Qin Tongguang was in a very difficult situation. He was not an unreasonable person. He and Le Ying'an were indeed not in the right in this matter.

But Le Ying'an is his fiancée, and he has to speak up for her. Otherwise, it would be terrible if the little girl gets angry and ignores him.

So he smiled and said, "Sir, the matter is not as serious as you say. We have not violated the rules of the lantern riddle meeting."

"Although everything is based on first come first served, we were the first to see this lantern, but we are helpless because we can't guess the answer. Young Master didn't guess the riddle because of the five hundred taels of silver, so he deserves this lantern. But..."

He changed the subject and said, "I spent money to pick this riddle. You didn't buy it. Even if you tell the correct answer, you can't take away the prize for the riddle I bought."

Le Ying'an immediately raised his chin with confidence: "Yes, we bought this lantern riddle. You didn't buy the lantern riddle, so your answer doesn't count!"

She looked at Qin Tongguang with admiration and praised him sweetly: "Brother Tongguang, you are so smart!"

Qin Tongguang smiled and looked at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, this is the rule you set, right?"

"Yes."

The shopkeeper then remembered that the riddles were bought by Qin Tongguang. He looked at Jiang Shi humbly. He liked this young man's calligraphy very much. If possible, he really didn't want to have any rift with him.

But under the watchful eyes of the public, the shop owner naturally cannot break the rules he set, otherwise he will not be able to do business here properly in the future.

Qin Tongguang also knew that what he did was actually quite shameless. He looked at Jiang Shi and said, "I'm sorry, sir. After all, it was you who guessed the riddle. I will still give you the five hundred taels of silver as a reward as I said at the beginning."

Jiang Shi shook his head, his fair, beautiful face still gentle and calm, without a trace of resentment or embarrassment. "Since I have to buy the riddle to get the prize, it's not too late to buy it now. Shopkeeper, is there only one riddle for this lantern?"

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he quickly shook his head, "Of course there's more than one. This hall lantern is intricately crafted, and you need to answer at least fifty riddles to win it. The riddle in this young man's hand happens to be the fiftieth one."

Jiang Shi was a little surprised: "Then why did you say you could give me the hall lantern after I answered a lantern riddle?"

The shopkeeper said, "Because one riddle of this lantern is equivalent to fifty riddles, it is very difficult to solve. Since I first put it in the lantern three years ago, no one has been able to solve it. Young master, you are the first one to solve it, so you will naturally receive the prize for solving the riddle."

Le Ying'an sensed something was wrong and quickly said, "Shopkeeper, do you understand the first-come, first-served rule? Even if we didn't guess the final riddle, he still has to guess another fifty. He's so far behind us, he can't even compete with us for this lantern."

The shopkeeper looked at her and said, "Miss, the rules have been set from the beginning. If you want to get this lantern, you must buy fifty riddles and guess them all. If you guess one wrong, you have to buy fifty more. If you didn't guess the last riddle, you can buy another fifty if you really want to get this lantern."

"You..." Le Ying'an was furious. "Fifty and fifty, we've already bought hundreds of riddles from you, you black-hearted businessman..."

Qin Tongguang quickly grabbed her sleeve and whispered to stop her: "Sister An An, don't be so rude. It's not easy for us to do business. Let's just buy another fifty lantern riddles."

"It's easy for you to say that. I've been waiting here for so long, from the hour of Wei to the hour of You, almost three hours. Can you guarantee that you can guess fifty riddles this time and win the hall lantern back for me?" Le Ying'an glared at him.

Qin Tongguang avoided her gaze somewhat unnaturally. Of course, he couldn't guarantee this.

Although he barely passed the examination and became a scholar, he did not like studying and did not have much knowledge. It was already very good if he could guess thirty out of fifty riddles.

"If I can't guess the riddle, you can pay someone else to help me guess it. An An, don't worry, I will definitely win the lantern back for you."

"What if others can't guess it either? This person is obviously very smart, how can you compare to him?"

In public, Le Ying'an was very rude and did not give Qin Tongguang any face at all.

Qin Tongguang didn't feel embarrassed. He had long been accustomed to his fiancée's spoiled nature. Her temper came and went quickly. Even if she really didn't win the prize today, she would be angry with him for a few days at most. He could coax her into submission by being nice and attentive for ten days or half a month.

The two grew up together, have a deep relationship, and understand each other very well. Le Ying'an is unrestrained in front of him, and he is happy to indulge her.

However, in the eyes of others, Le Ying'an was too arrogant and had no consideration for her fiancé at all.

Someone whispered, "This little girl looks cute and adorable, but I didn't expect her to have such a bad temper. How can her fiancé tolerate her?"

"Who are you saying has a bad temper?" Le Ying'an heard it with sharp ears. He was already in a bad mood and immediately glared at him.

Qin Tongguang also narrowed his eyes and looked over with a cold expression.

The man was frightened and shut up immediately.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shi was already buying riddles from the shop owner: "Shop owner, how much do you want for fifty riddles?"

"One riddle costs one tael of silver, and fifty riddles only cost forty-five taels of silver."

Yu Tanqi didn't expect that guessing a riddle was so expensive.

However, seeing that exceptionally beautiful hall lantern, if you could guess fifty riddles at once, you could get it for forty-five taels of silver, which was really a good deal.

If you want to buy this hall lantern with silver, it will cost at least one hundred taels of silver.

Jiang Shi naturally brought enough silver with him when he went out today.

Danqing immediately stepped forward and gave the shopkeeper a silver ingot worth fifty taels. The shopkeeper gave him five taels of silver in change and said to Jiang Shi with a smile, "Sir, you can pick fifty lanterns from the lanterns. The higher you go, the harder the riddles will be. You must pick at least one lantern from each row."

Jiang Shi looked at Yu Tanqi and smiled, "Tanqi, please help me choose."

Yu Tanqi hesitated a little: "My luck is not very good, you should do it."

She had tried to buy lottery tickets several times before, but never won even five dollars, so she quickly gave up her dream of getting rich.

Jiang Shi said gently, "It's okay. You've been reading with me for so long, you should believe that I can guess fifty riddles."

"Of course I believe you." Yes, Jiang Shi is the male protagonist. This is an opportunity to slap someone in the face and become famous. How can he let it go?

So Yu Tanqi began to carefully select lanterns for Jiang Shi.

Seeing this, Le Ying'an was very anxious: "What should I do? They have already started to pick out the lanterns, and I really want this hall lantern!"

"Perhaps I can help the girl with this."

Who is so arrogant?