The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Waaah, I really regret coming here with my adopted daughter to listen to the leaders chanting incantations. The parent-teacher meeting probably won't end until after 8 pm!! Yufei and Sister Xiaocha will probably be waiting for me to eat together, right?

Clinging to unrealistic hopes, Ji Yingting weakly slumped onto the table, carrying Luo Zhuyu, but she was suddenly startled awake by a sound.

"Hello Ms. Ji! I'm Xiaoyu's math teacher. I'd like to talk to her about something."

An elderly woman stood on the podium and whispered to the homeroom teacher for a while before walking towards Ji Yingting's seat.

"Uh..." Luo Zhuyu's body stiffened noticeably, and her mouth twitched slightly as she tilted her head.

"Huh? Hello, math teacher. You can just call me Aunt Ji," Ji Yingting said, sitting up straight and raising her long, light green hair in a cute way.

"...Hello, Mrs. Ji, have you ever supervised this child's homework? Do you know that she has never done math homework?!" The menopausal old woman's tone was somewhat fierce, and Ji Yingting was slightly frightened.

"No...no, I haven't seen her math homework," Ji Yingting said慌张地摇摇了长青绿的长发发，淡紫眼眼稍性避避。

The old woman shook her head with some distress, then clapped her hands and said sternly, "Sure enough, you parents don't care at all. How can the children study properly? What will they be able to do when they grow up?"

"Do...do...do what you love to do!" Ji Yingting said loudly after a moment of contemplation, and whispers and laughter immediately followed.

The math teacher frowned and shook his head. "If a girl doesn't study, all she can do when she grows up is get married... Whether she marries a man or a woman, it's not as good as having her own work ability. Are you willing for your daughter to become someone else's appendage after she grows up?"

In her eyes, Ji Yingting was probably the kind of girl who married into a wealthy family, young and clueless about how to raise her own children.

"So what! As long as a girl is cute, that's all that matters!! Being cute is enough... Why do we have to do homework!"

Ji Yingting's voice suddenly grew louder as she tossed her long, bluish-green hair and questioned him.

Luo Zhuyu looked somewhat dazed as Ji Yingting lifted her up and placed her on the table, her long, light green hair fluttering in the wind.

"As long as my daughter is cute and can be held by her mother, that's enough! Why force them to do homework? Why force them to study? Isn't it better to let my daughters be my sweet little darlings?!"

Ji Yingting spoke righteously, casually tossing her long, cascading turquoise hair behind her, then opening her pale purple starry eyes and nodding in a pretentious manner.

"You women only force your daughters to study because of your pride! They're not happy at all!! Is your pride more important than your daughters??"

“That’s right! My lovely little puppies… oh no, my daughters… as long as they’re always held by their mother! They can stay with their mother forever!!” Ji Yingting, her face slightly flushed, lifted Luo Zhuyu off the table.

"Waaah, Mom!! You're so good to me!"

Luo Zhuyu's light green pupils had become somewhat moist, and the pupils of the teacher and other parents gradually became dull and lifeless.

Shortly after Ji Yingting finished speaking, a continuous round of applause rang out from the classroom.

"Waaaaah, daughter, I was wrong. Mommy will never force you to study again... Let's go home and play games together."

A young mother hugged her daughter and cried as she spoke.

"Waaaaah, my daughter, you're so adorable, Mommy's planning to take care of you for the rest of my life!"

Tears of emotion emanated from the classroom, and the atmosphere between mother and daughter was harmonious.

Chapter 137: The Luo Family

"Thank you so much... The teachers were all touched that I have a mother who loves her daughter, even though I'm graduating from elementary school today," Luo Zhuyu said happily, waving slightly at Ji Yingting.

"Well, see you at the professional exam, little sister!" Ji Yingting stroked Luo Zhuyu's light green hair and smiled, her pale purple starry eyes narrowing.

"Ah! Wait a minute!" Just as Luo Zhuyu was about to turn around and leave, Ji Yingting suddenly called out to her.

"Ok?"

"Um, excuse me... Could you please take me there? I can't see, just take me back to the hotel," Ji Yingting said somewhat awkwardly. She didn't want to reveal that she was blind, but she couldn't get back to the hotel on her own!

