That Day When I Got Married to My Boss at the Blind Date

Old Mr. Rowland had never lost a game of chess in his long life. Well, that was only mostly true because he had recently lost to his granddaughter-in-law just recently, and now, he had even lost the game to his seven-year-old great-grandson.

“But… Apollo is only seven years old.” Mrs. Rowland muttered disbelievingly. She knew that Old Mr. Rowland was an exceptional chess player, who would never take it easy when it came to chess, so the only reasonable explanation was that Apollo was a genius.

“Well, this child is exceptionally clever. I believe his intelligence level is above average,” he said as his eyes flickered at that thought.

“So, you mean that he has a high IQ? Has our family finally produced a high-IQ child?” Her eyes lit up with excitement, just like Old Mr. Rowland’s. Both of them were ecstatic at the fact that Apollo was exceptionally intelligent. “I heard that we can now measure intelligence with a series of tests. Why don’t we take Apollo for such a test?”

Apollo never intended to showcase his intelligence level, but he never imagined that he would be deemed a rare object in the eyes of the Rowlands just by playing a game of chess. He glanced up at Mrs. Rowland, who looked as though she was about to jump out of her seat to make the necessary arrangements to get him tested. Thus, he knew he had to speak up to dispel her idea, “There’s no need to test. I’ve already been tested.”

“Tested? How did it go? What’s your score?” Her eyes shone brighter upon hearing that. Even Old Mr. Rowland was very attentive to what Apollo was going to say next.

“Well, I’d say… just slightly higher than average,” Apollo responded humbly. He didn’t want to overshadow anyone.

“Are you sure it’s just slightly above average?” Old Mr. Rowland seemed to have picked up on Apollo’s intention to stay modest and repeated his words with rhetorical emphasis.

Mrs. Rowland exclaimed. “Oh, my goodness, our family has finally produced a

her son became quite incompetent in her eyes. “You know, none of our family members have such a high IQ. I

his mother. I don’t believe that Alice is the helpless woman that others perceive her to be. In fact, I think she’s quite clever and knows

child is outstanding. What have we done to deserve her?”

clearly dissatisfied with Keith for not taking enough initiative. “You need to step

in Old Mr. Rowland’s eyes as if his mind wandered elsewhere. “Holland used to brag to me how smart Ethan was every day. Now it’s finally my turn to repay the favor,” he

Mrs. Rowland could

and intelligent great-grandson, who is even better than Ethan. I should call Holland now.” Old Mr. Rowland just

case, would Alice choose Ethan over him? But Keith quickly

to persevere and win Alice’s heart over so that she would marry him voluntarily. He had decided to spend his entire life with Alice and no one else. However, he also needed to uncover what happened seven years ago as

obtaining his great-grandson’s consent to do so.

prepared everything, he dialed his

up the phone. “Are you awake? Have you finally woken up from your dream? Or shall I ask whether the dream of having a great-grandson has finally burst?”

about? My great-grandson is with me now.” Old Mr. Rowland knew that his old buddy did not believe him, but fortunately, he came prepared. “I just took a few photos and

of Apollo to Old Mr. Knight since them being on the phone would not interfere with Old Mr. Knight from viewing

out laughing. “I mean, are you dreaming? This child looks like he’s already seven or eight! How could he possibly be your great-grandson when your son