The riddles that Mi Guo couldn't guess, Gu Qingcheng easily solved them, and she quickly guessed seven or eight answers.
Mi Guo was overjoyed, his eyes flashing with admiration and said:
"Brother, I didn't expect you to be so good at guessing riddles!"
Gu Qingcheng chuckled. Modern society has such advanced networks. Although she rarely participated in such activities, she had seen many similar strange and interesting stories online before, so it was easy to know how to solve riddles.
Guessing riddles was not for free; one could exchange the guessed riddles for prizes from the owner.
Although the two were not after the prizes, they were after the enjoyment of the accomplishment. So, Mi Guo untied the slips of paper and was about to go to the shop owner to claim his prize.
Lan Xing and Lan Yue also saw this scene not far away.
Lan Xing praised:
"Sister, look how amazing Young Master Gu is, guessing so many riddles correctly, which shows he is not stupid, and is proficient in both literary and martial arts.
Sister, a person like this, you must seize the opportunity, or someone will snatch him away later."
Lan Yue was already very fond of Gu Qingcheng, but she was hesitant to approach him when she was close to him.
Lan Xing didn't care about that. She was determined to help her sister find a good match. She pushed her sister and said:
"You go find a chance to get to know him, and I'll go and hold back the Second Young Master, to create an opportunity for you to chat."
After saying that, Lan Xing left her sister and went to Mi Guo without hesitation.
Mi Guo happily went to the owner to redeem his prizes. The prizes were all small items, such as a bamboo comb, an ordinary wolf-hair brush, an inkstick, etc. Although the gifts were light, they were earned through their own efforts.
Mi Guo happily took these gifts and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the shop, he suddenly felt something under his feet.
"Ouch, it hurts."
A girl moaned and crouched down, rubbing her foot.
Mi Guo then realized that he had stepped on someone's foot.
"This is bad," he quickly asked with concern:
"Miss, how are you? I'm so sorry, I didn't see you and accidentally stepped on you."
"It hurts, it hurts a lot! I don't know if it's broken."
This girl was Lan Xing. Seeing that Mi Guo had come out of the shop, she acted impulsively and offered her foot.
When Mi Guo asked, it was exactly what she wanted, so she exaggerated her groans.
"Ah? What should we do? Shall I help you to the doctor's to have it looked at?"
Mi Guo felt very embarrassed and worried.
She was a young lady, and if he stepped on her and crippled her, her life would be ruined.
Mi Guo was still a child, only nine years old. Lan Xing looked about fourteen or fifteen, about 1.6 meters tall, and looked like an elder sister. She was quite pretty, so Mi Guo's guilt grew stronger, especially when he saw the tears welling up in her eyes from pain.
The tears were not fake. Lan Xing had deliberately extended her foot for Mi Guo to step on. She didn't expect Mi Guo to be so strong. When he stepped on it, it hurt so much that she didn't have to pretend. She let out a scream, her eyes teary, and she was really afraid her foot might be broken.
Lan Xing wiped her tears and thought to herself, "Sister, I've made a great sacrifice for you, don't let me down!"
"Okay, let's go to the doctor's to have it checked. I suspect my foot is broken, 555." Lan Xing quickly seized the opportunity to cling to Mi Guo.
Mi Guo was young and not mindful of the distinction between genders, so he said:
"Miss, let me help you!"
Lan Xing tried to walk a bit, and it still hurt. She was genuinely afraid her foot was broken, so she had no choice but to agree.
Thus, Mi Guo thoughtfully helped Lan Xing walk towards a nearby medical clinic.
In his haste, Mi Guo had forgotten that Gu Qingcheng was waiting for him, only thinking about quickly healing the sister's foot injury.
Gu Qingcheng waited and waited but didn't see Mi Guo return to claim his prize. She didn't mind, thinking that the prize redemption area was too crowded and she had to wait.
So, she continued to study the riddles, but she didn't guess them anymore, lest she guessed them all by herself later, which would be too embarrassing.
Just then, Gu Qingcheng heard a soft and gentle voice next to her mumbling riddles and then seeming to fall into thought, as if she were guessing riddles.
Gu Qingcheng looked up and felt that the pretty young lady in front of her looked familiar, but she couldn't recall where she had seen her.
Seeing Gu Qingcheng look at her, the woman said:
"Little brother, do you know the answer to this riddle?"
Seeing the pretty lady asking for help, Gu Qingcheng's desire to show off immediately kicked in, and she said:
"A little peddler with a needle on his back, not selling goods, but roaming the mountains. What animal is it? Haha, the answer is a hedgehog."
"Oh, hearing you say it, a hedgehog is indeed like that." The girl covered her mouth and smiled.
Then, she kept asking Gu Qingcheng riddles, and Gu Qingcheng proudly showed off, telling her all the answers to the riddles.
"Wow, how do you know so much?"
The girl's eyes sparkled with admiration.
When Gu Qingcheng heard someone praise her, she couldn't help but feel a little smug. Young Master Gu didn't have many big flaws, except that he couldn't handle praise and would get a bit carried away.
Perhaps because she was a sports student before, she was always looked down upon, which led her to choose sports.
In fact, Gu Qingcheng's academic performance was also good. If she had worked hard, she could have been among the top 50 in her grade in a local middle school.
But she loved sports and wanted to win gold medals for the country in the Olympics.
The saying that sports students were not academically capable did stimulate Gu Qingcheng. Later, through her own efforts, she participated in the college entrance examination, achieved excellent academic results, and was admitted to Beijing Sport University.
Gu Qingcheng silenced those who said sports students were not academically capable with her academic achievements.
Now, seeing a young lady of similar age praising her intelligence, she became self-satisfied again and then pretended to be modest:
"Hehe, it's nothing, I just got lucky and guessed it."
In her heart, the young lady in front of her was no different from her former female classmates. It was just that she was good-looking, and beauty is justice; everyone likes to be close to good-looking people.
"You are too modest. By the way, my name is Du Lan Yue. What's your name?"
As they chatted, the young lady naturally wanted to exchange names.
Gu Qingcheng blurted out without thinking: "My name is Gu Qingcheng, you can call me Qingcheng. Sister Lan Yue, how old are you?"
The child has grown up and can chat.
"I'm 17, and you?" Lan Yue's heart blossomed as the conversation flowed.
"Oh, I'm 15." Gu Qingcheng rubbed her nose, realizing that she was indeed an elder sister.
"Well, I'm two years older than you."
Lan Yue was slightly nervous, afraid that Gu Qingcheng would dislike her for being older.
Gu Qingcheng already wanted to turn Tea Camp Island into a base for Phoenix Village's product sales and planned to build a cargo terminal here. Naturally, she wanted to make more friends, especially friends of the same age who could get along well.