Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"Xu Zhijie has a small red mole near his hairline. Although the mole is small, it is easy to spot if you get close enough. I saw it very clearly when I taught him to play the guitar."

……

"So Ding Ping knew from the beginning that the Xu Zhijie on TV was fake."

"Yes."

"Why didn't you tell me from the beginning? Were you afraid I wouldn't act well?!" Mai Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at An Xiaohai.

"I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd get tired. You don't even have to act, isn't that great?"

……

Why do this?

"Because we may not be able to break through her defenses at all!" An Xiaohai took a deep breath and said, "This woman is far from simple!"

First, she had two Caos protecting her.

As we have analyzed before, people that Ahn Cheol-ho considers important will always have Caos around them. Ding Ping has two Caos around her all year round, which shows that she is very important to Ahn Cheol-ho.

The last time An Zhehao met with me, it was Ding Ping who helped him. What does that mean? It at least shows that An Zhehao trusts her a lot.

First, I believe in her abilities; second, I believe in her loyalty.

Cooperating with him to meet with me was actually very risky. If An Zhehao couldn't persuade me, Ding Ping was very likely to be arrested.

But Ahn Cheol-ho still chose to do it, which shows that he has great confidence in Ding Ping.

The anger and murderous intent that An Zhehao showed me afterwards were mostly because of Ding Ping, not because I was unwilling to obey him.

In An Zhehao's view, he sacrificed Ding Ping in order to win me over, which was a losing proposition. His logic must have been like this.

However, this incident also shows that our series of actions have indeed dealt a very heavy blow to An Zhehao, at least causing Haidong Province, especially the entire Shenhai City, to completely lose control.

That's why Ahn Cheol-ho was so anxious, and that's why he took the risk of contacting me in an attempt to salvage the situation, but he failed again.

The reason we were able to carry out our crackdown on the Haifoye organization so smoothly in Haixi Province was largely because Ding Ping was not around. Without a leader, the Haifoye gang was at our mercy.

Therefore, Ding Ping is a very important person. Now I am certain that she is the real Hai Fo Ye, and she is the one who controls the operation of the entire Hai Fo Ye Group from behind the scenes.

This is only one aspect.

On the other hand, we've kept Ding Ping locked up for a long time, almost a month now.

"Yes, it will be soon."

"A month! No freedom, no one to talk to, it's not much different from solitary confinement. I've been solitary confinement before, and I know very well what kind of mental torture it can inflict on a person."

If Ding Ping were truly an ordinary woman as she claims, she would have collapsed long ago!

She suggested reading because she was aware of this problem and wanted to use reading as a cover-up; she was always holding a book, but she wasn't really reading, but rather thinking about how to deceive us.

The only thing she didn't expect was how I appeared; her surprise and fear at that moment were genuine.

I guess she was thinking at the time that this might be a test from Ahn Cheol-ho, but she quickly dismissed the idea.

Next, she saw Xu Zhijie, played by Zhou Xun. She recognized him immediately as a fake. The reason she looked for so long was to take this opportunity to quickly think of a plan and how to make up a lie.

Because the lies she made up before weren't directed at me, she needed to rearrange them. Even the story of her rushing at me and getting punched was something she came up with to buy time.

The punch number 10 didn't hit that hard. From my angle, I could see it clearly: at the moment she was hit, she made a contraction of her abdominal muscles.

She was far from being as fragile as she appeared; she must have undergone long-term training.

It's quite remarkable that an ordinary woman, having endured such torment, could express herself so clearly and logically.

"If that's the case, then why did you arrange this whole thing?"

"I want to hear how she lied to me."

Whether it's Ding Ping or An Zhehao, they probably don't see me as an ordinary enemy now. They should know very well that ordinary lies won't work on me.

The truly powerful lies are half-truths and half-lies; they are lies mixed into most of the truth, and that is the most effective way to tell them.

I estimate that at least 70% of what Ding Ping said was true; more than 70% of everything she said was true, plus one piece of misleading information.

"Then how do we tell the difference?"

"It's very simple. Remove the most crucial information from what she just said, and what's left should all be the truth."

For example, she said:

"I don't know where he is. He's always the one looking for me. I can't find him at all, and I can't contact him on my own initiative. He usually calls me once a week, at an irregular time, and he uses a different phone number each time."

If there's anything special, he'll call me privately.

The two most crucial pieces of information in this passage are: first, she cannot contact Ahn Cheol-ho proactively; and second, Ahn Cheol-ho calls her once a week.

These two key pieces of information are very likely lies.

So, this sentence might be translated as: I don't know his true identity or where he is, but I can contact him when needed, and otherwise, I have a lot of control.

"What you said makes a lot of sense. This woman is really amazing... I almost misjudged her." Mai Xiaoyu nodded with a frown.

"Yes, very impressive," An Xiaohai nodded. "Remember when we analyzed it before? An Zhehao seems to be particularly cruel to the women around him. Not many women who are close to him can escape unscathed."

Ding Ping is the only woman we currently know who has a close relationship with him and is still living a good life, which means she must have something special about her.

There's something else I don't know if you've noticed: every time she mentions An Zhehao, she always refers to him as "he," never saying his name directly. That makes me feel a little strange…”

"..."

"Keep a close eye on her. We absolutely cannot let her get away, and we absolutely cannot let An Zhehao find her."

"Don't worry, we won't let her get away!" Number 10, who had been silent the whole time, patted his chest and assured them, "We did underestimate her a bit before, I apologize."

"It's not your fault. She hid it too well, and you were careful enough not to fall for her tricks, weren't you?"

"hey-hey!"

"So, you went through all this trouble just to confirm that Ding Ping is important to An Zhehao?"

"Of course not. They know how to hide lies within the truth, so why can't I? Of the three questions I asked her, two were to mislead him. The third question was what I really wanted to know from her."

"My account and password for the Honggang Galaxy Technology Forum?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I want to know."

"But aren't you afraid this is a trap? According to your logic, the account and password are undoubtedly the most crucial information, and she must be holding back this crucial information."

"That's for sure, but the account and password are definitely real. She wouldn't give them fake ones; it would be too easy to detect."

"If it's true, why would she give it to you? And where's the trap?"

What do you think?

"Is it possible that the moment we log into this account, An Zhehao will immediately know our password?"

"Yes, I think that's most likely the case. He might not only know immediately, but he might also have a way to quickly pinpoint the location of the person who logged in."

"Ding Ping's willingness to give us this account and password might also be partly intended to pressure An Zhehao."

"Force Ahn Cheol-ho to come and save her as soon as possible?"

"That's possible. Of course, it's also possible that it's a warning to An Zhehao. Maybe Ding Ping is very disappointed now, disappointed that we didn't verify the authenticity of the account and password in front of her."

"So you're inclined to believe that the account and password she gave you were a trap."

"Yes, but I'd love for it to be a trap."

Why?

"Because when the prey steps into the trap, the hunter will always come to check it out!"