I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 301 I'm sorry (Part 2)

The group walked and chatted, and soon arrived outside the chess academy. They boarded the bus prepared by the Southern Chess Academy and then began to find empty seats to sit down.

After everyone was on the bus, the driver started the bus and drove towards the airport.

"I've heard that there are many popular photo spots in North and South Korea that are great for taking pictures, so I'm definitely going to check them out and take lots of photos this time!"

"There must be a lot of pretty girls at those popular tourist spots. I wonder if there will be any romantic stories during this trip to North and South Korea."

"Brother, I told you to be careful of women, how come your young heart is filled with nothing but women?"

"I heard that there are also very beautiful female professional Go players in North and South Korea, so I went to the Seoul Baduk Association to check it out."

The bus was bustling with activity, a group of professional Go players chatting and laughing, but none of them talked about "Go".

Professional Go players dedicate a great deal of effort to the game, and on the competition field, the topics surrounding Go are often about winning, losing, and life or death, which is quite tense and stressful.

This trip to North and South Korea was a long-awaited relaxation for them, at least before the team competition started, they could temporarily put the competition and Go behind them.

As Yu Shao listened to the conversation, he looked out the window and felt a sense of anticipation.

"His."

Just then, Yu Shao suddenly heard the sound of a plastic bag being torn behind him, and subconsciously turned his head to look behind him.

Wu Zhixuan was sitting right behind Yu Shao. She had just finished tearing open the packaging of the egg tarts. When she saw Yu Shao looking at the egg tarts in her hand, she subconsciously pulled her hand back.

"no!"

Wu Zhixuan glanced at Yu Shao with some wariness, like a cat guarding its food, and said, "I only bought one egg tart."

Hearing this, Yu Shao couldn't help but chuckle and joked, "But I'm really a little hungry; I haven't had breakfast."

Wu Zhixuan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then turned pale with shock. She hurriedly lowered her head, took a small bite of the egg tart with lightning speed, and then looked up at Yu Shao again.

Yu Shao was still staring at the egg tart in Wu Zhixuan's hand.

Seeing that Yu Shao was still staring at the egg tart in her hand even after she had taken a bite, Wu Zhixuan panicked and quickly spat twice at the tart, saying, "Ptooey!"

Wu Zhixuan licked the egg tart crumbs from the corner of her mouth before reaching out to hand the tart, now covered in her saliva, to Yu Shao, asking with a smug look, "Want some?"

Upon hearing this, before Yu Shao could even speak, the eyes of several male chess players in their early twenties sitting next to him immediately gleamed with a predatory light, and they shouted, "Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat!"

"Give it to me!"

"No, I want to eat!"

Several male chess players actually started fighting over the egg tart that had been bitten and spat on, almost as if they were about to come to blows.

Wu Zhixuan stared at the scene in disbelief, looking somewhat terrified. She quickly withdrew her hand and hurriedly stuffed the egg tart into her mouth, her cheeks puffing out instantly.

Seeing this, the male chess players sighed with regret.

Hearing this sigh, Yu Shao was a little unsure whether they were joking or serious when they said they wanted to eat egg tarts with saliva on them.

Although Yu Shao did feel that a girl like Wu Zhixuan, who looked very clean, should not have infectious diseases such as Helicobacter pylori or hand-foot-mouth disease that are transmitted through saliva.

So eating this egg tart... shouldn't be a big problem.

Xu Zijing, who was sitting in front of Yu Shao, turned her head at some point, glanced at Wu Zhixuan, and said indifferently, "Disgusting."

"Why would I feel disgusted if I ate my own saliva?"

Wu Zhixuan suddenly got angry, quickly swallowed the egg tart, and then retorted, "Besides, I didn't actually spit out my saliva, I just lightly spat twice!"

Xu Zijing didn't argue with Wu Zhixuan. She took out a box of exquisitely packaged Black Forest mini cakes from her sky-blue leather monogram drawstring LV bucket bag and handed it to Yu Shao.

Yu Shao was flattered and took the small cake from Xu Zijin, saying, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Xu Zijin remained calm, then turned her head and looked out the window.

