My Girlfriend is a Zombie

Chapter 1282: Gambler!

Fang Zhou was momentarily stunned… What did this mean? The very first thing he brought up after meeting him was actually this?

No matter what… compared to his own feelings toward Ling Mo, shouldn’t this Chief of Staff Wang be more interested in matters concerning Fang Zhou himself at this moment?

After a brief pause, Chief of Staff Wang continued in an unhurried tone, “He actually just let you come back alive… Please don’t misunderstand, I’m merely lamenting his personal error in judgment. I originally thought that an opponent as difficult to deal with as him shouldn’t have made any mistakes…”

“…I feel even worse after your apology… Are you really not mocking me? As for the question… how would I know what he’s thinking, and of course I don’t know what you’re thinking either… So stop playing riddles with me!” Fang Zhou thought silently.

“As for you, of course you’re very welcome here,” Chief of Staff Wang said again.

“I don’t feel any sense of welcome at all… Don’t tell me you want both of us to selectively forget about the scene where I was just tied up and brought here?” Fang Zhou shuddered inwardly.

“Heh… well, let’s end the pleasantries here,” Chief of Staff Wang said.

“…What kind of pleasantry was that?!”

“But in any case… to be able to rescue someone from Ling Mo’s hands, that Survivor who tried to threaten me really does have some skills.” Chief of Staff Wang finally got to the point and asked Fang Zhou, “About that Survivor… can you describe his appearance? It would be best if you could also describe his Superpower.”

Fang Zhou never expected Chief of Staff Wang to suddenly ask such a question. He was momentarily dumbfounded. However, his facial expression didn’t betray any of his inner hesitation… He maintained the look of someone still not fully adjusted to the light, while his mind raced.

Ling Mo had never mentioned this, but he couldn’t have failed to consider it… So what did he want Fang Zhou to say? Fang Zhou thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered! “Tell the truth”-that was Ling Mo’s request and hint!

Although he didn’t know the reason for this, Chief of Staff Wang almost blurted out, “I don’t know, I’ve never seen him.” As soon as the words left his mouth, he understood. The so-called “tell the truth” was actually asking him to tell the most perfect lie. The closer a lie is to the truth, the harder it is to detect, and moreover, he hadn’t even told a single lie-he’d just glossed over part of the truth. This kind of thing… he really was the best person for the job…

But had Ling Mo really anticipated this situation in advance?

After watching him for a while, Chief of Staff Wang actually accepted this answer. He nodded and continued, “From what you said to Ah Lan, it seems Ling Mo’s role in this matter was just going with the flow, right? That Survivor came to rescue you and exposed his whereabouts, but Ling Mo didn’t try his best to stop him…” He glanced at the fresh wounds on Fang Zhou’s face and continued, “No, more likely he tried to stop you at first, but then suddenly changed his mind for some reason. The result was, he let you go.”

Fang Zhou wore a blank expression… This look could easily make people think he’d been seen through, but in fact, what shocked Fang Zhou inside was Ling Mo’s arrangement… Besides instructing him to “tell the truth” when answering questions, Ling Mo had also given him many fixed lines. He’d even planned out exactly when and to whom these lines should be said. But the one thing he hadn’t taught Fang Zhou was how to fool Chief of Staff Wang.

At the time, Ling Mo had said, “To deal with a very smart person, the best way is to first find his weakness. And intelligence is often the greatest weakness of such people. Some things, if I have you tell him directly, he might not believe you, but if he deduces it himself from clues, he’s less likely to doubt his own judgment.”

Bullseye!

Chief of Staff Wang really did deduce the “truth” himself…

And all those seemingly unrelated arrangements by Ling Mo… now all connected together.

“So this is Ling Mo’s counterattack…” Fang Zhou thought, his heart pounding with fear.

He suddenly realized that he himself had been taken down in the same way… It’s just that when it came to intelligence and confidence, he and Chief of Staff Wang weren’t even on the same level. So the methods Ling Mo used became much more dangerous. Using the enemy to defeat the enemy… using wits to break wits! 𝙍𝐚Ν𝐨𝖇Ěṥ

“If I haven’t analyzed this matter incorrectly, then we can infer two possibilities next. First, this is a trap, and the Survivor is actually in cahoots with him. Ling Mo is playing along, wanting me and him to keep being wary of each other, while using the Survivor to create opportunities. In this way, I’ll fall into a completely passive position, and the current balance will be broken. The second is…” Chief of Staff Wang took a sip of wine and said, “the real trap…”

“That’s you, Fang Zhou.”

Thump!

Fang Zhou’s heart started pounding wildly, and he almost instinctively gripped the armrest of his chair. If he hadn’t used all his strength to restrain himself, he probably would have jumped up and attacked Chief of Staff Wang by now.

But not to mention the people waiting outside, just Chief of Staff Wang himself-Fang Zhou wasn’t confident he could subdue or kill him. Even though he’d never seen Chief of Staff Wang in action, this man had always given him an unfathomable feeling. The only reason he’d had such an impulse just now was because he’d been startled!

He was the trap? How was that possible?!

But looking at Chief of Staff Wang’s expression…

No, it was possible! Very possible!

That Ling Mo guy was no pushover either! The only question was… what kind of trap had been set on him…

And since Chief of Staff Wang could analyze it so quickly, it also meant Ling Mo had probably done it on purpose!

“That damned bastard…”

Fang Zhou knew his face must look terrible right now. He forced a smile and said, “Um… Chief of Staff Wang, I really don’t understand what you mean by that…”

Unexpectedly, Chief of Staff Wang glanced at him with interest, then smiled and shook his head, “It’s fine, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand… Alright, go ahead, tell me everything you know. As an exchange, I won’t hold you accountable for anything. Ling Mo, since you want to play games, then let’s play properly. Although personally, I really dislike this kind of gambling…”

“But Ling Mo might not be a gambler either…” Fang Zhou nodded as he thought to himself…