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

Alex to guess who should make the first move and saw him

then proceeded to explain the basic rules of the game to Alex. helping

the relative strength and weaknesses of different pieces on the board,

gave him a headstart and even allowed

of chess, observing and absorbing

had a superficial understanding of the game compared to Richard, who had been playing

was utterly defeated by Richard’s exceptional skills, leaving Maggie in awe. “Grandpa, your chess skills have improved immensely. With your standards, it would be a piece of cake for you to win in an official competition. You’re just as good as a professional player, so please stop giving Alex a hard time. We can never reach your level,

to hear his granddaughter’s praises,

calligraphy, but his best friend Giles had no interest in the art of writing. Among various hobbies, Giles was solely obsessed with chess.

chess, curious to know what made it

responded with a mocking tone, “Chess is a