The town chief sat alone at home, smoking. By the time seven or eight cigarette butts had piled up around his feet, Shi Beiluo and the others returned.
The old man hurriedly asked, "How did it go?"
Shi Beiluo said, "They told us to go to the activity center again this afternoon. They'll announce the results then."
The town chief asked, "Did they have you write something?"
"Uncle, how did you know?" Zhou Yuhao asked.
The town chief said, "I heard it from someone else. They'll ask you some questions, then you write the answers on paper and submit them for review."
Shi Beiluo nodded. "That's right. But today, they only asked one question."
The town chief asked curiously, "What question?"
Shi Beiluo said, "If there were no restraints and you didn't have to consider the consequences, what would you most want to do deep down?"
The town chief frowned. "What a strange question."
"Can that really be used as a reference for qualifying as a believer?"
"Then how did you all answer?"
Zhou Yuhao laughed. "I said I wanted an endless supply of girls to pick up."
Ding Xiangyun looked disdainful. "That's all the ambition you have?"
Zhou Yuhao snorted. "Don't think I don't know. You wrote, 'I want to sleep with ten virgins.'"
Ding Xiangyun sneered. "That's still more ambitious than you."
Shi Beiluo shook his head and said, "Go get some rest. We'll go see the results this afternoon."
Afternoon soon arrived.
They went separately to the activity center. Zhao Donglai did not show up that afternoon; instead, a believer announced the results.
When the results were released, Shi Beiluo, Zhou Yuhao, and Ding Xiangyun had all been selected.
Lü Bin and Xiaomi, meanwhile, had failed to qualify.
After announcing the results, the believer said, "Please return