There are two hours for lunch and rest at noon.
When Qiu Shui went out, Lou Yuchen, Liang Zitao and He Ran were all there.
In order not to disturb He Ran's competition, Fang Jun took He Tiantian to the hotel.
"What's going on, Qiu Shui, why are you out so late?"
When Liang Zitao saw Qiu Shui coming out, he immediately asked curiously, "I heard from Achen that your opponent is Han Zaixi from the Korean country. That guy's chess skills are not very strong!"
Last year, Liang Zitao met Han Zaixi when he went to Korea to participate in a competition.
The two played a game.
Although it was the final game, Liang Zitao won by a lot of points over Han Zaixi.
Winning was easy.
Liang Zitao originally thought that in this first game, Qiu Shui would be the first to come out.
Unexpectedly, after the three of them came out, Qiu Shui walked out slowly.
"Yes, uncle-master, has something happened?" He Ran also asked worriedly.
"It's okay." Qiu Shui said, "It's just that the Korean chess player was rude. So I wanted to teach him a lesson. I think he should know his mistake now."
Liang Zitao and He Ran looked at each other. A lesson?
The lesson Qiu Shui mentioned is not a simple matter.
In fact, Liang Zitao and He Ran have both played chess with chess players from the Korean country.
The overall strength of chess players in Korea is actually quite strong.
"Why did that chess player from the Korean country speak so rudely?" Liang Zitao asked curiously.
Qiu Shui did not hide anything and told everything that happened during the competition.
After hearing this, Lou Yuchen said coldly: "No wonder you looked a little angry at that time."
"That Han Zai Xi is indeed a bit arrogant, but I didn't expect him to be so brainless."
Liang Zitao couldn't help but complain: "He actually said Qiu Shui's championship was bought. He believed such a brainless thing. He also said that our Chinese Go community is not good. Has he forgotten the scandals that have been exposed in their Korean Go community recently?"
"The dirty laundry in the Go world of Korea?" Qiu Shui wondered.
He Ran said: "The Go Association of Kimchi Country was recently exposed to have professional players cheating during competitions."
"Cheating in the competition?"
The game of Go is built on the basis of sincerity and prosperity.
If cheating occurs, then the chess player's entire career will be ruined.
"I only knew that many sports in Korea were dirty. I didn't expect that it would even threaten Go."
Thinking of Han Zai Xi just now, when he blamed him in a condescending manner, Qiu Shui suddenly felt that it was really ridiculous.
At least in their country of China, there have never been any problems in Go competitions.
And the Korean country, where the cheating incident occurred, actually had the nerve to accuse China of fraud.
It's so shameless.
Lou Yuchen said expressionlessly: "Go is also a sport."
"Yes, Go is also a sport."
So, it is normal that cheating exists in the Korean country, right?
But Qiu Shui still felt unhappy.
I feel that the cheating of Korean players in competitions is a disgrace to Go.
I don’t know when it started, but he began to love Go as much as Lou Yuchen and the others.
Although it may not be as strong as theirs, I don’t want Go to be tarnished.
Not long after, Guo Ruoxi and others came out.
Guo Ruoxi pushed An Mengqi's wheelchair.
The two of them were lucky enough to be able to lean against each other during the competition.
However, judging by Guo Ruoxi's expression, the result seemed somewhat unsatisfactory.
"Sorry, I lost." Guo Ruoxi walked up to Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen and said a little frustrated.
Qiu Shui said: "It's okay, you are already great. I heard that your opponent is a professional chess player of 7th dan."
"Yes, she is a chess player from the United States. She is very good." Ever since she was promoted to professional Go player, Guo Ruoxi has been called a genius Go girl.
She was promoted to the second dan this year.
When I came to the competition, I thought I could at least make it to the second round. Unexpectedly, we lost the first game in the middle.
In addition to Guo Ruoxi, Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li also lost.
Their ranks are not high.
The strength is still a little bit lacking.
In an international competition like this with so many top players, winning a game is already a very impressive feat.
However, Qian Shenming and Huang Ke had to continue the second half of the game.
But from what they both said, the game seemed a bit tense.
It’s Bai Yan.
Bai Yan was promoted to professional tier this year together with Qiu Shui.
Both of them are beginners.
In fact, there are also chess players at the beginner level participating in this Chess God Cup competition.
But you can count the slaps on your hands.
The chess players who reached the first dan level all won the competition because of their chess team.
Only those who are eligible to participate in the competition.
Basically we lost the first game.
In the first half of the game, Qiu Shui was the only winner.
Bai Yan, on the other hand, was lucky enough to make it to the second half.
Bai Yan’s chess is actually quite spiritual.
Under the devilish training of Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen, he made rapid progress.
But there is always a big gap between him and other high-ranking professional chess players.
After lunch, we took a short rest.
The game continued in the afternoon.
