Chapter 2 Shanhai Chess Hall

The last class today was physics. Although the bell had rung, the physics teacher showed no sign of stopping and was still explaining the test paper.

Seeing students from other classes leaving the corridor with their backpacks on their backs, the students in Class 7 of Grade 1 cursed their physics teacher in their hearts no less than a hundred times. They were all eager to go home.

Finally, after the class lasted for ten minutes, the physics teacher put down the test paper reluctantly, cleared his throat, and said, "get out of class dismissed."

"Oooooh!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole classroom was suddenly filled with excitement, and each of the students quickly packed their schoolbags with nimble hands and feet.

This world is not as inward-looking as in the previous life. Although the high school study is also quite heavy, it is not as severe as in the previous life where students have to study until 10 o'clock in the evening.

At Jiangling No. 1 Middle School, most students are day students and go home after school at 5:00 p.m.

"Old Yu, go online."

A boy ran over to greet Yu Shao: "Let's play with friends today, ha ha ha, I'll be the carry!"

"I won't go today. I have a lot of homework."

While packing his schoolbag, Yu Shao politely declined his classmates' invitation.

"No, I've practiced hard and I'm just about to start killing!" The classmate refused to give up and continued to invite: "Why don't you just copy the homework tomorrow morning?"

Yu Shao shook his head and refused: "Forget it, forget it. I still have to study hard and make progress every day. There is a saying that goes, if you don't make a living in high school, your life will be wasted."

"I don't believe you. You're only in the first year of high school. You're just betting on something. You'll probably have a morning erection at best."

The classmate rolled his eyes and didn't believe it at all.

However, seeing Yu Shao's firm attitude, he stopped persuading him and turned around to get other classmates to go to the Internet cafe to play games.

Soon, Yu Shao packed his schoolbag, left the school and started his journey home.

As he walked, when he passed a crossroads, Yu Shao suddenly stopped and turned to look at a store on the right.

This is a chess hall with exquisite decoration. At the entrance are two large automatic glass doors. There is a sign hanging above the door with a few large characters written in a flamboyant style - Shanhai Chess Hall.

“There’s actually a chess hall here?”

Yu Shao was a little surprised.

It has been a few days since he came here, and he has naturally walked this road home more than once, but he never noticed that there was a Go club hidden on his way home.

Through the glass door, Yu Shao could see that there seemed to be quite a few people in the chess hall, and it seemed that business was booming.

Seeing this scene, Yu Shao recalled the days when he was accompanied by chess in his previous life, and felt a little confused.

"Little brother, are you here to play chess?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind Yu Shao.

Yu Shao was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw a young man in his twenties wearing sportswear.

"No, I..."

Yu Shao shook his head. Before he could finish his words, he heard the young man say, "Let's go in together. You are a student, right? Students can pay half price here."

After saying that, the young man took a step forward and the glass sensor door opened automatically.

The young man was about to go in, but when he saw Yu Shao didn't follow him, he turned back and looked at Yu Shao standing there, and asked, "Why, aren't you coming in?"

For some reason, when Yu Shao heard this, he followed the young man into the chess hall.

"Welcome."

When the receptionist saw the guest coming, she immediately put on a sweet smile. After seeing who it was, she looked a little surprised: "Is it Zheng Qin? You came so early today?"

"There are no classes at the university these days."

The young man named Zheng Qin smiled and asked, "Sister Su, is there any room left?"

"some."

The receptionist nodded, then noticed Yu Shao and asked, "Who is this student?"

"Oh, I met him outside the store. He must have wanted to play chess as well, so I pulled him in."

Zheng Qin asked with a playful smile: "I will get some commission from this, right?"

The receptionist rolled her eyes at Zheng Qin, then smiled and said to Yu Shao, "Student, is this your first time here?"

Yu Shao nodded gently: "Yes."

"Have you brought your student ID? Our store offers half-price for students. Twenty dollars will be enough." The receptionist smiled sweetly.

Yu Shao hesitated for a moment, but finally showed his student ID, took out his mobile phone, scanned the code and paid.

"Okay, wait a moment, classmate. I'll arrange a game for you. Um... how good are you at chess?" the lady at the front desk asked.

Chess skills?

This question was asked to Yu Shao, who was a little unsure of how to answer for a moment.

