After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Upon seeing Xie Yuze, Xie Xing immediately removed the note from her face, then put her hands behind her back, shrank further into the sedan chair, her almond-shaped eyes filled with vigilance.

Especially her eyes, which still bore the redness of her recent crying.

[Would he come to settle scores?] Xie Xing whispered to the system in his mind.

"I think he's a bit petty too," the system chimed in. "Be careful, don't let him bully you again."

Xie Yuze: ?

He laughed angrily.

What do you mean by "Don't let him bully you again"?

"Hey!" Xie Yuze kicked the carriage hard, making it shake.

Xie Xing shuddered.

She glanced up at Xie Yuze, afraid he might kick her at any moment, and quickly took out the note in her hand, saying slowly, "I'm playing Go?"

Xie Yuze raised an eyebrow, then plopped down next to Xie Xing. He glanced at the board and said dismissively, "You can play Go?"

Why don't I know how to play Go anymore?

Xie Xing was fuming.

She didn't want to talk to Xie Yuze; of her three older brothers, Xie Yuze was the one she disliked the most.

But she only dared to refute it in her heart, while remaining silent on the surface.

Xie Yuze was already unhappy because he had to force himself to follow Xie Xing, and now that she hadn't spoken for a long time, he impatiently tapped the table: "Speak."

Xie Xing could only whisper, "How could I not know how? I do know how."

Her voice was so weak it was barely audible, as if she were whispering. Xie Yuze heard it, but he found Xie Xing's timid demeanor unbearable to watch.

He slammed his hand on the table, startling Xie Xing.

"Look at you, so timid and cowardly. How could a daughter of the General's Mansion act like a thief, sneaking around like this? Can't you speak louder?"

Xie Xing: "..."

She moved her lips and whispered, "Speak louder if I tell you to, why are you slamming the table? You have such a temper, you're so arrogant."

Xie Yuze genuinely didn't hear this time. He frowned and asked, "What?"

"I said—" Xie Xing finally raised his voice and shouted into his ear, "Speak louder if I tell you to, why are you slamming the table!"

"Third Brother, are you deaf?"

Xie Yuze's face darkened.

Xie Xing immediately shrank back, looking at him with wet almond-shaped eyes, and silently moved her bottom a little further away.

Xie Yuze finally understood the feeling of being angry but speechless that Madam Xie had.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his temper, picked up a black chess piece, and sneered, "Didn't you say you knew how to play chess?"

"Let's play a game."

Xie Xing looked up at him with her long eyelashes, and after a long while, asked, "Really?"

"real."

Xie Xing probed again, "You won't hit me if you lose?"

Xie Yuze said with a dark face, "I won't lose."

"What kind of person do you take me for? Why would I hit you?"

Who knows?

Xie Xing silently added a sentence in his mind.

Xie Yuze's hand tightened around the chess piece, almost crushing it to pieces.

The carriage finally started moving forward, and inside, Xie Yuze was playing chess with Xie Xing.

Although Xie Yuze was a playboy, he had still seriously studied the Six Arts of a Gentleman, and he often gambled on chess with his playboy friends in casinos.

Xie Yuze has never lost a game of chess.

However, while playing chess with this younger sister, Xie Yuze was secretly shocked.

He looked at the chessboard.

On the chessboard, before Xie Yuze noticed, the white pieces gradually eroded the black pieces, advancing step by step until the black pieces were forced into a difficult situation, unable to make a move even after a long while.

He glanced at Xie Xing again. The little girl was still wearing her red riding outfit, her eyes lowered, staring at the chessboard with a serious and focused expression.

At this moment, she was no longer the timid little girl. On the chessboard, she seemed to be a master, controlling the fate of the black pieces at will.

Xie Yuze's actions were utterly incomprehensible.

How can this be?

Is this the kind of chess move a young girl like her could make?

Xie Yuze fell into doubt.

"Third Brother." Xie Xing's soft and pleasant voice came from beside him.

Xie Yuze looked up in a daze and met Xie Xing's clear and bright eyes.

She smiled shyly at him, held up the long strip of paper in her hand and looked at Xie Yuze, saying apologetically, "Third Brother, you lost, you have to be punished."

Xie Yuze, his face dark, let Xie Xing stick the note on his forehead, then said uncomfortably, "One more round."

He let this little troublemaker win the first game, but he'll have to get serious in the second!

Xie Yuze's gaze changed, becoming serious.

Little did he know, the little girl opposite him brightened up and immediately nodded happily.

Then the second game—

Xie Yuze lost, as expected.

Xie Xing chuckled to himself, picked up a calligraphy brush from inside the carriage, and drew a turtle on Xie Yuze's face.

Xie Yuze's fair and handsome face had a strip of cloth pasted on his forehead and a turtle drawn on his cheek, making him look ridiculous.

Unfortunately, there was no mirror inside the carriage, so Xie Yuze couldn't see his disheveled appearance.

He said with a dark expression, "Continue."

So, the first game, the second game, the third game...

Xie Yuze was so disoriented by the loss that he questioned the meaning of life.

When Xie Yuhe and Xie Tongchen lifted the carriage curtain to tell the two that they had arrived, they saw Xie Xing holding Xie Yuze's hand and using a brush to color his fingernails.

Noticing their gazes, Xie Xing looked up, her eyes crinkling with laughter, revealing two adorable eye bags. Her two shallow dimples were incredibly cute: "Big brother, second brother, have we arrived yet?"

Two people: "..."

They were silent for a moment, then glanced at Xie Yuze.

At that time, Xie Yuze's face was covered with strips of cloth, his eye sockets were drawn with a large black circle with a brush, his mouth was also covered with a mustache with a brush, and even his fair face covered by the strips of cloth had two big turtles on it.

It looks absolutely hilarious.

He looked up blankly, then turned to look at Xie Yuhe and Xie Tongchen. His eyes instantly lit up with the light of relief, and he practically ran out of the carriage, leaving Xie Yuhe, Xie Tongchen, and the clean-looking little girl inside the carriage staring at each other.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Xie Yuhe hesitated for a long time before finally asking:

"What are you doing?"

Why did his perfectly healthy third brother suddenly turn into that?

Xie Xing smiled shyly: "Third Brother was afraid I'd be bored, so he played chess with me."

Is Xie Yuze really that kind?

Neither Xie Yuhe nor Xie Tongchen believed it.

Until, the system in Xie Xing's mind sighed: "[A man who's always been so competitive, he refused to admit defeat even after losing so many games. Serves him right.]"

I've always disliked him, and now I've finally gotten my way with him.

Even the system occasionally loses a game or two of Go against Xie Xing.

It's a system with a huge database!

The other two: "..."

Xie Yuhe paused for a moment, then ultimately chose to ignore the matter and said, "We're here, you can get down now."

Xie Xing nodded.