Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback! novel Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Is This Book an Out-of-Print Buddhist Scripture?!

Qi Tianyu had been looking forward to watching Jiang Li’s drama unfold.

But to his surprise, Wen Jiaojiao, who seemed to possess some strength, turned out to be a paper tiger. She was defeated by Jiang Li before even one round had passed.

After pondering for a moment, Qi Tianyu’s gaze locked onto the book next to Jiang Li, deciding to employ a tactic to distract her attention.

He pretended to intervene as a peacemaker and pulled Wen Jiaojiao aside.

“Ms. Wen’s words were a bit too much. I’ve been here for an hour since I arrived, and Miss Jiang has been reading this whole time. She doesn’t seem to be faking at all. Maybe she genuinely loves to study.”

Wen Jiaojiao scoffed, “Her? Jiang Li? Loves to study? Who are you trying to fool? If she loves studying so much, how could she have scored only in the two-hundreds on her college entrance exam?”

Qi Tianyu’s face showed embarrassment, as if trying to change the subject, he turned to look at Jiang Li.

“Miss Jiang, what book are you reading? I’ve been curious since a moment ago.”

Jiang Li pushed the book toward him, “You’ll know once you look at it.”

Qi Tianyu picked up the book that had no characters on the cover, but his expression changed drastically the instant he saw the contents.

Wen Jiaojiao couldn’t help but show a look of disdain.

“Hey, Qi Tianyu, you’re also a student at Yan University, do you have to look so surprised by an old book?”

Then she also leaned in to look. The next second, her expression grew complicated as well.

The barrage of comments from the audience became curious.

[What book is it that has elicited such a big reaction from these two?]

[Could it be some banned book, or is the content too difficult for Qi Tianyu to understand?]

[How could that be? Our Tianyu is a top student in the Chinese Literature department at Yan University, proficient in six languages. How could there be a book he doesn’t understand?]

Seeing this, Director Sun quickly instructed the cameraman to zoom in on the book.

In an instant, rows of elegant and graceful traditional characters appeared on the screen.

[Is that a handwritten book? In traditional characters?]

[No way, can Jiang Li actually understand this? What is she pretending for?]

[Now I’m certain she’s faking it. I thought she was seriously studying, but this is classical Chinese. My eyes are getting blurry just looking at it.]

Qi Tianyu also sneered inwardly a few times, managing his expression with effort so as not to give himself away.

“Miss Jiang, can you understand the content inside?”

Jiang Li smiled lightly, “Mr. Qi, what do you mean? Why would I read a book I can’t understand?”

“Do you know what this content is?” Qi Tianyu’s expression became even more complicated, “This is Buddhist scripture.”

Suddenly, there were even more mocking comments on the barrage.

[No way, is Jiang Li actually reading Buddhist scripture? And for over an hour?]

[That’s too pretentious. I’d rather grab a famous literary work to show off. Who doesn’t know Buddhist scripture is incredibly arcane and indecipherable to non-professionals?]

[Qi Tianyu is awesome. I thought it was just ordinary classical Chinese, but he could tell at a glance that it’s Buddhist scripture.]

Upon hearing this, Wen Jiaojiao snatched the book from Qi Tianyu’s hands and said with a boastful and disdainful look:

“Oh really? You said you were studying seriously, right? Then let me test you on the content.”

She flipped through a few pages, then pointed to a sentence: “Tell me, what does the fourth sentence on page 13 say?”

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Wasn’t Wen Jiaojiao’s manner of seeking revenge a bit too conspicuous?

How could anyone remember every single line on every page when reading a book?

Even Qi Tianyu felt it was a bit too much. His original intention was just to make Jiang Li back off gracefully, considering it was only the first day, and making things too tense would look bad for everyone.

“Ms. Wen, aren’t you being unreasonable? Classical Chinese is hard enough to remember, let alone Buddhist scripture.”