Ning Li was about to refuse, but Lu Huai and Yu who were sitting opposite were even faster.
He looked at Mr. Lu:
"Grandpa, have you forgotten that Ah Li is only seventeen?"
Mr. Lu suddenly felt guilty, and withdrew his hand to pour the wine.
"Cough! Isn't that right? Ah Li did well in the exam, so happy! Besides, it's not much, so it shouldn't matter if you just take a sip."
Lu Huai and his expression remained unchanged.
"Uncle Yan said, you can drink at most."
Mr. Lu: "."
Ah Li did so well in the exam, so he didn't ask people to drink two more glasses!
Lu Huaiyu raised his hand and brought the bottle of wine over.
Mr. Lu looked at the poor little wine glass in front of his eyes. The wine was clear, but it was too little!
He sighed.
The air is filled with a strong and clear smell of alcohol.
Ning Li took another look at the bottle of wine.
It must be good wine that can make old man Lu so fond of his mind.
Lu Huaiyu raised his eyes to see her gaze and raised his eyebrows.
"I can't drink anymore."
Ning Li came back to her senses and defended herself:
"I didn't want to drink"
It doesn't matter whether you think about it or not, the important thing is that her wine is really
Lu Huaiyu put the wine a little further away, and took the juice from the side.
"Kids drink this."
Ning Li pursed her lips slightly.
I didn't think so at first, but as soon as Lu Huai and this sentence came out.
she asked:
"Then you can drink when you are eighteen?"
Mr. Lu also felt wronged for Ning Li.
"A Li, don't listen to him! This kid and his brother are not so obedient either!"
Lu Huaihe leaned on the back of the chair, raised his eyes and glanced at Ning Li, and saw the unconvinced surge in the little girl's eyes, after a long while, he smiled:
"Um."
"You can drink it at eighteen."
Ning Li took a bite of the shrimp.
Eighteen is eighteen.
Not a few months left anyway.
"The second brother is not allowed to go back on his word."
If Lu Huaiyu still said such things by then
Lu Huaihe laughed.
"I'm a man who always keeps his word."
Ning Li stayed at Lu's house at night.
Mr. Lu became interested and insisted on playing chess with Lu Huai, and asked Ning Li to watch.
Ning Li sat down next to Mr. Lu.
While Mr. Lu got down, he chatted with Ning Li about homework.
"Ari, you guys will take the college entrance examination in three months, right?"
As he spoke, he dropped a child.
Ning Li nodded.
"That's going to be soon! When you finish the exam—"
Mr. Lu didn't finish his sentence, when he saw Lu Huai and Bai Zi falling on the opposite side, directly blocking his way, he quickly said,
"Hey! No, no! I made a mistake in that step just now! Do it again!"
Lu Huai didn't move.
"Grandpa, you have no regrets."
Mr. Lu looked anxiously at the chess game.
"My chess pieces haven't been completely placed yet! You just play, how can this work?"
He winked at Ning Li.
"Ari, don't you think so?"
Ning Li: ".Yes."
Old man Lu looked at Lu Huaiyu triumphantly.
"Did you hear that? A Li said so! Quickly, put your bag away!"
Lu Huai and his gaze turned slightly, and his gaze fell on Ning Li.
Ning Li didn't squint:
"Second brother, Grandpa Lu did not place the chess piece just now."
Lu Huaiyu looked at her for a while and smiled.
"OK."
As he spoke, he took the pawn back slowly.
Mr. Lu held the chess piece and stared at the chessboard for a long time before he struggled to put it in a position.
Ning Li looked at the position where he was sitting, hesitated to speak, and did not speak in the end.
Lu Huai asked:
"Are you sure this time?"
Mr. Lu immediately raised his hand, and changed to another place in embarrassment.
Snapped.
Ning Li turned her eyes away.
Lu Huai and eyebrow raising:
"Not changed?"
Mr. Lu rubbed his hands:
"No change! Just this!"
Lu Huai and the slender Yunting held a chess piece between their fingers, and it landed on the side.
Snapped.
Mr. Lu was stunned for a moment.
"Oh! No! I read it wrong just now! I didn't intend to put it there, you pick it up first!"
Lu Huai and his posture were lazy.
"What did you just say?"
Mr. Lu's voice stopped abruptly.
His lips moved, and after a long while, he choked out a sentence:
"Ari didn't see clearly those two steps just now, shall I show her again?"
Ning Li: "."
Lu Huaiyu seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and upon hearing this, he looked at Ning Li.
"Yeah?"
Ning Li coughed lightly:
".right."
Lu Huai and Cong Shan Ru Liu retrieved their own chess piece.
"Okay, let me show you again."
Ning Li finally saw what a real stinky chess basket was this night.
In a game of chess, Mr. Lu regretted a total of eleven times.
Breathtaking.
The key is that Mr. Lu moves her out every time.
In the end, she couldn't wait to do it herself.
A game of chess went back and forth for a long time, but Mr. Lu finally won, and went to rest contentedly.
Lu Huai and patiently sorted the chess pieces and put them into the chess box.
The light in the study room is in warm tones, reflecting on his clear and desolate face, the light and shadow intertwine, like a frozen picture scroll, which can only be seen from a distance, but not touched.
Ning Li sat beside her, resting her chin on one hand, watching this scene, feeling a little lost.
On this day in her previous life, she lived in chaos.
For a long time afterwards, she would dream from time to time.
In the dream, it was a solemn and quiet examination room, with notes falling from the cuffs over and over again, and countless doubts and insults, overwhelming her.
And now, she is at Lu's house.
Eat, play chess, chat.
Tranquility and peace are precious.
Lu Huaiyu suddenly looked over:
"What are you thinking?"
Ning Li regained her senses and rolled her eyes.
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking, it's very interesting to play chess with Grandpa Lu."
Lu Huai and where could not hear the teasing in her words, and chuckled lightly.
"Grandpa doesn't usually play chess like this."
Ning Li didn't believe it: "Really?"
Lu Huaiyu stood up, put away the chess jars and put them on the bookshelf.
"of course it's true."
It's not how good Mr. Lu's chess skills are usually, but under normal circumstances, Lu Huaiyu rarely gives way to him like this.
"Just give up a little bit more today."
Lu Huai and Dao.
Ning Li nodded knowingly.
"Oh, but I think it's okay to give in once in a while, but today."
She coughed lightly, and changed the euphemism,
"Second brother, it's easy to get used to Grandpa Lu's chess skills."
Lu Huai paused with his hand, and laughed loosely:
"It's not him that I let today."
(end of this chapter)