Zhao Li and Guo Chengyu have already lost the game.
Feeling depressed, I went back to the hotel first.
Although Guo Ruoxi also lost the game, he was in a bad mood.
But he still stayed in a restaurant with Qiu Shui and others, waiting for An Mengqi and others to finish the competition.
The afternoon game is over.
Except for An Mengqi who had a smile on her face, the rest of Bai Yan, Huang Ke and Qian Shenming all lost.
However, An Mengqi also went to comfort Qian Shenming alone.
Qian Shenming and I were chatting on the side. Qian Shenming helped An Mengqi push the wheelchair.
Liang Zitao glanced at them and felt that something seemed to be wrong.
But I can't tell what's wrong.
However, the result of this game was indeed tragic.
When they returned, the only person who left was Qian Shenming, who smiled again after being comforted by An Mengqi.
The rest of the losers were all wilted like flowers after a rainstorm.
I didn't even have dinner and went straight back to my hotel room.
They felt that they had brought shame to Qiu Shui and the others, so they were too embarrassed to eat dinner.
night.
Qiu Shui played a game of chess with Lou Yuchen.
Qiu Shui only won by two points over Lou Yuchen.
"Your chess is superb again."
Qiu Shui couldn't help but sigh, "Soon, you'll surpass me."
Sometimes, Qiu Shui couldn't help but sigh that talent was really important.
Although he had fused the Master Card, he had never won a game of chess against the old man who was already a master.
At the beginning, although there was a gap between Lou Yuchen and him.
But now it is getting shorter and shorter.
Qiu Shui really watched Lou Yuchen make progress.
While I was sighing, I no longer felt the anxiety I had before.
He is no longer anxious now, Lou Yuchen has defeated him.
Winning doesn't seem to matter.
Qiu Shui was actually a little proud.
Because the man I chose is so outstanding.
He was proud of the man.
“Not even close.”
The distance between the two eyes seems very small.
However, Lou Yuchen actually knew in his heart that he was still one level behind Qiu Shui.
It is actually very difficult to improve chess skills further at his level.
A tiny gap actually means a lot to them. These are all insurmountable gaps.
"I saw Yusuke Yamada and Yusuke Ichiro today. They left right after you."
Qiu Shui carefully put the white chess pieces on the chessboard in front of him back into the chess basket.
"I know. They said hello to me."
At that time, Lou Yuchen also nodded at them.
Qiu Shui said: "I heard that the strength of the two of them, father and son, is not much different?"
"Yusuke Ichiro, it's still a little short."
Lou Yuchen has seen Yusuke Ichiro's chess and compared it with his father, Yusuke Yamada.
Yusuke Ichiro's chess skills actually still have some distance to go.
"Oh? I thought it wasn't much different."
Qiu Shui was a little disappointed. "However, Qian Shenming and Huang Ke, the chess players from the previous chess club, were poached by Yusuke Ichiro's club. What a pity. They poached so many people, but in the end they only won a second-level championship and only got three places to participate in the Chess God Cup."
Although they won the team championship, all players of the chess team, including substitute players, can participate in the Chess God Cup competition.
But that requires a level one competition. That is to say, only competitions like the Weiqi League 1 and 2 are allowed.
Second-level competitions are some small domestic competitions organized by the government.
Even if you win the championship, there are only three spots for the Chess God Cup.
The company was just one step away from losing to the Zhongtian Go Team and had already lost a huge advantage.
There were only three spots available, and Yusuke Ichiro himself won the championship in another competition. All three places in the team competition were given to chess players from Sakura Country.
Those chess players who were poached from the cooperative didn't get a single spot.
This incident caused many Chinese chess players in the cooperative to feel deeply resentful.
However, this is also their own fault.
Later I heard that two chess players also won the second-level individual competition championship with great difficulty and obtained the qualification to participate in the Chess God Cup.
The next day, the second game was held.
You need to enter the game in advance.
Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen both went to bed early last night and got up in the morning to exercise, feeling full of energy.
He Ran and An Mengqi, on the other hand, both looked a little under the weather, with dark circles under their eyes.
It looks like you didn't sleep well last night.
Liang Zitao looked very energetic. After all, this was his second time participating in the Chess God Cup.
So, there is nothing to be nervous about.
"In the second game, I don't know what kind of opponent I will draw. I heard that there is a bye spot in the second round. I really hope it's me." Liang Zitao thought happily.
Lou Yuchen disagreed with his idea.
"It's not a good thing to rely on luck to get into the next game. Go relies on strength."
"Oh. I just thought about what happened. Ah Chen, with your temper, only Qiu Shui can tolerate you. You must have been a good person in your previous life to be able to find Qiu Shui." Liang Zitao complained: "Besides, luck is also a kind of strength."
Lou Yuchen just ignored him.
