Cen Huaian turned around and saw a player from Country E.

He nodded and agreed with the player, and said in English: "My country is also beautiful."

The player from Country E said: "I know, my grandfather told me that he had been to China before."

The player from Country E was very proud of his grandfather. His grandfather was a scientist, and he went to China to do an aid project.

"It's a pity that the project was not completed later."

Cen Huaian studied history and knew what the aid the player from Country E was talking about, and also knew why it was not completed. He said: "The past has become history."

There will be regrets, but in front of the country, these are bound to happen.

The E country athlete leaned his arm on the railing and talked to Cen Huaian about this year's IMO exam: "I've seen you before. You participated in the IMO competition last year and got full marks."

Cen Huaian didn't feel surprised. The competition was recorded at that time, so it was normal for other athletes to see it. He nodded.

"You are very good, but I am not bad either! We will be first this year!"

Cen Huaian glanced at him calmly, his expression was calm: "Good luck to you."

"Don't you want your country to be first for a consecutive time?"

The E country athlete was surprised by Cen Huaian's calmness. Cen Huaian turned around and walked back and said: "So I'm going to go back and do some more questions."

Cen Huaian was not prepared to give up the first place. Hang Ling was still the leader of the team this year, and he would not allow the Chinese athletes to be worse than before.

The results of this IMO were more impressive than last year, with all six Chinese contestants scoring full marks.

On the day of the awards ceremony, the contestant from Country E did not know who he had swapped seats with, and sat next to Cen Huaian. Upon hearing the result, he looked at Cen Huaian and his team in shock, saying, "You guys are awesome!"

Cen Huaian smiled at this moment, and said without humility, "China has always been awesome."

He then stood up and went on stage with his teammates to receive the award.

As expected, China also ranked first in the total score of IMO, winning the first place in this IMO competition.

On the way back, Tang Song and Cen Huaian sat together. Everyone had a gold medal on their chest. He looked at his gold medal and said, "Huaian, I'm very happy. I can get full marks."

Tang Song was the weakest among the six team members. After he was sure that he could participate in the IMO, he was most afraid that he would drag down his teammates. He spent most of his energy studying the Olympiad during the critical period of review.

Cen Huaian looked at him with some respect in his eyes. He admired people who set goals and could firmly execute them and finally succeed.

"You deserve it." His tone was sincere. Tang Song was stunned when he heard it, and then a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

"I don't need to be unconfident about myself to receive your real compliments."

At this time, the college entrance examination in Beijing is filled out before the exam, which is different from Liangzhou. However, the policies for filling in college entrance examination applications vary across the country, so Chuxia was not surprised.

Cen Huaian only filled in one application, the semiconductor major of the radio department of Jinghua University.

Chuxia did not interfere with his application, but just saw that he had filled in one application and asked him if he wanted to fill in another one as a backup.

Back then, Chuxia only wanted to go to the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, so she did not fill in more applications. But when she met Cen Huaian, she became like other ordinary parents and worried about his application.

Cen Huaian and Chuxia were equally insistent: "If I can't get into this, I don't want to study in other schools and majors."

Chuxia stopped persuading him, patted his shoulder and smiled: "How come you and I are exactly the same when we filled out our college entrance examination applications."

Cen Zhengnian brought the washed grapes over, peeled one and fed it into Chuxia's mouth: "An An is indeed similar to you sometimes."

The sweet juice of the grapes exploded in her mouth, Chuxia nodded proudly, swallowed the grape pulp and said: "Of course, he is my son!"

Just like the democracy in Cen Huaian's family, no one interfered with Zhang Lu's application. But when she told Cen Huaian her application, Cen Huaian was surprised and not surprised.

Zhang Lu applied to the National Defense University. She said with longing: "In the future, I want to be a soldier and serve the motherland like my great-aunt." She

even thought about the branch of the army. She wanted to be an air force and a female pilot who could fly a fighter plane in the future.

Cen Huaian had no doubts about her ability and said: "You can do it."

Zhang Lu raised her head and said like a proud little leopard: "Of course! You will become an excellent scientist in the future."

She looked at Tang Song again: "You will become an excellent scientist."

Tang Song's major is computers. He wants to study computers in the future and make his own achievements.

The three smiled at each other, as if they saw the picture of realizing their dreams in the future.

After returning from Country E, Cen Huaian wrote letters to friends such as Bangzi, Hu Pandeng, and Xiaohe while waiting for the admission notice.

