Ye Lan, who had just walked into the pavilion, felt a breeze blowing, making her shrink her neck, and then stretched out her arms towards the person outside the pavilion.
It's early winter now. Although it's not the coldest time, it's still a bit chilly in this pavilion with drafts on all sides.
Just a young man, Ge Yunhe was also wearing a coat, wrapping himself tightly, but Ye Chengtian, who was nearly eighty years old, only wore a thin coat.
Hearing what Ye Lan said, Uncle Long couldn't help but feel grateful. He thought he wanted to put the robe on the chief just now, but he wouldn't let him.
Uncle Long knew that the old chief had always loved his granddaughter the most. Even if the chess game was in danger now, he would definitely not anger the young lady.
"I'm not cold!"
Seemingly seeing Ye Lan coming forward with a robe from the corner of his eye, Ye Chengtian frowned and spoke subconsciously, while his eyes were fixed on the chess game.
"You will be 80 next year. Do you really think you are still a young person?"
Ye Lan, however, ignored him and directly put the robe on his grandfather's body. Without giving him an angry lesson, he put his hands on his grandfather's shoulders.
"Huh? Miss Ye?"
It was only then that Ge Yunhe seemed to finally notice the arrival of Ye Lan and Shen Mu. When he raised his head and saw these two people, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"You...you...you are actually Brother Ye's granddaughter?"
This is where Ge Yunhe was extremely shocked. You must know that both Shen Mu and Ye Lan left a deep impression on him yesterday.
But even though both of them have the surname Ye, Ge Yunhe has never thought about it from this aspect.
After all, Ye Lan is just hanging out with a small director like Shen Mu.
What is Brother Ye's identity? He is a big shot who can make Longdu shocked by just stamping his feet.
If it weren't for the opponent's passion for Go, I'm afraid he, Ge Yunhe, wouldn't be qualified to have anything to do with the opponent.
"Damn it, Ye Lan's tea-making technique must have been learned from Brother Ye, but I didn't notice it right away?"
At this time, Ge Yunhe recalled a certain scene in Longdu Yipin yesterday and finally understood something.
After all, the man in front of me, Mr. Ye, was a master of tea and chess. He was a well-known figure among the senior officials of Longdu back then, and he was a well-deserved man of the hour.
"Those two guys Zhang Changhuai must have seen some clues, but they didn't tell me. It's really shameful!"
Ge Yunhe thought a little too far. Thinking about the whispers between Zhang Changhuai and Zhang Changhuai at that time, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart. Those two guys were so unkind.
"Brother Yunhe, do you know Xiaolan?"
Hearing what Ge Yunhe said, Ye Chengtian's attention finally broke away from the chessboard.
After all, in his impression, Ye Lan had never been to the Chess Academy.
Ye Lan has hated Go since she was a child and prefers tea ceremony.
Therefore, Ye Chengzhen's talent in tea ceremony was quite good, but when it came to chess, he could even be said to be completely clueless.
Moreover, Ye Lan has never relied on family connections. If it weren't for some particularly close people, no one would have known that the owner of a small brokerage company had such a powerful background and connections.
"Haha, I met your granddaughter yesterday at Longdu Yipin's tea tasting party!"
Ge Yunhe had already come to his senses, and when he saw him, he forced a smile and said, "Miss Ye's tea art is a true inheritance from Brother Ye!"
This last sentence is not actually flattering Ye Chengtian. At least when it comes to tea, Ge Yunhe is very sure of Ye Lan's accomplishments.
If Wang Yunjian hadn't used some tricks yesterday and the monster Shen Mu appeared later, I'm afraid the champion of the tea tasting competition would be Ye Lan.
"Brother Yunhe, if you praise her so much, young people will get carried away!"
Ye Chengtian stroked his beard and smiled. Although he was being humble, everyone could hear the pride in his tone.
This granddaughter has always loved her the most, and Ye Lan did get the true inheritance of Ye Chengtian in the tea ceremony, and there was even a tendency of being better than the old.
"It's a pity that we didn't win the championship!"
Ye Lan smiled slyly, which made Ye Chengtian couldn't help but cast a strange look at him. He naturally knew very well about his precious granddaughter's tea ceremony skills.
"Is it some old guy who bullies the young?"
Ye Chengtian thought about it a little too much. Based on his understanding of Ye Lan's tea ceremony, at least among the younger generation, I am afraid that no one can match him.
"It's not the old guy, grandpa, the champion is far away and right in front of you!"
Ye Lan seemed to know what her grandfather was thinking, so she pointed to the side with a smile.
At this time, Ye Chengtian finally noticed a young man who had not spoken since entering the pavilion.
In fact, Ye Chengtian had seen Shen Mu a long time ago. Firstly, he came because he was unhappy at the critical juncture of the chess game, and secondly, he wanted to see this young man's character.
Ye Chengtian, who is nearly eighty years old, once held a high position and met all kinds of people, both old and young, so he can judge people very accurately.
