Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 403 - 221: Pink Skeleton_3

Chapter 403: Chapter 221: Pink Skeleton_3

The murder case at Mengyao Pavilion and the shipwreck case had already been taken over, and he couldn’t interfere, while the Su Family’s tragedy didn’t seem to have drawn much attention.

The new head of the Su Family had now become Su Junwen.

That is, the illegitimate son of the Su Family whom Jiang Shouzhong had encountered in the cave before.

Jiang Shouzhong only wanted to find Su Junyang, the former eldest son of the Su Family.

Originally in the cave, this guy had brought a mysterious old Taoist to capture Mengniang and even used the Blinding Skill to trap him outside.

If it hadn’t been for Xie’s coincidental arrival, the other party might have genuinely succeeded in capturing Mengniang.

Jiang Shouzhong had always remembered this grudge.

It was a pity that the Su Family’s eldest son seemed to have vanished from the earth and did not appear in Qingzhou, which greatly disappointed Jiang Shouzhong.

On his way to the alley where Li Nanshuang’s second uncle lived, Jiang Shouzhong happened to see his superior, Li Nanshuang, playing chess under a tea stall ahead.

There were six or seven onlookers gathered around.

"The boss truly hasn’t changed his old habit of enjoying life," Jiang Shouzhong thought to himself as he briskly walked over.

Although the tea stall was rather crowded, there were no other customers at the moment besides those playing and watching the chess game.

The pretty young girl watching the stall for her grandfather, who was playing chess, lay bored at a tea table next to the chessboard, occasionally yawning lightly and dipping her delicate fingers in tea water to doodle on the table.

The tea stall’s banner read, "This stall offers top-quality Jade Dew Fairy Tea, only five coins per bowl."

As the shadow loomed in front of her, the young girl, realizing a customer had arrived, suddenly woke up, hastily stood up, and wiped the wet spot on the table with her sleeve.

Seeing that the customer was a handsome, tall, young man, the young girl’s cheeks reddened for no reason. She instinctively thought to call for her grandfather, but glancing at the old man deeply engaged on the chessboard, she asked in a soft voice with flushed face, "Would you like some tea, sir?"

Jiang Shouzhong smiled and nodded, handing over five coins, then leaned in to watch the chess game, patiently waiting for Li Nanshuang’s match to end.

Li Nanshuang’s opponent was an old gentleman in a worn grey robe, also the owner of the tea stall, with white and thinning hair covering his head like a patch of silver snow.

Old as he was, his spirit was lively.

Perhaps thinking his chances of winning were high, his face was ruddy and he couldn’t hide his smugness.

Next to Mr. Li, as always, was his conspicuous, black, broad-bladed saber, as if he was carrying a tombstone on his back.

The slender frame and the broad saber were incongruous.

After serving the tea, the young girl returned to her previous seat, her almond eyes occasionally stealing glances at the handsome man.

"Mr. Li, not conceding defeat yet?"

A moment later, the elderly man with the increasingly clear advantage chuckled as he stared at Li Nanshuang.

Li Nanshuang’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed as she held a black chess piece between her tender, green fingers. Hearing the old man’s boastful urging, she snorted coldly and firmly placed her piece on the board.

Clack!

The chess pieces on the board trembled.

Startled, the white-haired owner of the tea stall, annoyed, said, "Can you place the pieces a bit more gently, girl? This is already the third chessboard, you can’t break another."

"If it breaks, I’ll compensate!" Li Nanshuang retorted with a bold tone.

The white-haired old man had no choice but to pick up a piece and prepare to make his move.

But as he leaned forward, he suddenly bristled, pointing at two of the black and white chess pieces and accused, "Girl, those two chess pieces weren’t in these positions; how did you switch them?"

"Switch?"

Li Nanshuang’s cheeks flushed with indignation as if she had suffered a great injustice, "You old man, don’t spout nonsense. You can doubt my skills, but you cannot question my integrity in chess!"

"It was clearly you who switched them; if you don’t believe me, ask them."

The tea stall owner stubbornly insisted.

"Old man, if you can’t win, don’t be sore, acting more of a woman than I am," Li Nanshuang sneered, turning to look at an old man beside her with white hair, a plumper body, and a slightly bruised left eye, "Mr. Li, you were closer. Did you see me switch the pieces?"

Mr. Li, who had previously suffered a black eye for "slandering" Li Nanshuang for taking chess pieces, shook his head vigorously, "I didn’t see anything."

"You Mazi, did you see it?"

"I... I didn’t notice either."

"Mr. Zhu?"

"Didn’t see it."

"Resting Noodles? You’re here too, so tell me, did I switch the chess pieces?"

Jiang Shouzhong, unwaveringly supportive of his boss, shook his head and said, "I didn’t see it either, I believe in this Lady Li’s integrity in chess."

"..."

Watching his old friends and strangers alike pretend to be blind, the tea stall owner quivered with rage, "Fine, let’s continue the game even with an extra move, I’ll still win!"

Li Nanshuang raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean ’let’? If your own old eyes are blurred, how can others be to blame?"

A gentleman does not quarrel with a woman... the old man continued to play with a stiff face.

Seeing her grandfather get the short end of the stick, the tea stall girl snickered. When Jiang Shouzhong looked her way, she blushed, lowered her head, and pretended to read a poetry collection that appeared out of nowhere.

While a girl’s heart always harbors poetry, the poetry collection in her hands was upside down.

When the girl realized her mistake, she quickly turned the book right side up. Once she saw the beautiful man engrossed in the chessboard, she breathed a sigh of relief and her cheeks burned red.

The tea stall’s owner was quite strong in chess, but in a short while, he turned the tables and gained the advantage again.

However, at the crucial moment, his vision failed him, and he "misread" the position again.

In the end, the old man lost.

The old man was not convinced and wanted to play again.

Game after game, round after round, the battle intensified.

After being "accused" of stealing chess pieces nineteen times, switching pieces twenty-one times, in addition to nine threats and twice inadvertently breaking the chessboard, Mr. Li finally won ten exhilarating games in a row and lost interest in thrashing the rookie any longer.

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