C9 The Shortcut to Fame

Dean Qin couldn't do anything to her. He sat on the sofa for a while before Hsiao Ann sat up from the bed. She took out her phone and typed, "I miss my brother. I want to see him."

Dean Qin was the most afraid. She had said this, so he could only go against his heart and comfort her. "Wait until we return to S City, then we can discuss it with your brother."

She nodded, then stared blankly at the ceiling.

Dean Qin hoped that she could cry, but he had never seen her cry from beginning to end. He felt that she had probably been scared silly.

At night, Hsiao Ann's fever subsided, but Lee Sinian still came. Of course, he was still wrapped tightly.

Hsiao Ann heard his voice at the door. She pulled up the blanket and covered her face. She closed her eyes and hid in the blanket. She felt light footsteps approaching. Someone opened the blanket on her face. Lee Sinian looked at her for a while at the head of the bed and snorted, "Pretending to sleep."

Hsiao Ann quickly turned around like a startled rabbit and buried her face in the blanket again. She was wrapped tightly and did not even want to leave her back to him. This time Lee Sinian did not force her again and turned to leave the door.

He said to Dean Qin, "Tomorrow, go and settle the migration procedures for her."

The process of moving out of the household was handled by Lee Sinian and Dean Qin. Hsiao Ann was still lying in the hospital. Dean Qin was a little sad and said, "If I knew you would come back, I would have done it for you. You don't need to let the little girl suffer this punishment."

Under Hsiao Ann's strong request, Dean Qin booked a flight ticket back to S City that night. Hsiao Ann asked him, "Will I have nothing to do with Lee family in the future?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he revealed a rare smile.

It was already midnight when he returned to his residence. The city had fallen into a deep sleep. It was so quiet outside that even the sound of the wind could be heard.

A frightened scream came from the quiet night. Hsiao Ann woke up from her nightmare, drenched in sweat. The autumn tiger had the aftershock, rolling hot waves, but she still felt cold, as if it was the dark and humid night in the stone cave in the park many years ago.

She trembled as she touched the phone beside her feet. It was exactly three o'clock at night. She knew that her brother was sick and needed to rest but she was afraid and afraid to die. Ji Mingming had already woken up the wild beast in her dream.

She trembled as she sent a message over, "I want to go back and find you."

After sending the message, she took the phone and pressed it against her chest. She shrank back into the corner and replied five minutes later.

"Anan, what's wrong?"

Trembling, she typed a long list of words. When she remembered that he was still sick, she deleted them all. "I want to see you."

"Anan, did you forget what we agreed on?"

He had always been a gentle person, but once he made a decision, it would never change.

She was very disappointed and sad. She curled up in a small corner in desperation. After a while, her phone rang.

On the other end of the phone was a familiar and warm male voice. "Anan, can't sleep again? Let me tell you a story. "

His voice was gentle and pleasant at night. The picture in her mind was the blue sky. The summer breeze blew across the gallery, and the wind chimes at the corners rang. Under the hot summer sun, she narrowed her eyes and looked at the young man who was smiling at her.

Later on, she fell asleep in a daze, and when she woke up, Hsiao Ann thought that it was just a dream. She opened the call log, and the call lasted for three hours. Suddenly, an unprecedented courage and strong desire arose in her heart, and she planned to find Chai Yuan by herself.

Two days later, Hsiao Ann got a new ID. The director said, "You have to use unknown ID no matter where you go in the country. You are from China. This is your ID."

Her brother said that Go was an art. It did not have a border.

She did not really understand what they were talking about. She only knew that she liked to play chess and she also liked her brother.

The dean saw that her face was green. After coming back from C City, her complexion became worse and worse. He heard from Ye Jing that her appetite was not good these few days and she did not play chess anymore. The best way was to send her to her brother. But Dean Qin also had his own selfish motives. He was afraid that she would not be able to come back, so he kept coaxing Hsiao Ann.

Gu Mingjiang had nothing to do these two days, so he came to find Hsiao Ann.

