The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

The others nodded in agreement, echoing Xin Yufei's words, "Yes... such a young girl is already so unruly; her upbringing must be seriously flawed."

Ji Yingting had just arrived at the dining table when she listened to the conversation between the students from Minghai Ji Middle School. She remained silent for a moment, lost in thought.

"Ah, Sister Sakuraba is back. Are you alright, Sister Sakuraba? Is your leg injury healed?" A younger girl was the first to spot Ji Sakuraba. She stared at Ji Sakuraba's right leg, which was wrapped in white stockings with bandages, and said that Sister Sakuraba looked even more alluring with the bandages than usual.

"Yes, I'm fine... You guys continue eating, let me comfort Yufei."

Ji Yingting smiled, ruffled her light green hair, and plopped down in the seat next to Xin Yufei. Then she gently patted Yufei's little black head. "Yufei, lift your head."

"Um, Sakuraba-nee!"

Xin Yufei, who had just raised her head, had a few tears in her eyes. She buried her head in Ji Yingting's arms, following the light green sleeves of Ji Yingting's robe.

Ji Yingting smiled and patted her black hair. She then picked Xin Yufei up from her seat and made her sit on her soft legs, which were covered by white stockings, like a little puppy.

"Ah, Sister Yingting, is your leg alright?" Xin Yufei, who was sitting on Ji Yingting's lap, glanced at the bandage under her buttocks and was slightly panicked. What if she accidentally made Sister Yingting's knee injury worse?

"Don't worry... it's just a minor bump, you're making too much of a fuss, aren't you?" Ji Yingting said with a helpless pat on the green head, and then picked up the century egg and lean pork congee that was on the table.

"Come on, little puppy, open your mouth, I'll feed you."

"Ah..." Xin Yufei opened her cherry-like mouth somewhat awkwardly, barely managing to take the spoon that Ji Yingting offered into her mouth.

She was being fed!! Her fair face instantly turned as red and hot as steam, and this was happening in public.

Wow, Sakuraba-nee's feeding play, I'm so envious!! Several younger girls from the Minghaiji Middle School Go Club looked at Xin Yufei sitting on Ji Sakuraba's lap with envy.

"Yufei... your body is trembling slightly... are you scared?" At the same time, Ji Yingting gently whispered in Xin Yufei's ear.

"Huh? I..." Xin Yufei's expression changed slightly after Ji Yingting finished speaking.

"Is it because of the guilt and resentment you felt after hitting someone? Or are you trying to use anger to mask your inner pain? Or perhaps you want to use the verdict to deny your fear?"

That's right... No matter what, hitting a little girl is ultimately wrong... It's not because of what others think, but because Yufei herself will feel pain because of this.

Picking up the spoon, Ji Yingting fed Xin Yufei another bite of rice. As Xin Yufei's body stiffened and trembled slightly, Ji Yingting leaned close to her ear and slowly opened her beautiful pale purple starry eyes.

"But all of this... is okay. If you feel wronged, just cry in your sister's arms for a while... because only your sister will always forgive you."

Chapter 118: A young girl is forced by the court to... do life-or-death problems.

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Picking up the spoon, Ji Yingting fed Xin Yufei another bite of rice. As Xin Yufei trembled slightly, her body stiffened, Ji Yingting slowly opened her pale purple starry eyes.

"But all of this... is okay. If you feel wronged, just cry in your sister's arms for a while... because only your sister will always forgive you."

"Sister Sakuraba..." Xin Yufei's body trembled slightly. Had she realized her feelings after hearing that she had hit someone...?

"Alright, let's eat first. I'll talk to you in my room tonight," Ji Yingting said with a gentle smile, her long, light green hair swaying and her pale purple eyes narrowed.

Upon hearing that she could go to Sakuraba-nee's room that night, Xin Yufei nodded vigorously, "Mmm-hmm."

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"Is Sakuraba alright?" In a secluded corridor of the hotel, a stunningly beautiful girl with long, fiery red hair asked calmly. Standing in front of her was an adorable girl with an ice-blue bun hairstyle.

However, the girl's ice-blue bangs covered her left pupil, leaving only her right eye with an ice-blue pupil, which looked quite eerie.

