Chapter 214 The answer lies in the puzzle

"Don't talk nonsense to me here. We don't have such a custom!"

Tao Ya said to Xia Yu with dissatisfaction, what about this kid has been talking nonsense since ancient times.

"Eh? Then there are no people in your country who have the nickname of Immortal?"

"..."

Touya was speechless for a moment at this remark. He really couldn't refute it. After all, he knew what their country was like.

The so-called immortals are just a means of marketing and promotion. It sounds good verbally, but it only adds added value to the products without any practical significance.

However, judging from the tone of the kid in front of him, it seemed more like a joke, as if he was teasing that he seemed to be working every time they met.

Really, it’s not like he likes working that’s why he works everywhere, he just has no choice.

After all, the snow rabbit is such a big eater. If he doesn't work hard to earn money, he won't even have enough money to buy snacks for the snow rabbit.

If possible, he would also like to earn enough money for Sakura to go to junior high school, high school, and college.

Now his father is the only one working in the family, and he also has to share the pressure for the family.

Retracting his scattered thoughts, Tao Ya stared at Xia Yu in front of him and asked unhappily, "Why are you here, kid? Are you also a contestant? The team in front hasn't finished the puzzle yet, so you can't come in."

"Who said I'm a contestant? I came here to watch her solve the puzzle." Xia Yu raised his chin towards Li Meiling who was still thinking in front of him.

At this moment, Li Meiling clapped her hands with her fists and cheered, "I know!"

After saying that, Li Meiling picked up the ten matches arranged in the shape of a five-pointed star and scattered them into the sky.

"The goddess scatters flowers~"

The matchstick thrown into the air spun and flew for a moment, then spun again and fell down.

Li Meiling put her hands on her hips and smiled confidently. She didn't think there was anything wrong with her answer at all.

"In this way, the matchsticks become stars in the sky."

Seeing this outrageous answer, Touya covered his head helplessly: "Wrong answer."

"Why?!"

Hearing that this answer was wrong, Li Meiling glared at Touya in dissatisfaction.

"Because the stars are floating in the sky, your matchstick will still fall down." Xia Yu smiled and came close to Li Meiling and talked to her.

"Think about it, if you keep the matchstick fixed in the air, wouldn't it look more like a star? You can try this, maybe the answer is right?"

"I see."

After hearing what Xia Yu said, Li Meiling didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all. Instead, she looked as if she had suddenly realized something.

Seeing that Li Meiling was really fooled, Xia Yu was a little surprised. It must be said that the Li siblings are really naive.

Li Xiaolang believed that Yamazaki's nonsense was true, and Li Meiling didn't think there was anything wrong with his outrageous guess.

It's a bit silly and cute.

As a staff member, Tao Ya saw that Li Meiling really started to try to fix the matchstick in the air. He couldn't help but sigh and kindly explained.

"This method is also wrong. Think carefully about how to use these ten matchsticks to make another star."

"Eh? Is that wrong?"

Li Meiling was stunned and the matchstick in her hand fell on the table. She couldn't help but glare at Xia Yu.

"So you just lied to me?"

"No, no, I don't know that this is wrong, really, I'm not lying to you."

Xia Yu immediately showed an innocent little expression. How could he admit it at this time?

Li Meiling stared at Xia Yu suspiciously for a few seconds. Seeing that Xia Yu didn't seem to be lying, she snorted and said, "Then I'll believe you for now."

After saying that, Li Meiling looked at the ten matchsticks in front of her again, wondering how to use them to make another star.

"Don't keep staring at the matchstick. Think about it in a different way. The answer is very simple."

Seeing Li Meiling's silly look, Xia Yu felt that it was not good to laugh at the jokes of innocent children all the time, so he reminded her casually. "Change your thinking?" Li Meiling looked at him in confusion.

"That's right. Let me change my mindset and give you a hint. Where are you from?"

"I'm from Hong Kong." Although she didn't know why Xia Yu asked this, Li Meiling still answered honestly.

"So what language do you use in Hong Kong?"

“Kanji.”

"Yes, Chinese characters."

Xia Yu looked at Li Meiling, and he was almost about to say the answer directly.

However, after hearing his hint, Li Meiling was still a little confused and asked, "What do you mean, it's correct? What does Chinese characters have to do with this puzzle?"

Xia Yu: "..."

"you……"

"Cough cough!"

Before Xia Yu could continue to give instructions, Tao Shi suddenly coughed lightly and glanced over with his eyes slanted.

"It would be too much to give another hint. The hint just now is enough."

Hearing this, Xia Yu shook his head regretfully, looked at Li Meiling and said again: "Think about it carefully, the answer is in the puzzle."

"The answer is in the puzzle?"

Li Meiling looked at the cardboard and matchsticks in front of her in confusion. After staring at them for a few seconds, she suddenly realized what was going on and clapped her hands with her fist.

"I understand!"

After she finished speaking, Li Meiling picked up a matchstick and started poking at the cardboard, making several holes in it.

Then she inserted the matchstick into the hole and stood it up, then held up the cardboard to show it to Touya and said confidently.

"Look, Orion."

"wrong……"

Touya was speechless for a moment, the boy had clearly given the answer, the answer was right there in the puzzle, why would he think of such a strange direction.

"why?"

Li Meiling glared at him again in dissatisfaction, but Taoya didn't care at all. He wouldn't give the location of the next puzzle if she didn't answer it correctly anyway. He was not a contestant, so there was no rush.

Li Xiaolang on the side had already sat down with his head in his hands, as if he had already guessed what was happening.

"I said, aren't you going to go up and help?"

Seeing that Li Xiaolang didn't seem to care whether he could win the championship, Xia Yu simply sat down next to him and asked him a question.

"I didn't intend to participate in the competition, and since Meiling chose to answer the questions, she wouldn't let me help."

"Tsk, tsk, I don't think she'll be able to answer it until dark, even though I almost gave her the answer."

"..."

Li Xiaolang had no way to refute this. He also guessed the answer, but since Mei Ling didn't say anything, he couldn't just go forward to help.

"Speaking of which, why don't you compete?"

Li Xiaolang asked Xia Yu curiously. According to his understanding of this guy, this guy should have announced in a high-profile manner that he would win the championship in the competition.

But it was really strange that he only promoted Sakura as the champion and didn't promote himself.

Hearing Li Xiaolang's question, Xia Yu sighed: "I want to, too, but my teammates don't want to participate, so I can only be a spectator."

"Who do you want to team up with?"

"I won't tell you~"

(End of this chapter)