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Chapter 572: Not interested even in the champion prize
If was because of this uess the riddle
“Ning’er, how about we have a guess at this lantern?”
Chu Shao Bai happily pulled Chen Ning over to the rectangular lantern and began reading the riddle on it
“Yi, this is aquestion” He slowly read it, “The first one is: not white, not black, and not red or yellow It is like a fox, wolf, cat, and dog, but it is neither tamed or wild”
After a pause, he read the second line, “There are poems, words, and ceremonies It is fuzzy to the north, south, east, and west Although it is short, it is still a wonderful word Give one word for each line”
After reading it, he couldn’t help knitting his brows like the people around hi the riddle would be as easy as flipping his paliven the ht that this riddle was harder than he expected
He thought ofHe couldn’t help feeling frustrated
Looking up, he saw her slightly s said with a faint save a gasp and looked at her ide eyes
“I say, youngthat this riddle that all these people cannot guess is not that hard?”
“Humph, words are easy to say Since you say this riddle is hard, why don’t you give the answer?”
Many people were not convinced and looked at Chen Ning with cold eyes
Chu Shao Bai’s eyes revealed an angry look and he coldly said, “You untalented scholars, if you don’t have the skills, how can you say others lack in skills? You only kno to be jealous, no wonder you have large white beards and white robes, you don’t deserve violet robes!”
Those people speaking critically earing the white clothes of scholars They had been proud of their status, but they had been fiercely slapped by Chu Shao Bai’s words
These people were annoying and pointed at Chu Shao Bai while saying, “Stinky brat, stop covering for that girl Since she dares act so arrogantly, then she should speak her answer and allow use jealous scholars see this little girl take the cha rubbed her chin and dis a lantern riddle, it isn’t that difficult Even if they give me the chaood impression of these scholars They spoke in a jealous voice, were narrow minded, and were not tolerant of others, no wonder they did not have any achievements If she was the chief examiner, she would have never ad this, everyone in the area looked at her and their chins fell
This youngwith a grin, “This uessed the riddle, then please write it on a piece of paper This little one will bring it to the lantern’s owner to check If you guess right, then we’ll have to congratulate this miss”
His appearance clearly showed that he did not believe Chen Ning had guessed the answer
Chen Ning nodded with a smile She wrote tords on a piece of paper and handed it over to the man
This man quickly left the croith the piece of paper and walked up the stage He said soave hi looked up froe and saw that the oldThis should be the host for the lantern riddle game