This year, Cen Huaian is not the only one taking the college entrance examination. Bangzi, Maozai, Hu Pandeng, Xiaohe and others also participated.

Hu Pandeng is older than the others. He should have gone to college last year, but he was rejected by all the universities in Beijing that he applied for.

He simply repeated his studies.

In the letter, he said to Cen Huaian: "We agreed that we would go to college in the same place, and I must be admitted to a university in Beijing!"

No one knows how their college entrance examination results this year were. Cen Huaian went to Country E right after the exam, and he didn't have time to ask. He only got the answers from his teacher after he came back and estimated his scores.

After estimating his scores, Cen Huaian was more confident that he could go to Jinghua University. After

knowing that Cen Huaian had returned, Zhang Lu was the first to call him on the pager and asked him if he wanted to come to his great-grandmother's house.

Cen Huaian agreed.

As soon as the two met at Grandpa Jiang's house, Zhang Lu excitedly shared her estimated score with Cen Huaian.

"Adding the 20 points from the Mathematical Olympiad, I will definitely have no problem getting into the National Defense University! So I'm going to celebrate next, let's go hiking!"

There are many mountains to climb near the capital, and it's not hot to go to some mountains with rich natural scenery, but you will feel the coolness in the mountains.

Cen Huaian thought about it and was about to agree when he heard Hong Youxuan calling him: "An An!"

He walked over quickly: "Fortunately, I didn't miss it. There is a Go competition recently, and I want to invite you to participate."

During his senior year, Cen Huaian had not participated in any competitions except playing Go with himself during his rest time. He was too busy and would only play a game or two with Hong Youxuan for fun when he came to his grandfather's house.

"What type of Go competition?"

"It's held by a company in Beijing. It's very prestigious. The main thing is that I haven't played a competition with you for a long time. I want to see you on the field. By the way, there is a prize."

Hong Youxuan said the previous part and smiled.

Cen Huaian asked him about the time of the competition. Now is the registration time, and the official competition will be in ten days.

"That won't affect the mountain climbing. An An should go with us. It's just right for a picnic in the mountains. Brother Youxuan, will you come too?"

"Okay." Hong Youxuan agreed with a smile.

Cen Huaian also agreed to climb the mountain and to participate in the competition.

When Chuxia heard that several children were going to climb a mountain, she became interested.

Zhang Lu looked up information about several mountains and decided to climb a mountain that had not been developed much, but was contracted by a private person and had a group of summer villas built at the foot and halfway up the

mountain. That mountain is not a tourist attraction and is not steep. Tourists are not allowed to go to the area of ​​the villa group. There are not many other places to play, so few people go there.

This is also because the father of one of Zhang Lu's friends has a villa there and has a pass to go up the mountain from the villa group, otherwise they would not go there to climb the mountain.

Chuxia did not participate in the children's plan to climb the mountain, as they would be uncomfortable with adults.

She ran to discuss with Cen Zhengnian to see if they could go climbing when they were both resting.

Cen Zhengnian was reading a book in the study. Hearing this, he looked up at her unexpectedly: "Go hiking?"

Chuxia seldom did strenuous exercise because of her weak body before. She would get tired after walking for a long time. Hiking was not something she would be willing to do.

"Yes, it's summer now, and it will be cooler in the mountains. And we haven't gone out to play together for a long time."

Cen Zhengnian's expression softened suddenly, and he reached out to hold her hand: "Okay, I'll see which mountain is suitable."

Cen Zhengnian said that Chuxia should not worry about going out to play, so Chuxia didn't care anymore. She just had to confirm which day to go out with Cen Zhengnian.

Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu went there earlier than Chuxia and the others, and Zhang Lu's friends borrowed a villa from his father, so the group could play in the mountains for a few more days.

The parents of a group of children must be worried, so the father of Zhang Lu's friend asked the aunt at home to take care of the children.

Chuxia gave Cen Huaian complete freedom, only asking him to pay attention to safety and bring sachets to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants, various first aid medicines and other things.

Chuxia and Zhishu Jiang's company just happened to cooperate to launch an ointment for treating mosquito bites, which is effective for many insect bites. She asked Cen Huaian to bring a lot to the mountain.

Chuxia also prepared the same for her and Cen Zhengnian.

