Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 41: Boys Shouldn’t Whine
Yu Xiaowei could barely keep a straight face.
’Nobody asked you, okay!’
But for his father’s sake, she kept a gentle expression as she looked at him. "What are the terms?"
"We’ll split into two teams and compete to see who completes more tasks! If we lose, I’ll apologize to her. If she loses, I want her to get on her knees and apologize to Ye Zuiyi!"
Yu Xiaowei almost cursed out loud. ’Your apology is worthless! And if you lose, you just apologize? But if she loses, she has to kneel and apologize?’
’How full of yourself can you be.’
Ye Zuiyi’s face stiffened. She had just said she wanted to get along peacefully with Gu Zhao!
’Win? Fat chance! If Gu Zhao really is a transmigrator like me, her ability to understand animals is probably her golden finger!’
Just as Ye Zuiyi was about to persuade him to drop this unwinnable bet, Ye Zexi backstabbed her.
Ye Zexi looked at Gu Zhao provocatively. "I think that’s a great idea. Does Gu Zhao dare to agree? If you win, I can allow you to return to the Ye Family, and we’ll dote on you just like before."
He didn’t want Ye Zuiyi to suffer a loss. Yibao was sensible enough to swallow her pride and get along with Gu Zhao, but he, her biological brother, couldn’t bear to see it.
That’s why he thought the bet this kid Yu Zimo proposed was perfect.
Ye Zuiyi’s heart was filled with bitterness, but she had no one to confide in.
Gu Xulin practically laughed out of anger when he heard Ye Zexi’s words. "Is your Ye Family made of gold or something? Gu Zhao couldn’t care less! And your affection? The Gu Family has more people than you! All of us brothers can dote on Gu Zhao!"
Ye Zexi’s expression was calm. "As far as I know, ever since Master Gu Er picked Gu Zhao up, she was just tossed to you, right? Your older brother hasn’t even come home."
After he learned about Gu Zhao and Gu Xulin’s relationship, he had gone and done some checking.
The results of his investigation were that aside from Gu Xulin, the rest of the Gu Family wasn’t very willing to accept her.
Gu Xulin immediately retorted, "Bullshit! Gu Zhao is the one and only little princess of the Gu Family."
[Did Yu Zimo get his brains beaten out of him? Kneel and apologize? Does he even have the right to make such a demand?]
[Gu Xulin said "all the Gu Family brothers dote on her," but we haven’t seen a shadow of them... Could he be bluffing to save face? Gu Zhao’s expression is way too calm, so calm it’s like she’s used to having no one to back her up.]
[I used to think Gu Zhao was pretty cool, but now that I think about it... could she just be embracing the chaos? After all, she’s not liked by either family, so maybe she just has to fend for herself?]
[Gu Xulin: Am I a joke to you?]
"I’ll add another twenty million. If we lose, we’ll give twenty million to Gu Zhao," Ye Zexi said, not wanting to bicker with Gu Xulin.
Hearing the twenty million, Gu Zhao’s eyes lit up. "Okay! I agree, but one condition needs to be changed. If I win, you will voluntarily gift me twenty million, you must all apologize to me together, and each of you must grant me one request!"
Yu Zimo’s face turned ugly. "Why should we!"
"Then the bet’s off," Gu Zhao cut him off.
Yu Zimo suppressed his anger. He wanted to see Gu Zhao kneel and apologize. "Fine!"
He gritted his teeth. "We can agree to that."
Ye Zexi also nodded.
Ye Zuiyi was simply speechless. She couldn’t openly contradict them now, so she could only add, "Well, Gu Zhao... to be fair, you can’t have animals helping you anymore."
Ye Zexi didn’t take it seriously. He didn’t believe anyone could understand animals speak. Gu Zhao just had a better affinity with them and could probably read some of their body language, that’s all.
There were plenty of people like that on the internet.
Yu Xiaowei, whose opinion was completely ignored, fell silent.
Yu Xiaowei: ’There’s something I want to say... but I don’t know if I should... Damn it all.’
