Chapter 43: The Lamp Riddle

  "Alright, I'll take care of it!" Xiao Yao didn't know if he had misheard or was just pretending to, and responded in accordance with the elder sister's literal meaning.

  ...The young lady gritted her teeth, preparing to say something when she found no time to say it, because they had already arrived in front of the Nan Gong sisters.

  "Hmph! Can't win on your own, so you're looking for help?" Nan Gong Su said directly.

  "Who says I won't win? Just now, I was just hungry. This kid is here to deliver food for me." The big sister would not admit it, of course. In front of the person she's pursuing, even if her face is swollen, she'd say she's fat.

  "Hmm, I'm just delivering food, it's nothing important!" Xiangyang nodded in agreement.

  If things were just like that, others would naturally take Xiang Yang as a character, just a small household Ding.

  However, someone seems unwilling to let Xiangyang hide, she can't be unaware of Xiangyang's extraordinary place.

  "Little Ding, did you use that stone last time?" Nangong Suxin looked at Xiao Yao and asked with a light smile.

  “？！”

  Almost everyone was confused by Nan Gong Su Xin's question, none of them could have imagined that she would speak to Xiao Yao in such a manner and with such an attitude, it clearly told people that the two of them didn't seem like they had just met, nor did they seem like they hadn't interacted before.

  Several girls were surprised by this matter, including the eldest sister, who also did not know that Xiao Yao and Nan Gong Su Xin had interacted before.

  And what's this stone they're talking about?

  "I've already used it!" Xiangyang replied directly, without paying attention.

  "You've used it, where did you use it?" asked Nangong Suzi with a smile, as if she was just casually asking.

  "Used in... and so on, you're quoting me back, I'm not that stupid!" Xiao Yao almost slipped up, he didn't want to be seen through by Nangong Susu.

  "Hmph! Just you wait!" Nan Gong Su Xin snorted, she vowed to get to the bottom of this matter, no matter what!

  However, what she didn't expect was ——

  "Stone, I get it! Xiao Yao, is this the one that was melted away just now?" The young lady asked, although she didn't know the specific situation, but based on the conversation, she cleverly linked it to Xiao Yao's sword casting.

  "......, young lady......" Xiao Yao was a bit speechless.

  "What's going on? Isn't that so? Then why did you suddenly run off to cast a sword?" The young lady thought she had guessed wrong, and continued to ask.

  "If you don't speak up, I won't take you as a mute!" Xiao Yao shook his head in frustration.

  "What's wrong with you, kid?!"

  "It doesn't make sense......" Xīao shook his head, can I scold you?

  At this time, Nangong Suzi suddenly burst out laughing: "Haha... how interesting, too interesting!!"

  From what Nangong Xiaojie said, Nangong Suzhen already understood that the stone Xiangyang bought was a material for casting swords.

  At the same time, Nangong Suzi also discovered that the relationship between Xiao Yao and the two sisters was very interesting!!

  Not like a master and servant, more like friends, can even say that kind of sworn brothers level...

  "It doesn't matter, don't waste your youth here, let's have another round of riddle guessing, if I win, I'll go on a date with Nangong Su!" The young lady got straight to the point.

  "I..." Miss Nangong San wanted to say, but I haven't agreed yet.

  "Alright then, let's get started!" The young lady didn't give Miss Sangong the chance to explain herself and just began, as if the other party hadn't even had a chance to say anything.

  "Miss, your quick swordsmanship is impressive and leaves no room for choice! However, your tone of voice is too rough!" Xiao Yao reminded softly.

  "This isn't manly enough, you said that picking up girls requires showing off one's masculinity, right?" The young lady also replied in a soft voice.

  "Being manly doesn't mean using foul language, and besides, using foul language in front of a girl will give her a bad impression, especially when you're facing her family. Look, Miss Nangong is already getting angry." Xiangyao said softly.

  "What's going on? What should we do?" The young lady's tone seemed a bit urgent, but her demeanor remained calm and unhurried.

  "It doesn't matter anyway, the whole Qingyun City knows you're the female bully here..." said Xiao Yao indifferently.

  "Mmm!" The young lady nodded, and she gladly accepted the title of "female bully".

  "What are you whispering about? Are you plotting something?" Nangong Suzi looked at Xiao Yao, and at this moment, she felt that the big sister was not important, what needed to be taken care of was Xiao Yao, this little rascal.

  "There's no conspiracy, but there is a plan!" Xiao Yao replied.

  "Yáng móu?" For a moment, several girls didn't understand the meaning of this phrase, but soon understood, after all, it's very obvious and easy to comprehend when put together.

  "It's just defeating you guys and then taking Third Miss out for a midnight snack!" Xiao Yao said.

  "Alright!" Nangong Suzhen smiled and replied.

  ？？

  How come you agreed so easily all of a sudden, big sister is somewhat puzzled.

