Chapter 302 The Times Are Changing
Not long after, Yu Shao finally finished the chess game and looked at the chessboard with a thoughtful expression.
"Yu Shao, whose chess record is this?"
It was not until Zheng Qin's voice rang in his ears that Yu Shao finally noticed that Zheng Qin was watching him score the music.
Yu Shao found an excuse and said, "This is not anyone's chess record. I just made a random game a long time ago."
"You just messed around?"
After hearing Yu Shao's explanation, Zheng Qin couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
No wonder so many hands seemed confused, it turned out they were just moving around randomly.
Moreover, Yu Shao said that it was set up a long time ago, so it must be a game he set up when he was just learning Go by himself, right? Although many of the moves in this game were strange and totally inconsistent with Go logic.
However, although the positions of some chess pieces are very strange, if you savor them carefully, you can vaguely feel that there is some inspiration in them, and it feels neither bad nor bad.
"This shows that although Yu Shao didn't understand the theory of chess at that time, his chess sense was far superior to that of ordinary people... No wonder Yu Shao was able to make such incredible moves."
Zheng Qin felt a bit complicated and finally took his eyes off Yu Shao's phone. After a while, he finally put on his headphones again and continued watching the movie.
After Yu Shao finished writing the score, his mind calmed down. He called up the cached suspense movie and started watching it while putting on headphones.
More than two hours later, the plane finally landed and arrived at Seoul Airport.
“Here we are!”
Wu Zhixuan was originally half asleep, but when she found herself in Seoul, she suddenly became alert and immediately got up to take her suitcase.
“We’re finally here!”
“Is this Seoul?”
“It does look quite prosperous.”
Others also took their suitcases off the luggage racks, with excitement on their faces, looking curiously out the windows on both sides, taking in the scenery of Seoul Airport.
Because this team competition will be held in a luxury hotel near the Seoul Chess Institute, after getting off the plane, everyone in the chess institute took several taxis and drove to the Seoul Chess Institute.
"The champions of the China-Japan-Korea team competition last year were North Korea and South Korea, right?"
In the car, a female chess player who was in the same car with Yu Shao suddenly asked curiously.
"Yes, the team champions for the past three years have been North and South Korea."
Le Haoqiang nodded, his expression slightly more serious: "However, in previous years, the main battles between North Korea and South Korea were always won, but last year's main battle between North Korea and South Korea, Li Junhe, lost to Dongshan Xun."
"Hōzan Kaoru?"
The female chess player was also a little surprised: "I don't know much about most chess players from other countries, but I am familiar with the name Dongshan Xun."
"Last year he made it to the Meijin tournament round-robin, and this year he made it to the Honinbo tournament round-robin. Can he really get a title at the age of 18?" asked the female chess player.
A male chess player in the same car shook his head and said, "That shouldn't be the case. The players who make it to the end of the round-robin tournament are all monsters, and the one holding the Honinbo title is Sensei Shinkazu."
"That's true."
The female chess player nodded thoughtfully: "After all, he is Mr. Xinhe."
"It is said that the Japanese chess world has also been surging in the past two years."
The male chess player sighed: "Teacher Sato Takeru regained the title of King, and Ichiro Murakami defeated Teacher Takahashi Yuki and ascended to the Tenth Dan throne for the first time. By the way, Teacher Takahashi Yuki doesn't seem to be in good shape recently."
"After all, he lost to Toyama Kaoru in the Honinbo tournament. That game seemed to have a big impact on Takahashi Yuki. His recent performances have not been satisfactory."
The female chess player smiled and said, "Now Mr. Takahashi Yuki only has the Tianyuan title. If he loses the Tianyuan title, he will have nothing."
The male chess players sighed: "In last year's China-Japan-Korea team competition, Fujiwara Terajima, who lost to the vice general of North Korea and South Korea, also defeated Osawa Serin, who once won the three major titles of Honinbo, Judan, and Meijin, this year."
"There are also Miyazaki Arata, 8th dan, Kudo Osamu, 7th dan..."
"In recent years, new players in the Japanese chess world have performed exceptionally well. Many well-established players have been constantly defeated by these up-and-coming players. It's like the times are changing."
“…”
The two chatted all the way, first talking about the current situation of Japanese chess, and then somehow they ended up talking about whether to check in at the Seoul Tower first, or go shopping in Gangnam first.
They finally stopped talking until the taxi stopped in front of the hotel.
