[Go Soul Natsume's Book of Friends] Guang Xia

Chess Soul Special Chapter Twenty

On the weekend, before I entered the Ogata residence, someone carried a tropical fish box out of the living room.A girl's energetic voice came from inside: "Be careful not to damage my tropical fish! Make sure there is a lot of them. I will keep more when I come back from China!"

China?I was puzzled, and You Lizi welcomed me into the living room with a smile.The girl rolled up her sleeves and combed her ponytail, looking fresher than ever.

"Just heard you say China?" I asked.

"Yes, Ogata and I made a decision last night. I told him that I want to go to China."

I didn't have any mental preparations at all, so I just stood in front of the chessboard.

"I made up my mind last night. Besides me and Ogata, you are the first to know!"

It took me a long time to digest this astonishing news after Yulizi talked about it.

"When are we leaving?" I asked with difficulty.

"After three weeks, I won't be able to catch up with Zuo Wei's new first-tier league. But it doesn't matter, there will definitely be a big commentary from the Chinese Chess Academy."

"So fast?! How long?"

"Maybe I will go for a year or two. I want to participate in China's Dashandai, and my brother will also participate in the Go League."

"You proposed to leave because of Ogata."

Ogata lost to me and Taya successively in the title match. Yuriko saw it and didn't want to embarrass the always strong Ogata in front of the chess players, so he proposed to go to China at this juncture.You Lizi has always been a smart and considerate girl, I always knew that.

"So, for a long time in the future, I won't be able to teach you..." I felt a strange sense of loss in my heart.

You Lizi is also very reluctant. "It's okay, we can play online Go." He looked at me sincerely, with a warm and soft light in his eyes, "Shito, it's because of you that I started playing Go. You also accompanied me all the way to take the professional Go player exam... ..."

She bowed to me: "Thank you, Hikari Shinto."

Yes I want to thank you, Yuri.

It was you who let me know the feeling of teaching and companionship—the feeling of Zuo Wei.

I played a few rounds with Yuri.Although there is still a huge gap in chess strength, I think this is the best chess game she and I have ever played.

"Sawei must be very sad to hear that you are leaving." I said to Yuriko, "And Natsume..."

When Natsume was mentioned, the girl's eyes like autumn water rolled quietly, and there was a hint of melancholy in an instant.

"Your thoughts, Natsume, he has always known." I couldn't help but say.

"I know he knows." You Lizi whispered, picked up a chess piece, and put it down weakly.

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In the next few days, Ogata brothers and sisters visited Daizhen together.Our acquaintances had dinner with Yuriko one after another, and Taya also practiced it for Ogata.

One day, after the hands were over, I found Zuo Wei at a chess exhibition—Zuo Wei still likes to see exhibitions, especially the utensils related to Go.

"What are you looking at?" I walked up to him curiously.In front of you is a brand new torreya wood chessboard.

"Guang, didn't you say that Yuli doesn't even have a chessboard of her own?" Zuo Wei pointed at the chessboard, with infinite tenderness and love in his blue-purple eyes, "I was thinking, why don't I buy a chessboard as a gift for her?" I hope she will always think of us when she plays chess in China."

"Okay! I said it long ago, if she is admitted as a professional chess player, I will buy her a chessboard of her own!"

So, we bought a torreya chessboard, Zuowei attached letterheads, and asked the exhibitor to deliver the goods to Ogata House.

"This way you can give Yuli a surprise!" I said happily, imagining what Yuli would look like unpacking.

Zuo Wei stared at my smile for a long time, so long that I was a little embarrassed.He suddenly raised his hand, stroked my bangs, and pursed his lips with a smile: "Guang, whenever I see you like this, I am always very grateful...Thank God for giving me another chance to see your smile .”

"What are you talking about?" I sneered, and then made a grimace, "Don't kill me to pieces at night, I promise to show you smiling like this every day."

