Chapter 151 The Dragon of the Old Yu Family

“It’s finally over.”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, even Yu Shao was no exception.

From the preliminaries, the main tournament to the finals, it lasted for more than a month, with almost continuous competitions. Even though the pressure from the chess game was not great for Yu Shao, he was still very tired after playing chess for so long.

People left the venue one after another. Yu Shao was just about to leave, but after taking a few steps, he was stopped by several reporters.

"Yu Shao, first dan, are you available for an interview?"

"Yu Shao, first dan, as an amateur chess player, you have won all the games in this dan ranking tournament. How do you feel about that?"

"Excuse me, Yu Shao Chudan, how long have you been learning Go? Do you have a teacher? Can you share your experience of learning Go?"

Not only Yu Shao, but all other beginner chess players were surrounded by reporters and asked questions non-stop.

"Xu Zijin, first dan, as Mr. Xu's daughter, how did you come up with the idea of ​​becoming a professional chess player?"

"Su Yiming is also an amateur chess player, right? How do you usually train yourself?"

“…”

Seeing this, Ma Zhengyu cleared his throat and said, "Dear media friends, the contestants are very tired after such a long period of continuous competition."

"There will be plenty of opportunities for interviews in the future. During this time, let the contestants have a good rest."

After hearing what Ma Zhengyu said, the reporters were a little unwilling, but they finally let the beginner chess players off and made way for everyone else.

The chess players were finally able to leave. Some of them, like Yu Shao, stayed in the hotel where the competition was held, but many others, such as Su Yiming and Xu Zijin, stayed in other hotels nearby.

After returning to his room, Yu Shao lay on the bed to rest for a while, then got up and began to pack his luggage.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Just as Yu Shao was packing his luggage, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Yu Shao walked to the door and as soon as he opened it, he saw Jiang Xiahua pulling a suitcase at the door.

"Why are you here?"

Seeing that it was Jiang Xiahua, Yu Shao was a little surprised and asked.

"I'm leaving today. I want to say hello to you before I go." Jiang Xiahua asked with a smile: "When are you going to leave? Tomorrow?"

"Yes, I will go back tomorrow."

Yu Shao nodded and asked in surprise: "You are in such a hurry, don't you take a day off?"

After playing chess for so many days in a row, even he felt a little tired.

"I finally got promoted. I need to go back to the dojo and tell my master. And according to the rules of our dojo, after I am promoted, I need to tell my fellow disciples about the key victory in the promotion tournament."

Jiang Xiahua looked expectant and said, "Finally, I have to tell my parents the good news and go to Jiangling in a few days."

Okay.

Hearing Jiang Xiahua say this, Yu Shao immediately understood.

As the saying goes, wealth and honor never return to one's hometown, like wearing fine clothes at night. Jiang Xiahua has been honing his skills for five years and now he has finally succeeded in becoming a professional player. He can't wait to go back and show off.

"When I go to Jiangling, you, as the host, must entertain me well."

Jiang Xiahua smiled and said, "After becoming a professional chess player, I guess I will be half Jiangling person in the future."

There are five major Chinese Go competition areas in this world. Each area has a central Go academy, and the Southern Go Academy is located in Jiangling Province, which Yu Shao has never been to.

The place where he had signed up for the qualifying tournament was only the Gangneung Chess Academy, but not the Nambu Chess Academy.

Generally speaking, all major chess tournaments and promotion matches will be held in the chess room at the headquarters of the chess academy in each competition area.

Therefore, chess players from the southern region will have to stay in Jiangling at least half of the time in the future, and the other half of the time may be in the other four major chess academies.

"no problem."

Yu Shao nodded and asked curiously, "But you are only sixteen years old. Are you going to rent a house in Jiangling by yourself in the future?"

"My mother should be here soon."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiahua couldn't help but sigh and said, "I would like to rent a house and live alone. After all, I can make money by playing games, but my mother insisted on coming with me."

"You are not yet an adult after all."

Yu Shao shook his head and smiled, saying, "Isn't it good for your mother to come and take care of your daily life?"

"I'm not free, and my mom will probably have to control my spending, so it's hard to spend the money I earn."

