The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

In a noisy venue.

One is hesitant, even slightly vigilant.

One is a pleasant voice with a gentlemanly demeanor.

The two voices are superimposed, unexpectedly colliding to create a certain dramatic color.

Yes.Yes.

London.Go.Amateur chess player.

Why did I forget that since I am at someone's home court, it is very likely that someone will come to participate in today's Go tournament! !

After the pleasantries that cannot be called pleasantries.

Just silently admiring the unpredictable and interesting expression of the vine light before his eyes, Alex's lips curled into an indistinguishable smile.

But the moment his eyes met Liang in the air, that profound smile immediately returned to a hearty smile like meeting an old friend.

What happened afterwards was far beyond Guang's expectation. After greeting Liang, Alex lowered his head and whispered a few words to a brown-haired girl beside him. Just followed without defense!

When did their relationship become so close?Why don't you know? !

So, the reason why Alex appeared here today was not "accidental" at all, but... "inevitable"? ? ?

a few meters away.

Seeing someone close to Liang's ear and whispering affectionately, Guang felt like his lungs were about to explode.

Is there anything you have to hide from yourself?

And why choose the venue of the European Go Conference where there are so many people?

I don't know what those two people were talking about. During the conversation, Liang would look at himself from time to time, and found that he was also looking at him, and he was embarrassed to smile at himself! !

What's the use of smiling nicely?

Can a good-looking smile calm my uncle's anger?

None of the doors!

Guang also knew that his current mood was very wrong and very narrow-minded, but he just couldn't help it.

Just as he was about to run over to interrupt the conversation between the two, a girl suddenly appeared 50 centimeters in front of her naked body.

Only then did Hikari force himself to tear his eyes away from Ryo and someone who didn't even want to mention his name.

Noticing that the girl in front of him was the one who was standing next to someone just now, just as he was about to speak, the girl offered to pass her hand.

"Hi, my name is Alice, I belong to Alex," the girl smiled, "Girlfriend."

Unexpectedly, he spoke authentic Kanto Japanese.

I don't know whether it was the Japanese spoken by the girl that gave Hikari a sense of intimacy, or whether the phrase "girlfriend" temporarily dispelled Hikari's hostility towards someone. The unhappiness in Hikari's heart slowly dissipated, and he shook hands with Alice lightly. Also said friendly: "Hi, I'm Shindo Hikaru."

But this is also the limit.

As soon as Guangfang finished speaking, he crossed Alice's shoulder line and looked in the direction where Liang was standing.

Alice was not annoyed, instead of being unhappy, she also made way for Guang in a very considerate way, so that he could "monitor" the movements of the two not far away more clearly.

"You and Taya-kun are coming to London this time, do you have any plans for the next few days?"

Why is it not over yet!If we don't finish talking, the opening ceremony of the conference is about to begin!

Guang was slandering in his heart, suddenly heard Alice's question, and replied absent-mindedly: "I don't know, let's talk about it."

Although it is perfunctory, it is telling the truth—this trip, first of all, because of the language barrier, and second, because of the unfamiliarity of the place, it was agreed before the departure that someone had full authority to arrange it. Of course no brains.

"Sure enough~" After hearing Guang's answer, Alice smiled happily as expected.

"Huh?" Guang heard the sound and looked at Alice in puzzlement.

Here, just as Guang wanted to say something, Liang over there ended the "secret talk" with Alex, signaling that it was getting late and it was time to go to the waiting room.

Guang Chaoliang made an "OK" gesture and said goodbye to Alice briefly. Just as he was crossing the body with the girl, he suddenly heard Alice say something in a low voice.

But I didn't catch it.

When he turned his head and asked Alice with his eyes, Alice just smiled and waved to Guang.

— We will see you again.

— in the near future.

Because of work constraints, three days before arriving in London, Liang Heguang had no choice but to visit nearby attractions after work.

It was not until the fourth day that their work for the European Go Tournament was over, that they finally had the whole time to visit and tour in the suburbs of London.

As early as when discussing the strategy, Guang said that he was not interested in the church.