“Hmm, I heard it’s just a minor scratch… But don’t you need to go check on her, Sister Hongying?” Ji Bingyuan said with a smile, leaning against the wall in the corridor.

"No need, she's with her friends right now, it's not appropriate for me to see her," Ji Hongying slowly shook her head.

"By the way... how is Qiu Yao? Is she still in a bad mood?" After all, she is her cousin, so Ji Hongying gave a perfunctory greeting.

Ji Bingyuan shook his two large, icy-blue buns and said, "Hmph, it's none of my business if that useless bitch dies."

"Hey, Bingyuan, I've told you so many times not to speak ill of your sister behind her back... No matter what, she is still your biological sister," Ji Hongying said helplessly, touching her long, fiery red hair.

She was well aware of Ji Bingyuan's personality issues. Ever since she told Ji Bingyuan that she had recalled her memories with Ji Yingting, Ji Bingyuan had often come to talk to her.

She uttered vulgar words about Ji Qiuyao, such as "bitch" and "whore," which were completely unintentional. Even if a girl doesn't like someone, she shouldn't talk about her family like that.

"Yes, I understand, Sister Hongying," Ji Bingyuan nodded silently, her icy blue head drooping.

After Ji Hongying left, Ji Bingyuan quickly returned to her room with the gifts Ji Hongying had left behind. "Sister Qiuyao!! Sister Hongying just bought us banana-flavored bread, come and eat!"

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"Click..." Xin Yufei's white right hand slowly pinched a black chess piece and hesitantly placed it on the chessboard.

She had her long black hair styled in two buns and wore a cute white cheongsam.

"Sakuraba-nee... this life and death problem is really hard," Xin Yufei said, sitting cross-legged on the floor with some distress. She thought Sakuraba-nee had called her over so late at night for some good reason, but it turned out that she just wanted to supervise her doing life and death problems.

"Yufei, you're five wins and three losses now, right?" Wearing a light green nightgown, Ji Yingting sat on the edge of the bed, revealing her two slender, fair legs. She silently combed her soft, light green hair with a comb.

Tired of her signature bun hairstyle, Ji Yingting decided to try a new, more attractive look. After untying her hair tie, she reached out and completely parted her long, light green hair, revealing a long, flowing waterfall of light green hair that cascaded down to her hips.

"Mmm, if I win just one more game tomorrow, I'll be promoted to fourth dan!!" Xin Yufei said happily. The provincial tournament truly lives up to its reputation as a place where carp leap over the dragon gate!

Although Crescent Moon Province only holds two provincial competitions a year, the chances of advancing to the next rank are very high.

Of course, apart from amateur fourth dan and amateur fifth dan, the other ranks achieved from the provincial competitions are somewhat undeserved compared to those from the city competitions, with luck playing a larger role.

"By the way, Sakuraba-nee... Actually, I was going to lose the first round today. When my black group had only 5 liberties left, white had 6 liberties left... But my opponent stared at the board for a while and then suddenly stopped playing!!"

As Xin Yufei set up the chessboard and tried to solve a life-and-death problem, she said with some relief that if she hadn't won that game by sheer luck, she might only have a record of 4 wins and 4 losses now.

"Yes, in formal matches, it's quite common to see variations that are obvious at a glance, but after calculating for a long time, mistakes can still occur. This is because the more nervous a player is, the greater the impact on their mentality... However..."

Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair, but suddenly tapped Xin Yufei's small hand hard with her comb.

"Who told you to try it! You're not allowed to try it, you're only allowed to look!!"

"Waaaaah, Sakuraba-neechan, how strict are you? You're even stricter than my Go school teacher! Waaaaaah!"

Xin Yufei withdrew her fair little hand and said with a sob in her voice, "Making me do such an extremely difficult life-or-death problem all by myself, and not even allowing me to set it up but only to look... isn't Sister Sakuraba torturing me?"

Of course... solving life-and-death problems is the easiest way to improve your chess skills, but even many professional players are unwilling to waste time solving life-and-death problems.

After all, sometimes even if you rack your brains, you still can't see what changes are happening in that small piece of chess.

"Hmph, you think you can reach fourth dan without practicing your life-and-death problems properly? You faced stronger opponents in both of your matches today, didn't you? Hurry up and do your problems for me."