Jiang Xiahua was unhappy and complained a few words, then waved goodbye and said, "Okay, I won't say any more. I'll leave first. See you in Jiangling in a few days."

"Okay, see you in Jiangling."

Yu Shao smiled and nodded, saying goodbye to Jiang Xiahua.

The next day, after resting for a night in the hotel, Yu Shao dragged his suitcase to the hotel front desk at 7:30 in the morning to check out. He finally left Xin'an and started his journey home.

Xin'an is not far from Jiangling, and it only takes three hours by high-speed train.

Therefore, after setting off at 7:30 in the morning, Yu Shao returned to Jiangling before noon.

When Yu Shao returned home and opened the door, he saw Yu Dongming sitting on the sofa in the living room and browsing his phone.

The sound of cooking was just beginning to be heard in the kitchen, but it stopped abruptly when the door opened. Then Cai Xiaomei's voice was heard: "Xiao Shao, are you back?"

"Yeah, I'm back."

Yu Shao responded and asked in surprise, "Dad, Mom, you didn't go to the store today?"

"No, why would I feel like going?"

On the sofa, Yu Dongming put down his phone and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, my phone has been ringing since last night and it has never stopped."

"What's wrong?"

Yu Shao was a little confused, and asked as he walked towards the living room.

"It's because you won the championship with your undefeated record."

Yu Dongming raised the phone in his hand, an irrepressible smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Don't you know? People are talking about it online now."

"Your second uncle and third uncle called yesterday to ask if the Yu Shao on the Internet was you."

Yu Dongming couldn't help laughing and said, "There were photos in the news, but they didn't believe it and asked me several times."

"About the qualifying tournament?"

Yu Shao was a little surprised when he heard Yu Dongming's words. The results of the qualifying tournament were only released yesterday afternoon, but they were already spread online in just one night? "Didn't you check your phone?"

Yu Dongming smiled and handed the phone to Yu Shao, saying, "Here, take a look."

Yu Shao took the phone from Yu Dongming and soon saw the report about himself on Weibo. At this time, it was ranked 11th on the hot search list -

【16-year-old amateur genius boy won all the games and was promoted to the professional level! 】

And above this hot search, the tenth place in the hot search is also related to this year's ranking tournament.

[Zhuang Fei, the son of Zhuang Weisheng, was unexpectedly eliminated in the qualifying tournament! 】

Yu Shao clicked on his own hot search and soon saw several photos of himself holding his first-dan certificate. There were a bunch of comments from netizens below, most of whom were asking who Yu Shao was and why they had never heard of him.

In this world, although Go is very popular, it is only a ranking tournament. Even if you are ranked with a perfect record, it is difficult to directly rank in the top 20 hot searches, let alone the eleventh place.

The reason why he attracted so much attention this time was, firstly, because he was an amateur chess player, and secondly... it was probably mostly thanks to Zhuang Fei.

Yu Dongming on the side was looking at Yu Shao, feeling a sense of accomplishment. Until now, he felt that all of this was just like a dream.

At first, he felt it was incredible when he heard that Yu Shao had taught himself Go and was going to represent the school in the high school Go league.

Later, Yu Shao won the city high school Go league championship and said he wanted to become a professional Go player. Even though Yu Shao defeated a retired professional first-dan player to prove himself, he still felt that it was a bit unreliable.

After all, Yu Shao had not received any professional training and only learned Go by himself. How could he compete with those young players who had learned Go in the dojo since childhood for the quota of professional Go players? But he never expected that Yu Shao would not only be promoted to a professional Go player, but also successfully be promoted to a professional Go player with a perfect record, defeating countless young players who were trying to become professional Go players! Moreover, among those who lost to Yu Shao, there was even the son of Zhuang Weisheng, who was a 10th-dan player! Although Yu Dongming knew nothing about Go, even he had heard of the name Zhuang Weisheng and knew that Zhuang Weisheng was one of the top players in the Go world today.

How could it be that Zhuang Wei’s son, who was not born at the tenth level, was any worse?

Not bad!

But, even if he is the son of Zhuang Weisheng, the tenth dan, he is no match for my son, Yu Dongming! Thinking of this, Yu Dongming felt a little proud.

