Chapter 152: Unborn

In a quiet chess room, two people sat opposite each other, one big and one small, with quite similar brows. There was a chessboard and chess box on the table in front of them, and they were playing a game, taking turns placing their pieces.

Zhuang Weisheng looked calmly at the chessboard, then quickly took out a chess piece from the chess box and slowly placed it on the chessboard.

clatter.

Twelve columns and fifteen rows, pointed.

Seeing this move, Zhuang Fei's expression changed slightly, and his hand, which had already been stretched into the chess box, was unable to take out the chess piece again.

After a moment, Zhuang Fei gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said, "Dad, I lost..."

Zhuang Weisheng looked at the chessboard, pointed to the upper right corner, and said, "In the past, when I made this move, you would definitely turn around and fight with me."

"Even though you know you can't win, you still want to show your strength. However, now you choose to patch up the chess pieces and dare not fight with my black pieces at all."

There was clearly no hint of blame in Zhuang Weisheng's words, but Zhuang Fei lowered his head in shame, remaining silent.

"In the middle stage of the battle, there was no plan at all."

Zhuang Weisheng looked at the chessboard with a dignified expression, and said, "Since you have chosen the center of the big circle, you are afraid to take advantage of the edge, so you will end up with nothing."

"If you want to take advantage of the empty space, then take it first and then wash it. Why not choose it? You have no confidence in your ability to deal with the lone area?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Fei's face turned red, and he defended himself: "How can I deal with the orphans? You are a 10th level, what am I? How can I disrupt the overall situation of your central government?"

"I am the Tenth Dan, and you are my son. The best way for you to repay me as your father is to defeat me."

Zhuang Weisheng did not get angry. He looked up at Zhuang Fei and said, "Even though you suffered repeated defeats in the past, you still had the courage to break into my formation and kill me. Why don't you dare now?"

"I……"

Zhuang Fei gritted his teeth, not knowing what to say.

"Because I'm your father, and you're really talented, you've always been very proud. I used to think that was a good thing, because this pride would allow you to keep moving forward."

Zhuang Weisheng said, "Now I realize that maybe I was wrong. If you are devastated by such a small blow, you will not be able to go far."

"I should thank that kid named Yu Shao, and Fang Haoxin who eliminated you. They made me realize this in advance."

"Perhaps your chess skills are good enough, but you don't have the ambition to become a professional chess player. In other words, you are not worthy of the title of chess player."

"Your mind is too confused."

Hearing this, Zhuang Fei's face was full of bitterness. The names of Yu Shao, Su Yiming and Fang Haoxin emerged in his mind. In the end... the name Jiang Xiahua even emerged.

"But……"

Zhuang Fei looked a little confused, and said, "I am no match for him at all..."

"It's because I expected you to say this that I think you are not a chess player."

Zhuang Weisheng sighed and asked, "Do you know the meaning of your grandfather's name for me?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Fei was stunned.

"In Go, Weisheng refers to those pieces that are on the brink of life and death but have the possibility of coming back to life."

Zhuang Weisheng said, "Your grandfather likes Go, so he never wants me to have smooth sailing, because if a Go player cannot put himself in a desperate situation, he cannot survive."

“A chess player who has never experienced setbacks will definitely not make any progress, no matter how talented he is.”

"It is because of the name Weisheng that I am reminded all the time that I have come this far."

Zhuang Weisheng looked at Zhuang Fei and said, "And you are my son, Zhuang Weisheng."

After hearing this, although Zhuang Fei gritted his teeth, he could no longer suppress his emotions and tears kept flowing out.

"I, I understand."

Zhuang Fei's voice was choked with sobs. He lowered his head and apologized repeatedly, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"Dad, I've brought shame upon you."

"I've never felt so wronged after losing. I...I...I let you down."

Hearing this, Zhuang Weisheng smiled, stood up, rubbed Zhuang Fei's head, and said, "I am disappointed, but not because you were eliminated. But where is the shame?"

"Can't I afford to lose? I've lost a lot of games, can't my son afford to lose? I believe you can afford to lose. Don't avoid failure. Dry your tears and raise your head!"

“Work hard for a year, and next year, give everyone a surprise!”

Zhuang Fei wiped the tears and snot from his face, nodded vigorously, and said, "I understand."

After saying that, Zhuang Fei suddenly remembered something and asked, "Dad, what do you think of the chess game between Yu Shao and Su Yiming that I showed you before?"

"The chess game?"

Zhuang Weisheng pondered for a moment and said, "There are quite a few strange things at the beginning. The avalanche and the demon sword appeared one after another. Blackie was in a passive position without any obvious bad moves. It's worth pondering."

"Although the middle game was extremely complex, both sides were still very accurate in attack and kill under such a complex situation, while taking the overall situation into consideration. It can be seen that the level was indeed very high."

"The white piece was so brave that it didn't hesitate to go out of the crack to attack the black piece. This kind of move cannot make even the slightest mistake, otherwise the situation will be reversed, but the white piece did it."

