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Zen room.

Two old men were sitting at a mahogany table by the window, with a Go board placed in the middle. Black and white pieces were scattered on the board, and the game had already entered the middle stage.

One of the old men was Zong Qinghai, and the other was younger, wearing a long green coat and looked to be only in his sixties.

"Fuyuan, I haven't seen you for so long. Your chess skills have improved a lot. I can't beat you." Zong Qinghai was at a disadvantage on the chessboard at the moment and said jokingly.

Yang Fuyuan said with a smile: "The chessboard is changing rapidly. It's not the end yet. You still have a chance, teacher."

Outside, he was a highly respected professor at Shuimu University, but in front of Zong Qinghai, he acted like a junior. Although he was joking, he was still very respectful.

"I heard from Honghan that you accepted a new disciple last year, a young girl who had just started junior high school? This is the first time you've accepted a student outside of school."

When talking about Jiang Zhizhi, Zong Qinghai's eyes were filled with tenderness, "She is a very lovely girl."

cute?

Yang Fuyuan was a little surprised and amused. If being cute could be a criterion for Zong Qinghai to accept disciples, then he would have been unable to accommodate all his students in the entire China.

He wanted to ask more when the nanny Lin Hongxia knocked on the door and came in, "Master Zong, Zhizhi is here."

"Zhizhi? That's the little girl, right? You've come just in time. I was just about to see her." Yang Fuyuan looked at Zong Qinghai, "Teacher, please let Junior Sister come over."

"Then let her come over." Zong Qinghai said to the nanny.

Yang Fuyuan laughed heartily and said, "Having such a young junior sister, I suddenly feel a lot younger myself."

After a while, Jiang Zhizhi came in with the nanny.

Before she came over, her nanny Lin Hongxia had told her that Zong Qinghai was meeting with a student he had studied forty years ago. She knew that such a great scholar who had studied in the academic world for decades was definitely not someone she could casually associate with. If she wasn't careful, she might offend others. After entering, she only called out respectfully, "Teacher, Happy New Year! I'm here to wish you a happy new year."

She didn't look at Yang Fuyuan, but Yang Fuyuan stared at her, stunned for a long time.

The moment Jiang Zhizhi came in, he suddenly understood why Zong Qinghai accepted this little girl who had just entered junior high school as his last disciple.

So similar.

Although they don't look that similar, the look in her eyes is very much like that of Zong Qinghai's daughter who died decades ago.

For a moment, Yang Fuyuan was also somewhat dazed, as if he had returned to forty years ago, when he first met Zong Yun. Zong Yun was slightly older than Jiang Zhizhi at that time, and it happened to be winter. He was playing Go with Zong Qinghai just like today, and Zong Yun came home from school...

Suddenly, he thought of the day when Zong Yun died. His throat was slightly choked and he couldn't speak.

Zong Qinghai hurriedly called Jiang Zhizhi over, took out a red envelope from his arms and stuffed it into her hand, saying happily, "I prepared this red envelope for you a long time ago. I thought you wouldn't come to see an old man like me during the New Year."

"How could that be? I've been thinking about you the whole time. I just knew you had a lot of guests and was afraid of disturbing you, so I waited until today to come over." Jiang Zhizhi said obediently.

When Zong Yun was around, Zong Qinghai was still young and was stricter towards Zong Yun.

Now that he is older, he is surprisingly gentle and loving in front of Jiang Zhizhi. Perhaps, he puts his guilt towards his daughter on Jiang Zhizhi as well?

Yang Fuyuan looked at Jiang Zhizhi in front of him, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions for a moment.

"Zhizhi, your name is Zhizhi, right?" He waved to Jiang Zhizhi.

Jiang Zhizhi walked over, nodded, and said, "Hello."

"My last name is Yang. Although I'm a student of Master Zong just like you, I'm over forty years older than you. You should still call me Grandpa Yang."

"Hello, Grandpa Yang." Jiang Zhizhi said generously.

Yang Fuyuan gently held Jiang Zhizhi's hand, pulled her in front of him, and pointed at the chessboard between them, "Zhizhi, do you know how to play Go?"

Jiang Zhizhi shook her head, "I can't."

"Our teacher loves playing Go the most. Now that you are with the teacher, you must know how to play Go. Go is not only the quintessence of our Chinese nation, but also contains profound philosophical principles of physics. It will be very helpful for you to understand physics in the future." Yang Fuyuan said.

"Go and physics?" Jiang Zhizhi didn't understand. It sounded like two completely unrelated things.

"You see, the Go board itself is a highly symmetrical grid, but as the game progresses, this symmetry is broken, just like what you see now. This is very similar to the phenomenon of symmetry breaking in particle physics. The transition between attack and defense between the black and white Go pieces is similar to the conversion of energy in physics. The connections and layout between the pieces are a kind of potential energy, which is called potential energy."

After Yang Fuyuan's explanation, Jiang Zhizhi began to understand a little.

"Grandpa Yang, if you say so, then physics exists everywhere in the world around us, and knowledge of physics is everywhere," said Jiang Zhizhi.

"Haha, physics studies the fundamental laws and phenomena of nature. Of course, they are everywhere."

At noon, Cheng Yuping and Jiang Zhizhi had lunch at Zong Qinghai's place at Yang Fuyuan's enthusiastic invitation.

