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After they finished eating, Li Mengya and a few of her aunts and cousins entered the small bedroom, laughing and chatting about women's matters.

Zhang Chao sat by the side, feeling a little awkward and could only interrupt from time to time.

It wasn't because the Chu Family wasn't passionate enough about Zhang Chao, but because outsiders were still outsiders.

Zhang Chao naturally understood this principle, and quietly watched the television without any complaints.

Zhang Chao's alcohol tolerance was not bad, but he still rarely touched alcohol. Adding that the people on the table were all seniors, Zhang Chao could only obediently drink.

So at this moment, he felt a bit dizzy.

But Zhang Chao was still able to maintain his clarity of mind, and did not disgrace himself here.

"Kid, let's go and play chess with me."

Unexpectedly, the old man who had been staying in the study all this time suddenly walked down, and stopped in front of Zhang Chao and said those words in a cold and indifferent tone.

Zhang Chao glanced at the old man. If this wasn't Li Mengya's grandfather, Zhang Chao would have already said, "Who are you?

It was pushed back.

"Dad, don't bully Little Zhang. Who doesn't know that you're a Go master?"

Seeing this, Eldest Uncle hurriedly interjected.

He knew very well what kind of temper his own father had, what if Zhang Chao ran away after getting so angry?

"Brat, what nonsense are you spouting!" "Shut up and go stay there."

It had always been the old man who decided everything in the house. He glared at Zhang Chao, then turned and went upstairs.

Wasn't that just playing chess?

Am I afraid of you?

Zhang Chao stood up and happily walked upstairs with the old man, then directly sat on the sofa.

There was no trace of politeness.

"Come, come, let's see how your chess skills are."

After the old man took out the Go Board, he sat opposite to Zhang Chao.

He didn't show any reaction to the brash actions of others, as if he didn't see them.

"Alright. My chess skills are not good, don't laugh at me, Old Master. "

Zhang Chao more or less had some sense. With a smile, he said modestly.

"It's nothing, just playing around." By the way, can you drink anymore? "

The old man stretched out his hand and placed it on a black piece of cloth. His gaze fell upon Zhang Chao's slightly dizzy face, and for some reason, he had a sort of malicious intent.

"Yes. But not much. "

Zhang Chao nodded, it was the first time he heard of someone playing chess and drinking wine, isn't this old man too impolite?

"Right."

The old man nodded and then took out a bottle of white wine.

Zhang Chao was also startled by this scene. What's the situation?

Although he had already drunk quite a bit of the alcohol before, Zhang Chao had no way of refusing the old man's wine. He could only force himself to drink a few cups, after which Zhang Chao was already drunk, and leaned carelessly on the sofa.

"What do you think of me?"

The old man looked at the unconscious Zhang Chao and smiled.

He placed a chess piece on the table and asked.

"Old Chu, if it wasn't for you, why would you keep a straight face all the time? Look at how my uncle and the others were scared of you. "

Zhang Chao really drank too much, even saying "Old Chu"

The two words were called out.

Luckily there was not a third person here, otherwise he would have been scared to death by Zhang Chao's shout.

Hearing Zhang Chao's words, the old man slightly raised his eyebrows, but did not get angry.

Instead, he smiled and said, "In our line of work, we have to be kind and amiable outside no matter what. We've been laughing for the rest of our lives, can't we just relax at home? "

"Hm, what you said makes sense."

Zhang Chao thought that there was indeed nothing wrong with it.

He patted the old man on the shoulder and nodded his head.

Then, he seemed to remember something and immediately said, "However, aren't you going too far with what you did to Meng Ya's mother?" So many years have passed, yet you still miss your little girl? "

The old man was also startled when he heard what Zhang Chao had said.

After all these years, no one dared to mention the matter of Li Mengya's mother in front of him.

I didn't expect this kid to have such guts.

This was indeed the courage of a man made of wine. He dared to speak out loud after drinking too much.

"Our Chu Family has been a scholar for generations, how could we marry a merchant?"

The old tutor's position on this matter had never changed.

He would not allow his family's reputation for so many years to be tainted by the stench of copper.

"I don't like what you're saying. Tell me, is that disreputable reputation more important, or your little girl's happiness more important?"

Zhang Chao laughed, he felt that this old man was truly fun, reputation and the likes were all claimed by others, what use was there if he wanted to come?

"You're still young and don't understand what's going on here."

The old man shook his head, thinking that Zhang Chao was just young and inexperienced.

The Chu Clan had been made up of scholars for generations, and it was exactly because of this that they received such respect from many people. They had the status they had now.

If they really did not want this reputation, then what kind of fame did the Chu Clan have?

"I think you don't understand. Take my parents. All his life he had fought for his country, and when he died, he didn't even leave behind a corpse. And then, and even their tombstones, they wouldn't let me erect them, saying they were for the good of the country. Tell me, what is the use of this reputation! "

As he spoke of his sorrowful points, Zhang Chao's voice also carried a bit of ridicule.

The matter of his parents was just a wound in Zhang Chao's heart, which was also why he did not inherit his parents' job back then.

That incident had made him feel a chill in his heart.

The old man looked at Zhang Chao with an even more shocked expression. He didn't think that he would actually hear all this.

She also immediately understood that Zhang Chao was definitely not some ordinary person.

"I will say these words to you alone. Old Chu, you! Don't tell anyone! Do you know! "

Zhang Chao wrapped his arms around the old man's neck and started laughing loudly.

However, for some reason, tears began streaming down his face as he laughed.

Tonight, Zhang Chao drank too much, and the old man too much.

The two of them laughed and cried, playing and singing until the middle of the night. It could be said that they had caused Li Mengya and the other juniors to drop their glasses.

In all these years, there hadn't been a single person who'd allowed himself to become like this in front of the old tutor.

Zhang Chao was indeed not an ordinary person, he was a valiant existence!

Immediately, Zhang Chao received all the worship from the Chu Family.