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Chapter 279: Joining the Group Retirement Community

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Joining the Group Retirement Community

A minor encounter, barely a conflict, was concluded as each "parent" arrived.

Jiang Lingxi continued walking towards Old Shi with Xu Ling’an.

"You’re here, sit down."

Old Shi held a white go piece in one hand, and pointed to an empty seat with the other.

"What was that just now?"

The leisure area was quiet and empty. Just as Jiang Lingxi easily spotted Old Shi, he also noticed her.

"Nothing major, it’s already been resolved." Jiang Lingxi pulled Xu Ling’an to sit down, glancing at the go board where the black and white stones were in a deadlock. "You should keep focusing on your game."

Old Shi smiled faintly, placed his white piece on the board, and pointed to the old guy across from him. "This is Old Li. You spoke with him before on the app."

Jiang Lingxi had noticed the old man discreetly observing her from the moment she arrived. Now, with Old Shi’s introduction, she greeted him gracefully, "Old Li, nice to meet you. I’m Jiang Lingxi."

"Young Jiang, hearing about you is not as good as seeing you in person. Old Shi has mentioned you so often lately that my ears were growing numb. Finally, we meet today. By the way, when do you have time to visit the Chess Association’s Imperial City General Meeting? There’s a bunch of old folks there who are incredibly curious about you, young lady."

"Chess Association?" Jiang Lingxi looked at Old Shi, whose face had turned somewhat unnatural.

"Ahem, stop with the ’Old Shi’. I’ve corrected you so many times; when you call me, you don’t need to add that last character!" After correcting his old friend’s habit, Old Shi awkwardly met Jiang Lingxi’s gaze, "Well, you know how there’ve been very few young folks joining the Chess Association in recent years, and since I personally recommended you, everyone inside is immensely curious about you. I told them that you’re usually busy with work, and then they calmed down a bit."

"By the way," speaking of this, Old Shi remembered something, picking up his phone from the side, "I’ve added you to the association’s chat group; how about introducing yourself to those old folks there?"

"Sure." Jiang Lingxi readily took out her phone.

"It won’t cause any problems, right? I heard that celebrities like you need to keep your privacy, or it could be dangerous."

Jiang Lingxi shook her head, "I don’t have much privacy in this regard."

She understood what Old Shi meant, just like how Lu Zhengzheng often posted on her moments, sharing food, daily activities, and sometimes even good-looking photos.

But her moments were completely empty!

Firstly, she didn’t like sharing everywhere; secondly, caution was instilled in her by nature.

"That’s good, that’s good."

Soon, Jiang Lingxi saw that a group named ’Group Retirement’ with 37 members appeared among her phone contacts.

Upon opening it, she received several vibrant welcome emojis.

[Invited by Old Shi, Jiang Lingxi, is that you, young Jiang?]

[At last, that old guy isn’t keeping it a secret anymore.]

[I just checked the new member’s info. The young lady is only 22 years old. Should we change the group name?]

Jiang Lingxi watched as the chat quickly filled with various messages. By the time she opened the chat box to introduce herself, over ten messages had already appeared.

Old Shi naturally saw this as well and squinted his eyes in embarrassment, "These folks have too much free time!"

Jiang Lingxi typed and sent, "Hello, seniors, I am Jiang Lingxi."

[Hello, hello, young Jiang.]

[Newcomer, show a photo!]

Jiang Lingxi: "..."

Old Shi: "..."

He quickly private messaged the person joking about the photo, "Sister He, cut it out. You’ve seen the episode where she played Go with Zhang Linxi. Don’t scare the young lady away."

The Chess Association wasn’t run by Old Shi alone. Although his status meant others had to show some respect when he recommended someone, that person also needed real skills to be genuinely recognized by others in the association.

If Old Shi’s recommendation was the key to entering the Chess Association, then it was Jiang Lingxi and Zhang Linxi’s match that convinced others in the association to accept her.

Go can certainly be complex, but it can also be very simple; a loss is a loss, and a win is a win!

After responding to the seniors with simple pleasantries, Jiang Lingxi looked at the go board, where a white piece had been placed incorrectly causing a disadvantage. "Old Shi, you’re about to lose."

Old Shi: "..."

He frowned and thought for a moment, "Where do you think would be good to go?"

Jiang Lingxi raised her eyebrows and pointed at a spot.

Seeing where her finger landed, the two old men both furrowed their brows.

"Really want to place it here?"

"Yes, turn a hopeless situation into a hopeful one."

The two pairs of elderly eyes stared quietly at the go board, outwardly calm, but inwardly pondering the life and death of the upcoming moves.

Even Xu Ling’an, who had been sitting quietly nearby, felt the tension and couldn’t help but look to the side.

Seeing that unchanged calm expression on her side profile, he felt a sense of calm himself.

"Haha," breaking the silence was the laughter from Old Li. He put the black piece back into the bowl, his face full of praise, "Such spirit!"

"I’m done, let’s have tea."

He had insisted on coming with his old friend to play Go and drink tea, perhaps not without the intention of testing this young lady on the spot.

Now that the test was over, he felt a bit envious of Old Shi.

The move she made earlier wasn’t one that just anyone could have the boldness to make, especially a remarkable young lady.

How did this old Shi manage to meet such a person first?

He poured a cup of tea and offered it to her. Jiang Lingxi placed her hand palm down and tapped the table lightly three times with a fist before accepting the tea with both hands.

Putting away the go board, Old Shi looked at Xu Ling’an, who was quietly sitting next to Jiang Lingxi, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Who is this young lady?"

He had met Jiang Lingxi’s assistant a few days ago; had she already changed assistants in just a few days?

"My sister, Xu Ling’an. Zhengzheng is upstairs busy and didn’t come down with me."

After Jiang Lingxi finished introducing her, she made a point to explain to Old Shi, knowing he had been wondering about it, and he quickly laughed, "This child looks well-behaved at first glance. Ling’an, come, have some tea, don’t be reserved."

"Thank you, Mr. Shi."

This meeting was warmly harmonious on this side, while on the other side, the accommodation for the Su siblings also went smoothly.

Shen Huchen noticed that they could get lost even in the hotel lobby, so he decided to see them all the way to the assigned hotel suite before intending to leave.

Hearing that he was leaving, Su Cheng suppressed his urge to try out every unfamiliar facility in the room and quickly asked, "Which room are you staying in?"

"I’m not staying here."

Even Su Yi looked up at this, "Didn’t the program team assign you a room?"

"They did assign one, but my cousin is in the Imperial City. I wanted to stay with him this time, to connect with family. " A look of anticipation appeared on Shen Huchen’s face as he mentioned this, "And give him a surprise!"

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