Chapter 1447

Number two. The slip of paper read "2," and this number belonged to Charles. In addition to their classmates, Scott, Charles, and Sean were also present at the reunion. The game was set up in advance, and everything was prepared, so both Charles and Sean were already considered part of the game. Scott, however, showed up at the last minute. Caleb, following the protocol for hosting, assigned Charles and Sean to numbers one and two, respectively, with other classmates following behind. Since Scott arrived unexpectedly and wanted to join the game, Caleb placed him at number one, Charles at two, and Sean at three, and then moved the others back accordingly. To ensure fairness in the game, Caleb showed everyone the numbers on each slip of paper before putting them into the box, so there were only slips for the forty-odd people present, with no duplicates. The fact that the slip showed number two meant that it was Charles. There was no mistake about it. However, Caleb did not expect to