Therefore, on the morning of the fourth day, I went to Trafalgar Square and watched the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. In the afternoon, I had other plans, but just as I stepped into the gold-carved iron gate, I wanted to take a look at the west. When Minster was healed, a bell from the tower of Westminster suddenly rang.

when - when - when -

Thick and distant.

Until they walked out of the carved iron gate, the bell was still echoing and hovering over Westminster Abbey.

Then, as if bewitched by the sound of an ancient bell, just as the two of them walked out of the iron gate and were about to walk towards the Churchill statue, Guanggui pulled the hem of his bright clothes by mistake, and pointed sideways at the majestic and solemn Gothic statue behind him. Church, said softly: "I want to go in and have a look, can I?"

That was such an easy thing to do.

Therefore, Liang and Guang returned to the gold-carved iron gate by the same route, followed a small path, and merged into the end of the visiting team waiting for the visitor next to the north gate of the church.

Westminster Abbey.

The full name is "Westminster Abbey" (Westminster Abbey)[1], a chapel, auditorium, and state funeral mausoleum with a thousand-year history.

Before stepping into Westminster Abbey, Guang never knew the history behind this ancient church.

Twenty or ten minutes later, when he stepped into the cathedral for the first time with the freshly released tour ticket in his palm, an indescribable sense of holiness immediately arose in his heart.

The capillaries all over his body seemed to be open, and goose bumps all over his body.

And when he walked slowly into Westminster Abbey and really saw the stone slabs under his feet clearly, he took a step back almost reflexively.

It's a tombstone.

What he was stepping on at that time was the tombstone of someone he had never met before, maybe it was a certain earl, maybe it was a certain politician, he didn't know.

At first, I just wanted to avoid these tombstones under my feet.

But soon he found that it would be futile to avoid it—in the entire Westminster Abbey, except for the tombs and burial chambers that can be easily seen on the ground and walls, the ground of the entire church is also covered with If you want to visit all kinds of steles in depth, the constant "disturbance" and "offense" are unavoidable.

As if he had finally compromised, Guang closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and silently said "Sorry, sorry for the trouble" at the entrance, and then stepped up again to receive the Japanese guide from the priest in red on the right.

Afterwards, just follow the guided tour route and visit inside a little bit.

Starting from Darwin, pass the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, pass through the nave, the choir seats, silently greet Sir Apple, and continue to the northern activity chapel.

The dome of Westminster Abbey is a typical Gothic dome structure, and the tops of the columns on both sides extend straight to the towering dome like vines in the shape of "claws".

Walking under such a dome, it was like being looked down upon by three thousand heroic spirits from above. Every mortal in it no longer dared to speak loudly.

It is the awe of the three thousand heroic souls, and it seems to be intimidated by some invisible aura.

The more he walked in, the more tranquility he felt in Guang's heart that he had never felt before.

Every place, every corner, and even every trace of air here seem to clearly explain what it means to "live to death".

No matter what the relationship and religious beliefs were, after the conclusion of the coffin, Elizabeth I and her former enemy Mary I were still buried in the same room, as if all the grievances, honors and disgraces were gone.

But even though he was a literary figure of the same generation, Dickens was buried here, and all he got was a small stone tablet on the poet's corner. Shakespeare was not buried here, but there is almost a whole wall of commemorative reliefs.

Only after seeing "death" can one understand "life".

Just listening to the explanation while immersed in the ancient church, time seems to slow down.

Occasionally, if you miss a certain guide point, you will go back to follow the explanation and read it carefully again.

I really put myself into it completely, and I can't care about him anymore.

Walking and walking, he committed "liberalism", until he desperately wanted to share something with Liang, but he couldn't see him when he turned around, then Guang became flustered, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

I hurriedly looked around anxiously.

Ordinarily, the day of the visit was a working day, and there were not many tourists in the temple, but the light seemed to have lost the ability to perceive the direction of the light, and I couldn’t find the light when I looked around. , A chill couldn't help rising from under his feet.

"Bright……"

The phone call is not available, and the message sent is also missing. Guang hangs his head slumped, and immediately regrets his own freedom.

