The Genius Game - Chapter 34

Shen Kexin said, “Miss Bao’er, if you obediently do your homework, I’ll sing for you, how about that?”

Ou Bao’er: “No!”

Jian Tanxi said, “Miss Bao’er, if you finish your homework, I’ll tell you ten stories.”

Ou Bao’er: “No!”

Everyone tried their best to persuade Ou Bao’er to do her homework, but she remained completely unmoved.

Just then, a mechanical voice sounded: “Detected Wang Juanhua’s anger level at 6, Du Jiaojiao’s at 2, Meng Yuening’s at 2. All nannies lose 10 health points. Current health points: Jian Tanxi, Qin Man: 43. Wang Juanhua, Meng Yuening, Shen Kexin, Du Jiaojiao: 53.”

Everyone: “…”

Wang Juanhua looked somewhat embarrassed: “Sorry, I’ve been a dean of students for many years. When I see children who refuse to do homework, I instinctively get angry. I didn’t mean to…”

Meng Yuening: “It’s fine, I understand. I got angry just now too.”

The mechanical voice sounded again: “Detected Shen Kexin’s anger level at 5. All nannies lose 5 health points. Current health points: Jian Tanxi, Qin Man: 38. Wang Juanhua, Meng Yuening, Shen Kexin, Du Jiaojiao: 48.”

Everyone looked at Shen Kexin, somewhat puzzled, but few blamed her.

Because when Ou Bao’er refused to do homework earlier, she hadn’t gotten angry, yet now she suddenly did, which was strange.

Shen Kexin also appeared embarrassed: “Sorry… I… I thought I had a pretty good temper, and I haven’t gotten angry since entering the game. But my teammates keep getting angry, causing me to lose a lot of health points, so I got angry too, feeling it’s unfair…”

Jian Tanxi mediated: “Everyone, stay calm, don’t overthink it. Those who got angry earlier, don’t feel guilty. Let’s all take a few deep breaths together.”

At that moment, Ou Bao’er said, “Stop talking next to me! I can’t concentrate on my homework!”

Even though Ou Bao’er clearly wasn’t doing her homework, she blamed the players. This caused all players’ anger levels to increase by 1 or 2 points, and all nannies’ health points to decrease by 7.

Current health points: Jian Tanxi, Qin Man: 31. Wang Juanhua, Meng Yuening, Shen Kexin, Du Jiaojiao: 41.

Qin Man’s health points were too low, and since she had given birth before, her physical condition was naturally worse than that of the younger girls. She couldn’t stand steadily and fell to the ground. Ou Bao’er directly kicked her and scolded, “Nanny Qin, what are you doing! Did I tell you to lie down?”

Everyone was startled, afraid that Qin Man would get angry.

However, Qin Man surprisingly didn’t get angry. She just stood up and said, “Miss Bao’er, I’m sorry. Why don’t you play for a while, and the other nannies and I will go rest in the nanny’s room.”

Ou Bao’er said, “Didn’t we just wake up? Why rest again?”

“Miss Bao’er, with us here, you can’t play properly. How about you play alone for a while?”

“Fine, but you can’t be gone too long, or I’ll tell Grandpa Butler.”

Qin Man, Jian Tanxi, and the others quickly went to the nanny’s room to rest.

Qin Man sat on the bed, half-closing her eyes.

Jian Tanxi also lay on the table, not wanting to say a word.

Du Jiaojiao said, “I feel my body has gotten much worse, I can barely breathe… Give me a healing pill.”

Jian Tanxi said, “No, we can’t use the healing pills unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

“Aren’t you a healing-type ability user? Heal me.”

“I only have three uses of my healing ability left this month. I can’t just use them randomly.”

“If you don’t save me, I’ll die right now.”

Meng Yuening said, “Du Jiaojiao, stop pretending. You’re not going to die yet.”

Du Jiaojiao started crying, “You’re all bullying me…”

Meng Yuening frowned, “What are you doing? You’re a maid now! Why are you crying?”

Du Jiaojiao quickly shut her mouth, afraid of attracting the butler and being punished.

Wang Juanhua said, “My ability is ‘Teaching Whip Suppression.’ When I use it, a teaching whip appears in my hand, and I can make someone obey me for ten minutes. I’ll try using this ability to make Ou Bao’er do her homework.”

Du Jiaojiao said, “Teacher Wang, why didn’t you use this ability earlier? We’re all counting on you.”

Wang Juanhua nodded and walked into the study.

She took out the teaching whip, and Ou Bao’er obediently started doing her homework.

However, as soon as the ten minutes were up, Ou Bao’er pressed the call button.

When the butler came in, Ou Bao’er tearfully complained, “This Wang Ma was so mean to me! She forced me to do homework with her whip!”

The butler angrily said, “How dare you bully our young lady! Someone, drag Wang Ma out and beat her!”

The others heard the commotion and rushed out, trying to stop it.

But Wang Juanhua was dragged out by the bodyguards, while the others were unable to leave the room and could only watch helplessly as Wang Juanhua was taken farther and farther away.

A few minutes later, a mechanical voice announced: “Wang Juanhua’s life points decreased by 15. Current life points: 26. Wang Juanhua’s anger points: 8. Current life points: 18. All maids lose 8 life points. Other players’ life points: Qin Man, Jian Tanxi: 23. Du Jiaojiao, Qin Man, Shen Kexin: 33.”