The two did not plan to spend the night in the mountains, so they only picked a mountain that was not very high. But the location of that mountain is located in the high-altitude mountain group in the suburbs of Beijing, and it has also been developed, which is very suitable for summer travel.

Cen Zhengnian was driving the car, and Chuxia was sitting in the passenger seat, watching the big green trees on the side of the road quickly retreating backwards, and she was in a good mood.

It took more than an hour to drive to the destination. There were more than just Chuxia and her two companions who came to climb

the mountain, but not many. This time was not like in the future, where there were a lot of people selling food and drinks in every scenic spot. It was probably because there were not many people coming. There was no one selling things here, and only people from the nearby villages passed by the foot of the mountain.

Cen Zhengnian put on his backpack, took the water for the two of them, locked the car, walked towards Chuxia, opened the bottle and handed her the water.

"Are we going to climb the mountain now?"

Chuxia drank a few sips of water and nodded: "Let's go."

The way up the mountain was not difficult to walk at the beginning, but the higher you climbed, the more tired you became, and Chuxia soon ran out of energy.

But she asked to climb the mountain herself, so she just wiped the sweat off her face with a handkerchief, gritted her teeth and continued to climb.

Cen Zhengnian suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm: "Take a break."

As he said that, he wiped a flat stone on the side of the road with a handkerchief and asked Chuxia to sit down.

"Do you want some water?"

As soon as Chuxia started climbing, Cen Zhengnian took the water from her hand, so she didn't have any weights on her except for herself.

"Yes!"

Chuxia felt that her throat was particularly dry. In her previous life, she climbed the mountain to collect herbs without any problems. She didn't expect that she had willpower but her body was not strong in this life. Usually,

she would do simple exercises. After dinner every day, she would go out for a walk with Cen Zhengnian and practice the Five Animal Exercises. At this time, she didn't show the results of her exercise while climbing the mountain.

After drinking half a bottle of water, Cen Zhengnian handed the rice ball in the bag to Chuxia. Chuxia hesitated for a moment, but still took it and ate it.

"I just consumed too much energy, I need to make it up."

"I know." Cen Zhengnian tucked the messy hair on her face behind her ears: "Eat slowly, there's no rush."

​​"Do you want to eat it?" This rice ball was made in the morning and it was still a little warm to eat.

Cen Zhengnian leaned over and took a bite of the rice ball. Most of Chuxia's rice ball was gone.

Cen Zhengnian: "It tastes good."

Chuxia looked at the rice ball with only a small bite left, raised her head and looked at Cen Zhengnian: "There are still some in the bag, give me another one."

However, Chuxia did not finish this rice ball, and fed it to Cen Zhengnian again.

While the two were eating and drinking, other climbers passed by them. Seeing their behavior, they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Chuxia had long since become a person who didn't care about other people's eyes, and Cen Zhengnian didn't care about strangers' stares either. They didn't continue to climb until they were sure that Chuxia had rested well.

The mountain was indeed not high. Chuxia was worried whether she could climb up, but after taking a break and walking, and with Cen Zhengnian's support, the two actually reached the top of the mountain.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, there was no feeling of looking down on all the mountains, because this mountain was the shortest of the surrounding mountains, and all the other mountains were higher than it.

But the air on the mountain was indeed very fresh, and you could hear all kinds of pleasant bird sounds.

It was exactly noon when he arrived at the mountain. Cen Zhengnian found an open space, spread the floral cloth in his bag on the ground, and placed the various food and soda left in the bag on it. Then he looked up.

Chuxia was standing not far away facing the wind. The wind blew up her hair and her clothes. She looked like she was going to fly into the wind.

Cen Zhengnian's heart tightened: "Chuxia!"

He couldn't even say his own voice. It was trembling and a little hurried.

Chuxia turned around and gave Cen Zhengnian a big smile. She trotted towards him. The feeling just now was gone. Cen Zhengnian's violently beating heart calmed down.

"You have set everything up. I want to eat donkey rolls."

Cen Zhengnian served her a donkey roll in a small bowl.

Chuxia sat opposite Cen Zhengnian, leaned her head towards him and opened her mouth: "Feed it to me."

Cen Zhengnian put the donkey roll to her mouth: "It's a little big, don't eat it all in one bite."

"Hmm." Chuxia took a bite, and the soft, glutinous and sweet taste of the donkey roll immediately satisfied her taste buds.

"Good." She said a little slurred.

