The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

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Half an hour has passed since the game started...

"..." A boy with short black hair and a buzz cut lowered his head and stared at the ground expressionlessly. The sound of placing pieces had long since stopped.

However, the game of chess in front of him had entered its final stage. His pupils were somewhat vacant, and he opened his mouth, muttering to himself in a hoarse voice.

"She...is even stronger than Honinbo Shusaku... (Ki Sakura-tei)"

Ji Yingting slowly stood up from her seat. She gently walked to Long Chou and gently stroked his now-flat-topped black hair with her slender hand, pulling his hair up.

With her eyes, now a vibrant purple, facing those that had turned gray, Ji Yingting spoke in an incredibly gentle voice.

"Well, since I'm stronger than Honinbo Shusaku... then you shouldn't be showing his game records anymore..."

"You need to set up Ji Yingting's chess game records. This is... an order."

Chapter 47: End of Volume One

"Waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah"

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Five people wearing dark blue school uniforms sat on chairs outside the venue.

"Okay, okay, stop crying, it's all in the past," Ji Yingting gently stroked Wang Xi's long golden hair, letting her head rest against her body.

"But, but, we finally made it to the top four, and we're so unwilling to fail here!" Wang Xi cried, tears streaming down her face.

Large tears streamed down to the ground, and Wang Xi's voice choked with emotion, "It's all my fault. I made a serious mistake due to carelessness in the endgame, and ended up losing by two points. I was so close to victory!!"

It's a pity that Yufei and Sakuraba, you two worked so hard to win those two games, but it was all for nothing.

Minghai Middle School lost to Qingyun Middle School, leaving them with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses after Xin Yufei's victory. They were eliminated in the semi-finals.

The group of people were all feeling down, and they remained silent with their heads down.

Although... for the Go club of Minghaiji Middle School, reaching the semi-finals is already a very good result.

However, Wang Xi and Ji Yingting will soon graduate from Minghai Ji, so they might have another chance next year...

So, after President Wang Xi goes to high school, will she still play Go? Will she join a new Go club?

"I'm fine. You must all be exhausted after several days of competition. Go home and rest. There's still about a week left of spring break. You can finally relax," Wang Xi said, wiping away tears with her palm.

"President, don't say that. I've always been very happy during my time in the Go club," Lin Hao interjected.

He was also very unwilling to accept defeat. His chess skills were even better than Wang Xi's, but he lost the final game without any suspense.

"President Wang Xi...aren't you going to participate in the provincial competition for a while?" Xin Yufei asked hesitantly after holding it in for a long time.

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"Well, I should probably start preparing for my college entrance exams now, because I've pretty much figured out my talent in Go..."

"Sure enough, I'm still a bit slow. To be honest, ever since I played Go with you yesterday, Yufei, I've already had the idea of ​​giving up Go." After a long silence, Wang Xi smiled with a somewhat forlorn expression.

Tears welled up in her eyes again. As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Xi gently patted Xin Yufei's black hair and said seriously.

"But Yufei, you're very talented... When you first joined the club half a year ago, you were a complete beginner who knew nothing. You must continue down the path of Go, don't waste your talent! Don't worry..."

When I have nothing else to do, I sometimes play a few games of online Go for fun.

“President Wang Xi…” Xin Yufei’s eyes welled up with tears. She looked up at Wang Xi, who was radiating maternal warmth, and large tears fell from her eyes.

"Waaaaaah"

Xin Yufei also burst into tears. It turned out that... President Wang Xi did not dislike Go. I was so foolish to think that she only participated in the league for the sake of getting extra points on the college entrance exam.

Senior Wang Xi... all along, she knew better than anyone else that she wasn't very talented at Go, but she persisted nonetheless.

Sakuraba-senpai once said, "Isn't simply liking someone enough? Wang Xi-senpai has already come to that conclusion."

"Waaaaah, I'm so stupid," Xin Yufei cried with a pang of guilt.

"Hey, why am I the one comforting you again?" Wang Xi said helplessly.

There's nothing we can do about losing, Ji Yingting sighed inwardly as she listened silently to the others' words.

Her long, light green hair was styled in a Hime cut and hung down beside her ears. Ji Yingting sat in a chair and swung her two legs, which were covered by white stockings. The absolute territory exposed above her knees was extremely fair and tender.

"Splash, splash, splash, splash, splash, splash"

Countless golden leaves were swept up by the gale and whistled past. Ji Yingting listened to the sound of the wind and gradually fell asleep.

Her long, light green hair leaned against Wang Xi, the ends of which swayed in the breeze. Her legs, encased in white silk, were crossed and rested diagonally on the chair.

"Whoo, whoo, whoo"

A moment later, Ji Yingting began to breathe softly, her eyes narrowed, and above her were two curved, willow-leaf eyebrows, making her look incredibly cute.

Wang Xi and Xin Yufei continued their conversation, unaware that Ji Yingting had fallen asleep.

Laughter, sadness, resentment, pain, anger, joy.

