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Yuan Ning arrived at the Cultural Center early in the morning and joined other members of the Chess Association.Before the game, lots must be drawn, and everyone is praying that Xichuanjiang will not be drawn, otherwise, it will really be a disaster in the finals.

Yuan Ning is not nervous, he thinks that it is already great to be able to enter the finals this time!When the person in charge of the competition called out the number he had drawn, Yuan Ning took a step forward, looked around, and wanted to know who was his opponent in the first round.

A somewhat familiar young man also stood up.

The others gasped, and then took a bit of joy or gloated.Xichuan River!

Yuan Ning was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that he was so lucky that he ran into "No.1 in the Asian League" in the first round.He nodded politely to Xi Chuanjiang: "Hi, Senior Xi Chuan."

Xi Chuanjiang didn't have much impression of Yuan Ning, but his temper was always gentle and polite, and he also nodded to Yuan Ning.

Zhou Yulin and Hei Mian waited for Yuan Ning to return, and they all rarely spoke to comfort Yuan Ning: "Just do your best."

Yuan Ning smiled: "I will try my best."

"Some things can't be changed with hard work," someone beside him laughed. "Don't think that you are so great because you are lucky in the Challenger League. The final is not a place to rely on luck."

Yuan Ning's good popularity is not always unfavorable. From the day he and Zhou Yulin entered the Chess Association, some people disliked them. At first, they were afraid that they would grab the places. Later, they felt that they took Li Yanqiu and Xiao Shengchang, two powerful instructors was monopolized.As for the three of Yuan Ning being able to enter the final, everyone attributed the reason to "good luck", and did not think they were really good.

Yuan Ning said sincerely: "Senior is right! I can't even win the bet with senior. If I meet senior Li Zhehao like senior, I will definitely lose miserably."

The person who spoke turned blue.He also qualified for the Asian League Winter Games last time, but lost to Li Zhehao from Li Guo in the first round.At that time, the audience was full of curses and asked the Chess Association to disqualify him from the competition.Of course, the Chess Association will not stop its players from playing just because of one defeat, so he is still included in this year's final list.

Hearing Yuan Ning's words, the other party's face turned blue and then pale. If it wasn't for the pull of the person next to him, he might have rushed up to quarrel with Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning watched his nose and his heart carefully.The sage once said, how can you repay a grievance with virtue?So you should repay kindness with kindness, and repay grievances with straightness—to put it simply: If someone comes to hate you, you must not hesitate to go back on the spot!

Zhou Yulin saw that Yuan Ning had silenced everyone with a single sentence, and there was a rare smile on his face.Coincidentally, his opponent in the first round actually drew Li Zhehao, a well-known chess player in Li Guo!There was no panic on Zhou Yulin's face, he returned with the number, and turned his gaze to Xichuanjiang.

Xi Chuanjiang seemed to notice Zhou Yulin's gaze, and also turned his head, smiling at Zhou Yulin.Xi Chuanjiang doesn't remember many people, and most of the people he can remember are opponents he has an impression of, so his attitude is very kind.

Zhou Yulin withdrew his gaze, stared at the number in his hand, slightly lost in thought, wondering what he was thinking.

At the same time, the conference room of the Cultural Center was extremely lively.In mid-March, an international trade fair will be held in the capital, and merchants from various countries will set up pavilions here.This is a leap-forward business and political exchange meeting. Not only businessmen from various countries, but also political representatives from various countries are here!

Of course, the cultural center is not here to discuss what to sell. They have received a very important task: prepare a national gift for foreign guests!

Of course, they are only responsible for proposing proposals, and whether to adopt them or not depends on the opinions of their superiors.

Most of the national gifts are handicrafts, and the most common ones are naturally ceramics.Mr. Gan, the vice president of the Ceramics Association, was also invited to participate in this meeting and was the main speaker of the meeting.In order to come up with the best solution, people from all major associations gathered together, and everyone expressed their opinions sentence by sentence. With a dry cough, let everyone go back and write a plan, then pick a few more perfect ones and submit them for approval by the superiors, and see whether to choose one of them or choose a few to combine.

This decision is also a happy one.

Everyone walked out of the meeting room with satisfaction. They went downstairs and were about to return to their respective places, but they saw some people gathered in the main hall on the first floor. They were all students who came to the cultural center for interest classes.They were watching the big screen in the main hall on the first floor intently.This was donated by a color TV merchant. The huge color screen usually displays promotional videos of the cultural center, and occasionally is used to broadcast important competitions held in the cultural center.

Usually there are not many people in the cultural center, but now the main hall is completely surrounded, and everyone's eyes are glued to the screen.The members of the major associations knew more about the competition schedule of the cultural center, and suddenly remembered that these few days should be the finals of the Asian Go League.When did Go become so popular?

Members of the major associations couldn't help but stop.Some people who used to pay attention to Go news raised their eyes and said in surprise, "It's Xichuanjiang!"

As soon as the words came out, those who had heard of the name and those who had never heard of it began to discuss. Those who had heard of it said, "Oh, so it is him", while those who had never heard of it asked, "Who is he?"

Soon, everyone understood why this Go game was so attractive—this Xi Chuanjiang was "No.1 in the Asian League"!