Gu Zhao had no objections, so the competition was set.
The two teams were formed. Gu Zhao’s team: Gu Zhao, Gu Xulin, Zhong Siqi and Zhong Mingrui, and the brothers Song Yi and Song Zhe.
The other team had Ye Zuiyi, Ye Zexi, Yu Zimo, and Yu Xiaowei.
Yu Zimo felt their team was short on people and wanted to invite Tang Yuexuan and her sister, but Ye Zexi stopped him.
After confirming, the two teams separated.
...
"Big King, why do we have to compete with them? Wouldn’t it be easier to just beat them up?" Song Yi didn’t understand.
"If we beat them up, they won’t give us money! But if we win, they’ll give us twenty million! Twenty million! That’s enough for me to do nothing for a whole year!" Gu Zhao was very excited, as if the money was already in her pocket.
Zhong Mingrui: "Okay, but Big King can’t use animals to help. What do we do then?"
He thought it would be incredibly difficult without the help of animals.
’The Monkey King commands his subjects, so why shouldn’t she be able to do the same!’
’They’re so petty!’
"Are we going to lose...?" Zhong Mingrui fretted.
Song Yi was also worried. "If Big King loses, you just run. The two of us will block them! If worst comes to worst, I’ll have my brother kowtow to them a few times!"
"My brother can kowtow too!" Zhong Mingrui raised his hand.
[Zhong Siqi & Song Zhe: Danger! Brother-screwing alert! These two little brats want to make us kowtow again?!]
[I suggest the production team give Zhong Siqi and Song Zhe the "Most Tragic Big Brother of the Year" award. These two little brothers are clearly here to collect on a debt.]
Zhong Siqi and Song Zhe: ??!! Is it time to screw over the big brothers again?!
"Sigh, how are we supposed to win?" Song Yi was extremely worried. As Big King’s minister, it was his duty to offer a brilliant plan.
’But! AHHH, why is my brain so empty!’
’Brain, you’re not worthy of me anymore!’
Gu Zhao listened to the two of them chattering and sighed.
"Have you guys ever heard a saying?"
Zhong Mingrui shook his head.
Song Yi tentatively ventured, "Revenge for a gentleman is not too late even after ten years?"
Seeing that this was an acceptable answer, Zhong Mingrui also started guessing. "Of the thirty-six stratagems, the best is to run away?"
Gu Zhao: "Wrong. It’s ’boys shouldn’t whine and complain, they should be active and aim high!’"
Song Yi scratched his head. He didn’t get it, but that was okay, he would pretend he did! "Big King, I am enlightened! I will become an active person who aims high!"
His chance to be the first to flatter her stolen, Zhong Mingrui got anxious. "I’ll be more active and aim higher than him!"
Song Zhe: ...??!! ’Is this what I think it is?’
Zhong Siqi also looked confused. ’No way, Gu Zhao is just a kid. How could she be thinking about... that sort of thing?’
As expected of the person who spent the most time with Gu Zhao, Gu Xulin’s face darkened. "Watch what you say!!"
Gu Zhao put on an innocent face. "Brother, what did I do?"
Gu Xulin fell silent. ’Did I really overthink it?’
The next second, he was sure! He hadn’t overthought it!
Because Gu Zhao turned to her two underlings and said, "But don’t be too active and aim too high, or people will suspect you’ve taken too much Viagra."
[??? I suddenly feel like a car just drove over my face!]
[You guys are overthinking it. Gu Zhao is only five, how could she think like that.]
[Gu Zhao! How could you betray my trust like this! You dirty-minded little girl!]
Gu Xulin: !!!!
"Gu Zhao! You’re asking for a beating!"
Gu Zhao turned and ran!
After the chase ended, the group arrived at the aquatic animal habitat.
Zhong Mingrui found a task card in a trash can.
Why was he looking in a trash can? Because he took a running start and crashed right into it.
The task was to clean the aquarium.
Gu Zhao scanned the area and saw a few dolphins furtively watching them.
Gu Zhao’s eyes lit up.
