Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 203 - 197 We Should Be Husband and Wife (Nineteen)

"Then Grandpa will spar with you first to see how much you’ve learned." Ji Zhengdao rubbed his hands together, having been busy for a while and not having played chess in a long time, he was itching to play upon seeing the chessboard.

He was somewhat impatient.

Ji Anning pursed her lips, "I’m definitely going to be defeated by Grandpa within five minutes."

"You have to have confidence in yourself," Ji Zhengdao said, "You go first."

Ji Anning didn’t put on any airs and really went first. She recalled the moves she had played on her phone today, moving the cannon first to the center of the board.

But that was an old tactic, the old man knew at a glance, "Anning, since I’m going to teach you, I won’t go easy on you, Grandpa is serious."

Ji Anning smiled, "It’s okay, I want Grandpa to be serious."

"All right."

Ji Zhengdao really had no intention of letting Ji Anning win, and before five minutes were up, he had captured more than half of Anning’s pieces.

Seeing that she was about to be completely out of pieces, Ji Anning didn’t get discouraged but continued to study the game seriously.

"No way to turn the tide."

Ji Anning was deep in thought, trying to see if she could stall a bit longer to avoid losing too badly. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Suddenly, a familiar male voice came from above, followed by a faint smell of alcohol, which hit her nose, and she stiffened.

She held her breath.

"Like this."

All of a sudden, the man’s hand reached in front of her and pushed one of her guards to the upper right.

Ji Anning instinctively reached out to stop him, "No, I’ll be dead if it’s like that."

"It’s just a matter of time," Ji Chicheng pressed his finger on that guard, not letting Ji Anning pull it back, "Better to take your own life than dying at the enemy’s hand, it’s more dignified."

Hearing this, the old gentleman across the table laughed, and looking at Ji Chicheng, he said, "Now you’re behind Anning, you can give her some pointers."

Before Ji Chicheng could answer, Ji Anning quickly shook her head, "No... no need, Uncle has drunk a bit too much, he should go and rest."

"Do you think I’m drunk?" Ji Chicheng lowered his head, raising his eyebrows at Ji Anning.

His cold lips curled, and his deep black eyes looked like endless pits of ice.

Ji Anning felt her breath freeze with his chilling presence, daring not to say more for fear he would do something reckless with the alcohol in his system.

"..."

"Let’s begin."

With Ji Chicheng acting as her strategist, the old man was even more enthusiastic. He had already arranged his pieces while Ji Anning and Ji Chicheng were exchanging glances.

’Knock, knock, knock’

Just as they were about to start, someone knocked on the door. Without waiting for the old man to respond, the door opened.

Ji Mingyue stood at the door, not entering but poking her head in and said to the old gentleman, "Dad, didn’t you agree to look at photos with me?"

"I forgot," the old man said as he got up, then turned to Ji Chicheng, "Chicheng, why don’t you teach Anning for a while? I’ll be back soon."

"Okay," Ji Chicheng nodded slightly, then his gaze returned to Ji Anning with an amused look.

Walking around the table to the old man’s place, he sat down, facing Ji Anning.

After the old man left, his flirtatious, peach blossom eyes brazenly sized up Ji Anning. Her little face was just as red and moist as it had been in the dining room earlier.

Pleasant to the eye.

"I..."

Ji Anning felt so uncomfortable that she was a bit stuttered.

Ji Chicheng sneered, "It’s just a game of chess, and you’re nervous? If I were to climb into your room in the middle of the night, how would you react?"