Chapter 98 "Title Fraternity"
Chapter 98 "Title Fraternity"
The beginning of June is considered early summer in the southeast coast.
June 6, 2: AM.
A handsome and elegant figure rushed into the Huamei International Hotel.
She was wearing a white short shirt and a denim outerwear, looking simple and handsome. After rushing into the hotel lobby, she immediately started looking for relevant posters and instructions, as if she was looking for something.
Just as she was looking around, a rather uncertain voice suddenly called out his name.
"Liu Yuhong?"
The contemporary queen Mulan immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person calling her was Ke Mulan, the vice chairman of the Dongjiang Chess Association.
"Vice Chairman Ke!"
Liu Yuhong was from Jinling, but when he was young he often participated in amateur Go competitions in several surrounding cities and achieved remarkable results, so he was also very familiar with Ke Mulan of the Dongjiang Go Association.
"Oh my god, it's really you?!"
Ke Mulan was quite surprised to find that she was not mistaken about the person.
"I remember... your team is going to Jinfen Province to compete in the Women's Weiqi League tomorrow? Logically, you should have set off today. Why did you come to Dongjiang today?"
"Uh... just take a look! There's a competition going on, so I'll just join in the fun!"
Liu Yuhong smiled awkwardly.
"???
"What about your own game?"
"I, I bought a red-eye flight tonight and will fly directly to Jinyang. I can catch it!"
Ke Mulan looked puzzled: "No, you work so hard, what are you trying to achieve?!"
Liu Yuhong was always used to controlling others, so he was a little overwhelmed by the continuous questioning and could only laugh awkwardly:
"Hahaha, just out of interest!
"Um... where is the competition venue? I'll go over and take a look now so as not to disturb you while you're working."
Seeing this, Ke Mulan knew that he couldn't get to the bottom of it, so he gave Liu Yuhong a hand.
But as soon as he confirmed the direction, the handsome figure disappeared in front of him without any delay. All that was left was a "Thank you~" from afar.
Ke Mulan was quite speechless:
"Hey, hey, these top chess players today, one, two... no, three, four of them are all going crazy!
"Let's have an amateur competition to kill time!"
...
...
Alas--
This feeling of having something haunted on my mind is really not a good one!
I kind of understand how that Monkey King felt when I controlled him...
Queen Mulan hurried to Hall 806, thinking as she walked, and at the same time expressed a little sympathy for the person she had been exploiting for a long time.
The reason she came here today was naturally not to "join in the fun", but for a player she cared about very much - [Yi Zhao Qi Yi].
Although the entire Go community is now guessing who Yi Zhao Qi Yi is, almost no one has a clue.
There is absolutely no one in the professional circle who can match the online time, and none of the well-known experts in the amateur circle can meet the requirements.
As for the young man who is going to be a dan...
Please, if any young player who is trying to become a professional player has this ability, he should have been promoted last year!
So even though [Yi Zhao Qi Yi] is very famous, no one can figure out who this [Yi Zhao Qi Yi] is.
However, Liu Yuhong was an exception. After all, she had the "secret information" she got from Sun Yi:
[Yizhaoqiyi] is a girl whose rank has not yet been determined!
This fact shocked her greatly at first, but also gave her a clue to investigate.
She immediately tried every possible way to collect information on undetermined female chess players in Dongjiang City, but soon hit a bottleneck.
Even in a big city like Dongjiang, where there are all kinds of people, how could a girl with chess skills of this level not be promoted to a professional player?
Just when Liu Yuhong was puzzled, a post on the Yiguo Forum attracted his attention.
The post was made by a young man who was competing in the semi-finals of the "Metropolitan Cup" Dongjiang Division.
He said that he was quite confident in his ability, but in the semi-finals he met a girl named Rui Zhao who was so strong that he was slaughtered like a pig. In the end, Rui Zhao won all the games and qualified as the first in their group. So he reasonably suspected that this Rui Zhao was [Yizhao Qiyi].
In fact, this post has been very well-written so far. Logically, with this clue, everyone should have followed it to find the real cause.
But the problem lies in one thing.
The boy also said: Rui Zhao is "amazingly beautiful! She is a 17 or 18-year-old girl who is as pretty as a star!"
However, these words immediately caused everyone to laugh at them, and they all said that the young man who was trying to reach the next level might have rewarded himself too much and was hallucinating.
[Yizhao Qiyi] If she were a female chess player, her strength would already be at the top three or second-billion player level in the Women's Go League. How could she still be participating in an amateur competition?
And she is “as beautiful as a star”???
Haven’t you ever seen a female chess player?
So for a while, many netizens started to mock him, which made the poster quickly lose his defense and delete the post.
But Liu Yuhong regarded the remarks that seemed absurd to others as treasures.
Because she herself knew that [Yi Zhao Qi Yi] was really an undecided girl!
