Chu Zeshen agreed with what the old man said, "Yes, we Chu Family, you are ranked second in chess, and I am at the bottom."
Because the one ranked first was his wife, Elder Chu agreed very much with this ranking. He looked at the situation of this game and said, "You are at the bottom and did not run away. Xiao Bai was promoted to third in our family."
Chu Zeshen hasn't played chess for a long time. His hands are a bit raw and he hasn't entered the state yet. Besides, Gu Bai is really good at it. Chu Zeshen couldn't resist it for a while.
In the second round, Chu Zeshen still lost.
Elder Chu watched on the side with his hands itching. After Chu Zeshen lost the second game, he kicked him off. "You brat, you have forgotten everything your grandma taught you before. Watch carefully."
Chu Zeshen consciously stood behind Elder Chu and looked at it.
Gu Bai also did not expect that Elder Chu would end up. He can fully display his skills in front of Chu Zeshen, but facing Elder Chu, every step must be carefully considered.
During this period, Gu Bai never glanced at Elder Chu. Instead, he looked at Chu Zeshen behind Elder Chu. The two communicated through their eyes.
Gu Bai has no experience in making people move. Every next step, you have to look up at Chu Zeshen to accept the instruction from the senior's eyes.
Wherever Chu Zeshen looked, Gu Bai would walk up to it. With the two people's unknowing cooperation, Elder Chu won the game, and no communication between the two was noticed throughout the whole process.
The joy on Elder Chu's face could not be hidden, but it did not dampen Gu Bai's self-confidence. He encouraged him. "Your chess skills are better than Ze Shen. If you calm down and study hard, you will get better."
Gu Bai responded seriously, "I understand, grandpa."
When Gu Bai stood up, Chu Zeshen secretly extended his palm towards him. Gu Bai raised his eyebrows and high-fived Chu Zeshen. Their palms collided with each other, indicating the victory of their cooperation.
When it was time to worship, Gu Bai followed Chu Zeshen to the inner room, which was more like a small temple with several tablets placed on it.
Worship items have been placed on the wooden table, and there are no outsiders in the room, just the three of them.
Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen followed Elder Chu and knelt on the futon.
Chu Family's worship did not have many rituals, including burning incense and toasting. After all this was over, Elder Chu talked to his lover like a chat.
"This year Ze Shen brought someone home. Well, it was the kid who toasted with him just now. He looks very good. Ze Shen has a family. Finally, there is someone to take care of him. You don't have to worry anymore..."
The old man and grandma had a lot to say, so Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai out first to let them talk what was on their mind alone.
The two of them were waiting at the door, and Gu Bai sat on the stone slab in the corridor. "Are you and grandpa the only ones who will spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together?"
Chu Zeshen sat next to Gu Bai: "Other Chu Family people will come to visit and won't stay to eat, so only grandpa and I will spend time together."
It's weird for two people to spend holidays together, but if nothing happens in the next year, he will spend holidays with the Chu Family, including National Day, New Year's Day, and Chinese New Year.
The old man talked to grandma inside for a while before he came out. When he came out, his eyes were red and he said to Chu Zeshen, "Take Xiao Bai in to talk to your grandma for a while and make her happy."
Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai in again. Chu Zeshen said, "We can sit down. Grandma doesn't like us juniors kneeling down to talk to her."
Gu Bai sat on the futon obediently.
Chu Zeshen was silent for a while before saying, "Grandma, I'm married."
Gu Bai was also silent. He knew how to act in front of others, but now he was facing the elder's memorial tablet, and he was thinking about what to say.
"Grandma, my name is Gu Bai."
He didn't say that he was Chu Zeshen's lover. In name, he was, but both of them knew in their hearts that this was just a trick.
Chu Zeshen took a long sigh and said nothing more.
Gu Bai thought Chu Zeshen was missing her, so she didn't bother her and waited silently.
After a few minutes, Chu Zeshen said, "Okay, let's go out."
Gu Bai pursed his lower lip and said, "Okay."
After the worship, it was lunch time. Elder Chu's emotions had been recovered in time. Although he was still a little uncomfortable, he did not show it on his lover's favorite holiday. He happily ate and had a drink with his junior.
After lunch, Elder Chu said to Gu Bai, "I'll take a nap in Ze Shen's room at noon."
They will stay in the old house for a whole day and have a moon-viewing session in the evening.
Gu Bai responded, "Okay."
Elder Chu went back to the room to rest.
Gu Bai looked at Elder Chu's back and said with concern, "Grandpa, he seems to be in a bad mood after coming out of the ceremony."
Chu Zeshen said, "Well, he did this every year after grandma passed away. In the first year, I went to the room to accompany him, and he kicked me out as a bachelor after reading the love letter grandma wrote to him. In the second year, he saw grandma's works and said that my smell of copper coins would affect his appreciation of literary works and kicked him out. In the third year, as soon as I entered the door, he said that I had affected him, so that I didn't have to follow him in."
He looked at Gu Bai: "So you don't have to worry. Grandpa just misses grandma in his own way. He will be fine after this afternoon."
Gu Bai asked back, "What about you? I'll stay with you."
Chu Zeshen After being kicked out, he always went back to his room to practice calligraphy. This is how he missed his grandma.
Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai to his room. Gu Bai initially thought that Chu Zeshen's room also had a retro decoration style. He did not expect that it would be so modern and no different from an everyday room.
Chu Zeshen saw his thoughts and said, "Grandma said that young people should look like young people. She decorated the decoration style of my room according to my preferences."
It really looks like a young person, with skateboards and basketballs hanging on the wall, a few medals and certificates on the bookshelf, and the rest are comic books.
But in such a modern room, there is an extra screen to create a barrier between the table and the bed.
Chu Zeshen said, "This screen is the only design that grandpa can participate in in this room."
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