roccoschili Chapter 144 Dad Xiao is such a dog
Chapter 144 Dad Xiao is such a dog
Hearing Boss Lan's request, Xiao Haizhou pursed his lips, his eyes flickered slightly across everyone's faces, and he had an idea in his mind.
He just uttered a name quietly, and the three people standing behind him looked at each other with a variety of expressions on their faces.
It was Boss Lan who understood first, so he clasped his fists and replied respectfully to the man standing with his hands behind his back:
"Understood. I'll prepare it right away."
After saying this, Boss Lan retreated to Feng Chen's surprised face, and returned to the makeshift betting table along the same path.
Wang Yuan went around to the back of the stage of the Bichunhui and whispered a few words in a man's ear in a low voice.
The man nodded, turned around and took something out from the darkness.
After a while, the riddles specially prepared for this Spring Competition were brought to the competition stage.
The riddle that Xiao Haizhou had people prepare was very simple, and the answer was also very simple, even a child with a bun on his head could answer one or two of it.
But if it is too simple, it will be difficult to tell the difference.
So, the rules for guessing lantern riddles this time are -
In the time it takes for an incense stick to run, whoever guesses the most wins!
Xu Huiling did her homework before participating in the competition, otherwise, with her status, she would not have been so rash as to bet 100,000 taels of silver on herself.
According to the rules summarized by Xu Huiling, the "guessing riddles" segment will either not exist or will only be included in the first round.
The first level is not difficult to understand.
After all, there are a lot of people participating in this spring festival every year. A small riddle may look simple, but it is enough to screen out those who are messing around.
Since it is an initial screening, the answers are generally not too difficult and you will pass if you guess roughly right.
So Xu Huiling didn't put too much thought into this riddle.
On the contrary, it was the musical performance and poetry that took her a lot of time to prepare.
Unexpectedly, this year, Xiao Haizhou moved the piano test to the first round for the first time, and also added a recitation session, directly digging a huge pit and waiting for her to jump in.
Seeing that she had finally gotten over this trap, Xiao Haizhou actually took out the lantern riddle again and used it as a third challenge for the five of them to decide the winner! !
After hearing the rules of guessing riddles, Xu Huiling's face turned green.
She was born with a photographic memory, so guessing the riddles was no problem for her.
But if she were to compete in speed and quantity with these ancient people who had lived in the capital since childhood and had been exposed to guessing lantern riddles for a living, it would be like asking a normal person to compete in hearing with a blind person.
Even if she was gifted, how could she defeat those legitimate sons and daughters who were obsessed with her every day?
As expected, Xu Huiling lost.
When the ladies in the box on the second floor learned that she had been defeated, they were overjoyed.
It seems that it is not just Xu Huiling who has been defeated, but all those ambitious and coquettish women in the backyard who are trying every means to win favor:
"Oh, that's it? She can't even guess a riddle, and yet she dares to bet on herself to win. I thought she was so great!"
"You know what, in the first two rounds, Xu Huiling really scared people. Looking at her attitude, I really thought she was aiming for the first place. I didn't expect that she would fall so badly now after climbing so high before. Tsk tsk!"
"Oh, she's just a concubine's daughter, a person who can't be put on the stage. I don't know what the Xu family is crazy about, letting this concubine's daughter out to embarrass herself.
If it were me, I wouldn’t even let her out of the house!”
"Okay, okay, okay. Everyone knows that our Jiaojiao is very powerful at home. She has made Master Song so powerful that he dares not attack her. Not to mention being a concubine, she doesn't even have a second wife!"
"Bah, you shameless bastard, you're making fun of me again!"
"..."
On the other hand, fans in Zhao Mianmian's live studio found it incredible that Xu Huiling lost on a small lantern riddle:
[No, no, why did she lose? ? ]
[What's so hard to understand? Didn't you see the answers to the riddles? They are all about ancient daily necessities and the like.
Xu Huiling must have been here for less than two years and is not familiar with these things, otherwise how could she not be able to answer any of them? ? 】
[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Dad Xiao is such a fool. He asked Xu Huiling to guess something like this?
Even if Xu Huiling was a top scorer in liberal arts in the college entrance examination in her previous life, she would not be able to guess it! ! 】
[:) This is definitely the worst time that a liberal arts student has been criticized this century. Fortunately, I don’t study liberal arts. ]
[(?.?), a liberal arts student who couldn't guess the riddle passed by...]
[(°ー°〃), a liberal arts student who couldn't guess the riddle passed by +1]
……
The fans in the live broadcast room discussed for a long time on the public screen, but Zhao Mianmian was the only one who didn't speak.
So some people started tagging her.
[Where is the anchor? Why don’t you speak? ]
[Anchor, Xu Huiling was eliminated. Your Song Qiuting has lost another strong competitor. Why are you not happy? ? ]
[Oh my god, look, the time is almost up! ! ]
【What what? Who won who won? ? 】
[Is it Song Qiuting? ? ]
[Ah, it can’t be An Song! ]
[How is that possible? Father Xiao said in person that Song Qiuting would win.]
[Wait a minute, did Xiao Haizhou clearly say that Song Qiuting would win? Why don't I remember him saying that? ]
[I don’t think it was said explicitly… Oh, I can’t remember clearly! ]
[I’m here, I’m here. I just went to check the replay.
At that time, the anchor asked Xiao Dad who he bet on to win, and Xiao Dad said Song Qiuting, so the anchor immediately asked Dong Zhu to bet on Song Qiuting instead. 】
【??? So she didn’t ask how much money Xiao Dad had bet, nor did she ask why he bet on Song Qiuting, and she didn’t ask whether Song Qiuting would win???】
[No, not a damn thing.]
After this barrage of comments ended, the public screen in the live broadcast room fell silent.
Everyone watched helplessly as the result of the competition was announced by the MC.
In this year's spring competition, Wang Luochu, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, and Lu Geng, the young master of the Lu family, tied for first place!
Upon learning the result, Zhao Mianmian burst into tears.
The fans in the live broadcast room could only comfort her with a look of regret (trying hard to hold back laughter):
[Okay, okay, host, just two thousand taels. If the old doesn't go, the new won't come. So stop crying.]
[Hey, anchor, you should accept the loss. When it comes to betting, there are always winners and losers. It doesn't matter if you lose this time, you can win it next time~]
[That’s right, how about I give you some free props? ? ]
As the audience in the live broadcast room sent out waves of props, the total number of gold coins on Zhao Mianmian's public screen jumped up.
Although it was not enough to make up for her loss today, it was better than nothing. It was better than losing everything and not even having anything left.
No matter how stupid Zhao Mianmian was, she knew that she had been tricked by Xiao Haizhou.
But she made the decision herself, and she was the one who asked Dongzhu to buy the tickets. Now that Song Qiuting lost, she had no place to complain.
So Zhao Mianmian could only get on the carriage with a sad face and a hopeless look on her face, and followed Qin Shuyu back to the He family.