The Fake Heiress Fades from the Spotlight, but Winning Big by Slacking Off and Collecting Rent

After a car accident, Yan Qiao was selected by the Space-Time Bureau. If she completed ten lifetimes of missions, she could be reborn. She worked overtime, following a 997 work schedule to finish h...

Chapter 17 is mostly weeds

When they arrived, Zhang Song had already finished taking inventory of the group's belongings.

Zhang Song: "Congratulations to Aqi and Chacha for finding all six items correctly and winning 800 yuan! This is a great start for everyone!"

Ruan Cha and Zang Mingqi exchanged a smile, their happiness visibly evident.

Next up is Group Two.

The program crew had a medical team accompanying them, one of whom was a professor at Yancheng University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who was over sixty years old.

If it weren't for wanting to experience outdoor life, there would be no way I would fly all the way from thousands of miles away at my age.

He was the one who identified the herbs this time.

He identified the items while explaining the facts to everyone, just like giving a lecture.

Zhang Song laughed and said, "One group exchanged 800 yuan. Now it's the second group's turn. Yao Yao is a top student at Yanwai School, so I think her grades will be even better."

Yan Yaoyao was smug and self-satisfied, as if she were shining brightly at this moment.

"Brother Zhang, don't say that. I didn't find these things by myself. It's all thanks to Xi Luo. If it weren't for him..."

Xi Luo glanced at her lazily, "Come on, I didn't even look at the mission card, so I won't take credit for it."

He doesn't need to win over netizens like Yan Yaoyao, nor does he need to please anyone; he always speaks frankly.

Yan Yaoyao suffered a heart attack from his retorts, prompting the old professor to begin his assessment.

When the old professor put on his glasses and looked at it, he simply reached out and grabbed the top layer of weeds and threw it on the ground.

Yan Yaoyao's smile, which she hadn't had time to fade, froze on her face.

"Teacher, this..."

The old professor looked at her and said, "I told you to find medicinal herbs, but what kind of wild grass did you take? You can grab a whole bunch of it."

He pushed up his glasses. These young people were about the same age as the students in school, so he didn't need to worry about their expressions when he spoke; he could just say whatever he wanted.

Zhang Song quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "It's normal to make small mistakes now and then. This is like clearing away the clouds to see the moon. Let's see what happens next..."

Before he could finish speaking, the old professor's hands moved swiftly, tossing handful after handful.

When he was almost finished throwing them away, he picked up the quest card and managed to find the broken-in-half herb inside.

It's likely that Yan Yaoyao didn't intend to pluck it, but accidentally plucked it and broke it in half.

The old professor looked at Zhang Song, then at Yan Yaoyao.

"Does half count?"

Zhang Song's lips twitched. "Half? Only this one is correct, what about the others?"

Group Two dug up a whole bunch, but only this half is correct?

The old professor said, "Most of them are weeds with little medicinal value. Some, however, are useful. For example, this little red thing should be very common in rural areas and can be used to reduce inflammation. Only this half matches the task card."

He dialed the number casually to make sure nothing was missing.

[Speaking of which...isn't Yan Yaoyao supposed to be very confident?]

[Wasn't she supposed to translate for Yan Qiao? Yan Qiao probably didn't listen to her, otherwise she'd probably be in serious trouble.]

Please, even if she didn't help Yan Qiao, given Yan Qiao's abilities, how much better could she be than Yan Yaoyao?

That's right, it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Yan Yaoyao bit her lip hard, her face turning pale.

That shouldn't be the case.

But then the old professor added, "Didn't you say she majored in English? Did she even understand it?"

A single, utterly tactless remark brought Yan Yaoyao to tears.

Old professor: "...Why are you crying?"

He didn't swear.

If the person in front of him were his student, he would have already given him a thorough dressing-down.

Zhang Song was so embarrassed that he gripped the ground with his toes. He quickly changed the subject: "So even if Group Two got half right, congratulations on successfully redeeming 100 yuan."

Yan Yaoyao didn't believe it, and the old professor's attitude brought her pent-up dissatisfaction to its peak.

"I don't believe it! Did your production team just find someone to fool us? I went through so much trouble, and all I got was an extra 100 yuan?"

Yan Yaoyao's eyes were red, as if she had been bullied.

Yan Qiao lifted her eyelids slightly. "Professor Zan's information is on the program's official Weibo account. If you have any doubts, you can go and see for yourself. He's quite old and has received countless honors. It's not our place to question him."

Zhang Song nodded quickly, "That's right, Professor Zan Mu. If you don't know him, you can look him up. We went to great lengths to invite him over, so Yao Yao can't say that."

Viewers in the live stream have already shared information about Zan Mu.

If you don't understand, just look it up. There's no need to argue.

Instead of questioning whether the production team is lying, people should reflect on their own actions.

This is just a student who got a zero on a test questioning the teacher's ability.

Am I the only one wondering if Yan Yaoyao actually understood the task card?

She didn't question it, she just had some doubts.

[Such a rude attitude and tone, and yet some fans are defending her?]

From the moment Yan Yaoyao received the task card last night, she was incredibly confident, practically radiating smugness.

But he didn't get to be so smug for long before he was proven wrong.

The old professor adjusted his glasses. "You question me, but I'll question your English level too. Did you really understand it?"

Yan Yaoyao covered her face and burst into tears, "Of course I understood!"

She pulled out a task card from somewhere. "She even borrowed a pen from the production team and took notes all night. Whether it's right or wrong, we can just have a professional take a look."

Yan Yaoyao hated him to death. They were in the same group. She lost face, so what benefit could he possibly get?

Yan Yaoyao grabbed the task card forcefully and stuffed it into her pocket.

"It's already been a long time, so don't worry about me anymore. I can afford to lose, and I accept this result."

She glanced at Yan Qiao, her heart filled with jealousy and resentment.

"How about we move on to the next one and see what Yan Qiao has found? I think she's dug up quite a lot too."

The old professor raised an eyebrow. "Yan Qiao?"

Why does this name sound familiar to him?

I thought for a while, but I couldn't remember.

“Alright, Professor Zan, let’s take a look at Yan Qiao’s first,” Zhang Song said with a smile.

Zan Mu nodded, it didn't matter whose he looked at.

Yan Qiao placed the basket in front of him, and Zan Mu's eyes lit up. He couldn't take his eyes off the high-quality Gastrodia elata.

Yan Qiao took out the gastrodia elata she had dug up, saying, "Don't look at these, they're not it."

Zan Mu clicked his tongue, "Keep this here, and I'll ask the production team to give you more money."

Yan Qiao ignored him and refused to sell.

Zan Mu stopped pressuring him, wondering to himself when he could buy it again with Yan Qiao.

[Professor Zan seems quite interested in what that thing is.]

[Yan Qiao doesn't even need to be looked at, she's someone who only scored 270 on the college entrance exam...]

[Last time on the variety show, she took a practice test and only got 30 points?]

If you can't even understand the mission card, you're bound to get it wrong even if you guess.