Elder Gan didn't leave either. Instead of paying attention to Xichuanjiang, his eyes fell on another person.After confirming that the younger player was indeed his student, Mr. Gan scolded: "This kid who doesn't do his job properly."

Li Yunjing was also there, and he quite agreed with Elder Gan's opinion: "It's really not a proper job."

Others wondered: "Do you all know that kid?" Several Go fans who watched the Asian League every year even looked at Li Yunjing and Gan Lao, wondering who the young player who was evenly matched with Xichuan Jiangxia was. What's the background.

That's right, evenly matched.

From the beginning of the game, the chess game has never opened a distance of more than five eyes, and now it has reached the middle game!

It is precisely because the chess strength of the two sides is comparable, and they bite each other tightly, the students below, who are experts and laymen, will hold their breath and watch this game, and occasionally the staff will broadcast other games for them and they will be urged by them Change it back!

Mr. Gan said: "This is one of my students, he is very good at studying. I have been observing him for a semester, and I plan to help him catch him as a teaching assistant for me next semester." He boasted, "I have taught students for so many years, and I have never I have never encountered such a person, obviously not the smartest kind, but as long as you push him, he will immediately improve a lot compared to before - I didn't expect that he can play chess, and he is not far behind Xichuanjiang too far."

"So it's your student!" The others suddenly realized.

In order to make more people interested in ceramics, Mr. Gan was invited to become a special professor of Capital University. Everyone knows this.

Elder Gan looked at Li Yunjing: "How did Xiao Li know this child?"

Li Yunjing said: "I've known this kid for a long time. Didn't you say Huanran was the youngest member of our association at the beginning? As a result, Lao Zhang got a smaller one in the next year."

"Oh, I remember this," someone answered, "That kid is very good, I also got two sets of tableware designed by him, my parents and my children all like it very much, and I specify it every day Use it to eat. I remember that child's name is Yuan Ning, right?"

"Yes, that's him." Li Yunjing said, "I remember that Mr. Chu got his favorite bonsai from him. This kid just doesn't like to study calligraphy well, he just messes with everything."

It's tableware and bonsai, ceramics and calligraphy, and now it's chess!

The others were all dazed, and they could only speak dumbly: "Young people are energetic."

Li Yunjing said: "The energy is really good." He looked at Yuan Ning who was concentrating on the chess game on the color screen, and thought of Yuan Ning's idea in his heart - this kid has a quick mind, and he can be squeezed by the national ceremony.

When Li Yunjing looked away, he noticed that Mr. Gan was also looking at the big screen thoughtfully, and immediately became vigilant, and said, "He is from our Calligraphy Association."

Mr. Gan said with a smile: "He is my student."

The four eyes are facing each other, and the swords are tense.

Yuan Ning didn't know that Mr. Gan and Li Yunjing were looking for opportunities to squeeze him. He pondered the chess game for a long time, and found that all the countermeasures could not find a way to win. He let out a long sigh of relief and admitted defeat openly.

Recalling the efforts she has made for the challenge and finals in the past six months, Yuan Ning feels fulfilled and satisfied.He was not at all depressed because he lost in the first round, and happily said to Xi Chuanjiang: "Thank you, Senior Xi Chuan, for playing chess with me for so long. It is a wonderful enjoyment to play chess with Senior Xi Chuan." He had no chance of winning, so he stubbornly went down to the end of the mountain before admitting defeat.

Xi Chuanjiang suddenly came back to his senses.He raised his eyes and met Yuan Ning's sincere gaze.

Although Xi Chuanjiang only has Go in his eyes, he has faced countless opponents over the years, and he has met quite a few people.For so many years, he has never seen such pure and clean eyes—even if he loses, there is no trace of frustration in these eyes. When the boy said thank you, he really thanked him. When the boy said he enjoyed it, he really felt it. is to enjoy.

Xi Chuanjiang showed a rare smile, and stretched out his hand to Yuan Ning: "Playing chess with you is also a kind of enjoyment." It has been a long time since he has experienced this kind of tension of being closely pursued and bitten.The boy in front of him is still so young, given time, he might really be defeated by this boy.Xi Chuanjiang also said sincerely, "I look forward to playing against you next time."

Yuan Ning said goodbye to Xi Chuanjiang politely, handed back the entry pass to the staff, and walked out of the competition venue.

After walking outside the door, Yuan Ning realized that there were a lot of people outside, one and two looked at him curiously.

Before Yuan Ning came back to his senses, these people said in a hurry: "Wow, the real person looks better than the screen!" "You look so young, are you an adult?" "You played really well just now, Almost won!"

The staff who maintained order explained to Yuan Ning: "They were watching the game broadcast down there just now, and they ran up when they knew you had finished the game."

Yuan Ning: "..."

Didn't you say that you will be scolded if you lose?Why do these kids look nothing like they came to scold him?

At this time, the head of the Chess Association and Xiao Shengchang waved to Yuan Ning: "Yuan Ning, come here, someone is looking for you."

Yuan Ning turned his head to look, and saw Elder Gan and Li Yunjing standing beside the president and the others, their eyes all on him.