The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

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"Really?!" Xin Yufei's black pupils widened dramatically, while Ji Yingting slightly opened her pink cherry lips in respect.

"So what if you reach the fifth dan? A player who doesn't go professional can never truly be called a professional player. Almost all the fourth dan players are from Huangyue City, which means that in the next major tournament, Mingyue City might even be overtaken in terms of the number of elite players... And there are only a few spots available for fifth dan players to go professional each year."

"You guys need to become professional Go players as soon as possible. Most of the players who become professional Go players only recently became amateur 5-dan. If you can't do it in one year, your chances of doing it in the second year will become even slimmer," Niu Xiaochai thought silently to herself.

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"Ah!!! It's you!!! A woman, a woman!! The green-haired woman!!" Just as Ji Yingting was in a daze, a surprised voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Huh?" Ji Yingting was a little stunned, and Xin Yufei also looked at the person in surprise. A petite and cute girl with long light green hair hurriedly ran over.

"It's that kid named Luo Zhuyu," Niu Xiaochai whispered to Ji Yingting. As one of the judges in the provincial competition, she was very familiar with the stronger contestants.

"Oh!" Ji Yingting nodded, her long, bluish-green hair swaying slightly. "But 'woman, woman' and all that! This child is so rude!"

Wearing a blue and white sailor uniform, a blue and white skirt that goes past her knees, white stockings that go past her knees, and a large pink backpack on her back... Luo Zhuyu was dressed exactly like a primary school student at this moment, and of course, she was a primary school student.

"Mom! Oh no... Big sister, you're my lucky star! I remember you're not from Mingyue City." She grabbed Ji Yingting's two white cotton gloves. Although Luo Zhuyu's voice was somewhat cold, there was a hint of urgency in her words.

"Huh? Little sister, what can I do for you?" Ji Yingting asked, her light green eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"I'll pretend to be my mom!! Oh no... I mean, I'll pretend to be my mom at the parent-teacher conference after my elementary school graduation!!"

Why are you looking for me?

"Because your hair is green too!! You look more like my mom!!"

Am I that old?! Ji Yingting was somewhat angry.

"But why not look for your biological mother?" Ji Yingting asked, tilting her long, bluish-green hair in confusion.

"Because... I will die!!!" Luo Zhuyu said these terrifying words with a smile.

Chapter 135: Attending My Daughter's Graduation Ceremony

"Mom, I want ice cream," Luo Zhuyu said, patting Ji Yingting's greenish-blue head.

...Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair. A cute little green-haired girl was sitting on her hat, her head between her legs, which were wrapped in white stockings.

Ah... I can't take it anymore... Ji Yingting raised her green willow eyebrows. If she didn't have a daughter she picked up by chance, how could she possibly agree to such an unreasonable request?

"Mommy, I want ice cream!" Luo Zhuyu glanced at the ice cream shop not far away, shook Ji Yingting's light green head, and said again.

"Oh, but I don't have any money... Do you have any?"

"Mom, you're so poor!" Luo Zhuyu patted Ji Yingting's hat with disdain. Ji Yingting suppressed the urge to throw her off her head and shook her two white-stockinged legs instead.

"Waaah, that was scary!" Luo Zhuyu immediately hugged Ji Yingting's head tightly. Fortunately, Ji Yingting wasn't much taller than her, so she probably wouldn't get hurt if she fell.

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"Mmm, so sweet." Luo Zhuyu held a white ice cream cone in her right hand and gently wrapped her left arm around Ji Yingting's long green hair.

Ji Yingting was also eating a white ice cream cone, but her expression was slightly helpless. The ice cream vendor had given it to her and her daughter because she felt sorry for them because they had no money.

"How much longer until we get to your school?" Ji Yingting asked.

"Huh? Isn't it right in front of us? Just turn right and we'll be there," Luo Zhuyu said, shaking Ji Yingting's white hat with a slightly puzzled expression.

Ji Yingting blinked her pale purple starry eyes slightly and said to cover up her misunderstanding, "Oh, I didn't know this was your school. Okay, Mom will take you to be judged by the teachers."

