Thinking about this, Zhao Yuanci felt more and more regretful. Throughout the day, was frequently distracted, and managed to survive until the next hour of work. hurriedly bid farewell to colleagues and hurried home.

On the way, he turned to Zuixianju to buy the drunken fish that his wife likes to eat, carried it in his hand, and returned home uneasy.

After entering the gate and walking towards the inner courtyard, he thought to himself, how can he apologize to his wife later? When he left in the morning, it was a bit too much. wonder if she noticed it? She is always smart, so she must have noticed it?

Is she mad at him? Will you forgive him? How can he justify her dissatisfaction? Thoughts were spinning in his head, just as he entered the inner courtyard, he heard bursts of laughter coming from the room. Surprise flashed in his eyes, then he breathed a sigh of relief. The wife smiled, showing that she was in a good mood, so it shouldn't be difficult to coax her.

With that in mind, he quickened his pace.

When he entered the house, he saw his wife sitting by the window, playing chess with a little maid. There were two little maids standing behind them, one holding tea and the other holding melons and fruits. From time to time, they used a fork to pick up a piece and put it into her mouth.

Seeing him coming back, he stopped laughing and saluted him: "Master is back!"

"Well." Zhao Yuanci nodded, his eyes fell on his wife, and he said with a smile, "Are you playing chess?"

Shaoyin looked up at him, smiled and nodded: "Yeah." Immediately, she looked back and said, "Xiaohong, sit down, let's continue."

The maid named Xiaohong was a little hesitant, and sat down in front of the master, seemingly unruly. While hesitating, Zhao Yuanci stepped forward, pushed her aside, sat down in her place, and said with a smile, "I will play the next game with the same sound."

Xiaohong immediately stood aside, a little relieved. Although the master was friendly and seldom angry, they always felt restrained in front of him, and they didn't dare to mess with the rules at all.

"Change your clothes first." Shaoyin raised her eyes, looked at the man in the official robe opposite and said lightly.

Only then did Zhao Yuanci remember that he had just entered the house and had not had time to change his clothes. Hearing this, he got up immediately and went inside to change clothes.

It was midsummer and the weather was very hot. Zhao Yuanci was wrapped in official robes all day, and he was inevitably sweating a lot. He scrubbed and sorted for half an hour before he came out refreshed.

Shaoyin and Xiaohong have already finished the game of chess just now. At this moment, the chessboard is clean and the pieces are all put into the chess box.

Zhao Yuanci walked to the window and sat down, looked around, and said with a smile, "Where are the people? The people who were in the room just now, why are all of them gone now?"

"You're back, they are bound." Shaoyin said, Mai Tai was not polite at all.

Zhao Yuanci shook his head and said, "You are very fond of them."

Shaoyin didn't answer this, and nodded his chin toward the chess box: "Do you use black or white?"

"Choose the sound first." Zhao Yuan said.

Shaoyin didn't treat him politely, and said directly: "Then I'll use Heizi."

Zi Lai Bai Zi went first, Zhao Yuanci was a little surprised, and then said: "Then you go first."

He is a manly man and cannot take advantage of little women.

Shaoyin didn't bother to be polite to him, so he took a piece and fell. Zhao Yuan said goodbye, then squeezed the chess piece, and then fell.

"What did you do today?" he asked.

Shaoyin said, "I didn't do anything."

"What did you use for lunch?" Zhao Yuanci asked again.

Shaoyin replied, "It's no different from the past."

"Can you take a nap in the afternoon?" Zhao Yuanci continued to talk to her as he made his move.

Shaoyin said, "I took a nap for a while."

Her indifference was simply undisguised, and Zhao Yuanci understood a little why she sent all the maids out.

This is to save face for him.

He gave a wry smile in his heart, didn't dare to show his face at all, and said with a bit of flattery: "I brought you drunken fish from Zuixianlou, you can use some at night."

Shaoyin looked up at him in surprise, and then said, "It's time to pay attention. It's just that I sent someone to buy it at noon, and it's already eaten at noon. You can use it later."

Zhao Yuanci's heart suffocated, the unspeakable discomfort rolled up, the hand holding the chess piece stopped, and for a while he even forgot where he wanted to play.

He took a deep breath and spit it out again. After a while, he regained his sanity: "Okay. However, I can't use it all by myself. Yinyin will have an appetite later, so I can use some more with me."

While talking, he fell.

When I saw it, I suddenly realized that my situation was not good! He suddenly raised his head in surprise, but saw that his wife's face was flat, as if she was vaguely surrounding him, and there was nothing to be proud of.

"Yinyin's chess skills are good!" he exclaimed.

"Well." Shaoyin replied lightly.

Zhao Yuanci originally wanted to let her go and not let her lose ugly, and she was in a bad mood later. However, looking at it now, he himself is going to lose, and she doesn't need him to give in at all. At the moment, put away the idea of ​​​​compromising and save the situation.

However, in vain, he was killed to pieces.

Looking at the bleak chess game, he was dumbfounded and said with some admiration: "Yinyin's chess skills are really superb!"

"Well." Shaoyin still looked indifferent, without moving his brows, "are you still coming?"

Zhao Yuanci didn't use all his strength at the beginning of the game just now, so that he was defeated but unable to recover. He also wants to see if he can change the situation if he goes all out? So he said, "Okay, another plate!"

The two played another set.

As a result, Zhao Yuanci was killed to the point of death.

"Are you still coming?"

"One more plate."

In the next three games, Zhao Yuanci was killed so that he could not fight back, he couldn't help but be stunned. Although his chess skills are not top-notch, over the years, no matter who he played against, he had never lost so badly.

He couldn't help but ask, "Who did Yinyin Tong learn from?"

Who did Shaoyin learn from?

In fact, it was the previous world. She was in poor health and could not stand the bumps, so she spent most of her time in the back house. He Zhiyan was also worried that she would go out often, so he patiently dragged her to play chess, game after game.