Be more willful
Xu Honghan and Pu Shao have known each other for seven or eight years because of Go at Jinghai, but because their life directions are different, they have less and less time to meet after graduation.
This time, Xu Honghan took the opportunity to return to Nanshi for a rest and made an appointment with Pu Shao to play a game of chess, and also caught up with old friends.
But unexpectedly, after the game was over, Jiang Zhizhi would appear here.
"I want to come here to sign up for a Go class." Jiang Zhizhi was also surprised to meet Xu Honghan here, but she still said the truth obediently.
Xu Honghan pondered this and walked over to her, leaning slightly forward. He chuckled and said, "I guess it wasn't Professor Yang who recommended you to learn Go?"
"Well, Grandpa Yang said that the teacher likes Go. If I can learn to play Go, I can accompany the teacher to relieve his boredom."
"I knew it..." Xu Honghan smiled helplessly, turned around and said to his friend beside him: "In that case, Pu Shao, I will hand my little junior sister over to you."
Pu Shao certainly knew who Xu Honghan's teacher was. He looked Jiang Zhizhi up and down curiously, wondering what kind of abilities this little girl had that the elder would take a fancy to her.
"Well, in order to satisfy your good friend, I have no choice but to teach her myself."
Pu Shao brought Jiang Zhizhi and Xu Honghan to the reception room of the chess room.
Pu Yu also followed with great interest, but just as she reached the door, she heard Pu Shao order: "Xiao Yu, serve tea to the guests."
She curled her lips in dissatisfaction, but still went to the tea room to make tea obediently.
The reception room of the chess room is more like a tea room, decorated in a very Chinese style. A glazed screen divides it into two spaces.
Pu Shao acted leisurely and invited Xu Honghan and Jiang Zhizhi to sit down together.
"Jiang Zhizhi..." He pondered the name, as if trying to deepen his impression. "How much do you know about Go?"
"I don't know much about it."
Although she had read several books about Go, she only glanced at many of the professional contents and did not understand them.
"You're a complete novice, just like your senior brother when we first met in Jinghai." Pu Shao smiled playfully. "You're probably just playing Go as a hobby like him, not planning on becoming a professional, right?"
Jiang Zhizhi nodded.
Even if she learns Go, she will focus more on her studies.
"Okay, I understand." Pu Shao looked outside the reception room, "Xiaoyu, come here."
Pu Yu poked his head in and said resentfully, "What are you doing? The tea isn't ready yet."
"From now on, you will be my teaching assistant, responsible for teaching Jiang Zhizhi the basics of Go. Once she can compete with you on a level playing field, I will formally teach her."
Since Jiang Zhizhi had no plans to pursue a career, Pu Shao was more casual in his teaching of her.
But when Pu Yu heard what Pu Shao said, he jumped up and down. "What? You look down on me? It would take her at least two years to reach my current level! I've already been promoted to amateur 5th dan, okay?"
"Really?" Pu Shao looked at Jiang Zhizhi with a half-smile in his eyes. "But I think she might catch up with you soon."
Pu Yu wanted to refute, but when he thought about Jiang Zhizhi, who was a genius who scored 191 points in the second mathematics test, he suddenly felt unsure.
After all, being able to get that score shows that her memory and thinking ability are extremely strong.
These two abilities are crucial for Go players.
"Um... I haven't asked how much the tuition for the Go courses here is..." Jiang Zhizhi said.
"Tuition? You're Xu Honghan's junior sister, how could I possibly charge you tuition? You should just work as a student. My library is short of someone, so you can organize the materials while learning chess from Xiaoyu. That way you can improve faster."
Jiang Zhizhi hesitated and said, "But I'm afraid I can't come here every day."
"It's okay. The data room doesn't need to be organized every day."
*
Pu Shao had a Go exchange meeting in the morning. After making simple arrangements with Jiang Zhizhi, he left with Xu Honghan.
Pu Yu took Jiang Zhizhi to the information room at the end of the chess room corridor.
"This room is my brother's private archive. Besides him, I'm usually the only one who comes in to help him clean it. Now I can give it to you!" Pu Yu said, handing Jiang Zhizhi a small white key. "This is the spare key I kept for this room. Here it is."
Jiang Zhizhi took it, not knowing what to say.
I originally just wanted to learn chess, but I didn't expect to get a job as well.
She can actually pay the tuition...
However, she could also understand that Pu Shao asked her to organize the library because he actually wanted her to use the information in it to learn Go, which was like giving her special training.
"My brother likes to make records. Most of the records here are famous Go records from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Of course, there are also my brother's own records. They are basically organized. There is no heavy work. You just need to clean it up occasionally and organize and categorize the records and other materials my brother sends later. It's very simple."
Pu Yu pushed open the door. The room faced the shade and the curtains were drawn. It felt inexplicably eerie.
Jiang Zhizhi followed him in. The entire information room was not big, with two rows of information shelves on each side, both of which were fully stacked.
In the middle of the room was a platform with dark walnut wood flooring, and on the platform there was nothing except a chessboard.
