"What would make you interested? If you come with me, I can agree to one small condition," the girl looked at Xiaoyao helplessly.

Xiaoyao looked at the girl, sizing her up and down, saying: "Any condition is fine?"

That gaze made the girl feel a bit panicked. He wouldn't want that, would he? That's not allowed, I'm not such a casual person. Besides, I don't know if he meets my standards.

"Yes, as long as it's not a difficult condition," the girl said through gritted teeth.

"I don't think this is very difficult. Just give me one hundred thousand taels in bank notes," Xiaoyao said with a smile. Since he was here, Xiaoyao didn't mind getting some money.

"Ah, you want money?" After hearing Xiaoyao's words, the girl's expression changed in what could only be described as complex, showing several changes in a very short time.

Now it was one kind, changing from surprise to anger. He just wants money!!

"Of course. With your conditions, getting money shouldn't be difficult," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"Not difficult isn't difficult, but one hundred thousand taels is too much. I don't need to give you that much. How about ten thousand taels?" the girl looked at Xiaoyao, wanting to know what he would say. If he agreed, that would be best. If not, she'd add a bit more.

...

"Deal!" Xiaoyao said very straightforwardly. Originally he had just been inflating the price. Having one thousand taels would be enough, ten thousand taels already exceeded his expectations.

If he knew what the girl was thinking just now, he would still choose to make the deal, because he didn't want to spend effort haggling. It wasn't worth it.

"..." The girl hadn't expected Xiaoyao to be so straightforward. She couldn't help thinking that if she had offered less just now, would he have agreed too.

Forget it, it was only ten thousand taels, not that much. No need to waste time haggling. Such haggling would be beneath her status.

"Alright, wherever you want to take me, lead the way," Xiaoyao said with a smile after getting the bank note. His expression also changed quickly, becoming like a fawning servant.

This was having short arms from taking people's things. Since he had taken money, they were the boss. Treating them as masters was no problem at all. Of course, this was short-term, temporary!!

"..." Seeing Xiaoyao's expression, the girl suddenly felt her previous speculation was ridiculous. This kid wasn't a member of any major power at all. He might be a naive fool who couldn't recognize her status.

Because of this, the girl's attitude immediately became much worse. She said coldly: "I advise you to be more polite in front of them. None of those people are easy to provoke, they don't have my good temper."

"Yes, yes," Xiaoyao nodded. If you count as having a good temper, those people must be very violent. But he didn't speak. Having taken ten thousand taels from someone, what was there to say? He should work hard without complaint, accepting both beatings and scolding.

"Xiaofeng, why are you so slow?"

Xiaoyao saw several young master and young lady types gathered together. The one speaking was also a girl, slightly inferior to the previous girl (Xiaofeng) in appearance, but still celestially beautiful compared to ordinary people.

"He's a bit slow. I talked with him for a while," Xiaofeng replied directly, incidentally stepping on Xiaoyao because she felt he was detestable.

"A bit slow? Then isn't this bad? Won't we lose?" a young master immediately said. This time they were competing in wisdom, and they had actually chosen someone a bit slow. Wasn't the result obvious?

"This was your own choice. Want to change? I don't mind," a very arrogant-looking youth among them said proudly. He should be that so-called "Zhuge reincarnated."

Change, change!

Xiaoyao completely didn't mind being called slow. He had already collected money anyway. He couldn't be happier if they didn't want him, this ten thousand taels would be pure profit, and he definitely wouldn't return the money because what he was supposed to do was already done. Now they were the ones going back on their word, what did it have to do with him?

"No need. Being a bit slow is fine. We can find another one anyway, just playing around. Maybe you're not even as good as this slow kid," Xiaofeng said with a smile. Joking aside, this young lady had already given him ten thousand taels, was she supposed to give it for nothing?

Anyway, losing this time didn't matter because everyone thought this kid was slow. But if they won, that would be interesting, it would mean he wasn't even as good as a slow kid. That would be the most fun.

"Since Xiaofeng said so, we'll make it simpler, can't take too much advantage of this slow kid," the youth said with a smile.

"Not taking advantage, not taking advantage," Xiaoyao immediately shook his head. This expression made people feel he was indeed a bit slow. Only Xiaofeng understood what Xiaoyao meant, feeling quite annoyed.

Of course you're not at a disadvantage, you already got the money. No matter what, you won't lose!

"Naturally this question can't be posed by Xinan. Xiaofeng, why don't you pose the question?" the previous girl said again. Xinan in her words was that arrogant youth, whose surname seemed to be Chu.

