If you want a horse to run but don't feed it, Shen Jiao said there's no benefit in that, and she led her teammates to concede defeat at the start of the second round of the competition.
She's a working-class woman, and while she can tolerate not being paid—after all, the boss provides food, lodging, and insurance—she simply can't stand being paid out of her own pocket.
Is it easy for her to earn some pocket money?
Every job is tough. Being a real estate agent may require a silver tongue, but it's also very tiring.
If things continue like this, she might not even be able to save enough for her retirement.
Shen Jiao was very worried about her old age. She couldn't possibly not have money to buy new dresses for square dancing, could she?
Won't the old lady next door look down on me for doing that?
Then wouldn't all her face have been wasted?
That won't do.
Ji Yan was amused by Shen Jiao's apparent resignation and watched her with great interest.
The hamster gets angrier and angrier, and the happier it is, the more its cheeks puff up. It feels great to squeeze and is soft to the touch, which is quite amusing.
If you were to say she's really tough, her eyes would wander and she'd seem timid; if you thought she was cowardly, she'd still dare to openly negotiate with him.
There are many people in this world who have negotiated with him, but those who are still alive are few and far between... no, they're all dead.
Ji Yan rubbed his aching temples. Perhaps one or two were still alive, but he couldn't remember who they were. Thinking this, he became somewhat displeased.
Has he been too good-tempered lately?
That's why the frizzy hamster dares to be so unrestrained and arrogant; this is an unprecedented situation.
Shen Jiao noticed the fire in the tyrant's eyes.
No, brother, could you please stop changing your expression so drastically? One minute it's sunny, the next it's stormy.
It'll be mostly cloudy around the hour, with a light drizzle to tide it out!
You're scaring me a little, really.
The trio in the corner immediately trembled with fear, like three little chicks who had infiltrated a tiger's den, and not exactly the kind they were welcome to.
It may be a good thing for others to laugh, but the joys and sorrows of a tyrant cannot be measured by the thinking of normal people. One must rack one's brains, carefully consider and ponder them.
Upon closer examination, it becomes clear that nothing can be deduced.
Li Wanglai was so frightened that he grabbed Gu An's sleeve tightly.
Gu An's hand trembled, scattering sunflower seeds all over the ground. His expression changed instantly, and he quickly picked them up as fast as he could.
If you pick them up quickly, say goodbye to the dust.
Seeing this, Liang Heng felt an inexplicable urge to laugh, but dared not let it out, so he had to hold it in.
He held it in for a while, but couldn't hold it in any longer. "Pfft!" A mouthful of watermelon seeds sprayed directly onto Gu An's face.
Gu An: "???" Holy crap? Bullying the newbie?
Liang Heng: No, listen to my excuse, I really couldn't hold it in!
Gu An, feeling wronged: I won't listen! I won't listen!
Li Wanglai: "..."
He silently let go of her hand; if he was too scared, he could just hold onto his right hand with his left.
Starting today, I will strive to be a self-sufficient person!
Li Wang glanced at the tyrant and Shen Jiao on the soft chair, then at Gu An and Liang Heng beside him, and suddenly felt like a pickled fish—sour, bland, and superfluous.
Meanwhile, the tyrant laughed so hard he slapped the table, but in his heart he was thinking about how to teach the increasingly audacious, bristling hamster a lesson.
Suddenly, with a "click," Ji Yan's smile froze.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
The tyrant's gaze was deep as he stared at the shattered walnut in his palm. "You put it there?"
Caught red-handed, Shen Jiao thought to herself, "No, whether you're slamming the table or cracking walnuts, it's still slamming. Why are you getting so worked up?"
She was simply acting out of a desire to utilize energy.
Well, the main problem is that this walnut is really too iron-rich.
Shen Jiao couldn't explain this behavior of dancing on a grave.
Because it was purely an instinctive reaction, she could only shamelessly shift the blame.
She opened her eyes wide and said very sincerely, "It wasn't me, it was my hand, Your Majesty. My hand is going through a rebellious phase lately, and I'm already disciplining it!"
Shen Jiao's expression was ferocious as she clapped her hands vigorously in a serious manner.
Ji Yan: "..."
Li Wanglai covered his eyes, unable to bear to look: "Miss, if you hadn't given me a few words of warning, I would have thought you were praising His Majesty for his skill in smashing walnuts."
Ji Yan looked at the hamster's fur standing on end.
On the surface, it's all "all the mistakes were mine, and I'm correcting them."
In reality, it's an attitude of "I know I'm wrong, but I'm right."
Ji Yan seemed to be deep in thought, and her courage had indeed grown considerably.
...
The tyrant nestled in the soft chair, stretching out his body, his collar slightly open, revealing half of his delicate collarbone, with a few strands of his dark hair hanging down to his chest, appearing and disappearing.
Shen Jiao, a country bumpkin who only knows how to clap her hands when faced with a life-or-death question, was completely bewildered.
Ji smiled disdainfully: "Didn't you want a treat?"
Shen Jiao clapped until her hands were a little numb, her mind was wandering, and she didn't pay any attention to what the tyrant was saying. She vaguely felt that he was tagging her to answer a question.
So she said whatever came to mind, blurting out, "Yes, that's right, I want your collarbone."
I want your collarbone...
Your collarbone...
Broken bones...
Shen Jiao froze on the spot: "..."
Ji Yan's smile froze: "..."
Is this something I can hear?
The trio fell silent.
It's hard to imagine that the seemingly ethereal and otherworldly Fairy Shen is actually... so unrestrained?
Li Wanglai inexplicably felt a sense of superiority that was out of place. You wouldn't believe it, he had heard even more blunt things before!
This was not a place to linger, so the trio decided to make their escape without prior arrangement.
She was determined to make a shocking statement, and Shen Jiao paid no attention to the three who had run away. She was only worried that the tyrant might be scared away by her again.
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