Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius
Chapter 23: This One’s a Tough Problem!

Chapter 23: Chapter 23: This One’s a Tough Problem!

Director Wang saw that Sister Xi Zhi was about to trick him again, and hurriedly stopped her: "No, the price on the work-point board is for lunch, it hasn’t been updated for dinner yet!"

Sister Xi Zhi calmly replied, "According to the program rules, we exchange based on the prices on the work-point board. I’ve already completed the exchange, the transaction stands, and any later changes won’t affect our deal."

Director Wang: Numb face.jpg

Anyway, he could never outtalk Sister Xi Zhi!

"Fine, since the transaction is confirmed, there’s absolutely no refund!!!" Director Wang gritted his teeth and said furiously.

He wanted to see how Sister Xi Zhi was going to finish so much food on her own! When she couldn’t finish it, she’d regret it!

Fang Zhuyue looked at Sister Xi Zhi’s boldness and quietly advised, "Sister Xi Zhi, work points are hard to come by, are you really not saving some? How are you going to eat so much?"

"It’s okay, I’m not eating alone." Sister Xi Zhi smiled and turned to walk toward the village chief.

"Village chief, I want to invite everyone in the village to have dinner together, is that convenient for you?"

The village chief was discussing matters with the villagers in the courtyard when he heard Sister Xi Zhi and quickly replied, "No need, you all are filming, we’ll just cook our own meals at home, the children are back from school and have homework to do!"

Sister Xi Zhi: "It’s alright, it’s no trouble! I’ve got only a little food here, the advantage is convenience, everyone can save the effort to cook at night, bring the children over too, I can also help them with their homework."

[So it was to invite the villagers, Sister Xi Zhi really understands the ways of the world!]

[New fan, the more I watch her, the more I like her, she’s very observant, rural people usually cook early, and many have delayed due to harvesting corn, even if they enjoyed listening to stories in the afternoon, they might be anxious at night, but with Sister Xi Zhi’s suggestion, the villagers must feel very comfortable!]

[Speaking of which, I’m learning law, focusing techniques, interpersonal skills through life variety shows... Sister Xi Zhi should perhaps switch careers and start teaching!]

In the courtyard, the villagers were a bit hesitant, but upon hearing Sister Xi Zhi say she could help with the children’s homework, they were tempted.

In Ping’an Village, very few middle-aged and older people are educated, some can’t even read, and they often face problems with their children’s homework.

But those on TV from the program group are from big cities, surely they could understand the children’s homework.

Only then did the villagers agree, repeatedly thanking her.

The village chief took a look at the ingredients Sister Xi Zhi had just exchanged and straightforwardly brought out a rooster from the chicken coop at home, "I’ll add a dish for everyone!"

Other villagers:

"I’ll bring back a few duck eggs!"

"I still have two pounds of salted meat at home, I’ll bring it over too!"

"I have a big jar of plum wine brewed last year, I’ll bring it!"

...

Sister Xi Zhi’s amount of food doubled.

Director Wang lounging in the recliner: My whole body has become numb.

While he was spacing out, Fang Zhuyue joined in too, "Director Wang, then I’ll take the worst house, and exchange the remaining work points for ingredients to treat everyone, luckily with the villagers’ help today!"

Zhong Yulu snapped out of her daze and also stepped forward softly, "Me too, I can hand over all my work points to Sister Xi Zhi to arrange."

Ji Fengyuan followed Zhong Yulu, but he was now only disgusted with Sister Xi Zhi, so he handed all work points to Zhong Yulu.

Among the guests, only Zhu Xiu’an was left, he pained at the thought of his house, his face twisting, "Then...then I’ll give up the house too..."

Director Wang finally erupted, "Absolutely impossible!!!"

"No one think about backing out! The deal is done, absolutely no refund! Nothing means nothing!"

Director Wang had learned Sister Xi Zhi’s tactic perfectly, and turned to use it on the other guests.

Not just that, he took advantage of everyone’s distraction to add a string of zeros to the ingredient exchange board.

Guests: "..."

Zhu Xiu’an: "Phew...I kept my house~"

-

In no time, the entire village of Ping’an came over.

