Free Web NovelChapter 42: Chapter 42: Wow! Encountered the River Snail Dolphins
"Did Big Sister see us?"
"AHHH, I want her to pet me~" a dolphin exclaimed, rolling around excitedly in the water and making a splash.
Water splashed onto the ground, leaving behind wet marks.
Gu Zhao’s lips curved upward in a somewhat devious smile.
Zhong Mingrui silently took a few steps back. He tapped Song Yi’s shoulder. "Big King hasn’t gone crazy, has she...?"
"It’s all our fault for not stopping Big King."
Song Yi sighed too. "Even if Big King has gone crazy, I’ll still follow her. Worst case, I’ll just have to support Big King and my brother."
"I want to support Big King too! Big King should come with me. My brother doesn’t need my support. You still have to support your brother, so you can’t give Big King your full attention."
Song Yi thought about it and, with a dejected look, agreed. "Alright."
He shot Song Zhe an incredibly resentful look.
Song Zhe: ...
Zhong Siqi, standing beside him, was in a particularly good mood. "Look on the bright side. At least you have a younger brother to support you."
Gu Zhao, not looking sad at all, even comforted Song Yi. "It’s fine. You can each support me on different days. I’ll go to his house on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and your house on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I’ll take Sunday off."
"Yay!" both kids agreed.
[Doesn’t your conscience hurt, Gu Zhao?! If it doesn’t, can you support me too? I have no conscience, so I’m perfect for the job.]
[Pick me! I don’t even need Sundays off!]
After placating her future meal tickets, Gu Zhao put on an aggrieved expression and looked at Gu Xulin. "Brother, I’m so sorry. By following me, you can’t even get a proper meal."
She said this deliberately loudly.
Gu Xulin froze for a moment. Just as he was about to say that wasn’t true, Gu Zhao continued.
"I’m so useless, I can’t even support my own brother! I deserve to eat three meals a day and not gain any weight!! If I can’t get this place clean, I’ll just go find a block of tofu and bash my head against it until I die!"
Gu Zhao secretly glanced at the two dolphins.
"Sigh, but how am I supposed to get this clean? WAAAH, brother, your little sister has failed you! Making you, in your twenties, suffer humiliation along with someone like me, who’s barely started out!"
At first, Gu Xulin didn’t get it, but when he saw Gu Zhao sneaking glances at the dolphins, enlightenment struck!
’We can’t make the animals help! But there’s no rule against them *insisting* on helping!’
Gu Xulin’s face immediately crumpled with despair. "Little sister! It’s because your brother is useless that you had to make a bet with others. If you lose, what if they whip you with a little leather whip!"
Gu Xulin shouted this at the top of his lungs, terrified the dolphins wouldn’t hear him.
Zhong Mingrui and Song Yi also looked grief-stricken. They thought Big King’s brother was already crying so hard.
’Has Big King... really lost her mind?’
The emotions hit their peak, and the two kids started crying for real.
Zhong Siqi and Song Zhe glanced at each other... their eyes asking the same question.
’Should we cry? Wouldn’t it be antisocial not to?’
The two infatuated dolphins grew anxious. "Big Sister! Don’t cry!"
"Who’s so mean?! How could they whip Big Sister with a little leather whip! I’ll smack them with my big tail!"
"Big Sister! We’ll help you clean! Don’t cry, we’ll support you!"
"Yes, yes! I’ll save all my fishies today and not eat them, I’ll give them to Big Sister!" one dolphin chimed in.
Hearing that her plan was working, Gu Zhao wiped her "tears." "Brother, there’s no way we can finish cleaning. I’m just going to go find that block of tofu and kill myself!"
Her eyes filled with helplessness, she ran straight out.
Gu Xulin: "Little sister! If you die, what will I do?! I’ll go find a noodle to hang myself with!"
He ran out right after Gu Zhao.
The others chased after them as well.
[I can only say... this is so exploitative even a capitalist would weep. She’s even manipulating dolphins!]
[With acting skills like these, it’s a waste they’re not actors! The Oscars owe them a little golden statuette!]
[Zhong Mingrui and Song Yi are crying for real! The kids: ’So they’re all acting, and I’m the only one with real feelings?’]
