"Is there something you need, Yuan?" Cai Xiaolian had just finished showering and changing with Gu Xin when they came out.
When Gu Xin saw Lu Zheng, she glared at him fiercely with her big eyes.
"My second uncle invited me to play chess!" Lu Zheng said with a smile.
Xin Xin has developed a bit of a temper now that she's grown up. When she gets angry, she just glares at people, and you have to see it. She'll never glare at you silently.
They were so cute.
"Go and light all the lanterns in the corridor! We'll sit under the stone table over there! I'll bring you tea and snacks!" Gu Shouxin replied from the kitchen.
"Dad, you go ahead, I'll bring it over in a bit," Gu Nian said, wiping away her tears again.
"Alright, then Dad will start enjoying his daughter's blessings now!" Gu Shouxin said with a smile.
Having experienced so much in his past life, how could he not see through Gu Nian's thoughts?
He didn't say it before not because he didn't care about Gu Nian, but because he, like Gu Nian, hoped that she could return to her former world.
After they beat Lu Zheng that time, all three of them acted strangely one night. He kept thinking about whether such anomalies would occur again, and whether this anomaly could allow them to go back.
Unfortunately, almost half a year has passed since then, and there have been no further abnormalities. He believes they can never go back.
Since there's no going back, he hoped Gu Nian wouldn't think too much about it; thinking too much would only make her unhappy.
He treated both sisters like his own daughters, and as a father, he naturally hoped that his daughters could never have any worries.
So, tonight, taking advantage of the opportunity when Gu Nian brought up Lu Zheng again, he said these words.
He believed that Gu Nian should be able to understand the reasoning behind this.
As for Lu Zheng, he did indeed treat him as a pitiful little boy in the village, just as he said. All his anger was resolved with a punch that night. The Lu Zheng that Gu Nian told them was the Lu Zheng in the book, but the Lu Zheng now was the real Lu Zheng.
He was different from Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian. As an ancient person, he had experienced even more than Lu Zheng. His path of revenge was more arduous and bloody than Lu Zheng's, and he understood some of the rules of survival in ancient times better.
As for Lu Zheng and Gu Xin, he hadn't thought that much about it. Xin Xin was still young, only eleven years old this year and twelve next year. She was far from falling in love.
Years later, nobody knows what happened.
...
Gu Shouxin and Lu Zheng played for a long time that night. The mother and her three children had been asleep for a long time, but the two of them were still playing.
Each time one side is in dire straits, they manage to pull themselves back from the brink of defeat, making the game incredibly dangerous and intense for both players.
It can truly be said that they were evenly matched.
In the end, Lu Zheng lost by one move, and he sincerely admired him: "It seems that the young man still lacks experience and is not as good as his second uncle!"
Gu Shouxin smiled and said, "With such chess skills at your age, you deserve to be the best among your peers."
Lu Zheng laughed happily, "Haha, Second Uncle, don't say that, it's embarrassing."
Gu Shouxin glanced at the sky: "If we play another round, it'll probably be dawn. How about we spar a few times? You haven't practiced your sword tonight."
Lu Zheng stood up, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "I would be honored to accept your invitation!"
The two stepped onto the plum blossom stakes, a set they had been using since childhood, and they could spar on them as if it were flat ground.
They stopped after they were both drenched in sweat.
Lu Zheng asked breathlessly, "Second Uncle, have you ever been beaten with a sack over your head?"
Gu Shouxin was taken aback, then turned his head and said, "No. What's wrong? Were you beaten up?"
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