I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"I won't guess."

"There are prizes if you guess correctly." Chen Shuo pointed to the sign next to the stall. "Buy ten riddles for thirty yuan. If you guess five correctly, you'll get a small plush toy. If you guess them all correctly, you'll get the big teddy bear on top."

Bai Xiaoqi looked at the large teddy bear, her expression showing some interest, "Can you guess them all correctly?"

"I can't guarantee anything, but I'll definitely be able to guess five correctly, and you can definitely pick a small plush toy to take home."

"So you mean we spend thirty yuan to buy a small doll?"

Chen Shuo looked up and thought for a moment, "Ah, right, you could say that."

"But I've seen those kinds of plush toys on Taobao, and they only cost a dozen yuan."

"This is different. Let's go and try it out. What if we guess them all right? We'll make a profit!"

Chen Shuo scanned the 30 yuan with his phone, then turned the phone screen to show the shopkeeper. The two then began to choose riddles.

The riddles here are hung in groups of ten. Bai Xiaoqi looked up and picked through them for a while, then pointed to a group of riddles with magpies on them, "Shall we guess this one?"

"Okay, this one." Chen Shuo took it apart. He didn't have any requirements; he could guess whichever set it was.

If he were the boss, he would definitely include nine very simple riddles in each set of riddles, and the last one would be so difficult that no one could guess it.

This way, you can make money and also take care of the young couple across the street. After all, the main force in guessing riddles is usually men. If you guess nine correctly and only miss one, it's not shameful at all, but rather quite glorious. You might even enjoy your girlfriend's admiring gaze, which will instantly make you stand out.

Solving riddles isn't about fighting or killing; it's about understanding human relationships and social interactions.

It's clear that the boss is very savvy in interpersonal relationships; the first few questions were quite simple, and the answers were obvious at a glance.

Bai Xiaoqi easily acquired the small plush toys. She said it wasn't worth it, but when it came time to choose, she was still full of excitement and picked out a yellow duck plush toy to hold in her arms.

The difficulty increases as you go on, and by the ninth question, the difficulty has increased significantly.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl talk about the Double Seventh Festival – what is the Chinese idiom?

Fortunately, it wasn't hard to guess. After only a moment's thought, Chen Shuo blurted out the answer, "Sweet talk?"

"Yes, handsome, you're quite skilled. There's only one dish left." The boss smiled, looking completely unfazed.

Seeing the boss's smiling face, Chen Shuo thought that the tenth question must be very difficult, but after he finished the ninth question and saw the question of the last one, his slightly furrowed brows instantly relaxed.

The first few questions were riddles, but this last question has broken away from the riddle framework and is now a game of poetry.

Recite seven poems related to the Qixi Festival.

Chen Shuo might not be confident with those outrageous riddles, but this one...

He glanced at the several large teddy bears displayed on the stall, then turned to Bai Xiaoqi and said confidently, "We have the teddy bears."

"Really?"

"Ah."

The stall owner frowned slightly, sensing that things weren't so simple. Reciting seven poems related to Qixi Festival might be manageable for two or three, but he was sure most people couldn't finish seven.

Look at this young man, so confident! Is he a literature major?

"Handsome, my rule is that you must recite the entire poem without missing or mispronouncing any words."

"know."

Writing poetry may be a difficult task, but Chen Shuo can recite poems off the top of his head. In a short while, he had already recited six poems.

"The silver candle's autumn light chills the painted screen; a light silk fan flutters, chasing away fireflies."

Chen Shuo suddenly stopped after reciting only the first half of the last poem, saying, "You recite the second half."

"Huh?" Bai Xiaoqi was taken aback. "I'll carry it?"

"When we went to the mountains, I asked you what you thought of Du Mu's poem, do you remember?"

"Heavens, the night sky is as cool as water, I lie watching the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl stars?"

“Yes, yes, yes.” Chen Shuo nodded repeatedly, pointing to the large teddy bear on the stall, “Pick one you like.”

“…”

"Thank you, boss!"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi picked out a pure white teddy bear with a red bow tied around its collar, then happily hugged it to her chest and left arm in arm with Chen Shuo, leaving the boss standing there, staring at their backs for a long time without saying a word.

Is he really from the Faculty of Arts?

After walking a short distance away, Bai Xiaoqi handed over the little duck she was holding, saying, "I'll give you this little yellow duck."

"Is it because I'm too lewd again?"

"Yes."

"Thank you." Chen Shuo took the little yellow duck and put it in his pocket, expressing his gratitude casually.

"Flowers for sale! Flowers for sale! Such beautiful flowers!"

Just then, a little flower girl, who looked about eleven or twelve years old, came towards us, speaking Mandarin with a local accent. She was carrying a large bouquet of roses. "Brother, would you like to buy a bouquet of flowers for this pretty sister?"

