Around two o'clock, the old man woke up and asked the butler to call Wei Mosheng over, insisting on playing chess with him.
Wei Mosheng had no choice but to leave Yu Tang alone in the room.
He went to Wei Changyuan's room, sat opposite the old man, picked up a chess piece, and joined the game.
Go was a compulsory course that Old Master Wei taught Wei Mosheng after he came to the Wei family.
However, because he still needed to learn other knowledge, Wei Mosheng's understanding of Go was not deep; at most, he had only learned a little bit of the basics.
He played three games against Wei Changyuan, and lost all three.
“Ah Sheng, your mind is not at peace,” Wei Changyuan said. “Everyone’s chess style reflects their personality. As you can see now, you still have a lot to learn.”
Wei Mosheng pursed his lips and put down the chess piece. He already harbored resentment towards the old man and didn't like Go at all. At this moment, he finally couldn't help but say, "If you called me here to lecture me on these grand principles, now that you've achieved your goal, can you let me go?"
Wei Changyuan was slightly taken aback.
Then, anger surged in his heart. He wanted to question Wei Mosheng: What right do you have to talk to me like that? Do you know how to respect your elders?
But when faced with Wei Mosheng's indifferent face, he couldn't bring himself to say those words.
Finally, he just sighed and said, "I went to the hospital a while ago."
He pointed to the side of his head and said, "The doctor said there's a tumor here. Although it's benign, the surgery would be risky because of its location."
"I'm over seventy years old now, really old. All this tormenting will probably leave me with only a few years left, even if I recover well after surgery."
"I admit that the Wei family has wronged you and your son. But now that you have returned to the Wei family and acknowledged your ancestors, I hope you can do a good job in developing the Wei family."
After all, everything here will be yours after I die. Even if the collateral branches want to fight over it, they can't beat you.
Wei Mosheng looked at him quietly, without feeling any emotion of gratitude or sympathy.
but……
"Let's play one more round," he said. "I want to beat you."
Upon hearing this, Wei Changyuan paused for a moment, then smiled. The wrinkles on his face piled up, giving him a somewhat kind and benevolent appearance.
"Okay, let's play one more round."
The two then played three more rounds.
Wei Mosheng made rapid progress and gained insight into Wei Changyuan's chess style.
In addition, Wei Changyuan became physically tired as the game progressed, and his concentration also declined as he had at the beginning.
This led to Wei Mosheng finally winning the last game.
A slight smile unconsciously crept onto Wei Mosheng's lips, but he quickly suppressed it.
He said, "Playing chess is tiring, Grandpa should take a rest."
"Okay, then I'll take a break." Wei Changyuan relaxed his posture and said, "Could you help me put all the chess pieces away in the study?"
Wei Mosheng responded, put away the chess pieces, went into the study, and placed them in their proper place.
This was my first time entering the study of the old house.
He unconsciously began to observe.
Both sides are tall solid wood bookshelves, more than two meters high, which display ancient books as well as foreign classics.
In the center stands a heavy rosewood desk, upon which are laid some documents and books.
Wei Mosheng's gaze fell on one of the documents, which was called a Substitute Agreement.
My attention was drawn to the name "Lin Yutang" above...
Chapter 41
The first time a villain was resurrected (41)
Picking up the paper agreement, Wei Mosheng sat at his desk and quietly read it from beginning to end.
Not a single word was overlooked.
While he was looking at it, Yu Tang was called into Wei Changyuan's room.
He sat down opposite Wei Changyuan and asked, "Grandpa Wei, what brings you here?"
"Lin Yutang..." He called Yutang by his full name and asked, "You've really fallen in love with my grandson, haven't you?"
Yu Tang didn't understand why he suddenly asked that, but still answered, "Hmm..."
"So, it's time to free you from your role as a substitute," the old man said. "You are not the original Yu Tang, but the young master of the Lin family, Lin Yu Tang."
Ah Sheng's affections shouldn't be directed towards that boxer anymore, but towards you, someone worthy of the Wei family.
Yu Tang had a vague premonition that something was wrong.
Then, he heard Xiao Jin's voice in his mind.
[Master, Wei Mosheng saw that substitute agreement!]
Yu Tang was stunned; he had completely forgotten about the problem with that agreement!
Moreover, he always believed that Wei Changyuan would never reveal this matter!
boom--
As soon as Xiao Jin finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook, and the tables and chairs also swayed.