Pu Yu walked to the platform, sat down casually, and said playfully, "Actually, this is also my brother's confinement room. Every time he loses a game, he has to sit here for two or three days without eating or drinking to review the game. You've never seen him look like that before, he's like a dank ghost. However, I haven't seen him lose a game in the past two years."
Jiang Zhizhi walked to the information rack and took a look. It seemed that it had not been cleaned for some time, and there was an obvious layer of dust on the rack.
"By the way, Jiang Zhizhi, how is your spoken English?" Pu Yu suddenly asked.
“I’m not very good at speaking.”
"Oh? Really?" Pu Yu suddenly became interested. "I suddenly had a brilliant idea."
She stood up suddenly, walked over to Jiang Zhizhi, and smiled. "Jiang Zhizhi, how about we communicate in English while I teach you Go? That way, you can not only learn Go, but also practice speaking English."
As the top student in her grade at a foreign language middle school, Pu Yu's foreign language skills are exceptionally good. Daily oral communication is a piece of cake for her, so she now wants to challenge herself to a higher level of difficulty.
"If you don't mind my poor spoken English, of course I'm willing." Jiang Zhizhi agreed.
"OK! Let's get started!"
Pu Yu narrowed his eyes, and in the dim light, he looked like a beautiful cat about to attack.
*
Jiang Zhizhi was surrounded by Go and English for the entire morning. For the first time since her rebirth, she felt clumsy.
Pu Yu's spoken English was so fluent that it seemed like her native language. During the game, she explained the basics of Go, pointed out Jiang Zhizhi's pronunciation and grammatical errors, and even found time to complain about Jiang Zhizhi's disorganized and bad moves.
It was already difficult for Jiang Zhizhi to understand Pu Yu's English. She was completely confused by the professional Go terms. Many times she looked up at Pu Yu who was talking non-stop, but she didn't understand what she meant.
Even though she had good English grades in school, at this moment, it was completely not good enough.
Pu Yu was in a good mood when he came out of the information room.
She really enjoyed the feeling of making Jiang Zhizhi feel bad. "How was it? Did you gain anything this morning?"
"Yeah." Jiang Zhizhi nodded. She looked at the girl in front of her seriously and said admiringly, "Xiaoyu, you are really amazing!"
"Huh? I was asking if you have gained anything!" Although Pu Yu liked the feeling of defeating Jiang Zhizhi, she felt a little embarrassed when Jiang Zhizhi praised her.
Actually, it’s a bit unfair.
Because the learning environment in a foreign language school is entirely taught in foreign languages.
But Jiang Zhizhi did not have such a learning environment at all.
Jiang Zhizhi was also very happy. "My biggest gain today is seeing the gap between you and me. Xiaoyu, thank you!"
"You... you look like this, I don't know what to say." Pu Yu scratched his head embarrassedly, "Forget it, just consider it my friendship today. I'll treat you to lunch."
“Beep…”
As soon as Pu Yu finished speaking, the phone in Jiang Zhizhi's pocket rang.
She took out her cell phone and took a look.
It was a text message from Xu Honghan.
[Zhizhi, I'm leaving tomorrow. Let's have lunch together. I'll be waiting for you downstairs in the chess room.]
Leaving?
Are you going out of town?
Jiang Zhizhi thought for a moment, then turned to Puyu and said, "Xiaoyu, my senior brother is looking for me. Let's have dinner another day. I'll treat you then."
"Will you come in the afternoon?" Pu Yu felt a little unsatisfied with the morning teaching.
"No, I have English lessons this afternoon. I'll come back tomorrow."
"Oh? You want to cram before the battle? Fine, then I'll check your learning tomorrow to see how much progress you've made compared to today."
"Goodbye, Teacher Xiaoyu." Jiang Zhizhi smiled, waved at her, and turned to leave.
Pu Yu stood there, feeling inexplicably happy when Jiang Zhizhi called her "Teacher Xiaoyu".
This top student in the first grade of No. 1 Middle School is quite cute...
*
Jiang Zhizhi had just arrived downstairs and was looking for Xu Honghan when she suddenly heard a crisp car horn.
She subconsciously looked towards the sound. In a black car parked in a space on the left side of the road, Xu Honghan rolled down the window and waved at her, "Zhizhi, get in."
Jiang Zhizhi walked over, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat.
"Brother, are you leaving?"
"Um."
"Are we going to K City?"
"No, this time we're going to Qianzhou."
"oh."
Qianzhou is also very far away.
"This time, I may not be back for a long time. Is there anything you want to eat? If you miss this opportunity, you don't know when the next one will be." Xu Honghan said jokingly.
"Since you will be out for a long time, let's go to your favorite restaurant, senior brother." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Xu Honghan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Jiang Zhizhi to answer like this.
After a while, he turned his eyes away from Jiang Zhizhi and started the car silently. "Then let's go to the western restaurant I like."
The car slowly entered the main road. Xu Honghan was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke again.
"But, Zhizhi, being too considerate can also be a headache."
"You can be more willful in front of me in the future."
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