Chapter 694 - 693: Wedding (5)

Yin Cuihua continued, "I’m not asking you to promise you’ll treat Su Li well for your entire life. Just say that no matter where you two end up, you’ll always treat her with sincerity. Don’t let your feelings change just because your circumstances or status do... You have to share your fortunes and your hardships."

Thinking of her own lifeless marriage, Yin Cuihua’s voice was filled with deep emotion.

People often say, "Husband and wife are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly their separate ways." She didn’t want that for them. And she certainly didn’t want them to end up like her. Her own marriage had been fine when times were tough, but everything changed the moment they came into money.

Wu Sheng nodded and answered solemnly, "Alright. I promise."

"For the rest of my life, I will always treat Su Li with sincerity, trust Su Li, share our fortunes and our hardships, and never leave her side."

Li Hongqin and Yin Cuihua exchanged a smile. "We’ll remember those words. If you ever dare to break your promise in the future... don’t blame us for not holding back."

Wu Sheng gave a sincere smile.

Li Hongqin and Yin Cuihua looked at each other and finally moved aside. "Go on up."

He had passed their challenge, but there were still two more to go.

Wu Sheng let out a sigh of relief. He bowed to them with a smile, then took a breath and headed upstairs.

After enduring untold hardships, Wu Sheng finally reached the sixth floor and arrived at the front door.

Unfortunately, another gatekeeper was waiting at the door, and this was no ordinary one.

Wu Sheng looked at Tang Mo, who stood there as if he could hold off an army by himself. He rubbed his nose, a bad feeling creeping into his gut.

"Little Mo." Wu Sheng smiled. For once, he didn’t call him Little Point, instead using the more affectionate "Little Mo."

But Tang Mo was unmoved. He silently handed over a piece of paper. "Solve this problem."

Wu Sheng took it and glanced at it, and then his expression finally changed.

"Little Point... you... you..."

Tang Mo didn’t look at Wu Sheng. He glanced at the time. "You have ten minutes to solve it. Don’t worry, I took your skill level into account. I didn’t pick anything too difficult, just a medium-difficulty physics problem."

Wu Sheng: "...Little Mo, you’re bullying me!"

’What did he mean, medium difficulty? It might be medium for Tang Mo, but for him, this was expert-level-plus-plus difficulty, okay?’

’It’s like the problem recognized him, but he sure as hell didn’t recognize it.’

"Hurry up and solve it. If you want to marry my mom, you need more than just a strong body; you need a sharp mind. So go on, prove you have one."

Tang Mo looked as domineering as could be, radiating the aura of a top student. It was the kind of sight that made you want to grind your teeth in frustration.

More than half of the groom’s party following Wu Sheng had never met Tang Mo before; they only knew of his existence.

They had heard Wu Sheng talk endlessly about how smart and brilliant Tang Mo was, but this was the first time they had seen him in person. Looking at him now, they were both surprised and shocked.

They all felt the truth in the old saying, "seeing is believing."

’This kid... really is something else.’

Everyone stared blankly at Tang Mo, while Li Hongqin, Ling Zhen, and the others watched with sly grins, looking incredibly smug.

Wu Sheng glanced around, a flustered expression appearing on his face for the first time. Then, he gritted his teeth and shoved the paper out towards the crowd.

"Solve it, quick! Help me! Whoever can solve this problem, I’ll agree to any condition! Just help me solve it!"

Unfortunately, this was a group where brawn was more common than brains. Wu Sheng was considered the smartest of the bunch, and if he couldn’t solve it, there was no way they could.

One by one, they looked at the problem and hastily passed it on. It had been so many years since they graduated, yet here they were, getting completely schooled by an academic ace—and a little kid, at that.

They were completely blindsided.

Everyone was terribly embarrassed.

Wu Sheng felt like crying. Finally, his gaze landed on his good friend, Li Chong.

’Li Chong was the only one who might be able to solve it. He got good grades back in school, and now he worked in tech. That was basically the same as physics... right?’

