The system forced me to blow up the female lead's fishpond.

“Then let’s use the riddle on this glass lamp as a wager. Whoever solves it first wins.”

After speaking, Shen Zhizhi looked up at the glass lamp, then turned to the old man and spoke softly:

"Uncle, what is the riddle behind this hexagonal glass lamp?"

The old man nodded, turned his gaze to her, and asked with concern, "Young lady, do you want to guess the riddles on these lanterns?"

"Yes." Shen Zhizhi nodded.

"This riddle is not simple; many people haven't been able to guess it correctly," the old man couldn't help but offer some advice.

This young girl is so young; if she were to be defiled by this beast, it would be a terrible tragedy for her.

"It's alright, I'm going to guess this one." Shen Zhizhi was not flustered at all. Even if she really couldn't answer, she still had a system in her mind, so it was just a matter of checking it out.

"Listen up, you two. Li Hei walks down the street, carrying a jug to buy wine. He doubles the price at every shop he encounters, and drinks a dou (a unit of volume) at every flower he sees. He drinks all the wine in the jug after encountering both a shop and a flower three times. So, how many dou of wine were originally in the jug?"

Shen Zhizhi burst out laughing the moment she heard the old man's riddle.

Li Hei? Isn't that a doggerel by Li Bai about buying wine? How did it become Li Hei here?

Everyone fell into deep thought upon hearing the riddle, even Shen Chao, who was by the window, was stumped.

Zhu Shen winked and tried to pry the answers out of the servants on both sides, but they also seemed clueless.

This problem would have taken time for people in ancient times to figure out the answer, but for Shen Zhizhi from the 21st century, it was as simple as it gets.

Isn't this just a matter of solving an equation?

Shen Zhizhi smiled faintly and glanced at Zhu Shen beside her, "Can this young master answer the question?"

Zhu Shen's face turned red. He could barely answer a few questions about the poems, but he really couldn't solve this riddle.

But he was still certain that the woman in front of him would not be able to answer either.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shen frowned deeply. "If I can't answer it, and you can't answer it either, then this question doesn't count. Let's ask a new question."

"Since that's the case, I'll pose another question." The old man secretly rejoiced that Zhu Shen couldn't answer it. If he had just stumbled upon the answer by sheer luck, the girl would have been in real trouble.

"Who says I can't answer that?"

The girl's clear voice rang out, like a pebble splashing on a calm lake, creating ripples in the quiet street. People whispered and discussed among themselves.

Shen Chao leaned forward with interest, looking down at the confident and proud girl in the crowd, who was completely unlike her usual timid self, her eyes crinkling slightly.

His third sister seems like a completely different person. It's true what they say, "A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation."

Shen Zhizhi stepped forward with a smile: "Uncle, there were originally seven dou of wine in this pot."

Upon hearing this, the old man's cloudy eyes lit up. "How did you calculate seven dou, young lady?"

"May I borrow paper and pen?"

"Of course," the old man quickly handed over paper and pen.

Even he had been troubled by this problem for a long time, and it took him three days and three nights to figure out the answer. But the girl in front of him had solved it in less than half an incense stick's time.

Shen Zhizhi slung the paper on the ground and casually drew a few strokes, and the flowchart method was presented to everyone.

shop flower shop flower shop flowers

？x2 －8 x2 －8 x2 －8＝0

The old man stared at the strange flowchart, unable to process it for a long time: "Young lady, what does this paper mean?"

“Let’s work backwards. Before Li Hei finished drinking, there were still eight ounces of wine in the pot. How many times is eight? It’s four. So, before those four ounces, there was Hua. Li Hei drank another eight ounces. How many ounces of wine would it take to go from eight ounces to four ounces? Naturally, it would take twelve ounces. And so on, we can conclude that Li Hei originally had seven ounces of wine.”

The old man was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

"The young lady's answer is spot on! She is truly a talented woman! She has such a simple way of solving the problem!"

Those watching suddenly realized what was happening and began to express their admiration.

"What talent you have, young lady!"

"Now that you've explained it to me, I understand."

……

"The mystery has become so simple after the Third Miss explained it this way."

Shi Ling instantly gained a new understanding of this third young lady. Her unique insights and unconventional style truly earned her the title of a talented woman.

Shen Chao's eyes were fixed on her, a deep sense of inquiry hidden within them, a faint smile playing on his lips.

This third sister is indeed interesting.

“A bet is a bet, and this young master should apologize to the old man.” Shen Zhizhi put down her pen and paper and stared at Zhu Shen calmly.

"Ha? Apologize? So what if you answer? If I want to go back on my word, what can you do about it?" Zhu Shen's arrogant and unreasonable attitude was on full display.

Their self-righteous attitude was extremely offensive, but no one dared to speak out against it.

"Little beauty, you'd better come with me." Zhu Shen's eyes crinkled as he approached Shen Zhizhi with ill intent.

Shen Zhizhi almost rolled her eyes in frustration. What a two-faced scumbag!

Seeing that the servants around him were about to surround him, Shen Zhizhi lazily stretched her limbs and took two steps back.

With a flick of her eye, she smiled and waved to the old man who wanted to step forward to offer comfort: "Everyone, please step back a bit. Could you leave me a space so I don't accidentally hurt him?"

How could such a petite person possibly harm these bullies in the slightest?

But seeing her confident demeanor, everyone couldn't help but take a step back.

Shi Ling frowned as he looked down at the thugs closing in on him from downstairs: "Young Master, are you really not going down to help the Third Miss?"

Shen Chao paused for a moment, then remained silent, tightening the screws on his teacup as if ready to strike at any moment.

Shen Zhizhi lowered her entire weight, her almond-shaped eyes fixed on Zhu Shen, who was gradually approaching, like those of a hawk.

It's now!

Then, his waist twisted instantly!

A leg swept across, moving with lightning speed, aimed at his forehead!

"what!"

Before anyone could react, Zhu Shen let out a scream, then his face twisted, his body tilted, and he was kicked away, his eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness.

The whole place was in an uproar!

"Young Master! Young Master, are you alright, Young Master!"

The two servants were so shocked by this sudden turn of events that their eyes widened in disbelief!

After they realized what was happening, they rushed towards Shen Zhizhi all at once.

Shen Zhizhi spotted one of them, grabbed his right sleeve with her left hand, turned sideways and raised her elbow, while inserting her right hand under his left armpit and pulling him down sharply.

The servant's muscular body was thrown violently to the ground from the woman's petite back in an unbelievable way.

The other servants rushed forward, but Shen Zhizhi bent down and grabbed his waist, pulling him upwards with all her might.

The servant's heels left the ground, and he lost control of himself, spinning around and falling to the ground.

"What a beautiful move!" Shi Ling exclaimed in amazement.

As military officers, Shi Ling and Shen Chao were constantly fighting on the battlefield and were practically obsessed with martial arts.

Seeing such a brilliant move is incredibly exciting!

Shen Chao was shocked and full of doubt. When did his third sister have such good martial arts skills?

This move was so clever and strange. These two burly men were like kittens in front of her, and she easily threw them away.

The two servants lay on the ground, barely clinging to life, unable to get up for a long time.