Charles looked calm and flatly asked, "Do you mean that if I play the rock-paper-scissors game with a mirror and win the game, I can complete the task?"
"Right." Richard nodded.
Linda felt anxious when she heard Charles. It sounded like an impossible task.
"Grandfather, can you change it to an easier one which Charles can actually complete?"
"How do you know that he can't do it?" Richard took a quick look at Linda, without changing his mind.
"Okay." ...
Richard seemed to have prepared the tasks in advance. Within one minute, Nelson carried a mirror into the room.
He then placed it in front of Charles.
"My Lord, I want to confirm with you again. If I play rock-paper-scissors with the mirror and win the game, it means that I have completed the task, right?"
Richard nodded and said, "Yes."
"Okay, " Charles walked in front of the mirror and glanced at it from top to bottom. He then took out his phone and called someone up.
He walked away from Richard and Linda when he made the call, so they didn't know what he said on the phone. Perhaps he was asking someone for help.
After he finished talking on the phone, Charles calmly sat down and looked at Linda.
He then slowly narrowed his eyes and squinted at Linda. When Linda saw that he was relaxed, she also gradually calmed down; she thought that Charles must have had a solution in mind. She was too anxious earlier.
Perhaps her grandfather challenged Charles for a reason. Maybe, it was not his intention to put Charles on the spot. Linda composed herself and tried to guess what Charles had planned to do.
When he saw that Charles still sat on the chair and hadn't gone in front of the mirror to play rock-paper-scissors, Richard spoke, "You only have half an hour to do it. If you can't win the game within half an hour, it means that you have failed to complete the task."
"Okay."
About twenty minutes later, a servant came to the doorway and said, "My Lord, there are two people outside, and they said they are Young Master Mu's men."
Richard sat on his seat, looked toward the door, and slightly raised his eyebrows. "Let them in."
Then, Linda saw Paul come in with a man whom she hadn't seen before.
After Paul went into the house, he greeted Richard, "Hello, My Lord, My Lady, and Young Master."
Charles nodded and then told Richard, "My Lord, this person called Mirror is an employee of one of our company's branches."
Charles then played Rock-paper-scissors with the man called Mirror.
Charles threw scissors, while the man, who stood opposite him, threw paper.
"My Lord, I've won. I've completed the first task. Now, you can tell me the second one."
"You're saying that this man's name is Mirror? How can you prove it?" Richard didn't let Charles off so easily.
Linda felt anxious again, but she was glad to know that Charles had figured out a clever way to deal with the task. She also hadn't expected that Richard was so serious about it.
"Grandfather..." Linda pouted.
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