  The Nan Gong sisters were also a bit puzzled, just like the eldest sister, as to why their elder sister had agreed to it. Although they knew that winning was impossible, they shouldn't have agreed to such conditions either.

  Besides, didn't you just strongly object?

  Xiaoyao didn't care about all that and simply said: "Then let's get started, what are the rules?"

  "The rules are simple. We each choose a lantern riddle and then let the other guess it. Whoever guesses more correctly wins." said Nangong Suxin with a smile.

  "Is that all? Isn't there any additional information?" asked Xiao Yao, he wanted to clarify if there were any attachments, sometimes the key to a decision lies in the unimportant small rules.

  "No!" Nangong Suzhen shook her head and said.

  "Really not?" asked Xiao Yao again.

  "Really not!!" Nangong Suzi frowned and replied again.

  "Are you sure?" asked Xiao Yao again, at this time everyone was a bit impatient.

  "Come on, aren't you annoyed? I've already said no!"

  It was not one of the Nan Gong family members who said this, but rather the young lady beside Xiao Yao. She pushed Xiao Yao impatiently.

  "I'm just confirming, in case they change their minds later!" Xiao Yao replied, "Big sister, where is the most difficult lantern riddle? Let's go get it..."

  "Still waiting for you to say, come with me!" The young lady dragged Xiao Yao away, leaving behind the Nan Gong sisters who were a bit curious about what kind of relationship this young lady had with this little household servant.

  "They go for the difficult ones, we'll go for the most difficult ones!" said Nangong Suzhen.

  "Why? That big sister is so stupid, even if she finds something a bit more difficult, she may not be able to guess it!" said one of the young ladies from the Nangong family.

  "She's stupid, but she has a little brother at home, and he's tricked me several times..." Nangong Suzhen stopped suddenly, realizing that she had misspoken.

  "What?! Eldest sister, what are you saying?!" The Nan Gong sisters exclaimed in unison, they were all unaware of this matter and even more unbelievable that their eldest sister was actually outsmarted by a small household servant.

  Nangong Suzhen is not just a martial arts genius, she's also exceptionally skilled in other areas. It's definitely not easy to deceive her, and only a few people in Qingyun City have the ability to do so. Now she says she was tricked by a small household servant several times - how can anyone believe that?

  "Is he that little housemate who pees more?" asked the third young lady of the Nan Gong family, and after asking, a faint blush appeared on her face.

  “……”

  Several sisters suddenly remembered something, a thing they were about to forget, and it turned out to be him...

  "That's right, it's this humble little home!" Nangong Suzhen nodded, anyway, this matter was also a well-known thing, and there was nothing to be ashamed of.

  "What about the other one?" asked Nangong sisters.

  "What else? Hurry up and find a lantern riddle, make it a bit harder, best if even Sanmei can't answer." Nangong Suxin changed the subject, not wanting to continue discussing the previous topic.

  Here, Nangong Suzi is also quite good in terms of writing skills, can be said to be a talented woman, but compared to Miss Nangong San, she still falls far short.

  Nangong San's young lady is known as the number one talented woman in Qingyun State, although she was born into a martial arts family, but she is famous for her literature, familiar with various classics, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, almost no one can match.

  It's precisely because of this that the Nangong sisters didn't take the eldest sister's challenge seriously, and even if she was careless, Nangong Suxin felt it was impossible for her to win against her third sister, however, she couldn't just pass with a few slightly more difficult lantern riddles like before.

  Does it matter?

  Although others couldn't understand, thinking that it was just a small household matter and didn't need to be treated so seriously, since Nan Gong Su said so, they also didn't dare have other opinions. They went to find the most difficult lantern riddles, even ones that Miss Nan Gong San didn't know.

  Of course, the person who made this riddle is not inferior to Miss Nan Gong in terms of literary talent and knowledge!

  The person who creates the lantern riddle may not be the most knowledgeable or intelligent, but just an ordinary person, yet the riddles they create can still stump famous scholars and intellectuals.

  Riddles of lanterns. Sometimes, what is being tested is not the difficulty, but rather the breadth of knowledge. If one knows that particular piece of knowledge, it's actually very easy to solve, but if they don't know it, then they won't be able to figure it out their whole life.

  That's why the big sister found Xiangyang, in her impression, Xiangyang knows a little about everything, so his knowledge is very broad, and naturally the probability of guessing the answer is also higher.

  Having solved the riddle is winning half of it, while the other half requires stumping the opponent. Just like Nangong Suxin's idea, Big Sister dragged Xiao Yao directly to the most difficult level.

  The lantern riddles hanging in the air have several layers, some are entertaining and more suitable for ordinary people, while others are more professional and require a certain level of literary skills. The higher you go, the harder it gets, until the very top, where almost no one knows the answer except the person who set the question.