The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"Ah, I was just kidding, don't mind her. Her name is Qiu Shui Wang. How about that... the name is surprisingly easy to remember, isn't it? It's the kind of name you can remember after hearing it just once." Shi Shishi hugged Ji Yingting and scooped up some cat meat rice with a spoon.

"Crunch crunch," Ji Yingting chewed her food, her green willow eyebrows furrowing slightly.

Qiu Shui Wang... what a beautiful name.

Ji Yingting slightly opened her pale purple starry eyes, a hint of interest in that name.

"Sakuraba, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just... this name reminds me of a friend."

"Friends?" Shi Shishi blinked her silver eyes in confusion.

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"Yawn..." Sitting at the front desk, a cute girl with long black hair blinked her black eyes, with two black buns hanging on either side of her head.

The girl was wearing a snow-white cheongsam and two pairs of black over-the-knee stockings.

Because it was during the holiday, Xin Yufei could only stay at her grandfather's chess hall to help out... She curled up her black-stockinged legs out of boredom.

"Ah...when will there be a Go tournament?" With her dark eyes gently fixed on the sky, Xin Yufei idly twirled a black Go stone.

There aren't any really strong opponents at the chess academy. Even when she gives me a four-stone handicap... no one in the entire academy can beat her. It's so boring!

Sure enough, most of the people who come to this kind of chess hall are elderly. Their chess skills are only at the beginner level, and the slightly stronger ones are only amateur first dan.

"Yawn..." The girl with long black bun hair couldn't help but yawn again, and chuckled a few times.

It feels like I'm already an old person, even though I just turned fourteen.

No, it needs the energy of youth!

Just then, the door to the chess hall was suddenly opened with a "whoosh," and Xin Yufei immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Hello, sir. Are you looking for someone to play chess with?"

"Hmm?" Suddenly, the black eyes paused slightly as three women and two men, five people who looked very young, walked in from the door.

What…aren’t they elderly people? Five students? Xin Yufei stared at them curiously.

A boy with a gray, spiky hairstyle, who was leading the group, glanced slightly into the chess hall.

"This chess club doesn't seem to have any particularly strong players, so let's go to this one... Heh heh." He gave a sinister smile and swaggered in.

Five students who looked to be teenagers quickly walked in from outside. A girl with long blonde hair stared at Xin Yufei, her eyes lighting up slightly. She licked her lips and said, "What a cute little sister, I really want her."

"Guests, are you looking for someone to play chess with?" Xin Yufei's voice attracted the attention of many people. The old men, uncles, and grandmothers all turned to look at the entrance of the chess hall.

"Young man? Are you here to play chess? Or have you come to the wrong place?" an old man asked in confusion. Usually, people who come to this chess hall are just for leisure and tea, and no one with a high level of skill would come here.

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"cough cough"

The gray-haired, spiky-haired boy coughed a few times, then paused before saying, "That's right... we're here to find someone to play chess with, but if we're going to bet money, it means there's some kind of stake involved."

His gray pupils widened slightly as he spoke.

"I won't waste your precious time, grandpas and grandmas... I'll just be blunt: I think you're all weak, just a bunch of enthusiasts. We're here to gamble! But I doubt you'd dare to gamble, right?"

With a slight smile, he continued, "Originally, we wanted to find some strong players for an exciting match and maybe even gamble a little, but you old folks play Go just for fun, right? So, let's find another Go academy!"

"That's right, that's right, let's go, let's go. These old people probably don't even know how to hold a chessboard."

A boy with a red mushroom haircut standing behind him said something in a pretentious manner, pretending to be pulling the gray-haired boy out the door. The three girls also turned around, eager to join in.

"Wait a minute, stop right there! Young man! Do you think we old folks are short of money?"

Just as the group turned around, several angry old men stood up and spoke, with one muscular old man slamming his fist on the chessboard table in anger.

"Our decades of experience in Go are something you young people can't compare to!"

“Young people these days really look down on us… What do you mean by ‘enthusiasts’? We have many people among us who have won Go awards!” an uncle said, rolling up his sleeves.

"Yes, young people these days are just too arrogant."

"Ah...is that so?" After the uncle and the old man finished speaking, the gray-haired boy turned around and said hesitantly, with a strange smile on his lips.

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Damn it, sitting at the front desk, Xin Yufei's dark pupils narrowed slightly.

What do you mean by "finding a Go master"? What do you mean by "changing Go halls"? They're clearly just here to scam money!

From the very beginning... they had their eyes on this type of chess academy. They were targeting recreational chess academies with a large number of elderly people and relatively weak skills.

Furthermore, elderly people who spend their days at the chess club must be quite wealthy. And to make matters worse, they even used reverse psychology! That's going too far!

These people had already calculated the reactions of the people in the chess academy...

Xin Yufei gently clenched the sleeves of her snow-white cheongsam, pursing her lips as she tried to speak.

The next second, her grandfather, who was sitting next to her, pressed down on her arm.

"Hmm?" Xin Yufei looked at her grandfather, her black bangs falling down to her black eyelids in confusion.

"How dare they look down on us old folks? Let Old Zhou and the others teach these young people a lesson," Grandpa said calmly.

No…Grandpa, you don’t understand, you just don’t understand,” Xin Yufei thought to herself as she tossed her long, black bun hair.

Grandpa Zhou's kind of entertainment-oriented competition awards... are not in the same league as these people!

