That night, Ye Qingqing and the others stayed at their eldest son's resort, which was located halfway up the mountain. It was very quiet, with only the sound of birds chirping. They slept soundly through the night until dawn. The group of them got up early, as did the old man and Lin Shufang.

Rushing to see the sunrise.

Last night I saw the sunrise and sunset photos taken by Zou Hanqiu, they were absolutely gorgeous, and everyone was itching to go see them. Luckily the weather was nice today, so we decided to climb to the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise.

It took nearly an hour to climb to the top of the mountain. The sun hadn't come out yet, but the clouds had already turned orange-red, like a fiery sunset.

"The clouds are especially beautiful today, I'm lucky."

Zou Hanqiu kept taking pictures with his camera. Every time he went up the mountain, there were different beautiful views. If he didn't have to film a movie, he would have liked to stay here until the Chinese New Year.

The first ray of sunlight finally shone out, and soon it shone with golden light, bathing the entire mountain in a warm glow. At this moment, everyone felt a very wonderful feeling.

I don't want to think about anything, I just want to close my eyes, quietly enjoy the sunbathing, and feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Compared to the vastness of nature, humanity is truly like a speck of dust, pitifully insignificant.

"I really want to try a set of boxing moves!"

After a long silence, Ruan Yingzi let out a sigh.

"Go ahead and hit me. There's plenty of space here; you can really show off your skills," Ye Qingqing joked.

The usually poised and confident Ruan Yingzi scratched the back of her head sheepishly. She decided not to hit him after all; her idol was right next to her, and she was afraid of making a fool of herself. Falling was a minor matter, but if her pants ripped, that would be incredibly embarrassing.

This kind of thing had happened before. She was representing her school in a performance, and there was a huge crowd. She was demonstrating boxing, but she used too much force, and when she squatted down, there was a 'crack' sound—

His buttocks were exposed.

The audience burst into laughter. She forced herself to finish the boxing match, but as soon as she stepped off the stage, she covered her backside and cried. She was eight years old at the time, already a young girl who knew shame and decency.

This incident became a shadow in her heart, and she never boxed in public again after that.

They didn't stay on the mountain for long before heading down. Going down was faster than going up. After having breakfast at the resort, everyone headed back. It's easy to feel sleepy after a big meal, so Lin Shufang and the old man lay down, and Ye Qingqing also dozed off. However, she still managed to stay awake and call Ye Mingcheng to ask about Ye Tong's match results.

"That's good. He only lost to Tsumabuki Minami, but won the other matches. Master Kotori said that he can participate in international competitions next year."

Ye Mingcheng was overjoyed and a little proud. Although Xiao Tong was not his biological son, the two of them were now as close as father and son. Xiao Tong even called him "Dad" like Ye Qingqing did, which made Ye Mingcheng feel even more responsible.

"Xiaotong is so amazing, Dad! Let Xiaotong talk to me for a bit." Ye Qingqing was even happier and eager to praise her younger brother on the phone.

but--

"I'm not going to talk about it now. I need to take Xiaotong to the hotel for the celebration party. It wouldn't be good if we were late. You can talk to Xiaotong about it in person when you come back this afternoon."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Ye Qingqing gave a few instructions and then hung up the phone, her joy barely concealed as she shared the good news with Lu Mo.

"It seems that Xiaotong has a good chance of winning the world championship."

Lu Mo had a lot of confidence in Xiao Tong. Xiao Tong was only thirteen years old. Strictly speaking, when Tsumabuki Minami was thirteen, he hadn't achieved as much as Xiao Tong. The only one he could compare to was Choi Seok from Goryeo.

Cui Shi has won more than a dozen world championships so far. Lu Mo has a strange confidence that Xiao Tong will also achieve such great success and become the chess saint of China.