As soon as Chenchen asked the question, the girls at the counter were stunned, exchanging confused looks.
Even the guests at the front tables started racking their brains.
"The rice's mother? Isn't it rice plant?" someone ventured a guess.
"Come on, it's a riddle! That's just common sense!"
"The rice's mom... I got it! It's the rice field! Rice grows from fields! Chenchen, am I right?" a ponytailed girl exclaimed, thinking she had cracked it.
Chenchen shook her head.
"What? No?" The girl was crestfallen.
"Then what could it be? the rice's mom..."
"This is tragic. Five 985 college students, ganged up against a four-year-old, and still losing! Shameful!"
"We've brought disgrace to our alma mater. If the principal hears of this, we'll all get expelled for sure!"
"Highly possible!"
...
They gave up after failing to solve it. One girl raised her hand in defeat.
"We give up. Chenchen, what's the answer?"
"The answer is 'flower' — because it's 'hua sheng mi' (peanut)! Ugh, it was so easy..." Chenchen sighed in disappointment. She couldn't understand how these older sisters could be so dumb.
"Peanut?"
"Pffff—ah hahahahaha! That's brilliant!"
"Oh my god, this answer is killing me!"
"My stomach hurts from laughing!"
"Oops—sorry, I didn't mean to spit on you. Let me wipe it..."
...
The girls and several guests burst into uncontrollable laughter. One girl even squatted down, holding her stomach.
The worst was a customer seated directly across from the counter who, unable to hold it in, sprayed a mouthful of noodle soup all over his friend.
Seeing Chenchen single-handedly throwing the whole restaurant into chaos, Su Zhu, who had been watching at the door, shook her head with a wry smile and walked over.
"Mommy, I was playing riddles with the big sisters. They're so silly, they couldn't guess a single one!" Chenchen declared proudly upon seeing Su Zhu.
"They're just letting you win." Su Zhu chuckled as she picked up the water cup at the counter and opened it. "Here, Chenchen, have some water."
Meanwhile, Ouyang Yunjian and Meng Yu were in their G-Class Benz, just two red lights away from Su Zhu's noodle shop.
The window was down, and Meng Yu had one arm hanging outside while casually resting the other on the steering wheel, waiting at a red light and glancing around aimlessly.
On the side road, a girl in a white dress with a ponytail was riding a pink electric scooter.
Suddenly, an elderly man walking in front of her staggered and fell to the ground.
The girl immediately stopped her scooter and hurried over to help. Just as she bent down to check on him, the old man suddenly rolled over, grabbed her dress, and yelled that she had hit him.
At the same time, several men who had been lounging on the curb jumped up and rushed toward the girl.
"These scumbags are really pulling a scam in broad daylight. Do they even care about the law anymore?" Meng Yu slammed the steering wheel, cursing angrily. Ouyang Yunjian's face was frosty.
The light turned green.
Without hesitation, Meng Yu turned the wheel sharply and merged into the side lane.
A car behind them almost crashed and the driver leaned out, ready to curse—only to retreat upon seeing the G-Wagon, muttering instead, "Damn rich people..."
Knowing exactly what Meng Yu was about to do, Ouyang Yunjian didn't stop him.
After years of friendship, he understood Meng Yu too well. If he didn't step in when seeing this kind of thing, then he wouldn't be Meng Yu.
Besides, that old man was truly shameless. If society keeps tolerating this, no good person would dare to step up anymore.
Xu Lin had never imagined that a scam she'd only seen on the news would happen to her.
Just off work, she saw the old man fall and instinctively rushed over. But the moment she bent down, she was accused of hitting him.
Now both furious and scared, Xu Lin was crying and pleading nonstop.
"Please, I swear I didn't hit him!"
"I saw the old man fall and I was worried. I just wanted to check on him."
"Sir, please say something. I didn't touch you."
"Can anyone help me? Please, I beg you."
"Sob sob sob..."
No one among the crowd dared to speak up, fearing retaliation from the three thugs. Not a single person stood up for Xu Lin.
"Cut the crap. My old man's that age, you think he'd fake this? Pay up!"
"If you didn't hit him, why'd you stop? Everyone else walked by. Only you stopped!"
"Six thousand yuan or you don't leave! And we're being generous 'cause you're young—otherwise, ten thousand minimum!"
"Little brat, hit someone and still won't admit it. Where do you work? I'll report you!"
"No money? Fine, we'll call the cops. Let's see if you'd rather go to jail or cough it up!"
"Please, sir, please, just say something! I'm begging you!" Xu Lin sobbed harder, utterly shaken. Even if she wanted to pay, she didn't have the money—she was still in her internship period, earning only 2,500 yuan a month.
"It was you, all right? Stop pretending. I'm seventy, you think I'd lie? Ow, it hurts so bad... take me to the hospital... I'm dying here..." the old man wailed dramatically, lying flat on the ground.
"What, you not gonna pay now? Cat got your tongue?" One of the men, the one with a neck tattoo, began shoving Xu Lin.
Xu Lin lowered her head and just kept crying, too afraid to speak.
"You trying to play dumb now? You little bitch, I'll slap the crap out of you!"
As he raised his hand to strike—
Out of nowhere, a young man burst from a recently stopped G-Wagon and launched a flying kick straight at him.
With tremendous force, the kick sent the tattooed man sprawling face-first to the ground.
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