Seeing this, Wu Zhixuan became even angrier. Xu Zijin's actions were in stark contrast to hers, making her seem particularly petty.

"I only have one egg tart, I'll give you the extra!"

Wu Zhixuan muttered to herself in a sullen mood, puffing out her cheeks as if she was still savoring the lingering taste of the egg tart in her mouth, which only made her look even cuter.

Hearing Wu Zhixuan's words, Wu Shuheng couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He didn't believe Wu Zhixuan's words at all.

As Wu Zhixuan's older brother, he knew all too well how possessive Wu Zhixuan was of her food. She would never share even a little bit of what she liked to eat with others. Let alone one egg tart, she wouldn't share even ten.

He also remembered that when he was a child, he secretly ate Wu Zhixuan's bear-shaped cookies, which made Wu Zhixuan cry for half an hour. In the end, he was punished by his parents.

From then on, he never thought of eating Wu Zhixuan's food again.

Even so, if he put too many of Wu Zhixuan's favorite dishes on her plate during meals, Wu Zhixuan would be noticeably unhappy.

He had never seen anyone more possessive of their food than Wu Zhixuan!

Do you have any extra egg tarts?

I don’t even believe it!

Meanwhile, a male chess player sitting in the last seat was momentarily stunned as he watched Wu Zhixuan puffing out her cheeks.

It wasn't until a sharp pain shot through his waist that he finally gasped and came to his senses.

"How about it?"

A beautiful female chess player with long, flowing hair slowly withdrew her hand, looking at her boyfriend with a forced smile: "Pretty, isn't it?"

"Uh, it's not good-looking, it's not good-looking."

The male chess player chuckled awkwardly, rubbing his lower back as he changed the subject: "I'm thinking about where to take photos when I go to North and South Korea."

"Go to popular tourist spots to take photos; there are lots of pretty girls there," the female chess player said calmly.

"not going!"

The male chess player's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly shook his head: "I'm not going anywhere!"

……

……

Soon after, the bus finally arrived at the airport. Everyone got off the bus one after another, collected their tickets, went through security, and entered the waiting hall.

Yu Shao arrived at the waiting area and sat down next to Su Yiming. Seeing that Su Yiming was reading a novel on her phone, he asked curiously, "What novel are you reading?"

"The officials of the Ji Dynasty were corrupt and incompetent."

Su Yiming seemed engrossed in watching and answered without looking up.

"Historical texts?"

Yu Shao was somewhat surprised. In his predecessor's memories, the Ji Dynasty was the last dynasty of China in this world. He couldn't help but ask, "Is it very good? I've been watching it the whole way."

"I wouldn't say it's beautiful."

Su Yiming shook his head, a smile appearing on his face, and said, "But... it feels very funny. I treat it as a joke."

"Treating it as a joke?"

Yu Shao was taken aback. Although he had never read the novel, in his predecessor's memory, it was the most popular novel among all the works by Ji Chao. Even if he hadn't read it, he had heard of it.

This novel seems to lean towards a serious tone, telling the story of a lowly beggar from the Ji Dynasty who gradually rises from the streets to the imperial court, navigating the treacherous waters of the court with constant anxiety. It has nothing to do with being funny.

"I don't know how to explain it, I just feel, inexplicably a little..."

Su Yiming shook his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "Difficult to bear?"

Is it hard to hold back?

Yu Shao looked puzzled and was about to speak when Wu Zhixuan suddenly called out, "Yu Shao!"

Upon hearing Wu Zhixuan call his name, Yu Shao couldn't help but turn his head and look at Wu Zhixuan.

Since the egg tart incident, Wu Zhixuan's mood had been noticeably low. She seemed to be thinking about something the whole way, but now, for some reason, her mood suddenly soared.

"When we get to North and South Korea tonight, I'll treat you to Korean BBQ!"

To demonstrate her generosity, Wu Zhixuan patted her ample bosom and said, "Eat as much as you want!"

Yu Shao was somewhat surprised and asked, "Really?"

