After Lee Minho finished his lunch, his phone rang.
The caller turned out to be Han Seungwoo.
"Hello?"
-"It's me."
Lee Minho said with a smile in his eyes.
"I know already. I've watched your game earlier, it was very exciting."
Han Seungwoo on the other end of the phone unconsciously had a smile in his eyes.
-"I also watched your game, but you still showed mercy."
After Han Seungwoo finished the match, he immediately watched the live replay of the Lee Minho's match.
When he saw that Bao Zhan had spoken rudely to Lee Minho, Han Seungwoo was actually angry.
But he knew that Lee Minho would never let Bao Zhan go easily. He will be taught a profound lesson soon enough.
Just watching the match. Han Seungwoo could tell that Lee Minho didn't actually give his best.
If Lee Minho had used all his strength from the beginning, Bao Zhan probably wouldn't be able to last forty moves.
Lee Minho disagreed and said.
"If you kill the prey directly from the beginning, what's the point?"
He then added on.
"The best way to punish the prey is of course to give him hope first, and finally drive then to death. Wouldn't it be more fun to turn hope into despair?"
Han Seungwoo didn't expect Lee Minho to have such an idea. The corner of his mouth raised slightly unconsciously.
He didn't think Lee Minho idea was too much, on the contrary, he thought it was very good for Lee Minho to do so.
Those young people in the professional chess world recently are indeed too impetuous.
Give them a little hit.
As for whether they will lose their love for chess because of this, they will never get up again.
As a professional chess player, if you lose a game and unable to get up. With such a poor psychological quality, it is better to leave the professional chess world directly.
After the phone call, Lee Minho lay down directly on the sofa in the box, pretending to rest.
In fact, he entered the system space and went to find the old man of chess.
Seeing Lee Minho coming, the old man snorted coldly.
"How about it, have you found your chess heart?"
Lee Minho shook his head.
"No."
The old man blew his beard and stared.
"Didn't the old man say that if you don't find your chess heart, don't bother me again?"
Lee Minho looked at the grumpy old man, and said slowly.
"Although I haven't found it yet. But I think as long as I keep playing chess, I will definitely find it in the future."
"You will keep playing chess?"
The old man looked at Lee Minho suspiciously.
"Of course, I have already signed up for the scheduled competition. I will soon become a professional chess player."
The old man then replied.
"Didn't you say that chess is just a pastime?"
Lee Minho then explained.
"I'm about to become a professional chess player, so how could I give up chess? I might have thought chess was a pastime before, but now I don't."
With a smile Lee Minho looked at the old man and said.
"I really like chess. I will always keep playing."
The old man didn't speak, but just looked at Lee Minho quietly.
After a while, he waved his hand and said,
"Okay, since everyone is here, let's play a game. Let me see if your chess strength has declined recently."
"Okay."
In fact, Lee Minho's chess strength not only did not regress, but also improved more than before.
The old man was very pleased.
Although Lee Minho still lost this game, the old man took out a small black box with a size of a palm from his pocket and passed it to Lee Minho.
"This is for you."
Lee Minho took the small box curiously.
"What is this?"
The old man waved his hand and said.
"Okay, this old man is tired, just go."
A white light flashed, and Lee Minho went straight back to the system's lottery space.
The small system appeared, and said with a smile.
{Congratulations to the host, the chess teacher's favorability for you has reached full marks.}
{As a result, the host has received a special gift from the chess teacher. Do you accept it?}
"Of course I accepted it. I have it all in my hand, can I still return it?"
The small system waved its hand, and a white light flew out of its hand, hitting the box in Lee Minho's hand.
Immediately afterwards, the box in opened.
A bronze-colored, ancient-looking key appeared in Lee Minho's eyes.
"This is..."
The system grinned and said.
{Congratulations to the host, you received a courtyard in Kyoto as a gift from the chess teacher.}
{The courtyard have been legally transferred to the host's name. The certificate of property rights will be delivered tomorrow. Please pay attention to the host to check.}
[I XXX...]
Lee Minho was so excited with his mind going wild.
'Oh my God, a courtyard in Kyoto!'
'Regardless of how big the courtyard is, I want it.'
The courtyard houses still preserved in Kyoto.
A complete set of courtyard is at least a few hundreds of square meters.
And it's something money can't buy.
In the past, Lee Minho liked ancient buildings like courtyard houses very much.
Because the hometown before his adoptive parents was a very old house.
It's just a pity that the house is not big, it is a quadrangle house with two entrances. And it's pretty run down.
When Lee Minho was twelve years old, all the houses collapsed because of a storm.
Later, it became a set of small buildings with a yard.
Now the old man of chess actually gave him a courtyard house in Kyoto, which is like gold in the sky.
"System, is it possible to get gifts as long as you fill up the favorability of those teachers?"
You know, in the systematic learning space, Lee Minho has more than thirty teachers.
'If every teacher gave me a house.'
Good guy, in this life he can realize the great ideal of landlord.
{Please don't be so naive, the teacher's good feelings are not so easy to get full.}
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Lee Minho rubbed his chin and thought.
