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Thinking of this, Guzheng put aside all distractions, decided not to tell anyone about this matter, and to find out the truth on her own.
She planned not to sleep tonight, and would raid Han Zhou's room when it was late at night. It would be great if he was still in the room, which would mean that the news she had just seen was just a misunderstanding. But if he was not in the room...
Guzheng took a deep breath.
What that guy named Mo Yixia said made a lot of sense. Maybe my aggressiveness is really too low.
Thinking of her always strong mother and her once passionate but now devoted father, she suddenly began to understand why there were so many broken sticks in the house.
Zhong Ling was frightened by Gu Zheng's sudden terrifying smile, and hurriedly asked about her condition again, but Gu Zheng still squinted her eyes to indicate that nothing was wrong, and returned to the room with a smile.
Zhong Ling looked worried and decided to tell her junior about Guzheng's condition later and let him deal with it. Then she quickly went to Han Zhou's room.
She was too anxious when she was helping Han Zhou deliver the towel just now, and accidentally left her cell phone in the other person's room. Now she has to go and get it back.
It seemed as if someone else had entered the junior's room, and the quilt on the bed was messed up. She tidied it up carefully and soon saw her mobile phone on the bedside. She picked it up and returned to her sister's room.
She sleeps with her sister tonight.
"Xiaoyin, you're back."
Seeing Zhong Ling come in, Zhong Yin, who was blowing her hair, asked her to sit down and said with a gentle smile, "My waist is a little sore. You can massage it for me later, and I will massage you too."
"Okay, I'll help my sister blow dry her hair first."
Zhong Ling smiled and nodded, put her phone on the table, walked to the dressing table, took the hair dryer, and carefully helped Zhong Yin dry his hair.
When Han Zhou finished his shower and left the bathroom, all the doors of the rooms in the corridor had been closed. It was already eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and it seemed that everyone was getting ready to go to bed.
Didn’t we agree to wait for the weather forecast tonight?
He laughed in his heart but didn't care. He dimmed the lights in the corridor and returned to the room yawning.
……
In order to prevent herself from falling asleep while waiting, Guzheng sat on the bed for a full hour. When she felt really sleepy, she pinched her thigh hard. She didn't care whether there was really a ghost outside the villa. She went to the window many times and stuck her head out of the window, braving the heavy rain to check whether the lights in other rooms were turned off.
In order to prevent Han Zhou from using the same trick against her, she turned off the lights early and only used the flashlight on her mobile phone for illumination.
At twelve o'clock midnight, seeing that all the rooms had gone dark, she still did not rush out, but decided to wait patiently for a while.
The heavy rain continued and there was no sign of stopping.
Gu Zheng didn't know that while she kept sticking her head out of the window to check, the director who had just finished filming a movie in the villa next door was using the toilet and witnessed the terrifying sight of "a glowing head appearing and disappearing in the air" - this was his own account after he fled back to the living room in a panic.
Faced with the incredible sights and experiences described by the director, Xiao Liu carefully hinted that the other party might have seen it wrong, but was severely criticized by the director the next second, who said that although he was wearing glasses, his eyesight was definitely not bad and he could not have seen it wrong.
Xiao Liu then pointed out that since someone lived in the villa next door, maybe someone stuck his head out of the window with a flashlight, which made it look like a glowing head. But before she could finish, she was interrupted by the director again, who loudly accused her of being brainless. It was raining so hard outside, how could a normal person stick his head out of the window to get wet in the rain again and again? Did he think that person was as stupid as you?
Xiao Liu was scolded so much that he lowered his head and dared not say anything.
Fortunately, after the assistant's whispered hint, she finally reacted and humbly asked the director what he saw.
The director was indeed satisfied. Under the gaze of all the crew members, he looked solemn and uttered a terrifying word in a very serious tone -
ghost!
I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but with the lightning and thunder outside the window, everyone in the crew really felt a creepy feeling.
The director was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He suddenly clapped his hands and solemnly announced in front of everyone that if the movie he was shooting this time could sell well, he would use today's experience as inspiration to contribute another good domestic horror movie!
He smiled and silently waited for everyone's reaction.
However, what responded to him was not thunderous applause, but terrified faces.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 372 The Trolley Problem
"Teacher Ouyang, can't you sleep?"
The room was pitch black, with only the faint light from the desk lamp illuminating the small area beside the bed.
Although the doors and windows were closed and the curtains were completely drawn, the noisy sound of rain outside the window and the occasional flash of white light were still enough to show how heavy the rain was outside.
It was so noisy that I couldn't sleep.
Ouyang Lianyu tried to forget the horrible woman she saw tonight and fall asleep as quickly as possible. However, the more she tried to forget, the more she couldn't. In addition, she had watched a horror movie tonight, and many scary images flashed through her mind from time to time. She tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
It was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. Fearing that she would wake up Xiao Xiaoxiao beside her, she turned over very gently, but it seemed that she still woke her up.
Hearing the sound, Ouyang Lianyu suddenly felt apologetic and said softly, "Sorry, Xiaoxiao, did the teacher disturb you?"
"No." Xiao Xiaoxiao turned his back to her, half of his head buried in the quilt, his voice sounded muffled, "I couldn't sleep anyway."
Ouyang Lianyu smiled bitterly and said embarrassedly: "It's all because the teacher's movements were too big."
