Ming Xiaoxiao bit her lip and looked at Xie Li, "We're all students, not financially independent, why gamble with money?"

"It's a bit excessive for him to ask you to clean toilets for three months, but 100,000 yuan is clearly not equivalent to cleaning toilets for three months."

Seeing that Xie Li remained silent, she believed she was right and continued speaking.

"Think about it, in Shenjia Village, everyone can't even earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year farming. How much is an average person's monthly salary...?"

The lackey rolled his eyes. "Big sister, get this straight, it was your friend who insisted on gambling. Don't try to morally blackmail my brother!"

Su Ying silently gave him a thumbs up. To be honest, she really disliked this kind of innocent, troublesome girl.

Ming Xiaoxiao's eyes reddened with embarrassment, and she bit her lip, "I'm sorry."

"Xiaoxiao, don't say sorry." Jiang Yifan pulled her away. "Besides, we won't lose."

The two walked to a secluded spot, where Ming Xiaoxiao wiped away her tears, seemingly having made up her mind, her eyes filled with determination.

"Okay, class monitor, I will do my best to help you."

She was clearly shocked by the amount of 100,000 yuan. "You absolutely cannot lose. Where will you get that much money if you lose?"

"If Xie Li loses, at worst, I'll clean the toilets for three months in her place!"

She clenched her fists, her eyes burning with fighting spirit, as if no difficulty could defeat her.

Jiang Yifan was naturally deeply moved.

Just a wall away, Pei Si stopped in his tracks, holding a small pink bag in his hand. He had come to return something to Ming Xiaoxiao.

I never expected to hear such a conversation, and it stirred something within me.

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Jiang Baili had no idea that she would witness such a spectacular scene when she arrived at the classroom early during lunch break.

However, her eyes flickered slightly. The "King of Encyclopedias" challenge was indeed a stage where she could shine.

Thinking this, she turned slightly and instead of going to her own seat, walked towards Xie Li's seat in the middle or back row.

On Xie Li's side, everyone watching was sweating bullets for her.

"Why did you agree? It wasn't necessary." Shen Wanwan frowned. "Besides, this bet itself is unfair."

The others were chattering away too.

"That's right. Jiang Yifan came up from the junior high school, so he knows all the teachers defending the title and is familiar with the teaching style of No. 1 Middle School."

"Comparing your strengths to others' weaknesses is just too cunning."

"He's been playing dirty tricks for a long time..."

Someone had a sudden inspiration: "Oh right, Jiang Yifan just said he wanted to team up with Ming Xiaoxiao? That's a two-player team challenge mode, you can choose a top student to guide you!"

Shen Wanwan cleared her throat, blushed, and volunteered: "Xie Li, you can consider me. Although my grades are similar to Su Ying's, I have many talents. I am good at calligraphy, painting, music, astronomy, dance, and programming. I have almost no weaknesses."

Everyone: Holy crap, that's so cunning! How come I didn't think of that?

I also want to play the encyclopedia quiz with pretty girls!

Xie Li was taken aback: "Huh? There's dance, music, and programming too?"

Seeing her like this, everyone became even more worried.

How can rural areas keep up with urban areas in terms of educational resources? They probably can't even find a tutoring class, let alone talent cultivation.

Xie Li's grades were not outstanding, and he had no special talents; he was practically full of shortcomings.

What's the point of comparing these?