With everyone present staring at them, the Lu brothers flushed crimson with embarrassment, wishing they could crawl into a crack in the ground.
Xue Baochai frowned. The Lu brothers were, after all, companions, and she did not want them to lose too much face. She spoke up to break the awkward silence. "Young Master Jia's chess skills are not particularly impressive either. Please seek someone else worthy of your challenge."
"My chess skills happen to be poor as well. That way, we can have the feeling of evenly matched opponents. Otherwise, a one-sided game would be far too boring," Wanyan Chongjie said with a smile.
Everyone from Southern Song held their breath. They had never heard of anyone deliberately seeking out an opponent with poor chess skills.
"You keep targeting Young Master Jia again and again. What exactly are your intentions?" Xue Baochai finally could not hold back any longer and no longer bothered to pretend to be agreeable and compliant.
Wanyan Chongjie was not angered in the slightest. Grinning, she said, "I think he's handsome. Is that not allowed?"
Xue Baochai had never expected that reason. All the words in her stomach were instantly choked back, and only after a long while did she spit out, blushing, "Shameless!"
The Yellow-robed Woman also snorted coldly. "As expected of a barbarian land."
Worried that who knew what kind of trouble she might cause if this continued, Song Qingshu could only say to the two women, "Forget it. I don't think she means any harm. Let me go over and meet her."
The Yellow-robed Woman turned her face away at once, while Xue Baochai frowned, clearly unable to decide what to do.
But Song Qingshu had already headed straight toward the Jin Dynasty's party. "I'm here now. Where shall we play?"
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