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Near noon, because the grandfather suddenly wanted to eat dumplings, Song Qiao, along with Aunt Zhang and one or two servants in the villa, were making dumplings in the living room, while Mu Shinian and Lu Yulin were playing chess with the old man on a couch by the floor-to-ceiling window not far away.
Song Qiao could also play a good game of chess, all taught by Elder Mu a few years ago. Although it was easy to be completely defeated when playing against him, if it were someone else, she could last half an hour even against a master.
Mu Shinian could also play chess, and although he started learning late, he was smart and picked up things quickly, and now he could play against Elder Mu for tens of minutes.
From the moment Lu Yulin saw Song Qiao, he looked like he wanted to talk to her, hesitating for most of the day until they were halfway through making the dumplings before he finally decided to stand by Song Qiao's side and asked, "Can I help with anything?"
