Li Yuanhu didn't stay in the ward for long. He still had a big business to discuss in the capital. He told Li Xiangping to rest well in Jinling and listen to his grandparents, and then he said goodbye to "Aunt Lin" and left.

When the two of them walked away, before Li Xiangping could speak, it was Lao Shi's turn to take the lead in gossiping:

"Little friend Xiangping, who are these two people?"

Li Xiangping rolled his eyes: "Didn't you hear that just now? I called that man daddy."

"I know the man is your father, but that woman..."

Li Xiangping interrupted him coldly: "It's nothing. She's not who I am. Okay, brother Ding'an, let's not mention this anymore. Let's continue talking about your affairs now."

"It's strange. That woman said she was your mother, but it's not right based on her age. Your father asked you to call him aunt, but you insisted on calling her sister. So who is this woman? By the way, there is also your mother.

, you were sick and hospitalized, why didn't you see your mother come to see you?"

Li Xiangping felt angry and funny in his heart. Who would have thought that the dignified chess master Shi would be such a gossipy and gossipy person. Li Xiangping was not prepared to ignore him at first, but after thinking about it, it seemed that at least in a short time

, this guy shouldn't be able to leave her, so it seems necessary to let him understand his social relationships.

"My mother passed away eight years ago."

"Ah?! Sorry, sorry, little friend Xiangping."

Li Xiangping nodded: "Don't blame those who don't know, but you don't need to apologize."

Li Xiangping's biological mother did indeed pass away 8 years ago. She died of breast cancer, the most common type of disease in women. It is precisely for this reason that Li Xiangping lacked maternal love since childhood.

Li Xiangping heard a hint of desolation in his tone, and now Lao Shi was admonishing him in turn:

"Little friend Xiangping, there is no need to feel sad. I have observed over the past few days that your grandparents love you very much. Even your father, who is rarely seen, also cares for you in words, and his love for licking the calf is beyond words.

, so you don’t have to take the pain of losing your mother to heart.”

Li Xiangping let out a soft "hum" and stopped talking.

His mother died of a terminal illness, and death from old age, illness, and illness is inevitable. Therefore, even though he regretted losing his mother at a young age, Li Xiangping knew that no one was to blame. What's more, it had been so many years, and the pain had long been diluted.

Quite a few. Besides, Ren Lao Shi said this out of good intentions. Of course, it would be inconvenient for Li Xiangping to refute what a person said with good intentions.

"By the way, since little Xiangping lost her mother at a young age, and I just saw that woman behaving affectionately with your father, could it be that she is your stepmother?"

Li Xiangping said coldly: "No, she is not my stepmother."

"Oh, who is that?"

Li Xiangping finally became impatient. He got angry at Lao Shi and said, "Hey Lao Shi, are you annoying? What about the chess master? Is there such a gossiping chess master as you? Who is that woman?"

, you will naturally know later."

That "Aunt Lin" is indeed not Li Xiangping's stepmother yet, but she will truly gain this title in a few years.

To be honest, Li Xiangping actually didn't have much opinion on this matter. This "Aunt Lin" was not only kind to herself, but also sincere to Li Yuanhu, especially a few years later, when Li Xiangping was 16 or 7

Around the age of 18, Li Yuanhu's career encountered a crisis.

A big crisis. As the saying goes, true love emerges in times of adversity. Li Xiangping believes that it was the performance of "Aunt Lin" in that crisis that won her the unanimous approval of her family, and it was also how she resolved the crisis.

After that, Li Yuanhu officially married her.

However, what should I say? Although Li Xiangping has no objection to this "Aunt Lin", it does not mean that he does not feel uncomfortable.

To say that his awkwardness is human nature, Li Xiangping remembered that at this time in his previous life, he had never liked this "Aunt Lin" very much. He always thought that she was just a green tea bitch. So he deliberately called her "

"Sister" and refused to call her aunt. This made Li Yuanhu dumbfounded and at the same time created a gap between father and son.

And Li Xiangping's attitude towards "Aunt Lin" just now was purely due to inertia. He had this attitude before, so it was impossible for him to make a 180-degree turn in his attitude immediately after traveling through time.

?Wouldn’t this make people more suspicious?

It's just that these things are really not enough to be talked about to outsiders. They are considered private matters in his own family. Especially when he is not familiar with Lao Shi yet, Li Xiangping is naturally even more reluctant to talk about related topics with him.

And Chess Master Shi was obviously not the kind of person with insufficient emotional intelligence. When he noticed Li Xiangping's displeasure, he wisely shut up.

"Huh? What is that?"

"What is it, Lao Shi, what do you want to say?"

"The things on the table, your father said they were gifts given to you by that woman."

"So this is what you were talking about."

Li Xiangping smiled when he saw what Lao Shi pointed out. It was not a rare thing, just a laptop. It was because he thought that Li Xiangping would have to stay in the hospital for observation for at least half a month, so it was given to him to relieve his boredom.

After hearing Lao Shi's reminder, Li Xiangping went over to fiddle with the laptop.

"Hey, good guy, it's IBM. One of these things seems to cost more than 20,000 yuan these days. It really costs a lot of money..."

Li Xiangping was talking to himself, thinking that this "Aunt Lin" really meant something.

Who paid for this computer? Li Xiangping knew that it must have been paid for by his old man, but the key now is not who paid for it. Li Xiangping believed that it was just his father Li Yuanhu, and he must not be so careful.

He would think of moving a computer to relieve his boredom. So from this perspective, he still wanted to ask for the favor of "Aunt Lin".

"Brother Ding'an must have never seen this thing before. Let me tell you, this is high technology and the crystallization of the progress of human civilization."

Lao Shi has been in Li Xiangping's body for several days. Of course he now knows that this is an old antique. How to describe it? He is like a person who has just woken up after sleeping for hundreds of years. Let alone a computer.

Every bicycle can make him amazed.

"Then what is the use of this thing?"

"this......."

I must admit that Lao Shi's question really confused Li Xiangping. Although he often uses computers, for him, a layman, this thing is actually a leisure tool, mainly used for watching DVDs and playing games.

Li Xiangping rolled his eyes and said to Lao Shi with a smile: "This thing can be used to play chess. Brother Ding'an, do you want to use this thing to play a few games?"

"Ah?! This thing can also be used to play chess."

"Of course, brother Ding'an, please wait for a moment."

As Li Xiangping said this, he continued to fiddle with the laptop. Fortunately, the conditions of this senior ward were quite good. Li Xiangping actually found the network cable interface, and after some trouble, Li Xiangping connected to the network.

Xiangping started downloading the game software.

"The domain name you entered does not exist, please check and re-enter..."

Seeing such a prompt, Li Xiangping shook his head and smiled bitterly. It's only the year 2000, and some of the largest and most popular chess websites in later generations don't exist yet.

Li Xiangping thought for a moment, and then said to himself: "Old Lianzhong, old Qingfeng, it's really been a long time since we last met..."

In this day and age, the largest and most famous chess websites are of course these two. However, in later generations, Lianzhong has declined, and Qingfeng has long since disappeared in the long river of history. Therefore, these two websites can only remain with old chess fans.

in remembrance.

It took nearly half an hour for Li Xiangping to finally download these two softwares. Regarding the Internet speed these days, Li Xiangping really couldn't complain. However, there was no way. In the era of no WLAN, no 4G3G, he knew that today

The internet speed is pretty good.

The poor internet speed did not affect Li Xiangping's enthusiasm. After the two game softwares were downloaded, he said to Lao Shi with great interest:
Chapter completed!