"That's fine. Let Xiaofeng pose the question. I don't mind. How about you, slow kid?" Chu Xinan said, looking like he was casual because he was sure to win.

"I'll listen to Miss Xiaofeng," Xiaoyao said. Miss Xiaofeng was the financial backer, naturally he would listen to her.

"Xiaofeng, you pose the question. Any topic is fine," Chu Xinan smiled, looking very friendly toward Miss Xiaofeng.

"Any topic is fine? This really stumps me," Miss Xiaofeng frowned. If there were specific standards, it would be easier to pose questions. Now with no standards at all, it became harder instead.

"It's fine, just pose any question. Anything will do," Chu Xinan said with a smile.

"Then how about this, there are many people here, so let's compete on what methods you use to call people over," Miss Xiaofeng said. "Any method is allowed."

Hmph, I had such a hard time calling someone just now. Now it's your turn to try.

"That's simple!" Chu Xinan hadn't expected Xiaofeng to use this method, but he still felt completely confident. Against a slow kid like this, how many people could he possibly call?

"Do you go first or do I go first?" Xiaoyao asked. He didn't care what the problem was, just finish it casually and be done.

"You choose. I don't mind," Chu Xinan said. Going first or second both had advantages and disadvantages, but he felt it didn't matter since he was sure to win.

"Then you go first. I'll learn from you," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"..."

Talking about learning so straightforwardly, you really have personality. Xiaofeng looked at Xiaoyao, feeling this kid seemed somewhat interesting. She wondered what kind of person their group had randomly selected.

"Fine with me. I don't mind. It's just that once a method is used, it won't be fresh anymore, no one will come again," Chu Xinan said with a smile, also reminding Xiaoyao not to be so stupid.

What graceful behavior this was, deliberately reminding his opponent! Chu Xinan looked at Xiaoyao proudly.

"I have another question," Xiaoyao said.

"What's wrong? Are you scared?" Chu Xinan asked with a smile.

"I want to ask, what specific limitations or rules does this method have?" Xiaoyao raised his hand and asked.

Miss Xiaofeng frowned slightly, somewhat impatiently saying: "Didn't I say any method is allowed, no limitations."

"Having no limitations isn't good for comparison. For example, how long is the time limit, a quarter hour, an hour, a day, or even longer? Also, can others help? And if there's enough time, can you continue using other methods?" Xiaoyao asked a whole bunch of questions. These were all necessary regulations. Otherwise, who knew what the result would be, though he didn't care about any result.

"This..." Miss Xiaofeng paused. She found these indeed needed to be specified, otherwise it would be unclear, especially the first point about time limits, this was necessary.

"I don't mind," Chu Xinan again looked arrogantly self-satisfied.

"Not minding is one thing, rules are another. Since you're so smart, you should understand this," Xiaoyao said disdainfully. Chu Xinan's attitude made him feel somewhat disgusted, so he wanted to disgust the other party too.

Chu Xinan's expression changed. Xiaoyao's retort made him very uncomfortable. He felt Xiaoyao was stirring up trouble with a powerful figure. If others weren't present now, he would have already taken action to teach Xiaoyao a lesson.

His expression quickly returned to normal, the same as before, continuing: "What I mean is that whatever rules you set are fine with me. I can accept them all."

"Really?" Xiaoyao asked with a smile.

"Naturally!" Chu Xinan nodded. "No matter what harsh rules you have, they're trivial to me."

"Then fine. I'll set one rule, you must lose," Xiaoyao looked at Chu Xinan, saying lightly. His gaze at Chu Xinan was quite playful.

"This rule doesn't count," Chu Xinan frowned, his face darkening. He hadn't expected Xiaoyao to be so straightforward in making such a shameless rule.

"Why doesn't it count? Didn't you say any rule was fine?" Xiaoyao asked back, his face showing some disdain.

"..." Chu Xinan was retorted again, and left speechless. He also had to endure the disdain from someone he considered a slow kid.

"If you don't have that kind of ability, don't brag. That's not good!" Xiaoyao added another sentence. This made Chu Xinan's face immediately turn green, while Xiaofeng couldn't help laughing.

"That's twisted logic. Hmph, too lazy to argue with you, slow kid," Chu Xinan gritted his teeth without getting angry. If he got angry now, wouldn't his face be even more embarrassing?

"Alright, since that's the case, let me state the rules. The time limit is a quarter hour. Whoever calls the most people here within the specified time wins. You can do whatever you want in this quarter hour, but you can't ask familiar acquaintances for help," Miss Xiaofeng said. She felt that if Chu Xinan continued, he would definitely explode, which wouldn't be good.

(End of Chapter)