Chapter 253
Chapter 253
I’m sorry, Grandma Wang whom I’ve never met.
Yun Youyou decided her luck was simply bad.
All these questions were flawed.
She handed the workbook to Lu Keke.
“Sweetie, you choose this time.”
Lu Keke was afraid that if Yun Youyou failed another problem, she would eat the entire book.
So he considerately chose the question with the fewest words.
In his innocence, he did not know that sometimes the shortest questions were the hardest to solve.
After thinking for a while, Yun Youyou defined x once again.
X: Sis! Stop defining me!
Lu Keke listened patiently beside her.
His main role was to serve as a mascot.
The sitting room became extremely quiet.
Only the scratch of writing could be heard.
Yun Youyou stopped her pen and raised an arm triumphantly.
“I solved it.”
The answer was just a little wrong.
Lu Keke hurriedly applauded.
“Youyou, you’re amazing.”
Frowning, Yun Youyou read her answer aloud.
“So if you deposit ten thousand yuan in a bank, you’ll have one billion after a year?”
Even Yun Youyou had lost confidence.
But that was what her calculations said.
It was written clearly in black and white.
Ten thousand yuan in the bank became one billion, principal and interest, after one year?
That was more outrageous than winning the lottery.
Lu Keke counted on his fingers.
“Ones, tens, hundreds…”
He did not know exactly how much one billion was, but he knew it was a lot of money.
He sniffed.
“Youyou… maybe you should stop calculating. I’m scared.”
Yun Youyou: …
Forget you. Even I’m scared.
A soft laugh came from nearby.
Yun Youyou and Lu Keke both looked to the right.
Ji Lin stood in the corridor.
He held one fist to his lips, hiding his smile.
His lips were covered, but nothing could hide the laughter in his eyes.
Yun Youyou’s old face reddened.
Math truly was not her strength.
Ji Lin walked over, bent down, and took the book from her hand.
He casually flipped through it.
“These are Math Olympiad problems. They’re difficult if you haven’t learned the methods.”
Yun Youyou immediately sighed in relief.
A smart person knew when to accept a graceful exit.
Ji Lin had already built the steps, so Yun Youyou promptly climbed down them.
“Math problems these days really are difficult. Much harder than when I was young.”
Biting his finger, Lu Keke looked at Ji Lin with adorable eyes.
“Can you solve them?”
Ji Lin did not directly claim he could. He only said, “I’d have to look.”
Yun Youyou’s mind immediately came alive.
She promptly dumped the burden of teaching Lu Keke math onto Ji Lin.
“Keke, study hard with Brother Ji. He’s very smart.”
Lu Keke asked, “Youyou, aren’t you smart?”
With shameless confidence, Yun Youyou declared, “He has little smarts. I have great wisdom. I’m so wise I look foolish.”
Ji Lin: …
Lu Keke did not know what “great wisdom often appears foolish” meant.
He frowned and puffed his cheeks, thinking for a long time as if making a major decision.
Only after ages did he make his difficult choice.
“Then I want little smarts too.”
Yun Youyou: …
You really are the smart one, kid.
People said children spoke without restraint. Yun Youyou thought the literature of childish honesty was even scarier than the literature of passive aggression.
“I’m leaving. Take your time studying.”
Yun Youyou practically fled.
After leaving the small sitting room upstairs, Yun Youyou headed to the little garden on the first floor.
A breeze brushed past.
The refreshing fragrance of roses drifted into her nose.
Yun Youyou inhaled deeply and nearly sucked in a passing bee.
The bee narrowly escaped and flew away crookedly.
Yun Youyou, who had also narrowly escaped, sprawled lazily across a chair.
A gazebo stood nearby.
Doctor Lan was reading a book.
He read with his head lowered for a while.
Whatever he saw, he suddenly set down the book and put on surgical gloves.
Was he performing surgery?
Yun Youyou walked over curiously.
Afraid of disturbing him, she deliberately slowed down until her footsteps were nearly silent.
But Doctor Lan still noticed her.
“Want to come take a look?”
His smile was gentle. A pair of silver-framed glasses rested on his nose, adding a touch of sharpness to his usual warmth.
Yun Youyou took the invitation and approached.
A stone table stood inside the gazebo.
A piece of blue nonwoven fabric lay in the center, with several scalpels beside it.
Yun Youyou craned her neck curiously.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m observing exactly how much blood a mosquito can drink in one bite.”
Yun Youyou focused her eyes.
Sure enough, a lazy mosquito lay on the blue fabric.
She looked closer.
Its wings had been plucked off. No wonder it had not flown away.
Yun Youyou asked, “Whose blood did this mosquito drink?”
Doctor Lan said, “I’m not certain, but I caught it on Su Gou.”
Yun Youyou said, “…Oh. So it’s Su Gou’s blood.”
At that moment, a huge mosquito bite swelled on Su Gou’s arm.
The villa did not have any bug-bite lotion.
Irritated, he could only press a cross into the bump with his fingernails.
Doctor Lan was now in the garden.
Doctor Lan picked up the mosquito with tweezers.
The poor mosquito struggled desperately but could not escape.
The Vampire searched the villa and finally spotted Yun Youyou in the garden from the second-floor terrace.
He immediately went downstairs and headed toward the gazebo.
Hearing footsteps behind him, Doctor Lan set down the mosquito.
“The supersized mosquito is here.”
Supersized mosquito?
Yun Youyou turned and found the Vampire.
The Vampire = an enormous mosquito?
The comparison was strange but oddly fitting.
The supersized mosquito smoothly inserted himself between Yun Youyou and Doctor Lan.
He said nothing and simply stood there.
Doctor Lan smiled without speaking.
Yun Youyou: …
One of you say something.
Otherwise, this is really awkward for me!
Perhaps it heard its companion’s cry for help.
Another mosquito flew over in circles.
Three gazes locked onto it.
Yun Youyou watched helplessly as the mosquito landed on her face.
She raised a hand to swat it dead.
Before she could move, two palms shot toward her at lightning speed.
Yun Youyou: !!!
Horror filled her face.
Smack!
The two palms struck Yun Youyou’s face one after the other.
When the hands withdrew, the mosquito wobbled away.
The Vampire quickly reached out and crushed it.
He immediately turned to claim credit, exclaiming excitedly, “Youyou, I killed the mosquito!”
A bright red handprint remained on Yun Youyou’s face.
It did not hurt, but the humiliation was overwhelming.
Grinding her teeth, she let out a few fake laughs.
“Ha. Ha. Thank you so much.”