Our old Yu family has really produced a dragon! "By the way, Xiao Shao."

Yu Dongming thought for a moment and said, "Cai Dongdong, do you remember?"

"Cai Dongdong?"

Yu Shao returned the phone to Yu Dongming, thought about it, and finally shook his head and asked, "I don't remember, who is it?"

"Your second uncle's youngest son is also your cousin. He is only eight years old this year. It's normal that you don't remember him. You only met him once during the Chinese New Year two years ago, when he was only six years old."

Yu Dongming smiled and said, "He likes playing chess very much. Your second uncle has always wanted to train him, but I don't know if he has the talent."

"So, your second uncle is thinking of bringing him to our house in a few days, so that you can play a game of chess with him in person to see if he has a talent for chess."

"If you think he can be trained, your second uncle plans to send him to the dojo to learn chess for a few years. You won't need to guide him in the future. After all, you just became a professional chess player and it's a busy time."

"What do you think? Is it convenient?"

Many parents like to make decisions for their children regardless of their children's wishes, but Yu Dongming and Cai Xiaomei are the kind of parents who respect their children very much.

If Yu Shao doesn't want to, they won't force him.

After saying this, Yu Dongming himself couldn't help but smile.

He brought Yu Shao with him a year ago and asked the retired first-dan player to see if Yu Shao had the talent to become a professional chess player.

But this year, he wanted to let Yu Shao see if his cousin had a talent for chess.

"If it's just a game of instruction, it should be fine."

After hearing Yu Dongming's words, Yu Shao thought about it and did not refuse. He asked, "But what if he has no talent?"

"Based on my understanding of your second uncle, if your cousin really has no talent at all, he would not say this."

Yu Dongming smiled and said, "Of course, if you really think he is not good enough, you can just tell your mother, and then your mother will tell your second uncle. Besides, your second uncle is not a petty person."

"OK."

Hearing this, Yu Shao nodded and agreed.

"Okay, okay, let's eat quickly. Xiao Shao, are you hungry?"

At this time, Cai Xiaomei also came out of the kitchen with dishes and said with a smile: "Today I made your favorite braised pork and dry-fried beef. Come and eat."

…………

After playing for such a long time in a row, the ranking tournament is finally over. Therefore, even though there are no more games, Yu Shao did not go to school. He lay down at home and had a good rest for two days.

On the third day, Yu Shao's second uncle Cai Wei finally brought Cai Dongdong to the house.

Cai Xiaomei and Yu Dongming knew that Cai Wei would come today, so they didn't go to the store. At one o'clock in the afternoon, after hearing a knock on the door, Cai Xiaomei immediately walked to the door and opened it.

After seeing Cai Wei at the door, Cai Xiaomei said with a smile: "Second brother, you are here?"

Cai Wei was a thin man in his forties, who looked gentle and refined. He smiled and said, "Meizi, I haven't seen you for a while."

At this time, a little boy about seven or eight years old next to Cai Wei, upon seeing Cai Xiaomei, immediately called out in a crisp voice: "Auntie!"

"Hey, Dongdong is getting cuter and cuter."

Cai Xiaomei smiled brightly, responded, and quickly said, "Come on, come in, no need to change your shoes."

Cai Wei brought Cai Dongdong to the living room quickly. After seeing Cai Wei, Yu Shao also stood up quickly and called out, "Second Uncle."

"Xiao Shao, I haven't seen you for a year. You've grown so handsome."

Seeing Yu Shao, Cai Wei couldn't help but joked, "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the news that you became a professional chess player a few days ago. Xiaomei and Dongming must have kept it a secret from us."

"Brother, we are confused too."

Yu Dongming shook his head and said with a smile: "This kid taught himself Go and actually became a professional Go player. We were also shocked at the time."

Just as Cai Wei was about to speak, Cai Dongdong beside him looked at Yu Shao with admiration and shouted, "Cousin!"

Yu Shao was slightly startled, looked at Cai Dongdong and nodded.

"Xiao Shao, this kid is a bother to you. Ever since he found out that you became a professional chess player, he has been clamoring to play chess with you. He has never played chess with a professional chess player before."

