Xu Yang is playing chess with Zhou Song.

Although Master Zhou kept saying "I don't want to be tortured" at the beginning, he finally compromised under Xu Yang's unblinking gaze.

Ye Kong just leaned against the wall, listening and watching with his peripheral vision as the two people played Go only a meter away from him.

Obviously, Zhou Song's chess skills are quite poor. He always spends too long thinking, likes to shout and scream, and tries to regret his moves at every turn.

"Oops! I made a mistake! It was a mistake! Let me play again!"

……

When she heard the howl for the third time, the veins on Ye Kong's forehead tightened slightly. She simply turned her head to the side, closed her eyes and pretended to be blind and deaf.

Fortunately, this torture did not last too long.

Zhou Song’s chess skills were obviously quite average—no, in Ye Kong’s ears, he didn’t have any such thing as chess skills, and even if he did, they were shit.

So the game was over in less than thirty minutes.

Ye Kong exhaled imperceptibly, but before he could finish, the next person came on stage.

"Let me do it!" Lin Xinzhou sat opposite Xu Yang while biting a piece of dried sweet potato. "I also learned a little bit of Go from my grandfather! I think I have some talent, let me compete with you."

So the next thirty minutes, as if time was replayed, Ye Kong returned to hell again.

"Why did you eat my eggs?"

"Why can't I eat your eggs?"

"I think I made a mistake, can you give it back to me?"

——Lin Xinzhou’s three consecutive questions kept coming one after another, and even the drunkard’s family members who were watching on the side couldn’t help but express disgust.

"Oh my god, what the hell are you doing here! If you don't know how to play, don't play! You don't even know the rules!"

"How come I don't understand? I'm just not very good at it! Just treat this game as a practice. I'm sure I'll be more proficient in the next game and can show my true level!"

……

Lin Xinzhou vowed solemnly.

Xu Yang was surprisingly as calm as ever. Apart from her determination not to let her opponent regret his moves, she remained calm throughout the whole process. After Lin Xinzhou quickly lost a game, she actually agreed to play another game.

Ye Kong: ...

Ye Kong reached out from the iron bars, pulled in the thin blanket that Qu Wu had brought little by little, then spread it on the ground. He simply lay down with his back to the outside of the door, and calmed down to prepare for a good sleep.

·

The chess set Xu Yang carried with him were not good ones. They could be bought anywhere on the street. The chess pieces were of ordinary texture, and the chessboard was also ordinary. They did not require much maintenance, so he would not feel bad if he spoiled them.

But this kind of chess also has a characteristic - the masses.

Very popular.

The public knows that when a chess player makes a move, a casual touch of the chess piece and the chessboard can trigger countless corresponding images to appear in the mind.

A sound as clear as that of pebbles.

Each drop was like a drop of water falling into a lake, causing ripples all around, and making the wind seem to rise even when there was no wind.

Ye Kong curled up his body and raised his hands to cover his ears impatiently, but he still couldn't block out the clear and quiet sound.

·

"Black moves first."

"The intersections formed by the chess pieces are called points, and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins."

"If you don't play a game, you don't have to follow so many rules. You can just play it and it's over."

"You are very talented, but it is arrogant to think you can beat me after only practicing for such a short time."

"Are you sure you want to target me? I'm not bragging, but if I get serious, I might be number one in the world."

“Is chess fun?”

"You have less and less time to think."

"Should we try to play using the international competition rules? I'll save up some money to buy some professional equipment."

"Where did you go to play chess today? Remember to take me with you tomorrow."

"The character of a person is revealed by his chess skills. The guy you played against today is obviously a rogue. He always runs into time."

"You've killed all the chess rooms in the old city. Do you want to go to other areas?"

"I've fixed the bike and will take you to find a new chess player. I heard it's in the new city."

"We haven't played against each other for a long time."

"Recently, more and more children are playing Go, which is great. When I was a kid, I wanted to open a huge chain of Go rooms to make Go popular."

"Would you like to play chess with me?"

……

Those sounds gradually became fainter, and what became louder in my mind was the clatter of chess pieces falling.

Ye Kong could no longer tell where the noise came from.

Or perhaps it is the intersection of reality and memory.

Just like where a chess piece lands is always the intersection of the chessboard.

Da da da……

On the rooftop of the Flower Box.

In the chess room of the orphanage with the setting sun filling the windows.

In the crowded and noisy chess hall.

Even on the roadside with towering trees in the old city.

……

clatter--

"You win, Ye Shiyi."

The boy sat opposite her, looked up and smiled at her, but the smile was forced.

The rosy glow fell into his eyes, filled with sadness and loneliness.

"I have nothing more to teach you."

"Will you continue to play Go in the future? Do you still think Go is fun?"

There was a somewhat embarrassed sigh in the boy's eyes, but he covered it up with his usual nonchalant smile.

But at that time, Ye Kong did feel a bit bored with the game of chess.

The girl's eyes were like inorganic black glass beads, reflecting the expression of the person opposite her, and then she shook her head lightly.

"do not know."

She raised her hand and rummaged through the chess pieces on the board out of boredom, sweeping them all into the chess pot without distinguishing between black and white.

“But I don’t want to get off for now.”

"Because being number one in the world is the most boring thing."

·

Of course, Lin Xinzhou also lost the second game very quickly.

After she left in disappointment, Wei Zhiyu came on stage next.

Young Master Wei was obviously more than one level higher than the previous two. Not only did he not shout or yell, he also asked Xu Yang, who was playing chess very quickly, to slow down his moves.

But he couldn't hold on for too long, it was over in just over thirty minutes.

After Wei Zhi and Pingjing left the scene, Ye Zhen, who was shrinking aside like a transparent man, was replaced by someone else.

Xu Yang accepted everyone who came to her, without even looking at who her opponent was. This time, it took her almost an hour to defeat Ye Zhen.

Clearly sensing her curious look, Ye Zhen simply explained, "My dad likes to play chess, and I've learned some of it."

Xu Yang nodded.

Seeing that everyone in this round had finished playing and Qu Wu didn't know how to play at all, she let out a long sigh and was about to put away the chessboard, but suddenly she saw a man sitting down opposite her with his sleeves rolled up.

It’s the family member of the drunkard named Li Xinxin.

Just now she was standing by, watching the game and cursing, either complaining about this player's poor chess character or that player's poor chess skills. Now she actually went on the court herself.

"Little friend, you didn't know that Yuan Ye, the genius chess player who is famous all over the world, came from our Huahe County!"

The woman rolled up her sleeves and grinned at her, "If you like Go, then you came to the right place at Huahe."

"While other cities are playing chess in the streets and alleys, our Huahe Go rooms have already opened all over the city!"

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