Chapter 55 The Flag
Bai Zhongzhou stared, eyes wide, intently focusing on the seemingly chaotic arrangement of the black and purple chess pieces on the board.
After a long while, his expression shifted, amazed, he said, "Incredible, truly incredible! Liu Wentian's purple pieces possess such a fierce aura of attack, such a terrifying realm; it's absolutely the overpowering of realms, not a contest of skills. No matter how many schemes and tricks you have, as soon as one of my pieces falls, it dominates everything, severing everything! Liu Wentian, remarkable, truly remarkable!"
Bai Zhongzhou looked toward Liu Wentian, a hint of wariness in his eyes. A person's style of play can reflect their personality, and Liu Wentian's style of play could be summarized in one word, "Kill!"
To summarize in a few words, it would be "Resolute! Merciless! Dominating! Looking down on everything!"
It was awe-inspiring to behold!
"What??" Bai Ruguo was stunned, unable to believe it, and said, "Dad, are you serious?? Is Liu Wentian that impressive??"
Bai Zhongzhou didn't answer, but nodded solemnly, still staring intently at the chessboard, as if afraid of missing every move made by Liu Wentian.
At this time, Liu Wentian's moves still appeared casual, as if he hadn't thought at all, but with each placement of his purple pieces, Fan Rongkai's forehead grew slicker with sweat.
Bai Ruguo's eyes virtually glowed as she watched Liu Wentian.
She didn't understand Go, but her father did, and her father had never praised anyone like this before. Such regard, it was simply a complete admiration!
This indicated one thing—Liu Wentian's skill in chess was very high, and not just high, it was better than her father's!
This guy, giving such a big surprise to herself!
He wasn't only skilled in medicine and martial arts, but also incredibly adept at Go! What more secrets does he hold??
Bai Ruguo felt as if there was a veil of mystery around Liu Wentian, and she couldn't wait to dispel that fog to see the real Liu Wentian beneath.
Liu Wentian casually placed a purple piece on the board and then lightly said, "You've lost."
Sweating profusely, Fan Rongkai suddenly stood up and exclaimed angrily, "Are you mocking me?? You definitely haven't just learned Go for a year!!"
During the midgame with Liu Wentian, he had felt completely suppressed. That feeling, it was like in the Jin Yong novels, how the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan felt when they encountered Huang Yaoshi—not on the same level at all, utterly crushed.
That frustrating feeling almost made him spit blood.
If a newcomer who had not learned Go for a year could play like this, then what about himself, who had studied for over twenty years? Could it be that he was a fool?
Liu Wentian was an expert, a real expert. Therefore, Fan Rongkai now believed that he must have been studying Go under a famous teacher from a young age. No matter what he thought, he definitely couldn't imagine that Liu Wentian had learned Go in his dreams!!
Liu Wentian raised an eyebrow and said, "Enough with the nonsense, a loss is a loss. Honestly, with your level, I can take on a group of you—think all you want, I can still crush a hundred of you!"
"You…" Fan Rongkai was so angry he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't refute at all because what Liu Wentian had said was absolutely right.
"Alright, honor the bet since you agreed to the wager, and from now on, stop bothering Bai Ruguo."
"Of course, if you want a best of three matches, that's fine too. I don't mind defeating you again," Liu Wentian said with a shrug, indifferent.
Fan Rongkai's face turned the color of liver, and he had no interest in being trounced again. Even if he played against Liu Wentian a hundred times, he wouldn't win once; there was a qualitative gap between them.
"Fan Rongkai, what do you mean? You agreed to the bet! Just now, you were saying that poor people are shameless—now are you thinking of going back on your word? In that case, you'd really be shameless!" Bai Ruguo exclaimed excitedly.
Fan Rongkai gritted his teeth, his face alternating between shades of blue and purple, and finally slapped himself in the face.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
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"Poor people… poor people are all my fathers, and I am the truly despicable and vulgar one!!"
Three slaps fell, his own strength not very great, yet with each slap he struck himself, he felt his heart twitch, especially after uttering that sentence, he felt like vomiting blood!!
He had previously scorned the poor as vile and low, but now these words were directed at himself, it was literally like slapping his own face, making him wish he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
He had never been so humiliated in his life, at this moment, he felt he was simply a clown, having lost all face.
Ruge's big eyes narrowed, as if even her eyes started smiling happily, "Since you admit you're despicable and low, from now on you're not allowed to bother me anymore!! Hee hee."
"Uncle Bai, there's still work to be done at my company, I'm leaving now!!"
Fan Rongkai didn't want to stay a second longer, and left immediately, his footsteps hastening until he was almost running away.
Seeing Fan Rongkai, the irritating fly, finally gone, Ruge couldn't help feeling delighted and excited, saying, "Haha, Liu Wentian, you can actually play Go, that's amazing!!"
Bai Zhongzhou smiled helplessly, saying, "You girl, you really hate Rongkai that much??"
"Of course, that man is too hypocritical, I don't want to be around him anymore."
Ruge made no effort to hide her disgust for Fan Rongkai, and then joyfully added, "Dad, since Liu Wentian is so good at Go, he can keep you company in your games now."
Bai Zhongzhou's mouth twitched; although he enjoyed playing Go, he didn't like being thrashed, and considering Liu Wentian's fierce style of play, playing Go with him was simply asking for punishment.
Just then, Liu Wentian's phone rang, a strange number, so he walked to the doorway to answer it.
A woman's voice came through the phone.
The voice was sweet, crisp, soft, and slightly coquettish; as soon as it reached Liu Wentian's ears, he felt a fire stirring in his heart, such a seductive voice!!
Hearing this, Liu Wentian suddenly thought of a term, "femme fatale!!"
"Hello, is this Mr. Liu Wentian??"
"This is he, who may I ask is calling??" Liu Wentian asked cautiously, as he seemed to be hearing this captivating voice for the first time; otherwise, such a enticing voice would have been unforgettable.
"Hello Mr. Liu, I am Li He, the General Manager at Tiange Group. I'd like to invite Mr. Liu out for a chat, wondering if you have time??" the seductive voice said very politely.
Liu Wentian was somewhat surprised.
He was aware of the Tiange Group, as it was quite famous in Shenming City and was on par with the Bai Family's Feige Entertainment; however, he supposed there should be no connection between him and them.
Except, the girl he had taught a lesson to before, who raced motorcycles, apparently said she was the second young lady from Tiange Group, and Li He was her sister.
Could it be this woman was coming to avenge her sister?? But from the tone of the conversation, that didn't seem to be the case.
"It seems we don't know each other, what do you want to talk about?? Can't it be discussed over the phone??" Liu Wentian asked.
The seductive voice chuckled coyly, igniting a heat in Liu Wentian's heart; suddenly, he was very curious to see what this woman actually looked like, the voice was too alluring.
"Hee hee, Mr. Liu, are you afraid I'll eat you?? Don't worry, I, Li He, don't eat people, but if I did, it would be very pleasing for you."
Liu Wentian cursed silently, what a genuine seductress!!,,,