In the end, it was Gu Shengsheng who asked the staff, "Zhang Rulan looks so hungry. Can I share some of my food with her?"
The staff member smiled. "I'm afraid not, Miss Gu. The rules state that you can only eat the food you brought for yourself."
"She can't eat what you've brought."
Gu Shengsheng said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Zhang Rulan."
'She knew it all along! She'd only thought of this tactic after carefully studying the rules!'
Just last night, she had seen a Go player use a war-of-attrition tactic to defeat a much stronger elderly opponent.
Gu Shengsheng had learned a trick or two from it, and to her surprise, it was actually working.
'Food is king!'
When you're not confident of total victory, it's best to set the problem aside, eat and drink your fill, and then think of other solutions.
It had been a long time since Zhang Rulan had been this hungry...
At her age, many of her health indicators were off, and she was even a bit hypoglycemic.
