Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius Chapter 292 - 271: Turns Out They’re All Liars?

Old Tao was full of vigor. He fiercely lifted the big fish he had just speared in his hand, shaking it like showing off in Ji Xizhi’s direction.

If he wasn’t too far away, Old Tao would have even wanted to shout a few words at Ji Xizhi.

In the past, within several villages, even if he wasn’t ranked first, he could always be in the top three for spearing fish!

This little girl dared to challenge him!

The more Old Tao thought about it, the angrier he got. Perhaps he was provoked, his montum was much more formidable than before. Originally, he was just casually playing for fun, but now he was determined to spear so big ones!

On the other side, indeed, Ji Xizhi glanced over when Old Tao caught the fish.

But she honestly had no intention of provoking or mocking.

She just heard the sound of Old Tao spearing a fish and instinctively turned to look.

Ji Xizhi didn’t expect Old Tao to have such a misunderstanding about her.

However, Ji Xizhi completely didn’t notice Old Tao’s aggressive glance.

After watching Old Tao’s swift spearing action, she quickly turned her head back and began focusing on preparing in her area.

Ji Xizhi and Old Tao were spearing fish at the sa ti. Although Ji Xizhi herself had no intention to compare, in the eyes of others, this was a blatant competition.

Le Qiqi, always keen on new things, imdiately went over when she saw Ji Xizhi holding a spear.

Sheng Yaoyao and Fang Zhuyue were equally curious.

Guan Fengyan and You Yingng intended to work diligently, but upon hearing Le Qiqi’s repeated cries of excitent, they also put down their small shovels and went over.

Digging clams and crabs was tedious, child’s play, but spearing fish was different, much more interesting!

All the guests went over, so naturally, the fans couldn’t resist going too. Watching the excitent with their idol was more fun than any dinner.

In no ti, Ji Xizhi was surrounded by people, and fans spontaneously held flashlights to illuminate the sea, making it easier for Ji Xizhi to spear fish.

Even the fishern who ca to the shore couldn’t help but tiptoe to take a peek.

[Look at these layers of crowds, are they watching spearing or admiring the mascot, hey!]

[No, they might just be watching an Olympic event! (dog head)]

[I’m a javelin coach, let sit first, don’t waste talent!]

[Compared to the liveliness by Ji Xizhi’s side, the uncle next door looks really deserted!]

[The uncle doesn’t like being fild, it makes sense, plus, catching fish! Fish are such active creatures; with so many people here, are you sure you’re not just causing more trouble for Ji Xizhi?]

The bullet comnts were much more animated than the fans watching on-site.

The guests and fans watching because Ji Xizhi was about to spear fish, didn’t dare to speak much, keeping their mood tense, breathing lightly for fear of scaring the fish away.

Ji Xizhi stood on the seashore rocks; she, as the person being watched, was far more relaxed in her expression than anyone else.

She tried the weight of the spear in her hand, then without any burden, casually thrust the spear into the water, empty.

She lifted her hand.

And continued to wildly stab into the water with the spear.

Ji Xizhi’s posture was casual, it didn’t seem like she was seriously practicing, especially looking at her spearing moves, it was nowhere near practicing, more like she was randomly stabbing in the water since she wasn’t going to catch any fish anyway.

The few fishern who ca to watch from the periter just glanced at Ji Xizhi’s moves a few tis and lost the interest to watch the excitent.

"Oh, the little girl is just playing around, no real intention to spear fish!"

"Makes sense, look at those slender arms, she can’t handle it, just for the TV show!"

"I don’t think so, her moves seem pretty standard to !"

"It’s just flowery moves, is there a single fish caught?"

"Old Tao over there has the real skills, I reckon Old Tao will have quite a haul tonight!"

A few fishern muttered among themselves.

Beside them, Lingling’s father and Xiao Ding listened clearly.

Lingling’s father pondered for a mont: "Do you think I should run to the market now, buy a couple of fish, and secretly place them over there for her!"

Xiao Ding shook his head with a laugh: "No need, Mr. Ling, with so many caras around, where would you place them!"

Lingling’s father thought it over, "Alright then, have your dad save an extra basket of fish for tonight and send it over to them!"

Xiao Ding nodded, allowing Lingling’s father to relax.

Ji Xizhi continued thrusting her spear into nothing, but the crowd around didn’t decrease, surrounding her tightly, with people constantly giving her praise.

Old Tao, hearing all these complints on the side, felt sowhat unsettled.

Originally, in this area, he was the most skilled at spearing fish. Although he usually didn’t like people standing by him to watch, now everyone was going to watch Ji Xizhi, and he felt a bit uncomfortable about it.

People are like this, not cherishing easily accessible things and starting to regret when soone else takes them away.

Old Tao couldn’t resist starting to show off his skills as well, regardless of whether he could catch any fish; at least his montum couldn’t lose!

To villagers intending to co over and watch, Old Tao was no longer as cold as before.

Gradually, a few steps around Old Tao also started having so onlookers.

"Oh wow! Old Tao is impressive! Looks like he’ll have a feast tonight!"

"Watching the little girl is boring, skills lie with Uncle Tao!"

"Indeed, if Uncle Tao was willing to be fild, I bet the show’s crew would all co to film you, forget about filming the little girl!"

Old Tao was being flattered by the neighboring villagers, almost to the point of just focusing on showing off.

When ti was almost up, Old Tao carried a small bucket with five or six fish heading down.

He happened to bump into the ending Ji Xizhi.

Ji Xizhi carried a bucket of the sa type bought wholesale like Old Tao’s.

Her bucket was half-filled, without even ntioning the variety, just the quantity alone far exceeded his.

Old Tao was in a daze: ???

"You speared these fish...?"

Ji Xizhi looked up at Old Tao and politely replied: "Yes, this is my first ti spearing fish, you are the senior!"

Old Tao: !!!

Gosh, those who just complinted him, were they all liars?!