Pay Attention To Me

Chapter 40

"I didn't mean that......" Jiang Yao buried his face in his hands, his ears red, "Fuck, what am I talking about."

Though they were definitely his own words, it was obvious he'd embarrassed himself.

Yin Che discovered that Jiang Yao was unexpectedly pure and innocent, so easily embarrassed.

It was just that whenever he opened his mouth, he never sounded like a decent student.

The Calculating 24 game restarted. Yin Che joined Huang Jun's team, working with them against Jiang Yao.

"Shall I let you have three rounds?" Jiang Yao said very arrogantly.

Zhao Cheng heckled, "What are you doing, Yao Ge? Don't act so biased."

"It's already fair enough. If I competed directly against him, I'd have to admit defeat immediately."

Yin Che's lips twitched up slightly, "Are you afraid that you'll lose if you take it seriously?"

Jiang Yao's eyes lit up and he also smiled at him, baring his white teeth in a grin, "What did you just say?"

Zhao Cheng got excited. "Yao Ge, how moving, now there'll be a good show to watch!"

Yin Che took the lead in throwing out four cards, with the backs facing up, "Whoever calculates it first wins, let's go 20 rounds."

"Alright. And what's the penalty for losing?"

"I don't have one, it can be whatever you want."

Obviously this meant he definitely thought he would win.

Huang Jun gave him a thumbs up, "Che Ge is so bold!"

Jiang Yao followed up and praised him, "He's so cool, right?"

Zhao Cheng said, "Yao Ge, whose team are you on!"

Yin Che ignored him and arched an eyebrow, "So I'll turn them over?"

Jiang Yao watched with rapt attention, "Turn them."

The four cards: 3, 8, 4, 8.

Huang Jun started counting on his fingers, "Two eights...... three, eight, twenty four......"

Zhao Cheng frowned, "These numbers are all factors of twenty four, but it's still a little hard to calculate using all of them......"

The other guys also gathered round to watch the excitement, while simultaneously mentally calculating as well.

After five or six seconds, Jiang Yao opened his mouth.

"8 minus the 3rd root of 8, then multiplied by 4." Yin Che was half a second faster than him.
(t/n: 8-2 = 6 x 4 = 24)

Jiang Yao said, "Uh huh, that works. What I was going to say was the sum of 8 and 4 times the 3rd root of 8."
(t/n: 8+4 = 12 x 2 = 24)

Huang Jun was dumbstruck, "Fucking hell...... a battle between Immortals Cultivators......"

Zhao Cheng said, "I never thought the game of 24 could be so intense......"

Due to the excellent performance of the players on both sides, after 20 rounds, the audience strongly demanded another 10 rounds, so the match took another 20 minutes.

Excluding a couple rounds where the numbers were totally unsolvable, Yin Che won 13 times and Jiang Yao won 15 times.

"Brat, will you still not give in?" Jiang Yao threw the remaining cards on the table, leaned back on the sofa, and put his feet up, "Come over here to receive your penalty."