Qin Que was secretly anxious on one side, Zhou Xuan was pretending to be weak on purpose, but her brother was completely unaware and was being led by the nose by Zhou Xuan. Qin Que wanted to remind her brother, but he definitely wouldn't listen to her at this time and would instead misunderstand her. What to do? She had to help her brother.

  Finally, Zhou Xuan was forced to reluctantly sit down at the chessboard with Lu An, put away the pieces on the board, and the two of them drew lots to see who would go first. Zhou Xuan got the white pieces.

  Qin Que took a look at Zhou Xuan and guessed that the white chess piece was going to move first. He knew that his brother-in-law had no chance of winning, and just as Zhou Xuan was about to make his move, he spoke up: "Young Master Zhou, Qin Que has something to return to you."

  Zhou Xuan and Lu An both turned their heads around.

  Qin Que handed the early morning Lin Hei Shan to her meeting gift Chi Yu Yan, and said to Zhou Xuan: "This is your sworn brother's, Qin Que can't accept it. Master Zhou will give it to his wife in the future." After speaking, she sat down on one side, with both hands supporting her knees, quietly preparing to watch the chess game.

  Zhou Xuan understood Qin Que's meaning, which was to make it clear to him that Qin Que only had his older brother in her heart, reminding Zhou Xuan not to harbor malicious intentions against his older brother, as it would be futile.

  This is a big blow, hitting hard enough. Zhou Xuan's face didn't change color as he put the red jade swallow into his arms and smiled lightly: "I knew Miss Qin would return this jade to me, I just didn't expect it to be now." He snapped his fingers, "slapping" them on the chessboard.

  With that "slap", Qin Xiao's heart also trembled, and he suddenly thought: "Am I too ruthless? Shouldn't have hit Zhou Xuan so hard——". With this thought, he felt a pang of guilt towards Zhou Xuan, and for a while, he didn't dare look at Zhou Xuan playing chess.

  Zhou Xuan was struck by Qin Que's move and felt a bit uncomfortable, but soon discovered that Qin Que's eyes were dodging and not daring to look at him directly. He immediately sensed the subtle psychological change in Qin Que, his heart filled with joy, his confidence swelling to unprecedented heights, and he smiled as he faced his opponent across the chessboard.

  Lu An felt triumphant, his cousin's actions earlier clearly showed that she was thoroughly on his side, giving him a sense of superiority, as if Zhou Xuan was just a small pathetic creature. Hmm, this pathetic creature is still smiling, humph, then let's give him another heavy blow on the chessboard.

  The pieces were knocked onto the board, and the crisp sound kept ringing out. After a while, dozens of black and white pieces had been laid out on the board, and Lu An's expression became even more complacent.

  Qin Que felt a bit strange: "Could it be that Zhou Xuan is inferior to her brother?" She got up and walked over, looking at him. Zhou Xuan raised his head and gave her a gentle smile, causing Qin Que's face to flush for no reason.

  The game has entered the middle stage, with black and white pieces entangled from the upper left corner to the middle abdomen. At first glance, it seems that the white piece is leading, but upon closer inspection, Qin Xiao discovers that there is actually a dead piece of white chess in the upper left corner. It turned out that Zhou Xuan was killed by one piece at the beginning of the game.

  Big Brother's moves became more and more relaxed, every time he made a move, he would glance at Zhou Xuan with a provocative look.

  Qin Que quietly sized up Zhou Xuan, who sat upright with his back straight, his thick black eyebrows, long and narrow eyes, thin lips pursed, his expression focused, though at a disadvantage he didn't appear flustered. But was the white chess piece really at a disadvantage?

  Qin Que continued to focus on the development of the chessboard, with the four big dragons of black and white twisted together. His brother's black chess had a clear advantage because it had killed one corner of the white chess from the start, so as long as the big dragon didn't die, this chess wouldn't lose.

  Qin Que looked at Zhou Xuan's eager expression as he searched for an opportunity to attack, and his heart suddenly softened, as if afraid of seeing Zhou Xuan fail. At the same time, he felt that his brother-in-law's smug expression was a bit excessive.