A mix of many unknown emotions mingled together, and in any case... in short, this spring, filled with so many of her memories, came to an end.

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"Hongying, why did you suddenly say you wanted to come home for dinner today? Your father is busy with work and won't be home until late. Let's eat first."

In a corner of the Ji residence, in a somewhat luxurious house, a red-haired beauty wearing a gorgeous fiery red cheongsam pushed open the door and entered. Her slender legs, which were exposed, were covered by black stockings.

The girl had long, fiery red hair and bright red eyes. She had wispy bangs framing her forehead, and her two fiery red eyebrows arched upwards, giving her a heroic air.

However... her expression was slightly cold, and her face looked very unhappy.

"Oh," she responded softly, and silently sat down in the chair at the dining table. She gently covered her lower abdomen with her right hand under the table, while casually rubbing her fiery red hair with her left hand.

"Hongying, I heard you lost to a 3-dan player in the second round of the Tianyuan Tournament qualifiers yesterday. Are you alright... Seriously though, you haven't been home for months."

A beautiful woman with long, light green hair served the food, pulled out a chair and sat down opposite the beautiful girl with long, fiery red hair. She said something with a hint of resentment.

"Mom, you're so annoying. I lost because of a special reason."

"What? It's coconut steak? I hate eating this stuff the most..." The red-haired beauty lowered her head and stared at the food in front of her, saying coldly.

"Daughter, what's wrong with you today? Why are you in such a bad mood? You used to love eating coconut milk when you were little. And what's this special reason you mentioned?" The beautiful woman with long, light green hair asked with some concern.

The red-haired beauty blushed slightly, and she explained in a low voice, pretending to be nonchalant.

"I think I got my period yesterday, it was just a pool of blood, it came out from down there... Mom, can you rub my tummy? It hurts so much..."

Looking at the beautiful woman with long, bluish-green hair, a hint of a sob gradually crept into her voice.

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PS: The first volume, the junior high school league arc, has finally come to an end in this chapter. It took me about a month and a half to write, and I've finally broken 100,000 words.

This is the first time I've written such a long original work... It's really exhausting. It's difficult to update twice a day, and I hardly have time to care about the book's performance. Anyway, I'll just keep writing like this.

Sometimes it takes me two hours to squeeze out a chapter, and when I was writing older books, it never took me more than an hour...

Volume 2 will be about the provincial competition. I hope readers who are following along will continue to support it.

Chapter 48: Lin Hong - Tenth Dan

Quick science lesson: The seasons on the moon.

From January to March, it's springtime during the day and wintertime at night.

From April to June, it's winter during the day and spring at night.

From July to September, it's summer during the day and autumn at night.

From October to December, the days are like autumn, and the nights are like summer.

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"Phew, it's so cold..." Ji Yingting exhaled a breath of icy mist, her body wrapped in a white cotton-padded jacket.

Sitting on the school bus seat, she felt like her bottom was freezing, and she gently rubbed her two little hands together.

"Sakuraba, have you decided which high school you want to go to? Is it that prestigious music school that came to the school yesterday to invite you? Or is the film school from three days ago better?"

Beside Ji Yingting was a beautiful girl with black twin ponytails wearing a gray down jacket.

Wang Murou said this while playing with Xin Yufei's black braids in the front seat.

"Waaaaaah"

"Alright, stop bullying the junior."

Spring break is over... A week has already passed since Minghaiji Middle School started the new semester.

Today will be the day for the third-year students to retire from various clubs, as there is less than a month left until the high school entrance exam...

"Ah, I really envy you, Sakuraba. So many high schools that specialize in training stars are coming to you personally. But you'll be taking your professional exams soon, right? Are you still planning to go to high school?"

"However... professional Go players who are not yet adults usually continue their studies, only taking leave on the day of the [Hand Match]. Of course, dropping out of school altogether is also fine."

Ji Yingting squinted and said that she actually quite liked the music high school that came yesterday.

"What about Senior Wang Murou? Which university is she going to?" Xin Yufei turned around and asked. She had only recently met Wang Murou.

Wang Murou, resting her chin on her hands, exclaimed, "Ahhhhh, I'd probably want to go to a film or music academy, because I want to be a big star!"

"Haha," the group couldn't help but laugh as the school bus soon arrived at Minghaiji Middle School.

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"Well then, 1, 2, 3... Thank you all for taking care of me during this time, seniors!!! Goodbye, seniors!" In Minghai Ji's Go club, many people bowed their heads and said in unison.

Five figures stood in front of them, all senior students from the Go club: Wang Xi, Ji Yingting, Liu Tongtong, and others.

"Waaaaah, the senior girls are leaving!" A first-year junior high girl couldn't help but cry, while many others were completely oblivious.

"Lin Hao, starting today you'll be the club president, okay? Then Zhao Xiao, you'll be the vice president," Wang Xi said hesitantly.

"Okay, President Wang Xi!!" Lin Hao said happily, because he had never thought about becoming a professional Go player, so for him, it would be good enough to enjoy the club life in the days to come.