Ye Jinyan wrapped her arms around his neck: "Why don’t you just admit defeat? Considering how pathetically you lost, we definitely won’t be too harsh with the punishment?"

Zhang Jingdong finally stopped pretending: "Mr. Ye, you’re underestimating me. I just wanted you all to admire my physical strength for a bit and entertain you. I haven’t even shown my mental prowess yet."

"In a two-on-one competition like this, in the end, it’s not physical strength, but mental acuity that counts. The real moment to determine victory or defeat starts now."

Ye Jinyan felt Zhang Jingdong might have come up with a solution but still blinked her pretty eyes: "Mental prowess? Fine, if you still want to fight to the end, we’ll continue to play along with you."

"The simpler the game often, the harder it is to solve. I want to see how you break this move of ours."

Zhang Jingdong hooked Ye Jinyan’s exceptionally delicate chin: "Then watch carefully..."

After speaking, he put one arm around Ye Jinyan and unexpectedly swam towards Guan Le with her.

Ye Jinyan and Guan Le instantly panicked.

Ye Jinyan hastily said, "Let go of me! You can’t play the game like this!"

But Zhang Jingdong ignored her and continued swimming madly towards Guan Le.

Seeing this, Guan Le hurriedly swam to the Left, trying to circle behind Zhang Jingdong.

But Zhang Jingdong didn’t give her a chance, transformed into a pool crocodile, quickly surging through the water, and reached close to Guan Le in the blink of an eye.

Unable to pass the ball, Guan Le had no choice but to bring the water polo underwater.

It must be said, Guan Le’s swimming skills are truly impressive as she managed to evade Zhang Jingdong’s clutches.

But alas, the path was obstructed; Zhang Jingdong’s hold was tighter.

After Guan Le dove underwater, she reduced her speed and inevitably had to resurface, while Zhang Jingdong calmly positioned himself at her resurfacing spot.

Although Guan Le didn’t want to surface, she simply couldn’t hold her breath any longer, so she reluctantly popped up and was finally forced to hand over the water polo to Zhang Jingdong.

Zhang Jingdong beamed with delight: "Haha... Two against one, and I still managed to win—go figure!"

Ye Jinyan glared at him fiercely: "Hmph... You can’t play like this!"

Zhang Jingdong replied bluntly: "I’m just asking, did my action break any rules of the game?"

"While you didn’t break any rules, but you..."

Zhang Jingdong interrupted: "Since I didn’t violate any rules, then my win is justified, isn’t it?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Ye Jinyan was momentarily speechless.

She could only say angrily: "...Fine, your win is without issue, but watch how we take revenge in a bit!"

Zhang Jingdong hung his hands on the edge of the pool: "Let’s not talk about later; let’s discuss the punishment for this round first."

Ye Jinyan: "Go ahead, what do you want us to do?"

Zhang Jingdong glanced at Guan Le and then said: "Since you two grew up by West Lake, let me give you a riddle and see if you can solve it."

"...Let me think, I read this in a book before... Oh yes, five hundred women participated in a backstroke competition in West Lake; guess the name of a tourist attraction."

"Guess the name of a tourist attraction?"

Ye Jinyan thought quickly and then turned to Guan Le with some difficulty.

As a result, Guan Le was clearly unfamiliar with the riddle too, looking equally puzzled.

Half a minute later, Zhang Jingdong said: "What, you can’t guess this simple riddle?"

Ye Jinyan contemplated for another three or four seconds before saying: "I’ve never heard of this riddle before. Isn’t this riddle a bit, uh, questionable?"

Zhang Jingdong sighed: "This is about a tourist attraction’s name; how could it be questionable? They wouldn’t want to deal with such a thing."

Ye Jinyan thought for another dozen seconds and then glanced at Guan Le again.

Guan Le shook her head once more.

Ye Jinyan had to admit: "We can’t guess it; just tell us the answer. But note, this riddle isn’t bound by the bet."

Zhang Jingdong chuckled and shook his head: "Don’t worry, this riddle is just a precursor to my earlier punishment, unrelated to the bet."

"Alright, I’ll reveal the answer: the name of the tourist attraction is... Qiandao Lake."

"Qiandao Lake!?"

Ye Jinyan was instantly dumbfounded: "How... How could it be Qiandao Lake?"

Guan Le also looked puzzled.

Zhang Jingdong quickly blinked: "You’ll understand once you two do a bit of backstroking!"

Ye Jinyan instinctively made a backstroke motion and then suddenly had a lightbulb moment, understanding why.

She gave Zhang Jingdong a shy and angry look: "Zhang Jingdong, you... you’re just awful!"

Zhang Jingdong instantly laughed: "Haha... How am I awful? This riddle is quite innocent and contributes to Qiandao Lake’s tourism promotion. You two haven’t heard of it, truly uncultured!"

Guan Le was still somewhat confused: "Mr. Ye, you got it? Why is it Qiandao Lake?"

Ye Jinyan gestured to her with some frustration: "Got it? Hmph... We’ve been tricked by this guy again!"

Guan Le finally caught on, then glared at Zhang Jingdong: "We’ve never heard of this riddle all our lives; surely you made it up. They wouldn’t use this riddle for promotion!"

Zhang Jingdong smiled and shrugged: "You two don’t have to worry about whether they use this idiom for promotion. Focus on how to complete the punishment I’ll give you next."

"My punishment is for you to practice calligraphy with islands, and the ’mountain’ you write must have my approval to pass!"