After spending a week in the hospital, Gu Yuheng moved back to the Lin family manor to recuperate.
Since he couldn't do much due to his injured arms, Gu Yuheng had a very leisurely time for the past two weeks.
His daily entertainment consisted of drinking tea and playing chess with Grandpa Lin, sometimes sitting for the entire day. Lin Chuxia initially tried to keep him company, but after only a couple of days, she stopped and let Gu Yuheng do as he pleased.
Originally, Lin Chuxia thought that Gu Yuheng would get tired of it after a few days. After all, her grandfather was getting old, and the older he got, the more childish he liked to do things, such as taking back moves.
"His chess skills were poor, but he made up for it with taking back moves." This phrase perfectly describes her grandfather.
Of course, taking back moves wasn't the worst part. What was most speechless was that her grandfather would use games he won by taking back moves as an excuse to give Gu Yuheng pointers on his chess skills. Not to mention Gu Yuheng, who was playing chess with him, even she, as an observer, was almost too embarrassed to watch.
“If you get bored, just tell me, and I’ll try to find some chess friends for Grandpa,” Lin Chuxia said.
It's impossible to stop Grandpa from playing chess altogether, but finding him a different chess partner is an option.
We can't expect Grandpa to focus on "torturing" Gu Yuheng every day.
Gu Yuheng didn't seem to care: "It's alright, playing chess with Grandpa is quite enjoyable."
Noticing that Gu Yuheng's expression didn't show any signs of lying or reluctance, Lin Chuxia asked curiously, "Don't you think Grandpa's chess etiquette is terrible?"
"I don't think so, I think it's great. There's nothing I can do right now, so Grandpa is just accommodating me and keeping me company to pass the time," Gu Yuheng said.
"Do you really think so?"
"certainly."
"Okay, Grandpa always likes to take back moves when he plays chess. Even my brother can't stand him. I'm just worried that you'll get bored."
"No, we're exchanging ideas. There's no need to be so serious." Gu Yuheng smiled and said, "We're just exchanging ideas, there's no need to be so serious."
It's just a few moves he can take back; as long as the old folks are happy. He doesn't have much to do anyway, so spending more time with them is good for him.
Moreover, when he played chess with his grandfather, his wife was never too far away from him. They lived in the same courtyard; she was busy with her own things, and he was playing his chess, but whenever they wanted, they could see each other by simply looking up.
He felt that this harmonious and leisurely life was quite good.
At this moment, Gu Yuheng's magnanimity made Gu Jiu unable to help but glance at him frequently.
Gu Jiu: Third Master is putting on quite a convincing act. If he hadn't known Third Master for over twenty years, he would have thought that Third Master was genuinely such a magnanimous person. You know, over the years, Third Master has mostly left everyone with negative impressions such as "old-fashioned," "stingy," and "petty."
The Third Master's patience is probably all reserved for the Young Mistress.
After all, you have to understand that even when Third Master was dealing with his own parents, the two people at the Gu family's old mansion, he never had this much patience.
The old lady once asked the third master to help water the flowers, but the third master found it troublesome to water them little by little, so he poured a whole bucket of water on them, and the precious flowers were ruined. However, even though he knew that the old lady was very angry at the time, the third master did not think about coaxing her. Instead, he interrupted the old lady's accusations and said righteously, "If they are ruined, I will have someone buy you new ones. No matter how much you nag, I have no way to bring them back to life."
Listen to how infuriating those words are! So, after that, their third master was kicked out of the old house and left to live alone and fend for himself.
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