"By the way, put me down first, otherwise it will be a little embarrassing for my mom to carry me in front of my classmates." After entering the school, Luo Zhuyu gently patted Ji Yingting's green head to indicate this.

Um... Ji Yingting's eyebrows furrowed slightly. She's ashamed in front of her classmates... but outside of school does she exploit her mother?!

After grabbing Luo Zhuyu's two white-stockinged thighs and lifting her down from above, Ji Yingting gently took her small hand.

"What...what are you doing?" Luo Zhuyu's face turned slightly red, and she shook her small hand, which was being held by Ji Yingting, uncomfortably.

"Hmm? Shouldn't a daughter hold her mother's hand?" Ji Yingting frowned slightly and said, taking Luo Zhuyu's fair and delicate hand as they walked together.

"Mmm," Luo Zhuyu nodded, blushing. Actually, she was over 1.4 meters tall, so it was just right for Ji Yingting, who was nearly 1.6 meters tall, to hold her hand. Although they looked more like sisters than mother and daughter.

Because the air on modern planets is unpolluted, human genes have become more advanced.

The natural age of death has increased dramatically from around 70 or 80 years old to 150 years old, reflecting the aging population over time. And there are many lovely women... who, even after having children, still maintain the physique of a young girl or even a little girl.

Although Ji Yingting's face looks like that of a cute young girl who hasn't fully developed yet, there are quite a few girls who have become mothers at a younger age than her.

No, no, no, this is a fake daughter.

"Mom, the auditorium is through the left-hand door, and our sixth-grade class is on the far left."

"Oh, oh..." A few drops of sweat dripped down, and the surrounding noise gradually became louder as more people gathered. Ji Yingting stretched out her hands and fumbled around for the auditorium door.

Although it was fine outdoors, Ji Yingting became slightly flustered in this unfamiliar and complicated environment, even with her guide boots.

"Are your eyes uncomfortable?" Luo Zhuyu looked up and asked curiously. She didn't know that Ji Yingting was blind, but Ji Yingting's strange gesture of stretching out his hands puzzled her a little.

"It's nothing..." Ji Yingting shook her long, light green hair. She finally found the location of the auditorium entrance and walked towards the leftmost aisle.

"There don't seem to be many people yet. The graduation ceremony shouldn't start for another twenty minutes. It's 6:40 now..." Luo Zhuyu said, adding that the parents' meeting would follow the graduation ceremony.

After finding an empty spot, Ji Yingting gently lifted Luo Zhuyu onto her lap. Underneath her lotus-colored skirt were adorable white stockings. Ji Yingting lifted her little bottom to help her sit down.

"By the way... I'll call you Mom then. Do you know my name? I'm Luo Zhuyu," Luo Zhuyu said softly, sitting on Ji Yingting's soft lap.

“No…you’re already calling her that now, and not only that, you’re calling her that so happily…and it’s strange for a mother not to know her daughter’s name!!” Ji Yingting’s expression was slightly strange. She took off her white snowflake-patterned cotton-padded jacket and hung it on the chair behind her. The room was already quite warm.

Holding her soft daughter, Ji Yingting gently blinked her pale purple starry eyes.

"This is my first time being a mother... and I have a lovely daughter. I'm so happy." Gently patting Luo Zhuyu's little head, Ji Yingting slowly closed her pale purple starry eyes.

"I'm going to sleep for a little while, you can wake me up later."

"Um"

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"Hmm?" When Ji Yingting woke up, the surrounding sounds had gradually become noisy, and it seemed that someone had just sat down next to her right.

"Wow! Xiaoyu, your mom is so pretty!! She looks like a big sister!" Sitting to Ji Yingting's right, a little girl with black hair said enviously. The fat woman holding the little girl glanced jealously at Ji Yingting, who was holding Luo Zhuyu and blinking.

"Xiaoyu, your mom looks so young!! Compared to your mom, my mom looks like a haggard old woman!!"

Snapped!

"Waaaaah!" A little girl who had mocked her own mother was slapped and immediately started crying in front of many of her classmates.

“Yes, she’s my mom.” Sitting on Ji Yingting’s white-stockinged lap, Luo Zhuyu swung her slender white-stockinged legs and said happily. Sure enough, having her as her mom has its advantages, such as being able to show off in front of her classmates like she does now.

