"Mr. Ye... please spare me." Ye Keji said this with a gleam in his eyes, and it seemed that he was eager to compete with Qiao Nian.
Ye Maoshan first completed the two steps instructed by Qiao Nian. After Ye Keji thought about counterattacking, he was still thinking about what to do next.
The girl's clear voice sounded behind him: "Car, third from the left."
Ye Keji watched as the solution he had finally come up with broke the deadlock again. He looked up at the girl standing behind Old Man Ye who was handling the situation with ease. Admiration flashed in his eyes, and he held his chin and fell into deep thought, thinking about how to win next.
The three of them were immersed in the chess game.
Ye Lan estimated that they would not leave before dinner, so he pointed in the direction of Ye Wangchuan and motioned him to follow him.
Ye Wangchuan had no choice but to look at Qiao Nian helplessly, who had not paid any attention to him since he entered the door, and walked away with Ye Lan.
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An hour later, the chess game ended.
Ye Keji's great advantage was ruined by Qiao Nian's killing moves, which were more stable than the last, and finally his general was eaten by Ye Maoshan's soldiers who had crossed the river earlier.
He let out a long sigh, relaxed his brows that had been furrowed for an hour, and looked intently at the girl behind Ye Maoshan, his eyes full of admiration.
"No wonder Miss Qiao can become the leader of the Red Alliance. She is indeed not an ordinary person. She has such attainments in chess at this age."
"Okay, I have something to say to Nian Nian. Go and see if the old butler has come back." Ye Maoshan interrupted him.
Ye Keji was very tactful and stood up immediately: "You guys chat. I'll go over first."
He quickly left the pavilion.
Only Qiao Nian and Ye Maoshan are left here.
Ye Maoshan was packing up the chess pieces while hesitating about how to talk to her. Seeing him packing up, Qiao Nian went over and offered to help put the chess pieces into the box next to him.
"Let me do it."
Ye Maoshan gave up his position, feeling extremely uncomfortable and it was even more difficult for him to bring it up.
By the time Qiao Nian put away the chessboard, he hadn't figured out what to say.
Qiao Nian raised her eyelashes slightly, her dark eyes were clear, and she took the initiative to speak: "Grandpa, if you have something to say, just say it directly."
Ye Maoshan raised his eyes and looked at her with complicated eyes for a long time before he slowly said, "Did Wangchuan tell you about his mother?"
Qiao Nian nodded generously: "I know a little."
Ye Maoshan pursed his lips, his tiger eyes revealing exhaustion and deep helplessness: "That Si Xue has a connection with his mother. Their family helped Wangchuan's biological mother. Someone came to my house, hoping that I could persuade you to let Si Xue go for the sake of Wangchuan's mother."
He was very direct in what he said.
In the past, it was usually the elders who spoke first, especially an old man like Grandpa Ye who was very kind to her and had helped her.
Qiao Nian never refuses.
But this time, she just put her hands in her trouser pockets, turned sharply sideways, and pursed her lips into a straight line, rejecting Mr. Ye's plea: "Not this time."
Ye Maoshan was rejected by her for the first time and he didn't react. He just heard the girl's calm and cold voice: "If there was more than just boiling water in the bottle... do you still think we can just pretend nothing happened for the sake of this relationship?"
Ye Maoshan remained silent after being asked this question.
Qiao Nian looked at him and knew what he was thinking.
"I respect his thoughts. If he asked me to let it go, I would let it go. No one else has the right to help him forgive!"
Even Ye Wangchuan’s family should not forgive those who hurt him on behalf of Ye Wangchuan.
This is her principle.