The courtyard of the village chief’s house was packed with people, some bringing chickens, some bringing ducks, and a crafty villager even brought a pair of Double Happiness window cuttings.

The scene was as bustling as celebrating the New Year.

How could "Life Experience" have ever had such a lively and abundant scene?

Sister Xi Zhi was in the kitchen, with uncles, aunts, grandpas, and grandmas from the village helping prepare the ingredients, some even asking Sister Xi Zhi on the spot for cooking tips.

The whole scene was harmonious and joyful.

The other guests looked somewhat bewildered.

Before the show began filming, whose agent didn’t repeatedly instruct to endure hardships on the program, that the more hardship one endures, the more popular they become.

After filming started, all nonsense, what hardship, I want to slack off!

Having already handed over her work points to Sister Xi Zhi, Fang Zhuyue had come to terms with it.

With work points in her hands, they could only exchange for some cabbage leaves, but in Sister Xi Zhi’s hands, they could trick Director Wang into losing everything!

She was lying down anyway, and everyone else could do whatever!

Even penny-pinching Zhu Xiu’an cautiously handed the remaining dozen work points to Sister Xi Zhi, knowing his few work points assured him just a meal for tonight.

Zhong Yulu glanced at the live stream camera, and simply handed over her and Ji Fengyuan’s work points to Sister Xi Zhi.

[Wuwuwu, Jianyu CP is the sweetest!! So sweet~]

[Sorry, now I only want to ship the cult, Sister Xi Zhi*Fang Zhuyue, Control CP, team up to mess with Director Wang?]

[I’ll tentatively ship Security CP then, Innocent Great Silliness*Elite Scholar Big Sister~]

[? Above, so scary, if I’ve sinned, let Sister Xi Zhi punish me, not make me ship such a niche CP!]

...

The villagers were in the kitchen handling ingredients, while the children were writing homework together in the living room.

With the kitchen already crowded, everyone was around Sister Xi Zhi, Zhong Yulu couldn’t get in, so she came back out.

As she stepped out, she saw Fang Zhuyue helping the children with homework in the living room, her eyes lit up, and she immediately went over.

"Zhuyue, I’ll help you teach too."

Zhong Yulu had always had good grades, and had no problem teaching the children’s questions; she taught quickly and accurately, quickly earning a lot of praise in the live stream.

[Lu Lu is impressive! Calculates quickly and accurately~]

[Lu Lu was a top student in school, these are no biggies!]

[Wuwuwu, both a beauty and a top student, love it love it!]

Teaching alone, Fang Zhuyue was leisurely, but with Zhong Yulu here, her rapid solving totally outshined Fang Zhuyue.

Even as blunt as Fang Zhuyue was, she realized she seemed to have been made into a control group pedal.

The more anxious she got, the less she could solve, and spent a long time on one question without getting an answer.

Seeing this, Zhong Yulu said hurriedly, "Zhuyue still hasn’t figured it out? Let me see!"

Zhong Yulu pulled over the paper and immediately regretted it.

This question was rather tough!

-

When Sister Xi Zhi came out of the kitchen, she saw Fang Zhuyue and Zhong Yulu frowning in thought.

She poked her head over to take a look, both were stuck on the same question, a mathematics extension problem for primary school.

It was set by a new university volunteer teacher at Ping’an Primary School.

The kids were all stumped.

Seeking adults’ help, Fang Zhuyue and Zhong Yulu also couldn’t figure out the correct answer.

Fans in the live stream were all anxious.

[Oh my, Fang Zhuyue and Zhong Yulu can’t even solve a primary school math problem? And they call themselves top students, maybe they both leave gaps, they should check thoroughly!]

[Laughing, above, if you can solve it, go solve one! I remember this extra question was from a primary school math competition one year, honestly, I’d need pen and paper to calculate it now too!]

[Absolutely! Today’s primary school questions are really hard, they say it’s to develop intelligence, but when I do it, I feel I have no intelligence at all...]

Sister Xi Zhi wiped her hands, walked behind Fang Zhuyue, glanced at the question.

After just a look at the problem, she said, "The answer is 22."

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