wind child

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On the Zhuzhong campus, there was a burst of mourning in a certain classroom...

"Oh my God~ I don't believe it~ Again! 』

"No problem, please accompany me. 』

It was a weekday afternoon, and not long after the lunch break, Hanlin heard loud shouts, which really disturbed people's dreams.Hanlin got up and looked for the sound. It turned out that Mercury Yang Zuqiang and Moonlight Li Junren were playing chess.

What they play is backgammon, with black and white chess competing, as long as one side completes a straight or oblique five-moon connection, it wins.However, it seems that Mercury will always lose the battle within 10 moves, so he complains again and again and keeps asking for another try.

Because Hanlin often played backgammon with his elder brother Han Fei at home since he was a child, he knew a lot about various backgammon routines. After watching two or three games, it became clear that Mercury must be a novice backgammon. The layout of this "Double Live Three" cannot be seen through, and they have been defeated by the same move for several rounds in a row, and they seem to be completely undetectable.

And Yueguang was also very patient, and used the same trick for several rounds in a row, but no matter what, Mercury seemed blind and couldn't see through it no matter what.Mercury is immersed in this ecstasy formation, being led away every step of the way, letting Yueguang play with it in his hands.

After watching for a while, Hanlin couldn't stand it any longer, and was about to say something to remind him, when Moonlight suddenly coughed twice, beckoning him to watch the battle quietly.

This is true, the so-called "a real gentleman who watches chess without speaking", not only can't he be a gentleman, but he almost became an awl (Hakka dialect: muddy people, idiot meaning)!

So the moonlight made another move, and the "double live three" situation took shape again, and Mercury once again fell into long-term thinking.You must know that when playing backgammon, as long as you encounter the opponent's "live three" (three pieces connected, leaving vacancies on the left and right), then you must immediately use one of your own pieces to block either side of the left and right, so that the live three Three becomes dead three.

Otherwise, if you let it go, the opponent will make another move, making the live three become "live four" (the four pieces are connected, leaving vacancies on the left and right), then the game will definitely end in defeat, because no matter which side you block, The opposite side all can be in next son, forms five sons to connect.

However, this "double live three" means that the chess game forms a situation in which two live threes exist at the same time. On either side, the enemy can make another move to form a "live four".

In fact, when Yueguang made this move, the moment the situation of "Shuang Huo San" was decided, it could be regarded as Moonlight had won. However, Mercury was not familiar with backgammon, so he still insisted on thinking of a way to break this situation. A seemingly invincible situation.

Because of Mercury's stubbornness, the chess game, which is clearly determined to win or lose, has come to a stalemate, and it can't be ended no matter what. !

"Give up, Zu Qiang! You have already lost!" Hanlin finally couldn't help but urged.

"be quiet!I don’t follow~” Mercury is still struggling.

"Standing aside and watching, you can see clearly, right?" Moonlight showed an elegant smile to Hanlin, and continued, "A game that is doomed to lose. If it were you, would you know how to play it?" ".

Moonlight's words hit Hanlin's forehead, and Hanlin seemed to be awakened instantly, thinking of something.Isn't the stalemate I have been in for a long time not like the dilemma Mercury is facing now?No advance, no retreat, no matter what the next step is, you can't change the fate of this dead end, you can only sink deeper and deeper, unable to extricate yourself.

"Hehehe, you two look distressed..." Moonlight's wise eyes flickered, "Let me teach you how to solve this situation!" ".

Hanlin was shocked when he heard this. Ever since he was a child, he only knew that "double live three", "dead four live three", "double dead four" and so on are all a foregone conclusion. He has never heard of any magical method to solve it , but if with the wisdom of the moonlight, he can come up with the number of dismantling, then it is very possible, so Hanlin half-believes, waiting for the moonlight to solve his doubts.

Seeing Mercury and Hanlin eagerly waiting for Yueguang to guide him, Yueguang smiled sweetly, waved his slender hand on the chessboard, and swept all the chess pieces onto the table, and the chessboard was immediately empty!

"Here, that's it! ”Moonlight neatly sorted the black and white pieces into the chess box, and said through the interface, “Let’s take a break, it’s time for class. After finishing speaking, Yueguang turned his eyes to Hanlin, and there seemed to be deep meaning in his eyes.