"Guang, you're getting stubborn again—"

"Zuo Wei, how wonderful it would be if we go on like this for the rest of our lives."

"is very good."

"So, you are not allowed to leave again."

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Tomorrow morning, Yuri's flight will take off from Kansai Airport.

Good friends such as Zuowei, Hetani, and Naase, and I all said we were going to see her off, but Yuri couldn't stop waving her hands: "No, no, no! I hate parting the most..."

As he said that, his eyes turned red.

We have nothing to do with her.Zuowei had no choice but to ask Yulizi to call back after arriving in China to report safety.

"Zuo Wei, you are really adapting to modern life!" I couldn't help laughing.

"I'm very lucky to live in this era." Zuowei said with a smile, showing that kind of childlike self-satisfaction expression again, "Look, there are telephones and the Internet, and people like Takashi and Yuriko are not around us. Now I can get in touch with more people, and I don’t have to rely on letters to communicate like before, and I have to wait at least a month..."

I know, Yuriko must not have told Natsume.Because, during this time, Natsume has not called me a single call.

The distance between heart and heart is the furthest distance in this world, right?

At eight o'clock in the evening, Sawei was playing chess with Taya.I sat alone in the porch with my phone in hand.The night when the cicadas are no longer noisy, the moonlight is clear.Except for the sound of Jinshi coming from behind, there was no sound in Daizhen.Next to the leaves of the loquat tree, there are a few swirling green lights, which are fireflies, so beautiful and fragile.

I ended up calling Natsume anyway.

The phone was connected quickly, but no one spoke.I "Hello" several times, but there was no response, only the faint sound of paper pages flying up and down.

Is it "Book of Friends"?

I felt slightly strange in my heart, but waited there patiently.

I didn't wait long, and soon there was a sound of "kick, kick, kick" on the other end of the phone, and someone rushed to answer the phone.

"Hello, Shinto-kun?" Natsume's voice was still panting.

"Natsume, who answered my call just now?" I asked confusedly.

"Yes..." Natsume seemed to be at a loss for words, and the voice was interrupted for a moment. I was even more puzzled, and I heard him say calmly, "...It's a monster. It's just that you can't hear its voice. It came downstairs to tell me. "

monster? Can "Book of Friends" be placed in front of monsters casually?

But I didn't ask any further questions, and quickly got to the point: "Natsume, Yuri is leaving for China at [-]:[-] tomorrow morning."

"Huh?!" Sure enough, Natsume was shocked, "Ogata is leaving, why didn't you tell me?!"

"She..." I didn't know what to say, "...she was afraid that you would reject her."

"What...why didn't you tell me?!" He felt a little bit blaming me.

"...Of course I have to respect her wishes..." I said without confidence.In fact, I didn't expect that Yuriko didn't tell Natsume until the last moment.

"Ah, Shinto-kun!!"

I never imagined that Natsume would be so angry.I laughed: "What should I do now? Or, you can call her and say goodbye——"

"I'm going to see her off at Kansai Airport tomorrow."

So firm, I froze. "But her flight at seven o'clock in the morning is already very late..."

"But, I can't let her leave Japan like this without seeing Ogata's face—otherwise, I'd be too sorry for Ogata's intentions!"

"..." I already knew Natsume's serious personality, why didn't I tell him earlier?

"I see, I might have to go out now..." Natsume said, as if he had checked the train timetable, "There is no night train going directly to the airport, so it's almost time to arrive at five o'clock in the morning..."

"Hey, Natsume—" I began to feel uneasy, "It's too dangerous for you to go out so late." What if you were caught by a monster? !

"Forget it, stay at home and don't go anywhere. I'll drive to Yayuan, and then we'll go directly to Osaka, which is more convenient."

"Driving?!" Natsume couldn't imagine that I could drive at my age. "You have a driver's license?! You're just a high school student..."

"What the hell is a high school student, I'm a professional chess player. I'll be there in an hour, wait for my call."