Chapter 34: The Long Journey
Chapter 34: The Long Journey
"Hey, wife, I'm confused today! The night before yesterday, Rui Guoquan was so difficult to talk to. I was ready to lose face today...but why does he seem to be quite cooperative today?"
After Lei Jingming parked the car in his garage, he couldn't help but ask Qin Xiaoxue who was in the driver's seat.
Qin Xiaoxue didn't even raise her head, unbuckled her seat belt and answered:
"What's the big deal! Rui Guoquan is a smart guy. Although he may make wrong judgments when he doesn't know the situation clearly, once you explain everything to him, he will react faster than anyone else.
"Today, when Zou Yang and Rui Zhao were playing Go, I had a good chat with them. I could see that they seemed to have made up a lot of knowledge about Go in the past two days, and they have a good understanding of many things.
"As for their daughter, from what I've heard, I feel she's pretty useless. Her father also thinks she's nothing but a piece of shit, and just wants to live a peaceful life under the protection of her parents... but I don't know why she suddenly showed such amazing Go talent and strength.
"Originally, the couple had already made preparations to send their daughter abroad for further study, but when their daughter suddenly made an unprecedented request, she was bound to have some resistance.
"But over the past two days, they have looked up a lot of things on their own. You and Old Yu have attached great importance to it. In addition, I have also talked to them about the child's future development. So he will naturally understand that keeping his daughter in China to learn chess is the best choice."
"Well, that makes sense."
Lei Jingming nodded and got out of the car with his wife.
"Also, I never expected that Old Yu would come here today... Hey, but I can understand it, right? He teaches a lot of students, so he can naturally see that Rui Zhao is a good kid! If there is another well-deserved No. 1 female in the country, he will have good material for publicity. But if that's the case, why did he agree to teach Rui Zhao with me?"
"Isn't this a way of tricking you into joining the pirate ship as well?"
Qin Xiaoxue chuckled, took her husband's arm and walked into the house.
"Huh? What does this mean?"
The wife gave her husband a meaningful look and said, "You'll know later... Besides, I feel that what Lao Yu is up to is probably more than that."
And more than that?
Lei Jingming suddenly felt a headache.
Recently, he has been thinking from time to time: His best friend and his wife are obviously worse at playing chess than each other, so why do he always feel like his brain is not enough when he talks to them about this?
But he couldn't say it out loud, so he could only nod vaguely.
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The couple walked into the house hand in hand, thinking that their son would come over to greet them as soon as he heard the door open, but they didn't hear any footsteps after several seconds.
"Hey, what's going on? Where's Lei Qi?" Qin Xiaoxue muttered, and then shouted: "Lei Qi——"
However, there was still no sound in the house.
"I guess something happened!"
Lei Jingming said casually, changed his shoes, and walked into the house, but suddenly found a faint flickering light coming from Lei Qi's room.
Hmm? Did my son forget to turn off his computer before going out?
Lei Jingming originally wanted to lie on the sofa to cool off the alcohol, but when he saw this situation, he went straight to Lei Qi's room and prepared to turn off his son's computer first.
But when he entered the door, Lei Jingming was stunned.
It’s not like my son went out and forgot to turn off the computer!
Lei Qi is sitting in front of the computer playing online chess now!
"Lei Qi, didn't you hear your mother calling you just now?"
But Lei Qi turned a deaf ear to Lei Jingming's words, and his expression was extremely serious.
Are you serious about this? Who are you playing with?
Lei Jingming couldn't help but feel curious, so he quietly moved closer to see who his son was playing against this time.
But when he saw this, Lei Jingming's pupils instantly contracted:
In the online chess room, playing against the glittering [Dao Tu Jian Qi]...
It is [A Phoenix Comes]!
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Wanyuan Times Community, Rui family.
Rui Guoquan was in a good mood after getting rid of a worry today. He was talking to his wife in the living room about the future. "...Wife, do you think my analysis is right? Can you rest assured that Zhao Zhao will be sent abroad with such a playful spirit? There are all kinds of messy things in the circle of overseas students, such as flying leaves and playing with balloons. Do you dare to say that Zhao Zhao will not learn bad things?!