Seeing that Qiu Shui's scarf was a little crooked, he leaned over to help Qiu Shui straighten it.
Qiu Shui smiled at him.
"Is it cold?"
Lou Yuchen touched Qiu Shui's hand. Feel the warmth of his hands.
"It's not cold." Qiu Shui shook his head.
There was an instant warmth between the two.
Liang Zitao didn't want to see the two of them showing off their love, so he turned around and wanted to talk to He Ran.
As a result, he saw Fang Jun, who was sitting in a wheelchair, handing He Ran a thermos. He also took out a few fruit candies from his pocket and put them in He Ran's hand.
He Ran has been suffering from hypoglycemia recently, so Fang Jun specially asked someone to buy He Ran's favorite fruit candy.
"This tastes good. Try it."
He Ran peeled a candy with his own hands and fed it to Fang Jun.
"Ah...Mengqi..."
He Ran sighed deeply, unable to bear the sight anymore, and looked directly at An Mengqi, who was in the same boat as him.
Trying to find some comfort from her.
But it turned out that An Mengqi seemed to be on the phone.
"Okay, don't worry, Brother Tao and the others are here. Nothing will happen." The smile on An Mengqi's face was as sweet as if it was soaked in honey.
After hanging up the phone, An Mengqi looked at Liang Zitao, "Brother Tao, did you call me just now?"
Liang Zitao asked: "Who are you talking to on the phone? You are smiling so happily."
An Mengqi said: "My boyfriend."
"Boyfriend?" Liang Zitao asked in surprise, "When did you have a boyfriend? How come I didn't know?"
An Mengqi was stunned and asked in confusion: "It was Shen Ming. We just felt that each other was pretty good, so we got together. Everyone knows about this. Brother Tao, you don't know?"
An Mengqi and Qian Shenming got together after coming to the United States.
They played together a long time ago. Later, I unexpectedly met him in the club.
Both of them are the kind of people who are willing to fight for Go all their lives.
Qian Shenming was very considerate and didn't mind An Mengqi's leg disease at all.
Even in life, he takes good care of An Mengqi.
After a few interactions, the two of them fell in love with each other.
It's okay.
Almost everyone in the club knew about it.
After all, the two of them didn't hide anything.
Liang Zitao was shocked. "I didn't know, and no one told me. No wonder you two were flirting with each other yesterday."
"I thought you knew, Brother Tao. After all, everyone knows about this." An Mengqi said a little embarrassedly.
Liang Zitao looked up to the sky and said, "What a sin! How come you are all in pairs, and I am the only single dog."
Qiu Shui smiled and teased, "Don't you still have your Bai Jing? How come you haven't caught up with her after chasing her for so long?"
Liang Zitao sighed, "It's not that easy. She has been busy at the company lately and doesn't have much time to chat with me."
"But you wait." Liang Zitao said with his hands on his hips, "You guys are stuffing me with dog food now, and I'll stuff you double the amount later."
"Let's talk about it when you catch up with her." Lou Yuchen glanced at him calmly, then looked at his watch and said to Qiu Shui, "It's almost time, let's go in."
"good."
Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen walked out of the competition venue hand in hand.
Liang Zitao quickly chased after him, "Achen, you're going too far. How can you be a friend like this? Not only did you not support me, you even badmouthed me."
He Ran couldn't help but shook his head and said to Fang Jun: "I'm going in."
"Well, go ahead." Fang Jun looked at him with a smile, "I'll wait for you outside."
"good."
He Ran pushed An Mengqi and followed him in.
In the second game, Qiu Shui's opponent was a female chess player from Eagle Country.
The female chess player is very polite.
There were no accidents during the game.
In order to respect his opponent, Qiu Shui did not deliberately extend the timeline like he did yesterday.
Instead, he finished the second game at his normal pace.
The moment Qiu Shui stood up, Lou Yuchen in the distance also stood up.
The two smiled in tacit understanding.
Then he left the stadium.
In the second game, He Ran and An Mengqi were both unlucky enough to meet a professional chess player of the ninth dan level.
He was directly eliminated by the opponent.
So, after the second game, only Qiu Shui, Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao were left.
Although An Mengqi and He Ran both lost the game. But there was no discouragement.
Instead, I feel satisfied.
If it weren’t for Qiu Shui this time, they would not have won the Weiqi B competition.
Naturally, he is not eligible to participate in the Chess God Cup.
For them, being able to participate in the Chess God Cup is already very satisfying.
So I don’t feel lost like other people.
On the way back, some accidents happened.
Two young men in their twenties blocked the crowd's way.
When Liang Zitao saw the two of them, his face immediately fell.
"□□, Chen Jie, what are you two doing?"
□□ and Chen Jie were the two previous chess players of Shengqi Club.
Both of them are professional chess players of the fourth dan level.
He is from Shengqi Club, and was the main player and second player when he participated in the Weiqi B League last year.
