Chapter 76 – It looks like I got tricked (1/2)
“Dad, Xiao Liu came over!” Zhao Junsheng shouted upstairs the moment he entered.
Without a long time passing, Zhao Limin came down in a thick coat, he immediately greeted me and waved after he saw me, “Xiao Liu, you came! Have a seat!”
I changed my shoes, and said respectfully, “Hello Grandpa Zhao!”
“Good good! Drink a little bit of water first and sit down Xiao Liu, I’m playing go with an old friend upstairs, I’ll come down later,” Zhao Limin said to me.
“Dad, let Xiao Liu accompany you upstairs, Yanyan and I will help Yu-ma cook, Xiao Liu will eat dinner with us tonight,” Zhao Junshng suggested.
“That’s good! Xiao Liu, come and give some ideas for Grandpa, so that fellow old Ye would stop acting so high and might, let the two of grandpa and grandson slaughter him till he has nothing left!” Zhao Limin smiled and said.
I sent a questioning gaze towards Zhao Yanyan, but Zhao Yanyan shook her head, meaning that she didn’t know who Grandpa Zhao’s friend was.
I followed Zhao Limin upstairs, I don’t know what’s the meaning behind Grandpa Zhao’s words, slaughter him till he has nothing left, was it courteous words? Or did he rally think that? It was really hard to understand an important person’s words, I’ll see when it comes to it, worst come to worst I’ll pretend to be an idiot when he asks me for advice.
We arrived at a small study on the second floor, there was a fifty-something years old man inside, who was sipping tea and gazing at an incomplete match of go.
“Old Ye, I’ll introduce this lad to you! Liu Lei, young and promising!” Liu Limin pointed at me and introduced.
“Oh? There aren’t many young people that can get into your sights, Elder Zhao! This lad is definitely not normal!” Old Ye said.
“How so, it’s all Grandpa Zhao’s favor, Y…” I wanted to call him Grandpa Ye, but this guy’s age didn’t seem like a grandpa.
“Hehe, just call m Ye-bobo, I’m younger than Elder Zhao, and my daughter is also around your age!” Ye-bobo said.
“Haha, Old Ye, don’t you get anxious every time you mention your daughter? Who forced you to have a child so late, my granddaughter is nearly getting married, your daughter still didn’t find any in-laws right!” Zhao Limin ridiculed.
“Elder Zhao, I respect you since you’re older than me, and we were also comrades back in the army, but you can’t always make fun of me with this! But my daughter is worrying, she’s all grown up now yet she hasn’t even had a boyfriend!” Ye-bobo sighed.
“Ai… Old Ye, where’s your eyes looking at, Xiao Liu is our family’s Yanyan’s boyfriend!” Zhao Limin ridiculed.
“Don’t worry, Elder Zhao, how could I fight you for your grandson-in-law!” YE-bobo smiled and said.
“Come, Xiao Liu, help grandpa to have a look, where should I place the next piece?” Zhao Limin said to me.
I already looked at the match after entering the room, the black side clearly had less pieces than the whites, and Grandpa Zhao was using the black pieces, if you just viewed it from that perspective, Grandpa Zhao was more likely to lose than win. However playing go was all about balance, you have to look at things from a broad perspective, there are a lot of white pieces, but a lot of them were useless, if the blacks could take the initiative, then who would win was still unknown.