She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 272

After Hulda's departure and the shockwave she left behind, Wade and Valery completely lost their appetite for celebration.

Once the formal ceremony concluded, the National Go Academy's anniversary reception was brought to a hasty end.

The couple skipped the final banquet entirely. Neither of them could stomach a single bite.

Inside the office, Wade stared at the display cabinet, his eyes locked on the single empty space reserved for the Master's Cup trophy. "How is this possible?" he muttered to himself. "How could it be Hulda...?"

He had never in his wildest dreams imagined that the phantom player he had spent so long searching for had been right under his nose this entire time.

It made his mind flash back to the time Miles was sick, which was also the last time Hulda had set foot in the old mansion.

She had walked into the Lounge Room and touched his Go board. With a single white stone, she had broken the deadlock he had been agonizing over for ages.

Back then, he assumed she was just throwing a tantrum and had accidentally bumped the board, messing up his pieces.

But it wasn't an accident. She had played that white stone intentionally.

And that very endgame puzzle he had struggled to solve? It was the exact same board from the Master's Cup finals.

The only difference was that back then, Hulda had played black, and she had won.

Thinking about that day made Wade's face burn with shame. Not only had he berated her, but he had arrogantly told her she was only good enough to pour tea and serve water at his academy.

He remembered how she had just let out a soft scoff in response.

At the time, he thought she was just being delusional, ungrateful, and reaching way above her station.

Looking back now, that soft scoff was dripping with irony.

The more he thought about it, the more his chest tightened with anxiety. With his back to everyone else, he kept his gaze fixated on the glaring empty space in the cabinet.

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