But after the Weiqi B competition, they were both poached by the cooperative club.
They are also the only two Chinese chess players in the Heshe Club who can participate in the Chess God Cup.
"Brother Tao, Lord Lou, please don't misunderstand me. We have something we want to discuss with you."
"Yes, we have no ill intentions."
Both of them were very sincere.
He also kept a low profile.
However, when Lou Yuchen saw them, he did not look happy at all.
The air pressure in my body has dropped.
He simply chose to ignore them, put his arm around Qiu Shui's shoulders, and said, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to go eat Italian food? There's a good Italian restaurant nearby. I'll take you there."
"Okay." Qiu Shui just casually said that he wanted to try Italian food, and didn't say now.
But he knew that Lou Yuchen just wanted to find an excuse to leave.
So, I just followed his words.
After getting the response, Lou Yuchen hugged Qiu Shui and left.
He didn't even look at the two people blocking his way.
"Hey, you two can't eat alone. Everyone who listens has a share. If you want to go, everyone should go together."
Liang Zitao also chose to ignore □□ and Chen Jie, and directly pushed An Mengqi past them.
He Ran also frowned and pushed Fang Jun away.
However, □□ and Chen Jie became anxious.
The two men each held Liang Zitao's hand.
Liang Zitao waved their hands away impatiently, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Didn't you hear that we are going to eat?"
□□ said with a flattering look on his face: "Brother Tao, we are just talking for a few words. It won't take up much of your time."
Chen Jie also flatteringly echoed: "Yes, Brother Tao, just one minute, we only need one minute."
After listening to their words and seeing the flattering smiles on their faces, Liang Zitao straightened his coat and said impatiently, "If you have anything to fart, do it now."
"Um, Brother Tao, does your club still need chess players?" □□ asked with a somewhat unnatural expression on his face.
"Of course chess players are needed. Why do you ask?"
It’s no wonder that Liang Zitao and the others were not happy with □□ and Chen Jie.
In fact, when they left the club, they had no regrets at all.
When Liang Zitao wanted to keep them, they still felt that Liang Zitao was blocking their future.
Not only did they dislike the low salary offered by the Shengqi Club. The benefits are not good.
They also complained that Lou Yuchen didn't pay enough attention to them.
Then, he ignored Liang Zitao's attempts to keep him and went straight to the club.
Liang Zitao was so angry at that time.
In order to avoid defaulting on the wages of the chess players in these clubs, he and Lou Yuchen almost sold their house and car.
The salary they offer is not very high though. But it is definitely not low.
Moreover, the prize money for the competition is also very high.
Besides, when □□ and Chen Jie entered the Shengqi Club, they were only at the beginner level.
Among the professional chess players who have been promoted to professional chess, his chess skills are ranked among the bottom three.
If it weren’t for Liang Zitao and Lou Yuchen who gave them special training.
There is no way that their chess skills can improve that quickly.
Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao trained one of them to be the main general and the other to be the second general.
If this is not respect for them.
What else does it take to be considered important?
Is it the kind of person who gives them a 30-year salary and promises to buy them a house in Shanghai after they win the game, but never fulfills his promise, that is the kind of person who is valued enough?
"We just want to ask, if the Shengqi Club still needs chess players, can we go back?" Chen Jie asked cautiously.
Liang Zitao looked at the two of them in disbelief.
"You guys want to come back?"
"Yes, we want to go back, can we?"
□□ was afraid that Liang Zitao might misunderstand something, so he quickly continued: "We don't need a high salary, the salary can be the same as others."
Chen Jie glanced at An Mengqi in the wheelchair and said, "Yes, yes. And, Brother Tao, we have already won two games in this Chess God Cup."
Although they also felt embarrassed, they thought that Liang Zitao had tried so hard to keep them.
That's because the club needs them.
Although the club has now recruited other chess players.
But they are both confident in their own strength. The Chinese chess players who can enter the third round of the competition are really strong.
They had inquired before coming and found out that there were only three people in the Shengqi Club who had played two games in a row.
Everyone else has already lost the game.
Therefore, it can be seen from this that the strength of those people is not that good.
Therefore, they were confident that Liang Zitao would definitely be willing to let them go back.
After all, chess players like them are rare.
"Haha, what do you think our Saint Chess Club is? Is it a place where you can leave whenever you want and come back whenever you want?"
Liang Zitao was furious and said mercilessly: "Our Shengqi Club is not a garbage recycling station."
□□ and Chen Jie widened their eyes. They couldn't believe that Liang Zitao actually compared them to garbage.
"You were the ones who wanted to go, and you chose the path yourself. You are all adults now, so you must be responsible for your own choices."
Liang Zitao snorted coldly and pushed An Mengqi away.
Only □□ and Chen Jie, both with grim looks, were left behind.
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