Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 188 5-piece chess

But when Tang Jingchen saw this scene, he suddenly felt a strange feeling.

Although Wu Qingqing treated Xiao Guoer and him well before, he felt that since Xiao Guoer came back from falling off the cliff, Wu Qingqing's attitude towards Xiao Guoer had become unusually warm. There was an indescribable strangeness in the way she looked at Xiao Guoer, and a hint of indifference occasionally revealed in her enthusiasm.

When he wanted to see clearly whether the indifference really existed, it was completely replaced by enthusiasm. He couldn't help but wonder if he had seen it wrong.

Anyway, they were about to leave, and they would most likely never meet Wu Qingqing again. Thinking this way, Tang Jingchen did not pursue the matter any further.

Just like this, peaceful days always pass exceptionally quickly. In two or three days, the generals and soldiers sent by His Majesty the Emperor to pick them up and escort them should arrive.

Xiao Guoer lived a leisurely life, as if he had no worries in his heart. He ate well and slept well, and he even gained two taels of weight.

The Eighth Prince has been quiet these days. Neither she nor Tang Jingchen have been summoned, nor have they been assigned any tasks.

Xiao Guoer thought that the days until she set off back to the capital would be peaceful and leisurely.

But unexpectedly, this tranquility was suddenly broken that evening.

It is true that the eve of a storm is often calm.

She and Tang Jingchen were playing chess in the room out of boredom. The chessboard was filled with black and white pieces, and it seemed that they were evenly matched. However, upon closer inspection, one would find that the layout of these black and white pieces was not like that of Go at all.

Xiao Guoer held a black piece in her hand. After thinking for a long time with a frown, she slowly placed it on the chessboard.

This is the way to play Go that she taught Tang Jingchen. When Tang Jingchen first learned it, Xiao Guoer always won when the two of them played.

However, after only a quarter of an hour, the two of them were winning and losing in the game, and it was obvious that Tang Jingchen had found the trick.

After a while, Xiao Guoer already felt that she was going to lose this round again.

This is really infuriating. She was the one who taught him how to play, but now she can't beat him!

Just as Xiao Guoer was staring at the chessboard with a frown, trying to find out if there was any omission in the white pieces, there was a knock at the door, followed by Shen Jing's voice, "The Eighth Prince is calling you."

"Got it, Lord Shen!"

Xiao Guoer hadn't seen the Eighth Prince summon her for several days. When she heard this, she was confused - why did the Eighth Prince suddenly summon her again?

After her doubts, she looked at the chess game whose outcome was almost decided, raised her eyebrows, and felt a little secretly happy in her heart, with a smile unconsciously appearing on the corners of her mouth.

She was about to lose this round.

"Then forget about this game. I have to change my clothes to meet the Eighth Prince. You should go back to sleep first. We will continue playing chess tomorrow."

Tang Jingchen held the white piece in his hand and smiled slowly, "How can that be? We agreed on a best of five game. This is already the fifth game, and the winner will be decided soon. I'd better wait for you to come back here."

Xiao Guoer blushed as she thought about the bet they had made. If she really lost, she would have to take the initiative to kiss him...

No! I thought she was a sure win, but who knew she had such a strong learning ability and could master the tricks so quickly!

When Xiao Guoer stood up, she pretended to be unsteady on her feet and stumbled a bit, falling right on the chessboard. She took the opportunity to scratch the chessboard with her little hands twice, and then pretended to be very regretful and said, "Oh, what can I do? There is no other way. I can only play next time."

Tang Jingchen looked at the young woman who had poor chess and gambling qualities, and a cunning and innocent look on her face. He knew that she was cheating on purpose, so he sighed helplessly and had to stand up and walk out.

"You, are you so reluctant to give me a kiss?"

Xiao Guoer blushed and pushed her boyfriend to the door, "It's not that I'm reluctant! It's you who haven't won yet! I'll tell you after you win!"

Tang Jingchen stood at the door and turned to look at her, "I'll see how you can deny it tomorrow when I win!"

Xiao Guoer stuck out her rosy little tongue at him and then closed the door.

Tang Jingchen looked at the closed door in front of him, shook his head and sighed, a hint of pampering and tenderness flashed in his eyes, and he turned and walked towards his room.

A trace of doubt flashed through his mind briefly - the Eighth Prince had not summoned him and Xiao Guoer in the past few days, so why did he suddenly summon Xiao Guoer today?

However, the peaceful life in the past few days had numbed his caution. In addition, according to Xiao Guoer's previous description, the Eighth Prince's actions after the two of them fell off the cliff seemed to really treat Xiao Guoer as a subordinate. So he was only confused for a moment, and then thought that maybe the Eighth Prince had something to entrust Xiao Guoer to do, so he returned to his room without any worries.

Tang Jingchen had just returned to his room and was about to read a book to kill time when he heard the door open, followed by a clear female voice.

"Mr. Tang, it's me. I made some soup bowls and just delivered one to Mr. Xiao Guoer. She said you were back, so I took the opportunity to deliver your bowl back."

Tang Jingchen quickly put down the book and opened the door. "I am sorry to bother you Miss Wu all the time. I really don't deserve it."

"Mr. Tang, you don't have to be so polite. It's my honor that you and Mr. Xiao Guo'er like my craftsmanship so much. If you use it well, it won't be in vain for my hard work."

Under the bright moonlight and the illumination of the dim yellow corridor lights, the beautiful and graceful woman appeared somewhat charming and enchanting.

In the past few days, Wu Qingqing has been so gentle in bringing them food, and she brought it to Xiao Guoer more often. It seems that he brought it here by chance. Tang Jingchen naturally did not think too much about it. He just said politely, "Tang will definitely use this soup bowl well and will not waste it."

It must be said that Mr. Tang's every move, every word and every action were indeed pleasant to the eye. He was also handsome and his family was wealthy. Thinking about what was going to happen next, Wu Qingqing's resentment and sadness were reduced by three points.

"Then I won't bother you, Mr. Tang. Qingqing's goodbye." Wu Qingqing bowed slightly and turned to leave.

"Take care, Miss Wu."

After Tang Jingchen responded politely, he closed the door, walked to the desk and sat down, picked up the book that had just been placed on the desk, read two lines, then slowly scooped a spoonful of soup from the bowl that Wu Qingqing had brought him and put it into his mouth.