"Liar."

When I feel uneasy, I suddenly think of a conversation before departure.

I smiled and asked Liang, what if you lose me in a foreign country?

At that time, Ryo said seriously and unusually——

"Light? What's wrong?"

A voice interrupted Light's thoughts.

Guang raised his head suddenly, and when he saw clearly that the speaker was the "culprit" who made him feel uneasy, he suddenly felt a little sour.

He also didn't care about face, and when Liang approached him, there was a trace of grievance in his voice: "I couldn't find you just now!"

Knowing the fear in Guang's heart in an instant, Liang hurriedly gently held Guang's right hand hanging by his side: "Do you feel it? I am here. I have been not far from you."

—It will not be lost.I will always watch you.If I lost it, I would be displaced and unable to return home.

The dialogue between Jinxi and the past suddenly met across the air, looking at the warm eyes of the person in front of me, a restless heart finally returned to its place.

But as if thinking of something, Guang opened his mouth to speak, but Liang seemed to fully understand Guang's thoughts, and before he could speak, he said again: "Don't worry, my steps will not stop deliberately because of you. I have my rhythm , you also have your rhythm, but as long as you need, I will be by your side."

"..."

Liang said everything he wanted to say...

For a while, I couldn't find any other words.

Hikaru just stared at Liang fixedly, but because he was in the Catholic church, he couldn't make any more intimate movements, so Hikaru just nodded, and firmly shook Liang's hand back.

When I came out of Westminster Abbey that day, dusk was approaching.

The mobile phone in his pocket vibrated slightly. Guang took it out and glanced at it, his eyes widened slightly, but then he put the phone back with a normal expression. On the way back, he pointed to a retail store and said that he would go in and buy a sample. thing.

As for what he bought, Liang didn't see clearly.

The store in London always closes early, and Guang Heliang slowly walks back to the hotel after eating near his residence.

Back in the room, after a short rest, I washed up one by one.

It is still the light first, and then the light.

But just as Liang finished his bath and just put on his pajamas, the bathroom door was suddenly opened.

There was no surprise on Liang's "intrusion" on his face.

On the contrary, there was no hint of evil plotting in his heart, and in the interlacing of dense mist and light and shadow, his ears turned red inexplicably.

But... I can't care less.

"Give me your hand." Walking closer, Guang looked at Liang and said a little stiffly.

Although Liang didn't understand, he handed it over as he said.

Guang just pulled Liang's hand, spread out his palm, and squeezed a big lump of hand cream into his palm.

Although London has a temperate maritime climate, the air is still abnormally dry.

After only staying for four days, Hikari felt that his palms were dry and his lips were always slightly dry, but if Kobayashi Sachiko hadn't reminded him, Hikari was used to carelessness, and he would not have paid much attention to it. Besides, in their travel items, there were also I didn't prepare moisturizing products, but now I know, maybe what I saw in the afternoon brought too much emotion to Hikari, or maybe Kobayashi Sachiko's message came just in time, and Hikari just felt that he wanted to cherish each other more deeply. It is no longer possible not to care.

I'm used to being rough and that's okay.

But you can't.

After squeezing the hand cream, a few seconds passed.

Seeing that Liang just stared blankly at him without any action, Guang sighed in his heart, said "stupid" silently, and simply put his palm on Liang's palm, and pushed the hand cream away with the warmth of his palm. , and then holding his right hand with one hand, with the other hand, he applied the hand cream on the back of his right hand, between the fingers, and on the knuckles, carefully applying it inside and out, and then applied the hand cream on his left hand in the same way. hand cream.

During the whole process, Guang could clearly feel someone's scorching gaze on his face.

"It's not like Tokyo. The air is drier. You need to moisturize more." Without raising his bald head, he continued to apply hand cream on Liang. It is best to apply the cream when your hands have just touched water and your skin is still slightly damp, for the best effect." He paused again, "Don't think too much about it."

God knows, these stuttering words are already the most straightforward words used to express concern when he is only within the scope of his ability and clear-headed.

Anyone can understand it or not.

Can't understand pull down.

