Qiu Shui was just about to call him "old man", but when he saw the handsome man with black hair and ancient costume opposite him, he couldn't even say the word "old man".
But if not grandpa, what should we call him?
In terms of seniority, the old man is not only his teacher.
Moreover, he is the great-grandfather in name only.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
He inexplicably felt that the handsome old man in front of him looked familiar.
Really familiar with that. I seem to have seen it somewhere.
But Qiu Shui really couldn't remember it.
The old man saw his embarrassment and actually showed a smile as warm as spring breeze on his face.
"If you don't want to call me Grandpa, then just call me Great Grandpa. Anyway, you are the heir to my Prince Ren's Palace. According to seniority, it is only right for you to call me Great Grandpa."
This handsome man, who looks to be in his twenties, calls himself "old man" all the time, which sounds really awkward.
When Qiu Shui heard what the old man said, he immediately felt something was wrong.
"You know that I'm pretending to be your great-nephew?"
The old man nodded, "The system said so."
"Then you have no objection? After all, I am not..."
The identity of the heir to the Renwang Palace was fabricated by the system in order to give him the wealth he had acquired.
In fact, his identity is just the adopted son of an ordinary family.
He now lives in Renwang Palace, which was also given to him by the old man.
He was afraid that the old man would mind him pretending to be his junior.
Unexpectedly, the old man waved his hand and said, "What's there to mind about this? The bloodline of Renwang Mansion has been cut off since my generation. I couldn't be happier that you can inherit Renwang Mansion as my nephew's grandson. I couldn't be happier that you can continue the heritage of Renwang Mansion."
"Cut off the bloodline?" Qiu Shui was a little confused by the old man's words.
"Don't you have a biological brother who is living outside? Although we don't know whether he is dead or alive, maybe he has descendants? How can you say that your bloodline is cut off?"
Qiu Shui actually thought about it. Although the system said that the old man’s younger brother had passed away.
But Qiu Shui felt that it was possible that the old man’s younger brother had descendants.
If the descendants of the old man's younger brother really come back, he can give up the Renwang Palace.
Although this Renwang Palace was given to him by the old man.
But after spending so much time with the old man, he really regarded him as an elder.
If the old man really has descendants alive, he will take good care of them.
"I don't have any younger brothers." The old man showed an amused smile on his overly young face without a single wrinkle.
"I am the only heir of the Renwang Palace. Otherwise, I would not have given away everything in the Renwang Palace. I announced to the public that I have this younger brother just to make the officials more cautious. So that Xiao Fuzi and the others can enjoy their old age after I am gone."
What?
Fake?
Qiu Shui really didn't expect that the so-called younger brother was actually fake.
And the old man did this for Uncle Fu and the others?
"Xiao Fuzi, you are already seventy this year. According to the agreement between me and the government, if Xiao Fuzi is gone and my 'brother' has no descendants, the Nio Palace will be nationalized."
The old man looked deeply at Qiu Shui.
"Now that you have become the heir to the Niwang Palace, the authorities will take care of you for the sake of my previous reputation."
Qiu Shui held his forehead with his hand, it turned out that the old man had cheated the official people before?
No wonder his succession to the Renwang Palace was so smooth.
This is a great trick, old man!
"old……"
Qiu Shui looked at the old man's face and really couldn't call him "old man", so he just changed it to "great-grandfather".
"Grandpa, you don't know. Ever since I went out to show off my wealth, the government and other hidden families have been targeting me."
"Well, someone from the official side needs me to come to the United States to participate in an auction. They want me to bring some things back to China. At the same time, they also want to test the financial resources behind me. It seems that the official didn't completely trust you, Grandpa, back then."
Although it was Long Teng and Long Wenxiu who came to him to discuss participating in the auction.
However, Qiu Shui knew clearly the identities of Long Teng and Long Wenxiu.
They are from the official side.
When they came to talk to him, it was just like the officials came to talk to him.
It was precisely because of this that Qiu Shui agreed to let them attend the auction.
The Murong family and the Zheng family had come to see him before.
In fact, it is just a reminder to him.
The authorities are already testing him.
