It had been a week since Fred arrived at Capital City. Apart from his unexpected encounter with Elder Hans at the beginning, Fred's life in the capital had been as calm as still water, void of any disturbances. If it were not for Lloyd’s knowledge of him, he would have thought that Elder Hans had retired.Since Lloyd was the one who took care of all the housework, Fred was usually free except for his morning and evening exercises. There was only one thing he did often.At this moment, an old man shifted one of the pieces on the chessboard."Mr. Hoffman, I'm here to disturb you again! Haha!"This was Conrad Faulker or Mr. Faulkner. He had walked passed the courtyard by chance when his attention was grabbed by Fred's random game of chess. He then became a frequent visitor to Fred's place.He would come to Fred for a game every afternoon. Of course, Fred would beat him every time. The old man would then take the chessboard back and study the game, only to challenge Fred again t

Who was that?The once peaceful atmosphere in the courtyard was instantly disturbed by the intruding voice, which drew everyone’s gazes. At some point, a young man with a folding fan in his hand appeared. He opened the door and walked over with a sneer on his face and a shake of his head. "I heard Mr. Faulkne found a chess master recently and brought Miss Autumn over for some guidance. I thought he’d be a senior master, but I’m so disappointed now that I’ve come over to take a look.”It was obvious that the young man was blind to the change in atmosphere caused by what he said. Either that or he just did not care at all. He continued to say whatever he wished. Conrad frowned at that. The young man was Francis Havisham, and he was the adored grandson of Jax Havisham, who was Conrad's senior.He was a frivolous and none-too-pleasing fellow, but Conrad never said anything to save his senior’s face.Who would have thought that his bringing Autumn to Fred's place for a game of c

"How… How dare you lay your fucking hand on me?"Silence befell the courtyard due to Conrad and Autumn’s shock. It was not long, however, that a hysterical roar cut through the silence. Conrad sighed, thinking to himself that this matter would now be an endless problem. Since Lloyd had been so swift and fierce with his actions just now, Francis was immediately stunned.However, the pain in his wrist, nose, and everything else finally woke him up from his astonishment. Now, he was furious.He was Francis Havisham!Although he was a well-known dandy, his grandfather, Jax Havisham, was an incredibly prestigious man with connections that spanned far and wide in Capital City. After all, he was a national chess player.It was also because of this that even though Francis was a dandy, he rarely ever suffered any disadvantages.Today was different.He had only reached his hand out to grab Fred's collar when Lloyd had broken his wrist and nose. He had not even touched Fred!Franci

Jax Havisham was a well-known national chess player from Capital City. Although he had retired from the professional chess world like Conrad, he often played with dignitaries in Capital City due to his superb skills. Because of that, not only had his prestige remained the same as before, but his network had also grown.It was also because of this that anyone in Capital City who had heard of Jax would stay away from the dandy that was Francis as offending him was equivalent to kicking the hornet's nest.Jax simply adored Francis, the only child of the family. Those who provoked him usually did not meet the best of endings. "What was supposed to come has finally come!"Standing at the side, Conrad had been clear about all this and had tried to be a peacemaker from the start to calm things down.However, Fred had been too decisive with his order just as Lloyd had been swift and ruthless with the execution. Including the tension between Francis and Fred, Conrad knew then that his s

He was about to step forward and help Jax to his feet. However, right after taking a few steps, he saw Llyod, which stunned him a little. Then, his gaze slowly fell on the figure in front of him that was playing chess. He was so surprised that his expression froze while his entire body shook uncontrollably."General Wolfe of Capital City. I thought it would be you,” Fred said without even looking up the moment Wolfe was frozen in place. He was still fiddling with the chess pieces as he had been before.It was him! It was actually him!He found it hard to believe what he was seeing due to how astonished he was. He even instinctively thought that he had gone blind, but it was then that he heard Fred’s voice. He confirmed it again with his eyes. It was definitely Fred who was in front of him!At this moment, instead of supporting Jax like he had wanted to, he just abandoned him and went up to Fred.Jax felt a moment of misery when that happened. He did not understand what was happeni