Cen Zhengnian said: "Let me try it."

Then he naturally put the remaining half of the donkey roll in the small bowl into the corner of his mouth, raised his mouth and nodded: "It's really delicious."

Chuxia's eyes smiled into a pair of crescent moons, and she took the rice ball to eat.

It's not easy to make a fire on the mountain, so Chuxia prepared food that can be eaten immediately.

Some climbers didn't prepare as much as the two of them, and watching them eat with enjoyment, his eyes showed greed.

Some of them were couples or lovers who came to climb the mountain, and they pinched their husbands directly.

"I told you to bring some food, but you said it was too heavy. Now it's fine, just watch others eat! Useless things."

After saying that, she walked down the mountain angrily, and the man hurried after her.

Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian, who were not far away, also heard the conversation, but they were not affected at all, and they didn't even stop eating.

Chuxia didn't prepare much food, just enough for her and Cen Zhengnian, and they finished it in one meal, and drank the soda, so the backpack was much emptier.

What made Chuxia embarrassed was that she suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, but there was no toilet on the top of the mountain.

She couldn't help but blush, and then she whispered in Cen Zhengnian's ear, and she felt even more embarrassed after she finished it, and her face turned redder.

Cen Zhengnian had packed his things. He stood up, pulled Chuxia up, picked up his backpack and said, "I'll go with you."

In a place far away from others and blocked by tall trees and grass, Cen Zhengnian asked Chuxia to go to the toilet.

Chuxia was embarrassed and asked him to go further away.

"My back is to you. I can't go far. It's not safe on the mountain."

There was no one here, and some animal sounds could be heard on the mountain. Chuxia knew that Cen Zhengnian was worried about her, and she couldn't help it, so she didn't continue to argue.

When they came out after they were done, Chuxia's face was as red as a tomato. She thought Cen Zhengnian must have heard the sound.

Cen Zhengnian touched her face: "Wait for me, I also need to take care of my physiological needs."

Chuxia was no longer embarrassed because she was not the only one going to the toilet.

After Cen Zhengnian came out, he asked Chuxia to pour some water from the kettle for him to wash his hands, and Chuxia also washed.

After seeing almost all the scenery on the mountain, the two began to go down the mountain.

Going down the mountain was harder than going up. Chuxia felt that her legs were not her own. For the rest of the journey, she completely hung on Cen Zhengnian.

Cen Zhengnian wanted to carry her on his back, but Chuxia disagreed. However, hanging like this was not much easier than carrying him on her back.

When they got to the foot of the mountain, Cen Zhengnian actually looked fine, and Chuxia didn't feel that he was tired.

She sat in the car and reached out to touch Cen Zhengnian's arm: "I don't usually see you exercise, but you still have muscles on your body?"

Cen Zhengnian was drinking water, and a smile appeared in his eyes when he heard it: "I don't just sit in the laboratory."

Some of their experimental work is hard labor, and they can't do it without strength. And he would go running when he was free, but because Chu Xia got up late, she didn't know when he came back.

"Go home, go home, I'm so tired now, I just want to go home and sleep."

Chu Xia said, hammering her leg.

Although she was very tired, Chu Xia was still very happy on today's mountain climbing trip. She took out the camera she brought with her and flipped through the photos one by one.

Most of them were taken by Cen Zhengnian. His skills are not bad. They were all trained by Chu Xia in these years. Since buying the camera, Chu Xia would teach Cen Zhengnian some when going out to take pictures, and Cen Huaian also learned.

I didn't learn much, so I didn't take very catastrophic photos. Chu Xia was already very satisfied.

Looking at it, Chu Xia couldn't help laughing. I have already thought about how to print these photos and which album to put them in.

After watching for a while, Chuxia yawned. She was really exhausted, so she put the camera on the back seat.

"I want to sleep for a while."

Cen Zhengnian: "Go to sleep, put on your coat, I'll call you when we get home."

Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu also had a lot of fun playing in the mountains. On

the first day, they climbed the mountain. The group was at the best physical age. The girls were not strong enough, but the boys helped them. In the end, they all climbed the mountain.

They stood on the top of the mountain and shouted their dreams to the mountains opposite. Some people directly shouted to confess their love, and others cheered.

Some people were in love with each other, and two couples were really together.

Tang Song looked across, opened his mouth, looked at Zhang Lu, and closed it again.

