Not long after noon, Bai Yu'an asked A Tao to prepare clothes and go out.
A Tao dressed Bai Yu'an and said, "What are you going to do with Shen Shoufu to play chess at this time? It's better to take a rest and recuperate."
Bai Yu'an had actually considered going at this time.
He wasn't sure about Shen Jue's chess skills, but he thought he should be pretty good.
In the afternoon, it is the time when you are sleepy and easily distracted, but Bai Yu'an happens to be focused on doing things. No matter how tired your body is, your mind is still clear and will not be distracted.
When she was a child, even during the noisy Chinese New Year, she could read a book without being affected by the noise, which was considered her strength.
Seeing that A Tao was tying her belt, she didn't intend to answer. She just said, "I'll go there alone later. I don't know how long it will take for this chess game to end."
A Tao lowered his head to arrange Bai Yu'an's clothes, then raised his head again after hearing this: "We shouldn't go down until tomorrow."
Bai Yu'an smiled: "The chessboard is so big that it won't be possible to play it tomorrow."
A Tao said: "You forgot that you played chess with me, didn't you play chess until the next day?"
Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's because my father plays chess too slowly. Even I almost dozed off."
A Tao couldn't help covering her lips and said with a smile: "That's right. From then on, when the master asked the young master to play chess, the young master avoided him."
Bai Yu'an smiled and saw that A Tao had almost finished cleaning up and walked out.
A Tao followed Bai Yu'an, grabbed Bai Yu'an's white sleeves and said worriedly: "If the young master loses, he loses. It's just a game of chess, and no one else knows."
"Young master, please don't offend Shen Shoufu again just to win or lose."
Bai Yu settled down and looked at A Tao, with a bit of helplessness in his eyes: "Winning or losing is not important, and I have never cared about it."
"It's just that this time playing chess is not just about winning or losing. If you have anything to say, I'll tell you when I get back."
Seeing the cold and serious expression on Bai Yu'an's face, A Tao nodded and let go of his hand.
Shen Jue was sitting on the attic at the moment, his noble purple clothes made him look particularly elegant.
He played with the head of the jade Buddha on his well-jointed fingers, and his cold eyes looked at the white-clothed figure approaching under the attic.
The cuffs sewn with gold thread moved, and the smooth and thick fabric slid down the robe, almost falling to the ground.
White smoke slowly rose from the burning incense burner next to it, spreading out like clouds, making the ancient and scholarly room somewhat depressing.
When Bai Yu'an was led in by the housekeeper, she immediately saw Shen Jue sitting lazily on the cushions.
There is a strange fragrance in the room. When I smell it, I feel deep and drowsy, as if I have been infested with the smell for a long time.
In the slightly dim room, Shen Jue's scrutinizing phoenix eyes looked over and looked at her without hesitation.
Bai Yu'an frowned slightly and walked in as if nothing had happened.
The door behind him was closed, and the light in the room became dimmer.
Bai Yu'an looked to the side. There were books on the black wooden shelves and soft books by the window. There were candles burning on the tall lotus lamppost next to them, which made her feel a little dull and depressed.
Eyes lowered again, Bai Yuan bowed: "Shen Shoufu."
Shen Jue casually hummed and said, "Master Bai, please sit down."
Bai Yu'an looked at the chessboard in front of Shen Jue, then sat down in silence.
The maid kneeling next to her came over with hot tea: "Master Bai, drink tea."
Bai Yu'an took the tea and took a sip. The slightly bitter taste dissipated some of the dullness in the room, and then took another sip.
Shen Jue, who was opposite, looked at Bai Yu'an and asked calmly: "Master Bai, do you want white or black?"
Bai Yu'an always let others choose first, and she didn't want to take advantage, so she said, "Let's take a guess."
Shen Jue raised his eyebrows, grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the white pieces in his hand, and looked at Bai Yu'an.
Bai Yu'an looked calm and said in a low voice: "I guess it's an odd number."
After hearing this, Shen Jue scattered the chess pieces in her hand on the chessboard, and the maid kneeling next to her quickly counted them.
The room became quiet for a moment.
After a while, I heard the maid whisper: "It's an odd number."
Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue.
Shen Jue waved his hand for the maid to exit. He rubbed a black spot on his finger and looked at Bai Yu'an.
There was some unexplained emotion in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Master Bai, are you ready?"
Bai Yu'an glanced at Shen Jue: "Shen Shoufu, please give me a moment."
Shen Jue smiled, and a black stone fell on the chessboard.
Ignoring Shen Jue's gaze on him, Bai Yu'an picked up a white stone and placed it on the chessboard.
There were only two people in the room, and apart from the sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard, there was the sound of branches blown by the cold wind outside.
Shen Jue's chess pieces seemed very random to Bai Yu'an. Often, Shen Jue would follow suit within a few seconds of her placing the piece.
Moreover, the place where he made his moves seemed to have no rules, but it seemed that a game was being set up. Bai Yu'an felt a little pressured for the first time, and the speed of his moves became slower and slower.
I don't know how much time passed, but Bai Yu'an held up the chess piece and thought about it carefully. He couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at Shen Jue.
She saw Shen Jue looking at her, his eyes were calm and silent, with no other emotions.
He couldn't help but cast his eyes on the chessboard again.
The two of them each took a few pieces from each other. Although there was not much difference in the territories between the two sides, Heizi pressed forward step by step, leaving Bai Yu'an with not much room to attack.
But it wasn't impossible to break the situation. Bai Yu'an thought for a long time before finally coming up with the idea.
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an's chess pieces and raised an eyebrow, and he did admire Bai Yu'an a little.
He has always liked to use unstructured chess piece layouts to disturb the opponent's state of mind. Bai Yu'an was able to get to this point with him, and his chess skills were already very superb.
Seeing the sun gradually setting and the sky starting to become gloomy and dark, the lights in Shen's mansion were already on. Changsong, who was waiting outside, couldn't help but take a look inside the house.
Today, the Queen Mother invited her family members to the palace to discuss matters but she didn't even go there. Who could imagine that it was just to play chess with Master Bai?
Bai Yu'an's deserted face could not help but appear in his mind, and he looked into the distance again.
It was getting dark, and a maid came in to light a lamp, and the room that was dark just now suddenly became bright.
It was now the end, and every drop was the key to life and death. Even Bai Yu'an couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.
The fair cheeks were dyed pink due to being often indoors, but the eyebrows were as light as clouds, but they were particularly focused. The long eyelashes exposed when she lowered her eyebrows trembled lightly in the warm candlelight.
The stars are dancing with candlelight.
Yan Qing's clothes suit him well, and he doesn't look so deserted after all.
Shen Jue glanced at him a few times and smiled silently when he saw that Bai Yu'an was reluctant to make a move.
No matter where Bai Yu'an ends up, the ending will be the same.
He thought that since Bai Yu'an was so smart, he should have figured it out.
