Chapter 206 (Part 3, with comments)
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"Not bad, not bad~ You all sang well~ Then you can go over there~" Dongxian said leisurely.
"Thank you," the babies said in unison.
Everyone walked forward again.
Huo Zinan held Ye Qingxi's hand and walked beside him, her little hand clenched tightly.
Ye Qingxi: ...This is really scary.
Ye Qingxi wanted to laugh, but she was afraid that if she laughed, Huo Zinan would find out that she was laughing at him, so she held it back.
Zhang Ning walked in front, and soon saw something on the wall not far away.
He ran over quickly and found it was a slingshot.
Zhang Ning said happily, "It's a slingshot."
The others immediately gathered around.
There were pebbles in the cave, so Zhang Ning simply gave the flashlight to Yang Shu, picked up a pebble with his slingshot, and shot it out.
With a "thud," the pebble hit the wall.
Tao Tao exclaimed, "Wow! Brother Zhang Ning, you're amazing!"
Zhang Ning smiled proudly, then picked up some small pebbles and put them in his pocket.
"I'll take this slingshot first. I'll protect you. If any bad guys come, I'll shoot them."
"Mm." Tao Tao and He Lei both nodded in agreement.
Zhang Ning, armed with a slingshot and flashlight, continued leading everyone forward.
As she walked, Ye Qingxi suddenly saw a fluffy teddy bear.
The next second, Yang Shu exclaimed, "What's that? A doll?"
Zhang Ning walked over quickly, picked it up and looked at it. "It's a teddy bear."
He walked over with the teddy bear, looked at Yang Shu, and said, "What you see, you can have."
Yang Shu paused for a moment, remained silent for two seconds, and then said, "You should take it first."
“We came in together, so everyone should have a share. Let’s look around again later to see if there are any others, and then we can divide them up.”
Zhang Ning thought what she said made sense, so he put the slingshot in his pocket, hugged his teddy bear, and took a flashlight.
He carefully looked inside the cave, trying to find anything else, but found nothing.
As Ye Qingxi followed behind him, she suddenly felt something flash twice.
He shone the flashlight back over, and it did indeed seem like something was flashing.
Ye Qingxi took a step forward, and Huo Zinan grabbed his hand, asking in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"There seems to be something there."
Huo Zinan: !!!
The next second, Ye Qingxi felt him grip her even tighter.
Ye Qingxi was both amused and exasperated.
"It's okay," he comforted Huo Zinan. "It's just flashing."
"It's not a ghost." He whispered this part of the sentence close to Huo Zinan's ear.
Huo Zinan seemed to not want people to know that he was afraid of ghosts, and Ye Qingxi didn't want people to know either.
Huo Zinan: ...
"So you don't need to be afraid," Ye Qingxi said gently.
Huo Zinan's face turned red instantly. "Who's afraid! I'm not afraid at all! I'm not afraid at all!"
"Okay, okay." Ye Qingxi readily agreed. "You're not afraid, you're not afraid at all. It's me who's afraid, I'm terribly afraid."
Huo Zinan: ...I feel like there's something wrong with what I'm saying.
[Hahaha, so Nan Nan is really afraid of ghosts?]
[I didn't realize that. Leilei wasn't that scared, but Nannan, you are.]
[Nan Nan was so frightened that she clung tightly to Xiao Xi.]
[Nan Nan seems to like Xiao Xi quite a bit too~]
I think so too. He had just finished tying his shoelaces when he suddenly walked up to Xiaoxi.
Looking back now, Nan Nan initially said they'd hold hands according to age, which meant he and Xiao Xi would be holding hands [doge emoji]
Wow! Nan Nan, you're quite clever!
[I knew Xiaoxi was popular! I knew it!]
Our little Xi is loved by both adults and children, hehe~
The father in the monitoring room couldn't help but laugh as he watched.
"But what did Xiaoxi see?" Hu Kai asked curiously.
Mu Shaowu was also unsure. He stared at the monitor, fearing that something might happen to his son.
Ye Qingxi slowly walked over, squatted down, and could vaguely see several diamond-like objects.
He reached out, grabbed the diamonds, picked them up, and then took out a tissue to wipe them clean.
It's a sparkling diamond bracelet, clearly designed for little girls, with a little rabbit holding a carrot in the center.
Ye Qingxi took the bracelet back, and He Lei and Yang Shu's eyes lit up instantly; they both wanted the bracelet.
However, neither of them was too embarrassed to say it.
After all, Ye Qingxi found the bracelet.
Moreover, if she takes it, then Sister Yang Shu/Sister He Lei will not have it.
Ye Qingxi handed it to Zhang Ning, saying, "Here, you take it and we'll split it later."
Zhang Ning said "Oh" and put it in his other pocket.
Everyone is much more careful now, afraid of missing any treasures.
However, they didn't find anything else until they were almost at a new bend.
Zhang Ning sighed, but only for a moment. The next second, he noticed a pile of straw at the corner, as if it were hiding something.
Zhang Ning walked over quickly, parted the straw, and found a box inside.
Zhang Ning: !!!
The others gathered around again.
"Is this a treasure chest?" Tao Tao asked curiously. "How do I open it?"
“It’s a combination lock,” Yang Shu said.
“But we don’t know the password.” Zhang Ning scratched his head.
"Never mind," he decided. "Let's carry it out first, then find a rock and smash it open."
