The next day was for rest. A Tao came in early in the morning to light the charcoal fire, and unexpectedly saw Bai Yu'an already up, wearing a middle coat and robe, sitting cross-legged on a chair playing chess.
A Tao looked at the chessboard placed on the stool, went over to make charcoal and couldn't help but said: "In the past, I have never seen the young master care so much about winning or losing."
Bai Yu'an's eyes were still on the chess piece: "It was just a pastime."
A Tao smiled, stood up, gathered Bai Yu'an's robe and said, "Then this time it's not just for fun?"
Bai Yu'an gave A Tao a rare serious look: "If you lose this time, you won't be able to hold your head up in the future."
A Tao burst out laughing: "Why can't I hold my head up after a game of chess?"
Bai Yu'an sighed. If he really lost, and the news about sleeping with Shen Jue spread, wouldn't he be able to hold his head high?
Even if people outside don't think about those dirty thoughts, they don't know how they will say that he is flattering.
Bai Yu'an remembered the scene when she met Shen Jue in the alley.
At that time, he pulled his collar, humiliating her with contempt in his eyes, threatening her and asking her to be respectful.
This chess game was another humiliation for him.
He is a member of the teacher's party, and in his view, he is also a dissident and cannot be classified into his category.
His pale eyes moved, but Bai Yu'an said nothing, twisting a chess piece and placing it on the chessboard.
As long as she wins the chess game and moves out of here, she will have nothing to do with Shen Jue anymore.
A Tao looked at Bai Yu'an's expression from the side and whispered: "Shall I go bring water to the young master to wash himself now?"
Bai Yu'an turned her head and glanced out the window. It was still dark outside. She whispered: "It's still early, let's talk about it later."
A Tao hummed and didn't bother Bai Yu'an anymore. He pushed the charcoal fire to Bai Yu'an's feet and walked out quietly.
The light outside gradually became brighter, and A Tao saw no movement in the inner room, so he took a look inside through the curtain.
Her delicate figure remained unmoved, except for the robe she wore that fell down at some point.
A Tao shook his head, went in and looked at Bai Yu'an, who was still wearing a white shirt, and sighed.
I didn't see him being so attentive before the scientific examinations in the past two years. Instead, he took her to wander around the capital and look at the scenery.
Even she was nervous, but her young master actually said it depends on fate.
After releasing the list, he smiled at her again: "This is God's will."
Ah Tao really wanted to tease her now: "Why don't you look at fate now?"
In the end, he didn't bother him. He pulled up his clothes and then left.
Mother Chen outside saw A Tao and asked, "Master, are you going to eat now?"
A Tao shook his head and whispered: "Young Master doesn't know how to eat at this moment, so let's warm it up first."
Just as he was talking, someone called again outside the courtyard door. A Tao hurried over to open the door, only to see a young and slender man standing at the door.
As soon as the man saw A Tao, he immediately smiled and said, "Miss A Tao."
A Taoqi was surprised. He didn't know this person. How could he know him? So he asked, "Who are you?"
The man quickly smiled and said: "My surname is Zhang Mingfeng, and I am with Mr. Xiao Jiu."
A Tao immediately frowned when he heard this, Xiao Jiuye, looked at him warily, and said in a tone of voice, "What are you doing here?"
Seeing A Tao's bad tone, Zhang Feng quickly took two steps back, held the box in his hand in front of A Tao with a very low posture, and said with a smile: "This is a snack prepared by my little Master Jiu for Mr. Bai, please. Miss Tao, please bring it to Master Bai."
A Tao looked at the brocade box in front of him. The mahogany box was engraved with exquisite patterns and the four corners were wrapped in silver. Just looking at the box showed that it was worth a lot.
She immediately said with a cold face: "My young master doesn't want to eat snacks, you can take them back."
Zhang Feng was stunned, then quickly raised his head and explained: "Miss A Tao misunderstood, this snack was specially given to Mr. Bai by my young master in order to apologize."
As he spoke, Zhang Feng opened the box, which contained four or five different types of snacks, which looked very delicate.
Zhang Feng said sincerely: "This snack is not worth a lot of money. Last time, Xiao Jiuye saw that Master Bai liked to eat it, so he brought it here."
Zhang Feng said with a look of pity on his face: "Miss A Tao also knows that if we servants don't do our errands well, Master Jiu will punish me later."
A Tao remembered Gu Junjiu's domineering look when he first met him, with several rough and powerful thugs always following behind him.
Although she looked smiling in front of her young master later, A Tao could tell that he didn't look like a good person.
She looked at Zhang Feng with some sympathy. A few pieces of snacks were indeed not worth much, so she regarded them as a good deed.
There was still no good color on her face, and A Tao finally relented and said, "I can accept the snacks, but I don't want this box."
When Zhang Feng heard that A Tao was willing to accept the snacks, he immediately smiled with surprise on his face and said: "As long as Miss A Tao is willing to accept the snacks, it doesn't matter if she doesn't accept the box."
A Tao glanced at Zhang Feng's happy expression and thought that it was really pitiful for this person to follow Gu Junjiu around, but it was just a snack to make him so happy.
She glanced at Zhang Feng: "You wait here for a while, I'll go in and get the dishes."
After saying that, A Tao turned around and went back to get the plates to put them in.
The pastries were put on the plate, and you could smell the aroma immediately, which made even A Tao a little greedy.
After sending Zhang Feng away, A Tao smiled and carried the plate to the back room. Seeing that Bai Yu'an was still playing chess, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you hungry, sir?"
Bai Yu'an didn't look up and just asked: "What time is it now?"
A Tao said: "It's past Chen time."
Bai Yu'an looked at the chess game that had almost been played, then let go of the chess pieces in his hand and leaned on the chair.
My arms hung for a long time, and now I felt a little sore.
She rubbed her shoulders and exhaled: "Time flies so fast."
A Tao came over and rubbed Bai Yu'an's arm: "Young Master is fascinated by playing chess. Of course he feels that the time flies by quickly."
"It's getting bright outside now."
Bai Yu'an was stunned. The candlelight beside the table was still flickering, but the skylight outside had already penetrated through the curtains.
She didn't even realize it.
A Tao squeezed it for Bai Yu'an, then went to bring the plate to Bai Yu'an and said, "Young Master, have a try. This is what Young Master Gu asked someone to bring just now."
Bai Yuan paused when he was about to take it and looked at A Tao: "Mr. Gu?"
A Tao laughed and said, "Master, I forgot, Mr. Gu was rude on the street last time."
Bai Yu'an frowned: "Why did you collect Gu Junjiu's things?"
A Tao smiled and said, "I just look at the servant in pity. If I don't accept him, I might be beaten and scolded by the young master when I go back."
Bai Yu'an sighed: "You are soft-hearted."
A Tao smiled and presented the plate to Bai Yu'an: "This slave smells delicious. Master, please try a piece."
Bai Yu'an was still thinking about going to play chess with Shen Jue in the afternoon. She shook her head and had no appetite: "You can eat."
A Tao was stunned, her young master liked to eat these the most, and now he wasn't greedy.
She also noticed that Bai Yu'an's expression was not as relaxed as before. She paused and put the plate aside.
