"Xiao Chenger, what’s that in the display window? Why is there a bunch of carved wooden figures standing on a board? Is it something to eat or play with?"
"Miss Zuzi, that’s international chess. The one in the middle is the queen, and the ones beside..."
"Oh, does the queen eat people?"
"Cough, cough, in international chess, the rules aren’t about eating people, it’s played ..."
The two of them whispered , talking about extremely boring topics.
Bao Gucheng was particularly patient, explaining international chess to the clueless Zuzi as if he were teaching a primary schooler high-level math, truly like a family classroom.
Listening to this made Gu Shiyin even more depressed.
A county girl who doesn’t even know what international chess is, on what grounds is she standing beside Bao Gucheng?
What kind of sheer dumb luck did she have to publicly expose my secret identity and make me lose face tonight?
At the Bao Family’s old mansion.
The Bao patriarch was in the study practicing calligraphy with a brush.
The second son, Bo Huanxi, stormed in to report, "Dad, big brother is out there causing gossip, he totally disregards our Bao Family’s honor, and tramples on it wantonly!"
The Bao patriarch seriously wrote the four words "Color, is, emptiness," without lifting his head, "What is he causing out there?"
Bo Huanxi: "Dad, not only did he go gambling at Emperor Auction, but he’s also throwing money around for a woman, spending extravagantly, tonight it’s all over the small circles, saying Bao Gucheng almost trashed Emperor Auction for a woman, and publicly embarrassed the Gu family’s daughter, he’s really too much, you said he could have gone fishing in East Sea, but he came back just to stir up trouble every few days..."
The Bao patriarch suddenly threw down his pen, "What did you say?!"
Bo Huanxi snickered inside, great, after years of blackening his big brother’s name, finally, one successful complaint!
He cheerfully said: "Dad, really, big brother went out to flirt and be promiscuous, it’s truly disgraceful, tarnishing the family reputation..."
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The Bao patriarch clapped his hands excitedly, "Gucheng finally figured it out? Learned to flirt and be dashing? Haha I’m so happy, what to do? No, I have to with someone!"
Bo Huanxi: "Dad, are you okay? Is your brain... still functioning?"
The Bao patriarch’s tiger-like eyes widened, "Get out!"
After kicking out this useless, always tattling son.
The Bao patriarch immediately called an old friend—
"Lao Gu, it’s me, my son is finally interested in women, hahahaha!"
"Ah, old buddy, I also have good news for you, my granddaughter has finally found someone, hahahaha!"
"Sigh, but now I’m worried about my son’s leg, didn’t he get injured last time, I heard he’s not quite capable in that area, what if the girl dislikes him?"
"Ah, old buddy, I’m also worried, my granddaughter was raised in the countryside for eighteen years, I heard she can’t even read a single big word, always aces her exams with a big fat zero, now I’m worried she won’t get into college!"
"No problem, just hire a tutor!"
"You also don’t worry about your son, my Shiyin has great medical skills, if it doesn’t work out, let Shiyin take a look at him."
"Okay, we’ll talk later, I have to prepare an engagement gift for my future daughter-in-law!"
"I’m busy too, my granddaughter came to the capital but refuses to see me, I’m racking my brains to invite her home for a meal..."
The two little old men, adding up to over one hundred sixty years, were on the phone like children, sharing their joys and worries.
Meanwhile, at the auction house.
Bao Gucheng was already holding Zuzi’s hand, leaving the Emperor Auction.
For some reason, both felt their ears a bit warm.
Was someone speaking ill of them behind their backs?
Or... were their hands held too intimately, too warmly?
"Miss Zuzi, shall I escort you back to the hotel?"
Bao Gucheng’s voice was pleasantly melodious and huskily serene, with a unique texture.