But even so, after both hands were finished painting, the bare ears and fair cheeks were already another shade of red.

"I painted it, you can do it yourself."

Eager to slip away, just as soon as Guang let go of someone's hands, before he could turn around, he was hugged by someone from behind.

He couldn't help but kissed Guang's neck: "I never felt that the feeling of someone caring is so good."

A certain light: "..."

Really stupid!

It is said to be a seven-day trip, but in fact, excluding work, the real time for two people to visit is only four days.

Although the arrangement was a bit tight, they went to Westminster Abbey, and the next morning, after a brief stroll through Baker Street, the two took the subway and went straight to the British Museum.

After entering the museum, I rented an interpreter and followed the exhibition hall layer by layer.

First saw the Rosetta Stone and the statue of Ramses in the Egyptian Hall on the first floor, and saw the huge murals in the Aachen Hall, then went up to see the mummies, Mesopotamian civilization, and entered the Roman exhibition hall , Walking in front of an exhibit, the light suddenly stopped moving.

His eyes were fixed on the exhibits in the glass cover in front of him, and after a while, a layer of blush appeared on his cheeks.

Liang sees a little more closely, and falls slightly behind him.

When he noticed the strangeness of the light, he took a closer look, and suddenly, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

It is the Warren Cup[2].

On the front of the silver water glass, a young man was sitting with his back facing a man with beard and hair, pulling a circle of pull rings hanging down in front of him.

Through the mirror reflection, it can be seen that a boy is lying prone on the back, and an adult male is holding him, with his right leg stuck between the boy's legs sideways.

It is self-evident what the two sets of scenes depict.

Guang looked flushed, bright but calm.

He even leaned over and whispered in Guang's ear while stroking Guang's back: "So you see, same-sex love already existed in Roman times."

Guang was startled by Liang's touch, and he regained his composure when he saw who was coming.

Liang chuckled lightly, and then whispered into Guang's ear: "Should we try both of these two postures at night?"

Light:"……"

That night, Liang failed to "get his wish".

Because his light was already asleep, while he was washing himself.

Beside the desk, I turned around and looked at the sleeping little confused, his bright eyes seemed to be full of stars, dazzling and soft.

He stared at it for a moment under the warm light of the desk lamp, then turned around and wrote at his desk.

When one page is filled, another page begins.

There are so many things I want to say, but none of them seem to be enough to express accurately.

Before you know it, the hour hand on the dial is close to the "1" position.

It's the beginning of a new day.

It wasn't until the letter paper was folded and placed in a kraft paper envelope that Liang turned off the light, and lay back on the bed carefully. After warming his hands and feet, he gently hugged Guang into his arms.

"Good morning, Light."

You must not know.

How long have I been preparing for "today".

The author has something to say:

Alex (grievously): I'm innocent!

Alice (expectantly): Shinto-kun is so cute!

A certain Xiong (unsure): Today (February 2019, 2) I wrote until I went to bed at 14:2 in the morning, and then I got up at 7:[-] in the morning to go to work, and then I continued to write when I got off work.Although I don't know how many little angels will see this update today, I wish all little angels a happy Valentine's Day!There are lovers and Hemeimei in the world, sweet and sweet!Comparing!

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Note [1]: English is specially marked here, because when we talk about "Westminster Abbey", we often say "Westminster Abbey", but the correct term should be "Westminster Abbey", and "Westminster Cathedral" does have the church, also in London, the English name is WestminsterCathedral.In addition, the reason for writing "Three Thousand Heroic Spirits" is because during the introduction, the senior pastor said that there are currently [-] mausoleums in Westminster Abbey.If you are interested in Westminster Abbey, you can search for an app called "Westminster AbbeyTour" officially certified by Westminster Abbey in the appstore, which contains a detailed introduction.

Note [2]: The Warren Cup does have its own cup, and it is indeed being collected in the Roman Pavilion of the British Museum in London, England.If you are interested, you can check the relevant introduction. There is a pattern on the front and back of the cup in the entry of the Warren Cup. If you have the opportunity, you can go directly to the British Museum to see its true appearance. Smile~