Chapter 324 – Old Xie, it’s not easy for you too! (1/2)

Guest room on the first floor of the Mansion.

Dong Xuebing, who is feeling tipsy, drank the tea given to him by Xie Huilan.

Only Xie Huilan and Dong Xuebing are in the room, and Xie Huilan shook her head and laughed. “You should know your limits. If you cannot drink anymore, you should stop.”

“How can I reject others when they toast with me?” Dong Xuebing supported himself with a chair. “I don’t want you to lose face.” If this dinner is with the Leaders from Yan Tai County, Dong Xuebing can stop drinking if he cannot take it. But this time is different. He had to force himself to drink even when his body cannot take it.

Xie Huilan laughed and straighten Dong Xuebing’s collar. “Alright. You had done a great job today.”

Dong Xuebing nodded and asked. “Huilan, why are you so gentle today?”

“Haha.” Xie Huilan’s eyes narrowed into a slit. “Are you telling me that I have not been gentle all this while? Huh?”

“Err… no…” Dong Xuebing quickly denies it. “You are also gentle in the past.”

Knock… knock… knock… Xie Hao knocked on the door and told them the elders are leaving. They have to go out to walk them out.

Xie Guobang, Xie Guoliang, and everyone at the Mansion is very busy. They don’t have time to stay there for long. By 7.30 pm, all of them started leaving, and only Ci Lifen remained to accompany Senior Xie. But she received a call from her workplace and had to leave.

In the end, only Senior Xie and a few from the younger generation remained.

Xie Ran is called Xie Huilan. “Sis, I need to speak with you.”

“Ok.” Xie Huilan nodded. “Let’s talk upstairs.”

Senior Xie’s personal doctor fed Senior Xie his medications, and Senior Xie closed his eyes on the sofa. From the start of the dinner until now, Senior Xie had never look at Dong Xuebing, let alone speak to him. After Xie Huilan left, there are lesser people in the living room. Dong Xuebing also wants to leave, but he doesn’t have any excuse. So, he just remained in the living room to chat with Xie Jing and Xie Hao uncomfortably.

Dong Xuebing is feeling very giddy but had to bear this feeling and remain there.

Dong Xuebing thought to himself as he chatted with Xie Hao and Xie Jing, sitting beside Senior Xie. This old man knows how to bear grudges. All I did was to talk back at him and won him once at a game of chess. Look at him… He is treating me as invisible. If I knew this is how he treats me, I would not give him the 50-years Wild Ginseng. I will just give him a five-years… five months ginseng.

This is so irritating.

Suddenly, Xie Hao said. “Brother-in-law, let’s go to the backyard to practice martial arts!”

“Ok!” Dong Xuebing can’t wait to leave the living room.

Dong Xuebing was stunned. Chess? What is the meaning of this?

Xie Hao heard it and got excited. “I want to watch!” He knows Dong Xuebing is good at Chinese chess.

But Senior Xie turns to Xie Hao. “I thought you are going to the backyard to practice your martial art?”

“Hehe… this is more interesting. I want to watch!” Xie Hao just wants to join in the fun.

Xie Jing is more matured. After hearing what their grandfather said, she immediately dragged Xie Hao away and gave him a stare. She pointed towards Dong Xuebing with her chin and shook her head. Senior Xie wants to speak to Dong Xuebing alone, and Xie Hao will cause trouble if he is around. Xie Hao got the hint and returned to the sofa unwillingly.

Dong Xuebing could only follow Senior Xie up the stairs.

The helpers are setting up the chessboard and pieces in a room filled with antique furniture. Senior Xie sat behind a redwood table and signaled to Dong Xuebing to sit opposite him.

After the helpers are done, they left with the doctor, leaving Dong Xuebing and Senior Xie alone in the room.

Senior Xie did not say anything and moved his chess piece.

Dong Xuebing is puzzled. Senior Xie had been ignoring him the whole evening, and why did he want to play chess out of a sudden? But Dong Xuebing had no choice but to play with him. He made his move… two moves… five moves… ten moves… twenty moves… this time, there are no Chinese chess experts around, and Dong Xuebing could not cheat. Within twenty minutes, Senior Xie won the first game.

Senior Xie gave Dong Xuebing a stare. “Play properly.”

Dong Xuebing smiled embarrassedly. “I had won you the last time by luck, and I am not good at playing chess.”

“… one more game.” Senior Xie let Dong Xuebing have the first move.

The second game ended twenty minutes later, and Senior Xie won again.