At this moment, Xu Zijin, who was watching a variety show on her phone, couldn't help but look up, take off one of her Bluetooth earphones, and look at Wu Zhixuan.

Wu Zhixuan also noticed Xu Zijing's gaze, and couldn't help but raise her chin triumphantly, saying to Yu Shao, "How could it be fake? Are you going or not?"

"go."

When someone invites you to dinner, Yu Shao naturally has no reason to refuse. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "Of course I'll go."

Xu Zijin looked at Yu Shao for a while, and after a moment, she finally put her Bluetooth headphones back on and calmly continued watching the variety show, as if she didn't care about anything.

Just then, Wu Shuheng's voice rang out softly: "Wu Zhixuan, could you treat your brother to a meal?"

Yu Shao was taken aback upon hearing this and couldn't help but look at Wu Shuheng.

Was Wu Zhixuan's dinner invitation actually without Wu Shuheng?

"You don't invite me, but you expect me to invite you? How dare you say that!"

Wu Zhixuan wrinkled her nose and said to her brother, "I'm not inviting you!"

Seeing this, two male chess players in their early twenties not far away couldn't help but exchange a glance, both of them able to see the regret in each other's eyes.

"Damn, if I'd known there was such a good thing, I would have stared at her egg tarts and said I was hungry," a bespectacled male chess player muttered to his friend beside him, looking annoyed.

"I didn't expect that if I had said I was the one who was hungry first, I would have not only gotten Xu Zijin's cake, but Wu Zhixuan also treated me to dinner. I really regret it now."

His friend also looked regretful and whispered, "If I could have won over Wu Zhixuan, I would have been willing to take the title."

"...You're being a bit shameless."

The bespectacled male chess player said, "If I could win over Xu Zijin, I'd be willing to take all the titles."

"...You're even more shameless than me."

Ever since Wu Zhixuan and Xu Zijin arrived at the waiting hall, all the men in the hall couldn't help but glance at the two of them.

It's already winter, and today Wu Zhixuan is wearing a khaki cashmere coat from the autumn/winter season, wrapped in a white scarf, and paired with jeans. This outfit makes her look less delicate and more sophisticated.

Xu Zijin, on the other hand, was wearing a Chanel-style cardigan, a brown shirt underneath, a pleated skirt, and knee-high socks.

This outfit has a touch of innocent allure, but it blends perfectly with Xu Zijin's cool and aloof temperament.

The two sat in a row. Originally, there weren't many people in the waiting area where the chess academy members were, but gradually, more and more people came to wait in the vicinity.

Several young men who looked like college students sat down near the group from the chess academy and began pushing and shoving each other. "Go get it!"

"You should go if you want, isn't that a bit too presumptuous?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"Aren't you afraid? Why don't you go ahead and do it?"

"..."

"Although both are nice, I prefer the one in the khaki coat; she looks so sweet."

"I prefer the other one."

A moment later, one of the college students finally mustered up the courage to stand up, his face slightly flushed, and walked nervously toward Xu Zijing. But halfway there, he stopped and slunk back.

"Why are you back? Go on!"

"Are you some kind of NTR guy? Didn't you say you liked this? I like it too, but if you like it, why don't you ask for her WeChat instead of making me ask for it? What are you going to say when I get it?"

"That girl... seems a bit pressured, and her bag is ridiculously expensive, so forget it. The other one seems to have a great personality, let's go for it!"

After another round of pushing and shoving, another college student stood up and walked towards Wu Zhixuan, but halfway there he ran back and started pushing the others.

"Why the hell are you back too?"

"I saw Yu Shao, the one who argued with me back then. They're probably both professional players. Forget it, the gap is too big. I'm even thinking about whether I should ask for his autograph."

"Yu Shao? Holy crap, I need an autograph too... Pshaw! What's the big deal about an autograph? Let's go get his WeChat!"

"No, no, if you're so capable, you go and ask for it yourself."

The group of college students pushed and shoved for a long time, but none of them dared to go up and ask for contact information until one of them took a deep breath, finally made up his mind, and stood up.

However, just as he stood up, he saw the chess academy members all getting up and walking towards the boarding gate.

