Qin Que thought she was quite talented in the way of chess, and the ladies of the Xu family, the governors wife and daughters, were no match for her. It should be noted that Governor Xus household was home to Gu Liuquan, one of the eighteen most famous chess players under heaven, and those ladies had all been personally instructed by him.

  "What if I lose?" Qin Xiao had already decided to accept the challenge, but first he wanted to clarify the conditions.

  "Rest assured, even if you lose, I wont force you into the bridal chamber."

  Miss Qins face turned red with anger and embarrassment, and she scolded: "How can you be so crude in your speech!"

  Zhou Xuan shrugged: "Theres no way, I was originally very elegant, but these two days with Jia Ding and Lai Fu have been long, and Ive been influenced by him. I thought about staying in the inner courtyard to get some elegance, but someone wants to drive me away."

  Miss Qin snorted and said coldly, "Speak up, what do you want to do now that youve won?"

  Zhou Xuan said, "Im not asking for much, just two small requests. First, give me all the summer shirts you prepared for your older cousin. You say I only have this one set of clothes, how can I wash and change? Wearing it for two days already makes me smell like a rustic."

  Xiao Huixiang and also the maid beside Qins wife were covering their mouths and secretly laughing.

  Miss Qins face turned red: "Okay, I agree, what about the other condition?"

  Zhou Xuan said, "Another condition is that in front of outsiders, you still have to call me husband, just pretend a little, didnt you see how they came yesterday, your performance was not like a virtuous wife!"

  Miss Qins face turned red as if she was about to bleed, her lower lip had deep teeth marks.

  Zhou Xuan continued, "Dont think Im trying to take advantage of you, actually Im thinking for your own good, considering the safety of the Qin Manor. I find that Assistant Jiang doesnt seem quite right, as if hes intentionally testing us. Could there be some grudge or feud between him and my father-in-law?"

  Miss Qin said angrily: "As long as you dont harm us, no one can harm us."

  "A long road tests a horses strength, and time reveals a persons heart."

  ……

  This time, the gender war concerning the right of abode was held under the big locust tree. Miss Qin didnt want to play chess with Zhou Xuan in the house, as it would be too ambiguous for a single man and woman to be together.

  After setting up the four pieces on the board, Ms. Qin played with white first. This Ms. Qin really didnt know how to be polite, playing an old trick that wasnt too decent, taking advantage of the situation from the start. Never mind, lets just say ladies first.

  Zhou Xuan roughly judged Qins chess strength from the game of Go against Xiao Di, and found that her layout was amateur first dan, mid-game amateur second dan slightly stronger, but the endgame was unknown because she only saw more than 40 moves. Zhou Xuan had a strong amateur fourth dan chess strength, especially in the mid-game, if not for the slightly weaker endgame, he could have won stably.

  After dozens of moves, Miss Qins nose was sweating slightly on both sides, Zhou Xuans move was something she had never seen before, the corners hand was endless, and it was hard to defend against, after a local contact war, the white chess piece had already lost a lot, and the advantage of going first was gone.

  Zhou Xuan fanned himself with a folding fan, his eyes not on the chessboard but on the beauty, who was furrowing her brow and biting her lip in deep thought. Ha, shes really too lovely.

  Miss Qin was very focused on playing chess, because the situation was not good, she was even more attentive, a strand of hair fell down, and the ends of her hair touched the chess pieces, but she didnt have time to brush it away, making Zhou Xuan feel itchy, wanting to help her brush the messy hair behind her ear.

  Miss Qin thought for a long time and thought she had found the wonderful move to open up the difficult situation, so she made her move with great joy. Only then did she raise her eyes to look at Zhou Xuan, but saw that this old fellow was staring at herself in a daze.

  "Its your turn." Miss Qin tapped her fingers on the chessboard with a tone of dissatisfaction.

  "Oh, its my turn?" Zhou Xuan glanced at the chessboard and "slapped" down a piece.

  Miss Qin let out an "ah" of surprise, this move was completely unexpected, all her previous plans were useless now, the white dragon still had no way to survive, how could someone play chess so ruthlessly, wanting to wipe out everything.

  Zhou Xuan is a smiling tiger, on the surface he looks like hes smiling and seems to be gentle, but when it comes to playing chess, hes ruthless. In college, those so-called beautiful female chess players were all defeated by him and cried, vowing never to play chess with Zhou Xuan again. Being a beautiful female chess player isnt easy, is it just about letting the male chess players win?

  A maid came over and said: "Master, that Mr. Lin who came yesterday is here again, sitting in the front hall."

  Zhou Xuanxi said: "It was brought by someone who came to practice with me, Miss Qin. Shall we play this chess game later?"

  Qin Que stood up, saying in a low voice: "No need to go down again, I lost this game. I will let Xiao Huixiang send the summer shirt over." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the room, his slender waist swaying, his back figure elegant.

  "Miss Qin, winning is not arrogant and losing is not discouraged. Friendship comes first and the competition second. Lets have a deeper exchange when we have time."

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  Lin Heishan this time brought a follower, which was the young servant boy Zhou Xuan had seen last time. Wearing a green robe and a small hat, he looked clean and neat, with a hint of bookish air about him. Compared to him, Come Fortune looked rough and uncouth, clearly not of the same class. But Come Fortune was loyal enough, which was a redeeming quality for a servant boy.

  Lin Heishan burst out laughing as soon as he saw Zhou Xuan: "I heard that Brother Zhou is playing chess with his wife, truly a carefree and happy life, even better than the immortals."

  Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "I accidentally won a round from my wife, and shes getting angry now."

  Lin Heishan burst out laughing: "I didnt expect Brother Zhou to be so skilled at playing chess, the reputation of Qin Manors Female Master is second only to her medical skills."

  Zhou Xuan said: "Really? Im not sure, maybe my wife deliberately conceded, haha, did Lin brother bring that hook head?"

  Lin Heishan said: "Its brought, its brought."

  A small servant presented a black ceramic pot with both hands.

  Zhou Xuan took over, looking at Xiao Jia Dings small white tender hands and said: "Little brother, youve worked hard. Last time Bao Qin didnt let you play for a while, sorry. This time let Lin Old Brother also play with you." In his heart, he suspected that this little home ding was a girl, and couldnt understand why Lin Old Brother brought out a girl!

  "Older brother was just looking for you about this matter." Lin Heishan took out the harmonica from his pocket, "I wont play this treasure, Brother Zhou, can you demonstrate it?"

  Zhou Xuan took it, sniffed it from a distance, and found that there was no unpleasant smell, but rather a sweet fragrance. Did this Lin brother chew gum?

  Zhou Xuan held the harmonica with both hands, and as he played, his two hands grasped and released it alternately, adding lightness, heaviness, slowness and quickness to the effect. He blew a very famous harmonica piece "Chelsea Holiday", which is most suitable for violin performance, but also has great expressiveness when blown on the harmonica.

  That little home Dings eyes stared at Zhou Xuans lips moving on the harmonica, listening to it in a trance. Lin Heishan, on the other hand, was dazed, perhaps because he wasnt interested in this modern Western tune.