The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

There was the noise of the alarm clock in my ears, and my hands were still figuring out the whereabouts of the mobile phone, but my brain woke up first.

Xu Shi heard a noise coming from the room, and Liang poked his head out from the bathroom: "Sorry, did I wake you up?"

"No, I'm awake anyway..." He turned off the alarm clock on his phone with great difficulty, and there was still a hint of laziness in Guang's voice.

Um.Although I set the alarm clock on my mobile phone, I finally woke up.Liang knew it well, but he didn't expose him.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you sleep a little longer. The game doesn't start until ten o'clock." After washing up, Liang returned to the room, and as expected, he was only getting up slowly.

"No, no need, I'll be fine soon, you...wait for me!" As soon as he said that, he got up and went to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Guang looked at himself in the glasses, and couldn't hold back a big yawn.He wouldn't tell Taya that if he didn't call him early, even if he set the alarm clock on his mobile phone, he would definitely oversleep.But today, no matter what, he didn't want to miss Taya's chess match.

Waiting for Hikaru to pack up, when the two went downstairs to the restaurant for dinner, they happened to meet Ryo's today's opponent - Ogata Seiji at the entrance of the restaurant.Light originally thought, at least not to share the same table with him.Unexpectedly, after taking the meal, Taya took the initiative to sit down opposite Mr. Ogata.

This person is really... calm.In Guang's mind, there is a villain silently caressing his forehead.

"Morning, Mr. Ogata."

"Morning, Xiaoliang. Shinto-kun is here too?"

"Yes. Good morning, Mr. Ogata."

Maybe it's because of Sai's relationship, just seeing Ogata always feels a little trembling.

During the meal, the three people at the same table only said these few words, so quiet that Guang suspected that he was going to have indigestion.

Later, I finally heard Taya speak, but the content was to let him and Mr. Ogata eat slowly, and he went to the chess game venue first...

Actually leaving myself alone to face Mr. Ogata, I just want to talk, I will go with you!But this scene was a bit weird no matter how I thought about it, so I had to stay silently in my seat and continue to bury my head in eating.

Tamagoyaki.Mackerel.Natto.Miso soup.rice.Put them in your mouth one by one.

"It is said that……"

"?" Hikaru raised his head, met Kami Ogata's gaze, only felt that the white light reflected from behind his lens had something special to say.

"Forget it, it's nothing." After a pause, Ogata said again, "I watched yesterday's game. I played well in the closing stage, but I played too hard before the middle game."

"Hmm..." Guang looked down at the white rice in the bowl in front of him, not knowing what to say.

Maybe it was because the time was almost up, at this time Ogata stood up: "I look forward to playing against you in the title battle one day." Pushing the glasses on the bridge of his nose, he picked up the dinner plate and walked towards the door.

So... Mr. Ogata means...

Guang couldn't help but open his eyes wide and looked towards the door, but he only had time to catch a figure of his passing around the corner.

A few minutes later, standing at the door of the examination room, Guang took a deep breath and opened the door to enter.To his surprise, at this point, someone had already arrived at the review room first.

Seeing Hikari push the door open, Ashihara smiled and waved at him: "Yo, Shinto-kun!"

"Lu Yuan...Mr.?" Seeing Lu Yuan, Guang was a little surprised, but after sitting down, he realized that his eyes were a little rude.

As if seeing through the thoughts of the light, Lu Yuan scratched his head with a smile: "When you meet Xu Zhangyuan's [-]th dan, there is no way to lose chess."

Xu Zhangyuan's [-]th dan, he had heard of this person when he was reviewing with Ta Ya a while ago.The top Korean chess player, his strength is no less than that of Taya celebrity...

While pondering, he heard Lu Yuan say again: "Jin Teng-kun is here to watch Xiao Liang's game today, right?" After putting the two boxes of chess pieces on the chessboard on the table, he said with a smile, "But it's no wonder, after all, you two are playing against each other. Treat the other party as a competitor. This is the first time I have seen Xiao Liang care so much about a person."

"?"

"Probably when you were a college student. One day I happened to meet Xiao Liang, and I laughed at him and said, don't be tense all day long, and no one is chasing you. But he replied to me 'but he passed the pre-selection of the vocational examination '. At that time, I wondered what he meant, but after thinking about it later, maybe the "he" he said at that time was referring to you, Shindo-kun. Having said that, Xiao Liang cared about it but didn't want to admit it that day. The expression is still fresh in my memory!" After a pause, Lu Yuan put away the smile on his face, and looked at the light with a slightly serious expression, "I can be regarded as watching Xiao Liang grow up. Sometimes I can't help it I want to defend him against injustice. Because of Xiaoliang's special status, almost everyone only sees Ryo Taya as the son of Celebrity Taya. All his achievements are naturally attributed to "after all, he is the son of Celebrity Taya", But I never thought about or paid attention to how hard he worked..."

Halfway through the conversation, the door of the examination room was pushed open again.Let's stop talking about Taya.

After 09:30, the chess players who came to watch the game arrived one after another, and soon the review room was full.If Taya can win this game, then the next day's semi-final will usher in a highly anticipated father-son battle.

