Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 230 - 161: Chess Reflects Character!

"Xiaozhang, do you play chess?"

Lin Moxuan asked.

He roughly understood his daughter’s thoughts and purposely set an unattainable material condition to dissuade the other party.

But Lin Moxuan wouldn’t allow such a situation to happen and directly took over today’s matchmaking session.

Although he wasn’t very satisfied with Zhang Chaofan either, it was much better than having his daughter be swayed by Shen Qiushan.

"Chinese chess?"

"I know a thing or two."

Zhang Chaofan replied modestly.

"Old Lin, Xiaozhang is just being modest. He’s really good at Chinese chess; he even won the amateur chess tournament in Sanjiang City!"

Wang Shulan said with a cheerful smile.

"Runner-up, it was runner-up."

Zhang Chaofan humbly corrected.

"Being runner-up is impressive too!"

Lin Moxuan nodded with a smile. He originally planned to spar with Zhang Chaofan himself but then thought, given the guy was the runner-up in the Sanjiang City amateur chess tournament, he probably couldn’t win.

However, winning wasn’t the main focus.

The real point was to let Zhang Chaofan demonstrate his strengths!

"Qiushan, why don’t you play two games with Xiaozhang while I watch on the side?"

Having navigated through bureaucracy all his life, Lin Moxuan effortlessly thought of a win-win solution.

Letting Zhang Chaofan and Shen Qiushan face off in a match not only showcased Zhang Chaofan’s extraordinary chess skills but also put Shen Qiushan in his place!

Thinking of taking another one of my daughters?

Dream on!

Forget about giving me an Ancient Inkstone!

Even bringing the Heirloom Seal of the Realm wouldn’t work!

"Sure."

"I’ve been busy with military training recently, haven’t played chess in a while."

Shen Qiushan nodded with a smile, roughly guessing his prospective father-in-law’s intentions.

However, Director Lin didn’t know that Shen Qiushan had a trick up his sleeve.

Previously, he had used a Skill Card to acquire an "Extraordinary Level" skill: Chess Dao.

In this world, when it comes to any kind of chess, Shen Qiushan was a grandmaster!

Forget about an amateur tournament’s runner-up, even a professional championship winner wouldn’t stand a chance against Shen Qiushan.

"Brother Shen, you go first."

Sitting on either side of the board, Zhang Chaofan politely gestured for him to start.

"Alright."

"Then I won’t hold back!"

Without hesitation, Shen Qiushan opened with a standard move, immediately deploying his cannon.

Zhang Chaofan responded by jumping his horse in defense...

And so, the battle commenced.

Lin Moxuan sat beside them, holding a teacup, occasionally sipping, looking quite at ease. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Although he wasn’t playing himself, in the eyes of this seasoned Director Lin, both of them were merely pieces on his board.

This feeling of having everything under control put him in a good mood.

Especially as Zhang Chaofan made a few excellent moves, quickly gaining the upper hand.

Lin Moxuan nodded repeatedly, unable to resist turning to Lin Xiamo and saying, "Momo, look at how well Xiaozhang plays chess, he’s quite skilled!"

Lin Xiamo naturally knew what her father was thinking, just wanting Zhang Chaofan to suppress Shen Qiushan in this chess game.

But to Lin Xiamo, this seemed incredibly dull.

So what if someone is great at chess?

What does it prove?

She hadn’t heard of any woman choosing a boyfriend based on chess skills.

"Character often correlates with chess skills."

"Superior chess skills likely indicate high intelligence, which means excellent genes..."

Seeing Lin Xiamo’s indifference, Lin Moxuan quietly explained his theory to his daughter.

But just as he was speaking, the situation on the board suddenly changed.

Shen Qiushan deliberately sacrificed a horse, and Zhang Chaofan, greedily inattentive, plunged into a crisis.

Lin Moxuan immediately frowned, quietly calculating the progression of the game in his mind.

The conclusion he reached was:

An unsolvable deadlock!