Zhou Tianyu's birthday party ended in a bad mood because of the incident between Wen Yuya and Xia Ruya. As it was still early, Zhou Tianyu booked a private room in Jiuchongtian and invited them to have fun at Jiuchongtian.
The group played until twelve o'clock before dispersing.
Wen Xinya returned to the Mo family exhausted and found her grandfather sitting in the living room fiddling with the chessboard. He was obviously waiting for her. Perhaps because she had drunk some wine, her emotions became sensitive and her eyes suddenly became wet.
Wen Xinya had tears in her eyes, shining brightly, and ran to sit next to her grandfather with a smile: "Grandpa, you are old, how can you stay up late like this? Next time I go out at night, you don't have to wait for me. I know my limits and won't come back too late."
Grandpa Mo looked at her flushed cheeks and her blurry eyes with a hint of drunkenness, but she was still sober. It was obvious that she had had a lot of fun, but also with restraint. He nodded with satisfaction: "You're back, you had a lot of fun."
Wen Xinya grabbed the tea beside her grandfather's chessboard and poured it into her mouth: "Something happened at the banquet, so it was dispersed at ten o'clock. Later, Zhou Tianyu booked a private room in Jiuchongtian and took us to another place."
Then he told him roughly what happened at the banquet.
Old Master Mo stroked her hair and frowned, "I didn't expect Xia Ruya and Wen Yuya to be so vicious at such a young age. Fortunately, you are smart, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Now they are suffering the consequences of their own actions."
Wen Xinya pouted and said coquettishly: "I never take the initiative to scheme against others, but it's not that easy for others to scheme against me."
Mr. Mo nodded approvingly: "What a bullshit. If someone hurts you, you must pay them back a hundredfold. Make them afraid of you, and then they will stop."
Mr. Mo was also very angry, but as a scholar, he never showed it on his face even though he was extremely angry. But when he spoke this, his anger burst out.
Wen Xinya stared at her grandfather with sparkling eyes, full of admiration and worship: "Grandpa, you are swearing!"
My grandfather really deserves to be called a great scholar of the time. He is not at all sour or decadent like other literati. His thoughts keep pace with the times. No wonder he can still stand firm in the literary world.
There was a moment of embarrassment on Mr. Mo's face, but it soon disappeared without a trace: "Grandpa was angry for a moment, but you can't follow his example."
Wen Xinya rubbed her young face against Grandpa's arm: "Grandpa is so domineering when he swears."
Grandpa Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You have been learning chess for such a long time, why don't you try playing a game with grandpa and let him see if you have improved."
"Okay!" Wen Xinya happily sat opposite her grandfather: "I want to play black chess, and grandpa wants me to move five pieces."
"Grandpa will give you ten moves." Grandpa Mo signaled her that the black chess piece should move first.
Wen Xinya took the black chess piece from the chess box and placed it on the chessboard.
Mr. Mo nodded, then put the chess piece far away to avoid the opponent's attack.
After this back and forth, ten moves were soon completed, and Mr. Mo's white chess pieces began to encircle Wen Xinya's black chess pieces.
Wen Xinya understood her grandfather's intention, and the black chess pieces broke into small pieces, making tricky and circuitous moves, and breaking through whenever they could.
This trick of playing chess, where the real is fake and the fake is real, made Mr. Mo's nonchalant expression gradually become serious.
The confrontation on the chessboard is like that between a young general and an old general. One is as steady as a mountain, pressing forward step by step, while the other takes risky moves and catches the enemy by surprise!
Mr. Mo looked at Wen Xinya with a look of relief and appreciation!
It is said that chess quality is like human character, and chess nature is like human nature. Playing chess can reveal a person's character and behavior. This has been verified for thousands of years. Xinya is good at making plans when playing chess. She can stay patient when she should, and attack when she should, and advance slowly when she should, and retreat as fast as flowing water when she should, and be as steady as Mount Tai when she should, and she grasps the rhythm of every step, and takes every step decisively and without delay.
Just as she chose to endure and live in the Mo family when facing the pressure from the Wen family! Facing the scandals, she hibernated first and then attacked, catching others off guard. At the banquet, Zhou Tianyu faced the calculations of Xia Ruya and Wen Yuya, and she was as steady as a mountain, advancing and retreating in moderation.
Mr. Mo counted the chess pieces, and Wen Xinya only lost to him by five pieces: "You have learned to this level in such a short time. Your talent in chess is really amazing. If you can hone your skills a little more, you will definitely be better than me one day."
Wen Xinya said with a smile: "Grandpa taught me well. As the saying goes, a good teacher produces good students, and a tiger grandfather will not have a dog granddaughter."
Mr. Mo tapped her head gently: "You are misusing idioms again."
Wen Xinya touched her head unwillingly: "How could I use idioms inaccurately? My father couldn't have raised a smart and lovely daughter like me. I must have inherited it from my mother and you."
"How can you brag about yourself being smart and cute? You're just like Wang Po selling melons and bragging about yourself. You have no shame." Old Man Mo said with a smile. Usually he looked calm, self-possessed and confident, but maybe he had some wine, he became lively and cheerful, laughing and playing around.
"Grandpa, you can't hear it, but I'm actually praising you." Wen Xinya smiled flatteringly.
"Playing chess with you reminds me of the time when your mother played chess with me when she was a child. Your mother's chess character was not good. She often cheated on her moves, regretted her moves, was indecisive, and would not change her moves. These four words "unchangeable" meant nothing to her. She often put the chess pieces on the board but would not take them back. She would first carefully observe my expression and then decide whether to make this move or not." Grandpa Mo had memories in his eyes but a smile on his face.
Wen Xinya's face suddenly turned red, and her eyes flickered for a while. Thinking of the situation when she played chess with Si Yiyan before, she felt guilty for some reason. It turned out that these habits were hereditary.
Old Master Mo didn't notice her expression. "Speaking of which, her chess character is inherited from your grandmother. Your grandmother was known as a talented woman of the time, but she was a terrible chess player. She loved playing chess very much, and her chess character was not good. She always liked to pester people to play chess, and she taught all the servants in the family. As a teacher, she couldn't beat her students, and she made a lot of jokes."
Wen Xinya gently brushed the hair on her cheek behind her ears and felt her ears burning.
Only then did Mr. Mo notice her strange expression and flickering eyes. As if he suddenly realized something, he reached out and grasped her right hand, gently pulling it open, only to see a white chess piece lying in her palm. His eyes swept over the chessboard and he immediately saw where the chess piece was missing. He took the chess piece in her hand and put it away. Immediately, the situation was reversed and Wen Xinya lost everything.
"You, you!" Old Master Mo tapped her head, feeling both happy and complicated. The inheritance of blood was indeed very peculiar, and certain habits were also passed down.