October 23, playground.

It was only eight o'clock when Zhou Chu was pulled away from the dormitory by Sun Yao.

He had no classes this morning and originally planned to spend the whole morning writing.

According to the author's daily report, the new book's performance after signing the contract has been mediocre. It has more than 30,000 words, but the number of book favorites is still in the double digits, and there is no sign of it being recommended.

If this continues, we're probably going to fail miserably.

You have to understand that he's a complete newcomer in terms of achievements, without the support of veteran readers. If he also lacks quality and update frequency, he might as well go out and do manual labor, which would be more promising.

But as soon as he turned on his computer, Sun Yao spotted him.

"Today is the last day of recruitment for the club. In order to save you, I've decided to take you out for a walk." Sun Yao looked like a good teacher and helpful friend.

"Fine, do you think I don't know what you're up to?" Zhou Chu sighed.

If it weren't for seeing the beautiful female seniors from various clubs and the girls in his year, how could he possibly get up so early, given his habit of sleeping until 11 a.m. every morning?

Sure enough, even when he got to the playground, he only lingered around the clubs where there were obviously more girls.

After wandering around for a while, he set his sights on the senior students in the English club.

She was indeed a very beautiful senior student; he had never seen her before.

"Hello, Nice to meet you." Sun Yao went up to greet him directly.

Completely ignoring the stares of the other senior students and freshmen in the club, she went up and unleashed a barrage of British-style remarks.

Zhou Chu was amazed by his limited vocabulary and awkward accent.

He took several steps back, finally creating a safe enough distance between himself and Sun Yao.

They maintained a distance so that no one would suspect they were accomplices.

"If you want to improve your English, you can join our English club." The senior student nodded politely to Sun Yao and then turned to Zhou Chu.

"No, no." Zhou Chu covered his face, lowered his head, and quickly walked away.

"Don't go too far, see you later." Hearing Sun Yao's greeting, Zhou Chu felt like he was about to die of shock.

There are many clubs and organizations in universities, especially in science and engineering.

A large crowd had gathered in the corner, and he instinctively wanted to go over and see what was going on.

The reason people were gathered there was because a girl was playing Go.

The key point is that he knows this girl—isn't she Gao Qinyi?

Judging from the situation, Gao Qinyi's dragon is clearly in the lead, having already cut several gaps in the opponent's formation.

"Amazing!" Zhou Chu thought to himself.

After watching the TV series "Go Master" back then, he also had the idea of ​​becoming a Go master, so he studied with Gao Qinyi for half a year.

After being repeatedly tormented by Gao Qinyi dozens of times, he gave up on this unrealistic dream.

Since she didn't know how to play chess, Zhou Chu switched schools and learned chess for several years.

Later, due to his studies, his chess skills were put on hold for several years.

Gao Qinyi is a completely different person when she plays chess compared to her usual self.

He was so calm and collected it was almost frightening; even when he trapped the opponent's dragon, he only raised an eyebrow.

He pursed his lips slightly, his eyes seemingly fixed on the chessboard, as if he had already seen through the game and was comprehending the way of chess.

A perfectly proportioned profile that attracted enough lecherous men.

It's obvious that most of these onlookers weren't there to appreciate Go, but rather to admire the beautiful woman playing Go.

But the most excited person among them was the president of the chess club.

The boy was very thin and seemed rather slow-witted, but he was very excited right now.

No wonder she was the top chess player in the club before, Senior Gao Qinyi.

Without her, how could the chess club have attracted so much attention?

He was worried last night that the chess club wouldn't be able to recruit many new members, but now that Gao Qinyi, who had left the club and returned, is here, recruiting new members will be a piece of cake.

finally.

The opponent sighed deeply, watching as Gao Qinyi's black pieces occupied the field and his remaining territory was wiped out, leaving him no choice but to resign.

Placing two white stones in the lower right corner of the board signifies resignation.

"Thank you for your kind words." Gao Qinyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped her forehead with the back of her hand.

Her attention finally returned from the chessboard, and she looked around at the onlookers.

Zhou Chu covered his face and hid at the back of the crowd, thus escaping unscathed.

With so many onlookers, if she discovers him, it will be difficult for him to escape their watchful gaze.

"Come on, let's play the next round."

A long-haired boy stepped forward from the crowd and sat down opposite Gao Qinyi.

"Wait a minute." The club president handed the form and pen to the long-haired boy: "If you want to play chess with our senior Qin Yi, you must join our chess club."

A pile of application forms flew into the crowd like snowflakes.

"Oh, I remember who she is!" someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't that the senior from the confession wall?"

"That's right! I thought she looked familiar just now. It turns out she's the school beauty from the confession wall."

"I never expected that my senior would not only be beautiful, but also have such good taste."

A murmur of discussion arose; had she not already begun placing her pieces, these people would probably have rushed up to add her as a friend.

Gao Qinyi felt a little flustered, but as she entered the game, all external noises were filtered out.

Zhou Chu watched the game of chess from the back row.

This time, the opponent was significantly stronger; the situation was completely unpredictable in the first few dozen moves.

It was a very exciting game of chess, and Zhou Chu was secretly sweating for her.

As time passed, Gao Qinyi's eyes grew brighter and her piece-playing speed increased.

It's a pity that there were significantly fewer people surrounding the game, and many fake players couldn't understand the deeper aspects of the game at all.

Even Zhou Chu was slow to realize its subtleties, taking a long time to appreciate its beauty.

A full half hour later.

Seeing that the endgame was going very badly, the opponent had no choice but to resign.

"Huang Xingyou, a freshman in biotechnology. Thank you for your guidance, senior." The long-haired man finally raised his head.

So handsome! Even Zhou Chu was taken aback.

He had been playing chess with his head down the whole time, and his long hair had completely obscured his features, so it was impossible to see him clearly.

Unlike Zhou Chu, he had a refined and scholarly air about him; if one had to describe him, he was more like a shrewd scoundrel.

"Gao Qinyi, a first-year graduate student from the School of Foreign Languages. I'm sorry to concede. If you hadn't miscalculated one move in the middle game, the outcome would have been uncertain."

Although the other person was very handsome, her expression did not change.

Aside from a faint appreciation, there's nothing else to see.

"Senior, can I add you on WeChat?" Huang Xingyou had already taken out the QR code on his phone.

"No need, when the time is right, we'll play against each other." Gao Qinyi smiled politely and waved her hand.

"I want one too..." This time, everyone rushed forward.

Gao Qinyi stepped back from the chessboard: "Maybe next time."

Because she had just looked up and seen Zhou Chu! And now she was walking straight toward him.