Xiangxiang looked bewildered.

Yuanyuan leaned over, "Are you going to compete with Hua Jinyan?"

Little Taotie clenched his little fists, "He knows what I don’t, but he knows everything I do, that’s not fair!"

"So..." Xiangxiang’s mouth turned bitter. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Little Taotie raised his head, looking serious, "I need to learn something he can’t learn!"

Xiangxiang, "That’s... a bit difficult."

Little Taotie was very smart, but Xiangxiang noticed that when teaching the two children, Hua Jinyan obviously understood immediately, but to keep pace with Little Taotie, he would pretend not to understand to slow down the progress.

If he hadn’t been matching Little Taotie’s pace, they would have graduated long ago, and Xiangxiang would have had nothing left to teach him.

What could Hua Jinyan possibly not learn? That’s really... a big challenge!

Yuanyuan noticed Xiangxiang’s troubled expression and laughed unkindly.

Xiangxiang glared at her, "You’re laughing too loud!"

Yuanyuan stifled her laugh, "Actually, it’s not that hard."

Xiangxiang eyed her skeptically, "Then tell me, what can Hua Jinyan not learn? You have no idea how smart that kid is!"

"There’s one thing right now that Hua Jinyan can’t match Little Taotie in, no matter how much he tries."

"What?" Xiangxiang and Little Taotie asked in unison.

Yuanyuan held up her bag of potato chips, "Of course, it’s eating! Who could out-eat the Taotie Behemoth?"

Xiangxiang, "..."

Little Taotie, "..."

Yuanyuan chuckled, "Did I say something wrong?"

Little Taotie grumbled, "Even if I eat a whole elephant, what’s the practical use of that? What I want are skills that can solve cases, help out, and be used in tasks! The really impressive kind!"

"Isn’t being able to eat impressive?" Yuanyuan tilted her head, "There are some tasks that require eating."

Little Taotie blinked, intrigued, moving closer to Yuanyuan with wide eyes, "What tasks require eating?"

Yuanyuan smiled mysteriously, "Well..."

"Sister Yuanyuan, tell me quickly, tell me quickly!" Little Taotie reached out and grabbed Yuanyuan’s hand, his tone revealing a hint of pleading.

Yuanyuan relented, smiling broadly, "Some people possessed by a Hungry Ghost, the best way to drive it away is to out-eat the Hungry Ghost. Once you’ve eaten more, it’ll leave."

Xiangxiang rolled her eyes, "Pointless."

Little Taotie, "...I could just punch it away."

Yuanyuan shook her head, "Not necessarily. Have you tried it?"

Little Taotie was taken aback, "Seems... not."

She recalled that she had indeed never encountered a situation where a Hungry Ghost possessed someone to eat.

Yuanyuan, "If it’s possessing someone, punching it would hurt the victim."

Little Taotie fell silent.

Xiangxiang, "Before, you used to be sent out and came back with a full belly, were you competing with Hungry Ghosts in eating?"

Yuanyuan, "..."

Xiangxiang, "No wonder, you always seem to have nothing to do, and the Special Department keeps you fed and cared for. It seems sometimes you’re really useful."

Yuanyuan, "I suspect you’re attacking my character."

Xiangxiang laughed, "I’m just stating the truth. You used to be the biggest eater; now it’s Little Taotie. If you pass this job on to her, you won’t have a job, aren’t you afraid of getting fired?"

"There are so many tasks, sharing a bit with Little Taotie is no big deal. Don’t worry, I won’t get fired."