"I passed by and came to see you."

As he spoke, he opened a box of coconut juice and filled it into the fridge. Hsiao Ann and Gu Mingjiang were not familiar with each other, but this person came to the door of her apartment when they were familiar with each other. She did not know how to reject his help.

Gu Mingjiang was thirty years old. However, he had a refined and refined appearance. When he smiled, his eyebrows were curved and his face was very good. He deliberately showed his friendliness at this time.

Hsiao Ann still felt uneasy. He smiled, "Hsiao Ann, I am your number one makeup. Don't be afraid of me."

What was a powder?

Gu Mingjiang looked at her stunned and annoyed look and laughed again. "It means to worship you. If you have anything, you need my help."

Hsiao Ann was stunned. After hesitating for a while, she turned her head and wrote a line of words for him to read. "Do you know Chai Yuan?"

Gu Mingjiang nodded. "I know. He's a chess master, but he doesn't know him."

There was disappointment in the girl's clear eyes. He smiled again and said, "But I have friends who know him."

"Can I ask for his address?"

Gu Mingjiang smiled and said, "Sure."

He paused. "But teach me how to play chess."

Hsiao Ann nodded. They had never talked much about chess. Gu Mingjiang was the only one who did not stop talking. "Lee Sinian is very handsome. There are many girls who like him."

Hsiao Ann was stunned. After the reunion, she did not pay special attention to Lee Sinian's appearance, nor did she pay attention to him. It was just two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. If one were to say that it was special, it was that Lee Sinian could not spit out ivory from his mouth.

Of course, Gu Mingjiang did not know what Hsiao Ann was thinking, so he said happily, "Lee Sinian is filming a movie in the desert. I heard that he eats half a kilogram of sand every day. This script is correct."

Hsiao Ann heard this and looked up. Wasn't Lee Sinian a lawyer? A lawyer also had to work part-time to film a movie?

He winked at Hsiao Ann. "You are related to him, right? He just has a bad tongue, but he is actually a good person."

Gu Mingjiang answered his own question for more than an hour. He didn't leave until he called to urge her to leave. He left the apartment and the black car had already arrived at the door.

He got into the car and the assistant asked curiously, "President Gu, do you want to nurture her? She looks very young and inexperienced."

Gu Mingjiang laughed. "She? Forget it. Dean Qin will kill me. But don't underestimate her. I bet that she will become someone many people look up to in five years. It won't be wrong to befriend her. "

The assistant smiled approvingly on the surface, but in her heart, she didn't think much of it. How much achievements could a female chess player have? If she was in the entertainment industry, her appearance could only be considered delicate and pretty. Her shrivelled figure was far inferior to the female celebrities in their company, and she wasn't flexible either. Forget it.

Gu Mingjiang kept his word and sent Chai Yuan's address that night.

The next morning, Hsiao Ann went out early in the morning. The place she was going to was a courtyard house in the suburbs of Beijing. It was too far from the city center. When she found Chai Yuan's house, it was already ten o'clock. She took a deep breath at the door and wiped the sweat from her palms on her clothes. She then pressed the doorbell. After a long while, a middle-aged woman came out and opened the door.

"Who are you looking for?"

Hsiao Ann bowed towards her, scaring the housekeeper of the Chai family and scolded in a low voice, "What are you doing, child!"

Hsiao Ann blushed and showed her the note in her hand, "Hello, I am Hsiao Ann from the Chess Hall. I want to see Mr. Chai Yuan."

The middle-aged woman showed a look of understanding and disdain, "Teacher Chai went out early in the morning. He did not play chess and did not take in any disciples. If you want to build a relationship with him, you should take a detour."

These words sounded familiar. It could be seen that he had used various connections to find Chai Yuan.

Hsiao Ann's face turned even redder. She typed another line of words on her phone, "When will he be back?"

The nanny was even more annoyed. " That might not be the case. It might be at night or tomorrow, please go back."

The nanny closed the door after saying that.

