The Princess's Smile (7)
Although Jian Tanxi and the others did not come out, the conference room had windows.
They saw this magnificent scene through the window and were all amazed, their mouths agape and their eyes fixed on the sight until it disappeared.
The fireworks did not cause any damage to the palace; they only raised the temperature inside the main hall slightly.
The king couldn't help but exclaim, "These fireworks are simply... simply magnificent! I don't even know how to describe them! They're like a painting, though I don't know what they depict, but they're absolutely superb... Daughter, you like them too, don't you?"
The princess's eyes lit up, and she nodded, saying, "Yes, this firework is a magnificent work of art. I love it."
However, the princess still didn't smile, not even a slight upturn of her lips.
In the conference room, Huo Zimu was furious: "She's expressionless! She's absolutely expressionless! What did I do to deserve this? To be transported here to make the princess laugh? This is an impossible task! Can't I ask for a different task?!"
The others ignored Huo Zimu's madness, since changing the mission was impossible, and they could only continue playing.
Miss Jenny is about to come in and beat them up. Although they have been beaten up many times, everyone is still very nervous and has lingering fears.
Although they can be resurrected and healed, the pain from being hit is very real.
Miss Jenny dragged Meng Yuening in.
At this moment, Lin Nanhuai quickly took out a black suit of armor and put it on.
This armor should be able to prevent damage.
Miss Jenny's fist hit him, but he felt nothing.
Miss Jenny hit Lin Nanhuai for a while, then turned to Qu Chen.
At that moment, Qu Chen suddenly called out "Mom" to Miss Jenny.
Miss Jenny, who was initially furious, immediately put on a kind face upon hearing this and said to Qu Chen, "Isn't this my child, Qu Chen? Don't worry, child, Mommy definitely won't hit you. However, Mommy is going to teach these players a lesson, so you'd better stand aside for now."
With that, Miss Jenny carried Qu Chen aside and continued playing against the other players.
The other players were stunned, not knowing what had just happened.
While they were still stunned, Miss Jenny had already hit them many times.
In the end, Qu Chen was not hit, and Lin Nanhuai used his black armor to block the damage without being injured.
The other five were seriously injured.
Professor Pan wanted to distribute healing pills to the injured, but Lin Nanhuai said, "Wait a minute, can Jian Tanxi use her supernatural abilities to heal us this time? Whether Jian Tanxi uses her supernatural abilities or not is up to her. What if she runs out of pills and refuses to help us?"
Professor Pan said, "No, Jian Tanxi is not that kind of person."
Meng Yuening looked at Lin Nanhuai with disdain: "You talk too much and judge others by your own petty standards."
Lin Nanhuai: "Fine, I'm a villain. Jian Tanxi, on the other hand, should show us what a gentleman you are. The pills were all contributed by everyone and are now in Professor Pan's hands. But since he can't use his supernatural abilities, it's understandable that I'm worried."
Jian Tanxi said, "Don't worry, I'll use up my healing abilities twice right now. I won't hold back in order for everyone to pass the level. Unlike some people who have powerful armor but don't use it until the sixth round, probably afraid that someone will steal it."
Lin Nanhuai broke down: "This armor is my own item, and it can only be used once per game, so of course I'll use it later in the game. I'm not worried about it being stolen, because I've already used up my chance to use it in this game."
Jian Tanxi shook her head and ignored him.
Jian Tanxi used her healing abilities to treat Meng Yuening and Professor Pan. Now, she has no more uses left for her healing abilities this month.
Professor Pan then took out three more healing pills and gave them to Jian Tanxi, Xu Yunhong, and Huo Zimu.
Now, everyone is back to being unharmed.
Currently, there are 12 healing pills and 1 resurrection pill left.
Meng Yuening said, "What just happened? I saw Xiaochen call Miss Jenny 'Mom,' and Miss Jenny really treated Xiaochen like a child and didn't hit him. Could this be Xiaochen's special ability?"
Professor Pan said, "I suspect that Xiao Chen has another special ability, similar to the power of words. Whatever he says will temporarily come true. For example, he just called Miss Jenny 'Mom,' and Miss Jenny really became his mom."
Huo Zimu said, "Such a powerful ability? Then quickly send Qu Chen out and tell the princess to 'smile,' and the princess will smile, right?"
Jian Tanxi shook her head and said, "Xiao Chen isn't very good at speaking; he can't say such complicated sentences."
Huo Zimu: "'Smile,' it's just three words, is it really that complicated?"
“These three words are already quite complicated for Xiao Chen.”
"Then he could call Miss Jenny 'Mommy' every time he gets beaten, and he wouldn't get beaten anymore, thus saving him from taking so many healing pills. Why didn't he call her 'Mommy' before?"
"He doesn't call everyone 'Mom.' When he speaks and what he says are all random. Even if his biological mother were here, he wouldn't call her 'Mom' often. I guess it's precisely because he can't speak often, and what he says is uncontrollable, that he can possess such a bug-level superpower as the power of words."
All superpowers have limitations. For example, my healing and mind-reading abilities have limited uses. And a superpower that makes "what you say come true" would definitely be possessed by someone who is not good at speaking and has difficulty expressing themselves. Xiao Chen's autism is the limitation of this superpower.
