing, you would have agreed long ago, instead of creating this situation, so deep down you must be unwilling to bring me, a burden, along.
But you were afraid that directly refusing might lead me to seek death, so you attempted to shift the responsibility to “fate.”
As long as I don’t guess the correct city gate, then it is that we have no fate, and even if I die because of it, you will not feel guilty.
Therefore, you definitely don’t want me to bet correctly, and you certainly won’t keep your promise and take the East Gate...
Although it was unbelievable, what Li Zimu had just said was indeed Wei Changtian’s true thoughts at the time.
Even the thoughts in his “subconscious” that he himself had not noticed.
He was indeed unwilling to attract more trouble at the time, but was afraid that Li Zimu would seek death, so he...
“You...”
The originally warm carriage seemed to suddenly turn into an ice cave, and Wei Changtian only felt a strange chill.
What exactly is this Li Zimu's background?
Clearly from an ordinary family, why does she have such a 'mind-reading' ability?
And since she is so awesome, why was she captured by bandits?
Countless questions flashed through his mind, but were quickly suppressed by Wei Changtian.
He knew that now was not the time to ask these questions.
Because he had not yet heard the answer to that most crucial, and most “unbelievable” question.
“Alright, what you said just now can be considered reasonable.”
Raising his eyelids, staring intently at Li Zimu's bright eyes, Wei Changtian asked, word by word:
“But even so, even if you guessed that I would break my word...”
“How could you be so sure that I would take the South Gate?”
“Just now you said that I would definitely not take the West Gate or the North Gate, what exactly did you mean?”
“...”
This time, Li Zimu paused for longer than ever before.
She looked at Yang Liushi, who had a complicated expression, and then looked at the slightly shaking teacup on the table, as if wanting to take another sip of water.
But in the end, she still did not pick up the teacup, but instead focused her gaze on Wei Changtian and said softly:
“Young Master, Shuzhou City is to the south, so you must have entered the city from the South Gate yesterday.”
“And the capital is to the north, so normally you would definitely leave the city from the North Gate this morning.”
“So, among the North Gate, South Gate, and West Gate, under normal circumstances, the Young Master has the highest probability of leaving the city from the North Gate, and the lowest probability of leaving the city from the South Gate.”
“But since the Young Master didn’t want me to guess correctly, he chose the most illogical South Gate...”
“Stop.”
Suddenly, Wei Changtian interrupted Li Zimu.
He could understand what she meant, but he did not agree with this explanation at all.
Indeed, leaving the city from the South Gate was the most illogical choice.
But he had to know that when he chose the South Gate at the time, he didn't think so much, it was completely a casual remark.
So Li Zimu's statement could not convince him at all.
“To tell you the truth, I didn’t think so complicatedly when I chose the South Gate.”
“At the time, I thought you would definitely be waiting at the East Gate, so I just randomly chose a city gate, I didn’t expect you to run into me by chance.”
“But this can also be considered a twist of fate...”
“Young Master, it’s not a twist of fate.”
To the surprised gazes of Wei Changtian and Yang Liushi, Li Zimu actually interrupted Wei Changtian in turn.
She seriously shook her head, then reached out and pointed to Wei Changtian's heart.
“Perhaps the Young Master feels that he really didn’t think so much.”
“But Young Master, the thoughts in people’s hearts are sometimes imperceptible.”
“And all seemingly random choices are actually determined by these hidden thoughts.”
“Young Master, do you believe that if you could do it again, ten times, a hundred times, you would still choose the South Gate?”
“This is not fate, it is the heart.”
ps: Tomorrow is the college entrance examination! I wish all the candidates among the readers good luck! May all guesses be correct! May you exceed expectations! May you be on the gold list! May you get into your ideal university!
