Xi Lanting looked at Yun Qiao with burning eyes. It was rare that he was in a good mood.
"Another version is that Uncle Qi gave you a gift." Xi Lanting said, "You don't like this little gift?"
Yun Qiao: "Of course I like it."
Xi Lanting: "It's not that you are always kind. When I heard your words just now, I thought you were sympathetic to Wen Lan."
Yun Qiao: "..."
No wonder the look in his eyes was so strange just now, a little surprised and a little joking.
It's like... he decided that she was not a good person.
Yun Qiao has only been in Xi's house for half a year. Except for some conflicts with the boys in the fourth room at the beginning, most of the time she has been so quiet that she has no sense of presence.
Why does Uncle Qi think she is not kind enough?
"Shouldn't I sympathize with her?" Yun Qiao asked deliberately, "Uncle Seven, by teasing your niece, have you lost the gentleness of an elder?"
"'Elder' is a mask. I only wear it when I need it." Xi Lanting didn't take it seriously. "If you want to use this big hat to suppress me, you made a mistake."
Yun Qiao was willing to admit defeat.
Uncle Qi is so thick-skinned that Yun Qiao is not as thick-skinned as him.
At this time, the sky outside the window became even darker, with heavy clouds pressing down.
The wind picked up, and the electric lamps hanging under the eaves blew to and fro; the trees outside the windows beat against the glass windows with the urgency of the wind.
Xi Lanting glanced at Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao understood that the old man was asking her to get up and close the window.
Uncle Qi is very lazy and doesn't move as much as he can.
As expected, Yun Qiao stood up.
When she closed the window, a few drops of rain fell on the back of her hand. For a moment, the wind picked up the raindrops and rushed towards her face.
The heavy rain finally fell.
It was windy and rainy, and there was a lot of noise outside.
Xi Lanting turned on the light and planned to read, but couldn't read.
He looked at the rain falling on the glass window, and his jawline tightened for a moment. It didn't look like he was on guard, but more like he was enduring a period of pain.
"Actually, I like rainy days very much." Xi Lanting suddenly said to Yun Qiao.
Uncle Qi is a very strange person, and his preferences cannot be judged by normal people's thinking.
After hearing this, Yun Qiao just nodded and did not ask any further questions.
Xi Lanting continued: "Every time like this, I always get what I want."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, every time." Xi Lanting seemed to come to his senses, and the smile in the corner of his eyes was a bit malicious, "Just now, I thought it was lonely to read alone.
It would be nice to have someone to play chess with me when the rain falls. Unexpectedly, as soon as I thought of this, you came."
Yun Qiao: "..."
She became Uncle Qi’s pastime.
Seeing Uncle Qi's help this time, Yun Qiao didn't care about it.
"I'm not very good at Go. However, chess is quite fun. Uncle Qi, can you do it?" Yun Qiao deliberately made things difficult.
Unexpectedly, Xi Lanting's expression remained unchanged: "I know a little bit about it. I also have chess here."
After that, he called Xi Rong.
Xi Rong went to his bed and quickly brought out the chessboard and chess pieces.
Yun Qiao started first.
She learned chess in Hong Kong, but not last year. She also went to Hong Kong when she was eight years old and learned it at that time.
Her chess moves are very stable, and Xi Lanting is also surprisingly proficient. The game between the two is quite interesting.
The rainstorm was over, and only the remaining games were left on the chessboard for the two of them.
In the end, after Yun Qiao pushed down his own, he took the initiative to admit defeat: "I can't think of any other way to win against you. I lose."
Xi Lanting was stunned.
He sneered, stood up and went back to his room, leaving Yun Qiao in the living room.
Yun Qiao: "..."
How to get angry well?
Fortunately, the rain outside had stopped. Yun Qiao smelled the fragrance of the earth and the fresh air after the rain. She took a few deep breaths and left by herself, lest Uncle Qi would chase her away.
"He won and he's still not happy. The eldest lady is really difficult to handle." Yun Qiao slowly went back to the fourth room.
As long as she had a second place to go in the Xi family garden, she would definitely not ask for trouble like this.