Tan Xiao, especially eager, was the first to answer: "Honeydew melon!"
Bai Youwei: "Wrong."
Teacher Cheng asked: "Grape?"
Bai Youwei: "Wrong."
Tan Xiao said: "Old Cheng, grape flavor is usually purple! Hey, is it kiwi?"
Bai Youwei: "Wrong."
Tan Xiao: "…Green tangerine?"
Bai Youwei: "Wrong."
Teacher Cheng thought carefully: "Since the red candy is watermelon flavor, the green one must also be fruit flavored… Could it be cucumber?"
"How is that possible? Cucumbers aren't fruit!" Tan Xiao racked his brain. "Think again, are there any other green fruits… Ah! I know! Green apple! This time it must be right, right?"
Bai Youwei smiled and shook her head: "Still wrong."
Tan Xiao was completely helpless: "Weiwei, give us a hint!"
Bai Youwei shrugged. "The hint has already been given. The red candy is watermelon flavor. That's the hint."
Teacher Cheng asked again: "Lotus seed?"
Bai Youwei chuckled, still shaking her head, and asked Shen Mo: "What flavor do you think it is?"
Shen Mo pondered for a moment, then answered: "Sweet."
"Damn! That works too?!" Tan Xiao couldn't help but yell. "The answer is sweet?! No way! That's too cunning!!!"
Bai Youwei shook her head: "That's also wrong."
"…" Tan Xiao's voice abruptly stopped.
"…" Teacher Cheng, who was about to praise the surprisingly clever answer, closed his mouth awkwardly.
Shen Mo looked at Bai Youwei: "Reveal the answer."
Bai Youwei smiled and said: "The answer is watermelon rind flavor."
Shen Mo: "…"
Tan Xiao: "…"
Cheng Weicai: "…"
"Red is watermelon, green is watermelon rind. How about it? Isn't it perfectly logical?" Bai Youwei said proudly. "Once, when the nanny's child came to play at our house, I teased him with candy, and that's how he answered. So, children's ways of thinking are very interesting. If we really want to collect all the puzzle pieces, bringing that child along might bring us a surprise~"
After a pause, she continued: "If he can make it out of the maze alive, that is."
Everyone was speechless.
So that's the most important part, isn't it?
If they can't leave the maze alive, everything they just discussed is pointless!
Tan Xiao picked up his bowl and continued to eat, mumbling: "I wonder if he'll come at 2 p.m."
Bai Youwei also picked up her bowl and slowly ate a couple of mouthfuls of rice.
Teacher Cheng wanted to say something but hesitated. He opened his mouth, looked at his companions' expressions, then closed it again, silently eating…
…
2 p.m. arrived quickly.
They came to the intersection again.
They didn't drive, and each person only carried some portable luggage.
The little boy was not at the intersection.
It was understandable if he didn't come. After all, he wasn't familiar with Bai Youwei, so it was normal to have concerns. Besides… not many people dared to enter the maze these days.
Cheng Weicai said: "Let's wait a little longer? Maybe something held him up."
Everyone looked at Bai Youwei.
Her expression was indifferent, and she didn't object, so everyone found a shady spot and waited quietly.
They waited for five minutes.
The little boy still didn't appear.
Bai Youwei yawned lazily.
At this moment, a few people came from the street on the right. They looked over—
It was two men and a woman, and they still didn't see the child.
Bai Youwei suddenly felt completely disheartened.
"Let's go, no more waiting," she said, slightly annoyed. "He's probably not coming."
"Yo! Look, there's a disabled person here." The fat uncle among the two men and one woman exclaimed in surprise. He didn't mean to be discriminatory, it was purely out of surprise and a loose tongue.
Bai Youwei lazily lifted her eyelids and gave a cold laugh.
"I say, uncle, we're both disabled. Is there a need to discriminate against each other?"