So even though she was skeptical about the statement "as beautiful as a star", she chose to come to the "Urban Cup" competition site without hesitation to confirm the situation in person.
...
After entering the competition venue, the proportion of people in the Go circle suddenly increased.
Liu Yuhong was the holder of two women's titles, so she quickly attracted a lot of attention, and everyone began to whisper to each other. "Hey! Why is Little Bird here too?! Doesn't she have a match against the Jinfen team tomorrow?"
"Strange! What brought these two beautiful ladies here today?"
Are they all blowing?
Liu Yuhong had sharp ears and immediately caught the key words from other people's whispers.
She was about to go forward to ask in detail, but a gentle and intellectual female voice that entered her ears had already given her the answer.
"Yu Hong? You're not going to participate in the Weiqi League match tomorrow?!"
Liu Yuhong turned around and gave a small cry of surprise:
"'Little Sheep'! Why are you here!"
Hearing this name, Zou Yang, who was usually gentle, became a little angry and immediately fought back.
"'Little Bird'! Shouldn't I be the one asking you this question? I'm in Dongjiang!"
"Uh, sorry, sorry! I spoke too quickly..."
Liu Yuhong quickly admitted his mistake.
Even though Liu Yuhong often called Zou Yang "little lamb" behind her back, the "two female beauties" had agreed not to call each other by nicknames in person. So Empress Mulan was in the wrong this time.
"...I, I really didn't expect that a homebody like you...ah no, a person who doesn't like to go out like you would be willing to join in the fun."
"Anyway, I'm not the only one here to join in the fun! Why can't I come?" Zou Mingren was still in a bad mood.
Liu Yuhong, who was in the wrong, shrank her head. She knew she couldn't continue the argument, so she got down to business.
"Uh, Zou Yang, to be honest, the main reason I came here is to get to know your junior sister..."
"Junior sister?" Zou Yang was stunned when he heard this, and then his expression became serious: "Which junior sister?"
Liu Yuhong was always outspoken and said directly:
"It's the person I called you to ask about earlier, [Yi Zhao Qi Yi].
"Or rather... Rui Zhao!"
Hearing that Liu Yuhong actually called out [Yizhao Qiyi]'s real name, Zou Yang's pupils shrank slightly. Just as he was about to refute, a very arrogant voice interrupted:
"Oh - it turns out that the leader of my haters is named Rui Zhao!"
“!!!”×2
The two female duo who were talking were so shocked by the voice that they took two steps back, and an arrogant figure just happened to interrupt.
"Lin Ruixin! Why are you here?" Liu Yuhong asked with eyes wide open.
"Let's settle the score with the hater who provoked me in the first place!"
Lin Ruixin looked as if it was a matter of course.
"So from what you guys said... I, the leader of the anti-fans, am actually a 'bad chess player'?"
Zou and Liu both looked unhappy.
Although "stinky chess basket" is a common term used to insult people who are bad at chess, it has a special meaning in Lin Ruixin's words:
He was accustomed to privately referring to all female chess players as "bad chess players".
As for the reason...it is of course that the overall level of female chess players is indeed significantly lower than that of male chess players.
This private habit of his did indeed annoy many female chess players, including the two female chess masters.
Although there are many people in the Go community who hold prejudices against female players, most of them just think about it in their minds or express it in a tactful way.
But Lin Ruixin is the only one who dares to stir up hatred as long as it is not a public or formal occasion.
Unfortunately, although the female chess players are very dissatisfied with this, they have no idea what to do.
Take Liu Yuhong, who had the most objections, for example. If she gave in first, Sun Yi would at most be on equal terms. If she went first to challenge the stronger Lin Ruixin, she would basically be humiliated.
Just when the atmosphere was becoming extremely awkward, a rather deep voice broke the deadlock.
"Lin, the chess master, accumulates virtue with his words."
Lin Ruixin glanced at the person who came. Although he still had an unruly smile on his face, a hint of surprise finally appeared in his eyes.
"Hey! Celebrity Tianyuan, why are you here too? Is this... a title social gathering today?"
Although it was just a joke, Lin Ruixin's words were quite good.
The four people present hold six of the eight titles in Chinese Go, including the most important title of "Go Saint", which is truly a shining star.
But Ni Jue was too lazy to pay attention to this not-so-funny joke and said lightly:
"No, I just heard that Chess Master Lin had some misunderstandings about my junior sister, so I came here to inquire about the situation on her behalf."
"Junior sister?" Liu Yuhong was very surprised: "That's not right! Isn't Yi Zhaoqiyi Monkey King's junior sister?"
"Mine too."
Ni Jue simply replied:
"She took Lei Jingming, 9th Dan, Yu Qingguang, 9th Dan and my master as her teachers at the same time."
“…Huh?!”
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