Hearing the bell ringing for class, Hanlin returned to his seat with Moonlight's words, unable to be by himself for a long time.

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At about 07:30 in the evening, in the classroom of the Bamboo Girls Campus Band, the flute was playing melodiously. After a while, the music became quieter, and the two girls were talking.

"It's pretty good, you've made a lot of progress, I can see that you've put your heart into it," said a beautiful girl with an elegant temperament.

"Of course!You must practice hard, so you won’t feel ashamed that Senior Xiaoru often teaches me alone like this.” A girl with dark complexion, deep facial features, and quite cute looks replied.

"That's good, Indonesian girl, you have to step up your pace and practice. Although you have made great progress, you still haven't made the progress we currently require. The final exam will soon be coming, and our final exam for wind music hits again. Together, if you don’t hurry up, you have to prepare for the exam, study, and practice the clarinet, I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle it..."

It turned out that Huiru and the "Indonesian girl" from the wind band were staying at school to practice clarinet. When they got tired of practicing, they stopped to chat.

"Indonesian girl, let me ask you, do you really like wind music?" Huiru asked.

"of course!I like wind instruments the most!Especially I want to be like Senior Sister Xiaoru, you are my idol, I want to be as strong as you! 』

"That's it. It's not difficult to be as strong as me. If you practice hard for a few years, let alone me, who is really hard to surpass?" Huiru stretched out her hand and helped the Indonesian girl Combed his hair and continued

"According to me, it is the most rare thing to be able to stick to what you like unswervingly..."

"oh?It's like I like wind music, and my sister encourages me to keep going, right? 』

"Yes, of course it's best to be like this."

"Then... where is Senior Sister Xiaoru?"Do you have something you like too?Can you always stick to the things you like? 』

Huiru was silent for a few seconds, and said, "I don't know, I only know that even when it comes to the things I like the most, there will definitely be times when you will be so frustrated that you just want to escape and give up."

"But it's also like this, the more we have to persevere at this moment, and find the purest emotion that was the reason why we liked it at the beginning, isn't it?"

"excellent!Then, if we encounter a moment when we want to give up and escape in the future, we will remember our conversation tonight! ’The Indonesian girl stretched out the clarinet in her hand, twirled it in front of Huiru’s eyes, and said, ‘This is the secret word for customs clearance’ between me and sister Xiaoru! 』The Indonesian girl showed an innocent smile.

"It's still the secret language of customs clearance"! You can't even play the "slide" smoothly, and you dare to tell me the secret language of customs clearance, don't be naughty, hurry up and practice!" Huiru assumed the posture of a strict teacher again.

"ah!Sister, I'm afraid I can only practice for a while, I have to go first later! ’ Said the Indonesian girl.

"What's the matter? You haven't caught up with the progress yet. No matter how late you have to practice, I can accompany you." Huiru asked.

"It's like this, I have to go home before 08:30 to help close the buffet restaurant at home. The Indonesian girl explained, "My parents opened a buffet restaurant, but the business has not been very good, and it can barely support us.Although the business is not very good, the preparation of meals cannot be sloppy at all. The workload of preparing dishes every day and dealing with the aftermath is very heavy.Because I have to go to class, I can't usually help the store's business, but I hope I can at least go back and help with the store. 』

"Well, let's finish practicing until eight o'clock today, so that you can still go home in time."

"OK!Thank you, sister~ I will practice hard when I get home! 』The Indonesian girl replied with a happy smile.

"In the future, we will practice together until before eight o'clock. During the group practice during the day, I will strengthen one-on-one teaching with you, so we should be able to catch up with the progress."

"Wow!Senior sister is the best to me! 』The Indonesian girl cheered.

"By the way, for the group practice in the evening, I'll let the juniors and sisters order your home lunches! Anyway, they buy randomly around the school every day, so it's better to give them another choice. Let's not make rigid rules. Let's see what everyone wants every day. For the number of reservations, you should count them for your parents during the noon practice, so that they can prepare them. I think there will be at least dozens of bentos every day, right?"

"Wow..." The Indonesian girl's eyes were moist, with a grateful expression on her face.

"Okay! Don't mess around! There are only ten minutes left, hurry up and finish today's progress, go home and help close the store!"

"Yes! 』

Afterwards, there were bursts of flute sounds, and the beautiful music sounded endlessly.

