"Miss Hua, your family name is Hua, but what's the meaning of having so many flowers?"
Lin Feng finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
It was one thing for women to like growing flowers, but it was too incomprehensible for such a large family as the Hua family to also focus on growing flowers.
"My grandfather likes flowers. Flowers can bring good luck and also cultivate one's character."
"All these flowers were personally raised by my grandfather. He gets up very early every day, and the first thing he does is come to the garden to tend to his flowers."
Hua Yu explained.
"Your grandfather is truly sentimental. With so many flowers, just watering them would take the old man a whole day."
Lin Feng found it tiring and a waste of time just thinking about it.
Hua Yu looked at Lin Feng as if he were an alien. "Don't you know there's a device called an automatic watering system?"
"Do you think my grandfather is made of iron, having to get up early to water each flower individually?"
Hua Yu was truly exasperated with Lin Feng, calling him a country bumpkin.
"Oh, I see. I was wondering why the old man wouldn't be so idle."
Lin Feng gave an awkward smile.
"Master, Miss has arrived."
Upon reaching the pavilion in the center of the garden, Shou Bo bowed to the old man in white practice clothes within the pavilion.
"Since you're here, come and finish this game of chess with me."
The old man beckoned, signaling Hua Yu and Lin Feng to come over.
Lin Feng moved closer and only then realized the old man was playing chess against himself.
Grandpa Hua, named Hua Wubing, appeared to be over eighty years old, but his physique was as robust as a young man's.
He had a dignified appearance and an imposing aura.
From Grandpa Hua's upright and righteous demeanor, Lin Feng could sense that the old man was also a martial artist.
Moreover, the old man was a martial arts master, as he didn't use his hands to move the chess pieces; with a mere flick of his finger, the pieces were moved by his internal energy.
"Grandpa, I'm no match for you. If I don't play, you'll just bully me."
Hua Yu refused with a smile.
"I didn't ask you to play, I asked Lin Feng to play with me."
Grandpa Hua then looked up at Lin Feng, revealing a gentle smile.
"Grandpa, Lin Feng is also no match for you. His chess skills might even be worse than mine."
Hua Yu said awkwardly.
"Hey, who says my chess skills are worse than yours? Don't always look down on me."
Lin Feng was indignant; his chess skills were very high.
"Hua Yu, don't say that about Xiao Lin. Winning or losing isn't important; what's important is finishing this game with me."
Grandpa Hua smiled and gestured for Lin Feng to sit down.
Lin Feng was not one to hesitate. He sat opposite the old man and, with a grand gesture, advanced his pawn.
The old man chuckled and used his cannon to capture Lin Feng's knight.
"Lin Feng, do you even know how to play? Your knight is about to be lost, and you're still advancing your pawn? What kind of play is that?"
Hua Yu found it both amusing and exasperating, feeling that Lin Feng was playing without any strategy.
"Don't worry, I'm letting the old man capture a knight to make him happy. I'm guaranteed to win this game."
Lin Feng said nonchalantly. With his precognitive ability, how could he not know the old man's next move?
And so, Lin Feng successively sacrificed many pieces to the old man.
In the end, Lin Feng delivered a checkmate with a knight positioned behind the enemy's cannon.
"Amazing, I actually lost?"
The old man looked at Lin Feng's sudden checkmate formation with great surprise and disbelief.
Hua Yu was also astonished. She crouched down to examine Lin Feng's moves carefully and realized that Lin Feng had been trying to set up the checkmate formation all along.
Meanwhile, her grandfather's rhythm had been disrupted by Lin Feng's unconventional moves, allowing Lin Feng to win through a clever tactic.
"Grandpa, he won by opportunism. You were just careless."
Hua Yu comforted him.
"Not at all, not at all. Young Lin's chess skills are very high. It seems without strategy, but in reality, he anticipated my every move."
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to use the knight checkmate to defeat me. I've lost this game wholeheartedly."
The old man laughed heartily, and his gaze towards Lin Feng held a hint of admiration.
"Oh, I get it, you cheated!"
Hua Yu suddenly remembered Lin Feng's ability to see the future, which explained why Lin Feng was so confident.
If her grandfather hadn't mentioned it, she would have forgotten Lin Feng's incredible skill.
"Alright, I admit I cheated. I was just playing along to make the old man happy, and only you took it seriously."
"If the old man truly wanted to win against me, I would have lost even with cheating. You wouldn't understand!"
Lin Feng said with a smile, pinching Hua Yu's cheek.
Hua Yu was bewildered by Lin Feng's words.
"What do you mean? Are you saying my grandfather let you win on purpose?"
Hua Yu was very confused.
"Yes, I'm the new son-in-law visiting. Why would the old man try to put me down? Of course, he wanted to test me."
Lin Feng found Hua Yu, who was usually quite intelligent, to be acting foolishly at this moment.
"Grandpa, is what he's saying true? Did you let him win?"
Hua Yu inquired.
"It's not important. What's important is that through this game of chess, the old man and I have gained some understanding of each other."
"Ah Shou, arrange for the kitchen to prepare some delicious food, and inform Hua He and the others to come over and eat together. I want to formally introduce my Hua family's grandson-in-law to everyone."
The old man, in great spirits, gave the order.