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There were more and more elderly people in the community. Some of them started to play chess after they finished their morning exercise. A few of them sat beside Chen Yong, discussing amongst themselves and making sounds of unwillingness to lose, which woke him up.

Chen Yong looked around, not knowing when, but there were already several old men sitting next to him playing chess. He took a deep breath, just now he had been thinking about what he should do next, but there wasn't a single thread of thought in his mind. He shook his head and decided not to think about this problem.

He turned his head to look at the two old men playing chess beside him. One of them, an old man who looked to be in his sixties, had a face full of depression, not knowing how to make a move. As for the kind old man sitting beside Chen Yong, he was waiting with a smile on his face.

Although he did not know much about chess, he still knew how to walk, just that he was not that proficient in it. Black chess belonged to the 60-odd old man, and there were a lot of them on the board, while the red one was naturally the old man's chess pieces. Only a few chess pieces were left, and at this moment, it was obvious that Bai Zi had started to leave, but judging from the old man's expression, it seemed like he did not know how to make a move.

Chen Yong's gaze landed on Bai Zi who was in the middle of a car and a horse. If the other party had taken the wrong turn in their direction, then they could be eaten by Hong Qi Gang's horse and car at any time, this was clearly a game of chess, no matter what, it was a path of death, but there was one path that could be taken, and Chen Yong unconsciously did not notice that the elder had placed Bai Zi down. This was because taking this step, although it could solve his urgent problem, it would also cause his already prepared chess game to go down the drain, so the old man did not know how to make a move for a long time.

The white goatee elder smiled and said, "What do you think, Elder Ye, you've admitted defeat, right?" The old man who was called Elder Ye looked at the white goatee old man and said, "Don't be complacent." He thought for a moment and seemed to have made a great decision. It was likely that he wanted to solve the problem first and push his black cannon behind his own private. As long as he took the next step, he would be able to defeat his opponent.

The white-goateed old man quietly moved the Red Commander away, while the white haired old man kept pressing on him step by step. If he didn't, the other side could break his plans at any time, and as time went by, the white and red people became fewer and less and less. However, the game wasn't over yet, perhaps it was just out of boredom, Chen Yong was also engrossed in watching and carefully observing the game, which allowed him to see through a few tricks, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that the white-goateed old man was crafty.

It had only been three rounds, the white goatee old man laughed and said, "Elder Ye, you can't not admit defeat this time, General." The red horse that seemed to have been left behind by the old man in the corner walked forward and stopped in front of the black general. Elder Ye was shocked and wanted to let him leave, but when he looked at the chess game again, he helplessly retracted his hand and shook his head with a bitter smile, "I lost."

"Hur hur, sorry about that." The white-bearded old man laughed: "You can take it out now, right?"

Elder Ye sighed, then took out a smooth and green chess piece from his upper pocket. He looked at the jade piece in his hand and said, "I gave it to you, take good care of it. Next time, I will win it back."

When the white-bearded old man saw that Elder Ye was reluctant to give it to him, he snatched it away and said, "Alright, let's talk after you win next time." The white-bearded man scrutinized the chess pieces and said, "Finally, I have collected a set of jade chess pieces."

Chen Yong looked at the jade chess piece, just like the old man had said, it was indeed a chess piece, a red marshal. Although Chen Yong didn't understand jade, he still knew what was pretty and ugly, this chess piece didn't have any impurities and was covered in jade of the same color, the most important thing was the word 'marshal' on the jade chess, it was very powerful, just like a real marshal, just like a marshal rushing on the battlefield. The people who were originally observing the chess game all exclaimed in surprise when they saw the chess piece.

Elder Ye looked at the chess piece that originally belonged to him and said, "Don't be complacent, I was wrong this time. Next time, I will win back. Hmph." With that, he snorted lightly. It was getting late, so he turned around and left. Everyone left when they saw that the chessboard had been scattered. Only Chen Yong was still sitting there, watching the white-bearded old man tidy it up.

After the white-bearded old man finished packing up, he turned around and saw Chen Yong still sitting there. He asked, "Young man, why are you still here? Eh, I've never seen you before." It seemed that the old man came to the community often and was familiar with the people here.

Chen Yong smiled and said, "No, I didn't eat breakfast when I got home so early. When I woke up, I came to exercise for a bit. I was just exercising my body."