Everyone felt extremely weak, severely lacking in vitality, and they were all terrified.

Their life points were decreasing too quickly, and they hadn’t even completed the first task yet.

Wang Juanhua was dragged back by the bodyguards and thrown onto the bed in the maid’s room.

She had many wounds and was already unconscious. It seemed that she had gotten angry while being beaten, which caused her life points to decrease twice.

But it wasn’t really her fault.

It’s normal to be angry when beaten for no reason.

Qin Man and Jian Tanxi also just wanted to lie down and didn’t even feel like talking.

So, they lay down on the floor of the maid’s room since there was only one bed.

Now, only Du Jiaojiao, Qin Man, and Shen Kexin had a bit of strength left, so they had to put in more effort.

Shen Kexin forced herself to walk to the study and asked Ou Bao’er, “Miss Bao’er, what will it take for you to do your homework?”

Ou Bao’er said, “How about you read me a story!”

Ou Bao’er took out a storybook, selected one story, and had Du Jiaojiao, Qin Man, and Shen Kexin read it aloud, each taking on a role.

The story happened to have three characters, so each of them chose one role and began reading.

After a while, Ou Bao’er said, “No! One of these characters is an old man, one is a middle-aged man, and one is a little boy. Your voices don’t sound like them at all!”

Shen Kexin asked, “Do they have to sound exactly like them?”

Ou Bao’er replied, “Yes, if you don’t read it convincingly, I’ll tell Grandpa Butler to beat you!”

Meng Yuening said, “We’ve done our best. We’re not professional voice actors; we can’t mimic the voices of a middle-aged man, a little boy, or an old man.”

Ou Bao’er retorted, “I don’t care!”

Shen Kexin took out three green pills and said to Meng Yuening and Du Jiaojiao, “These are voice-changing pills. After taking them, you can transform into any voice you want. All of you, take them.”

After the three swallowed the pills, they successfully imitated the voices of a little boy, a middle-aged man, and an elderly person.

However, Ou Bao’er complained again, “No, no! That old man is supposed to be very tall, and the height doesn’t match!”

Meng Yuening, who was reading the old man’s lines, replied, “Miss Bao’er, we can’t change our height. Please make do with it.”

“Absolutely not! I’ve never failed to get what I want!”

“This…”

The three were at a loss.

Qin Man, who was in the nanny’s room, overheard and said, “I have a height-increasing pill here. After taking it, you can temporarily grow one meter taller. Meng Yuening, come get it from me, I can’t get up.”

Meng Yuening hurried to Qin Man, took the pill, and swallowed it.

Soon, Meng Yuening’s height increased by one meter. She had to sit down to avoid hitting the ceiling.

Ou Bao’er clapped her hands and laughed, “Yes, yes! The old man in the story was exactly this tall!”

Next, Meng Yuening and the others continued reading the story and finally finished it.

Ou Bao’er didn’t find any more faults. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After the reading, Ou Bao’er kept her promise and started doing her homework.

But she didn’t know how.

She asked the nannies to teach her, but even though Meng Yuening, Shen Kexin, and the others patiently instructed her, she hardly listened. After a long while, she still couldn’t do it.

Before the nannies could get upset, Ou Bao’er lost her temper first: “You’re all so stupid! You still haven’t taught me how! I’ll give you one last chance. If you can’t teach me, I’ll have my brothers beat you to death!”

Shen Kexin, the most patient among them, said, “Miss Bao’er, let us think about how to teach you. Please rest for a while.”

“Fine.”

Shen Kexin, Meng Yuening, and Du Jiaojiao returned to the nanny’s room.

The effects of the voice-changing pills wore off, and they regained their original voices.

The height-increasing pill’s effect also faded, and Meng Yuening returned to her normal height.

The three of them collapsed on the floor, too exhausted to speak.

After a while, Meng Yuening said, “If we kill the pampered young lady, can we clear the level?””

Jian Tanxi replied, “Don’t overthink it. Definitely not. Besides, if she dies, it would violate the rule ‘no human deaths allowed.'”

Meng Yuening cursed, “Damn.”

Du Jiaojiao sighed, “Being a nanny is too exhausting. In my next life, I want to be the beloved daughter of the family.”

Shen Kexin asked, “What should we do next? If we still can’t teach her, we might all be beaten to death.”

Du Jiaojiao wailed, “She doesn’t listen, what can we do? Am I going to die today? Waaah, I don’t want to…”

Jian Tanxi rallied her spirits and said, “Du Jiaojiao, stop crying. I think we should pool our special abilities and items to see if there’s a way to teach her quickly.”

Qin Man added, “But if she won’t listen, even the best items won’t help.”

Jian Tanxi suggested, “What if we have an item that forces her to listen?”

Qin Man said, “That’s a good idea, but unfortunately, I don’t have such an item.”

The others also said they didn’t have one.

Jian Tanxi said, “Wang Juanhua is unconscious. Why don’t we search her for any treasures? After all, it’s for the sake of clearing the level. She’ll understand when she wakes up.”

Shen Kexin nodded, “Alright, I’ll do the searching then.”

After rummaging through Wang Juanhua’s bag for a while, Shen Kexin pulled out a colorful pill and exclaimed joyfully, “This is something good!”

Jian Tanxi asked, “What is it?”