"It's an earthquake!" The butler, who was standing nearby, quickly helped Wei Changyuan up and said, "Master, let's get out of here and take shelter!"
"Young Master Lin, you should also hurry up and go to an open area!"
The incident was so bizarre that Yu Tang was stunned for a moment. Wei Changyuan couldn't bother to talk to Yu Tang anymore and hurriedly followed the butler, staggering out of the room.
When the three of them came out, the servants of the Wei family outside also came out of the room and ran into the open garden.
Yu Tang glanced around hurriedly but didn't see Wei Mosheng.
[Master, Wei Mosheng is in the study. He's the one who caused this earthquake!]
My Lord, look up.
Bai Feng's voice came, and Yu Tang looked up and saw that the sky was originally light blue.
By this time, dark clouds had gathered, all of them converging on the old house, like a hole in the ground, twisting the clouds into a vortex.
Wei Mosheng's emotional stability controlled the stability of this small world.
Therefore, it now appears that the mental impact of that agreement on Wei Mosheng was so great that it could cause the collapse of a portion of the plane.
If this is not stopped soon, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Ah Sheng is still in the study!" Wei Changyuan felt nervous when he didn't see Wei Mosheng. He thought of asking a servant to go find Wei Mosheng.
In the blink of an eye, they saw that Yu Tang had already run back to the shaking, dangerous area ahead of everyone else. And at the end of that corridor was the study!
The ground cracked, gravel fell, and the wooden pillars swayed.
Yu Tang shielded his head with his arm, ran quickly to the study, and pushed open the wooden door!
He thought he would see Wei Mosheng hiding in a corner, burying his head in his hands and crying.
Or they might see him and angrily accuse him of being a stand-in, saying he wasn't the original Wei Mosheng from Yutang.
But what he didn't expect was...
The young man in the study simply sat calmly in his armchair, ignoring the swaying bookshelves and scattered books around him, until he saw him arrive.
She then shifted her gaze from the paper to him.
The two looked at each other.
"Master, the earthquake has stopped..." Xiao Jin's surprised voice came through: [The dark clouds have also dispersed...]
As Xiao Jin finished speaking, the study, which had become unusually dark due to the overcast sky outside, was once again filled with sunlight.
The light shone in from the window behind Wei Mosheng, falling on the pages of the book and elongating the young man's shadow, projecting it onto the table and the floor.
“Ah Sheng…” Yu Tang said as he walked toward Wei Mosheng, “There was an earthquake outside just now. Although it has stopped now, there may still be aftershocks. Let’s hurry and take shelter in an open space.”
His footsteps fell on Wei Mosheng's shadow.
We've traveled all the way here.
Upon reaching the young man and seeing the stand-in agreement in his hand, she said, "I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you about this."
“At that time, I had just been reborn and brought you from the cemetery to the hospital. In order to find a reasonable excuse to stay by your side, I agreed to the substitute agreement proposed by your grandfather.”
"As you know, we weren't related at the time, and I was worried that you might become emotionally agitated and harm yourself after waking up. So I wanted to use this identity to appear before you the moment you woke up. I'm sorry I didn't explain it clearly to you at the beginning..."
“Yes, I understand.” Wei Mosheng nodded. “You should have told me about this sooner.”
"But now that I've figured it out myself and you've explained it clearly, everything's fine."
As he spoke, he closed the agreement, then placed his hands in the middle, took one half in each hand, and tore it in opposite directions.
Tear—
The document was torn in two.
Then, overlapping, Wei Mosheng repeated the same action, tearing it in two again...
Then they overlapped again...
Finally, when it was torn to shreds as fine as it could be, he stood up and tossed the pieces of his hand over his head.
Under the sunlight, the torn pieces of paper scattered like snowflakes, coated with a faint layer of gold, falling gently and gracefully.
The scene was a bit eerie.
No, it's that Wei Mosheng's actions were bizarre throughout.
And if things get too calm, that's very problematic...
“Let’s go…” Wei Mosheng seemed oblivious to Yu Tang’s astonished gaze, and instead grabbed his hand, saying, “Otherwise, if there are any aftershocks later, it will be dangerous.”
Everyone at the Wei family's old house was gathered in the spacious courtyard, discussing the strange earthquake and the unusual phenomenon that had just appeared in the sky.
Wei Changyuan leaned on his cane, his palm constantly rubbing the tip, revealing his inner worry.
He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yu Tang and Wei Mosheng come out.