Hsiao Ann wanted to see Chai Yuan as soon as possible. She did not want to waste any more time. She waited for the sun to set and finally saw a black car parked at the door. A young man got out of the car first and ran to the back to open the car door. Then a man in his fifties got out, his hair slightly frosted. He had a tall stature and solemn features. He looked extremely stern.

Hsiao Ann walked to his front, trembling with fear. She first bowed to him, then handed the phone screen to her. "Hello, are you Mr. Chai Yuan?"

Chai Yuan nodded with a cold expression.

"I am Hsiao Ann from the Chess Hall. I would like to challenge you. Can you play chess with me?"

He was stunned. When he was young, a chess player had challenged him before. But he would never say it out loud. He would always say it in a euphemistic way, asking for advice and sparring. Later on, he became the greatest chess player in the world, and no one would come to challenge him privately. This little girl had such a big tone, saying that she wanted to challenge him as soon as she opened her mouth.

The assistant at the side looked at Hsiao Ann from head to toe as if she was amused and interrupted, "Little girl, do you know who is standing in front of you?"

In other words, you dare to challenge the Imperial Advisor with just a few pounds of money?

Chai Yuan's dignity The assistant looked down on her. Hsiao Ann's face turned pale. She mustered up her courage and knocked a line of words, "Please, just one round is enough."

Then, she bowed deeply to Chai Yuan.

Chai Yuan did not intend to pay any attention to this girl who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth. "I have quit chess for a long time. I will not play chess anymore."

The door suddenly opened. The nanny's smile was plastered on her face. "Teacher Chai is back."

Chai Yuan and the assistant lifted their feet and walked in. The nanny glanced at Hsiao Ann, who was at the door, out of the corner of her eye. "Why are you still here? Let's go."

Then, she closed the door.

The next day, Hsiao Ann went again. This time, she went even earlier than yesterday. However, chai Yuan did not even leave the door. The nanny opened the door and chased her out. She could not help but spit out a few words.

At this time, chai Yuan was trimming the flowers and plants in the courtyard. "Where did the little girl come from?"

The assistant had inquired about her last night. "Her name is Hsiao Ann. She was recruited by the Chess Hall from Japan and won a national championship in Japan. Because she became famous after challenging the Chess Saint of Japan, she participated in a competition and won the championship when she returned to her country. However, the little wolfdog Lee Hao did not participate in that competition."

Although Chai Yuan had withdrawn from the chess world for many years, he still knew a little about the little wolfdog Lee Hao, who was a rising star.

He raised his eyebrows. "She challenged the Chess Saint of Japan and won?"

The assistant nodded, but that was not the main point. "Isn't that so? She was only known to everyone in Japan after her battle with the Chess Saint. This time, she wanted to repeat the same trick when she returned to China. After all, this was the fastest way to become famous."

Chai Yuan frowned. "She doesn't know how to speak?"

"Yes, I heard that the Chess Hall said that she was a mute."

The assistant silently added in her heart that she was also a scheming mute. From the looks of it, she was pretending to be cowardly and innocent, and she even wanted to gain Teacher Chai's sympathy. He had seen this kind of person many times.

Hsiao Ann waited for a few more days in a row but she still did not enter Chai's house. Chai Yuan only said one sentence to her when he passed by, "I have already said that I will never play chess again in this lifetime. Moreover, this is not the shortcut for you to become famous. You can go."

Hsiao Ann saw the disdain and disappointment in his cold eyes and understood that what he said was impossible. Chai Yuan walked away without looking back. From the strange tone of the nanny, she knew that Chai Yuan was going overseas for a few months.

She returned to the Chess Hall in a daze. The rain was beating the glass rapidly. Under the warm yellow light, the old chess pieces left a mottled shadow on the chessboard. She grabbed a chess piece and held it tightly. Everyone in the world knew that Chai Yuan would not play chess anymore. Only she herself did not know.

She did not want to play anymore, but what else could she do besides playing chess?