I looked at the captured pieces on my side of the chessboard. There was only one pawn left that had crossed the river, as well as the horses and soldiers protecting the general, as well as a chariot and a cannon that I couldn't attack at all.
I know it is difficult for me to win this game of chess. If I hadn't regretted the game just now, I would have lost.
But since he asked me to regret my move, my pawn would not give up easily, and I continued to move my pawn forward.
Qin Guoxing didn't seem to pay attention to my pawn at all. He had two prime ministers and two soldiers protecting him, and I couldn't get in at all.
After a moment of silence, I picked up the only pawn and said, "Boss Qin, I'm like this unknown pawn. I really don't want to participate in your struggle. I'm just here to travel. Boss Qin just showed mercy to me."
Yes, please let me go, Boss Qin."
"So, you are not willing to cooperate with me?" After saying that, he once again mounted his horse and faced my general.
But I could guess what move he was going to make next, and I could sacrifice all my rooks and guns for the checkmate.
Attracting firepower, he allowed him to eat up my last car and one cannon, and my pawns had already killed him and ate up one of his soldiers.
When he came to his senses, he tried to summon his vehicles and cannons to eat my pawns, but it was too late.
He had to move his army back and forth or I would eat him.
And this game of chess has become a dead game. I can't defeat him, and he can't move me.
Qin Guoxing finally laughed and said: "I still underestimated Mr. Chen's pawn! I didn't expect that he could get into my rice."
I replied with a smile: "Boss Qin gave me the opportunity. The horse you just made could have eaten mine, but you let me go on purpose. Thank you, Boss Qin."
Qin Guoxing still smiled lightly and said: "What I just said, you should go back and think about it, and don't be in a hurry to give me an answer."
I stood up, nodded, and said, "Thank you, Boss Qin, for your appreciation. If I have the chance, I really want to cooperate with Boss Qin once."
He still sat where he was and placed the chess pieces again.
I didn't say anything more, just said "goodbye" and left.
I didn't agree to cooperate with him, and of course I didn't refuse it obviously. I gave an open-ended answer. What I needed was to buy myself time.
After coming out of the pavilion, Liu Xiaofei walked up to me and asked, "Third brother, what's going on?"
"Nothing, Qin Guoxing played a game of chess with me."
"He only wants to play chess with you?" Liu Xiaofei obviously didn't believe it.
Of course, I didn't need to say that much to him, so I just nodded and replied, "Yes, Qin Guoxing gave me a move, and we ended up in a draw."
Liu Xiaofei didn't ask any more questions, he just said: "Okay, third brother, if you have any orders from now on, just say it."
I nodded and said nothing more.
After Liu Xiaofei dropped me off at the ancient town, I returned to the inn.
Now there are two investments confirmed, one is from Qin Lang, that is, Zhang Ziang, and the other is from Mr. Su in the name of Su Yue, and the last one is still missing.
I have to make this last investment as soon as possible. If I can't find friends, I can only publish investment information.
In the afternoon, I locked myself in my room and wrote the investment proposal.
It wasn't until the sky got dark and Tang Ling came to ask me to eat that I walked out of the room.
When we came to the courtyard downstairs, Boss Tang had already started drinking. He asked me if I wanted to drink something?
I said I had some work to do in the evening, so I wouldn’t drink.
I asked Tang Ling to pack all the dishes in the evening and bring them back at noon. Boss Tang ate them with gusto and said, "Brother Chen, didn't you eat at noon? Why did you come back with so much left?"
There are indeed so many that they can’t even be placed on the stone table.
Tang Ling replied: "I haven't eaten much. It would be such a waste if I didn't pack it back."
Only then did I realize that someone was missing, Xiaomi was no longer there.
I immediately asked Boss Tang: "Where is Xiaomi? Won't she come down for dinner?"
Boss Tang said while drinking: "I went out early in the morning and never came back. I don't know what I was doing."
Tang Ling also said: "She went out early in the morning these two days and came back very late."
"Let her go out to play. When she gets tired of playing, she will go back."
I looked at Boss Tang and said, "Why don't you call her and ask her? If she hasn't come back so late, will something happen?"
Tang Ling also said: "Yes, brother, you should give her a call."
Although Boss Tang pretended to be indifferent, he still took out his mobile phone and called Xiaomi.
After the call was dialed, the ringing sound came from outside the door, and the three of us looked at the door together.
Sure enough, it was Xiaomi who came back. She waved to us: "Stop fighting, I'm back."
Boss Tang then hung up the phone and asked her: "You came back so late from playing, have you eaten?"
"Not yet." He walked in with a smile.
Boss Tang signaled to Tang Ling, and Tang Ling immediately went to the kitchen and took out a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Xiaomi looked at the table full of dishes and asked in surprise: "What day is today? How come there are so many dishes?"
I opened my mouth and said, "I didn't finish lunch, so I packed it back. Do you want to eat the leftovers?"
"Eat, why don't you eat." She said, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
At the same time, Boss Tang said from the side: "I said you should go back when you have had enough. Don't let your dad worry. We really have nothing to do here."
While eating, Xiaomi replied: "Who said I went out to play?"
"Then why did you go?" Boss Tang asked immediately.
"I went to Tangjiawan," Xiaomi said as he took out a USB flash drive from his bag and handed it to me, "Brother Chen, these are the renderings I asked someone to make. These are some of my impressions of the resort town.
I have an idea and you can see if it suits you."
I was stunned for a moment, looked at her blankly and said, "What do you mean? What kind of rendering?"
"Just take a look first and then talk."
I was still a little confused, so I accepted the USB flash drive first and said, "Eat first, and I'll look at it after eating."
Then, Boss Tang also asked her: "What do you mean? What are you doing in Tangjiawan?"
Xiaomi said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Chen want me to show him the investment plan? I'm working on it and it should be ready tomorrow."
I was shocked again. I just said it casually to make her quit, but she actually took it seriously and even made some renderings.
I would like to see what this rendering looks like?
I was no longer in the mood to eat, so after finishing my meal quickly, I took the USB drive to the table, turned on the phone, and started reading.
This rendering is so small that my laptop actually took several minutes to render it before opening it.
But when I saw this rendering, I was a little shocked!
The entire rendering is completely in line with my previous ideas, including my desire to connect the Anxi River to the resort town and directly run through the entire town, which is also shown in the rendering.
She even designed strips of lights on both sides of the river, extending all the way to the river, which is simply beautiful at night.
Not only that, I looked at the area of the renderings. Although it was a 1:10 ratio, the area was almost consistent with the area I planned before.
This completely shows that she has put her heart into it. No wonder she has been leaving early and coming back late these two days. It turns out she has done such a big thing!
I was really shocked. While I was still looking at the renderings, Xiaomi had already arrived at the door of my room.
She knocked on the door and asked me: "Brother Chen, have you seen the renderings? What do you think?"