IBTSOME Chapter 16 Part 2: War

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 16 Part 2: War

 

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Gao Ran smiled slightly, tilted her head inquiringly at Lin Wei Xi. Lin Wei Xi restrained her stomach full of fire, her eyes glowed brightly, and even her voice was choking: "I'll go down, afraid you will not succeed?"

　　

After hearing this, Gao Ran frowned, and nodded apologetically to Gu Hui Yan and Gu Cheng Yao, then stretched out her hand to signal Lin Wei Xi to take a seat first.

　　

Lin Wei Xi sat down directly with a cold face. When Gu Hui Yan saw it, an imperceptible smile flashed across his eyes.

　　

Gao Ran sat on the opposite side while holding a bright black stone between her fingers and said: "Miss Lin played for the first time. I have the advantage. It's better for me to yield three stones for Miss Lin."

　　

"No need to bother, if you really want to yield, why don’t you give the first four moves for me as well?" Lin Wei Xi looked unhappy, and her tone as if she had eaten chili. She looked at Gao Ran's face and raised her eyebrows lightly: "Why, unwilling? Then stop putting on an act, even if you are not tired, I'm the one that tired."

 

"Miss Lin!" Gu Cheng Yao unable to put up with it any longer, could not help but gave a warning tone. These words of his poked a big trouble. Lin Wei Xi turned her head, her eyes almost spouting flames: "What are you shouting to me for? I didn't talk to you!"

　　

When Lin Wei Xi said this her eyes were bright, vivid and powerful, the whole exquisite hibiscus face¹, that didn’t resemble a real person, really came alive. It could only be said that a beauty is a beauty. Even if she twisted words and force logic, the opposite could not really be angry. Moreover, Lin Wei Xi had a weak body. Such a delicate beauty was glaring and put on a tyrannical appearance, putting it on other people it would look coquettish.

　　

Gu Cheng Yao was choked into speechlessness. Gu Hui Yan did not hold his smile, tilted his head while smiling, and said: "Chess is the way of a noble people, pay attention to virtue."

　　

Lin Wei Xi barely held back her temper, and Gao Ran, who was sitting on the opposite side of the chessboard, subtly gave birth to a sense of being neglected. Her mind felt cold, this was not the effect she wanted to achieve. Gao Ran hurriedly spoke, drawing everyone's attention back to herself: "Miss Lin, I will move first, you let me win²."

　　

Gao Ran was full of confidence. Chess was her shortcoming, but when it comes to gomoku and checkers, how could these ancient people compare to her? Gao Ran intended to show off her ability in front of her husband and Yan Wang, also to let everyone see who was the ‘Miss Perfect’ with inner qualities and self-cultivation, and who was the empty straw bag with only beauty and no brain.

　　

Gao Ran was still imagining whether her chess posture was graceful, and whether her eyebrows showed the beauty of a serious woman, she was fine-tuning her angle, and suddenly saw Lin Wei Xi put the chess piece between her fingers into the chess box.

　　

Gao Ran was slightly taken aback, what had Lin Wei Xi done? She was a little displeased: "What happened?"

　　

Gu Cheng Yao frowned and didn't speak. Instead, Gu Hui Yan smiled lightly, and gestured at the chessboard with his eyes: "She wins."

　　

Lin Wei Xi win? Gao Ran was shocked, impossible! They played gomoku, how could an ancient person win?

　　

Gao Ran hurriedly went to look at the chessboard and found that, as Yan Wang said, Lin Wei Xi had already joined the five stones first, and Gao Ran who was immersed with her thoughts about whether her posture was beautiful enough, didn't even notice.

　　

Wan Xing and Wan Yue watched from behind. The two of them actually didn’t understand, but if Yan Wang said that their miss won, there would never be a mistake. Wan Xing immediately clapped her hands happily: "Miss only played for the first time just now, but she wins against Shizi Consort who came up this gameplay? Miss is really amazing."

