Chapter Twenty-Three: The Game

Back home, Su Muling entered his yard. Xichun and Pomegranate put down the work in their hands and greeted them. The sun is just right outside, and the girls like to do some small work in the yard during the day.

"Where's my uncle?" Su Muling said as he walked into the house.

"In the house." Xichun put down the embroidery bandage in her hand and followed her. "You do what yours don't have to come in." Su Muling said and entered the house. Zhen Youan was holding a piece in each hand and competing with himself, when he saw Su Muling coming in, he put down the chess pieces and stood up. "I'm back."

"Well, it's back. The weather outside is very good today, why don't you go out for a walk, it's always stuffy in the house, and it's not good for your health. Su Muling took out homely clothes from the cabinet and changed them in front of Zhen Youan.

Zhen Youan stood in front of the window and didn't evade, just poured some water from the pot into the copper basin, twisted a warm handkerchief and handed it to her.

"Wipe your face."

Su Muling took it with a smile, rubbed it on his face a few times, wiped his hands and handed it back to him. Su Muling doesn't like makeup, she has a plain face all day long, but fortunately, she is naturally beautiful, and she doesn't need to use those fat powders to add brilliance.

"I'm tired of going out today." Zhen Youan washed the handkerchief and put it on the shelf, and poured another cup of tea. As soon as he turned around, Su Muling had already gone to the kang and was sitting at the kang table writing something.

"Well, I'm a little tired." Su Muling held the pen in his hand and did not take the teacup in his hand, but took a few sips of his hand. "One more drink." Su Muling was really thirsty, and after running outside for a day, she didn't dare to drink more water, just because it was really inconvenient for the woman to relieve her hands outside. Zhen You settled down for a while, then went to pour another cup and brought it to her mouth. Since she likes to drink like this, she can drink it like this, and sometimes it's cute to be informal.

Su Muling didn't notice that his actions were wrong with their 'contract' couple, and still drank the cup of tea with his hand. Then she began to plan her trip to the capital.

Zhen Youan didn't bother her anymore, sat back on the chessboard, and competed with himself again.

"Are you good with your left hand or your right hand?" Zhen Youan, who was addicted to it, raised his head, and Su Muling stood beside him for some time, rubbing his chin with one index finger and looking at the chessboard.

"Next?" Zhen Youan invited.

"Okay." Su Muling sat down across from him, holding a black chess piece in his hand and dropping a piece. Zhen Youan then fell...... The two of you went back and forth, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Su Muling was defeated.

"Don't play anymore, it's boring, it's too brain-consuming." Su Muling pushed away the chess, and leaned back to look at Zhen Youan: This person is good-looking, and he is also good at chess.

"This kind of chess is a bit boring, why don't we play backgammon?" The backgammon was simple, and Su Muling became interested. Su Muling is already smart, but her cleverness is used to learn from her father in business. She knows everything about these piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that give women extra points, but she is not good at anything. But this backgammon is different, it's simple, but it's not easy to win.

Su Muling stabilized his mentality, sometimes step by step, sometimes pressing step by step. After about two pillars of incense, she finally won Zhen You'an in shame.

"I won." Su Muling's eyes lit up with excitement, and she greeted the girl loudly: "Cherish the spring, tell the kitchen, make the steamed duck and the bad goose paw duck letter that my uncle likes to eat at night." "My uncle lost the game, and I have to be comforted and comforted. Xichun agreed and went to the kitchen.

Zhen Youan took a long breath: I only knew that it was difficult to win chess before, but now I know that it is not easy to lose deliberately without showing a trace!

In the evening, Su Muling, who had won the chess, was 'happy'. asked Ru Yan to dial some of the two side dishes to Su Haoran. and instructed the old man to come back after eating.

In the next few days, Su Muling either asked Ru Yan to deliver food or asked her to deliver medicine. Or give some clothes, gowns, and shoes that you bought outside. Anyway, I always ask Ru Yan to go a few times a day.

Yuanshi was so angry that he dared not speak, after all, this was not the girl in her room. And she found that Su Haoran also liked this girl, once she said a few words of Ru Yan, Su Haoran was indifferent to her for a few days, obviously dissatisfied with her.

When the Duanyang Festival arrived, Su Muling took the girl and Zhen Youan to Nanhu Lake to watch the dragon boat race. The woman sat in the car, and Zhen Youan rode a horse.

Because there were many more pedestrians on the road than in the past, it took them a little time to enter Heyun Street, which ends in the South Lake, where the annual dragon boat race is held.

"Let's get off here." The speed of the carriage is not as good as going down by yourself.