If Renwangfu wants to fight against the government, it would be best to join forces with the Murong family and the Zheng family.
However, Qiu Shui rejected them.
Not to mention that Qiu Shui had no intention of confronting the authorities.
Take the old man of the Murong family and the old man of the Zheng family for example, they are both old foxes.
Qiu Shui thought he was quite clever.
But they couldn't outsmart them.
If you seek the skin of a tiger without sufficient strength, you are seeking death.
Participating in the auction is not only a test by the authorities. It is also an olive branch extended by the authorities.
Long Teng said it.
If they cannot pay back that much money at that time, they will give something of corresponding value in return.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Qiu Shui can bring back the items from the auction.
In other words, this can be considered a test given to him by the authorities.
The Murong family and the Zheng family actually knew that the government had already extended an olive branch to Qiu Shui.
So, after they saw that Qiu Shui had no intention of being in the same boat with them.
He also wanted to interfere in the auction.
He wanted to share some of the valuable things given by the official through Qiu Shui.
At the same time, this is also a way to sell a good product to the official.
And if Qiu Shui, who was caught in the middle, really agreed to cooperate with them.
Not only will he be abandoned by the authorities, but he will also become a pawn to build a bridge between the Murong family and the Zheng family.
"If the authorities really believed what I said completely, then they would not be officials."
The old man didn't think this was strange.
He chuckled, seemingly not taking it seriously at all.
"Since the authorities are testing you, then prove that you have the power to attract the attention of the authorities. So do it well. We can't let people look down on our Niou Palace."
The old man emphasized the word "we".
"Yes, I understand."
That was Qiu Shui's original intention.
Now that the old man had reminded him, Qiu Shui felt even more determined.
After finishing the business, Qiu Shui's eyes rolled.
He started to smile at the old man.
"Grandfather, you said that I am now the heir of the Renwang Palace. Then you are my real grandfather. As a grandfather, should you give me a gift or something?"
Qiu Shui stretched out his hands directly towards the old man.
"I don't want much, I just hope that Grandpa can give me ten or eight books on immortal cultivation secrets or something. Otherwise, a few hundred immortal pills will be fine too."
The old man, who originally had a smile on his face, suddenly became frowned upon hearing the words "secret book of cultivating immortals". His face was as black as if it was dipped in ink.
"What immortal cultivation secrets? You're dreaming. I don't have any. Well, the game is over. Get out of here now."
The old man didn't even wait for Qiu Shui to react and just waved his sleeves.
Qiu Shui suddenly withdrew from the system space.
"oops."
Qiu Shui, who was forced out of the system space, felt a headache.
"Host, are you okay?"
The system asked with a worried look on its face.
Qiu Shui held his head with both hands, twisted his face, and shouted: "No, if there is no secret book, then there is no secret book. Why are you suddenly angry?"
The system couldn't help but remind him, "Host, I'd like to remind you that it's best not to mention the immortal cultivation secret book in front of this old man."
"Why ..."
Qiu Shui suddenly remembered that he had drawn the "secret book" in the mysterious space.
Oh my goodness, did the old man know that he had drawn the secret book?
"That's not right. Wasn't that secret book drawn by the main system himself? What does it have to do with the old man? Why is he angry?"
“Is it possible that…”
Qiu Shui was a little skeptical.
"What?"
The system became a little nervous.
Could it be that the host has guessed something?
Could it be that he guessed the wife's identity?
My host is so smart, it is possible that he could guess it.
But if he really guessed it. Then how will it argue and cover up its mistakes?
After all, the wife’s identity cannot be exposed.
Qiu Shui shouted, "Could it be that the old man is the main system?"
The system was stunned for a moment. Why would the host rely on his wife to rely on the main system?
Seeing the system's dumbfounded look, Qiu Shui couldn't help but asked in shock: "Could it be that the old man is really the system?"
The system reacted and said angrily: "How is it possible? Our main system is not in this world at all. Host, you think too much."
Qiu Shui touched his chin, "That's right. After all, your main system manages so many systems. You are so busy. How could you have time to play chess with me every day? It's impossible for you to give me a new system host and be a sparring partner."
