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Chapter 357 - 10: Farm Owner Theory

Chapter 357: Chapter 10: Farm Owner Theory

Lin Sunzhu now looked at Qin Qingji with a sense of eeriness.

The young man seemed quite normal, listened attentively in class, and had a solid grasp of geography.

But she always felt...

"Our country’s territorial waters consist of the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. The waters of the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea are connected..."

"Teacher," at this moment, Qin Liqun raised his hand and asked, "Our W city is located right here on the map, isn’t it?"

He pointed at the map of China on the slide and asked.

"Yes, that’s correct," Lin Sunzhu walked up to the map, pointed at the province where W city was located, and said, "Yes, W city is right here."

Pointing at the location, she said, "You see, W city has a subtropical humid climate, and our city here..."

"Lin Teach... Teacher..."

At this point, the frail Qin Lanting suddenly raised her head and said, "Stop... talking..."

Lin Sunzhu was stunned.

What did she mean?

"Don’t speak... anymore... What you’re saying is wrong..."

Lin Sunzhu was dumbfounded; she never expected Qin Lanting to utter such words.

Wrong? How could this basic geographic knowledge be mistaken?

"What are you talking about, Lan Ting?" Qin Bosheng spoke up at this time, moving closer to Qin Lanting and saying, "Be quiet immediately. There’s no need for you to contradict what Teacher Lin is teaching."

"Teacher Lin," Qin Lanting continued to speak to Lin Sunzhu, "Please, don’t... discuss the geographic knowledge of W city anymore."

Lin Sunzhu grew even more baffled; she felt there was more to Qin Lanting’s words.

"Lan Ting," Qin Qingji also joined in, "If you continue like this, I will report your words to Father."

Upon hearing the words "Father," Qin Lanting shuddered all over with fear.

"Lan Ting has always been the odd one out among us," Qin Yujuan, with her soft and mellow voice, also spoke at this time, "Qingji, have we been indulging her too much in the past?"

"I say," Lin Sunzhu was getting frustrated, "how about this, let’s listen to what Qin Lanting has to say. She just mentioned that I was wrong, so let’s hear her explanation?"

"Teacher," Qin Yujuan still used her soft voice to say, "You don’t need to bother. Lan Ting is different from us; many of her ideas don’t fit with ours, right, Qin Mi?"

Qin Mi was the most silent girl among the seven students present, aside from Qin Shenluo.

At this moment, Qin Mi seemed to startle slightly before realizing that Qin Yujuan was addressing her.

"Ah... I, I’m not sure either..."

Until the roll call, Qin Mi had not spoken; now that she did, Lin Sunzhu thought her voice was quite pleasant.

"Alright," Qin Qingji said, "Lan Ting. Then tell us, exactly what did the teacher say wrong? Speak clearly."

Qin Lanting looked at the map of China on the slide, as well as the province where W city was located.

"Lin, Teacher Lin, W city isn’t located... where you said... it... is..."

Her voice remained as faint as before,

"What?" Lin Sunzhu thought she might have misheard.

W city isn’t at this location?

You’ve got to be kidding, right?

Although Lin Sunzhu wasn’t a local from W city, how could she possibly not know where the city was situated on the map?

She taught geography, how could she make a mistake that even ordinary people wouldn’t?

At this moment, she started to feel maybe the others were right; perhaps Qin Lanting truly was an oddity.

"Qin Lanting, W city is indeed located here." She pointed at the map and said, "Now you tell me, where should W city be on the map?"

"Lan Ting," Qin Qingji said coldly, "Are you trying to disappoint Father with your behavior today? I’m giving you one last chance to correct yourself. Otherwise, I will report this to Father."

This was the second time Qin Qingji mentioned "Father."

Hearing this, Qin Lanting turned even paler. Struggling to hold herself up, she said, "Qingji, Qingji... you know why I said that... please, I beg you, just this once... just this once... pretend you didn’t hear it... I’m begging you, don’t tell Father..."

