"The prize?"
Jiang Li and Jiang's father said in unison, looking at Shen Tingsi in surprise: "What's the prize?"
Shen Tingsi looked at Jiang Li with a gentle gaze and said calmly, "How about a promise as a prize?"
"Promise? What promise?"
Father Jiang became interested when he heard this, and looked at Shen Tingsi eagerly, wanting to hear what he meant by the prize.
"If I win, Li'er will make me a promise. If Li'er wins, I will make her a promise. Once the promise is made, it will never be changed."
Shen Tingsi tapped the table with his fingers intermittently and announced the winning or losing of the chess game.
Father Jiang touched his chin, and his eyes lit up as if thinking of something. He excitedly slammed the table and said, "I think it's okay!"
Knowing how good his daughter's chess skills are, Jiang's father has already determined that Jiang Li will win.
He was worried that no one would play chess with him, so after his daughter won, he asked her for a prize and asked the boy to come to Jiang Mansion every day to play a few games of chess with him!
Hehe, it’s settled!
Father Jiang thought happily that he wanted Jiang Li to win the prize after defeating Shen Tingsi, and his promise was to let Shen Tingsi come to Jiang's house every day to play a few games with him.
How beautiful!
After Jiang's father agreed, Shen Tingsi raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were always on Jiang Li opposite him.
"What do you think, Li'er?"
Jiang Li was lowering her head to tidy up the chess game in front of her. After putting the white and black pieces back into the chess tube, she raised her eyes to look at Shen Tingsi opposite her.
"Then I'd rather obey you than be disrespectful."
Jiang Li gave a professional fake smile and looked at the old fox opposite with resentment.
Ask her how?
What can she do? ? Does she dare to say no? ! "Good job, girl!"
Father Jiang patted Jiang Li's shoulder with a smile and winked at her.
Jiang Li smiled bitterly at her father, who was quite confident in herself: Dad, I don’t know what you are so happy about, but it seems a little too early to be happy...
After Jiang Li agreed, she and Shen Tingsi each took a piece and placed it on the chessboard one after the other. Jiang's father watched the game from the side, while Qingzhu stood behind Jiang Li and was responsible for serving tea and water to them.
Jiang Li is good at chess, but she found it difficult to win when she met Shen Tingsi. The Chu Emperor's chess skills were well-known among the four countries.
In the early stage, Shen Tingsi deliberately gave in to her and only defended but not attacked. This made Jiang's father instantly excited. He sipped his tea calmly, as if he knew the result without even looking at it.
But when Shen Tingsi launched the offensive in the later stage, seeing the sudden reversal of the situation, Jiang's father widened his eyes and straightened his back instantly!
"Green, green, green bamboo, take it aside!"
Father Jiang stammered and told Qingzhu to put the teacup in his hand aside, without even bothering to drink the tea!
He straightened his body and stared at the chess game in front of him. He instantly lost his composure when he saw the sudden turn of the situation!
This, this, this, the chess game that my daughter was sure to win turned out to be reversed? ?
Father Jiang lowered his head and studied the chess game in front of him seriously. After seeing the moves made by Shen Tingsi, his jaw dropped in shock.
"You, you, you were just hiding your abilities?"
Father Jiang tilted his head and looked at Shen Tingsi beside him, his eyes widened and he exclaimed in surprise.
Although Father Jiang may not think carefully when playing chess, he can solve the game! Looking at the chess game that turned the tide against the wind, he exclaimed in his heart that it was wonderful! Although he wanted to shout it out loud, the opponent was his daughter's opponent after all, so he thought about it and just shouted in his heart...
Jiang Li naturally knew how skilled Shen Tingsi was at chess. Although he seemed to be only defending and not attacking just now, he was actually in control of the overall situation at every step. Every move made by Jiang Li was under his control.
Now that the game was halfway through, Shen Tingsi turned the situation around with just one move and launched an offensive against Jiang Li.
"Ahem, well, Dad, be quiet, be quiet."
After hearing her father call Chu Di "boy", Jiang Li quickly spoke up to stop him.
Father Jiang covered his mouth and nodded to Jiang Li: "I know, I know, Dad won't bother you anymore, just play chess well, don't panic, stay calm and we will definitely win!"
Jiang Li: "...Dad, thank you!"
The game was only two-thirds complete, with the other third still waiting for the two to fill in. This was a crucial moment, and Jiang Li also became serious.
Although Qingzhu didn't know chess, his heart suddenly tightened when he saw the master's serious expression.
"Come on, miss. Come on, miss. Come on, miss..."
Qingzhu cheered for Jiang Li in a very low voice, not knowing that her voice had already been carried to the ears of the three people by the wind.
Jiang Li, who was playing chess with Shen Tingsi, had no time to be distracted. Instead, Jiang's father looked up at Qingzhu and put his index finger to his mouth to make a gesture of silence.
The next moment Qingzhu tightened his mouth and dared not breathe.
As time passed, the game between the two came to an end. Under Shen Tingsi's deliberate control, the two of them ended up in a draw.
"call--"
Faced with such a powerful opponent like Shen Tingsi, Jiang Li herself didn't say anything, but Jiang's father breathed a sigh of relief.
"Girl, little brother, you two are really equally good at chess!"
Father Jiang didn't leave anyone out and praised both of them together.
"But now that the two of you have ended up in a tie, does that mean the bet doesn't count?"
Father Jiang turned his head to look at Jiang Li on the right, then turned his head to look at Shen Tingsi on the left.
Jiang Li said seriously: "Since it's a tie, then the prize is naturally..."
"Of course, Li'er and I made a promise to each other."
Jiang Li was about to give up on the prize, but Shen Tingsi interrupted her halfway through her words.
Father Jiang and Jiang Li looked at him at the same time and said in unison: "Can it be like this?"
Shen Tingsi nodded seriously: "Of course."
"Well, girl, why don't you let him..."
Just as Jiang's father was about to ask Shen Tingsi to come over and play chess with him when he was free, so that he could also learn a few more moves from Shen Tingsi, Jiang's mother came over from the side of the garden.
"Master, this is a matter between these two children. Why are you meddling in it?"
When Jiang's mother came over, she happened to hear their conversation and spoke up in time to stop Jiang's father from making any plans.
After hearing Jiang's mother's voice, Jiang's father stood up from his seat and walked towards Jiang's mother.
"Ma'am, why are you here?"
"It's getting late. Dinner is ready. I came to let you know."
Before I knew it, the sun had completely set and it was time for dinner.
Mother Jiang stopped in front of the pavilion, looked at the two people sitting together in such harmony, and said with a smile: "Li'er, Master Shen, let's go to the kitchen together."
“Here I come.”
Jiang Li stood up from the stone bench: "Mr. Shen, please."
Shen Tingsi stood up and walked out of the pavilion side by side with Jiang Li, and came in front of Jiang's father and mother.
"Madam, you just didn't realize how exciting the game between my little brother and my daughter was. They were truly evenly matched!"
As soon as Jiang's father came up, he described to Jiang's mother the scene of Jiang Li and Shen Tingsi playing chess just now. Combined with his exaggerated wording, Jiang's mother was stunned.
“So amazing?”
"That's right! I thought my chess skills could beat that of my little brother, but I didn't expect that he was hiding his weakness from me in those few games!"
Father Jiang said a lot more, then looked at Shen Tingsi who was standing beside him: "By the way, little brother, I know your last name is Shen, but I don't know your name, and where do you live?"
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