Seeing her come down, Lu Jianjun waved to her, "Come over, it's time to eat."
Dinner was food from the cafeteria, a three-person portion. After a quick meal, Lu Guozhong didn't leave. Instead, he said to Lu Jianjun, "Shall we play a game of chess?"
Lu Jianjun was taken aback. "Aren't you busy today?"
Lu Guozhong took the flag and replied, "It's not too busy."
Go!
Meng Fuyan watched them play chess from the sidelines. After two games, it was clear that Lu Jianjun was no match for Lu Guozhong, losing quickly both times.
Lu Jianjun is relatively more direct and kind, but Lu Guozhong is completely different. He is very patient, meticulous in his planning, and you can see that he is very cautious, resourceful, decisive, patient, and keeps a low profile.
Meng Fuyan reflected on his life and truly admired him.
Men in this position usually like to keep many women and are obsessed with having many children to carry on the family line, but he has no such thoughts at all.
He truly dedicated his entire life to the country.
Meng Fuyan was somewhat impressed. Everyone has selfish motives, but she really couldn't see how much selfishness Lu Guozhong had.
Lu Jianjun was getting a little tired of playing. "I lose to you every time, it's no fun."
Meng Fuyan chimed in, "Uncle Lu, you're too blunt. Your uncle's strategic planning skills are far superior to yours."
Lu Guozhong looked at her, "You can do that too?"
Meng Fuyan smiled and said, "Yes! My maternal grandfather especially likes this. He said that a person who leads troops into battle must be good at planning, decisive in killing, and also patient. I have watched him and my mother play chess since I was a child and have learned a lot. If I had played with my uncle just now, I definitely wouldn't have lost so quickly!"
Lu Jianjun retorted angrily, "Your maternal grandfather's chess skills are unmatched throughout Changning!"
Lu Guozhong became interested. "You come here."
Meng Fuyan sat in Lu Jianjun's seat, the black and white pieces, and it was time to start again.
Meng Fuyan's chess playing style is completely different from Lu Jianjun's. She embodies the Meng family's style, including their shrewdness, assertiveness, and strategic thinking.
The Meng family, which had few male heirs, had finally obtained such a granddaughter, so they naturally raised her with great care.
At first, Lu Guozhong thought that no matter how smart Meng Fuyan was, she was just a teenage girl and couldn't be that clever. But as the game went on, he sensed something was different.
He easily defeated Lu Jianjun, his younger brother, but the one in front of him seemed to be a different story.
At first, the two made their moves quickly, but gradually they had more and more time to consider. At first, Lu Jianjun could understand them, but later he gradually couldn't understand them anymore.
Their thought processes are completely different. The key point is that after Meng Fuyan made her move, her elder brother actually had to consider it for so long.
No way?
After looking at it for a while, Lu Jianjun became restless. It was getting dark outside. Lu Guozhong noticed his impatience and said, "If you don't understand, go away. Tidy up your room or go visit someone."
Lu Jianjun: "..."
After glancing at the densely packed chessboard, Lu Jianjun decisively left.
Only Meng Fuyan and Lu Guozhong remained in the living room. The two continued playing chess, but gradually, Lu Guozhong became less anxious and secretly observed Meng Fuyan.
"You're so young, yet you're so good at chess. Did your parents teach you?"
Meng Fuyan nodded, "Yes, in my family, my maternal grandfather and my mother both like to play chess, and they are both very good at it. I have been practicing since I was a child."
Lu Guozhong remained silent for a while, but couldn't help asking, "I know about your kidnapping last time. Your father has been arrested and may never be released. Now it's just you and your younger brother left in your family. Won't you miss your father?"
Meng Fuyan looked up at Lu Guozhong, her face showing no sadness. After thinking for a moment, she shook her head and said, "No, I've never had a good relationship with him since we were little. He doesn't care about me or my brother, so neither of us has a good relationship with him."
"In my memory, my impression of him was that he was unreliable. I always felt that my father was out of place in the family and was not as good to me as Uncle Lu. When my maternal grandparents were alive, his attitude was better. But after my maternal grandparents passed away, his attitude towards us was not as good as before. In addition, my mother did not like him either, so I didn't have any feelings for him to begin with."
Lu Guozhong paused, his voice slightly trembling, "Your mother doesn't like him? How do you know?"
Meng Fuyan replied, "I can tell! I've felt this way since I was little. My mother rarely talked to him and didn't live with him. Anyway, he wasn't very good to me or my mother, so I didn't have any feelings for him. Before my mother passed away, she said a lot to me, and I felt even less for her."
What did your mother say?
"He's telling me that he's unreliable and doesn't care about me, his daughter. He has someone he likes outside, and he's done some terrible things at the factory. He's telling me not to have any hope for him, and to go to Uncle Lu if I need anything. He's also telling me not to be polite to him if he bullies me or my brother, but not to go too far before I grow up, or we might be in danger."
“I remembered those words. Later, he married my stepmother, and I gradually felt something was wrong. Those children were just the children of my stepmother’s older sister. He was protecting them a bit too much. When we were in Northeast China, I was sure those children were his biological children. He had children before he married my mother, and my mother probably knew about it, which is why she was wary of him later.”
Lu Guozhong became somewhat agitated. "If your mother has no feelings for him, then why did she marry him in the first place? Did she like him at first but later realize she was being deceived, or did she never like him from the start and had another reason for marrying him?"
His voice was clearly a little anxious, but Lu Guozhong didn't notice at the moment.
Meng Fuyan glanced at him, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know. Anyway, in my memory, my mother didn't seem to like him, but I don't know why she never got a divorce. It seems that my mother once had someone she liked, but they didn't end up together."
Why didn't you end up together? Do you know why?
Noticing the slight tremor in the other person's voice, Meng Fuyan sighed inwardly. Fate is cruel!
However, she couldn't show it on her face. She blinked and said innocently, "What's so strange about that? There are very few people willing to be live-in sons-in-law!"
Lu Guozhong: "..."
"My mother was so outstanding back then! She came from a good family, was good-looking, and was very capable. Anyone she liked must have been exceptional too. Very few men like that would be willing to become a live-in son-in-law!"
Lu Guozhong: "..."
He was completely stunned, as if the air itself had gone silent.
So, all these years, he's been thinking the wrong thing. Is it because she knows he can't be a live-in son-in-law of the Meng family?
Lu Guozhong was completely bewildered!
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