Ji Yingting gently wiped her pale purple pupils and sat up straight. There seemed to be many more people around her... and the noise was chaotic.

Ji Yingting tightened her slender hands slightly around Luo Zhuyu, and couldn't help but become nervous.

"Hello... May I ask who you are? Are you Luo Zhuyu's mother or sister? Only parents are allowed to attend the graduation ceremony."

Just then, a slightly sarcastic voice rang out from Ji Yingting's left ear. Standing in the aisle on the left, a middle-aged woman with curly hair asked seriously.

"Yes, I am her biological mother," Ji Yingting said earnestly, holding the little girl.

Chapter 136: As long as my daughter is cute, that's enough.

"Hello... May I ask who you are? Are you Luo Zhuyu's mother or sister? Only parents are allowed to attend the graduation ceremony."

Just then, a slightly sarcastic voice rang out from Ji Yingting's left ear. Standing in the aisle on the left, a middle-aged woman with curly hair asked seriously.

"Yes, I am her biological mother," Ji Yingting said earnestly, holding the little girl.

"Oh...may I ask your name, Mom? Why didn't you come to parent-teacher meetings before?" The curly-haired female teacher slowly took notes in a small notebook.

Actually, she had some doubts. Do mothers of young children usually emphasize whether they are the biological mother or not? And although her clothes were very gorgeous, she didn't look like an adult.

"My name is Ji Yingting. I was very busy with work before! I'm so sorry, teacher."

Ji Yingting playfully tapped Luo Zhuyu's light green head as a gesture of friendliness, and said with a smile, her pale purple starry eyes narrowed.

"Yes, hello Mama Ji, let's talk in detail after the graduation ceremony..."

The curly-haired teacher spoke very politely, but she had some doubts in her heart...

What kind of work does a mother who looks so young do?

"Ah! Aunt Ji?"

Ji Yingting breathed out a few breaths, her face gradually turning flushed, and she couldn't help but tighten her grip on Luo Zhuyu's small hand.

Someone actually called me "Mom"! I'm so excited!

"Are you sick?" Luo Zhuyu struggled to free her light green head from Ji Yingting's embrace, feeling a bit breathless from the hug.

The little girl named Luo Zhuyu usually had a cold expression. Although she had a few close female friends, she didn't like to communicate with her teachers and classmates.

And... she never likes to do her homework, and her test scores are very poor. Do her parents never care?

The homeroom teacher was very puzzled because the principal had once told her to let the little girl go free, so she thought Luo Zhuyu was probably a child from a very wealthy family.

But it's strange... The teacher thought silently. Because the standard of living for humans in the interstellar era has greatly improved, most people are not short of money, and the phenomenon of "rich second generation" has gradually disappeared.

After that, the only children who could be considered wealthy were those from large or even aristocratic families.

However... children living in wealthy families are often disciplined more strictly, because it is very possible for them to be beaten by their parents if they don't get a perfect score on a test. Not to mention that Luo Zhuyu's parents never attended a parent-teacher meeting.

"Ugh... I really want to escape, I'm so bored."

Ji Yingting, who had been listening to the leader's speech for half an hour while holding Luo Zhuyu, was starting to doze off. Seriously, is this what the graduation ceremony at this elementary school is like?! She had originally thought it would be cute little girls performing!

Of course... she couldn't see the little girls performing, but just listening to their positive and energetic singing voices was enough to awaken Ji Ying's maternal instincts. She stroked her soft, light green hair and imagined it.

Police: If it weren't for your appearance, Ms. Ji, this would be a crime.

Blinking her pale purple starry eyes, Ji Yingting, who was lying on Luo Zhuyu's body, was about to fall asleep.

"Ah! Mom, cheer up!" Luo Zhuyu patted Ji Yingting's green head hard to wake her up, because the graduation ceremony was about to end.

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Holding Luo Zhuyu's little hand, Ji Yingting followed the formation of Class 1, Grade 6 into the classroom. She clutched her stomach and sat down in the seat Luo Zhuyu had indicated; she was already a little hungry.