Fu Jiantao remained calm and used boiling water to disinfect the tea set without saying a word.
As a junior, Shi Yi was not allowed to be silent with him out of courtesy. She observed Fu Jiantao's movements while making tea, and the tea pet on the tea tray that was slightly dusty. She guessed that Fu Jiantao was not a real tea lover, so she did not try to find a topic about tea and teaware.
Next to the tea tray, there was a wooden chessboard that had not been cleared away yet. The black chess chariot and horse facing the direction of Fu Jiantao's seat had checked the opponent, and it was obvious that he had won with a huge advantage.
"Uncle, were you playing chess with someone just now?" Shi Yi took the initiative to talk.
Fu Jiantao was sipping his tea and responded with a neutral “hmm”.
Shi Yi said: "When I played chess with Tiantian before, Tiantian praised me several times for being so good at chess, saying that you taught her how to play chess."
This is half true and half false, but there is nothing wrong with flattery.
Sure enough, Fu Jiantao glanced at her and continued, "You can play too?"
Shi Yi nodded: "I can do a little, but I'm not very good at it."
Fu Jiantao poured out a small cup of tea and pushed it to Shi Yi, showing some interest: "Would you like a plate?"
It's not that he really wanted to try it, but he just wanted to give Shi Yi a try. He was a rough man, and he didn't know any other elegant hobbies. He only had a hobby of chess for decades, which was considered good. People say that one's character can be seen in the quality of playing cards and drinking. The first time Song Yu came to his house, the father-in-law and son-in-law drank a lot. Shi Yi was a girl, so he couldn't force her to drink like that. The same principle applies to chess.
Shi Yi naturally had no reason to refuse, so he smiled and agreed, sitting on the small stool opposite Fu Jiantao. While resetting the chess pieces, he said modestly: "I didn't play well, uncle, please don't laugh at me."
Fu Jiantao glanced at her, half believing and half doubting, but still let her go: "You hold red, you go first."
Shi Yi was not polite either.
The two of them got ready to start when Fu Shitian came down the stairs in a hurry.
Fu Jiantao and Shi Yi both looked towards her when they heard the noise, their movements were so synchronized that Fu Shitian was stunned. She blinked, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a curved lip, "Do you want to play chess?"
Shi Yi nodded and replied seriously: "You have always told me that uncle plays chess much better than me. I must seize the opportunity to learn a few moves from uncle."
Fu Shitian was slightly stunned. She seemed to have vaguely mentioned to Shi Yi that she learned chess from "Dad", but she never said that her uncle was better at chess than Shi Yi. Shi Yi had learned chess when she was young, and her level was definitely the best among amateurs. Although her uncle was not bad, compared with her, his chances of winning were obviously not great.
She felt amused in her heart, but she didn't expose her. She just said cunningly, "Then I'll just come and learn from you."
She walked towards Shi Yi with lotus steps. Shi Yi tacitly moved a small stool for her, but Fu Jiantao was not happy: "Xiaoyu, have you tried on your wedding dress?"
"Yeah." It fits perfectly.
"Then go out and help your aunt prepare the offerings for tomorrow. She's been standing by the stove all afternoon, and I'm afraid she's got a heat stroke."
Fu Shitian paused in stroking the hem of her skirt, wondering whether to sit down or not.
Shi Yi nodded gently at her.
It seemed that his uncle was really trying to get him out of here. Fu Shitian could only give her a helpless and apologetic look.
"Okay, I'll go help my aunt." She stood up, showing a rare little girl's demeanor, and begged: "Uncle, please show some mercy and let Shi Yi go a little."
Fu Jiantao glanced at her, neither responding nor rejecting, but finally a smile appeared on his face.
Fu Shitian's dimples spread, and she went out with a sense of relief.
Fu Jiantao returned his gaze to the chessboard and asked casually, "Who plays better, you or her?"
Shi Yi glanced and said, "I feel a little better."
Fu Jiantao looked at her attitude, got on his horse, and replied: "That's not too bad."
Facts have proven that Shi Yi is indeed not bad. After more than a dozen rounds, Fu Jiantao found that he had no advantage at all.
This young man played chess very steadily. Each move was not slow, but he was not impatient at all. He was steady and steady. His chess style was much better than Song Yu's.
From this point of view, Fu Jiantao still likes it very much.
He is a man of patience and can accomplish great things.
He relaxed a little, and was willing to question Shi Yi, "I heard from Tiantian that you are also starting your own business now?"
Shi Yi laughed in his heart, but his face remained docile and respectful: "Yes, it is related to the Internet."
“Graduate students study this?”
"No, Tiantian and I are in the same major, and I am also studying this as a graduate student. It was just that I thought this was promising at the time, so I tried it with a few friends. I didn't expect that I would continue to do it until now."
