Chapter 1110: No Excuses If You Lose Again

Chapter 1110: No Excuses If You Lose Again

The moment Xu Sheng hopped off the car, he turned to Su Li with a grand gesture and said, “Su Li, as long as you like, you can ride with me in this car too.”

Su Li hadn’t expected Xu Sheng to become so generous all of a sudden. Eyes lighting up, he grinned and said, “Now that’s loyalty! You have to come over and hang out more often. Come on in!”

Hearing the commotion outside, Gu Zi assumed it must be the Xu family’s car. She headed for the door, only to find that Su Li had already flung it wide open. As she stepped out, she spotted an elegantly dressed middle-aged woman alighting from the car.

The woman, her eyes tinged with a hint of redness, looked at Su Li warmly and said, “Good boy. Where’s your mother?”

Before Gu Zi could say a word, Su Li, seeing his mother, pointed eagerly, “That’s my mom over there! I’m a good boy, and my mom is a good mom too!”

Gu Zi approached politely. She guessed this must be one of the Xu family’s elders but wasn’t certain of her exact identity. She asked gently, “You must be Xu Sheng’s…?”

Yu Fang gave Gu Zi a once-over, her eyes flashing briefly with admiration. “I’m Xu Sheng’s grandmother. I’m here to drop him off today. Thank you for taking care of him.”

“No trouble at all,” Gu Zi replied with a gracious smile. “Just please remember to pick him up around five o’clock. The kids have their own evening training schedules, and they’re very serious about not disrupting their plans.”

Yu Fang looked at the healthy, lively children and felt a surge of gratitude. She nodded quickly. “Of course, I’ll be back by five. Also, my son told me you took good care of Xu Sheng back in Guangcheng. I’m truly grateful. I brought a few gifts for the children today. Please accept them.”

With that, she gestured to the driver, who promptly began unloading three beautifully wrapped, very expensive-looking gift boxes from the trunk. The driver smiled at Gu Zi. “These are a bit heavy. Let me help you carry them inside.”

Gu Zi, unable to politely refuse, accepted the gesture and ushered everyone indoors.

Meanwhile, Yu Fang stood by the doorway for a long moment, her hand half-raised, as if she wanted to step in but couldn’t quite bring herself to do it. After all, what right did she have? She had to be content now—to be able to offer small gifts under the guise of gratitude, to have this tiny connection at all.

Inside the house, the mood wasn’t quite as warm.

Su Bing pointedly ignored Xu Sheng, who stood there looking visibly crestfallen.

Sensing the tension, Gu Zi bent down slightly to speak to Su Bing, her voice soft but firm. “Today, you’re in charge of playing with your younger siblings and Xu Sheng in the courtyard. Leave the housework to me. Remember, Xu Sheng is our guest—you must treat him well, alright?”

Su Bing was still stewing over the incident when Xu Sheng had asked him about his biological father. He didn’t want to deal with him at all. But seeing his mother’s serious face, he could only bite back his annoyance and nod.𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The moment Gu Zi left the room, Su Bing leaned closer and warned Xu Sheng in a low, almost menacing tone, “If you ever want to come over and play again, you’d better not bring up any bad luck topics—or bad luck people. Understand?”

Xu Sheng was so startled he almost jumped. In Su Bing’s eyes, was Big Uncle really considered a bad omen? He didn’t understand, but still, he desperately wanted to keep coming over—it was way more fun here than being alone at home. So he nodded furiously, like a little chicken pecking at grain.

Out in the courtyard, the children gathered around and decided to play Go. To Su Bing, the game felt ridiculously childish, but under his mother’s orders, he forced himself to sit and participate.

Xu Sheng, too, found it a little beneath him—but seeing Su Bing playing, he decided it wasn’t so bad after all. Unsurprisingly, the one having the most fun was Su Li.

As the game wore on, Su Bing and Xu Sheng gradually lost interest in playing with Su Li. Frankly, he was just too awful, losing every round without even putting up a fight.

But Su Li, bless his heart, refused to give up. His addiction to the game far outweighed his skill, so he grabbed Su Le to play next, grandly declaring that he was going to teach her how to play.

Su Le scrunched up her tiny nose in disdain and said bluntly, “Second Brother, look, if I don’t move where you tell me to, and I place my piece here instead, doesn’t that mean you lose? And those last few moves you taught me? All wrong! I’ve already memorized the tactics Big Brother and Xu Sheng used—you haven’t learned a single thing!”

Su Li leaned in to check the board and gaped. Somehow, he had actually been checkmated—by his baby sister!

“No way,” he protested. “That was just pure luck! Total coincidence! Lele, come on, one more round! I don’t believe I can lose to a kindergarten kid!”

Xu Sheng tugged on Su Li’s sleeve with a grin and whispered, “Honestly, I suggest you stop while you’re ahead. You can call it ‘luck’ after losing one round, but if you lose the next few too… well, good luck making excuses.”

Su Le, beaming with triumph, gave Xu Sheng a thumbs-up, and Xu Sheng couldn’t help but feel a surge of affection for the clever little girl. She definitely had the Xu family genes—bright, sharp, quick-witted. And Su Bing, too—he was obviously the most brilliant among the next generation of the Xu clan.

As for Su Li… well, Xu Sheng seriously began to wonder if there had been a mix-up at the hospital when Su Li was born.

Of course, Su Li wasn’t about to surrender. Puffing up his chest, he huffed, “Who said I’m making excuses? I’m a good sport—I admit defeat like a real man! Come on, Lele, let’s go again. No way I’m losing to a kindergarten kid!”

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