The director tapped the big screen again.
The breakfast item for the third question was beef pies.
Xu Wang looked at the beef pies on the plate, with their thin crusts and generous fillings, his eyes shining.
Pei Yanchuan naturally noticed Xu Wang's eager gaze too. He silently picked up the marker beside him.
The third question was: kū lóu.
This one was easy. Xu Wang did not even let Pei Yanchuan handle it himself. He took the marker and quickly wrote down the answer.
Pei Yanchuan sat beside Xu Wang and watched quietly.
Gu Yunlan seemed to have finally encountered one he knew too. He eagerly wrote his answer on the board.
Xia Yu also wrote down the answer with ease.
Jiang Xiubai and Yun Xi exchanged a look. The answer was on the tips of their tongues, but neither of them could write it.
Jiang Xiubai felt as though he was about to use up an entire day's worth of brainpower. With the time limit approaching, he gritted his teeth, picked up the marker, and wrote two characters on the board.
"That's definitely wrong! That character is pronounced gū, as in gū!" Yun Xi's vision went dark when he saw the answer on the board. He could already foresee the beef pies leaving him.
The director gave them no chance to change their minds. Time was up, and all four answer boards were revealed at once.
Skeleton, skeleton, hunchback, skeleton.
When the director saw Jiang Xiubai's answer, he nearly lost it, but he covered his mouth in time.
On camera, the director's whole body shook wildly, as though he had been fitted with springs.
[Hahaha, Jiang Xiubai, are you trying to make me laugh myself to death with that answer?]
[Oh my god, Jiang Xiubai, you really know