Chapter 88: 088 Incomplete Information Game
The last class on Monday morning ended, and Wang Heng handed the textbook to Fu Hanwen beside him, saying, “Help me take it back and put it on my desk. Thanks.”
Fu Hanwen nodded in agreement.
Wang Ke beside them suddenly asked, “You haven’t been eating with us lately. What’s going on? Got a girlfriend?”
Wang Heng laughed it off: “No, I’ve just been liking to eat something fresh outside lately…”
Tang Hexing suddenly asked, “Did you earn your salary, so you’re going to eat something good?”
Wang Heng: “Yeah, I’ll go taste-test first. Once I find a good shop, I’ll take you all there, and I’ll treat.”
Of course, he couldn’t possibly say that the reason he was eating off campus was entirely because he promised to accompany Pei Ningle. Before the welcome party, the two could still eat at the campus canteen, but after that moment when she called him older brother at the party, they could only eat off campus. Sometimes when Wang Heng was pressed for time, he could only let Pei Ningle handle it herself. As a result, the times he ate with his roommates were naturally much fewer than in the first few days after school started.
Smiling and saying goodbye to his roommates, Wang Heng walked out of the teaching building, left the campus, and walked two more blocks before he saw that petite young girl wearing non-prescription glasses.
Wang Heng looked at her expression and came to her side.
Hmm, she looks normal, no signs of blackening. And speaking of which, in the first playthrough, her blackening was the lightest anyway. Now in the second playthrough without the so-called worldline interference factors, with normal development, even if she falls for him, she probably won’t blacken…
Pei Ningle had her hands behind her back, tilting her head and asking, “What are we eating today?”
This glasses girl seems a bit cute?
But Wang Heng’s expression didn’t change, like a monk in meditation: “There’s a new vegetarian place nearby. Want to try it?”
The young girl whose wallet was already bulging immediately shook her head: “Can we have some meat? I can treat now!”
“Then you pick,” Wang Heng tossed the dilemma back, “But let’s say upfront, no hot pot or barbecue. I have class in the afternoon, not enough time.”
“Fine… That one then, it definitely won’t delay you!”
The one Pei Ningle chose was a snack shop nearby.
The two arrived at the shop and ordered several different snacks. Then, while sitting face-to-face waiting for the food, the atmosphere between them became a bit strange.
Pei Ningle couldn’t help asking, “When did you start dating? How come I didn’t notice?”
As expected, the main topic arrived!
Wang Heng perked up but deliberately acted nonchalant: “We were close in high school, and now university is in the same city. After reuniting a few days ago, we had fun and just got together. Want me to bring her to meet you?”
Pei Ningle hurriedly shook her head: “Better not, I’m busy making music!”
In the young girl’s mind, the face of her love rival appeared.
That Han Yixuan is probably just a shield, and she doesn’t even know about me yet?
The love rival and Wang Heng are high school classmates, and she’s also in university, so they’ll definitely have more common language—luckily I still have an advantage, I can use the ‘agent’ excuse.
Thinking of this, Pei Ningle added, “After I finish the lyrics and music, I’ll have to trouble you to help me find a recording studio…”
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After the last class in the morning ended, the other classmates went to eat lunch in twos and threes, but Han Yixuan was different.
The young girl sat at her seat, contemplating for a long time.
In the earlier Introduction to Finance class, the professor mentioned Nash equilibrium and then went on to talk about game theory. She had heard of game theory before but had no specific knowledge, but as soon as she heard it, she was deeply fascinated. Perhaps it was related to the dilemma she was facing now?
“Game theory, simply put, is making decisions in complex environments for maximum benefit…”
Muttering to herself, the young girl flipped her notebook to a blank page and wrote five big words: 【Wang Heng Ownership】.
“First, it can be divided into cooperative game and non-cooperative game…”
Below 【Wang Heng Ownership】, she wrote two words far apart: 【Me】 and 【Enemy】.
Then she wrote 【Non-cooperative Game】. After thinking, she added 【Zero-sum Game】 behind it.
In the cruel zero-sum game, one side benefiting inevitably means the other side loses.
The young girl continued muttering to herself: “It can also be divided into complete information game and incomplete information… Hmm, I know her, she knows me, but she doesn’t know I know her. I know more information than her.”
Han Yixuan wrote down 【Incomplete Information Game】.
“Now, consider what advantages the enemy has.”
【Closer Distance】, 【Richer】, 【No Awkwardness from Confession Rejection】—after writing these three lines, Han Yixuan couldn’t help furrowing her brows.
No matter how you look at it, the other side seems to have more advantages? How can this be played?
“No, I have advantages too.”
The pen tip went up, and the young girl heavily circled 【Incomplete Information Game】.
Then she continued writing downward:
【Current strategy should be to expand the information advantage. Actively approach the enemy to gather more information about her. In incomplete information games, the most important thing isn’t how big your advantage is, but knowing yourself and the enemy. Once you know the enemy’s full situation, you can find strategies to weaken the opponent’s advantages.】
Capping the pen, Han Yixuan closed her notebook and took out her mobile phone.
Then she sent a text message to Pei Ningle:
【Xiao Le, free lately? As promised yesterday, I want to treat you to a meal!】
Before sending the text, Han Yixuan carefully read the two sentences and silently recited them.
“No problem, ending with ‘oh’ works, makes it sound friendly.”
Analysis complete, send.
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“What Chao Shou, it’s just wontons?” Pei Ningle looked at the small bowl in front of her and muttered.
Wang Heng picked up a piece of sticky rice cake with chopsticks and teased, “You’ve been coming here for over a month, and you just found out?”
Pei Ningle took a bite, her eyes lighting up: “Hmm! Tastes good!”
At this moment, the young girl’s mobile phone rang once, a notification sound for a text message.
Pei Ningle put down her chopsticks and spoon, picked up her mobile phone, and her face stiffened instantly.
Wang Heng noticed something seemed off and asked, “Any problem?”
“No, nothing, hahaha…”
Pei Ningle put away her mobile phone, secretly blaming herself—her acting was really too poor. It was just a text from her love rival, how come even her expression changed? Luckily Wang Heng didn’t press, or she might reveal more suspicious details.
The young girl picked up her chopsticks again and secretly glanced at the boy across from her.
Hmm, good, he’s looking down eating noodles, probably not overthinking…
However, the young girl could never guess that what Wang Heng was thinking at this moment was—that hamster, what trick did it pull? What’s up with this Pei Ningle girl? Such clumsy acting came out, what exactly is she thinking?
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