C2 I Picked up a Beggar on the Road

She asked Wei Qing for a piece of paper and a pen and wrote, "I'm going to the dojo along the river."

When Wei Qing saw the name of the dojo, his face was filled with question marks again, "Dojo?"

He shook his head. "I've never heard of this place."

Lee Sinian suddenly turned his head and looked at her in shock. His eyes jumped onto the piece of paper that she had written. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he did not say anything and turned his head away coldly.

The car drove through the quiet night for more than an hour and stopped in front of Lee Sinian's house. He said without turning his head, "I will take you in tonight. When the sun rises, you can go wherever you want to go.

After saying that, he stepped out of the car with his long legs.

Hsiao Ann obediently followed Lee Sinian into the house. She lowered her head and stood by the sofa, not knowing what to do.

Lee Sinian teased the big golden retriever for a while before he seemed to remember Hsiao Ann standing in the corner. He raised his head and glanced at her, then pointed upstairs. "The innermost room on the second floor is the guest room. We will sleep there at night.

Hsiao Ann avoided his gaze and nodded, then quietly went upstairs.

Lee Sinian was too lazy to care about her. He laid on the sofa and fell asleep after a while. He was woken up by the phone call. It was his manager, Gu Mingjiang.

"I have a few good scripts here. I'll send them to you tomorrow morning."

Gu Mingjiang said in a serious tone on the other side of the phone.

Lee Sinian was so sleepy that he could not open his eyes. When he heard this, he wanted to scold someone. "If you don't look at what time it is, you will die if you call me tomorrow!"

Gu Mingjiang laughed heartlessly on the other end of the phone. "You will die. Could it be that it is inconvenient to talk while lying beside you? "

Lee Sinian cursed and was about to hang up when he remembered something. He picked up the phone again. "Buy some coconut juice tomorrow when you come over."

He was tired for the whole day. He turned around and took a shower and fell asleep. He slept until midnight, and in a daze, he heard a rustling sound outside the door. He looked out the window sleepily. The genius had just woken up.

The sound outside stopped in a little while. He remembered that he had said that he would roll his balls at dawn, and his sleepiness was mostly gone.

He got up and opened the door. The guest room door opened, but he was not there. The bed was as neat as before. She did not sleep on the bed at all last night. The sound of the door closing came from downstairs. Obviously, she remembered what he had said last night.

He decided not to bother about this matter anymore. He laid back on the bed but could not sleep anymore. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. He opened the door and Gu Mingjiang and Hsiao Ann stood at the door.

Lee Sinian glanced at Hsiao Ann, who was hiding behind Gu Mingjiang. He felt relieved in his heart, but he said with disdain, "Why did you bring her back again?"

Gu Mingjiang smiled and said, "I saw her sitting at the door. She is from your family."

Lee Sinian saw through him with a glance. "What are you pretending for? You called me last night because of this, right?"

Behind him, Hsiao Ann wanted to hang her head on the ground. Gu Mingjiang chuckled and said mysteriously, "I'm just afraid that you'll lose your footing. You're the idol of the whole country. If you have a girlfriend, millions of girls will fall in love. But do you know who she is?"

Lee Sinian lazily turned his body and looked at Hsiao Ann. He said lightly, "Who can it be? I picked up a beggar on the road. Who are you talking about?"

Gu Mingjiang was used to his venomous tongue and continued to pretend to be deaf. He turned around and took Hsiao Ann's shoes. "Quickly come in. It's very hot outside."

He raised the plastic bag in his hand again. "I bought the coconut juice that you like to drink."

Lee Sinian's eyes twitched. Gu Mingjiang said with an innocent face, "You don't drink this stuff. You bought it for her."

Gu Mingjiang put the coconut juice into the fridge familiarly. He turned it on and handed it to the anxious Hsiao Ann. He pointed at the sofa and said with a smile, "Don't just stand there. Sit here."

Hsiao Ann looked at Lee Sinian and saw that he did not react before she took it. She was indeed very hungry.

She went out and got lost. For some reason, she turned back to Lee Sinian's house and wanted to ask him for help to call her brother. She hesitated for a long time and did not dare to go in. Then she met Gu Mingjiang and invited her into Lee Sinian's house enthusiastically.

Lee Sinian glanced at Hsiao Ann out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that she had finished drinking the coconut juice, he thought that her illness had not changed at all.

Gu Mingjiang mysteriously pulled Lee Sinian to the side and opened a news article about the current situation. It said that the 18-year-old chess genius, Hsiao Ann, would return to the country to serve. There was a picture of her in the middle. She squatted by the road and teased an akita. The background should be Japan.

"Is her name Hsiao Ann? This girl is amazing. In a match in Japan at the age of 17, she directly rose from 4 to 9. She is the youngest 9th stage player in the world. Furthermore, that match was not a match between female players. It was a match with male players and she even won the championship. It shocked the chess world of Japan."

Although Gu Mingjiang lowered his voice, he could not suppress the excitement in his voice. He turned his head and looked at Hsiao Ann, who was sitting obediently on the sofa.