"Ah! The game has begun!" Along with Lu Yuan's low cry, I saw on the TV screen, bright and black, walking first at the "small eye" position in the upper left corner.

For him, Mr. Ogata is both a teacher and a friend, but it is also a barrier that he must overcome.

Ryo still remembers what he said to himself in public when he lost to Mr. Ogata in the fifth round of the Honinbo Round Tournament last year——

"Your strength is far from mine."

Although after the round-robin match, I played chess with Mr. Ogata many times at home, but after that, it was the first time that the two played against each other in public.

But I am not who I am today!

He closed his eyes and meditated for a few seconds, and when he opened them again, there was a sharp and clear light in his bright eyes, and the moment he made a decision, he was decisive and powerful.

The chess game is constantly going on with the passage of time.Judging from the board, the chess pieces of both sides are sticking to each other, and the gap is always kept within five eyes.

Just when everyone thought that this chess game would continue to the end, Liang suddenly sent a sunspot directly into the opponent's mouth.As a result, the balance of the entire board was completely broken!

Taya's hand... just sitting at the closest position to the TV, but still involuntarily leaning closer to her body, wishing she could get closer...

It was at this turning point that the situation of the entire chess game took a sudden turn for the worse.

Just watching the broadcast of the live chess game from the TV screen, several exclamations erupted in the review room.

At the end, because the gap between the two sides is very small, it is really impossible to judge who will die with the naked eye, and the final victory can only be determined by the number.

"Is it only half an eye away?"

"If it wasn't for the Korean competition system where sunspots need to be posted with 6 and a half eyes, I am afraid that the winner would be Ta Ya Ryo!"

The results of the competition were announced, and discussions arose again in the review room.

Thinking that Taya might not have had a good meal again, Guang Wu listened carefully to what they were talking about, and left the review room early after clearing the chess pieces on the board.

When he lowered his head and walked towards the room, Liang's cell phone in his pocket vibrated.

"Taya, where are you now?"

"We're almost in the room, what's the matter?"

"Oh, it's okay. Just wait for me in the room, don't go anywhere!" Before I could say anything, the other end of the phone hung up.

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was buried in the rattan gourd, Liang went back to the room as promised and did not go out.

The waiting time is a bit long.

Just when Liang was a little worried, there was finally a sound at the door.

When he opened the door, he saw Shinto standing outside the door, holding a bag in each of his left and right hands.

"I'll come..." Liang leaned out, and just as he stretched out his hand to share some weight for Guang, he stopped him angrily.

"Just get in the house now!"

Almost pushed and pulled, Liang was pushed back into the room by the rattan, before he could figure out the situation, Liang was pushed down on the seat by Guang again.

"You must not have eaten well at noon today, right? There happened to be a very good Japanese restaurant nearby. I bought you beef rice, soup, fried dumplings, grilled saury, and a vegetable salad , you choose what you like to eat, and leave what you can’t eat, and I’ll take care of it when the time comes!” Taking out the lunch boxes one by one from the plastic bag, after introducing his achievements, he just gave a victory gesture.

So, Shinto made a special call just now, just to...

A little naive, but so precious.

Liang bowed his head and said "thank you", then took a fried dumpling and ate it.

Watching Taya eat the fried dumplings he brought in bite by bite, and lying on the back of the chair, he couldn't help thinking secretly, if only Taya's mood could change from cloudy to sunny...

Noticing that Jinto had been staring at him like this since just now, when he ate the fifth fried dumpling, Liang finally put down the chopsticks in his hand: "Is there something on my face?"

Are you that obvious?Guang was a little depressed, but he still said the truth: "I was just thinking that today's chess match was only half an eye away. It's a pity..."

It turned out to be a "comfort lunch".

Liang looked at Guang, and said calmly: "In a Go game, winning half a game is also winning. In today's chess game, I missed a move."

Hearing Taya's answer, Guang was a little tired: "I really admire you. Is it true that no matter what happens to you, whether it is someone else's or your own, you can analyze it objectively and calmly?!"

Liang glanced at Guang lightly, his eyes slowly focusing on the wall behind Guang: "Not all of them."

This answer is really Taya's style.

Suddenly thought of something, Guang said with a leap of thought: "By the way, when you were playing chess just now, there was a move that felt very similar to me!"

"You saw it."

"..."

If it were changed to before, Guang would definitely talk about him from left to right.

But this time, he leaned on the back of the chair with a smile and joked: "It's really an honor for me to be able to make the noble master of the chess world think of me when he is playing chess."

"Well. I thought about it."

"..." Hikari straightened his back involuntarily, and looked at Taya as if confirming.No, he also looked at himself.

While being watched by him, Hikari only felt that he had nothing to hide in Taya's eyes.He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single syllable.

I don't know how to answer, and it seems that there is no need to speak at all.Because at this moment, saying anything is superfluous.

The night before leaving Korea, Kwang pulled Taya up and went to barbecue with other chess players.

Maybe it was because I defeated Gao Yongxia, or maybe it was just because my chess strength has improved through the game. When I was about to leave Korea, I was more concerned about having fun and letting go.

That night, Light was in high spirits.