Ye Lan is his most beloved granddaughter. Ye Chengtian is naturally very concerned about his granddaughter's life events.
But from another perspective, his precious granddaughter is still young after all.
If someone deceives him and finds out about the background of the Ye family from somewhere and wants to use Ye Lan to gain a higher position, then Ye Chengtian will be the one to check for him.
Since he has been in a high position for many years, Ye Chengtian will undoubtedly make everything complicated.
There are too many people with ulterior motives in this world, and your precious granddaughter may not encounter them.
However, after a period of time, the young man did not speak or make any moves. At least he was not an impatient boy. This was for sure.
"Grandpa, this is my friend Shen Mu. Even Mr. Ge and the others are full of praise for his tea ceremony!"
Ye Lan naturally picked up what Ye Chengtian liked to hear. Sure enough, after hearing these few words of introduction from her, Ye Chengtian's old eyes couldn't help but flash a glimmer of light.
"Also, if it weren't for Shen Mu, I wouldn't be able to get this thirty-year-old black Er tea cake. He won it specially to honor you!"
Ye Lan spoke and pushed Shen Mu forward.
The latter did not hesitate, and directly handed the black tea cake that he had been holding in his arms to Ye Chengtian respectfully.
"I came to Shenmu as a junior and met Mr. Ye!"
At this moment, Shen Mu's attitude was extremely respectful.
This is not only because the other party occupies a high position and is a big shot that everyone respects, but also because the other party is Ye Lan's grandfather and naturally his elder Shen Mu.
"No reward for no merit, this cake is black, Xiao Shen, you should keep it for yourself and drink it!"
However, when Shen Mu stretched out his hands, a hint of joy flashed in Ye Chengtian's eyes, and the words that came out of his mouth made Shen Mu feel quite embarrassed.
"grandfather……"
Ye Lan, who was next to him, was also a little caught off guard, thinking to himself that he might have made a mistake, right?
If I had known this earlier, I would have said that I had earned this black cake.
Ye Lan is not stupid either. From Ye Chengtian's words about "no reward for no merit", she knew that her grandfather suffered from an occupational disease. After all, a piece of black Err that has lasted for thirty years is worth a lot of money.
If Ye Chengtian was still in his position, this would already constitute bribery.
As a former great leader, he is quite sensitive to these matters.
You, Shen Mu, are not clear with Ye Lan now, and the relationship has not been settled yet. If you give such an expensive gift, and if you accept it, wouldn't you be short-handed?
In fact, Ye Chengtian was not only suffering from occupational diseases, the biggest reason was also because of Ye Lan.
This Shen Mu is so attentive and can still do what he likes. Isn't it a little too scheming?
But the conscience of heaven and earth, Shen Mu really suffered an unreasonable disaster.
He also knew from Ye Lan's mouth that this old man likes to drink black Er, and Ye Lan forced him to drink it today.
Such an embarrassing scene made Shen Mudi either accept it or not, and just froze in mid-air. In the end, Ye Lan reached out and took the black Er from his hand.
Ye Chengtian didn't say much about this. I won't interfere with the affairs of you young people, but if you, Shen Mu, want to enter the Ye family, you have to go through my old man.
"Brother Ye, Xiao Shen's tea ceremony is indeed a masterpiece. Did you know..."
"Brother Yunhe, let's finish this game of chess first and then talk about it!"
Just when Ge Yunhe wanted to tell some facts, he was directly interrupted by Ye Chengtian. At that moment, he couldn't say anything more, so he could only lower his head and start playing chess again.
"Shen Mu, don't mind. My grandpa doesn't know you. He will get better after he has more contact with you!"
Ye Lan was a little embarrassed, so she took a step forward and whispered a few words into Shen Mu's ear.
She didn't want this first meeting to make the situation so tense.
"I'm fine, but the situation in Mr. Ye's game looks a little bad!"
Shen Mu shook his head helplessly. When he also turned his attention to the chessboard, he couldn't help but shake his head and muttered, causing Ye Chengtian to glare at him.
"A true gentleman watches chess without speaking. If you don't understand chess, don't talk nonsense!"
Apparently Ye Chengtian was also aware of his chess game and was feeling a little irritated. He couldn't help but curse in a low voice, causing Shen Mu to shut up immediately.
Ye Lan was also speechless and could only make a face at Shen Mu.
In her heart, Shen Mu's chess skills may not be superior to her grandfather's.
Back in the Gao family, Shen Mu had indeed defeated Gao Cheng, but Gao Cheng was only an amateur ninth dan, not even comparable to the lower professional dan, let alone a higher professional dan.
In fact, it is extremely remarkable that Ye Chengtian can reach the mid-game with Ge Yunhe, a sixth-level professional player.
His main occupation is not a professional chess player, which also means that he is extremely talented in chess.
But people like Ye Chengtian would not compete with those amateur chess players.
At least in this game of chess before him, he had completely lost, and was almost helpless.