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Cai Wei smiled and said, "Please take a look at his level and see if he has any talent for chess."

"OK."

Yu Shao nodded, looked at Cai Dongdong, and said, "Then go to my room. The chess table is inside."

"good!"

Cai Dongdong nodded quickly, walked to Yu Shao in small steps, bowed his head and said, "Thank you, cousin."

"It's all right."

Yu Shao couldn't help but smile, and soon took Cai Dongdong to his room.

After arriving at the room, Yu Shao closed the door, then took out the four-legged chess table that Yu Dongming had bought for him, sat cross-legged, looked at Cai Dongdong, and asked, "Do you want to play black or white?"

"I want to play the black piece."

Cai Dongdong couldn't contain his excitement. He sat opposite Yu Shao and said, "Cousin, I'm good at playing black pieces."

"Okay, then you play the black piece."

Yu Shao smiled and nodded, then placed the chess box with the black pieces next to Cai Dongdong. After they exchanged greetings, he said, "Let's get started."

Hearing this, Cai Dongdong nodded with a serious look on his face, and quickly took out the chess piece from the chess box and placed it on the chessboard.

Sixteen columns and four rows, stars.

Yu Shao lowered his eyes to look at the chessboard, quickly picked up the chess piece and put it down gently.

clatter.

Four columns and sixteen rows, stars.

Cai Dongdong was slightly stunned. Although he was also making a move, he felt that when his cousin made the move, there seemed to be a kind of momentum involved, which was difficult to describe in words.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and picked up the chess piece again and placed it down.

Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…

In the room, the crisp sound of chess pieces falling continued to be heard.

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In the living room.

"Xiaomei, did Xiaoshao really teach himself Go?" Cai Wei couldn't help but ask while sitting on the sofa.

Although Yu Dongming and Cai Xiaomei told him on the phone a few days ago that Yu Shao taught himself Go, they didn't know that Yu Shao could play Go before.

But to be honest, even though Yu Shao is now a professional chess player, Cai Wei still feels unbelievable.

After all, it is a bit too outrageous to become a professional Go player by self-studying Go.

Generally, those who can become professional chess players are young people who come out of the dojo and are trying to become a professional chess player. There are very few amateur chess players who can successfully become a professional chess player.

Moreover, most of these amateur chess players have started learning chess since childhood. Compared with the young players who are striving for chess proficiency, they have not undergone professional and arduous training.

"real."

Cai Xiaomei smiled and said, "We didn't believe it at the time, and we even took him to play chess with a retired first-dan chess player."

"What's the result?" Cai Wei asked curiously.

"As a result, Teacher Su said that if Xiao Shao couldn't be a chess player, he could become a delivery rider."

Cai Xiaomei smiled and said, "I hadn't reacted yet."

“Is this true or false?”

Cai Wei's eyes widened when he heard this. As a professional chess player, he was very proud. He could not believe that such words came from the mouth of a professional chess player.

He has dealt with some high-level amateur chess players. When it comes to playing chess, they are all very arrogant and no one is willing to admit defeat. Let alone professional chess players?

"Really?"

Cai Xiaomei nodded and said, "After all, Xiao Shao won."

"But even if you lose, as a former professional chess player, you can't say such things, right?"

Cai Wei frowned and asked, "Did you watch that chess game?"

"No, after all, Lao Yu and I don't understand chess, so it's useless to watch it." Cai Xiaomei shook her head and said.

Just then, the bedroom door opened, and Yu Shao walked out of the bedroom.

"Xiao Shao, is it over?"

Seeing Yu Shao, Cai Wei stood up immediately and looked at Yu Shao with worry but also expectation.

Yu Shao nodded and said, "The game is over, but he is still collecting the chess pieces."

"How is Dongdong?"

Cai Wei was a little nervous: "Do you have a talent for chess?"

Hearing Cai Wei's words and Cai Wei's current expression, Yu Dongming and Cai Xiaomei couldn't help but look at each other. Obviously, they both remembered that they took Yu Shao to the Yidao Go tutoring class a year ago.