Maybe he really was thinking too much.
Maybe it’s because the old man just happened to know the secret book by accident, so he felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned the secret book?
Are you angry out of shame?
Well, that should be it.
Wasn't he angry and humiliated because of the secret book?
It’s a pity that I didn’t find out the old man’s secret to staying younger.
However, the system said before that the old man is a soul.
Since it is a soul, it shouldn't be difficult to change its appearance, right?
But he is a human being, a living human being.
So maybe the old man’s secret cultivation method is not suitable for him.
Thinking about it this way, I don’t seem so unwilling.
The most important thing is that he learned a new trick when he was playing against the old man just now.
I have to say, every time I play against the old man. You can learn a lot of new moves.
This is no longer the case with playing chess with others.
Although the old man plays chess in a unique style in every game, his moves are different every time.
It can be said that although Qiu Shui has integrated the Master Card.
But he learned chess from his grandfather.
Therefore, his chess playing style is strongly influenced by the old man.
Qiu Shui thought that he would find a way to get the old man to say something tomorrow.
The next day was the third game of the Chess God Cup.
The chess players who can enter the third game are all very strong.
And as the game progresses, it becomes more difficult towards the end.
Qiu Shui, Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao have just arrived at the competition venue.
Suddenly, Qiu Shui's cell phone rang.
Qiu Shui took a look and found it was an unfamiliar number.
And the caller ID shows a local US number.
Qiu Shui thought about it for a while and decided to answer the call.
"Are you Qiu Shui?"
As soon as the phone was connected, a deep male voice was heard.
Although the man spoke Chinese, he had a strong foreign accent.
So, it sounds a bit awkward.
"I am, who are you?"
The other party did not answer, but asked: "Do you know He Bing?"
He Bing?
Qiu Shui remembered that when he came back from the auto show a few days ago, He Bing sent him a message.
He said he also came to the United States on a business trip.
I was also at the auto show at the time and wanted to say hello to him, but I didn't expect him to leave early.
Qiu Shui didn't care much.
But He Bing is also one of his subordinates.
"Yes, he is my friend."
Judging from the sound, it seems that the person here has some bad intentions.
"It's good that we know him. He is in our hands now. If you want him to live, come to Luna Palace in person with 1 billion Mi coins to redeem him."
After the other party finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone.
Before Qiu Shui could react, the system's voice came.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for triggering the special show-off wealth mission."
"This mission is optional. The host needs to choose one of the following two missions."
"Mission 1, rescue the trapped He Bing. Please bring 1 billion Mi coins to Luna Palace to redeem He Bing. And show the host's wealth to those who dare to take advantage of the host's friends."
"If the mission succeeds, you will be rewarded with a prize draw. If the mission fails, you will be killed."
"Task 2: Choose to continue to participate in the International Go God Cup. Win the championship and you will be rewarded with a lucky draw. If you fail the mission, all the host's deposits will be deducted."
"Host, please make a choice."
And let him make a choice?
“Do I even need to choose?”
Qiu Shui looked at the penalty for failure of the first task with a dark face.
These two tasks, one requires life, the other requires money.
This doesn't give him any choice at all.
"System, tell me, did you do this on purpose? You just want to cheat me out of my money."
The system spread its hands innocently.
"Host, you triggered this mission, and it has nothing to do with this system. You should make your choice quickly, as you only have 5 minutes to choose."
Qiu Shui pursed her lips.
I chose Task 1 by default.
After choosing the tasks, Qiu Shui directly said to Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao: "I'm not going to the competition, you guys go."
"Not going to the competition? What's going on?"
In the eyes of Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao, Qiu Shui just received a phone call and suddenly said he didn't want to go to the competition.
There must be something wrong with that phone.
Qiu Shui took a deep breath and said, "A friend of mine is in trouble. I have to save him, or he will die."
If he didn't go, he would die.
Will he die?
Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao were suddenly shocked.
"I'll go with you." Lou Yuchen was worried about Qiu Shui.
Qiu Shui said directly: "No, you guys go to the competition. If you follow me, it will affect me. Don't worry, I have bodyguards with me, there will be no problem."
