John took out his cell phone. “Girl, can you give me your contact information? I’ll send you the time and address later.”
Evans shielded Claire behind him. “What do you mean? Are you trying to snatch her from me? Don’t forget, she is my granddaughter!”
John said angrily, “So what? Is it a big deal?”
“Yes, it is!” Evans yelled. “She’s my granddaughter, not yours!”
The two old men began to quarrel like kids again.
Phoebe didn’t even eat lunch. She just wanted to go home as soon as possible.
Every second of staying here made her feel tormented.
She walked out of the gate, only to run into Claire.
Phoebe couldn’t help cursing her. “B*tch!”
Claire glanced at her sharply. “Do you wanna die?”
Phoebe roared hysterically. “Am I wrong? You must have learned Go secretly in private, but pretended not to have learned it at all!”
Claire let out a low chuckle. “It is you who doesn’t dare to admit the truth. Though you had specially taken a crash course in Go, you still lost to me who didn’t learn it at all, right?”
Being seen through, Phoebe became angry with shame, and her eyes reddened. “You…”
“If you are not convinced, either fight me or shut up. Don’t bother me with your trash talk,” Claire yawned and said casually.
Then, she put the cap on her head with a hand and walked past her.
Phoebe stomped with anger.
In the evening, Claire received a text message from John.
It was the address of Autumn Go Club. The time of the wheel fight was set for the weekend.
Go was not important. Her goal was Lin Mo.
Early in the morning, on the weekend.
Claire stuffed a bottle of water into her school bag, put on her cap, and took the bus to Autumn Go Club according to the address given by John.
The Go club was built inside a college. After she registered her information in the security room, the carved iron gate slowly opened.
Claire walked into a building and found the location of the Go club.
Standing at the door, she saw there was only a girl inside, clearing the game board.
“Hello.” The girl looked at Claire and asked. “May I help you?”
“I’m looking for President Zhang.”
“President Zhang hasn’t arrived yet. Come in and take a seat please.”
Claire walked in and sat on the sofa. The girl brought her a cup of water.
Before long, there was a sudden noise outside the door, followed by the sound of messy footsteps.
A group of young men suddenly poured into the Go club, bending their arms around others’ shoulders, talking and laughing.
However, when they saw Claire on the sofa, they immediately stopped, and the room became silent.
Countless pairs of eyes looked at this girl at the same time.
Claire raised her head and met their gazes.
The place remained in a dead silence.
The young men put away their smiles. Cold-faced, they threw down their school bags and took their seats. Surrounding Claire in the middle, they stared at her intently, with contempt, disdain, or doubt in their eyes.
However, Claire just bowed her head and fiddled with her phone, looking calm and even indifferent.
“Do I see it right? Are we going to have a wheel fight with this little girl?”
“I heard that she has never even studied Go.”
“Then won’t it be a piece of cake to win against her? Boring…”
“I don’t know what the president thinks. It’s a shame to win against her.”
While they were discussing, someone suddenly shouted., “Oh! President Garcia is here!”
Claire paused and raised her head again.
She saw a tall figure walking through the gate of the Go club.