“Hmm…”

Yu Shao pondered for a moment, thinking back to the game just now, and said slowly: "He has talent, a good sense of chess, quick reactions, and is very focused when playing chess. Second uncle, you can indeed consider training him."

"But... whether he can become a professional chess player is hard to say. If he enters the dojo, it depends on how old he is to be promoted to the dan-preparation class."

Hearing this, Cai Wei breathed a sigh of relief, nodded without surprise, and said, "Okay, I understand. Thank you, Xiao Shao, thank you for your trouble."

Yu Shao smiled and said, "It's okay, no trouble."

Not long after, Cai Dongdong also packed up the chess pieces and walked out of the room.

His expression was very relaxed at this moment. After all, he knew that he would definitely lose, and it was also a coaching game. Yu Shao played with him all the way to the endgame. After the end, he briefly reviewed the game with him and roughly told him what shortcomings he still had.

"Why don't you say thank you to your cousin?"

Seeing Cai Dongdong coming out, Cai Wei glared at Cai Dongdong without saying a word, with an unchanging expression.

"Dad, after we finished playing chess, I already said thank you for your advice."

Cai Dongdong stuck out his tongue and explained for himself, but still bowed his head to Yu Shao and said sincerely: "Thank you, cousin."

"You're welcome."

Yu Shao looked at Cai Dongdong and said with a smile: "You played well, keep it up."

"hey-hey!"

Cai Dongdong felt very proud when he received the praise from Yu Shao, a professional chess player, and couldn't help but shrug his nose.

“This kid.”

Cai Wei touched Cai Dongdong's head helplessly, and then said: "Xiaomei, Dongming, we won't bother you anymore. You still have to go to the store this afternoon, right?"

Cai Wei looked at Cai Xiaomei and Yu Dongming and said, "I am really sorry to bother you today."

"Hey, why do we have to talk to each other?"

Yu Dongming shook his head and walked towards the door, saying with a smile: "I'll see you off."

"No, no, I drove here."

Cai Wei quickly grabbed Yu Dongming and declined with a smile: "Just go downstairs to the garage. There's no need to send me there. I've troubled you enough today."

Hearing what Cai Wei said, Yu Dongming nodded and said, "Okay, then drive safely."

"good."

Cai Wei looked at Yu Shao again and said with a smile: "Xiao Shao, Dong Dong and I will pay attention to your competitions in the future. I hope to see your outstanding performance."

"As your uncle, I also wish you to become more skilled in chess, go further and further on your professional career, and strive to be promoted two dans a year and get a title in five years!"

Yu Shao had never heard of such a vicious curse in his two lifetimes.

"Thank you, second uncle."

In the end, Yu Shao nodded without changing his expression, waved his hand and said, "Goodbye, Second Uncle."

Soon, Cai Wei, Cai Dongdong and Yu Shao said goodbye and left Yu Shao's house.

"Xiao Shao, how is it?"

As soon as Cai Wei took Cai Dongdong away, Cai Xiaomei couldn't help but ask, "Tell mom, what is Dongdong's level like?"

"Mom, I'm not being polite."

Hearing this, Yu Shao shook his head and said, "I'm telling the truth."

In Yu Shao's opinion, although Cai Dongdong's chess skills are immature and his moves are crude, he does have some spirituality.

Although he is not very talented, based on his talent, if he is well cultivated and works harder, Cai Dongdong does have the potential to become a professional chess player.

However, even if Cai Dongdong can become a professional chess player, it will be many years later.

"That's good."

Cai Xiaomei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll ask your second uncle to find a good dojo for Dongdong and train him well. Do you know any good dojo?"

Hearing this question, Yu Shao was slightly startled, and suddenly thought of Jiang Xiahua, and said hesitantly: "Lan Ke Dojo? I'm not sure about this."

On the side, Yu Dongming watched this scene and a smile appeared on his face.

Thinking about how Cai Wei had brought Cai Dongdong all the way here to play chess with his son, Yu Dongming felt proud! His son had really become a great man now!

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ps: 6k2 words, too lazy to divide into chapters, so I will update it in advance after finishing it today. Many thanks to the leader of 水狼_! Thank you so much!

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