The group of college students watched the group leave, feeling regretful and disappointed. In the end, they all sighed with a sense of loss, as if they had already lost something even though they had never gained it.

……

……

Because the tickets for this trip to North and South Korea were booked with the help of the Go Academy, and we didn't get to choose our seats ourselves, the seats were random. Therefore, Yu Shao sat with Zheng Qin and Gu Chuan.

After Yu Shao boarded the plane and sat down, Gu Chuan nudged him gently with his elbow.

"what happened?"

Yu Shao turned to look at Gu Chuan and asked.

Gu Chuan didn't speak, but winked at Yu Shao, then raised an eyebrow to the side, signaling him to look there.

Yu Shao was somewhat puzzled. He looked diagonally ahead, and when he saw what was there, he couldn't help but gasp: "Hiss..."

In front of Yu Shao's row, Wu Zhixuan was sitting right next to Xu Zijin, and both of them looked rather unhappy.

Zheng Qin also felt a chill run down his spine and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't they change seats?"

Almost everyone in the Southern Chess Academy knew that Wu Zhixuan and Xu Zijin didn't get along, and Zheng Qin was no exception. The scene that happened on the bus earlier further confirmed this.

"Given Xu Zijin's personality, she wouldn't ask for it herself."

Yu Shao explained in a low voice, "Since Xu Zijin doesn't ask first, Wu Zhixuan will think that she's admitting defeat by changing seats, so she won't ask to change seats either."

"You know them so well?"

Gu Chuan was shocked and asked, "Do you have an affair with all of them?"

"Didn't Xu Zijin give you the cake to spite Wu Zhixuan, and Wu Zhixuan invite you to dinner to get revenge?!"

"No matter how well you play chess, you won't become the target of everyone's criticism, but..."

Gu Chuan became increasingly alarmed as he thought about it, even more so than when he first saw Su Yiming unleash a storm. His face filled with horror, he exclaimed, "But if you're involved with all of them, you'll really become the target of everyone's scorn!"

"No."

Yu Shao was somewhat speechless: "They've played more than ten games of chess with me."

"What do you mean?"

Gu Chuan was puzzled and asked, "What does this have to do with how much chess you play?"

"Go is also called 'hand talk,' which means that playing Go is like communicating with your hands. But I think that compared to verbal communication, Go communication is probably more in-depth."

Yu Shao said in a low voice, "Because words can deceive, but actions can never deceive, so I can guess."

"Brilliant."

Gu Chuan was completely convinced this time and sincerely admired him, saying, "No wonder you play chess so well. When I play chess with others, I might play a hundred games and still not be able to figure out what kind of person they are."

At this moment, Zheng Qin asked again, "They won't start fighting, will they?"

Yu Shao smiled and said, "Don't worry, that's definitely not the case."

Time passed by, and Wu Zhixuan and Xu Zijin barely exchanged any words, let alone fought.

Xu Zijin was wearing Bluetooth headphones and watching a cached variety show, while Wu Zhixuan had her eyes closed, seemingly asleep, but her eyelashes trembled from time to time, betraying that she was not asleep at all.

Although Wu Zhixuan and Xu Zijin don't get along very well, they are not children anymore, so it's unlikely they would fight. When Zheng Qin asked them if they would fight, it was more of a joke.

Shortly afterward, the plane finally took off.

It only takes a little over two hours to fly from Gangneung to Seoul, which is even less than the time it takes to fly from some eastern provinces to some western provinces in China.

As they were about to arrive in North and South Korea, many people looked excited and kept whispering about their itinerary after arriving.

After all, apart from Fang Haoxin, almost all the other athletes who were willing to go to Seoul with the team members had never been to North and South Korea before.

For them, this trip was primarily a vacation, and watching the team competition was just a side activity on the way.

Yu Shao took out his phone, connected it via Bluetooth, put on his headphones, and was just about to watch a suspense movie that he had previously downloaded when he saw a young man in his early twenties leave his seat and walk towards Wu Zhixuan.

Upon seeing this, Yu Shao took off one earphone and glanced at Wu Zhixuan.

