Author: Naughty Gu Gu

"You can find it. It's just a vicious dog that recognizes its owner. If you didn't raise it from a young age, I'm afraid it won't listen to you."

"If you want to find a guardian of the courtyard, I will leave a Haidongqing with you. With Shiyi here, it will not get up and hurt anyone for no reason."

The process of taming Haidongqing was very difficult, and the one in Changfeng Pavilion was very spiritual. He was the only one in this huge city of Kyoto, so he must be extremely difficult to tame.

It would be too unwise for her to agree to such a treasure.

She was about to refuse, but she saw Gu Tingshu glance over, quickly changed her words, and thanked him.

"Qiqi, thank you very much for your love, cousin."

Gu Tingshu withdrew his eyes, waved his hands to serve the meal, and when he took Shen Qiqi in, he whispered vaguely: "It's not considered a separation."

It's just a little thing, and although it has lost some of its mental strength, it can be tamed again at any time if you want.

"Huh? What did my cousin say?"

He spoke so softly that the line broke as soon as he spoke it. In Shen Qiqi's ears, only a few notes were vaguely heard.

"Nothing, just wash your hands and enjoy your meal."

Shen Qiqi entered the room, and when she was about to wash her hands, she turned her head and glanced at Gu Tingshu next to her, and took half a step back after thinking about it.

Since the last time I washed my hands, an extra hand basin was added to the room. Although the two of them could wash their hands at the same time, it was still a loss of etiquette.

"Shen Qi, clean your hands."

Seeing her movements from the corner of his eye, Gu Tingshu turned sideways and rolled up his sleeves for her.

The agate bracelet was still on her slender wrist. The red and white contrasted with each other, giving it an extremely fragile beauty.

Gu Tingshu didn't think this agate bracelet was pretty, but now he couldn't help but look at it twice before turning around again.

"Cousin, when will you leave tomorrow? Can Qiqi see you off?"

"It's too early to leave at 3:30 tomorrow, so you don't have to come."

The sun rises slowly in spring. If it is three quarters of the hour, the sun has not risen yet and the sky is still dark.

"I understand." Shen Qiqi responded, but in her heart she felt that she should give it away.

A quarter past nine o'clock was a bit early, but she had also gotten up at this time when she went to pay her respects to the old lady. If it was raining or snowing, she would get up even earlier.

After dinner, Shen Qiqi sat on the soft couch and asked Jinbao to place the chessboard before taking out the chess records.

The Tianju game has been passed down for more than a hundred years, and only the 80th, 142nd, 365th and last moves are preserved, allowing future generations to reconstruct the previous 463 moves.

So far, all the masters with superb chess skills have only introduced a hundred moves, and they still don't know whether they are right or wrong.

Such a chess game is impossible to figure out without even thinking about it, but the more difficult it is, the more people will work hard for it.

She frowned while holding the chess record, and her long and well-proportioned hands were digging at the edge of the chessboard. For a long time, she didn't know which piece to take away or where the piece fell.

Gu Tingshu took the chess book, looked at it twice, and then asked someone to change it.

"It's too troublesome, just change it."

"Cousin doesn't know how to play this game either?"

"Won't."

Such troublesome and useless things would only be taken out and read when she had more free time.

"Is that what you're asking?"

"No." Shen Qiqi shook her head, took the chess score handed over by Grandma He, flipped through a few pages and pointed it to him.

"I've been thinking about the next step for a long time, and I really don't know where to go."

She came closer with the chess book, and the fragrance of her daughter began to float over her again. Gu Tingshu raised his body slightly, and when he saw her raising her eyes in confusion, he sat upright again.

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Shen Qiqi pinched a chess piece and landed it on the spot he clicked. In an instant, Bai's lifeless situation changed and he had a slight chance of survival.

A smile appeared on her face, and her eyes reflected the candlelight and flickered brightly.

Gu Tingshu moved his gaze away from her face, played with the jade card at his waist twice, picked up the black piece and played chess with her.

"My cousin is so busy on weekdays, why is he still so good at chess?"

He was busy both inside and outside, and I don’t know how he found time to learn this.

"Learned it when I was young."

For him, playing chess is like leading troops in war. Once you learn the rules, you will master them.

I remember that when she was brought to the Hou Mansion, her cousin had stopped going to school. Forget it, it had been at least eleven years since her husband taught her.

She had only studied for a few years, but still remembering it so clearly after so many years was really beyond her reach.

"cousin……"

"Um."

Gu Tingshu fell down again. When he looked up, he saw her eyes widened and she said "hmm" again.

"cousin."

"Um."

"cousin."

She shouted softly in a low voice, like a child returning home, with multiple emotions in it.

Gu Tingshu responded in a good-tempered manner, handed her a cup of tea, and motioned for her to continue.

"Cousin, has he always been so good?"

It's just a matter of watching more, learning more, and practicing more. It can't be called great.

"If you study with my husband for two more years, I'm afraid you will be better than me."

If you are better than yourself, you can follow her wishes and return to Jiangzhou happily.

He dared to praise, but Shen Qiqi didn't dare to respond. He played chess with him with ease, as if he was joking.

Although he didn't want to destroy his prestige, he had to admit that his chess skills were beyond his own reach.

"Cousin, don't try to coax me. If I take it seriously, I won't be able to win in the future, but I will cry."

Gu Tingshu raised his eyes slightly, then lowered his head to pick up the chess pieces.

Her temperament has become much happier, and now she even dares to joke with him.

Well, if this continues, she will no longer suffer silently when she is humiliated by others in the future.

"Do you want to continue?"

"Of course I want it." Shen Qiqi agreed and picked up the chess pieces on the chessboard.

It's still early now, and he's leaving tomorrow, so it would be great to play one more game with him before leaving.

"Cousin, I want to hold the black man."

The black piece goes first. She is not good at chess. It is always good for her to make the first move.

Gu Tingshu exchanged chess pieces with her, and when he saw that she had made a move in Zhongyuan, he pinched the chess piece and dropped it.

"Before I return to the capital, you don't have to go to Fu Rong Yuan to say hello. Even if the old lady comes to call me, you can just leave it to me."

Although the old lady may not be able to take care of her now, she still has to explain.

She has such a bad temper and no one can support her. She is afraid that she will be bullied again.

Shen Qiqi responded softly, but didn't dare to listen.

The inner courtyard of the Marquis Mansion is owned by an old lady, so if someone doesn't call her, that's all. If she calls her but ignores her, life will be really difficult in the future.

Although I don't want to go, but living in this mansion, I still have to deal with it even if I don't want to.

She has no palace in her heart, and all her thoughts are on the surface, allowing people to see through her at a glance.

Knowing her temperament, Gu Tingshu didn't say much and placed another piece on the chessboard.

In just one sentence, the two of them played six or seven moves. Although the chessboard was still empty, Shen Qiqi knew that she was going to lose again.

He seemed careless, but in fact he was well-planned, and every step he took seemed to be following the path he arranged.

Although she calmed down and thought again, after thirteen years, she was still defeated.

"Cousin, I lost again."
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