Zhang Lu had just finished shouting that she wanted to be a pilot, the best pilot in China, and she saw that Tang Song beside her had not spoken a word.

She smiled and looked at him: "Tang Song, you shout too, it's really refreshing, it seems that all the pressure is gone."

Tang Song opened his mouth and finally just shouted: "I want to go to Jinghua!"

Cen Huaian refused to shout, and was unwilling to be called by Zhang Lu several times: "I'm going to walk over there."

Others also shouted the universities they wanted to go to. Cen Huaian took a look and walked to an ancient temple next to it where there were no monks.

The temple door was closed, and there were only two rooms. It looked very dilapidated on the mountain.

Cen Huaian didn't know what he thought of, and he put his hands together and bowed to the temple three times devoutly.

After going down the mountain, the group of teenagers became even crazier. They barbecued, sang, played truth or dare games, and drank together in the villa.

After graduation, everyone has grown up. It seems that in order to fight against the self who has been restrained in the past, everyone has let go and played.

Of course, they only played within the permitted scope and did not go too far. After drinking, everyone went back to their own rooms to sleep.

Cen Huaian was not allowed to drink because he was still a minor. He only drank beverages and juice.

In the end, he was the only one who was still sober. He and his aunt sent everyone to the room to sleep. He even asked his aunt to check if the girls were okay in the middle of the night. He also went to see the boys.

Alcohol is easy to be poisoned. When you want to vomit in the middle of the night, it may block the esophagus. This is what Chu Xia taught An An.

Fortunately, nothing happened. The next day, Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu talked about it, and everyone stopped drinking so crazy.

After playing in the villa area for three whole days, everyone also played tennis, swam in the swimming pool, and watched movies in a special movie room, which opened everyone's eyes.

When it was time to go back, everyone was reluctant to leave and even wanted to make an appointment next time.

However, Cen Huaian knew that this was the only chance to get together. This was someone else's villa and it was impossible to come all the time.

Moreover, after going to university, everyone went their separate ways, and it would be difficult to get together like this time in the future.

But at this moment, they didn't think so much and were still planning the next time to go out and play.

After Cen Huaian returned home, he began to prepare for the Go competition. During this period, he received letters from Bangzi and Hu Pandeng.

All of them had also filled out their applications and applied for the same university in Beijing, although it was not the same school as Cen Huaian.

If Hu Pandeng and Xiaohe waited until the notice came down, they would immediately call him to tell him the news.

Bangzi and his four friends said to Cen Huaian, "If we are admitted to the university successfully, we will bring our luggage here without waiting for the school to start. Please come and pick us up then!"

Cen Huaian was a little excited. He held the letter paper and hoped that Bangzi and his friends could be admitted to the university.

After the Go competition started, Cen Huaian focused on the competition. He met some opponents he had played against before.

For example, Ruan Luoyao, An Bin, and the man he could not beat when he was promoted to Dan.

Cen Huaian did not put much effort into Go this year. He did not want to go professional, nor did he plan to continue to participate in some professional competitions.

If Hong Youxuan had not invited him to participate in this competition, he would have found some amateur competitions to participate in.

There are always people who are better than you. Cen Huaian believes that no matter what kind of competition, there will always be someone very good, and he can always learn something.

The first game was against Ruan Luoyao, the quiet girl who lost to him in the previous competition.

"Cen Huaian?"

Ruan Luoyao saw him and was a little afraid to recognize him. After all, three years had passed.

Cen Huaian nodded: "It's me."

Ruan Luoyao showed a relieved smile on her face: "I was afraid that I had made a mistake. What competitions have you participated in these three years? Why haven't I met you?"

Cen Huaian shook his head: "Except for the qualifying tournament, I haven't participated in other competitions."

Ruan Luoyao was stunned, and there was a sudden realization in her eyes: No wonder she didn't see him in the Go arena again later, it turned out that he didn't participate in the competition.

"You..."

Cen Huaian raised his eyes and looked at her. Ruan Luoyao stopped wanting to ask the reason, smiled at him and said, "Nothing, let's start the game."

As soon as they started playing chess, the two stopped talking and focused on the chessboard.

As soon as they started playing, Cen Huaian felt that Ruan Luoyao was different from before. Her chess skills had improved a lot.

However, Cen Huaian never stopped practicing chess. Whenever he was frustrated with his studies or encountered something that temporarily troubled him, he would play a game of chess.

