Doesn’t Chapter 23 count?
Doesn’t Chapter 23 count?
Dongjiang City is located in the eastern part of China. The sun rises early, so naturally it sets early too.
At 6:30 in the afternoon, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually faded from Lei Jingming's home, and the rather messy living room gradually sank into dusk, gradually returning to silence from the previous noise.
"It turns out...that's it."
Qin Xiaoxue leaned on the sofa with her legs crossed, turned on the light in the living room, evened out her breathing, and muttered softly.
"You actually beat Liao Xiang... Then I can understand."
"Wife... I have explained everything I need to explain. Do you think I can get up now?"
Lei Jingming knelt on the wooden floor and asked cautiously.
"I didn't ask you to kneel! Don't act like I did something to you."
"Ohh! Thank you, wife!"
Lei Jingming didn't care about the three scratches on his face. He quickly stood up and went to his wife, looking flattering and well-behaved.
"The matter of recruiting students..."
Qin Xiaoxue exhaled, still with some complaints in her tone: "Do you really want to accept this student so much? You only taught your own son for two and a half years!"
"Hey, wife, you knew Lei Qi's situation at that time..." Lei Jingming answered helplessly: "Besides, you agreed in the end..."
"Then why don't you give this girl to Chairman Shang now?" Qin Xiaoxue was still not very happy.
"The situation is completely different now! Not only does Lao Shang have to work for the chess association, but his chess skills have also declined significantly."
Lei Jingming frowned and said:
"He used to be much better than me, but now I have hinted at him through my son... I guess his level is about the same as mine."
Seeing her husband like this, Qin Xiaoxue finally couldn't help but laugh:
"Hey, didn't you always say earlier that your hard power is no worse than Chairman Shang? Why are you so happy to admit it now?"
"Ah, we're already this old! My son has hinted to me many times that he should give the ball away first and then give the ball away! Who can still be as enthusiastic as he was back then?" Lei Jingming couldn't help but shrugged.
"Yeah, why are you still being stubborn? I saw that my son was not motivated to play with you yesterday morning!" Qin Xiaoxue spat with a smile.
"Hey, let's talk about it later!" Lei Jingming waved his hand perfunctorily and quickly avoided the question: "Wife, will you agree to go with me? I want to take a beautiful girl as my student. I'm afraid her parents won't agree if an old man like me goes alone..."
"Hey, it's rare to see you consider things so comprehensively!" Qin Xiaoxue teased meaningfully.
"I-I just focus on the chessboard most of the time!"
Lei Jingming defended himself with a red face.
"But this time, I really want to take this little girl in...
"Even if it's not entirely true that she only taught herself for two and a half years, she already has considerable abilities and is very focused. I feel like this kid will definitely be able to achieve something!"
"Oh, if you had raised your son yourself, I don't think you would have had such an idea!"
Lei Jingming did not refute, but said in a low voice: "But this doesn't mean I can't continue teaching..."
"Okay, okay! I'll go with you tomorrow." Qin Xiaoxue reached out and rubbed her husband's hair, then patted his head: "Next time, tell me the key points earlier, and I won't be so unreasonable."
"Isn't this what Lao Shang specifically told us to do?" Lei Jingming shook his head helplessly: "Lao Shang repeatedly told Lao Yu on the phone not to say anything about the girl winning the professional game before the matter is fully confirmed...
"But if you ask me, it's not that serious! My daughter is so good at chess. Even if she doesn't choose this path in the future, isn't it something she can brag about? Why can't she say it?"
Qin Xiaoxue twisted her lips and said, "I can understand Chairman Shang... You know, this child is the only daughter of a senior executive of a sponsor, and her father doesn't really support her playing chess."
"What's the matter with that?"
"Of course there is nothing! How can Chairman Shang not pay attention to the sponsorship issue now?" Qin Xiaoxue glared at her husband and lowered her voice, "The sponsorship for the second half of this year's Weiqi League...hasn't been settled yet, right?"
Lei Jingming was startled and lowered his head. After a few seconds of silence, he said:
"...Yes, you are right! That's the truth.
"So... don't tell anyone else what I just said, including my son!"
"Relax! You might as well watch your own mouth!"
Seeing her husband's mood suddenly become low after talking about the sponsorship of the Weiqi League, Qin Xiaoxue deliberately made her tone more cheerful. "Oh, by the way, where's our son? After we've had this argument, let's go out for dinner together! You can't have the energy to cook today, right?"
"He's in his room, probably playing online chess! I'll go call him!" Lei Jingming responded quickly.
He stood up and went to a corner of the living room to pick up the cell phone that he had dropped when he was being chased.
But when he picked up the phone, Lei Jingming suddenly realized something:
Just now when I was playing Speed in the living room, it seemed like my phone kept ringing.
Hmm? Is this someone urgent?
He unlocked his phone suspiciously and uttered an interjection:
"Should I blanch it?"
"what happened?"
"Why are there so many different people contacting me? There are 20 to 30 WeChat and phone calls!"
Lei Jingming suddenly felt like he might have missed something important, and quickly started checking WeChat.
"Huh? Lei Qi is playing online chess with his main account, and he's even playing with handicap? Huh? Why is he asking if the person on the other side is Lao Shang?!"
This...what on earth happened!
Lei Jingming looked puzzled and rushed to his son's room, knocking on the door and saying, "Son? Are you still playing chess? Open the door if you have time!"
"Oh, here it comes!" Lei Qi's tired voice came from the room.
After a while, the door opened and Lei Qi looked very tired, with his smile a little forced.
"Dad, uh, still alive?"
"Hey, what are you talking about!"
Lei Jingming cursed casually, but he was used to his son's little jokes from time to time, so he didn't take it too seriously.
"Hey, did you just give up a game of chess?"
"Huh? How did you know?" Lei Qi's expression changed for the first time.
Lei Jingming was too lazy to explain now and continued to ask: "The opponent is not Lao Shang, right?"
"Ah? What are you thinking about! Why should I let Teacher Shang have two sons!"
Lei Qi frowned slightly, and the look in his eyes when he looked at his father suddenly became strange.
"…The opponent is a professional, but he is probably only at the second or third dan level. Mr. Shang is still clearly stronger than him."
"Estimated? Two to three?" Lei Jingming chewed on the two words: "So you don't actually know who the other person is? Then how do you know he's a professional?"
"Why?" Lei Qi said in a muffled voice: "Because I lost three points in the end..."
Lei Jingming raised his eyebrows: "Is this considered a reason? This is giving up two pieces!"
"Doesn't it count?" Lei Qi asked back.
"Uh……"
Lei Jingming, who had just been beaten up by his son yesterday morning, was stunned by the question. He was silent for a long time before answering:
"...Well, you are so awesome and you have the final say!"
Bad news: I have run out of manuscripts. While uploading this chapter, I still have no idea about the next one...
Aren’t I just slacking off? Why are there so many things going on recently? I have used up my seven or eight chapters so quickly with only two chapters a day…
Every chapter from now on will basically be written in my spare time. This weekend, I will drink Red Bull and coffee to finish the manuscripts all day. I don’t feel safe without any manuscripts saved…
In addition, there will definitely be another update today, but there is no guarantee that it will be available at 5 pm. If it is late, please forgive me for that.
(End of this chapter)