Lou Yuchen also knew that if they followed them, Qiu Shui might be implicated.
So, he just pursed his lips and looked at Qiu Shui, saying: "Is it really okay?"
Qiu Shui gave him a reassuring smile, "No problem, don't worry."
"Okay, be safe."
Since Qiu Shui said so, Lou Yuchen certainly couldn't waste Qiu Shui's time any longer.
After all, Qiu Shui said that he was going to save lives.
Watching Qiu Shui leave with a group of bodyguards.
Liang Zitao said to Lou Yuchen: "Do you really trust him so much?"
Lou Yuchen looked at Qiu Shui's departing back and said in a low voice, "What can we do if we are worried? If we follow him, we will only become a burden to him."
Lou Yuchen knew that Qiu Shui's bodyguards were very powerful.
They can definitely protect Qiu Shui.
Moreover, Qiu Shui had said before that his father was also in the United States.
Therefore, Qiu Shui's father would never let anything happen to him.
"Yes, the greatest help we can provide is to not cause trouble for him."
Liang Zitao sighed and patted Lou Yuchen on the shoulder.
"Let's go, Achen. Since Qiushui can't go to the competition, you can't let others take away the title of chess god. Otherwise, Qiushui will definitely be angry when he comes back."
The bodyguards soon drove over in several cars.
Qiu Shui got on the middle one.
"Master, don't worry. Jiu has already gone to Luna Palace with the other three people. They will meet us there."
The bodyguard driving the car in front said to Qiu Shui while driving.
"What is Luna Palace?"
Qiu Shui knew that these bodyguards had been carrying all kinds of weapons since they came to the United States. This includes guns that are banned in China.
In the United States, all bodyguards have legal gun licenses.
After Qiu Shui answered the phone and left, only two bodyguards were left to guard the hotel. There were also two bodyguards who had sneaked into the venue of the Chess God Cup competition early to protect Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao.
The remaining 26 bodyguards were all dispatched.
The bodyguard in the co-pilot seat replied: "Luna Palace is the largest casino in Megale. On the surface, they are doing a legal gambling business, but secretly, they are arms dealers."
This group of bodyguards were specially selected by the system and they are very powerful mercenaries.
They have many channels and know many things that are not known to ordinary people.
You can also get things that others can't get without anyone noticing.
"Gambling city, arms dealer?"
Qiu Shui couldn't understand how He Bing got involved with those people.
Could it be that He Bing went to gamble?
Qiu Shui has known He Bing for several months and has a good understanding of him.
Compared with the others, He Bing is considered to be very good.
He is the only second-generation person among them who has started to manage the family business.
And the working ability is very good.
If He Bing really went to gamble, and the gambler required him to redeem someone.
So it can be said that Qiu Shui is probably going to throw He Bing and the He family off his ship.
After all, he is such an irrational gambler.
Qiu Shui will definitely not stay.
Soon, the car arrived at Luna Palace.
I have to say, the Luna Palace really looks like a palace.
At least from the outside, it looks like a huge Western palace.
It's big and gorgeous.
At this time, outside the gate of Luna Palace, someone was already waiting for Qiu Shui and others.
Seeing the Chinese faces like Qiu Shui and others.
One of them was a big black-haired man wearing a black suit and directly stopped Qiu Shui and others.
He first glanced at the group of bodyguards following Qiu Shui and raised his eyebrows imperceptibly.
He sensed a dangerous aura from the bodyguards.
Then he looked at Qiu Shui who was surrounded by bodyguards.
Then he said in Chinese: "Mr. Qiu?"
"It's me." Qiu Shui nodded.
"Please follow me."
The man didn't say much and walked straight into the gate with Qiu Shui.
Walking into the gate of Luna Palace, Qiu Shui saw a sea of people.
The Luna Palace was decorated magnificently and luxuriously.
The first floor of Luna Palace is the usual gambling area.
The area is very large and is divided into twenty different small areas according to the types of gambling.
There are circles of people surrounding each small area.
Among those people, there are yellow people, white people, and black people.
They are either excited, frustrated, or already desperate for gambling.
