bookrandom Chapter 243 The Vicious Female Supporting Character in the Mind-Reading Novel 53
Chapter 243 The Vicious Female Supporting Character in the Mind-Reading Novel 53
Yun Qing glanced at him and comforted him, "It's still early! There's still time."
[Li Mengzhi must have realized that carving a cat out of a watermelon is unrealistic, so she naturally knows to think of other ways; she won't stubbornly persist in this approach!]
Then she was proven wrong; Li Mengzhi was actually determined to fight to the death.
She set the cracked watermelon aside, moved another watermelon to the table, and said to the camera, "This is my first time carving a watermelon, so I didn't have much experience and didn't quite get the hang of it. I'll be more careful this time, and it should be fine."
Yun Qing no longer has a high opinion of Li Mengzhi and feels a little sorry for Xigua.
She asked Song Yanlin, "Where did you get these watermelons from?"
Her thoughts were written all over her face.
Song Yanlin calmly said, "This was grown by an old man in his own home. He said it was picked when it was fully ripe, so it's very fresh, sweet, and juicy. Even if it's not a special variety, it should still be delicious."
Then, seeing Yun Qing's eager expression, he said with a regretful look, "When I went there, there were only two left."
Upon hearing this, Yun Qing quickly looked at her phone.
Li Mengzhi was bent over, in an awkward posture, holding a watermelon with one hand and carving it with a fruit knife in the other.
Perhaps afraid of stabbing her hand, she kept her hand holding the watermelon a little far from where she was cutting it, which resulted in her applying force in the wrong direction and failing to hold the watermelon in place.
Just as the knife was thrust hard, the watermelon suddenly slipped and rolled off the table with a thud, landing on the ground with a "thud," cracking into several pieces, and its bright red flesh was covered in dust.
Yun Qing: ...My heart aches so much!
Li Mengzhi was a little dazed. She took a deep breath and forced a smile, saying, "It seems my skills are still lacking. There are no more watermelons to carve now, and I don't have the money to buy other watermelons. I can only sell fruit slices."
With her head down, she began to obediently cut the watermelon that had been carved into pieces and put them in a disposable bowl, not daring to go to her live stream to watch the comments.
She knew she had made another mistake.
Li Mengzhi was originally quite confident and wanted to show off.
She's a good cook and has even tried carving some simple flowers from radishes, so she figured carving a watermelon cat by following a video shouldn't be too difficult, just a bit time-consuming.
Who knew I'd fail twice in a row, and in such a clumsy way that it made me look especially awkward.
Now, most viewers probably think she's just showing off!
Unfortunately, Song Yanlin had spent all her money on the previous purchases, otherwise she really wanted to buy another watermelon to carve. She felt that with the experience of two failures, she would definitely succeed next time, and the audience would naturally not say that she was showing off.
When their group makes a lot of money, it will be mostly thanks to her.
Just as she was thinking, she suddenly stopped and looked at the peach next to her.
Although it's not as big as a watermelon, carving a simple design on it should still allow it to sell for a higher price.
Moreover, upon closer reflection, she realized that the reason she had succeeded in carving flowers with radishes before but failed in carving cats with watermelons now was not only due to the difference in complexity, but also because watermelons were too big to hold, difficult to press, and hard to control, while peaches could be held directly in the hand.
So Yunqing could only watch helplessly as she started to ruin the peaches again.
Li Mengzhi's peach carving was barely successful; although not very exquisite, it was still recognizable as a flower.
With renewed confidence, she began carving peaches one by one until she had finished carving all the peaches. Only then did she smile with satisfaction and start selling them.
A carved peach sells for thirty yuan.
She tried very hard to sell them, but she didn't sell a single one.
Some people even accused her of robbery!
[Isn't Li Mengzhi an ordinary person? I feel like she has even less common sense than popular celebrities. She carves an ugly flower out of a perfectly ordinary peach and sells it for thirty yuan. What was she thinking?]
I suddenly remembered that when Fei Xiao's team was trying to clear his name, they said that Fei Xiao was very generous to Li Mengzhi, and now it seems that it might be true.
[If that's really the case, Li Mengzhi has never lacked money, so her spending habits would indeed be different from ordinary people like us. Perhaps if she saw something like this and thought it was interesting, she would actually buy it?]
I think she's just wasting food. How can you eat a peach after carving it like that? It's hard to wash, and there's hardly anything left after peeling it.
Yun Qing sighed and looked at Song Yanlin, "Why don't you go sell fruit? Otherwise you might really have to walk back."
Song Yanlin patted her forehead and laughed, "So you know how to worry about me now?"
"I'm worried that I'll have to cook dinner by myself; I can't handle it!"
Song Yanlin paused in his gentle stroking and flicked her forehead, yelling, "You heartless bastard!"
Yun Qing rubbed her forehead and glared at him, "You're so petty!"
The two stared at each other, looking fierce.
Just as Fang Xihe was worried that they would start arguing, Song Yanlin lowered his eyes, looking somewhat downcast.
[Keep pretending!]
Song Yanlin remained silent.
Yun Qing pouted, then, looking helpless, made a heart shape with her hands, waving it in front of him and then back.
Song Yanlin couldn't help but smile, grabbed her hand and kissed her fingertips, then said, "Lend me some money."
Yun Qing's fingers trembled as she stared at him in disbelief. "So you were throwing a tantrum just to scam my money! No way!"
She flung Song Yanlin's hand away and ran to Fang Xihe, calling out, "Teacher Fang..."
Yun Qing and Fang Xihe whispered a few words to each other, and Fang Xihe nodded.
Then Song Yanlin glanced down at his phone, smiled, and turned to leave.
The audience was somewhat confused.
What are Su Su and President Song up to? One minute they're all lovey-dovey, the next they're throwing tantrums?
[What's wrong with President Song? Su Su shook off his hand and ignored him! How can he still be smiling? He was smiling so happily, but then he left without even saying goodbye. I don't understand!]
[Hey lady, are you sure Su Su didn't reply to President Song? Su Su had only tapped her phone a few times when President Song's phone rang, and he only smiled broadly after looking at it. They were definitely having a secret conversation, treating us like outsiders!]
[Didn't President Song say he wanted to borrow money? He probably realized Li Mengzhi is unreliable and wants to restock, right? Was Su Su just discussing lending him money with Brother Fang and then transferring the funds to him?]
So, on the surface, Su Su is saying, "You only love my money, get out of here!", but actually she's saying, "Teacher Fang, hurry! My husband needs some money!"
【Eh~ I'll just watch your performance quietly!】
On the other side, Fei Xiao, who was in the same group as Xue Manman, also noticed Li Mengzhi's awkward situation. He shook his head and said helplessly, "Still so stubborn."
Xue Manman was busy pouring drinks for customers when she heard him speak. She turned around and asked, "Brother Fei, what did you say?"
Their group was assigned to sell drinks, so they bought large bottles of beverages, poured them into disposable paper cups, and sold them one cup at a time. Business was so-so.
After seeing the customer off, Xue Manman had some free time.
Fei Xiao handed the phone to her and told her about Li Mengzhi's current situation. He sighed and said, "It's my fault for protecting her too well all this time, which has led her to think of things in a very simple way, whether it's selling fruit or making an official announcement."
Xue Manman twitched the corners of her mouth, gave an awkward smile, and didn't say anything.