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Ava bit her thumb and frowned. She stared at the checkers’ board and started to think hard.

The defeat is certain...

There is no room for recovery.

She spent a long time thinking and finally accepted the defeat. She suggested with a tentative tone.

“... Let’s play again.”

Blake sighed and looked at the sky.

“Can I surrender?”

“No!”

Ava was so angry she wanted to start stomping her feet.

She was always ridiculed for her mathematics questions, “this is too easy”, “another free marks question”, “it’ll be too late for your graduate entrance exams”. She wanted to earn some respect from playing checkers, but Blake did not give her any and even won 10 games in a row. He had even let her start first.

Maybe my IQ is just too low?

Ava had been called a genius student for the past three years, but now she suddenly had doubts about her life.

Ava stubbornly pushed the checkers’ board and still wanted to play. Blake could not help but ask.

“Can I ask a question?”

Ava answered irritably, “Ask.”

Blake
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