Ye Qingxi: ...That is indeed one possible solution.
After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he went to pick up the box, but then he heard a voice, "Who's touching my treasure box?"
Zhang Ning quickly let go of her hand. "Who are you?"
"I am the owner of this treasure chest."
Zhang Ning: ? ? ?
Zhang Ning was very skeptical.
"Want to know the password to my treasure chest?" the voice asked.
"How much?" Zhang Ning kept turning her head, trying to find him.
"Then you need to answer my question first," the voice said lazily.
"My treasure chest contains six gold bars, six silver ingots, six copper coins, and six diamonds. So, how many things are in my treasure chest in total?"
"Twenty-four." Ye Qingxi replied without hesitation.
“That’s right. Now let me ask you another question. One day I came back from a treasure hunt and added three gold bars to the bracelet. To make room for the gold bars, I threw away two silver ingots. Then I cut a copper coin in half and glued the diamonds together to make a bracelet. Now, how many things are there?”
"Twenty-six," Ye Qingxi replied.
"Wow, you're quite clever, little one! Since you're so good, answer one more question for me!"
"What?"
"On the day of the treasure hunt, I brought back some pheasants and rabbits, but I can't remember how many there were. I only remember that when I counted them later, the pheasants and rabbits had a total of eighteen legs and six heads. So how many of each kind of pheasant and rabbit did I have?"
Huo Zinan thought he was so stupid, "You counted six heads, couldn't you have checked how many were rabbit heads and how many were chicken heads when you were counting? Chickens and rabbits don't look the same."
[Haha, Nan Nan is right!]
[Program crew: ...Oh, this...]
[This is hilarious! Nan Nan, aren't you scared now?]
[Nan Nan: What a stupid ghost!]
Ye Qingxi almost burst out laughing.
They're just kids, that's why they're so cute.
“Three rabbits and three pheasants,” Ye Qingxi replied.
Viewers in the live stream exclaimed in surprise: "He can do that too!"
[No, is this something he should be able to do at his age?]
[This question was clearly not designed for him, was it? It was designed for Zhang Ning, wasn't it?]
[And he answered so quickly, almost instantly!]
Wow, are celebrity kids this competitive these days? They're already learning the "chicken and rabbit in the same cage" problem at such a young age?
[And they've learned it so thoroughly, they hardly think about it at all.]
Zhang Ye also looked at Mu Shaowu in surprise, "Xiao Xi has already learned about the chicken and rabbit problem?"
Mu Shaowu: ...Oh, this.
"I...maybe I've studied it."
"Possibly?" Zhang Ye asked doubtfully.
Mu Shaowu sighed helplessly, “Xiao Xi has a very capable grandfather. He was raised by his grandfather, who taught him a lot, such as writing, playing the piano, reciting ancient poems, English, and some math. So I don’t know exactly what he learned from his grandfather, but I know he knows a lot. These things are not suitable for his age, and most of them were taught by his grandfather.”
Zhang Ye: ...His grandfather must be quite something!
You can teach a child this!
You should know that he is already a parent who cares a lot about his child's education, so he started to focus on Zhang Ning's studies early on. When the program team asked him what the most difficult math problem Zhang Ning knew was, he proudly answered the "chicken and rabbit in the same cage" problem, which had to be the simplest kind, and he had to calculate it for a while before he could give the answer immediately.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qingxi didn't even need to do any calculations.
"Does his grandfather have any plans to start teaching classes?" Zhang Ye inquired.
Mu Shaowu: ? ? ?
Even if his grandfather dared to drive there, you probably wouldn't dare send your son there.
Mu Shaowu lowered his voice and said, "Is it possible that if his grandfather were still alive, he wouldn't have to call me 'Dad' and would live with me?"
Zhang Ye then realized what was happening.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," he said apologetically. "It's just that you and Xiaoxi look so much like father and son, Teacher Mu. Xiaoning and I are no different, so I forgot for a moment. I'm really sorry."
"It's alright," Mu Shaowu said.
Hearing this, He Yao, who was sitting to the side, sneered inwardly. He didn't even know what his own son could do or what he couldn't do. And yet Zhang Ye still wanted to flatter him, saying that he and Ye Qingxi were like father and son. Like what? Like their gender?
Just wait, the next time he meets Ye Qingxi, he will tell her about this.
At that time, I wondered what Ye Qingxi would think.
"How could you do that?!"
Inside the cave, Zhang Ning looked at Ye Qingxi in surprise, "My tutor just taught me this, how come you know it too?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi could only invoke her all-powerful grandfather's name.
Grandpa Ye, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do QAQ.
“My grandfather taught me.”
"How about that?" Mu Shaowu knew it. "I told you, this kind of thing that I didn't teach, and that's not taught in his current books, is basically what his grandfather taught him."
Zhang Ye nodded: He's a truly renowned teacher!
That's amazing!
"Your grandfather taught you, and you already know how?" Zhang Ning became increasingly puzzled.
Ye Qingxi: ...
"I've been studying for a long time too."
"But you're not even six years old yet."
"It'll be soon," Ye Qingxi said. "It'll arrive next month."
"You're so smart," Zhang Ning exclaimed sincerely. "If only I could have your brain inside mine!"
Tao Tao nodded, "I want one too."
Yang Shu: She wants it too.
Ye Qingxi: ...
Hearing this from inside the cave, something just didn't feel right.
I always feel a chill on my neck.
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