"You can't see? Does that mean you're blind?" Luo Zhuyu was slightly puzzled. She rested her chin on her hand and pondered. Oh, I see. It is a bit strange... I sensed something was off from Ji Yingting's strange behavior when he occasionally looked for rooms.

"Yes, I'm blind." Ji Yingting ruffled her long, bluish-green hair, a little embarrassed. She should have said it out loud...

Shaking her long, light green hair, Luo Zhuyu stretched out her small hand and said calmly, "I said I'm taking you back, so hurry up and give me your hand."

"Oh, but don't you have anything to say? About the fact that I'm blind but can still play Go?" Ji Yingting stretched out her left hand, tilted her green hair and asked with some curiosity. Aren't children usually very curious?

Doesn't she want to know why she can play Go even though she's blind?

Her left hand was suddenly grabbed by hers, but Luo Zhuyu frowned and asked in surprise, "Isn't this because you have a strategic advantage? You'll understand once you think about it, right?"

"Chess position?" Ji Yingting was stunned for a moment, then suddenly nodded, shaking her long, light green hair as if she had just realized something.

Yes! She can see clearly when she's playing Go, and many people would probably assume it's because of the game's momentum... Maybe the momentum will become a good excuse in the future! Ji Yingting nodded happily, swaying her long, light green hair.

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"I'll leave you here. If it gets any later, the teacher will scold you to death," Luo Zhuyu said with a faint smile. After leaving the school, her personality seemed to have returned to that of the aloof little girl she was during the Go competition.

"teacher?"

"Yes, I've been studying at the local Go seminar, and I usually stay there," Luo Zhuyu nodded and said.

Ji Yingting opened her mouth slightly in surprise, "But... I heard you're from the Luo family... Doesn't the Luo family have its own chess academy or seminar?"

“That’s right… Our Luo family does have the Luo Family Chess Academy, but I can’t go there to study.” Luo Zhuyu’s expression dimmed slightly.

"What did you do wrong?"

"No, no," Luo Zhuyu immediately shook her head, swaying her long, light green hair. She then pulled Ji Yingting's hand and sat down near the railing.

"It's because of my dad. My dad is the head of the family's favorite youngest daughter, but she hates Go... On the contrary, my mom is a girl who only cares about Go."

Wait, come on, why do you have to start telling stories all of a sudden?! I haven't said anything yet!! Ji Yingting blinked her pale purple pupils and complained inwardly.

Ji Yingting stopped rubbing her long, bluish-green hair, her fair face showing a bewildered expression. Did she have some special skill to open the hearts of little girls? Why did so many little girls want to tell her stories?!

Luo Zhuyu continued in a low voice, "After my mother joined the Luo family seminar, the two of them fell in love and got married."

However, because my mother only cared about Go, and my father, who was the youngest daughter of the Luo family head, hated Go, they divorced after I was born and only maintained a relationship of friends with benefits.

"…………friends with benefits?"

Ji Yingting's lips twitched slightly. To be able to have sex after a divorce? How could these two have such a heart…? Didn't they even consider this before they got married? That's too frivolous!

"Because the head of the family dotes on my father, she's been making a scene over there, preventing me from joining the family's seminars and even forbidding anyone from teaching me Go... Of course, my mother has been secretly teaching me."

I didn't let my dad come to the parent-teacher conference because he'd definitely guess I was secretly learning Go. Of course... I also secretly tried to join other seminars. Honestly, everyone wants to meddle in other people's lives.

"In that case, why don't you just ask your mother to attend the parent-teacher conference? Doesn't your mother secretly teach you Go?" Ji Yingting tilted her head.

"How could I... My mother is preparing for the final match of her challenge for the [10-dan] title match in a month!! How could I disturb her at such a crucial moment!!"

"Oh! That's crucial!" Ji Yingting suddenly clapped her hands and said seriously.

"Pfft..." Luo Zhuyu suddenly spat it out, then covered her mouth with her small hand and chuckled softly.

"So, do you enjoy playing Go now? That's good. As for your studies, you could go to an entertainment academy in junior high, since you're so cute anyway."

"Um... thank you so much, big sister. See you later!"

"Well then," Luo Zhuyu said softly, glancing at the time on her phone before jumping down from the railing. "I'm off, big sister, otherwise the teacher will really scold me to death."