Every week when he went to Grandpa Jiang's house, he would play chess with Grandpa Jiang. But since Grandpa Jiang fell ill, Cen Huaian played more with Hong Youxuan. Sometimes Grandpa Jiang would listen to him and give him some guidance after he finished talking about the chess game.

Normally, Cen Huaian rarely bothered Grandpa Jiang. He was not energetic now, and it was not good to worry too much.

Moreover, Cen Huaian always got stronger when facing a stronger opponent. His momentum in playing chess gradually changed, and the chess game was ever-changing, making it hard to tell who would win or lose.

Ruan Luoyao was even more angry. She had practiced hard for a long time just to compete with Cen Huaian again. The gap between the two in the previous competition was not big.

But soon after the start, she felt Cen Huaian's strength. Even if he did not participate in the competition, he would improve so fast.

The two people who were unwilling to admit defeat and capable fought silently on the chessboard, and the beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads without wiping them off.

In a chess game, some people play very fast, and some people play very slowly. This game has a rule that a game cannot last more than two hours. During the game between Cen Huaian and Ruan Luoyao, the last seconds counted down. They had to play within 30 seconds. If they exceeded the time limit, they would use up their chances. If they exceeded the time limit three times, they would be directly judged as losers.

The two had good psychological qualities and would not exceed the time limit at the beginning of the fast chess game. But gradually, Ruan Luoyao could not keep up with Cen Huaian's thinking, his brain was moving too fast.

After Ruan Luoyao exceeded the time limit for the first time, she put down her chess piece and admitted defeat, because she already knew the result at this point and there was no need to continue.

The two stood up and saluted. Ruan Luoyao wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, looked at Cen Huaian and said without any displeasure: "It was a pleasure playing chess with you today. I hope we can play chess again."

Cen Huaian also liked to fight Ruan Luoyao on the chessboard. He didn't beat Ruan Luoyao by much. If the countdown hadn't disrupted Ruan Luoyao's thinking rhythm, the two could have continued.

"Okay."

The game lasted for three days, and there were many talented people in it.

After An Bin and Cen Huaian became opponents, their faces wrinkled: "It's over, I have to lose this game."

Cen Huaian paused with his hand holding the chess piece, and looked at An Bin seriously: "If you are playing chess with me with this idea, then you should just admit defeat."

An Bin grabbed Cen Huaian's hand: "I don't want to, what if I can win. I have worked hard to learn chess in the past few years."

Cen Huaian looked at him, and the two guessed who would play first. An Bin played the black piece first.

Compared to before, An Bin has indeed improved, but unlike facing Ruan Luoyao, An Bin did not put that much pressure on Cen Huaian, and the game ended in an hour and a half.

An Bin sighed deeply, as if he was hit: "Why am I still not as good as you even though I tried so hard?"

"Because I'm trying hard too."

The game came to the last day, and there were not many players left in the competition. Cen Huaian finally played against the man who lost in the qualifying tournament.

Neither of them said much. After guessing who would go first, they played chess directly.

The man's chess skills were superb again. Cen Huaian felt the excitement of meeting a strong man. He suppressed this feeling and turned it into motivation to play chess with the man.

He felt more pressure than Ruan Luoyao, and he also made himself stronger and was not afraid of any chess game.

The two fought to the end, and no one could win. Tigers and leopards occupied one side, and the staff counted the pieces.

After clearing the dead chess pieces on both sides, the two were actually tied.

But there is no tie in the game. The first prize and bonus only go to one person, so the two played a fast chess tie-up.

Cen Huaian likes fast chess the most. His thinking can change very quickly. After playing chess, he can form various chess moves in his mind in an instant according to the changes in the chess game.

The man was not as good as Cen Huaian in this aspect. The two played for another half an hour. Cen Huaian was about to lose, but he gritted his teeth and persisted, and finally survived.

The man's energy was a little low, and he accidentally made a small mistake. Cen Huaian seized this mistake and chased fiercely, and finally won the game, which was also the first prize of this competition.

Hong Youxuan originally thought that he could compete with Cen Huaian in this competition, but I don’t know whether it was luck or misfortune that the two of them couldn’t compete, including in the semi-finals later.

Hong Youxuan was very happy for Cen Huaian, and was also amazed by his talent.

Hong Youxuan never thought that someone who had not studied chess wholeheartedly for a year could beat so many powerful professional players and win the first place.