Li Chong frowned at the problem. As the only one who could even understand it, he knew this challenge was up to him.

"I need..." Li Chong had just started to say he needed a pen and paper when they were thrust before him.

Li Chong took them, gave Tang Mo a serious look, and began to solve the problem.

Wu Sheng bent over, turning his back into a makeshift desk for him.

Li Chong scribbled furiously for a while, but nine minutes passed, and he still hadn’t solved it.

"One minute left," Tang Mo reminded them, watching the time.

Wu Sheng gave a helpless smile and asked Li Chong, "Can you solve it?"

Li Chong: "....Impossible in one minute."

Wu Sheng looked at Tang Mo, who was watching them leisurely, his eyes filled with excitement: "..."

He gritted his teeth. ’I have to... I have to think of something.’

With that thought, Wu Sheng straightened up, took the paper from Li Chong’s hand, and frowned, thinking about the answer.

Inside the room, Su Li was listening to a live broadcast of the events, smiling with a mixture of helplessness and affection. "Little Mo..."

"A physics problem! HAHAHA, that’s a genius move!"

Ling Zhen had already run back inside, looking completely refreshed. "Wu Sheng passed all the other challenges too easily. Little Mo is the one who’s really putting him to the test."

Su Li couldn’t stop laughing, but she was also a little worried. "A problem from Little Mo... I’m afraid Wu Sheng won’t be able to solve it."

"Aiyo, Su Li, are you getting scared? Worried that if Wu Sheng can’t solve it, he won’t be able to get to you?" Ling Zhen teased.

Su Li huffed and blew at the red wedding veil in front of her face. "Of course not."

Ling Zhen was about to reply when she heard Su Li’s next sentence: "If Wu Sheng can’t get in, I can just go out."

Ling Zhen and Li Li burst out laughing. "HAHAHA, Su Li, you’re shameless!"

Su Li laughed along with them. As she was laughing, she heard Wu Sheng shout from outside.

"Su Li, just wait a little longer! I’ve solved it!"

Outside, Wu Sheng watched Tang Mo nervously. "My answer isn’t wrong, is it?"

Tang Mo looked at the answer on the paper, blinked, and then blinked again, his eyes filled with indignant disbelief.

"This isn’t the correct answer."

Wu Sheng raised an eyebrow. "But it’s not wrong, either, is it?"

Tang Mo gritted his teeth, unable to say it was wrong. "You cheated."

"You’re the one who cheated first. Come on, the auspicious time is almost here. Just say I solved it. Or do you want to let your mom see if the answer is right?"

Wu Sheng replied with brazen confidence.

Tang Mo gritted his teeth and glared at Wu Sheng, his cheeks puffed out in anger. He looked down at the paper in his hand, truly at a loss for words.

The words written as the "answer" to the physics problem Tang Mo had so carefully selected had absolutely nothing to do with the question.

But he couldn’t say it was wrong, because the answer Wu Sheng had provided was—"I love Su Li and Tang Mo the most."

It wasn’t the correct answer, but it couldn’t be called wrong, either.

Tang Mo had once again witnessed Wu Sheng’s cunning.

Wu Sheng mentally high-fived himself for his cleverness. "Alright, Little Point, that settles it."

Seeing that Tang Mo wasn’t moving aside, Wu Sheng broke into a mischievous grin. He suddenly bent down, and before Tang Mo could react, he had hoisted the boy onto his shoulder and swaggered into the room.

"Here we go!"

"Ah!" As Tang Mo was hoisted onto Wu Sheng’s shoulder, he couldn’t help but smile, though he said, "Put me down!"

Wu Sheng had carried Tang Mo like this before, so it wasn’t an unfamiliar feeling for the boy. He had laughed plenty of times in the past.

"Nope. This is for being naughty." Wu Sheng patted Tang Mo’s butt. Carrying Tang Mo on his shoulder amidst the whooping and laughing of Wu Dong and the others, he entered the room in high spirits and greeted the people inside.

"Hello, everyone! I’m the groom, here to pick up my bride!"