'When I enter the system space to study in the future, I had to work harder than before.'
After all, teachers like students who work hard.
Maybe, he will soon be able to fill up the favorability of other teachers.
After a while Lee Minho made an appointment with Ren Yena for dinner at 5:30 pm.
The reserved place is the private restaurant.
Ren Yena came to the appointment half an hour early.
She was wearing a blue haute couture dress that was made out of the rush.
The dress completely highlighted her exquisite figure and snow-white skin.
Coupled with exquisite makeup, it is simply magnificent.
Walking all the way through the door of the private restaurant, it attracted the attention of many men.
However, Lee Minho felt that her grand attire was a bit too much.
It's just a meal, it's like walking a red carpet.
Beauty is beauty, but beauty is too deliberate.
It's still not as good as Han Seungwoo. With natural beauty, no matter how you look at it, you think it looks good.
There are two tables in the box, one is a big table and the other is a small table.
Lee Minho thought about eating for two, so he could just use the small square table.
Lee Minho opened the chair for Ren Yena gentlemanly.
After Ren Yena sat down with some surprise, she nodded her thanks to Lee Minho gracefully and subtly.
She thought that Lee Minho was amazed by her outfit today.
But in fact, Lee Minho is only because of learned etiquette and habitual behavior.
Ren Yena looked at Lee Minho with her beautiful eyes, he was wearing white casual clothes today.
Ren Yena found that she seemed to be dressed a little too grandly.
'But it doesn't matter, as long as Lee Minho likes it.'
Ren Yena parted her red lips lightly, and was about to speak.
But Lee Minho pressed the intercom on the table.
"Here we are, let's serve."
Ren Yena's beautiful eyes were slightly stunned and a looks of astonishment appeared on the pretty face.
'Next, shouldn't he let me order?'
'I didn't ordered food yet, so why did he serve it?'
The door of the box opened quickly, and the two waiters put down three dishes and one soup and left.
These three dishes and one soup were ordered by Lee Minho before Ren Yena came.
He glanced at the stunned Ren Yena, didn't say anything, just picked up the spoon, and while spooning the soup, he said.
"Look, you don't even have the qualifications to order food without strength."
Ren Yena's pupils constricted suddenly.
After Lee Minho spooned a bowl of soup, he didn't pass it to Ren Yena, but drank it on his own.
Lee minhi actions obviously meant to humiliate Ren Yena.
Although she wanted to curry favor with him, Lee Minho's blatant humiliation instantly made her face icy cold.
"Young Master Lee, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean? I thought I had explained it to you before."
Lee Minho lowered the soup bowl and spoon.
"Since you still don't understand, I'll tell you directly this time. Ms. Ren, I'm not interested in you. Not now, nor in the future."
He then continued.
"You don't like me that much, do you? If you don't like it, why force yourself. And I don't like others to use the people around me. Even if that person is willing."
Now that Ren Yena had tried her best, Lee Minho could still see her reluctance.
What angered Lee Minho the most was that she actually used Kang Taehyun to get close to him.
Fortunately, Kang Taehyun is clear-headed.
Otherwise, the relationship between him and Kang Taehyun is likely to break down because of this.
If someone else is not clear-headed, they may even deal with him in reverse.
Therefore, Lee Minho was already very dissatisfied with Ren Yena.
Lee Minho just revealed a threat in his words.
The meaning in his words was directly equivalent to describing Ren Yena as a woman who would do anything to get close to him.
Although she had been prepared, Ren Yena was still flushed with shame.
She can't wait to leave here already.
After all, she has been aboveboard since she was a child.
But in order to get close to Lee Minho, she violated her own principles of life.
'I really have no face to stay any longer.'
But she couldn't leave, she clenched her fists, raised her delicate face, and said to Lee Minho.
"I know Young Master Lee doesn't like me, but I also told you that I have my own difficulties."
Lee Minho was expressionless and said.
"To get the Ren family?"
Ren Yena raised her chin and replied.
"It's to prove that I am no worse than you men. I can do what you men can do. I am more capable and qualified to run the Ren family than the rest of our family."
Ren Yena is proud. In the eyes of outsiders, she has been the proud daughter of heaven since she was born.
She is talented, intelligent and capable.
Why deny everything about her just because she is a woman?
"The layout is small."
"What?"
Ren Yena looked at Lee Minho without knowing why.
Lee Minho picked up a clean bowl, filled it with a soup, and gently placed it in front of her.
"You just want to prove your ability. Instead of taking charge of the corrupt Ren family, why don't you recreate a thriving Ren family?"
Lee Minho's words stunned Ren Yena.
Seeing her expression, Lee Minho continued.
"Even if you successfully take over the Ren family, you are not as good as the person who created the Ren family."
"If you want to prove your ability, then create a brand new Ren family. Prove to them that you are no better than them but even more than them."
Lee Minho's words were like enlightenment.
'Instead of taking over the Ren family, why not create a brand new Ren family?'
"Can I?"
Ren Yena looked at Lee Minho intently and muttered to herself.
Lee Minho tilted his head and looked at Ren Yena innocently like a child.
"Why not?"