[Dolphins: ’I was just a pure, unadulterated sucker, getting totally mind-gamed.’]
Leaving the two dolphins behind in a panic. "What do we do! What do we do! I’m going to smack those bad guys to death! How could they bully Big Sister!"
"Let’s help Big Sister clean! Then she won’t have to... die by hitting her head on that tofu thing!"
And just like that, the two dolphins came to an agreement!
But looking at the area, the two cetaceans were stumped. Then, one dolphin did a swimming jump and launched itself onto the floor.
Seeing this, the other dolphin quickly used its tail to splash water up onto the floor.
The dolphin-mop was now online. WHOOSH, it slid from one side to the other.
The two dolphins worked hard while a drone, left behind, secretly recorded everything.
The bullet comments paused for a moment, then an endless flood of "HOLY SHIT"s appeared.
[HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, I can’t believe I’m seeing dolphins clean a room in my lifetime!]
[That belly is so useful... I want a dolphin-mop of my own!]
[Hey, upstairs! That’s a criminal thought!]
The moment she was outside, Gu Zhao instantly stopped crying.
The two kids, who were still crying, also stopped. They looked at Gu Zhao with choked sobs and said, "Big King, we won’t give up on you."
Gu Zhao looked at them benevolently. "Good kids! I’m counting on you!"
Gu Xulin: ...
’What do you do when your kid just wants to slack off!’
The group of them relaxed leisurely outside.
The dolphins were busy as bees.
Meanwhile.
Ye Zuiyi and her group also found a task card in a corner.
The task was to shear five alpacas.
Yu Zimo and Yu Xiaowei stayed to do this task, while Ye Zuiyi and Ye Zexi chose to continue searching for more task cards.
Everyone was desperate to win the bet.
Except for Yu Xiaowei, of course. Her entire being radiated "Who am I? Where am I? Why am I with these people?!"
Looking at the alpacas, Yu Xiaowei had no idea where to start.
Fortunately, the alpaca keepers weren’t about to let them just start randomly. A keeper gave them a live demonstration.
A few birds perched on a branch, chirping away.
No one paid them any mind, except for the alpacas, who glanced at them.
To the sound of the birds chirping, Yu Xiaowei studied the demonstration diligently. Yu Zimo, on the other hand, didn’t even watch, his face a mask of arrogance.
"What’s there to learn? It’s just shearing fur!"
[What the hell is this young master Yu Zimo even here for?! He does nothing but cause trouble! The company takes my money and this is the kind of trash they support?!]
[So much for a silent farewell. Guess that only applies to Cambridge, not Yu Zimo. Let him throw his tantrum; there’s no stopping him.]
Yu Xiaowei: (Smiling face.)
The theory portion ended, and the practical application began.
Yu Xiaowei carefully imitated what she had learned, snipping away bit by bit. The alpaca, munching on a carrot, glanced up at her before continuing to eat.
It was very cooperative.
This made Yu Zimo even more confident.
’If Yu Xiaowei can do it, then I can definitely do it better!’
However...
"AH! Get away! You worthless things!"
The moment Yu Zimo laid a hand on an alpaca, he provoked it. The alpaca immediately started spitting furiously at him.
"Yu Xiaowei, get them away from me! These beasts are asking to die!" Yu Zimo wiped the spit from his face, his expression one of complete breakdown.
Yu Xiaowei was rendered completely speechless.
The other alpacas were also startled by him.
All the alpacas, in a surprising show of unity, began spitting furiously at them.
The two of them scrambled to dodge the onslaught, while the keeper stood off to the side, stunned.
It was the first time they’d ever seen alpacas team up to spit on someone!
"Get lost!" Yu Zimo kicked at an alpaca near him.
But the alpaca dodged, and Yu Zimo ended up falling over instead.
The alpacas just kept spitting furiously. They didn’t ram them or hurt them; they were purely trying to gross them out.
The birdsong stopped. Then, the few birds flew down from the tree and headed in the direction Ye Zuiyi’s group had gone.
Ye Zuiyi was excitedly holding a card.
"Brother, we’re so lucky! The task is so easy. It’s to feed the birds in the aviary!"
