Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
She was about to lead her team away when Alma blocked her path.
“Just five minutes! Five minutes to determine the winner.”
They didn’t have to finish the game. As long as someone was leading in five minutes, they would be declared the winner.
Mirabella knew Alma was still not over their past conflicts. She wanted to challenge her to a game of chess, which meant her chess skills must be on par with her violin skills.
“You don’t even ask what Mirabella is good at, and you just propose a game of chess. You just want to beat Mirabella at something you’re good at, right?
Don’t you think that’s not very sportsmanlike?”“Fine, no need to play. Mirabella gave it to you.”
“You agreed to the bet, and you have to accept the loss. Even that basic principle you don’t understand, oh, I get it, it must be because your teacher wanted to take Mirabella as his last disciple, so you’re feeling unbalanced.”
“Mirabella, beat her, show her that there are always people better than her”
“Let’s go.” Mirabella still didn’t want to play with her.
Alma once again blocked her way, “Just one minute, one minute to decide the winner.”
With things coming to this point.
Mirabella raised an eyebrow. She really wanted to compete?
People from Westerly College couldn’t help but retort, “Have you been pampered from a young age, never lost, so you can’t accept defeat? Mirabella already said she has no time, and you’re still sticking around like a stubborn stain. Haven’t you heard the saying, every dog has its day.”
“What stubborn stain! Alma is the Collins family’s heiress, and if you say she’s a stubborn stain, then you’re worse than that!”
“Exactly, Alma is willing to compete with you. That’s because she respects you.”
“A top scorer should be capable of everything, right? It’s just a minute-long game, and you’ve been wasting more than a minute here already.”
“Exactly!”
“Bella, I challenge you. If you’re not good at chess, you can choose another talent,’ Alma confidently proposed. “I can play the piano, chess, and even do painting and calligraphy.”
Alma, being the daughter of a wealthy family, had plenty of opportunities to hone her talents. Many around her secretly admired the shimmering aura she exuded. If they could, they’d love to have the same impressive background and talents and be the object of others’ envy.
“Fine, chess it is” Bella reluctantly agreed. “One minute.”
Alma was secretly delighted. She borrowed a chess set and graciously allowed Bella to make the first move.
“No need, I’ll give you a three-move advantage.”
What?
Alma was insulted by Bella’s offer. She smiled and said, “That wouldn’t be fair, would it? Competition is about fairness. I’ll call you sis. Respecting the elders is a traditional virtue in Solterra. So please, make the first move.”
Bella didn’t want to waste her breath arguing, so she made the first move.
Alma thought Bella was speechless in the face of her wit and felt even more triumphant. However, her smile didn’t last long as she watched the game progress.
It was supposed to be a simple game, but Bella maneuvered with such ease, leaving Alma at a disadvantage. Her pieces were continuously captured by Bella.In less than a minute, the outcome was clear. Many of the onlookers who had just arrived saw the end of the game, with Bella as the winner.
Bella maintained her indifferent demeanor, as if winning or losing was a trivial matter to her.
But Alma sat before the chessboard, thunderstruck. She had believed she could maintain a lead for at least a minute. But now, looking at the disastrous state of the board, she was filled with shame and couldn’t utter a word.
How could this be.
How could Bella’s chess skills be so formidable?
It was one thing for her to be good at violin, but to also crush her at chess.
As Bella stood up, someone exclaimed, “It’s Professor Oswald!”
Professor Oswald had somehow appeared amongst the crowd. No one knew how long he’d been standing there watching. His warm smile and approving applause were directed at Bella.
“Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I had no idea you were also skilled at chess. Who did you learn from?”
To win over Alma in both violin and chess was impressive.
Alma was equally talented in chess as she was in violin.
But instead of boasting about her mentor, Bella asked, “What brings you here,Professor Oswald?”
Instead of judging the competition, what brought him backstage?
“I wanted to add you on WhatsApp,’ Professor Oswald replied with agentlemanly smile.He had mentioned, while commenting on Bella’s violin performance, that ifshe ever changed her mind, she was welcome to seek him out at the ViolinAssociation, or he could add her on WhatsApp.
He was serious!
As soon as Bella left the audience area, he followed!
Everyone was stunned by his actions. It was clear he was very fond of Bellaand satisfied with her performance. He intended to take her as his student.
In front of so many people, Bella didn’t want to embarrass him. She took out her phone, opened her QR code, and handed it over.
After scanning her contact card, Professor Oswald said, “Added.”
After accepting his request, Bella commented, “I have another team to coach for the competition. I won’t keep you, Professor.”
“Very well; Professor Oswald nodded, “Feel free to reach out anytime.”
As he walked past Alma, he didn’t spare her a glance.
He thought that by pretending not to see her, he could spare her the bruise on her ego.
But Alma misunderstood his good intentions and felt even more jealous and dissatisfied!
She felt that Professor Oswald was ignoring her and repeatedly showing favor to Bella, treating her as invisible.
Everyone else was gathering around Bella.
“Bella, you’re amazing! Not only are you good at violin, but your chess skills are also top-notch!”
“When did you start playing chess?”
“Some folks have miscalculated their moves. They wanted to beat you but ended up embarrassing themselves again.”
“Hahaha, exactly.”
Just then, a resonant and robust voice reached every ear.
“Well, well, let me see what’s happening over here. It’s quite lively!”
Everyone turned to the voice, surprised to see none other than the renowned Mr. Eugene!
Mr. Eugene is a well-known Chess Master, mastering all types of chess, especially Go.
Because of his extreme obsession with chess, many people called him “Chess Fanatic.”
Why would such a big shot appear at a small competition like the one at Summerfield College and even wander backstage?
Could it be, like Oswald, Mr. Eugene was also looking for gifted young players in the competition to take as disciples?
Thinking that, everyone’s gaze turned to Alma.
Alma’’s Go skills were taught by Chess Master Morgan, who was said to have received guidance from Mr. Eugene.However, Alma lost to Mirabella. Would Mr. Eugene still consider her worthy, would he take her as his protege.
“Can someone tell me what’s going on? Why are there so many people?”
There were too many people; the old man couldn’t spot Mirabella.
He had heard from Grandpa Beck that Mirabella would lead the team to Summerfield College today, so he came here specifically to catch her!
The girl had promised to play a few games of chess with him, but it had been three to four months, and he hadn’t seen her!
He had to make a special trip here.
Unreliable.
What’s more infuriating was that Grandpa Beck had been flaunting photos of him and the girl conducting experiments, irking everyone.
Every time they saw the girl experimenting with him, the group couldn’t help but scold Grandpa Beck, but he seemed to enjoy it.
Today, Grandpa Charles, the Principal of Summerfield College, was busy.
Instead, Vice Principal Mr. Leopold was bending over backward to accommodate him, looking very respectful.
“I heard that Alma from the Collins family is playing Go against Mirabella from Westerly College.’ Mr.
Leopold said with a jovial smile.
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