"But if there are more, it won't be easy to see."

"If you don't play a game of Go face to face, it's hard to tell what's going on just by looking at the game records. Only the players can see the mysteries of the board."

Zhuang Weisheng paused and said, "But it should be soon, just half a month."

Hearing this, Zhuang Fei was slightly startled.

Then Zhuang Fei seemed to realize something. He raised his head abruptly, widened his eyes, looked at Zhuang Weisheng, and said, "Dad, do you mean...Xinhuo War?"

"Um."

Zhuang Weisheng nodded and said, "I applied to the Southern Chess Institute the day before yesterday to become Yu Shao Chudan's opponent in the Xinhuo Tournament."

"Although it is not uncommon for Shenzhu and Shodan to form a partnership in Xinhuo Fight, Shenzhu has never been the opponent of Shodan before."

Zhuang Weisheng paused, then continued: "But, the Southern Chess Institute gave me a favor."

"You lost to Fang Haoxin in the loser group, and he happens to have no master, so I will form a partner with him in the Xinhuo Battle in half a month."

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As Zhuang Weisheng spoke, he walked to the opposite side of Zhuang Fei, sat down, packed up the chess pieces, and said, "Okay, let's play another game."

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On the other side, inside the Kong family dojo.

Several young men who were striving for a professional dan were gathered together, discussing enthusiastically this year's Go qualifying tournament.

"Zhang Chengyu was promoted to the professional professional this year with a perfect record, but he didn't make any splash online." A chubby teenager exclaimed.

"All the limelight has been given to the southern division. Yu Shao, an amateur chess player, defeated Zhuang Fei. How can Zhang, a teenager who is trying to get a dan rank, compete with him even if he wins all the games and gets promoted?"

Someone laughed, shaking his head.

"Where did this evil Yu Shao come from? Last year, there was Zheng Qin, and this year there are Yu Shao and Su Yiming. Is there no one in the southern division dojo? Why are there so many amateur chess players there?"

"Damn it, they are so disappointing. They have brought shame to the dojo. Doesn't this mean that those born in our dojo are not as good as those born in the wild?"

"The dojo in the south is really not good. Our dojo in the north is still awesome. There are fifty people in the finals, and not a single amateur player can make it to the finals alive. Fifty young players who are trying to get a dan rank are fighting each other."

"But Jiang Xiahua has actually been promoted to a dan? He lost to me in the dojo competition half a year ago, but I didn't make it, but he did?"

“…”

While everyone was discussing, Kong Zi walked in with a gloomy face, and the discussion stopped abruptly.

"What are you doing here? Go practice chess. Can you learn from Chengyu? Look how serious Chengyu is every day. What about you?"

Kong Zi looked at his disciples with dissatisfaction, and scolded them with a look of disappointment: "You can't get promoted, so you plan to play amateur competitions, right? You can afford to lose this person, but I can't!"

Several young men who were preparing for the exam were suddenly silent and had to disperse obediently.

After Kong Zi angrily walked into the lounge, several young men who were preparing for the next stage gathered together again.

The slightly plump boy muttered quietly: "Zhang Chengyu clearly asks us to play Landlord every day, but he still takes it seriously?"

"Indeed, wasn't it just that we were eliminated by Teacher Jiang Changdong in the battle zone competition? He also told us every day that victory and defeat are common in the military."

"Master's hot temper has completely destroyed my perception of the image of a chess player."

"Shh, be careful with your words..."

Kong Zi strode to the lounge, lay down on the sofa, took out his mobile phone, and soon saw the news about his defeat in the North-South confrontation match.

【Master Kong Zi lost to national player Jiang Changdong again! National player Jiang Changdong won the game with 140 moves!】

When Kong Zi saw the word "again" in this news, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"If I lose, I lose. You even add the word 'again'. If I win, I win. You even add a hundred and forty moves and emphasize that you slayed the dragon with a masterly move. You didn't mention a word about it when I slayed his dragon before, right?"

Kong Zi didn't mind what he saw, so he swiped away the news immediately. Soon, he saw another piece of news titled "Zhuang Fei, son of Zhuang Weisheng, lost in the qualifying tournament" and was stunned.

"Zhuang Fei? That guy hasn't been promoted to the upper level yet?"

Kong Zi was a little shocked and sat up from the sofa.

He was busy with competitions these days and paid no attention to the ranking tournaments in other regions. He only knew that in their northern region, Zhang Chengyu in the dojo was promoted to a dan with a perfect record.

Because he often competed with Zhuang Weisheng in competitions, he also got to know Zhuang Weisheng's son Zhuang Fei. He knew that Zhuang Fei was a good chess player and that he was basically certain to win the Dan Tournament.

At that time, he was a little upset because his son had no talent for Go, and wondered why he, a tiger father, gave birth to a weak son.

In the end, Zhuang Fei was eliminated?

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