Ji Yingting gently waved her small hand at her departing light green figure, her pale purple starry eyes slightly closed.

However, her expression suddenly became complicated. "Preparing for the 10th Dan title challenge... I think I know who her mother is..."

"Ah, Sakuraba, you're finally back!!!"

As soon as Ji Yingting entered the gate, a small hand grabbed her long, light green hair. Niu Xiaochai pretended to be angry and tugged at her hair.

"Sakuraba, where have you been! It's already past eight o'clock! Didn't you say you were going to come back quickly?!"

Waaah, with her green hair being pulled, Ji Yingting lost her greatest weapon and could only cry and beg Niu Xiaochai for mercy, "Waaah, Senior Sister, I was wrong, I won't do it again next time!"

"Okay, Senior Sister forgives Baby! Are you hungry? Come and eat!" Seeing Ji Yingting's cute expression, Niu Xiaochai immediately stopped being fierce to her and couldn't help but hug her little green head and comfort her.

Chapter 138: The Celebrity's Dojo

"The person who's going to challenge the teacher in a month? Sakuraba, are you talking about the professional 7th dan Go player, 'Silver Spear Princess' Su Chan? She is indeed from the Luo family."

"Yellow...Yellow Gun Concubine!!??" Ji Yingting and Xin Yufei's expressions changed drastically.

"It's silver... the silver of silver... what are you two little girls thinking about every day?" Fei Qiluo said with a somewhat speechless laugh.

"Oh, oh," Ji Yingting said, taking a small bite of the chicken wing and lowering her head somewhat shyly.

"However, we generally don't go into too much detail about the family affairs of professional Go players, so we're not very clear about the Luo family's situation you mentioned."

Ji Yingting nodded, her long, light green hair swaying. "Yeah, it's okay, but I'm really sorry everyone waited for me to eat."

"It's nothing. Have dinner and go to bed early. We have to go to the Celebrity Dojo tomorrow at noon."

"By the way, are celebrity dojos run by celebrities?" Xin Yufei tilted her head and asked in confusion.

Fei Qilu shook her head and replied, "He's the previous Meijin. He defended his title four times, holding the Meijin title for a total of 12 years. He's a professional 9-dan Go player named An Chen."

"Oh, by the way... in a way, the current holder of the Moon Celebrity title is none other than the current head of the Luo family, Celebrity Luo Zhanye."

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"Wow, the fog is so thick, I can't see anything at all!" After getting off the bus, all that came into view was a white fog, and Xin Yufei couldn't help but exclaim.

Her black hair was covered with two cotton earmuffs because it was so cold today.

"Yufei, Yufei, bring it too! The weather in Mingyue City is really much colder than in Yongyue City." Ji Yingting's long, light green hair was constantly blown into the air by the cold wind, and her two cute little ears turned bright red from the cold as soon as she stepped out of the car.

"Okay, Sister Sakuraba, please put your ear over here." Xin Yufei quickly helped her put on a cotton earmuff.

The group arrived in front of a huge courtyard, with the words "Celebrity Dojo" written on the gate.

"Ah, you must be the people from the 10-dan Go Academy seminar? Please follow me! Your teacher has been waiting for you for a long time," a young man with a slightly unremarkable appearance said happily upon seeing the newcomers.

"Yes, thank you for leading the way." Fei Qiluo, who was the senior sister, nodded to him in a friendly manner. They would probably be staying here for about a week, so it was better to maintain good relationships.

"Wa ...

Oh? Ji Yingting raised her green willow eyebrows. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard the sounds of many children playing and laughing. They were all young children, running around in the courtyard.

"Wow! What an adorable older sister!" The girls stopped running around and looked at Ji Yingting and the others.

Wow, this courtyard is really big! Xin Yufei looked at the endless courtyard and opened her mouth in surprise.

"Haha, these kids are all here to learn Go at the dojo during the summer vacation. There will be fewer people in the inner courtyard. I am in charge of teaching these kids," the young man in charge explained on behalf of everyone. It was lunchtime, and the children were playing and making a bit of noise.

The area inside the courtyard is noticeably smaller, but there are many more flowers, trees, and shrubs, and the courtyard is decorated in a more refined manner.