  Time flies, the empty space on the chessboard is getting smaller and smaller, and the game has entered the stage of big official son. Although Zhou Xuan gained a lot of advantages in the mid-game battle, due to the loss of a large corner at the opening, the loss was too great, and the disadvantage of about four pieces on the board could not be made up for. However, Zhou Xuan is still working hard to play.

  Lu An thought he had won for sure, thinking: "Zhou Xuan's chess skills are mediocre, why would my cousin think I'm not as good as him? Hmph, now it's clear who's better! Sweeping his face clean, how satisfying!" He glanced sideways at Qin Que, fanning himself with a folding fan, feeling quite pleased with himself.

  Lu An dressed up with her family, but was fanning herself with a folding fan, her face still looking so proud, making Qin Que feel very awkward. She leaned in to study the chessboard, wondering if there was still a chance for the white pieces to turn things around. Suddenly, she saw Zhou Xuan smile at her and nod towards the top left corner of the chessboard.

  Qin Que saw Zhou Xuan smile a bit slyly, not a hint of frustration from losing the game, and carefully examined the top left corner of the chessboard. Upon closer inspection, he discovered the subtlety: this white corner seemed dead but wasn't quite; the black piece should have made one more move to completely kill it off.

  Qin Que was shocked, Zhou Xuan was too cunning, the corner actually hid a life-saving move, once the robbery started, the white chess would easily capture two major pieces, and Da Shu's black chess would undoubtedly lose.

  "Should I remind my brother?" Qin Chuo's heart was wavering, thinking again, now it's too late to remind him. If the black chess adds a move at the corner, then the white chess is equivalent to moving two big officials in a row. Originally, the black chess wasn't leading by much, how could it afford to give up two big officials!

  "This week, Zhou Xuan's mind was too deep on the chessboard. His brother was no match for him and was being played around in circles. It's laughable that his brother was still so pleased with himself - Ah, Zhou Xuan is too evil! He deliberately created the illusion that black would win, only to suddenly strike and defeat black, making his brother go from extreme joy to extreme sorrow."

  Zhou Xuan made his move, with a small trick in the upper left corner, wanting to make it happen.

  Lu An was stunned, he lowered his head to take a closer look, and suddenly understood that it was a robbery. Just as victory was in sight, such a huge robbery appeared out of nowhere, Lu An was dumbfounded, and for a long time, he couldn't react.

  Qin Que let out a sigh and said softly: "Brother, you lost. We can't beat Zhou Gongzi."

  Qin Que deliberately used the word "we", but Lu An was still infuriated by this remark, and angrily said: "What a joke! I didn't lose to him, I just made a momentary mistake and didn't see that there was a chess piece here, which he picked up. Come on, Brother Zhou, let's play another game."

  Zhou Xuan humbly said: "I was lucky to pick up a small Lou, today is the end, it's better not to go down again."

  Lu An felt embarrassed in front of his cousin, so he pulled Zhou Xuan to play again with the spirit of getting back up where he fell.

  Zhou Xuan shrugged and spread his hands, indicating that this was not his fault, but rather her cousin had forced him to come down.

  Qin Que didn't want to see her brother being bullied anymore, so she said: "Alright then, you all go down first. I'll go arrange a room for my brother. It's better if he stays in the inner courtyard."

  After Qin Zhuo left, the chessboard was in a state of turmoil again. Zhou Xuan was no longer polite this time and used his most ruthless moves to suppress Lu An from start to finish. At first, Lu An thought that losing the previous game was just an oversight, but he also fought back fiercely against Zhou Xuan in this game.

  Low-hand and high-hand played against each other, the result can be imagined, Lu An was killed to death one by one, a dead end everywhere, his face flushed red, his fingers trembling.

  Zhou Xuan said in a tone of resentment, "I and Qin Miss have told you so many times not to go down, but you insisted on going down. You really are looking for trouble."

  Lu An was so angry that he almost spat out blood, took two deep breaths, suddenly threw the chess piece in his hand, strode out of the small study, ran back to Ding Lai Fu's room, closed the door, and licked his wounds in self-reproach.