/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
  public:
    ListNode* merge(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2) {
        if (l1 == nullptr) {
            return l2;
        } else if (l2 == nullptr) {
            return l1;
        } else if (l1->val < l2->val) {
            l1->next = merge(l1->next, l2);
            return l1;
        } else {
            l2->next = merge(l1, l2->next);
            return l2;
        }
    }
};