"This is all to ensure that Zhao Zhao has a decent diploma, otherwise I won't let Zhao Zhao go abroad!
"But now that there is this path of Go, it's different! Did you see Zou Yang's expression this morning? It was like he saw a treasure! Zhao Zhao is definitely very talented in Go! He has a bright future!
"It just so happens that people in the Go circle are relatively clean and don't get involved in shady things. This can also help correct Xia Zhaozhao's temperament!
"And what Gang Lei's wife said also makes sense! We are both beautiful girls. If she can get into Qinghua through aerobics, why can't we get into Zhao Zhao through Go?
"Oh, my daughter can actually go to Qingjing... No! Now I have to think about how to post on WeChat Moments when Zhaozhao is admitted to Qingjing..."
When drinking today, both Lei and Yu had average alcohol tolerance - in order to maintain their form, professional chess players with a little self-discipline rarely drink.
So Rui Guoquan took the lead without saying a word and drank six taels of wine by himself.
Six taels of silver would not be a big deal for Rui Guoquan, but it made him talk more.
Li Xinyin sat on the sofa and supported her husband, responding to him non-stop. Although there was still a hint of uneasiness in her eyes, there was always a smile on her lips.
As her daughter grew older and more rebellious in recent years, she hasn't seen her husband so happy in a long time.
"Okay, I know everything! But keep your voice down, Zhao Zhao is still playing chess in there!"
"It's okay! She is so focused on Go that she can't hear anything when she touches the Go board! I was... um?"
Just as Rui Guoquan was about to brag a few more times, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He picked it up and found that it was Lei Jingming who had just left his number.
Rui Guoquan answered without hesitation and answered enthusiastically:
"Hello, Mr. Lei! Are you home?"
"Ah, here we are! Thanks for remembering me!"
Lei Jingming on the phone responded briefly and didn't say any more politely.
"Well, Mr. Rui, I have something I want to ask you. Is that convenient?"
"But it doesn't matter!"
Rui Guoquan answered very generously.
"Oh, you care so much about my Zhao Zhao that you even arranged for Master Ling to come and give Zhao Zhao some chess advice right after you left! I am really touched! As long as it is something that I, Rui Guoquan, can do, please feel free to ask, Mr. Lei!"
"Mr. Rui! It is indeed Rui Zhao who is playing chess with my son, right?" This time it was Qin Xiaoxue who was speaking on the phone, and it seemed that the speaker was on.
"Yes!"
Rui Guoquan was still in high spirits and did not notice the strangeness in the other party's words:
"We left in such a hurry that Zhao Zhao forgot to turn off her computer! As soon as we came back, Zhao Zhao found that Teacher Lei Qi had been sending her game invitations, so she hurried to the room to receive guidance!
"Thank you for your attention to Zhao Zhao's training! I don't know if there is another person in the country who can be personally taught by Teacher Lei Qi?"
"Ah... that's right, that's right!" Qin Xiaoxue said politely, and her tone seemed a little absent-minded: "That... that's fine! I hope everything goes well! Then Mr. Rui, we won't bother you anymore! Come to my house another day!"
"sure!"
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Rui Guoquan was in high spirits on the other end of the phone, but at the Lei family's end, an atmosphere of worry was spreading.
"It's really Rui Zhao..." Qin Xiaoxue murmured, "But, but what happened to my son all of a sudden? Wasn't he fine after playing with Rui Zhao yesterday? Why did he suddenly become like this when he played a round with Rui Zhao today?!"
Seeing his wife, who always made up her mind, looking so confused, Lei Jingming became extremely anxious:
"No! I'll go in and pull him out. It's just a game of chess, why do you act so nonchalant?"
"Don't, don't! Didn't you see he just yelled at you!" Qin Xiaoxue quickly stopped her husband, "There's something wrong with our son! Don't act rashly, wait until this is over! Let's talk to Chairman Shang and Old Yu about the situation first and see if they have any ideas!"
"I know something is wrong! But after this... I don't know if the situation will get worse!"
Lei Jingming frowned and turned on the screen of the mobile phone in his hand.
"According to the current situation, my son will not be able to catch up with the two handicaps, and he will probably lose even more!"
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