The crowd was surging and the noise was loud.
This made Qiu Shui, who was used to the quiet life with Lou Yuchen, feel a little uncomfortable.
The black-haired foreign man led Qiu Shui and others through the lobby area on the first floor and then went up to the second floor.
There are private rooms on the second floor, and two black people are standing at each door.
Qiu Shui and others came to a magnificent door at the end of the second floor.
There were a dozen black men wearing black suits standing in front of the gate. They looked like bodyguards.
When Qiu Shui and others arrived, the dozen or so bodyguards stopped them.
One of the black bodyguards had a black gun clearly hanging on his body.
The first thing he looked at was the group of bodyguards behind Qiu Shui.
Although the group of bodyguards behind Qiu Shui had restrained their aura since they came in.
However, the group of black people still felt threatened by the bodyguards.
It is an instinctive sense of smell.
The black-haired foreign man turned to Qiu Shui and said, "Only you can go in alone. Your bodyguards must stay behind."
Can’t bring bodyguards in?
Qiu Shui sneered, "Since my bodyguards can't go in, I'm sorry."
If he can't bring bodyguards in, that would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. He is not a fool.
Qiu Shui turned around decisively and said, "Let's go."
"stop."
When the black bodyguards saw Qiu Shui and the others were about to leave, they reflexively raised their guns and pointed them at Qiu Shui and the others.
The bodyguards behind Qiu Shui immediately took out the guns they carried with them, protecting Qiu Shui in the middle while pointing their guns at the black bodyguards.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Facing so many guns, it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous.
Qiu Shui was extremely grateful for the bodyguards that System Dad had gotten him.
Seeing someone pulling a gun on Qiu Shui, the system immediately popped up.
"Host, rest assured, you will be fine. One of these bodyguards can beat ten of them. Even if everyone here lies down, you will be fine."
The system is very clear about the bodyguards it has selected.
These bodyguards are super mercenaries picked from thousands of people.
Even these dozen or so black bodyguards are not enough to fill their teeth.
Qiu Shui, who had received the guarantee from the system, was no longer afraid.
He sneered at the black bodyguards who were pointing guns at them.
"What do you want to do? Are you planning to kidnap me?"
As Qiu Shui's voice fell, the bodyguards beside him finally showed their claws.
A beast-like aura instantly emanated from his body, and his eyes were as terrifying as if they were soaked in blood.
One by one, like ancient beasts, they locked their bloodthirsty and terrifying gazes on the black bodyguards and the black-haired man who led the way.
The black bodyguard and the black-haired man felt as if they were being targeted by a group of huge bloodthirsty beasts.
My whole body was frozen.
The black-haired man and those black bodyguards are also mercenaries.
So they can be said to be very familiar with mercenaries.
Those bodyguards revealed their aura and terrifying eyes to Qiu Shui.
They immediately recognized the identity of their own kind.
But these same kind are much more terrifying than them.
That kind of compelling aura could only be formed in a sea of corpses and blood.
These guys in front of me are all very scary.
They dared not move.
Because they know that once they move, they will most likely be killed in the next second.
After seeing this scene, the bodyguards guarding the doors of each room not far away ordered their weapons to rush over and surrounded Qiu Shui and others.
Qiu Shui and others' way was instantly blocked.
However, Qiu Shui's bodyguards didn't even blink, and seemed not to take the people in front of them seriously.
At this tense moment, the magnificent door opened.
A middle-aged foreign man wearing a tuxedo, with a slicked-back hair and looking gentle and refined came out.
When the black bodyguards saw the middle-aged man coming out, they all moved aside.
The middle-aged man frowned immediately when he saw the bodyguards outside the door pointing guns at Qiu Shui and others.
He scolded in English: "What do you guys want to do? You are pointing guns at our distinguished guests. Are you looking for death? Put your guns away."
After hearing what the middle-aged man said, the bodyguards immediately put away their guns.
The middle-aged man walked up to Qiu Shui, bowed gracefully to Qiu Shui, and then smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Qiu Shui and others.
"I'm sorry to scare you, Mr. Qiu. Mr. Will wants to see you."
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