Several taxis set off and arrived at almost the same time. Everyone got off the taxis together, took out their suitcases from the trunk, and walked towards the hotel together.
After Yu Shao got the room card, he quickly took the elevator to his room. After putting down his luggage, he came to the bay window, looked at the street view outside the window, and let out a long breath.
Although I left home in the morning, I took a long bus ride to the airport, then took a nearly three-hour flight, and finally took a taxi to the hotel. It was already dusk now.
At this moment, Yu Shao's cell phone vibrated slightly.
Yu Shao took out his phone from his trouser pocket and took a look. It was a WeChat message from Wu Zhixuan: "What are we going to eat later? Korean hot pot? Korean barbecue? Stone pot bibimbap?"
Apparently, Wu Zhixuan wasn't joking when she said she would treat him to a meal.
Yu Shao felt a little hungry, so after thinking for a while, he typed a reply: "Korean hot pot, right?"
"good!"
Wu Zhixuan quickly replied: "I'll go to the short video to find a Korean hot pot restaurant with many good reviews. See you in half an hour!"
Yu Shao rested in the hotel room for a while. About twenty minutes later, he received a WeChat message from Wu Zhixuan, asking him to go out.
After receiving the WeChat message, Yu Shao left the room and took the elevator to the first floor. As soon as he walked out of the elevator, he heard a familiar voice.
A pretty figure stood up from the sofa in the hotel lobby, waving her right hand rapidly, smiling with two dimples on her face, and shouted loudly, ignoring the people around her: "This way, this way! Let's go!"
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were focused on him.
A few North and South Korean youths who had been watching Wu Zhixuan sitting on the sofa and were hesitating whether to ask Wu Zhixuan for her Instagram felt their hearts broken when they saw that Wu Zhixuan was actually waiting for a boy.
Yu Shao walked to Wu Zhixuan's side, and under the gaze of everyone, he walked out of the hotel with Wu Zhixuan.
"Let me tell you, this Korean hotpot restaurant is said to be very delicious, and it happens to be not far from us."
Wu Zhixuan said excitedly: "You can eat as much as you want today. I'll pay for you. I've already called a taxi on my phone and it will be here soon."
"You hail taxis online in North Korea and South Korea?" Yu Shao was a little surprised.
"Yes."
Wu Zhixuan nodded proudly: "The taxi app abroad is called Uber. I even made a special guide when I came here this time."
Yu Shao was not surprised. Wu Zhixuan looked like the kind of girl who would make a travel guide in advance, check in one by one, and plan everything in an orderly manner before going on a trip.
Not long after, the taxi that Wu Zhixuan took arrived. Yu Shao and Wu Zhixuan got in the car together and rushed to the Korean hot pot restaurant that Wu Zhixuan had previously booked.
The Korean hot pot restaurant booked by Wu Zhixuan was not far from the hotel where they were staying, and it only took a dozen minutes by car to get there.
The two walked into the hot pot restaurant and sat down. After a while, the waiter brought a pot of steaming hot pot.
Wu Zhixuan took out her phone and took a photo, then she couldn't wait to pick up her chopsticks, reached into the hot pot and picked up a piece of beef roll, saying, "Try it and see if it tastes good."
After saying that, Wu Zhixuan put the beef roll into her mouth, then narrowed her eyes slightly, savored it for a long time, and finally said in surprise: "It's really delicious!"
Seeing this, Yu Shao also picked up a piece of beef and tasted it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Although Yu Shao has a typical Chinese stomach and feels that Chinese food tastes better, the sour and spicy soup base is indeed quite good.
"You're out for dinner, but where's your brother?"
Yu Shao picked up another piece of meat and asked while eating, "Is he going to eat it by himself?"
"My brother went to Seoul Tower to play. I'm not too interested in that place. I heard that the restaurants around there are expensive and taste terrible."
Wu Zhixuan stuck out her tongue and said, "Delicious food is always hidden in the alleys and can't be found in the business district. I don't understand why he would go there."
"You came to North Korea and South Korea just to eat?" Yu Shao said with a smile.
"Of course not."
Wu Zhixuan shook her head like a rattle and said, "And cheer for you guys in the team competition. I believe we can definitely win the championship this year and wipe out the shame of five years!"
After saying that, Wu Zhixuan looked at the hot pot in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and finally, as if she had made up her mind, she stretched out her chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat, and put it in Yu Shao's bowl.
Then Wu Zhixuan said in a relaxed tone of "I don't care at all", "Although you are very good, Li Junhe and Dongshan Xun should not be underestimated. You must do your best in the team competition the day after tomorrow!"
