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Chapter 40 Being obsessed
Just as Shu Yunfu guessed, most of the dishes on the dinner table were fish, including braised fish, steamed fish, pickled fish, boiled fish, fish balls, fish fillets and fish soup. The table was filled with the eldest family, who gathered around the table in a lively atmosphere.

At this time, even if the old Duke admired Shu Yunfu, a junior, there would be no seat for her at the table. Not to mention her, even Gu Changheng would not have a seat.

However, Shu Yunfu never cared about these things. When being with those people, not only did she have to follow the rules, but she also had to be tactful. That was not just a meal; it was clearly a social event!
She was alone in the small courtyard, eating stone pot fish, fish fillet porridge, scallion chicken and stir-fried mushrooms that Yuyan had specially prepared for her. She ate the entire table by herself. She could eat while sitting, squatting, lying down or even upside down. She could eat as much as she wanted, which was much more uncomfortable.

The point is not the dinner, but the evening.

After making a pot of stewed food, Shu Yunfu sat down on the stone bench under the ginkgo tree, eating the spicy and delicious duck necks and duck wings, drinking sweet fruit wine, and pulling Yuyan to play Go with her.

That’s right! Just play Go!

This high-end thing that tests one's IQ is something she had never touched in her previous life. Not to mention her, if one does not go to learn it specifically, few people can do it. It's not anything else, it's really brain-intensive. Aren't chess, military flags, and Gobang all good things? There are too many choices.

She learned how to play Go at the Shu family. Her stepfather had hired a teacher to teach her and her sisters the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, in order to train them to become outstanding daughters who could bring benefits to the Shu family.

But a person's energy is limited, so you don't have to master all these things, but you have to have a basic understanding of them.

In addition, you have to choose two to learn until you are proficient. Of course, if you have extra energy, it is not impossible to learn more.

Because of the Grass of Life, Shu Yunfu felt that her brain had been greatly developed in this life. Although she was not smart enough to have a photographic memory, she was much smarter than the average person, and also much smarter than in her previous life.

So in addition to choosing dance and painting, I also secretly learned to play Go while keeping a low profile.

Dancing can not only enhance her temperament, but also prevent her from being as delicate and weak as other women in the backyard, panting every three steps after taking one step, and swaying in the wind.

If you catch a cold, you will be half dead, with only a few bones left. If the condition is more serious, you will die. Dancing can exercise your body, so it is a must!
She draws because she wants to do needlework. God, even playing Go is not as torturous as needlework.

After studying for so long, the clothes I made are barely wearable, and I can embroider some flowers, but they are all rigid and dull without any spirit, not presentable enough. If it comes to more complicated things, I am at a loss.

After learning to paint, at least she can draw some patterns. She may not be as good as others in embroidery, but at least she can show off some patterns. After all, she can't draw with sketches, and she doesn't know how to do that anyway!

As for playing Go, that is even simpler. When it comes to elegant things in Darong, they are playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Just look at the ranking, look at your own fingers, and then look at the calligraphy you wrote, and you decisively choose to play Go.

Moreover, Go is something that almost all men like Darong have to learn. When she gets married, even if she has nothing to talk about, she can still play Go, which will always make her husband look up to her.

Besides, playing Go more often and exercising your brain more can also improve your thinking ability.

However, Go is extremely difficult, and it requires two people to play. In order to avoid playing against myself, I decisively dragged Yuyan into the game. Isn't it better to share the joy with others than to enjoy it alone?

Just like that, she had a chess friend. When she didn't want to move and was bored, she would play chess with Yuyan, like now. In fact, everyone in this world is different, and everyone's IQ and brain are also different. Playing Go is really a tiring activity for Yuyan, but it would be different if she had a plate of spicy and delicious braised duck at hand.

"Hiss~hiss~Miss, why don't you eat it? Didn't you like these ducks in the past?"

There was a chessboard on the stone table. Two men, each holding a flag box, were fighting on one side of the chessboard with black and white chess pieces in one hand, while in the other hand they were holding the spicy and salty duck and eating it with relish.

Although it's not very spicy, it's still so spicy that my lips are red and swollen if I eat too much. Yuyan is gasping for air due to the spiciness, but still can't help but keep stuffing more into her mouth. The more she eats, the more she wants to eat.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes, added a white piece to the chessboard, and said unhappily: "And then I eat you like this, how can I face people?"

"Hmm? Who else are you going to see at this late hour, young lady?"

She found it strange that when they were about to go to bed, the lady still asked her to play chess and asked the kitchen to braise duck. No wonder.

Suddenly, he paused while tearing the chicken wing and asked cautiously, "Miss, are you waiting for..."

He looked around and saw that no one was around, so he whispered, "Are you waiting for the Duke?"

"It's your turn!"

She raised her eyebrows and glanced at her, then raised her chin towards her. Clearly she didn't answer, but Yuyan knew that her young lady had acquiesced, and she immediately became anxious.

"Today, the Duke's family went to the old Duke's courtyard to have a meal. I guess they went back with the Duke's wife after they finished eating. They probably won't come."

"Miss, are you obsessed with the Duke?"

Thinking of what the young lady asked her to do today, Yuyan became even more worried. "Young lady, with your current status and the Duke... it is impossible for you to achieve a happy ending. You should think twice!"

If the young lady had not entered the Second Master's backyard and had not been his concubine, then she would not worry no matter how far apart the young lady was from the Duke of England, because in her eyes the young lady was the best and worthy of a good husband like the Duke of England.

As fate would have it, the young lady became Mr. Gu's concubine, and had such a shameful relationship with the Duke. This was completely contrary to the secular rules, but this was not a decision the young lady made on her own, and she understood the young lady's dilemma.

She did not comment on the young lady's decision. The young lady always had her reasons for doing so, and she just had to obey her. But that did not mean she was happy with the young lady struggling in this quagmire.

She also hoped that the young lady could break free from this complicated and tangled relationship. After all, the young lady would be the one who suffered the most in such a thing.

In her opinion, the young lady is rational, smart and decisive, and always has many unique ideas in her mind. Over the years, no matter what situation she is in, she is always so clear-headed and has never been confused or irrational.

(End of this chapter)