Chapter 437 Ning Xi gave up her memory
Ning Xi froze, but quickly reacted. The temperature on her jade face rose rapidly. Without saying a word, her small hand quietly placed itself on Ye Fan's waist and twisted forcefully.
"Hiss——"
The sound of sucking in cold air attracted Shen Li's attention. She turned her head to look at Ye Fan doubtfully, "Brother Ye, what's wrong with you?"
"N-nothing."
Ye Fan smiled as if nothing had happened, his eyes fixed on the stage.
Seeing this, Shen Li didn't think much of it, continued to watch the competition.
Seeing Shen Li no longer paying attention to this side, Ye Fan slightly turned his head, his thin lips pursed: "If you don't agree, you don't agree. Pinching people isn't what a good baby does."
"Wasn't a good baby in the first place!"
Ning Xi's fragrant cheeks were rosy, her autumn-water long eyes filled with shyness like water, "Who asked you to speak recklessly regardless of the occasion? Serves you right!"
Ye Fan chuckled lowly continuously.
For him, Ning Xi's shy appearance was something he could never get enough of.
The first event lasted twenty-seven minutes, 44 contestants successfully advanced. When He Dong announced the results, the staff quickly changed the props on the stage. Messy drawing boards were brought onto the stage one by one, each drawing board filled with various colors.
He Dong began to announce the competition rules, "Each drawing board has a total of ten colors, fifty drawing boards in total. The memorization time is half an hour. Afterwards, the large screen will display three drawing boards: one correct answer, two distractors."
"Contestants need to choose one of the drawing boards, then can remove one distractor, and have the opportunity to swap. Among the 8 contestants, the 4 contestants with the shortest time and correct answer will advance. The other four contestants will be eliminated."
"Next, please welcome the 8 contestants to the stage."
Ning Xi, who was just about to go on stage, was called to stop by Ye Fan just as she stood up.
"Understood the rules clearly?"
"Mm, clear."
Ning Xi bent down, leaned close to Ye Fan's ear, said inaudibly low: "Go up and choose, then swap."
"Clever."
Ye Fan smiled knowingly. Looking at the girl so close, he couldn't help but ruffle her fine hair.
This action made Ning Xi reproach coquettishly, complained: "Don't mess around, you've messed up my hair."
Regarding the two's whispering, Shen Li chose to turn a blind eye, looked at the competition rules displayed on the large screen, her brows furrowed.
These rules look a bit strange?
Always feel something isn't right!
8 contestants went on stage and stood in a row, 6 boys, 2 girls.
Xia Jiuqi's gaze had been locked on Ning Xi all along. Pang Yunfei beside her started a conversation out of nowhere: "Little Xia, how about Teacher Jin and I play a small game?"
"What small game?"
"Each of us chooses one contestant. Whoever's chosen contestant advances first, wins. The winner can then swap one contestant from the other two's teams later, the opponent cannot refuse."
Hearing this suggestion, Jin Jueping nodded in agreement without even thinking. Regarding his own judgment, he was very confident.
Xia Jiuqi hesitated for a moment, also agreed to this suggestion. Before the two could speak, she proactively said a name.
"I choose Ning Xi."
First move is strong, later move suffers!
Xia Jiuqi knew this principle very well, so while agreeing, she directly chose Ning Xi, completely giving the two no chance to react.
Hearing Xia Jiuqi's choice, both Jin Jueping and Pang Yunfei laughed, a meaningful look appearing in their expressions. Each chose a contestant they were optimistic about.
The three didn't turn off their microphones while talking, so whether it was the contestants or host He Dong, everyone heard this bet.
He Dong half-jokingly said: "The three teachers really know how to play. The elimination round hasn't even ended, and they're already eyeing the contestants in other teachers' teams. I believe everyone is very curious to know which teacher will have the last laugh."
"The competition is about to begin. 8 contestants, please prepare. Three, two, one; timing begins!"
Just as his voice fell, an uproar sounded at the recording site.
At the same time He Dong announced the start of the competition, 7 of the 8 contestants on stage all walked towards the drawing boards to start memorizing. Only Ning Xi went in the opposite direction, directly walking to the corresponding position in the answering area, removed the blocking card, and started tapping on the mobile phone screen.
This is...
Answering?
What kind of international joke is this? Not even memorizing?
Crazy!
Absolutely crazy!!!
Xia Jiuqi also looked dumbfounded, not understanding what Ning Xi was doing. Instead, Jin Jueping and Pang Yunfei, after seeing Ning Xi's action, their faces abruptly changed.
In the area where the offstage contestants sat, discussions were continuous.
"Damn, what is she doing?"
"Gave up?"
"Something's not right, giving up observation and directly answering…"
"Hiss, I seem to have suddenly understood something, there's a problem with the rules!"
...
There was no lack of smart people among the contestants. From Ning Xi's actions, they quickly reacted. After re-thinking the competition rules, they instantly understood everything.
But as the saying goes, the onlooker sees most of the game .
The 7 contestants in the competition didn't realize anything, still diligently memorizing.
From He Dong announcing the start of the competition to Ning Xi finishing her answer, the whole process only took fourteen seconds.
At the fifteenth second, a real-time message appeared on the large screen.
Contestant No. 50 Ning Xi, time taken 14.22 seconds, answered correctly, successfully advanced!
At this moment, basically all the contestants had reacted. Only Xia Jiuqi was still kept in the dark . Especially after seeing Ning Xi advance first, she was even more dumbfounded .
What's going on?
But no one explained it to her, because the competition hadn't ended yet!
Ning Xi tilted her head up to look at the advancement message on the large screen, the corners of her eyes curved, muttered to herself: "Looks like my luck isn't bad."
The girl nodded towards the referee, then walked offstage alone and returned to Ye Fan's side.
"Gege, I advanced."
"Amazing, come give me a kiss."
"You…"
Ning Xi's pretty face turned completely red. Especially when she sensed Shen Li's odd gaze, she was so shy she just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. Could only threaten in a low voice: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll really get angry!"
"Just kidding, why did you take it seriously?"
"…"
Kidding?
How can one joke like that!
Moreover, still in front of Shen Li...
Ning Xi indignantly and shyly gave Ye Fan a white eye roll. After sitting down, she crossed her arms, turned her head aside as if in a pique, deliberately ignoring Ye Fan.
Ye Fan's eyes carried a smile. Ning Xi was his source of happiness.
Shen Li lightly bit her red lip, said faintly: "You two… have kissed?"
When asking, her gaze was fixed intently on Ye Fan's face, her mood a mix of five flavors ( idiom: mixed feelings).
Ye Fan raised an eyebrow, said lightly: "Of course, not only have we kissed, but we've also slept together. Is there a problem?"
Hearing this, Shen Li's pretty face turned pale, her body swayed violently.
In contrast, Ning Xi felt like dying. She turned around angrily, her face full of faint resentment, "What nonsense are you talking? Clearly that time was because…"
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