"Hello?"

The young man seemed a little nervous and asked in a low voice, "You shouldn't be asleep yet, right?"

Hearing someone speak to her, Wu Zhixuan, who had been pretending to be asleep, immediately opened her bright, watery eyes, looked at the young man, and asked, "You're not asleep? What's wrong?"

"I saw you on the plane just now. You're also going to North and South Korea, right? Can we exchange contact information?" the young man asked somewhat nervously.

Wu Zhixuan paused for a moment, then smiled and revealed two shallow dimples, saying, "Excuse me, I'm a lesbian."

"Uh?"

The young man looked at Wu Zhixuan, then at Xu Zijin, and was completely dumbfounded.

"This is my girlfriend, isn't she beautiful?"

Wu Zhixuan reached out and hugged Xu Zijin's right arm, sticking out her tongue with a smile, and said, "Sorry."

When Wu Zhixuan grabbed her arm, Xu Zijin frowned slightly, but she didn't pull her hand away and continued watching her variety show.

Seeing this, the young man's face turned bright red, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, quickly nodded, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I didn't know."

"no problem, no problem!"

Wu Zhixuan shook her head indifferently, then closed her eyes, rested her head on Xu Zijin's shoulder, and said, "Wife, I'm going back to sleep. Let me rest my head on your shoulder."

Upon seeing this, the young man's eyes were filled with deep regret. He shook his head and finally turned to leave.

Seeing the young man leave, Wu Zhixuan immediately released her grip on Xu Zijin's arm, closed her eyes, and prepared to continue sleeping.

"Not even a thank you?" Xu Zijing asked, still looking at her phone screen.

"Okay, thank you, my dear lady."

With her eyes closed, Wu Zhixuan said weakly, "Xuanxuan loves you."

Yu Shao found it somewhat amusing, shook his head, and finally put on his headphones to start watching the movie.

"She'd love to fight Xu Zijing, how could Xu Zijing be her girlfriend..."

Yu Shao suddenly thought, if Xu Zijing really was Wu Zhixuan's girlfriend...

broken.

That scene was really... really beautiful.

Yu Shao felt he couldn't watch the movie anymore, so he opened the Go app on his phone and started studying the game offline. Each time he played Go, it allowed him to completely calm down.

As Yu Shao studied the game, he forgot everything else, his gaze becoming incredibly focused, completely immersed in the game.

A little while later, Zheng Qin, who was watching a movie, suddenly noticed Yu Shao studying the chess score and was slightly taken aback, glancing at the score.

As he watched, Zheng Qin suddenly froze, a look of confusion appearing in his eyes.

Yu Shao was focused on playing the AI's self-play game record, completely unaware that Zheng Qin was watching the game from the side, placing pieces according to his memories from his previous life, feeling the subtlety and mystery of each move.

As Zheng Qin watched, his expression suddenly changed, a deep look of horror appearing on his face. He took off his headphones and stared incredulously at the chess game on Yu Shao's phone.

"That leap was a completely inexplicable move. From any angle, from any perspective, it made no sense at all; it was like a random leap!"

"But... after more than sixty moves, that big jump is now in an excellent position!"

Zheng Qin swallowed hard, staring intently at Yu Shao's phone screen: "Also, I can't understand Bai Zi's moves. In that situation, Bai Zi actually sacrificed a piece."

"After sacrificing a piece, Black surprisingly had no intention of dealing with White's dead piece, but instead made an inexplicable move."

"Faced with this incredibly slow move, the white stones were like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and they used all their strength to attack the black stones' weak points."

"The black and white pieces were locked in a tug-of-war for so long, and the black piece was clearly having a good time, but now... the black piece has broken free?"

"Then why didn't the white piece kill the black piece? Instead, it followed the black piece and moved aside?"

Zheng Qin's eyes were filled with confusion.

"Then Black actually made a bold move by creating a split shape, which... no, this move was brilliant!"

Zheng Qin seemed to realize something, his mind going blank: "This split move that all players would avoid at all costs, actually—"

"It threatens all of Bai Zi's weaknesses!"

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