Chess strength is divided into amateur and professional. Amateurs range from one to eight, and professionals range from one to nine. The larger the number, the stronger the strength.

And in his previous life, he was, of course, a professional ninth dan.

But should he really say that he was a professional 9th ​​dan? Although Yu Shao didn't mind showing off, wasn't this a bit too much?

First of all, let’s not talk about whether others believe it or not. Even if they do believe it, can they really find a professional 9th ​​dan in this chess hall to play against them?

At this moment, Zheng Qin suddenly smiled and said, "Forget it, Sister Su, don't make any arrangements. I'll go with him."

"ah?"

Hearing this, the receptionist was a little surprised and said, "You're playing with him? But..."

"Oh, it's okay."

Zheng Qin waved his hand, then turned to look at Yu Shao and asked with a smile: "How about we play a game together, little brother?"

"OK."

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Yu Shao didn't think much about it and nodded.

The receptionist hesitated for a moment, but after thinking it over, she decided not to stop him and said, "Well, there should be a vacant seat by the window on the first floor. You can go there."

"OK."

Zheng Qin also paid the money, and then walked towards the chess room with Yu Shao.

The receptionist looked at the two people leaving and couldn't help shaking her head and smiling: "Xiao Zheng is really something."

Zheng Qin was obviously a frequent customer of the store. After he entered the chess room, many people took the initiative to greet him and looked at Yu Shao who was following behind Zheng Qin with curious eyes.

Soon, Zheng Qin found an empty chess table near the window in the chess room, pulled out a chair, and sat on both sides of the chess table with Yu Shao.

"My name is Zheng Qin, from Jiang University. What's yours?"

Zheng Qin asked curiously as he opened the lid of the chess box.

"Yu Shao, from Jiangling No. 1 Middle School, is a freshman in high school."

Yu Shao also opened the lid of the chess box and answered.

"You're quite young."

Zheng Qin asked with a smile: "How is your chess ability? Have you been promoted to a professional chess player? Do you want to give up a piece?"

Handicap?

Yu Shao was slightly startled, then shook his head and said, "No need, although I haven't been promoted yet, my chess skills should be... still pretty strong?"

The so-called handicap means that the black player places a certain number of pieces on the board first, and then the other player plays with the white pieces. This can allow the two players with different chess skills to narrow the gap between each other.

In his previous life, Yu Shao had always been the one who gave others the chance to play, but now he heard that others were going to give him the chance to play, which made Yu Shao feel a little strange.

When people who were playing chess around heard Yu Shao's words, they looked at each other in surprise.

Although they didn't say anything, they could see the strange look in each other's eyes——

"Is this true? You don't need Xiao Zheng to give in? Wouldn't that make me doubt my life?"

Zheng Qin was also a little surprised when he heard Yu Shao's words. He couldn't help but smile and said, "So confident? Okay, then I won't give you a handicap. Um, you play black first."

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard with crisscross patterns on the table in front of him with a complicated look in his eyes.

It has been a few days since he came here, but this is the first time he sits in front of the chessboard again. He feels as if he has returned to his previous life and can hear the metallic sound of chess pieces falling on the board again.

Yu Shao took a deep breath and calmed himself down. After sitting down, he raised his head, looked directly at Zheng Qin, and said, "Well, please give me your guidance."

Zheng Qin was stunned. He felt that Yu Shao, who was sitting opposite him, seemed to have suddenly become a different person. There was even an inexplicable fierce aura coming towards him.

After being stunned for a long time, Zheng Qin finally came back to his senses. For some reason, he subconsciously sat up straight and said, "Please give me your guidance."

Yu Shao reached into the chess box and gently picked up a black piece amid the "click" sound of the chess pieces colliding.

He lowered his eyes and stared silently at the chessboard in front of him with nineteen rows and nineteen columns crisscrossing each other.

This will be the first chess piece he places after coming to this world.

The chess piece is clamped between the index and middle fingers, the wrist is suspended high, and then -

The next moment, Yu Shao's right hand, holding the chess piece, fell thousands of feet down!

"Da!" With a crisp sound of metal and stone, the chess piece fell onto the board.

Sixteenth column, four rows! Stars! The seedling of the new book needs your care, please collect it, please read it!

(End of this chapter)