"Knowledge knows no age. You either have it or you don't. In the entire prefectural examination, only your second uncle beat me! Are you scared?" Huo Junhao said.
“Well, I’m a rather uncouth man, so if we’re going to have a competition, we should at least have a prize, right?” Lu Zheng said with a smile.
"So what prize do you want?" Huo Junhao fell for it as expected.
"How about this, if you lose, you'll call me 'brother' from now on. I'll be your brother, and you have to treat me like a real brother, okay?" Lu Zheng stroked his chin, thought for a long time, and then said.
"That's it?" Huo Junhao looked at Lu Zheng suspiciously.
"Is that all? I think you're a bit arrogant. You're the eldest son in your family, right? I wanted to let you experience what it's like to be the younger brother!" Lu Zheng said.
"Fine! If you beat me, I'll make you my older brother! My real older brother!" Huo Junhao said through gritted teeth.
"Okay, we're here!" Lu Zheng pointed to the alley ahead.
When the group returned home, Gu Shouxin was setting up a chessboard. He was taken aback when he saw that the children had brought Huo Junhao with them.
"Dad, you're number one! Dad, you're amazing!" Gu Xin ran happily to Gu Shouxin's side.
"Brother Gu, my name is Huo Junhao. I've heard so much about you!" Huo Junhao stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting to Gu Shouxin.
Gu Shouxin smirked. How could a twelve-year-old kid call him Brother Gu?
Lu Zheng was also speechless. He had just seen this kid give him a sly smile. Was he planning to take advantage of him by addressing him in a certain way?
After everyone greeted each other, Gu Xin and Gu Si went to prepare tea and snacks, while Huo Junhao explained his purpose for coming.
Gu Shouxin raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lu Zheng. It seems that Huo Junhao was a famous person in his previous life. He even wants this brat to recognize him as his younger brother?
I'll ask Niannian when I get back.
Huo Junhao suggested comparing pairs of pieces, or playing chess.
Lu Zheng shrugged indifferently. "Do you think I don't know about your famous couplet from when you were twelve? I already gave you a matching one in your past life, can't you do it in this one?"
The game of matching couplets started with one character. Huo Junhao went first, giving one character and Lu Zheng responding with one. The couplets were neat and tidy, and Huo Junhao became more and more excited.
Half an hour later, he gave up and said, "Brother Yuan, you come, you go, I'll play!"
Lu Zheng nodded. "You couldn't come up with the matching couplet in my past life until I died. I'll tell you ten years in advance in this life. Let's see if you can come up with it sooner."
So Lu Zheng set the question.
Gu Shouxin listened with great interest.
When he got to the eighteenth character, Huo Junhao got stuck.
Gu Shouxin couldn't figure it out for a moment.
"I'll light the incense in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!" Gu Xin ran to find the incense burner and lit the incense.
After an incense stick had burned, Huo Junhao still hadn't figured it out, but Gu Shouxin did have an answer in his mind. However, he didn't say it. There's no single answer to a couplet, so he let the little prodigy figure it out himself.
"It seems that A Yuan has won this game of pairs! Young Master Huo, you must stay calm!" Gu Shouxin said to Huo Junhao with a smile.
“This is my specialty! Come on!” Huo Junhao sat down confidently.
Lu Zheng reached out his hand, letting him go first.
In his previous life, Huo Junhao, who was in his twenties, could only manage a draw with him. In this life, Huo Junhao, who is twelve years old, is definitely no match for him. Not to mention that he has been tormented by this Uncle Gu, who came from who-knows-where, for so long recently, and his chess skills are no longer what they were in his previous life.
Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu returned halfway through the game. Seeing the two children playing chess, Grandpa Gu came over to watch and was very impressed with them. They were quite skilled at chess at such a young age!
Lu Zheng knew his identity, but the other child, who was about the same age as his grandson, probably also came from a well-off family.
Suddenly, Grandpa Gu realized that he had been too lenient with Gu En over the years and that he needed to go back and properly mentor her.
Poor Enzi, he was already being targeted by his second uncle, and now his grandfather is targeting him too.
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