Outside the club classroom, there was a handsome figure in trousers, who saw their conversation from a distance, and didn't want to disturb them, so he recruited the elementary school girls who were also practicing outside the classroom, and took a bag of two cups Drinks (originally intended for myself and Huiru), I asked the primary school girl to deliver them to Huiru and Indonesian girl, while I left silently, with a gratified and warm smile on my face when I left.

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Earlier in Zhuzhong, when the school bell rang, Hanlin received a text message from Yige:

"Let's go home together today and go shopping in the street, okay? 』

At the same time, the phone vibrated again, and another text message came from a different person:

『It's almost the final exam. Do you want to stay in school for evening self-study together after school? 』

At this time, the words of the moonlight at noon seemed to echo in my ears, "A game that is doomed to lose, if it were you, would you play it...?".Yes, who is willing to play a game that is doomed to lose?

In fact, Hanlin has never been a child who is determined to win or lose. Besides, why doesn't he know that feelings are not games?However, the more you understand, the more you will not be able to get out of the checkpoints set by yourself, just like Mercury is deeply trapped in the chess game under the moonlight, the more you want to break out of the encirclement, the more you can only drown in it.

Although love is not a game, it can make you lose everything!

Why not, like Moonlight said, just take a break?Perhaps by staying out of the situation, you can better see the situation inside the game?

Thinking of this episode, Hanlin decisively took out his mobile phone, and Beep Bobo replied to Yige:

"Not today, the final exam is coming soon, I have to stay in school to study."

At this time, it was about eight o'clock in the evening, and it was indeed Zhang Quanzhong who invited John Lin to stay at the school to study together. The two of them were tired of reading in the school library, so they invited them to go out to get some air.The Zhuzhong Library is located on the innermost mountain of the campus, the highest position in the campus, and the "Xin Garden" is among the trees on one side of it.

Outside the library at night, it is quiet and elegant, surrounded by tall trees and dwarf trees, insects chirping and frogs chirping, the moon hangs high, and the atmosphere is truly romantic.

Hanlin and Quanzhong sat on the lower steps outside the library, looking at the moon, and the evening breeze seemed to wash away all the pressure of reading.

Quanzhong was sitting beside Hanlin, wearing only a loose sleeveless vest, his dark and tight muscle lines seemed to glow under the moonlight, very beautiful.Quanzhong exuded a faint masculine breath, which was very pleasant. Hanlin sat so close that he felt captivating, so he had to sit in a circle, put his hands on his knees, and keep a good distance.

Suddenly, Quanzhong's right hand stretched out towards Hanlin, and when it touched Hanlin's left hand on his knee, Hanlin was startled, and retracted his hand under the action of reflex nerves, and Quanzhong's hand fell on Hanlin's knee.

Hanlin looked at Quanzhong's hand, and saw that Quanzhong's palm was facing upwards, and the back of his hand touched Hanlin's back just now. He didn't know what happened, but he heard Quanzhong's sudden words.

"Is it big? 』

"Huh!?" Hanlin almost gasped in fright.

"My hand!Is it big and thick? ’Quanzhong explained, still putting his hand on Hanlin’s knee in an honest and blunt manner.

Hanlin stretched out his hand to compare with Quanzhong's, and said, "Well...it's really quite big."

In fact, Hanlin is also tall, and his hands are not too small, but compared with Quanzhong's big and thick palms, they are nothing.

"Would you like to touch it? ’Quan Zhong asked.

"Huh!? What's there to touch?" Hanlin was a little dumbfounded.

"Touch and see if it's thick," Quan Zhongping said calmly.

"It's thick! You can tell it's thick at first glance, so don't touch it," Hanlin prevaricated.

"I always believe that as long as I am willing to work hard, there is nothing I can't do with my hands..." Quan Zhong looked at Hanlin and said, "...Do you believe it? 』

"Oh... this is true, I completely believe it. You are so good, whether it is sports or homework, you are very good. As long as you work hard, there must be nothing you can't do!" Han Lin sent from Answer from the heart.

"Wait for you!These hands..., as long as you want, they will always be here waiting for you!Waiting for the moment you are willing to hold it up.... 』Quanzhong's eyes are pure and firm, and the barking light shines on the eyeballs.

Hanlin watched, feeling indescribably moved.

The author has something to say: How can anyone ruin the game halfway through the game!shameless