Jiang Chen walked over to Liu Quan, crouched down, and patted his shoulder with a very kindly smile.
"Don't worry, brother. We Ghost Exorcists have principles too."
"It's mainly because some ghosts out there have gone mad and started hurting people indiscriminately that we took notice and had no choice but to come out and exorcise them."
"I'm going to give you a questionnaire now. They're all little common-sense questions. As long as they prove that your behavior and thinking are sound, with no potential risk of an episode, we can let you go."
At those words,
Liu Quan was deeply moved. He clasped Jiang Chen's hand and shook it gratefully. "Thank you! Thank you, Comrade Ghost Exorcist! I'm a good ghost!"
"We can only determine whether you're good after the test." Jiang Chen looked strictly businesslike.
Liu Quan also eagerly declared that he would cooperate.
"Good. Then please answer the following questions."
"Why do men always end up marrying their own wives?"
Liu Quan had been brimming with confidence, but his face froze as soon as he heard that question.
"Well..."
Jiang Chen was very patient. He waited a full five seconds before shaking his head. "Second question. Prisons are full of criminals, so why don't the comrades at the Public Security Office just go into prisons to arrest the bad guys?"
"Uh, well..."
"Third question. When poison expires, does it become more poisonous or stop being poisonous?"
"..."
"...Is infertility hereditary?"
"...Why does every meteorite land precisely in a meteorite crater?"
"...If the 'fortune' character has to be hung upside down for New Year, why don't they just manufacture upside-down 'fortune' characters?"
"..."
Jiang Chen fired off one question after another.
"Th-this, this..."
The more Liu Quan thought about these questions, the wider his mouth opened, his mind