The Go skills of young people are... terrifying. They're completely different from the older generation!!

No... I can't just stand by and watch them do this. Xin Yufei gently bit her pink lower lip and quietly took out her phone from her pocket.

Chapter 248: A Group of Drama Queens [4000 words]

"How about a thousand star coins per game? Of course... all five of us need to have opponents," the gray-haired boy said, holding up one finger.

"Of course, no problem," the elderly people readily agreed.

A game of chess costs a thousand star coins? Xin Yufei frowned slightly. Although it wasn't an exorbitant price, life on the moon was relatively affluent, so the average salary for many office workers was around ten thousand star coins a month.

These elderly people certainly don't lack money, but for these junior high and high school students who have no earning ability, a thousand star coins can buy a lot of things.

Judging from their appearance, they must be repeat offenders...

The price of 1,000 star coins for a game of chess is probably to avoid arousing hostility from others while also avoiding psychological burden or guilt on oneself.

After all, it's not a good idea to make money off the elderly, and you might even get scammed if you're not careful.

Xin Yufei's two black buns twitched slightly as she put on her headphones and sent a voice message.

Modern headphones and microphones have mouth covers, so even speaking is soundproof and won't be heard by those around you [as mentioned in previous chapters].

“Okay, let’s make it 5v5 then. Five games will cost five thousand star coins. Who will be the captain?” The boy with gray spiky hair casually found a seat and sat down.

“I’m Zhou Quan, you can call me Grandpa Zhou,” said an elderly man with a pompadour hairstyle who sat down opposite him and smiled easily.

"Go, Lao Zhou! Teach these kids a lesson!" Several elderly guests behind him cheered him on. They were all of retirement age and were happy to participate in such an interesting event.

Heh... The gray-haired boy sneered, and his four friends who had come to the chess academy with him sat down to his left.

They were a short boy with a red mushroom haircut. He looked to be the smallest of the group, less than 1.5 meters tall.

The remaining group consisted of a girl with blonde curly hair and two girls with black hair.

"My name is Li Le. Let's start guessing, Grandpa Zhou," the gray-haired boy said with a faint smile after all ten people had taken their seats.

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"Ah, lunch break is almost over, so we'll head back now. Bye-bye, Sakuraba." After checking the time on her phone, the silver-haired girl put Ji Sakuraba back on the sofa.

"Goodbye..." Ji Yingting waved her little hand.

"Woof woof woof, woof woof woof, the little dog has a fart to let out, the little dog has a fart to let out!" Suddenly, Ji Yingting's phone vibrated. It was a newly recorded text message ringtone, and the voice was very cute.

Of course, Ji Yingting's ringtone is still very annoying, and it's even more infuriating than before.

Hmm? Her long, light green hair fell slightly across her face as Ji Yingting lowered her head and pulled out her earphones from her pocket, putting them on.

After listening to the voice message, her pale purple eyes suddenly lit up, as if she found it very interesting.

"I see... Do you want me to find a few chess players? But... there probably aren't many chess players who have finished their games by this time, right? But, as long as they are examinees, that should be enough, right? To deal with the kind of people Yufei mentioned. But how am I supposed to know who is who?"

I can't see anything, so am I supposed to stand at the entrance of the chess academy and shout? But what's the difference between that and a thug taking five hundred yuan to an internet cafe to ask for help in a fight...?

As she was thinking, a bluish-green ahoge (cowlick) stood up from the top of Ji Yingting's head.

She suddenly had a great idea! Why go find someone herself?

She's so famous, if I just take a stroll around this area, someone in the chess academy will definitely strike up a conversation with me! This must be... what it feels like to be a celebrity, right?

After finishing her meal, Ji Yingting tied the light green ribbon from her sleeve back onto her head. The ribbon also held her thick, light green bangs in place, and a few soft, light green strands of hair fell down her forehead.

With a flick of her two dark blue sleeves, Ji Yingting concealed her slender hands, then rubbed her white-stockinged legs and slipped on the silver cloth boots under the table.

"Alright, then... let's go find them now."

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"17 points! I won! Hahaha! A resounding victory!"

Inside the chess hall, a little boy with a red mushroom haircut laughed arrogantly, causing the middle-aged man sitting opposite him to frown unhappily.

"Damn it, let's play another round!! I made such big mistakes!"

"Wait, don't go down anymore." His arm was suddenly pressed down by the old man with a pompadour hairstyle, and Zhou Quan gently shook his head.

The elderly people sitting nearby watching looked very unhappy. Even though they were just beginners in Go, they could feel the difference in skill between the two games.

Meanwhile, the other elderly men who lost the game lowered their heads in resentment.

"Haven't you realized yet? Our chess skills are no match for theirs," Zhou Quan said, glancing at the gray-haired boy and shaking his head.

His skill level is already the strongest in this chess club, probably around amateur third dan.

However... this gray-haired boy named Li Le easily suppressed him, possessing at least an amateur fourth dan level of Go skill. Presumably, the other children also had a Go skill level of around third dan... The gap between the two sides was simply too great.

"Hehe, thank you for the pocket money, grandpas. We'll accept it." Under the angry gazes of more than a dozen old men, the five happily put away the star coins.

1000 Star Coins per person is a considerable income for them.

"Damn it, these kids... are they really that strong? They're so good at such a young age, they could all be professional Go players!" an elderly woman watching the game muttered to herself in surprise.