Lee Sinian was stunned. Gu Mingjiang said excitedly again. "My friend said that she is very famous in Japan, but she is also very mysterious. Because she had participated in two competitions in so many years. The first was a competition in Japan. She won the championship in her first appearance, and directly rose from the second stage to the ninth stage. There was also one time where he challenged the Chess Saint of Japan in public. "

When he said that, he deliberately paused for a moment." Who do you think won the match between her and the Chess Saint? That person won many world championships."

With Gu Mingjiang's despicable tone, Lee Sinian knew without guessing that Hsiao Ann had won.

Lee Sinian was also shocked. He knew that she knew how to play chess, but he didn't expect that she could reach such heights.

Gu Mingjiang sent the link to his phone and said in a low voice, "The director of the headquarters and Chess Hall personally went to Japan several times before he dug her out."

Lee Sinian glanced at Hsiao Ann and clicked on the link on his phone. This news used a lot of time to write about her achievements, but there was only one sentence in the past. Born in China, 13 years old East Crossing Japan did not have much to learn. Lee Sinian sneered in his heart. There was indeed nothing much to write about her past.

Gu Mingjiang said excitedly, "Sinian, you found a national treasure this time. I heard from my friend that the leader of the Chess Hall is going crazy. He doesn't dare to call the police because he is afraid that the higher-ups will punish him if they find out."

Gu Mingjiang turned to look at Hsiao Ann and whispered, "These days, big shots are always so low-profile. Can you tell?"

Lee Sinian said expressionlessly, "Contact the Chess Hall."

Gu Mingjiang looked at Hsiao Ann and nodded.

Hsiao Ann saw the two of them looking at her at the same time. She stood up and looked at Lee Sinian timidly, gesturing with her fingers.

Lee Sinian understood and handed her a piece of paper and a pen. Since he knew what she was doing, he could send her over as soon as possible. She was the national treasure panda. He did not want to stay a minute.

Hsiao Ann wrote down a number. It was a number from abroad. Lee Sinian frowned and looked over. "You're calling this number?"

Hsiao Ann nodded. She silently read out two words.

Lee Sinian finally understood what she meant. She said "brother." His face immediately darkened and he sternly said, "Who is your brother? You are not allowed to call me that!"

She shrank her neck and looked at the tip of her feet anxiously. Gu Mingjiang could not bear to see her. "With your dog temper, can you be gentler to girls?"

Lee Sinian ignored him. He turned around and dialed the number on his phone. A male voice with a slightly lower voice came from the other end of the phone. It was Japanese. It was probably Hsiao Ann's name.

After hearing Lee Sinian say hello, the man immediately spoke Mandarin. He was polite and polite. However, his Mandarin was not very fluent and he could barely communicate. Lee Sinian explained the situation. The man on the other side of the phone said he was Hsiao Ann's brother. Only then did Lee Sinian understand that Hsiao Ann did not call him brother.

He said he wanted to talk to Hsiao Ann, so Lee Sinian could only add his social media account and call the video to pass to Hsiao Ann.

Lee Sinian had many questions about Hsiao Ann. Could it be that the person who took her away back then was also a Japanese? He clearly remembered that summer vacation that year. On the night before coming to S City, Hsiao Ann also said that he was a smelly thing. Why could he not speak now? Of course, he did not care about her. He was just curious.

After the call was connected, he saw Hsiao Ann silently say the word 'brother'. Lee Sinian glanced at the screen out of the corner of his eye. It was a young man. He had a bright smile on his face and curved eyebrows. He spoke to Hsiao Ann in Japanese. His tone was as gentle as coaxing a child. Then he saw Hsiao Ann blink. Two drops of tears fell onto the screen.

Lee Sinian turned his head without any sympathy. Gu Mingjiang thought she was going to cry. He knew the whole story from Wei Qing and what he saw today. He thought that it was probably the limit for this little girl to tolerate Lee Sinian until now, but he didn't expect her to be gone after two drops of tears.

She had been talking gently on the other side of the phone. She kept nodding, and only at the end did Gu Mingjiang see her smile disappear.

She took a piece of paper and wrote a sentence for the person on the other end of the video to see. This time, it was in Japanese.

On the other end of the sofa, Lee Sinian stretched out his long legs. He lowered his head and teased the golden retriever the whole time. He was indifferent as if it had nothing to do with him.

Hsiao Ann did not chat for long. In about ten minutes, she hung up the phone and handed it over. Then, she looked at Lee Sinian timidly.

Lee Sinian frowned. "Let's go."

Gu Mingjiang came over curiously. "Where are we going?"

Lee Sinian held the key and said impatiently, "The Chess Hall."

An hour later, the car drove into the Chess Hall. A group of people had been waiting at the entrance of the Chess Hall for a long time. They were lined up in a row according to their baldness and the size of their stomachs. There were also reporters in twos and threes who had set up their cameras. People came forward and presented fresh flowers. There was a banner on the door. It was set up to warmly welcome Teacher Hsiao Ann to the Chess Hall.

Gu Mingjiang smiled and said, "We're here. Look, those people are all waiting for you."

After stopping the car, Hsiao Ann pushed open the door and got out of the car. Gu Mingjiang also jumped out and helped her retrieve her luggage from the trunk. Lee Sinian still sat in the car and did not move. Gu Mingjiang thought that it was not good for him to show his face in public.

Gu Mingjiang saw her hand holding the suitcase lever and his palm was red. He smiled at her. "Go, it's fine."