The old man nodded: "Yes, very few young people are willing to get up so early to exercise. Otherwise they will go to the gym at home to sleep. It's rare to see such a thing." The white-bearded old man's words made Chen Yong feel slightly embarrassed.

He scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile, "Not at all, haha."

The white-bearded old man changed the topic and asked, "Young man, I think you've been here for a long time. You also like to play chess."

Chen Yong stared blankly. He didn't know why the white-bearded old man would ask such a question. He shook his head and said, "No, I only know a little. At the very least, I know the rules." Then, he let out a hollow laugh, "At least a bit better than that old man."

"Since you know how to play, then come and play with me." It seemed that the old man was clearly a chess fan.

Chen Yong stared blankly for a moment before saying, "Didn't you already put away the chess board?"

"Why aren't you willing?" The old man raised his head and asked, "You can also take it out now." As he spoke, he took out the chess pieces and placed them on the board. Chen Yong didn't know what to say. Since the old man had already spoken, it would be an act if he were to continue.

Chen Yong chose Hong Qi and was the first to leave. Chen Yong only had a slight understanding of chess and was defeated not long after. The old man was still unsatisfied with the result.

The old man shook his head: "Your chess skills aren't that good."

Chen Yong scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "Hur hur, I'm not that good after all."

Looking at Chen Yong's honest look, the old man smiled and said, "It's alright. Even those of us who have played chess all our lives wouldn't dare to say that we are the strongest. But today, with you playing chess with me, time passes really quickly." Hearing this, Chen Yong looked at the watch on his wrist. It was only 6 o'clock and it was only 7 o'clock. This was also considered fast.

The old man put away the chessboard and said to Chen Yong, "Young man, will you still be coming here tomorrow?"

Chen Yong didn't know why the old man would suddenly ask this. He thought for a moment and said with uncertainty, "It should be possible."

"That's enough." The old man laughed: "From now on you will play chess with me to relieve the boredom. It seems that you are injured and have nothing to do. So you want to play chess with us?"

Chen Yong stared blankly for a moment, then rubbed his head with a thick bandage wrapped around it, thinking to himself: "What's going on with this old man, could it be that he treated me as a nurse?" Chen Yong laughed in his heart, "How come I have nothing better to do?" However, Chen Yong did not dare to say these words aloud. At the very least, he was still very polite to the elderly. Besides, he had recently been recuperating at home, so accompanying the elderly shouldn't be a problem.

Seeing that Chen Yong did not say anything, the old man said, "It's a deal then. I should go back and put this chess piece together." After saying that, he stood up to play with his face. He turned his head and asked, "Oh, what's your name?"

Chen Yong came back to his senses and replied, "Ah? "Oh, my name is Chen Yong."

"Chen Yong." The old man nodded, "From now on, I will call you Little Qing."

"Ga!" Chen Yong was stunned: "Little Qing?" He wanted to say something to correct him, but the old man had already stood up and left. Chen Yong felt helpless and was about to say something …

He swallowed his words, "Little Qing?" He muttered the nickname given to him by the old man and looked around. Although there were still people training in the morning, most of them had already left. He got up, patted his butt and walked towards his home.

As he returned to his room, he opened the door to find Chen Shuiguo and the others sitting around the table. Seeing that Chen Yong had returned, they swarmed over like a swarm of bees. Chen Wan anxiously asked, "Chen Yong, where did you run off to? Why did you run away without saying a word?"

Chen Shuiguo and the others

He didn't expect that he would become like this just after leaving for a short while. Looking at how nervous everyone was, Chen Yong said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I woke up and couldn't sleep, so I went to the distant community to exercise my face. I played a few chess games with an old grandpa and then came back late."

Chen Shuiguo said, "It's not that you came back late, but you should at least let us know about you going out. Exercise is a good thing, but if you don't tell us, we'll be dead worried."

Li Wen also added, "Remember to tell me the next time you go out."

Chen Yong looked at them and promised, "I understand."

Only then did Li Wen nod. "Okay, now we have breakfast." Li Wen woke up early and prepared breakfast with Lin Shan, intending to wake everyone up for breakfast. But when they arrived at Chen Yong's room, Chen Yong was no longer there, and when they thought about Chen Yong's recovery, it was as if a pot had just exploded. Everyone wanted to go out and look for him, but they didn't know where to start or where to start.

After the meal, Chen Yong, who had already applied for leave, did not rush to go to school. Even if he wanted to, his family probably would not be willing, so Chen Yong did not say anything.