Hearing the name "Dongshanxun" again, Yu Shao couldn't help but think deeply.
The reason why he participated in this team competition was because he had seen Toyama Xun's game of Huozheng before. Even he felt that game was amazing, and even made him want to play a game with Toyama Xun.
Speaking of this, Wu Zhixuan became a little melancholy: "Why are you so good at such a young age? You are not even adults yet, but you can already compete with top chess players."
"Go has nothing to do with age, right?"
As Yu Shao picked up some meat, he said, "Go is played with thinking and feeling. No matter old, middle-aged, young or teenage, everyone is equal."
"Okay, you mean my thinking and feeling are a bit bad!" Wu Zhixuan couldn't help but wrinkled her nose and pretended to be angry.
"Where is that?"
Yu Shao smiled and shook his head, saying, "Because Go is played by thinking and feeling, everything is possible."
The two chatted as they ate. Yu Shao thought the beef was the most delicious in the hotpot, so he ate the most.
But as they were eating, Yu Shao noticed that Wu Zhixuan's expression gradually changed, and she seemed a little aggrieved.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Shao was a little puzzled and asked, "Not delicious?"
"no."
Wu Zhixuan shook her head, pretending to be indifferent, and immediately stretched out her chopsticks, picked up the enoki mushrooms and put them into her mouth, saying, "Eat it, eat it."
Yu Shao did not suspect anything and also picked up a piece of beef roll and put it into the bowl and continued eating.
Soon, Yu Shao finally discovered something was wrong.
Every time he put his chopsticks into the pot, Wu Zhixuan would stare at his chopsticks closely.
Every time he picked up beef rolls or beef balls from the pot, Wu Zhixuan's face would show an expression as if something she loved was taken away, and she would look like a pitiful and punched bag.
Yu Shao found it a bit amusing, and instead picked up the beef faster.
Wu Zhixuan ate very slowly. She watched Yu Shao snatch away her favorite beef rolls and beef balls bit by bit. She hardly got to eat any beef and was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Soon, there was only one piece of beef roll left in the hot pot.
Wu Zhixuan had just finished eating and immediately reached out her chopsticks to pick up the last piece of beef.
Just at this time, Yu Shao also finished eating. He looked at the piece of beef that Wu Zhixuan picked up with chopsticks, then raised his head and looked at Wu Zhixuan.
Wu Zhixuan noticed Yu Shao's gaze and quickly retracted her chopsticks with extreme vigilance, like a cat guarding its food, fearing that Yu Shao would snatch the last piece of beef roll from her.
However, when the chopsticks were half retracted, Wu Zhixuan looked at the piece of beef between her chopsticks, hesitated for a long time, and finally put the chopsticks into Yu Shao's bowl, then reluctantly let go of the chopsticks.
"I don't eat beef, so... I'll give it to you."
Yu Shao found it a little funny, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the beef roll, and fed it into his mouth.
"Is it tasty?"
Wu Zhixuan asked cautiously.
"tasty."
Yu Shao nodded and said with a smile: "It's not enough, how about ordering two more plates of beef?"
Hearing this, Wu Zhixuan was stunned for a moment, then she suddenly remembered that this was a hot pot restaurant, and she could continue to order more dishes, not that they would end once she finished eating: "That's right!"
After the waiter brought two more plates of beef, Wu Zhixuan finally smiled. She quickly picked up a piece of beef, dipped it in the sauce, put it in her mouth, then squinted her eyes comfortably and chewed it carefully.
Wu Zhixuan had no obsession with taking photos and checking in at popular tourist spots. Her only pleasure was taking photos of delicious food. So after dinner, Wu Zhixuan and Yu Shao took a taxi back to the hotel.
It seemed that because she enjoyed the meal very much, Wu Zhixuan seemed much more cheerful and kept talking all the way.
Soon, the two got out of the car and just walked into the hotel, they saw a few young men around eighteen years old walking towards them. Seeing these young men, Yu Shao couldn't help but be a little surprised.
When this group of young people saw Yu Shao and Wu Zhixuan, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
One of them, the tallest young man with long Japanese-style hair, reacted first. He strode towards Yu Shao and soon stopped in front of Yu Shao.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Toyama Xun."
The young man looked at Yu Shao, introduced himself in fairly fluent Chinese, extended his hand to Yu Shao, and said, "I am also the captain of the Japanese team in this team competition."
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