Lin Sunzhu was utterly confused at this point.

What exactly was going on?

Although she found Qin Lanting’s assertion utterly ridiculous, it seemed to her that Qin Lanting was thoroughly convinced of her own words. This was just too preposterous.

"Qin Lanting, tell me, where do you think W city should be located?" Lin Sunzhu asked again.

However, Qin Lanting seemed not to have heard Lin Sunzhu at all, and instead continued to plead with Qin Qingji.

But then, Qin Liqun spoke.

"Lanting, it’s useless. You understand Qingji. Do you really want to disappoint our father?"

Hearing this, Qin Lanting’s pale face filled with despair.

It looked like she might cry at any moment.

Seeing this, Lin Sunzhu hurriedly leaned in to observe Qin Lanting’s expression, to see if she would truly shed tears.

"Qingji..."

Despite the final plea, there was no hint of compromise from Qin Qingji.

In the end, all Qin Lanting could say was, "Ms. Lin, I’m sorry, I spoke wrongly just now. What you said is correct, W City is indeed in this location."

Lin Sunzhu felt incredibly eerie.

Qin Lanting was now speaking the truth, but somehow it all felt wrong. It was like what she herself had insisted on was the fallacy and what Qin Lanting was saying was the actual truth.

"A wise decision," Qin Qingji then continued taking notes, saying, "Lanting, I know what you are thinking, but remember, you are not allowed to defy our father’s will. Study well, do well on the exams. Understand?"

At this moment, Lin Sunzhu noticed that everyone was giving Qin Lanting a cold shoulder, their gazes filled with iciness.

These children might have good academic performance, but... it seemed like there was something wrong with their psychology.

They appeared to not care about each other at all.

The class finally ended.

Once again during roll call, there were no major issues; everyone, including Qin Lanting, responded well.

"Lanting," Lin Sunzhu approached Qin Lanting and said, "Um, I mean, if you have any questions about geography, you can come to me..."

"We are not allowed to have private contact with you, Ms. Lin," Qin Lanting said looking at her notes, "I’m sorry."

Lin Sunzhu glanced at Qin Lanting’s notebook, and suddenly, she spotted something amiss.

Because... inside her notebook...

"Lanting, you..."

Qin Lanting quickly closed the notebook and said, "Ms. Lin, your class is over. You should go back now."

...

Back in her own room, Lin Sunzhu felt increasingly that this family was far too abnormal.

"Qin Lanting, her notebook..."

At this point, she subconsciously touched her chest, where the letter from Chen Peian was.

After thinking it over, she decided to go find Chen Peian.

The Qin Family had not forbidden the tutors from interacting with each other.

Just asking a servant would tell her where Chen Peian’s room was.

When she arrived at the door to his room, she didn’t hesitate and knocked.

Soon after, Chen Peian opened the door.

"Mr. Chen, I... I have some questions I want to ask you."

Chen Peian didn’t seem surprised to see her seeking him.

"Ms. Lin, what do you want to talk to me about?"

However, he still grandiloquently posed this question before letting Lin Sunzhu into the room.

After closing the door, he looked at Lin Sunzhu and said, "You haven’t opened the envelope, have you?"

"I am quite tempted to open it and see for myself."

"A wise decision. By not opening it, your world remains blissfully normal in your eyes."

He then walked to the table, picked up a bottle of wine, and poured some into a glass.

"Have you read a book called ’The Three-Body Problem’?"

"The book is famous, but I haven’t read it."

"There’s a hypothesis in it. Imagine if we were all turkeys in a farm, taking the daily scheduled feed from the farmer as a great law of the farm’s universe. Only on Thanksgiving do we realize that this law never existed."

"What do you mean..." Lin Sunzhu didn’t understand.

"If you open that letter, you will realize the truth about our ’farm.’ So, until something happens to me, don’t open the letter, don’t you ever open it!"

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