Chapter 144: The Demon Lord Junzhu's Slacking Daily Life Chapter 143: Who Gets the Grand Prize?

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Protagonist:

Yan Qianqian

Yan Shuang'er first looked at the first bamboo slip, on which was written: "One side is red, one side is green, one side fears wind, one side fears rain." She pondered briefly, quickly thought of the answer, and blurted out: "It is the 'Qiu' character of autumn." The boss couldn't help but give a thumbs up, praising: "Correct answer, please continue."

Immediately after, Yan Shuang'er shifted her gaze to the next bamboo slip, on which was written: "Mouth bigger than belly, eats whatever is given, it eats for you, you eat holding it (guess a household item)." Yan Shuang'er answered with almost no hesitation, confidently: "It is a bowl."

Hearing Yan Shuang'er's answer, the boss revealed a satisfied smile, nodding repeatedly: "That's right, it is Jie! The young lady is truly smart." Speaking, he handed the third bamboo tube to Yan Shuang'er and encouraged: "Come, continue challenging more difficult lantern riddles."

Yan Shuang'er took the bamboo tube somewhat bashfully, lightly saying thank you. Then, she carefully drew out three bamboo slips from within. First to meet the eye was the riddle on the first bamboo slip: A patch of green, a patch of purple, guess a character.

Yan Shuang'er stared at these characters, pondered for a moment, then suddenly her eyes lit up, and she said confidently: "I know, it should be the 'Su' character. Because the upper half of the 'Qing' character plus the lower half of the 'Zi' character just happen to form the 'Su' character."

Hearing this, the boss couldn't help but give a thumbs up praising: "Ah, the young lady is truly formidable! To think of the answer so quickly. Then look at the next bamboo slip."

Yan Shuang'er smiled and picked up the second bamboo slip, on which was written: Light smoke thin mist envelops mountain peak, guess a character. Seeing this riddle, Yan Shuang'er's brows slightly furrowed, and she began to think seriously. Time passed minute by second, and the surrounding people also watched her curiously, anticipating she could give the correct answer.

After a good while, Yan Shuang'er finally seemed to have thought of something, and hesitantly spoke: "Could it be... the 'Xian' character?"

A flash of surprise crossed the boss's eyes, then he laughed and replied: "Haha, the young lady is truly too formidable! To actually guess it is the 'Xian' character. Not bad not bad, keep it up! There's still the last bamboo slip waiting for you to solve."

Before this, there were already quite a few people who drew this riddle, but in the end not a single one failed to leave with tails between their legs, giving up in dejection.

Yet this person before them actually managed to persist in thinking, truly astonishing! Yan Shuang'er couldn't help but knit her brows tightly, secretly pondering in her heart: "Only two questions left and I can pocket that exquisite lantern, but this one question has already exhausted my brains, nearly leaving me without a plan..." Such thoughts kept revolving in her mind.

She slowly stretched out her hand, drawing the third bamboo slip from the bamboo tube. Fixing her eyes on it, a line of characters was prominently written — "All mistakes attributed to others."

Yan Shuang'er gazed at these characters, falling into deep thought. A moment later, an idiom surfaced in her mind — "to falsely accuse the victim / to turn the tables on the accuser."

But when she pondered deeply again, she faintly felt this answer seemed not that accurate, as if something was off. Just like that, she was undecided, her heart full of conflict and hesitation.

Right at this moment, the surrounding onlookers could no longer hold back their anxious mood. You must know, those who could pass through barriers and reach the ninth question were few to begin with, let alone being only one step away from the grand prize! Someone in the crowd shouted: "Don't be anxious, think slowly, absolutely don't give up lightly!"

Immediately after, waves of shouting rose and fell, everyone cheering for Yan Shuang'er. Even Qianqian standing beside her waved her little hand, shouting at the top of her voice: "San Jie, jiayou! San Jie is definitely the best!"

Facing the waves of encouragement from all around, Yan Shuang'er was not swayed. She took a deep breath, steadied her spirit, after repeated weighing and consideration, finally gritted her teeth, and hesitantly spoke her answer: "Take care of yourself then."

Right at this moment, the boss unhurriedly spoke: "Answer..." He deliberately drew out his voice, as if wanting to hook everyone's appetite. Hearing this opening, everyone held their breath, waiting with full concentration for the rest.

When the boss finally uttered the two words "Correct", the tense atmosphere at the scene instantly vanished like smoke, everyone exhaled long breaths as if relieved of a heavy burden.

Qianqian beside her excitedly danced hand and foot, she shouted at San Jie beside her with a face full of admiration: "San Jie, you are truly too formidable! Jiayou jiayou, only the last question left!"

Yan Shuang'er smiled looking at Qianqian, gently nodding in response: "Mm, I will definitely work hard to win the lantern back for Qianqian!" Qianqian replied with a heart full of joy: "San Jie is so good!"

Immediately after, Qianqian turned her head to look at the boss, impatiently urging: "Start quickly!" The boss smiled slightly, then slowly took out a bamboo tube from behind him.

Only to see inside that bamboo tube there were merely five slips, obviously pitifully few in number. Originally, the boss knew well that people who could answer all questions correctly and persist to the end were not many, therefore he specially selected five questions of extremely high difficulty as the final checkpoint, to increase the competition's interest and challenge.

Yan Shuang'er stared unblinkingly at those five slips, after brief thought casually drew one. She fixed her eyes on it, on the slip was prominently written: "Two people with moon, one big one small, adult brings child, think and it's very simple. Please guess a phrase."

Different from previous questions, this time no longer limited to characters or idioms, but expanded to the broader category of phrases, undoubtedly bringing greater difficulty to the answerer.

Yan Shuang'er's beautiful brows tightly knit, gaze falling on that slip, her heart had already beaten a retreat. She stared at that slip, exhausted her brains yet still had no clue.

However, thinking she couldn't disappoint Qianqian beside her who was full of anticipation, she forced her spirits up, and once more fell into bitter contemplation.

After all this is the last question, if answered correctly, she could pocket that incomparably exquisite, enviable heavy-work lantern. Therefore, the surrounding gathered crowd grew more and more, everyone curiously watching Yan Shuang'er, whispering, discussing animatedly.

Even the usually lively and adorable Qianqian at this moment couldn't help but secretly pinch a sweat for Yan Shuang'er, Yan Wang and Yan Jie standing beside also had faces full of nervousness.