Linliu Pavilion.
Jin Guan Kai placed the decisive piece on the board, murmuring, "It's time to end this."
Seeing that her side's pieces had lost all momentum, with no chance of turning the tide, Sun Liuliu smiled reassuringly. "You're that confident? Aren't you afraid some unforeseen twist might arise?"
"No accident can happen!" Jin Guan Kai confidently pointed at a white piece on the board that was already isolated and without support.
Sun Liuliu smiled smugly. "Once Jun Zi Shuo dies, the marriage alliance between the Jun and Luo Families will fail. That should temporarily stabilize the Luo Family's situation. When does your brother plan to make his move?"
As she spoke, she began gathering the pieces from the board one by one, though her gaze remained fixed thoughtfully on Jin Guan Kai.
"The Luo Family has yet to decide how to deal with Luo Tianfu. We'll likely have to wait a while longer."
A profound gleam flashed through Jin Guan Kai's eyes.
Tap~
A faint, crisp sound rang out.
A white piece slipped from Sun Liuliu's hand and landed on the board.
By sheer coincidence, it fell right beside that isolated white piece.
Jin Guan Kai's expression immediately darkened. Looking at the white piece that had suddenly appeared to disrupt the game, an inexplicable unease rose in his heart.
Could an accident really happen?!
Jun Family, rear courtyard of Jun Yue Pavilion.
Jun Zi Shuo stared in horror at Qi Zhao's ruthless strike, wielding a saber as though it were a sword. A deathly palpitation unlike anything he had ever felt spread through him.
Only now did he realize that the traps in the room earlier might have merely been groundwork, intended to force out his trump card and leave him with no means of resisting an attack