Chapter 2559 You Don’t Have To Throw The Game For Her

"This isn't to my credit. Grandpa Rayne, it was you who was willing to cooperate with me," Luca

replied with a smile. She felt assured after knowing that his health had improved.

Old Man Rayne said proudly, "Yes. Not everyone is as lucky as I am to have someone to treat me so

effectively.”

Yesterday, Old Man Rayne had a video call with his friends who lived in the countryside. His friends

were astonished to see how energetic he looked and how he looked so much better than before.

They even asked what supplements did Old Man Rayne take.

Old Man Rayne proudly claimed that he had his own secret weapon, but it was not supplements.

His friends kept asking him, trying to find out what the secret weapon Old Man Rayne mentioned

was.

However, Old Man Rayne did not tell them. He did not forget what Luke had told him. Luca's job

was to do drug research and development instead of helping others to nurse their health.

She was usually busy with work.

Thus, no matter how hard his friends tried to convince him, Old Man Rayne refused to tell them. He

unknowingly sided with Luca, whom he had only met not long ago when he was facing his old

friends whom he had known for years.

Luca smiled when she heard how satisfied Old Man Rayne was. The old man who loved to make her

laugh had returned.

“Grandpa Rayne, remember to take your medicine every day and give your feet a herbal foot bath.

You'll certainly feel much better.” Luca's hand gently rested on the old man’s hands.

"Of course, I'll continue to take the medicine. Look at me. I've only taken it for some time and my

health has recovered a lot. I'll definitely continue taking the medicine. Don't worry about it,” Old

Man Rayne promised.

"Okay. Let me make some adjustments to the medical prescription for you.” Luca asked. Then, she

turned to look at the maid, Lucy. "Hi there, can you please get me a pen and a piece of paper?”

"Okay. A moment, please.” Lucy turned around and took a piece of paper and pen out of the TV

drawer and handed them to Luca.

Luca wrote the adjusted dosage strength of the prescribed medicine on the paper and handed it to

Lucy. “Please follow the instructions on the paper after Old Man Rayne has finished his current

batch of medicine.”

"Okay. I'll keep it properly.” Lucy took the paper from Luca and put the paper in the pill box so that

they would not lose it.

“Luca, have some tea,” said Old Man Rayne.

Luca picked up the cup of tea and took a sip.

Old Man Rayne smiled and looked at Luca, “Luca, why don't you play a game of chess with me?”

“Sure, but I'm not good at it,” replied Luca. Her chess skills were the same as how they used to be.

Little progress had been made, and there was almost no improvement.

“Young people these days are humble. They claim that they're bad at playing chess, but they're

better than old men who have been playing chess for more than 10 years,” said Old Man Rayne. He

turned to look at Lucy and said, “Please get the chessboard for me.”

"Okay, Old Man Rayne. You have someone to play chess with today,” Lucy replied with a smile.

They were not good at playing chess.

However, when Old Man Rayne was bored, he would ask them to play chess with him.

Wanda and Lucy were so bad at playing chess that Old Man Rayne thought it was not challenging at

all.

Wanda had no choice but to teach Old Man Rayne to play chess online, but the old ma had only

started to learn how to use a computer when he was this old. His responses were slower, and he

could hardly make his move within the time limit. Hence, Old Man Rayne often lost.

Old Man Rayne would complain that playing chess online was boring and unfair after he lost many

times. He insisted on asking Wanda and Lucy to play chess with him.

It just so happened that Luca was here today. She could play chess with Old Man Rayne to kill time.

Lucy brought the chessboard down and placed it on the coffee table.

Luca and Old Man Rayne quickly set up the chessboard.

Old Man Rayne looked at the way Luca set up the pawns and smiled. “Luca, the way you set up the

pawns is the same as how my granddaughter sets them up.”

Luca's heart skipped a beat. She had been living with Old Man Rayne since she was young. She even

learned how to play chess from him.

It was just that Luca could not master it, but she had her own habit of setting up the chessboard.

Old Man Rayne was familiar with that habit of hers.

Luca pretended as if it was nothing and said, “Really? I learned how to play chess online. The teacher

taught us to set it up this way.”

"Yes. It's really alike. It's been a long time since I met her.” Old Man Rayne heaved a sigh.

After Luca lost her memories, she seldom came to visit him. He heard that she was still living

abroad, so there was no way he could see her. He could not even keep in touch with her.

Even though Bianca was his granddaughter, judging from how kind and generous Luke was with

them, Luke seemed more like his grandchild.

“Isn't Ms. Wanda around here to keep you company...” Luca pretended not to understand what he

meant.

“I'm not talking about Wanda. It's Bianca, my good granddaughter, whom I'm talking about.” Old

Man Rayne placed the last pawn on the chessboard and started playing chess with Luca.

Luca focused on the chess game. She knew that Old Man Rayne was familiar with her chess

strategies and habits. She thought she might as well change her style and strategies of playing

chess.

However, the consequence of changing her strategies was that she ended up losing quickly.

After the game, Old Man Rayne's smile deepened. “One more.”

“Grandpa Rayne, I'm not good at it,” said Luca. How she wished Luke was here.

Luke was better at playing chess. He would take time to make a move and play long hours of chess

with Old Man Rayne.

"It's okay. I heard Luke say that you were living abroad back then. It's normal for you to not

understand the game. You'll get familiar with it after playing for another few rounds," replied Old

Man Rayne. He was pleased to have Luca play chess with him. It did not matter how long it took for

them to finish playing one round

Old Man Rayne even had a feeling that he was back in the old days when he would ask the young

Bianca to play chess with him after she was done doing her homework.

Old Man Rayne could not help but let out a sigh. He had become old, indeed.

Playing chess with a young lady had made him reminisce.

"Okay..." Luca did not want to be a buzzkill when she saw how happy Old Man Rayne was.

When they had just finished setting up the pawns, Luke's voice came into their ears. “Are you

playing chess?”

Luca turned around happily and saw that it was Luke. She immediately stood up and said, “Mr.

Crawford, you're here.”

Luke frowned with dissatisfaction when he heard Luca calling him Mr. Crawford, but he thought it

was reasonable for her to call him that way when he remembered that they were at the Rayne

family’s house.

Hence, Luke took off his coat and walked toward them.

“Yes.” The Rayne family’s house had his fingerprint in the fingerprint lock. Thus, Luke could come in

right away without pressing the doorbell and informing Lucy.

“Mr. Crawford, why don't you play chess with Grandpa Rayne? I'm not good at it. The game ends

quickly. It's not that enjoyable to play with me,” said Luca. She was afraid she would give herself

away if she continued to play chess with him.

Besides, Luca did not want Old Man Rayne to reminisce about their past.

After all, he knew Bianca could not remember anything now. She could not stay by his side to

accompany him. Taking a trip down memory lane would upset him.

“That's not true. It's fun to play chess with you,” Old Man Rayne immediately said.

“Grandpa Rayne, I'll leave it to you and Mr. Crawford. Let me head to the kitchen to see if there's

anything I can help with.” Luca walked into the kitchen as she said that.

Luke watched Luca leave from behind, then turned to look at Old Man Rayne, "Grandpa."

"Yes?"

"How long did the previous round last?” Luke asked.

"It only took a few minutes.” Old Man Rayne pondered for a moment and glanced at the time. "I

had no idea she didn't know how to play chess. Otherwise, I'd have thrown the game.”

“You don't have to throw the game for her.” Luke waved his hands. “I'll let you start first.”