Ji Yingting narrowed her pale purple pupils and said seriously.

As she spoke, Ji Yingting tapped the wooden comb in her hand.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it, I'll do it," Xin Yufei said obediently, pursing her lips, though she felt wronged.

So far, after eight rounds of matches, the players who have achieved five wins are basically at least 3-dan level, or even amateur 4-dan level. For Yufei to win tomorrow... to be honest, it will be very difficult.

Ji Yingting, with her long, bluish-green hair combed, squinted and thought to herself.

Although cramming on life-and-death problems tonight certainly won't have a significant impact on her chess skills... well, let's just consider it a temporary way to refresh her chess sense, and hopefully it will be of some help to her game tomorrow.

Chapter 119: The Ninth Round, Ji Yingting vs. Luo Zhuyu

Ji Yingting, with her long, bluish-green hair combed, squinted and thought to herself.

Although cramming on life-and-death problems tonight certainly won't have a significant impact on her chess skills... well, let's just consider it a temporary way to refresh her chess sense, and hopefully it will be of some help to her game tomorrow.

"Should I go here? At position 4,3?" Xin Yufei said hesitantly after looking at it for a few minutes. This was already the third question, and it had taken her almost half an hour to solve the first two.

"Waaaah!! This is such a difficult life-or-death problem!!" Xin Yufei rubbed her two black buns with both hands, trying her best to think about it with a pained expression.

“No, you made a mistake! If Black plays 4, 3… White can make a living group by playing 4, 5. Can’t you even see that?” Ji Yingting said seriously, sitting cross-legged opposite the chessboard.

"Waaah... Sister Sakuraba, I'm so sleepy, yawn," Xin Yufei gently patted her mouth, blinking her eyes slightly dazed.

It seems Yufei is really sleepy... she actually called herself Sakuraba-neechan.

Feeling a chill run down her spine, Ji Yingting gently tapped Xin Yufei's arm with a small wooden comb. "Yufei, wake up."

but……

"Huff, huff, huff, Sister Yingting, please spare me!" Xin Yufei was no longer able to think. She closed her eyes and gently lay down next to Ji Yingting's arm, using her black bun to rest her head on her arms.

Hmm...she really did fall asleep...it hasn't been that long!! Yufei, you're so lazy!! Slothful!!

Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair with a hint of helplessness, then pulled Xin Yufei onto the bed by her white cheongsam.

Although she had only worked on life-and-death problems for less than an hour, the child looked very tired today, after all, what happened...

Wow! Yufei is actually snoring from her nostrils! She looks like a cute little pig.

Ji Yingting gently bent down and listened carefully.

Since you're sleepy, then get some sleep. Goodnight. Ji Yingting gently brushed aside the black bangs that fell across Xin Yufei's forehead.

Ji raised her right hand, tucked her bluish-green hair behind her ear, and covered herself with a thick cotton quilt.

Click... The lamp switch was turned off, and the room was plunged into darkness.

Of course, darkness had no effect on Ji Yingting, who was blind to begin with.

Turning to embrace Xin Yufei's petite and soft body, Ji Yingting suddenly remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something today.

Oh! That's right!! I haven't seen Xiaoying all day! Where did she go?

In a daze, Ji Yingting blinked her pale purple starry eyes. The feeling of the pillow reminded her of Ji Hongying.

However... since Yufei is here, I might as well cuddle with her and sleep with her for one night.

Xiaoying didn't come to see me today, she must have something to do. Should I send her a voice message to ask her?

Ji Yingting gently put her right arm around Xin Yufei and thought to herself, she reached out and slowly patted Xin Yufei's head. Yufei quickly fell asleep completely, and soft, even breathing could be heard from her nose.

However... I'm also a bit sleepy, so I'll just cuddle with Yufei tonight and sleep with her.

Touching the small, black-haired head nestled in her arms, Ji Yingting chuckled softly and gradually closed her eyes.

"Goodnight..." Ji Yingting murmured softly.

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"The ninth round begins..." Chief Referee Bai Li announced in a solemn voice from the steps at the very front of all the chessboards.

"Phew, it's the ninth round."