Before Jiang Zhizhi left in the afternoon, Yang Fuyuan specifically asked for her phone number.

Looking at Jiang Zhizhi's leaving figure, Zong Qinghai sighed leisurely and said to Yang Fuyuan beside him: "Fuyuan, she is not Ayun."

Yang Fuyuan's eyes trembled, and he turned to Zong Qinghai and said with a smile: "Teacher, are you saying this to yourself?"

*

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

Jiang Zhizhi was tutoring Lu Xiye while frantically doing math problems.

After finishing two sets of papers, Lu Xiye next to him also took his time to finish the exercises she assigned to him. She finished explaining the wrong questions to him, and it was exactly half past eleven.

"That's all for today. School starts tomorrow and you can take a break in the afternoon." Jiang Zhizhi said as she put away her math test paper and casually put it into her schoolbag.

"Then let's go to the gym this afternoon. There's a new ice skating rink over there, so it's sure to be bustling today."

"I'm not going. I have something to do."

"Are you going to the library again?" Lu Xiye was speechless. "You'll really become a nerd if you keep doing this."

"Qingyu asked Rongrong and me to go to the aquarium."

"Then I'll go too."

"That's not good. The three of us are girls." Jiang Zhizhi rejected him indifferently and walked out of the room with her schoolbag.

Lu Xiye curled his lips and was thinking about how to follow when he suddenly received a text message from Zhao Zhiyong on his phone.

【Want to play ball?】

Lu Xiye hadn't played ball for a long time. When he saw Zhao Zhiyong's message, he immediately became addicted to playing ball and immediately forgot about going to the aquarium.

[Yes, of course.]

In the afternoon, Jiang Zhizhi took the bus to the entrance of the aquarium.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw Lin Qingyu posing in front of the huge dolphin statue at the entrance of the aquarium.

She was wearing a long light blue down jacket and a knitted hat with blue and white flowers on it. With her pretty face that was the size of a palm, she looked fresh, bright, beautiful and cute.

In front of Lin Qingyu was Xu Qingbo, who was taking pictures of her with a camera.

Li Rongrong wore a loose lotus pink woolen coat with a belt tied in the middle, which looked very stylish and fashionable.

She was holding two small bags in her hands, one was her own, and the other was naturally Lin Qingyu's who was taking pictures.

"Zhizhi!"

Seeing Jiang Zhizhi, Lin Qingyu waved to her happily.

Jiang Zhizhi ran over quickly and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

"It doesn't matter. You live far away. We just arrived and just started taking pictures." Lin Qingyu said with a smile.

Jiang Zhizhi glanced at Xu Qingbo who was holding a camera. Lin Qingyu didn't say he would come along, so it seemed that he was invited specifically to take pictures.

"Jiang Zhizhi, how are your preparations for the math league going?" Xu Qingbo asked.

"Is it okay? How about you guys?"

Li Rongrong raised her hand and laughed, "I didn't sign up."

Lin Qingyu sighed helplessly, "I've never been good at math, so this time I can only focus on participating in the math league. It really depends on you and Xu Qingbo. Oh, and I heard Yao Jiaqi has signed up too."

"Oh, we finally get out here, why do we have to mention the math league? Let's go in quickly, there will be more people here later." Li Rongrong said resentfully.

She pushed and pulled everyone in.

There is a small park at the entrance of the aquarium with various snack and toy stalls. Li Rongrong bought a fairy crown and a bubble machine to create an atmosphere when taking photos. Jiang Zhizhi and Lin Qingyu each bought a cup of hot fruit tea.

"Zhizhi, have you ever been to the beach?" Lin Qingyu asked casually while drinking milk tea.

"No."

"How about we go to the beach together this summer vacation?" Lin Qingyu suggested excitedly.

Li Rongrong immediately agreed, "Okay, okay, I haven't been to the beach for a long time."

Jiang Zhizhi smiled helplessly, "I...I'm not sure yet, we'll see when the time comes."

Although Cheng Yuping has no signs of cancer now, she cannot take it lightly. She must get the special medicine before that time comes.

Since last year, she has made plans for every moment. Even today's outing with Lin Qingyu and the others was something she squeezed out with all her might.

But seeing the disappointment on Lin Qingyu and Li Rongrong's faces, she didn't want to spoil everyone's fun. "How about we make an appointment to go to the beach together during the summer vacation after the high school entrance exam? How about that?"

After the high school entrance examination, which was the graduation from the third year of junior high school, her mother's affairs were settled and she could finally rest assured.

"Ah? It'll take another three years before the high school entrance exam." Li Rongrong felt it was a bit far away.

Xu Qingbo suddenly spoke up, "A three-year agreement means our friendship will last until then, right? How about we get into No. 1 High School together and go to the beach together?"

"You're right. Our friendship will last until then. Not only after we get into high school, but we'll also go out together the summer after we get into college. That's our promise."

After Lin Qingyu and Xu Qingbo said this, things suddenly seemed romantic.

Li Rongrong also became interested. "Okay! We have a deal! Zhizhi?"

The three of them looked at Jiang Zhizhi together, waiting for her answer.

In her previous life, Jiang Zhizhi had almost no friends except Xu Jiaojiao, and their friendship eventually ended in a withered manner.

But this time, she has so many precious friends.

Jiang Zhizhi felt warm in her heart, and even a little sore in her eyes.

She nodded solemnly, "Well, we have a deal!"