"Give it a rest, go to sleep," Yu Shao said somewhat helplessly. He didn't want to continue this conversation with Zhou De, or it would really give him a headache when it came to Cheng Mengjie - after all, it was his predecessor's mess.
The next class was art, so Zhou De happily slept through the entire period. For jocks like Zhou De, teachers other than main subject teachers generally couldn't be bothered to manage them.
Then during the exercise break, Zhou De, having slept for just one class, became lively again. High school students' physical stamina was really absurdly strong.
After the exercise break ended, Yu Shao thought about it and finally walked toward the teachers' office.
Yu Shao walked to the teachers' office and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
After getting permission, Yu Shao entered the office.
Li Kang was currently grading homework. Seeing Yu Shao come in, he was somewhat surprised and asked, "Yu Shao, what's the matter?"
"Teacher, I'd like to sign up for next week's Go simultaneous exhibition," Yu Shao answered honestly.
Li Kang stopped his red pen that was grading homework, looked up at Yu Shao, and asked in surprise, "You can play Go?"
In his impression, Yu Shao was the type of student who, while having decent grades, loved to play and cause trouble. He didn't seem like someone who could sit quietly and play Go.
Yu Shao nodded: "Yes."
"How well do you play?" Li Kang continued to ask.
"Uh..." Being asked this kind of question again made Yu Shao feel somewhat troubled.
Logically speaking, this was a good opportunity to show off, but sometimes being too showy might make others think you're an idiot instead.
Therefore, after hesitating, Yu Shao finally answered: "I play reasonably well."
Li Kang didn't think Yu Shao was lying to him, just surprised that Yu Shao could actually play Go. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Alright, I'll register you. You can go back now."
"Thank you, teacher."
Yu Shao breathed a slight sigh of relief, then turned and left the teachers' office.
When Yu Shao returned to the classroom, Zhou De immediately came over and asked, "Old Yu, what were you doing at the teachers' office just now?"
Did this guy see me? Yu Shao was somewhat surprised. After thinking about it, he felt there was no need to hide it, so he told the truth: "Signing up for next week's Go simultaneous exhibition."
Zhou De's eyes immediately widened bigger than copper bells, and he said in shock: "You're risking your life for conduct points?! When they discover you can't play Go, forget about conduct points - Li Kang will want your life!"
Yu Shao glanced at Zhou De and said, "I can play Go."
"Brother, don't joke around. Don't I know you?" Zhou De didn't believe it at all, wearing an expression that said "you can fool others but don't try to fool your brother."
Yu Shao was too lazy to explain. Based on his understanding of Zhou De, the more he explained, the less Zhou De would believe him.
"You really can?" Zhou De stared intently at Yu Shao, as if trying to see some flaw in his face.
But Yu Shao still didn't answer, treating Zhou De like air.
"Holy shit, you really can!" Zhou De was first shocked, then full of righteous indignation as he cried out: "You secretly learned Go just to show off, and I fucking underestimated you, Old Yu! You're really ruthless!"
"Betrayal! Naked betrayal - you betrayed your brother! The wound of betrayal will never heal!"
Yu Shao felt he should find a needle to sew Zhou De's mouth shut and asked, "Could you lower your voice a bit?"
Zhou De wailed for a while, then mysteriously came closer and asked, "But seriously, brother, let me ask you something - since you can play Go, can you do that thing?"
"Which thing?" Yu Shao was confused.
"That thing," Zhou De mimicked the gesture of placing a stone and said, "Like when a stone falls, then the piece emits dazzling light, followed by a whoosh - a beam of light shoots into the sky."
"Have you been watching too much anime?" Yu Shao, while always knowing Zhou De had mental issues, didn't expect them to be this serious.
"Go doesn't glow?" Zhou De looked disdainful and said, "Then what's the point of playing Go?"
Hearing this, Yu Shao was momentarily speechless, because he felt that if he argued back, it would lower his IQ to Zhou De's level.
At five in the afternoon, it was time to leave school again. After the chemistry teacher, whom even Zhou De wouldn't sleep through, said "class dismissed," Yu Shao began packing his books, preparing to go home.
"Old Yu, let's go online! You didn't go yesterday, so you must go today!" Zhou De said at this time.
"Yeah, Old Yu, let's play ranked as a five-stack!" Old Zhang also came over, assuring Yu Shao: "Today we'll definitely climb ranks - I specifically checked the almanac."
Yu Shao thought about it and felt that today's homework really wasn't much, so going to an internet cafe to play for a while wouldn't matter.
Besides, having been reborn, if he wanted to enjoy his youth, he had to experience playing games at internet cafes with classmates.
So Yu Shao nodded in agreement: "Alright, let's play for a while, but you know I can't play too late."
Zhou De wore an "I understand you" expression and said, "I know, I know, you need to get home before your parents do. We can play for ages with fifteen minutes per game."
Yu Shao suddenly didn't want to go anymore.
Shanhai Chess Hall
A man in his early thirties wearing a jacket walked into the chess hall. As soon as he entered, he found that everyone's eyes were focused on him.
The man felt somewhat flustered being stared at by everyone.
But the next moment, after recognizing who it was, everyone disappointedly looked away.
The man in the jacket breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the front desk, and while paying asked, "They're all waiting for that high school student?"
"Yes," the receptionist nodded, looking toward Zheng Qin who was currently sitting in the chess room analyzing the game. "Little Zheng has been waiting here since noon, constantly replaying yesterday's game."
"That's understandable. Little Zheng, who was preparing to challenge for professional status this year, lost to a high school student who hadn't received professional training and hadn't even achieved amateur dan ranking. The blow must be huge," the man in the jacket said with some emotion. "It's really hard to believe when you talk about it."
"But I still believe in Little Zheng," the man in the jacket paused and said. "I watched that entire game yesterday, and I think Little Zheng was still being careless."
"In the opening phase, Little Zheng obviously didn't play as carefully as usual, and during the fighting phase, he didn't choose to play ruthlessly. Many choices were greedy, wanting everything."
"If it were an ordinary opponent, playing like this would be fine - they might even be suppressed to the point they couldn't breathe. But that high school student was obviously not an ordinary opponent."
"Little Zheng underestimated him too much. When Little Zheng finally realized this and wanted to get serious, the position was already beyond saving - it was too late."
"But as long as Little Zheng goes all out from the beginning, that high school student definitely won't be Little Zheng's match."
Hearing the man's words, the receptionist couldn't help but laugh.
"What, Miss Su doesn't think so?" The man felt strange and asked.
"No," the receptionist shook her head and smiled. "It's just that you're not the first person to say this. Everyone says the same thing, which is exactly why everyone is holding their breath, waiting for that high school student here."
"Waiting for the game between Little Zheng and that high school student when they're both going all out."
Hearing this, the man couldn't help but smile, saying expectantly, "It must be very exciting, right?"