A large bouquet of roses, vibrant and beautiful, stood before Chen Shuo. He leaned down and asked, "How much?"

"Eighteen yuan a flower, ninety-nine yuan nine flowers."

"So expensive?"

Bai Xiaoqi exclaimed in surprise. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but ask, "Where did you get these flowers from?"

"?"

The little girl was stunned. It was her first time selling flowers and she had encountered someone like this. She was a little flustered. After a moment, she looked at Chen Shuo and asked, "Brother, can you buy a bouquet of flowers for my sister?"

"Shall we buy a few?" Chen Shuo turned his gaze to Bai Xiaoqi beside him and asked.

"Sister, let's buy a bouquet of flowers for brother?" The little girl was very perceptive and turned her gaze to him as well.

"That...."

Bai Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment, then held up two fingers, "We'll buy two flowers. Can you give us a discount? Eighteen yuan for two flowers, okay?"

“…”

The little girl paused for a moment, then looked at Chen Shuo, "Brother, can you buy my sister a bouquet of flowers?"

"How about two flowers for twenty-five yuan?" Chen Shuo raised the price a bit.

"..."

The little girl looked up and thought for a moment, then looked down at the flowers in her arms, and pulled out two bunches from a large bouquet.

Chapter 192 Today is a Holiday...

arrive home.

Bai Xiaoqi's first task was to start growing the flowers. Since she didn't have a vase at home, she found a large Coke bottle, cut the top open with scissors, and then, following the information she found online, poured some water into it and put the flowers in.

The two bouquets of roses looked quite nice on the TV cabinet, but the Coke bottle was a bit of a letdown. Chen Shuo stared at it for a while and said, "We should have bought a vase when we came back."

"No need to buy it. I read online that this kind of flower will die within a few days if kept in water."

"Then we'll grow flowers on the rooftop after the house is renovated."

"Let's grow grass instead; flowers are hard to grow."

"So grass is easy to grow?"

His question made Bai Xiaoqi a little less confident. After thinking for a moment, she asked uncertainly, "Isn't grass easier to grow than flowers?"

"Probably." Chen Shuo chuckled, went to the corner of the living room, moved the sit-up board to an open space, and then began exercising.

Bai Xiaoqi stared at him for a while, not knowing what he was laughing about, then her cat ears twitched twice before she turned and went to the bedroom to get her nightgown and take a shower in the bathroom.

When she came out of the shower wearing a nightgown, Chen Shuo was leaning on the balcony railing looking out. Bai Xiaoqi curiously leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"There's a fight downstairs, and the police have arrived."

Ordinary people always love to watch a spectacle. At this moment, a crowd gathered downstairs, craning their necks to see what was going on. The residents upstairs were not to be outdone, with the elderly and children standing on their balconies to look down.

One of the two policemen was an acquaintance.

Du Bin.

I guess he's on duty tonight; he's dressed very formally right now, trying to persuade me.

The people trying to mediate were a man and a woman, a married couple. They had just had a fight, and the man's forehead was bleeding profusely. He was covering it with his hand and kept crying out, "Family ties are broken! Family ties are broken!"

The woman didn't look so badly hurt; she was just missing one of the wheels on her high heels. Clearly, the man didn't get the better of her.

The matter wasn't complicated. The young couple went out to celebrate Qixi Festival and came back, and for some reason they started arguing. They started arguing as soon as they entered the community, and as the argument escalated, the woman took off her high heels and hit her husband on the head.

Caught off guard, the man was stunned by the high heel. Having lost the initiative, the beating turned into a one-sided assault.

"That woman is really ruthless. Look how badly she hit that man with her high heels. He looks terrible."

“Exactly, she could do that to her own husband.” Bai Xiaoqi chimed in from the side.

Chen Shuo turned to look at her without saying a word. Although she seemed harmless, he knew that if this girl were to actually hurt him, he would only suffer more.

Noticing Chen Shuo's gaze, Bai Xiaoqi turned to meet his eyes, her big eyes blinking. After a moment, she asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me?"

"Whatever you do, don't follow that woman's example, you hear me?"

"I don't wear high heels."

"Does this have anything to do with whether you wear high heels or not? What I mean is, if we argue, please don't hit me, okay?"

"I won't, I'll only bite you."

"Are they bitten separately?"

“…”

If Bai Xiaoqi had heard this before, she would have been completely confused, but now... Anya said something similar today.

Then she specifically asked about it, and from then on, a whole new world opened up for her; she realized that Chinese characters could be used in this way.

She reached out and pinched Chen Shuo's waist. "Go take a shower. You're all sweaty and smell awful."

"Do you know what I'm talking about?" Chen Shuo was a little surprised. This silly little cat had secretly taken extra lessons and mastered such profound knowledge.