"Teacher Ouyang, don't always look for the reason in yourself. It has nothing to do with you. I have always had insomnia." Xiao Xiaoxiao said as he yawned.
"Insomnia...is it because of something on your mind?" Ouyang Lianyu asked worriedly.
"My worries... you could say that."
"Can you talk to the teacher? It's okay if you don't want to talk."
"It's not really a big deal."
Xiao Xiaoxiao hesitated for a while, as if she didn't know how to describe her feelings. "How should I put it... I'm just a little conflicted."
"Tangled?"
"Well, it's like a child who is looking forward to growing up, imagining that he can do many things that he couldn't do in the past, eat snacks that he couldn't eat when he was a child, and play toys that he couldn't play with when he was a child. But when he really grows up, these things seem to be meaningless."
"The teacher understands the feeling you are talking about."
Ouyang Lianyu listened patiently and comforted her softly, "But even if the things from childhood have lost their meaning, there are still many new things to try when you grow up. Since the wishes of the past cannot be realized, then work hard to achieve the wishes of the present... So are you in the troubles of adolescence now?"
"What's puberty? I'm already grown up, okay?"
Xiao Xiaoxiao raised her voice to express her dissatisfaction, hesitated for a while and muttered, "But it seems that it is not impossible to say so..."
Ouyang Lianyu smiled and did not respond, but waited quietly for the other party to continue.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Xiaoxiao continued, "Maybe my analogy is not quite right, but it's probably like the 'trolley problem'... Of course, it's definitely not a problem as serious as a life-or-death decision."
Ouyang Lianyu restrained her smile. Of course she knew what the trolley problem was.
On a track, there is a tram that is out of control. It is speeding and the driver has no way to stop the tram.
What was terrifying was that there were five people tied up in front of the tram. If no action was taken, these five people would surely die.
The only thing the driver can do is pull the lever to make the trolley change track, but there is another person tied to the other track.
On one side are five lives, and on the other side is one life.
In other words, no matter which track the driver chooses, people will eventually die. The only difference is the number of casualties.
This can be said to be an unsolvable proposition, because no matter from which angle the choice is made, someone will die in the end, and the value of life obviously cannot be simply judged by the number of people.
It is impossible to calculate whether five lives are more important than one life, or whether they are equivalent.
The key point is that no matter what choice is made, the other result will be difficult to be accepted by the driver and the public. This is the trolley problem.
Ouyang Lianyu once spent a long time thinking about this question, but still could not come up with an answer.
Ethical issues are different from mathematical problems. The latter always have an exact answer, and no matter how they are deduced, the same result will be obtained in the end. However, the former may not necessarily get the same answer in the end even if they are deduced in exactly the same way.
So she likes science and mathematics more.
She expects a precise answer on most things.
Putting away his thoughts, Ouyang Lianyu asked tentatively: "You mean, you are facing a difficult problem that does not have an exact solution, and no matter what choice you make, you will not be satisfied in the end, right?"
"As expected of Teacher Ouyang." Xiao Xiaoxiao nodded, "That's indeed the case."
"No wonder you feel conflicted." Ouyang Lianyu said with a wry smile, "If it were the same situation, the teacher might not know what to choose."
She did not ask what the "trolley problem" Xiao Xiaoxiao was facing. If she was willing, she would definitely tell her the problem. If she was unwilling, there would be no point in asking.
As if she suddenly thought of something interesting, Xiao Xiaoxiao said proudly: "Teacher, you teach mathematics, and you are very good at solving math problems, but if it comes to solving similar difficult problems, your experience may not be as rich as mine."
Ouyang Lianyu laughed and said gently: "Then teacher, please teach me humbly. If you face similar problems in the future, what should you do?"
"It's simple. Use the process of elimination."
Xiao Xiaoxiao pulled the quilt down, revealing her slightly pale face. "If it's a decision you'll definitely regret, then don't choose it at all."
Her tone was quite serious.
Ouyang Lianyu was stunned for a moment, and said softly, "Is that so... What if I regret both decisions?"
“I haven’t had time to learn this yet…”
"what?"
"Nothing, let me think about it."
Xiao Xiaoxiao changed the subject and said after a moment's deliberation, "If you will regret both choices, then choose the one that makes you more satisfied. You will regret it anyway, so why not make yourself happier?"
"That makes sense, teacher, I understand."
Ouyang Lianyu smiled. She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she felt that Xiaoxiao seemed different now than usual.
"Have you used the process of elimination to solve the current problem?" she asked.
Xiao Xiaoxiao shook her head and reached out to touch the peach blossom earrings on her earlobes: "It's not time to use them yet."
The movement of her shaking head was not big, but Ouyang Lianyu still felt it. The soft hair made her neck a little itchy, so she turned around and gently hugged the petite girl in front of her.
"Teacher Ouyang?" Xiao Xiaoxiao's body trembled.
"Xiao Xiao, you are thinking about something very unhappy now, right?"
"No..."
"Don't lie to me, teacher. I have a very sharp intuition in this area."
"Really do not have."
"Yeah."
Ouyang Lianyu did not ask further questions, but just smiled gently and said softly, "No best."
After a pause, she said softly, "If you have any worries, you can always come and talk to the teacher."
After a moment's silence, Xiao Xiaoxiao said "hmm" softly.