Chapter 39 (1/2)
Really? What’s this got to do with me? Go kill him for a few more rounds instead!
Shu Ning appeared to be calm but in his heart he felt bitter. He never went with his wishes last time but he had allowed so much in front of Shu Heng now, it was too embarrassing. But Shu Ning understood, Shu Gao had no intentions of making him look bad or comparing them at all.
Shu Gao who was used to schemes had already noticed it:”What’s made you unhappy? Do the two of you play Go too?”
You’re thinking quite highly of me, Shu Ning simply spoke what was in his heart:”Grandp~ How is a chariot, a horse, and a canon going to count for anything?”
“Then another pawn?”
“……”
Shu Gao chuckled with a gaze filled with affection, he hesitated for a moment before pulling Shu Ning’s hand in his grasp and gave it a squeeze:”Tell me, grandpa will do my best to satisfy you!”
You asked for it:”Your brain~”→_→
Shu Gao:”……”
Shu Heng:”……”
The old steward Sun Lin cut off the branch of the flower with a “snap”o(╯□╰)o
As if a cold wind was blowing past, everything suddenly got quiet, as the steward Sun Lin would always try to calm the situation, his eyes brightened:”Chinese chess is a bit too difficult how about army chess instead?”
The aloof Shu Heng opened his mouth:”Gomoku is a bit easier.”
“……”Is my IQ being dissed collectively by everyone? If you’ve got the capability then let’s play animal chess~ And be childish for a bit, Shu Ning walked to the chess board:”Let’s play Chinese chess!”
Shu Gao set the board happily, Shu Heng didn’t move away, he spread his legs and hugged Shu Ning on the waist so they can sit together. Shu Ning’s ears blushed red, luckily he didn’t sit on top of his thighs, if not……that’ll be embarrassing, both grandpa and the steward was here, he’ll just take it as giving Shu Heng some face, to be able to see such brotherly love in such a family would definitely make the elders happy.
And as expected, Shu Gao chuckled and had Sun Lin prepare some snacks, and also to remember Shu Ning’s juice. Sun Lin promised readily, his face was beaming with a smile, and he hurried off to get busy.
There was a great disparity between their abilities, so it wasn’t hard to guess the results. Shu Gao was cool as a cucumber and Shu Ning lost three times in a row. Unwilling to accept the results, he unhappily challenged him once again, but Shu Gao did not go easy on him, right at this moment, Shu Heng who had been hugging him all this while had some movements, every time Shu Ning was about to make his move, he would secretly do some little tricks on the bottom, Shu Ning quietly put down the chariot, then picked up the cannon……
On the scenario where Shu Gao had once again given him a handicap of a chariot, a horse, a cannon, and a pawn, Shu Ning won the round, and was ecstatic.
Shu Heng lost to Shu Gao and Shu Gao lost to Shu Ning, although it was no fair since they were cheating, the baby felt wonderful in his heart.
Shu Gao knew what was happening secretly between the two fellows, and Shu Ning also knew he couldn’t conceal it, but nobody brought it up, they were teasing Shu Ning playfully while eating some pastries, and drinking juice, having a good time.
Dinner was made by Qin Yu Zhuo, she had received so much grief in the morning, but as per usual she still worked hard at night for the family.
Shu Cheng was very filial, the first thing he did when he returned was to look for his old man, at that time Shu Gao was polishing the chess pieces with Sun Lin and chatting about botany, they seemed to be planning to take care of the greenhouse now that summer was coming. Shu Cheng’s eyes showed a smile, before this his old man would never enjoy such leisures:”Dad, I’ve returned.”
“Mm, your wife’s abnormal behaviour has been thoroughly been investigated,”Shu Gao did not even lift his head.
Sun Lin invited Shu Cheng to sit down and served him a cup of tea, tirelessly he said:”The bodyguards followed her, the missus’ behaviour was caused by her sister trying to become dependent on her.”
“Dependent?”Shu Cheng’s tone was calm and he drank his tea.
“Yes, her second sister was harassing her, she wanted to use our Shu family’s missus as a bank, the master has already dealt with it, young master please do not worry,”As Sun Lin finished speaking, he took out a recording pen from a desk:”There was a recording, young master you can take it back to listen.”
“No need,”Shu Cheng trusted his family the most, he stood up:”Dad, let’s go down together to have dinner? Yu Zhuo made your favourite fish.”
“There are still some pieces left, you head down first.”
“Alright,”After Shu Cheng left, Sun Lin destroyed the recording.
Shu Gao took a sip of tea and narrowed his eyes:”We’ve already known each other for several decades, you can just say what you want to say.”
“I just don’t understand it.”
“Ah Sun Lin, the recording is too perfect, just like a TV drama, you need to know that it’s easy for someone to become impulsive when they forget themselves, but her performance was remarkable, especially that sentence where she said I’ll perish together with you after giving birth to my baby! It looked flawless from the front, but in fact it was deliberate, this is one of the loopholes.”
Sun Lin nodded:”So you specifically told me to take away the recording, based on young master’s style, he definitely won’t be suspicious of me.”
“Of course, I was too busy when I was young, my steward is even more like a father.”
That’s right, Sun Lin smiled with exceptional warmth:”When the young master was young he liked to stick around me the most, he wouldn’t let go even when night came, and he said he was afraid of ghosts, he’s exactly the same as Young Master Ning!”
“A father and his son would naturally share the same traits.”
On the other side, Shu Ning was as satisfied as a little kitten, he closed his eyes as he savoured the taste of the strawberry cake, very fragrant and sweet, Shu Heng went out personally to buy it, he didn’t even let his assistant take care of it, wonderful, he needs to nurture him into a slave in the future!!!
Actually even if Shu Ning did not mention it, Shu Heng would not have gotten anyone else to do it, only after driving past several streets did he manage to find a cake that suited Shu Heng’s tastes, in the future he should open up a bakery. Look~ He’s eating it so happily, lying in my arms, letting me touch his little stomach. He gave it another light rub.
His clothes were a bit unpleasant to look at……
“Brother, this one’s too small, I finished it in a few bites,”That was the only thing bad about it.
“Your three meals are important, cakes cannot replace your meal.”
“……”Who raised him to be so old-fashioned →_→
“Just paying lip service is not allowed.”
Eh Σ( ° △°|||)︴ Shu Ning looked backwards disappointingly, it’s a shame to the world if he didn’t become a quack, Shu Heng was very solemn, his gaze showed a profound gloom, Shu Ning could reply this way:”Got it.”