“That’s a good vision.”
"No, I was just lucky. And it was just the right time. If Tiantian had the same conditions as me, she might have done better than me."
She was quite modest. Fu Jiantao began to like her more.
He traded a cannon for Shi Yi's car and continued to ask, "Does your family support you?"
Shi Yi was not sure what he was asking about, so he said "hmm" and looked at Fu Jiantao for instructions.
Fu Jiantao made it clear: "Does your family know about you and Tiantian? What is their attitude?"
Shi Yi deliberately exposed a flaw on the chessboard and said seriously, "I know. I knew it when I was in college. I come from a single-parent family and I live with my mother. My mother was very reluctant to accept it at the time and cut off my financial support, so during that time, Tiantian had to accompany me through a difficult time. Now, my mother has figured it out. A few days ago, she asked me to bring Tiantian home for dinner if I have time."
She did not hide anything and spoke frankly and sincerely, and Fu Jiantao's liking for her increased again.
But he still pretended to be indifferent, just nodded, saw Shi Yi's flaws, arranged his troops, and asked: "What do you and Tiantian plan to do after that?"
Shi Yi replied calmly, "It depends on Tiantian's wishes. If she is willing, I want to wait until next year or the year after, when she and I have some free time at work, go abroad to get married, and then come back to China to make a voluntary guardianship, hold a small wedding, and invite family members, close friends, and colleagues to be witnesses."
It was obvious that he had considered it seriously a long time ago. He was responsible. Fu Jiantao was satisfied. He gave Shi Yi a check and said, "Among the young people, you are considered to have done a good job."
Shi Yi looked as if he had just come to his senses, and admitted that he was really good: "Uncle is really amazing."
Fu Jiantao's face looked much better than at the beginning. He stared at Shi Yi for several seconds, and finally relented. He said solemnly, "Although Tiantian's father is gone, I treat her as my own daughter. She has chosen you, and our family is worried but there is nothing we can do. We just hope that she can be happy. I hand her over to you. She has a soft personality and is easy to talk to. If you dare to bully her in the future, we in the Fu family will have someone to take care of her."
Shi Yi solemnly promised: "No, uncle, don't worry." After a pause, she smiled again and joked: "Uncle, you see I also know that I can't stand being beaten."
Fu Jiantao saw that she was steady and dignified, and did not expect her to say such a witty remark. He was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile, and regained some of his usual warmth and kindness.
"Her father is so unlucky..." He inadvertently glanced at the photo of his brother on the wall and couldn't help feeling melancholy.
Shi Yi reset the chessboard again. When he heard him mention it, his mind moved slightly, and he asked tentatively: "What kind of person is Tiantian's father... uncle?"
Fu Jiantao looked at her with a scrutinizing look in his eyes: "Didn't Tiantian mention this to you?"
Shi Yi met his gaze and replied sincerely: "Tiantian mentioned it to me, but she said very little. I only know that uncle died of illness not long after he was released from prison. Tiantian often dreams about him recently and can't sleep well. She told me that she has a lot of regrets about uncle... I was afraid that she had a knot in her heart, so I took the liberty to ask you, uncle."
Fu Jiantao frowned and asked with concern: "She can't sleep well?"
Shi Yi nodded.
Fu Jiantao looked solemn. After a while, he said, "Her father was not a good father. He was nothing in his life. He was not a good son, a good husband, or a good father. He did many wrong things and let many people down. But in the end, he changed for the better."
"It's just that when he was alive, Tiantian seemed unable to accept him."
Didn't you accept?!
Shi Yi was stunned.
Later, when she heard Jiang Lailai mention Fu Jianze, the tone he used didn't seem like that.
Fu Jiantao seemed to see her surprise, his eyes darkened, and he said, "There are some things that I don't know clearly, and it's not convenient for me to tell you. If she wants, let her tell you herself."
He stood up and walked to the hall on the right. He picked up a stick of incense and a lighter from the ground, lit the incense, and called Shi Yi: "Come here."
Shi Yi went over obediently.
Fu Jiantao handed the incense to Shi Yi and gestured to Fu Jianze: "Burn some incense for her father, so that she can recognize him as her father-in-law."
Shi Yi did not hesitate. He offered incense and bowed three times respectfully to the prime minister.
Fu Jiantao helped her collect the incense and put it in the incense burner in front of the photo. He turned around and said to her, "I know a little bit that Tiantian has a grudge against her father, but I can't persuade her. If you can, please help her more."
"Now, come in with me."
"After her father knew that he had no chance of recovery, he left me a letter and asked me to pass it on to his future son-in-law. Take it back and see if there is anything there."
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