People like us who speak fluently and without any barriers cannot obtain supernatural abilities like the power of words.
Meng Yuening said, "How about next time Qu Chen calls Miss Jenny 'Mom,' we can have him ask Miss Jenny how to pass the level. Miss Jenny will definitely tell you."
Jian Tanxi smiled bitterly, "If the thoughts and language of autistic children could be controlled by others, then it wouldn't be called autism. Perhaps Xiaochen won't speak again in the future. Even if he does speak, he might not be able to say anything useful. As far as I know, he can only produce a few syllables, probably just the words 'daddy,' 'mommy,' and 'eat.'"
Xiao Chen may never learn the answer to the question, "How do I beat this game?"
Meng Yuening sighed, "Yes. Xiao Chen has such amazing abilities, but he just can't use them. Otherwise, no matter what game it is, as long as he's with you, you can beat it quickly."
Knowing that Qu Chen possessed the power of words but couldn't use it, everyone was quite anxious.
Lin Nanhuai said to Qu Chen, "I order you to ask Miss Jenny how to pass the level later. Or, just make the princess smile."
Qu Chen didn't understand, he just smiled and spat at Lin Nanhuai.
Lin Nanhuai: "..."
Xu Yunhong said, "What do we do next? We've tried everything we can think of... It's a pity we can't touch the princess, otherwise if I tickled her, wouldn't she laugh? We only have 12 healing pills left, we can only last for one or two more rounds."
The others couldn't think of a good solution either, so they remained silent.
Just then, Miss Jenny walked in.
Jian Tanxi said somewhat flusteredly, "It hasn't been ten minutes yet."
Miss Jenny: "I know. I'm not here to rush you, but because it's the Little Prince's birthday dinner later, and the Queen asked me to invite you all to the banquet. You're very lucky to have made it to the Little Prince's birthday dinner. You can rest after dinner, and you can continue making the princess laugh tomorrow."
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.
At this moment, Meng Yuening whispered to Jian Tanxi, "Why are they inviting us to the banquet? Is there some kind of conspiracy? Could the dishes at the banquet be for just the few of us?"
Jian Tanxi got goosebumps listening to this: "Don't scare me, I'm easily frightened..."
"But it just doesn't feel right for them to invite us to dinner for no reason..."
"Let's talk about it when we get there. Don't scare yourself now."
The banquet was held in a large hall. Soon, the group arrived at the banquet table.
The king, queen, princess, prince and other members of the royal family sat at the main table in the center, while other guests sat at tables around the perimeter.
The guests proceeded to their respective tables in an orderly fashion, as if they already knew their seats.
Jian Tanxi and the others stood there somewhat bewildered, and several maids led them to a table next to the king.
They sat down in turn, very close to the King and Queen, so they could see them up close.
The queen looked much younger than the king, probably in her thirties. She was young and beautiful, with long light chestnut hair and a dignified look in her eyes.
The little prince, who looked about five or six years old, sat between the king and queen, his face beaming with happiness and excitement. He was the star of the show today, and he was probably really looking forward to the banquet and the cake-cutting ceremony.
The princess did not sit between the king and queen, but only on one side of the king. She did not look at the queen and the little prince, her eyes were downcast, and she was cold and aloof, and it was unknown what she was thinking.
The king paid no attention to the princess, as he kept talking to the little prince on his left, and the two of them chatted and laughed.
At this moment, the Queen looked at Jian Tanxi and the others, elegantly raised her wine glass, and said, "Distinguished guests, it is a rare opportunity for you to come to the Red Strawberry Kingdom, you must eat and drink well."
Jian Tanxi and the others had no choice but to raise their glasses and say, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The little prince looked over curiously, scrutinizing Jian Tanxi and the others, before asking the Queen, "Mother, why have I never seen these people before?"
The Queen said, "They are all guests who have come from a very far place."
Qu Chen saw that the little prince was about the same age as him, so he ran over to play with the little prince.
The little prince also liked Qu Chen quite a bit, so he took out some snacks from his pocket and gave them to Qu Chen.
But Qu Chen didn't seem to like the snacks, and simply reached out and slapped them onto the ground.
Jian Tanxi and the others were so frightened that they dared not even breathe, fearing that the Queen would order their execution.
To everyone's surprise, the Queen didn't say anything, and the little prince didn't mind either; he simply had someone pick up the snacks.
Jian Tanxi quickly ran over, brought Qu Chen back, and kept apologizing to the Queen and the little prince.
The Queen said, "It's alright, children playing around is a common occurrence."
At this point, the banquet began, and the maids brought the food to the table.
Jian Tanxi took a look and saw that they were all normal food, not human hands, feet, livers, or brains, so she was relieved.
However, the players weren't hungry and couldn't eat anything.
They can now eat one meal and be full for ten days, and they have basically eaten two days ago.
If I were to eat now, it would be like someone who just finished lunch ten minutes ago having to eat another lunch – I have absolutely no appetite.
So everyone just drank some beverages as a formality and didn't touch the food on the table.
Only Qu Chen showed interest in the food, grabbing some beans and stuffing them into his mouth.
But he probably wasn't hungry, so he chewed it a bit and then spat it out.
At this moment, the Queen noticed them and asked, "Distinguished guests, why aren't you eating?"
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