Barbecue, fried chicken, rice cakes, bibimbap, the plate in front of him is almost never empty.At most, he felt a little full, so he casually leaned on Taya, feeling that he was recovering, and continued to struggle.

Liang didn't eat much, and most of the time, he just listened to Guang chatting with other people.Occasionally, when asked any questions, he always responded with a few words.Polite and distant.

Like an island on the other side of the river.Only light can reach his side.

And the boat that led to the island was specially given to him by Taya, who was on an isolated island.Leave him alone.

It was very strange, obviously not drinking, but when I returned to the hotel room, I felt a little drunk.His eyes glanced at the plastic bag in Taya's hand, and he asked uncontrollably, "What did you buy at the audio store just now?"

Liang hesitated for a moment: "Are you sure you want to know?"

Out of curiosity, he approached Taya and nodded.

After an inaudible sigh, Liang handed a CD to Guang: "Listening to this album reminds me of someone." He was talking about the CD, but Shinto was looking at it.

Light took the CD and glanced at it.No matter how poor my English is, I still understand what the meaning of "first love" is impressively written on the album.

When returning the CD to Taya, Hikari's face immediately turned red.It's not that he didn't think about what Taya wanted to say, but he didn't have the courage to speak out directly.

After washing and lying on the bed, I just felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach.

At first, it was regarded as a psychological effect, and I didn't pay much attention to it.But not long after falling asleep, his stomach turned upside down, forcing Guang to get up.

Liang was a light sleeper, and when he heard movement in the middle of the night, and saw the bathroom light was on, he guessed it.

"What's wrong? Can't digest it?"

Hearing Taya's voice behind him, Hikaru instinctively stretched out his hand and pushed him: "Get out."

——I don't want Taya to see herself in such a mess...

Liang didn't speak, just went to the sink, filled the cup with some water, and handed the cup to Guang: "Come on, rinse your mouth."

Hikaru said "thank you", and took the water glass with his back to Taya.But just after taking a sip, he threw up by the toilet again.

Liang looked at Guang's pale side face, his eyes filled with distress, but he could only keep patting Guang's back: "It will be more comfortable to spit out."

Waiting for the light to emptied almost all the food in his stomach, when he got up and wanted to wipe his mouth, his feet suddenly went limp.The moment Guang lost his center of gravity, his whole body was hugged by the waist and fell into Liang's arms.

"Thanks……"

When Liang held Guang's head and pressed his head against Guang's forehead, Guang was stunned.

I heard him say close at hand: "Well, I don't have a fever."

Guang couldn't help turning his face to the side, and chuckled lightly: "Fool, what does a bad stomach have to do with having a fever?"

Liang thought about it, and then smiled: "That's right, if you care about it, you will be chaotic."

Guang is like a child who has done something wrong, saying in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

Holding Guang's face in his hands, Liang lightly stroked his cheek with his thumb: "It's okay. It'll be fine if you spit it out."

——Is there a reason for being vulnerable when people feel uncomfortable?

Guang looked at Taya, and called out in a low voice: "Taya..."

"what?"

"Can you stay with me? I'm afraid..."

After hearing this, Liang's eyes immediately rolled up, and he rubbed his messy hair: "Okay."

After such a toss in the night, when he returned to the bed, he felt a little exhausted. Thinking of Ta Ya's light sleep, he felt more guilty: "I'm sorry, did I wake you up?"

Liang shook his head, got up and walked to the suitcase.

After thinking about it, Guang still kept annoyed: "I obviously didn't eat much, how could this happen..."

"Well, one person almost ate two pots of lettuce, two plates of pork belly, a big bowl of cheese rice cake ramen, and drank a few big glasses of Coke, which is not too much..." Liang said as he walked to the light bed.

"You figured this out so clearly!" Angry!

Seeing that some blood finally returned to Guang's face, he smiled brightly and handed him a piece of chocolate: "Eat it, adding some sugar will make you feel better."

He only looked at the chocolate, then at Taya, and opened his mouth uncontrollably after a few seconds: "Ah——"

Liang was stunned for a moment, but still pushed aside the wrapping paper, and put the chocolate into Light's mouth.

Just as he withdrew his hand, Guang suddenly closed his lips.In an instant, the bright fingers pulled away from the lips that barely brushed the light.

For a few seconds, the room was eerily silent.

Hikaru looked up at Taya, and found that Taya was also looking at him at the moment.

In the dark room, only one bedside lamp was turned on.The warm yellow light cast flickering shadows on the faces of the two of them.It seems that there is some chemical reaction, generated at this moment...

"you……"

"you……"

Hearing each other's voices resounding in the room at the same time, Guang and Liang both smiled in unison.For a long time, a certain barrier that had always separated the two of them seemed to be broken in an instant.

Understood.tacitly.

"If nothing happens, I'll turn off the lights."

"it is good."

The bed light went out.

"Good night, Taya."

"Good night, Shinto."

"Good night."

"Good night."

Something has changed.It's like nothing has changed...

In the room, you can clearly hear your own heartbeat and the breathing of the other party.

Can clearly feel each other's presence.

You are by my side, in my heart.