My wife is a beautiful Ceo 1

Chapter 291-295

Chapter 291

It was morning in Beijing. In a huge house in a suburb, there were lots of trees and flowers planted in its enormous courtyard which displayed an ancient design. In the dry and extremely low-temperature weather, the pine and cypress trees looked green as always. Two snow-white plum blossoms stood tall and proud as they resisted the wind. Emitting a fresh and fragrant smell, they made the courtyard particularly pleasant.

On a green stone table, there was a huge area of checkerboard engraved for Go. The black and white stones were scattered all over the table while a teapot was placed on one corner, with its spout releasing white vapor.

[TL note: Go (围棋) is a popular board game invented more than 2500 years ago. The black and white playing pieces are called 'stones'.]

At the surroundings of the courtyard, there stood a few people at the hidden corners, silently guarding the place.

At this moment, a rather small-sized old man wearing an old-fashioned cotton shirt and cotton trousers came out from a few pine trees from a bent down position as he held a small shovel using an arm, and some yellowed, shovelled weeds with another. He had grey and white hair and some age spots. His body was filled with dust, making him look rather pathetic.

The old man put the shovel beside the table and the weeds beneath the pine seedlings before turning around and sitting on the green stone stool. Raising the teapot, he directly sucked on the spout of the teapot.

The tea was quickly finished. The old man took a bottle of hot water from the side and made some tea. After that, he started pondering upon the unfinished Go game.

Wearing thick, grey clothes, a kind-looking old woman with slightly drooping cheeks walked into the courtyard and came to the green stone table. Smiling, she bowed as she said, "Master, Commander Manobam is back. He's outside waiting to see you."

The old man slowly lifted a white stone and suddenly dropped it onto the checkerboard. Knock!

On the checkerboard, the situation for the black side was extremely dangerous.

The old man finally turned his head over. Slowly, he said, "Let him come in."

"Yes." The old woman slowly walked out of the place.

After a short while, a tall and muscular, general-rank man dressed in a green military uniform walked into the courtyard. Having knife-like sharp and handsome facial features, he instantly got energetic when he saw the old man as he expressed much respect. He was  Hyun Bin  Manobam.

"Father, I'm here,"  Hyun Bin greeted the old man with his head lowered.

The old man waved his hand. " Hyun Bin , sit down, take a look for me. Does the black chess still have a chance to live?"

Hyun Bin accepted his request without asking any questions. Straightening his back, he sat on the stool opposite to the old man. He looked at it seriously as he contemplated and frowned. After a long time, he said, "The black chess has no way out, there's no way to save the situation."

"Really..." The old man nodded and didn't explain if Han Bin was right or not. Raising his head, he smiled faintly at  Hyun Bin , causing his white moustache to shake lightly. "You must be tired to rush here all the way from Jiangnan military region just to see this old man."

"Not tired, I only hate that I can't always keep Father company," Hyun Bin said loudly and sincerely.

"Hehe..." The old man chuckled as he was elated. "In this life, I, Soon Jae Manobam, only have a son and a daughter. Jieyu moved to Zhonghai after she got married, while my only son is in the Jiangnan military region. To the people outside, I can be considered a lonely old man already."