Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 923 Took Pleasure In Taunting Him

Giles and Lydia bade them goodbye and left as soon as Alex arrived in Lumenopolis.

During his time in Lumenopolis, Alex let himself loose and focused on spending time with Maggie and Richard. In fact, he devoted so much time to them that he barely had any time for himself.

At five in the morning, Richard would wake Alex up and make the latter do morning exercises with him.

Despite his advanced age, Richard was diligent in maintaining his health. He would still continue doing his morning exercises every day without fail even after taking the pill that Alex gave him.

After lunch, Richard would invite Alex to play chess with him, even though Alex had limited knowledge in this area.

Despite Alex’s remarkable talent and achievements in various fields such as antique appraisal, calligraphy and painting, business, geomancy, occultism, alchemy, and martial arts, he acknowledged that there were still areas where his knowledge was limited.

Although Alex had admitted to Richard that he did not know how to play chess, Richard still insisted on playing the board game with him.

At

had no knowledge of the game. It was only when Richard asked Alex to guess who should make the first move

rules of the game

and weaknesses of different pieces on the board, and that would

a headstart and even allowed Maggie to give him

Maggie grew up immersed in the world of chess, observing and absorbing the

had a superficial understanding of the game compared to Richard, who had been playing it for almost two to three decades and was on par with a

for you to win in an official competition.

granddaughter’s praises, Richard stroked his beard

days, Richard found joy in calligraphy, but his best friend Giles had no interest in the art of writing. Among

his fascination with chess, curious to know what made it so captivating. He wondered

that, Giles instantly responded with a mocking tone, “Chess is a national