Standing Next To You

Perhaps she could be smart and intelligent like the young master if she read all the books he had read. After all, the teacher said that the foundation of intelligence was through books and experience.

That's why when the young master asked her, Bei Sangyun proudly said what she learned.

The young master's eyes changed a bit. He looked at Bei Sangyun longer this time.

"Then do you know how to play chess?"

"Of course!"

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In the playroom, the snacks and drinks were abandoned at the side as several children watched the two players in awe. Bei Sangyun and the young master played chess without a pause.

It was like they knew what step to make right after their opponent moved. It was very different when Cheng Li and the young master played. Cheng Li took a lot of time and thinking before making a move while the young master made a move after a moment of pause.

Watching Bei Sangyun made move after move and the young master's quick response, Cheng Li suddenly understood that the young master was actually giving him a bit of face when they played before.

It turned out the young master was more formidable than he thought!

But, Bei Sangyun was amazing as well! She could match the young master's pace!

Cheng Li looked at Bei Sangyun with wide eyes.

One of the boys who was watching but did not understand chess said with contempt, "She is just moving without knowing the rules..."

However, his words stopped when Bei Sangyun suddenly took the young master's three pawns!

It was the first time the young master had his pieces down. When Cheng Li played, it was always the young master who took several pieces before saying 'check mate'.

Would Bei Sangyun also say those words?!

However, the young master was still calm and suddenly took five pieces from Bei Sangyun's side!

The children watched the game while silently expressing their amazement.

But the continuous move stopped. Bei Sangyun paused for a moment.

This was the first time that the table had a moment of stillness.

One minute passed but Bei Sangyun still did not make a move. The young master did not urge her to hurry and just stared at the chessboard with great focus.

It was one of the onlookers who got impatient and spoke, "Why it is taking you so long?"

The young master suddenly raised his eyes. His cold pair of eyes silently glared at the boy to warn him to keep silent.

The boy immediately shut his mouth. He was five years older than the young master but every time the young master gave him that cold look, it made him scared.

Bei Sangyun finally made a move.

At this time, it was the young master who did not make a move for a whole minute.

The whole table was silent again. It was the first time that the young master took a long time to make a move.

Bei Sangyun and the young master exchanged a few moves. Every time they moved, they took a chess piece from their opponent. Their response was getting slower too but the battle was getting fiercer as only a few chess pieces remained on the board.

The kids were amazed despite not understanding the rules.

This match was taking a long time. Compared to when Cheng Li was being checked mate with many pieces remaining on the chess board, this match seemed more exciting. The atmosphere was tense and thrilling.

Cheng Li was also anticipating the result. If it was before, he could say that the young master would win without a doubt. He suffered so many losses under the young master and every math only take less than ten minutes.

Through the matches, he understood that this eight-year-old boy in front of him was a genius in chess.

However, after witnessing this match, he was not sure anymore if the young master could win.

Could it be that Bei Sangyun was a genius too?

Bei Sangyun lasted an hour with the young master and she even gave the young master a hard time. He did not dare to look down on Bei Sangyun's skills.

Finally, after ten more minutes, Bei Sangyun lost.

There were only five pieces remaining on the chessboard. It could be said that the match was very fierce and both players' skills were close.

Bei Sangyun had an ugly look on her face. She stood up and admit her loss.

It seemed that she was still lacking compared to the young master. She tried her best but she still lost terribly.

Before Bei Sangyun leave the room, the young master suddenly spoke.

"This is your first time playing chess, right?"

Bei Sangyun paused and nodded.

When everyone left the playroom, the young master stared at the chess board for a long time. He then stood up and picked up the book that Bei Sangyun was reading earlier. This was the book he had finished reading when he was five.

He was not fond of chess and only read the book because his mother once said that smart children should know how to play chess.

He had stopped playing because he had no opponent anymore. But after arriving in the countryside, he played this game often. Because this was the only game that he was willing to play with other children.

That Cheng Li who was said to be a chess champion did not match him at all. But when it was getting boring, the little girl showed her talent and made the game more fun.

It looked like that rude little girl who insulted Grandma Pei's delicious cookies had some skills.

"Her name is Bei Sangyun...right?"

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