　　

Gao Ran's face went red all of a sudden. Since she “invented” Gomoku at the age of eight, relying on the cheap rules she had never lost. This time she was really careless, and she lost so much face. Gao Ran learned from it painfully, withdrew the unnecessary thoughts, and played the second game with Lin Wei Xi wholeheartedly.

　　

However, this time Gao Ran did not hold on for long before she was easily taken down by Lin Wei Xi.

　　

Gao Ran completely stunned, facing the crowd she smiled awkwardly, stroking the loose hair on her temple, and said: "Miss Lin is really intelligent, quickly realized that I was absent-minded, let everyone laughed"

　　

Gao Ran vaguely hinted that she was deliberately letting Lin Wei Xi win, Lin Wei Xi snorted disdainfully. She thought no one was paying attention, but Gu Hui Yan was actually watching.

　　

Gu Hui Yan tilted his head and coughed lightly, hiding the smile on his lips. Gu Cheng Yao actually noticed Lin Wei Xi's small movements, he was a little embarrassed, and then saw Yan Wang actually smiled, Gu Cheng Yao was shocked beyond words.

　　

For some reason, Gu Cheng Yao suddenly had a very subtle feeling.

　　

After Gao Ran forcibly regained her respect, she straightened her expression and said to Lin Wei Xi: "Three wins in five games. Miss Lin, please."

　　

Gao Ran faintly revealed that she just yield to Lin Wei Xi before and now she was serious. Gao Ran put on the previous life’s attitude of preparing for an exam and stared at the chessboard intently. Her reputation and face were on the line, she could not lose.

　　

The third game was full of gunpowder from the beginning, Gao Ran was eager to win, and Lin Wei Xi also changed her previous style and became extremely aggressive, only offense and not defense. At first, Gao Ran wanted to take advantage of Lin Wei Xi’s eager attack and chaotic moves to size an opportunity and score a victory, but she soon discovered the phrase "offense is the best defense" was correct. She was tired to contain Lin Wei Xi, and her pieces arrangement was a mess, and when she was run around all over the place, Lin Wei Xi won without a word.

　　

Lin Wei Xi put the white chess piece between her fingers on the board, and smiled at Gao Ran, with a somewhat unapologetic triumphed looks: "Three wins in five rounds, you are welcome."

　　

Gao Ran was dumbfounded before she realized Lin Wei Xi's words "You are welcome" was the answer to her remarks "You let me win" at the start.

　　

Gao Ran felt unprecedented shame... and aggrieved. She never expected that she, a transmigrated woman, would lose playing a modern game with an ancient girl. And so before Gao Ran really thoughts that she would win and was talking big, now... after living in both lives for so many years, it was not an exaggeration to discover for the first time she wanted to drill herself to the ground.

　　

Especially with Gu Hui Yan and Gu Cheng Yao were still watching, Gao Ran sat awkwardly on the spot, unable to stand up. Seeing this, her maid hurriedly said: "The spring cold is chilling, and the wind is strong today. Was Shizi Consort stimulated by the cold?"

　　

Gao Ran raised her hand to her forehead when she heard this, "Maybe, since I woke up this morning, I was a little distracted, always remember things wrong."

　　

Gu Cheng Yao saw this, so he had to go over to hold Gao Ran's arm, and thoughtfully said: "Since you are not feeling well, go back quickly, the garden is windy, be careful of the cold."

　　

Gao Ran gratefully looked at him, her expression tender and soft as water. Lin Wei Xi got up slowly, looked at Gao Ran as if she was seriously ill, weakly being helped away. Gu Hui Yan still stood where he was, watching Lin Wei Xi's expression, and asked amusedly: "What's wrong with you?"

　　

"Nothing." Lin Wei Xi said very heavily, enunciating words by words, "The wind is strong, I have a headache."

　　

Gu Cheng Yao had not gone far paused when he heard this sentence, and then heard Gu Hui Yan’s melodious laugh behind him. Even though the sound was very soft, the joy in it was true: "Since you got a headache, hurry up go back and take a rest."

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1 Metaphor for beautiful faces.^↩
2 Polite words to say after winning a game. (TN: but why she said it before she won?!)^↩

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