Holding the medal and prize money, Cen Huaian said, "I am better at the overtime at the end."

If it were another type of competition, Cen Huaian could not guarantee that he would win, and the runner-up man was not weaker than him.

Hong Youxuan smiled and said, "Luck is also a part of strength."

After the competition, Cen Huaian rarely went out except to visit Grandpa Chiang's house. He read books about semiconductors at home.

He really wanted to visit some semiconductor laboratories again, but he couldn't bother others all the time, and when he entered the university, the teachers would lead them in experiments, so he didn't need to be so anxious.

Zhang Lu was the first to receive the notice, the aviation major of the National Defense University. She was so excited that she ran directly to her parents' unit with the notice to report the good news.

Zhang Wei taught at a university, Jiang Zhiguan worked in a government unit, and Zhang Lu's achievement became famous in their units, and they were congratulated.

Some people took the opportunity to stir up trouble, saying, "Should we set up a few tables to celebrate?"

Zhang Wei had no such plan, but Jiang Zhiguan rejected it outright, saying, "What are children celebrating? They are easily proud."

A group of people said, "It would be a pity not to hold a banquet for such a good achievement."

They urged Jiang Zhiguan to do it, and Jiang Zhiguan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later. If we hold a graduation banquet, I will definitely invite everyone."

After returning home, she discussed it with Zhang Lu, asking her where she wanted to go for dinner and what kind of reward she wanted.

Zhang Lu: "Mom, didn't you say you wouldn't celebrate?"

Jiang Zhiguan pouted and said, "My colleagues in the unit are not worth my invitation to dinner. I'm so jealous."

Jiang Zhiguan touched Zhang Lu's head and said, "Besides, An An's grades haven't come out yet. It's not good for us to celebrate now."

When Cen Huaian's admission letter comes out, Jiang Zhiguan will discuss with Chu Xia how to hold a graduation banquet.

Cen Huaian's admission letter didn't take long to arrive.

Although he had a bottom line in his heart, Cen Huaian was very calm in front of his parents, but he was afraid of accidents without the admission letter from the courier.

After signing for the mail, Cen Huaian couldn't wait to open it, and what he saw was - Semiconductor, Department of Radio, Jinghua University.

Cen Huaian held the admission letter, his heart was beating "thump thump thump", and he couldn't calm down for a while.

Huangzi and Heizi seemed to be able to sense their master's happiness, and they kept rubbing their heads against Cen Huaian's legs.

Cen Huaian sat on the sofa for a long time before calming down his surging emotions. He carefully placed the admission notice on the table, then stroked the heads of the three dogs and turned on the TV.

"An'an, as soon as I entered the family compound, someone told me that your admission notice had arrived?"

"Yes." Cen Huaian had joy in his eyes, but he still handed the admission notice to Chuxia calmly: "Here."

Chuxia took the admission notice and opened it. It said Jinghua University. She immediately smiled, as happy as she was when she was admitted to the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"An'an, what delicious food do you want to eat today? Mom can satisfy you."

Cen Huaian: "Sweet and sour fish, sweet and sour pork ribs."

He couldn't finish it if he asked for more, and mom would be tired from cooking.

"Okay! Go buy some fish and ribs by yourself this afternoon."

Cen Huaian said "hmm".

When Cen Zhengnian got home, he also first learned from his neighbors that Cen Huaian's admission letter had arrived. He looked at the letter with the same mood as Chuxia.

"Let's hold a graduation banquet for An An."

Cen Zhengnian looked at Chuxia. It has been a custom since ancient times to hold banquets for children who have done well in exams.

Chuxia did not answer but looked at Cen Huaian.

Cen Huaian shook his head: "Dad, I don't want to do it. This is just the first step of my dream. It's not worth holding a banquet."

But when Grandpa Jiang, Jiang Shengnan, and Cen's father knew that Cen Huaian had been admitted to Jinghua University and Zhang Lu had been admitted to the National Defense University, they all wanted to hold a banquet.

Because Cen Huaian didn't like it, the adults didn't force him, and the family just had a meal together in Yunmengze.

All the Jiang family members in Beijing came, except Jiang Zhiyi who was still abroad, and Jiang Da Ge's family in other cities.

The two protagonists, Cen Huaian and Zhang Lu, each received a stack of red envelopes, which were filled with big reunion notes, very thick.