The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

Perhaps, should think of.

Because it is the place that Shindo chose, it is definitely not ordinary.Just standing at the gate of the playground, Liang still felt... a little dazed.

"So, the place you mentioned before, Shinto, is here?" Liang looked at Guang inquiringly.

"That's right! Do you have an opinion?"

"No, no..."

To be precise, it was an accident.What a surprise.

Looking at the castle and the vaguely visible amusement facilities in the distance, Liang couldn't remember how long he hadn't been to the amusement park.The last time I entered the amusement park seemed to be a long time ago.Who did I go with, what games did I play, and did any interesting things happen? For these memories, my brain seems to be automatically blocked, without any impression.It seems that since I was a child, I prefer to stay in places with few people compared to lively places such as playgrounds and temple fairs.As long as there is Go around, it is enough...

"What are you in a daze for? Could it be...too excited?" The weight on the left shoulder suddenly fell, and Shinto's bright smile with eight teeth fell into his eyes unexpectedly, "Today, my uncle (おれさま) take you back to your lost childhood!"

Before Liang came back to his senses, he was pushed towards the entrance of the playground.

As Christmas approaches, the entire park is decorated with various Christmas decorations that suit the occasion.

The sounds of children playing and fighting were everywhere around him, and Liang couldn't help slowing down as he walked.Sure enough... still not used to this kind of atmosphere...

"What's the matter, Taya?" Guang, who was walking in front, suddenly couldn't see Taya, and when he turned around, he saw that he was several meters behind him.

"What the hell are you doing there alone?! It's rare to have a rest today, so of course we must hurry up and play!!" Angrily walked to the side of the "lost child", clasped Liang's hand and went to the nearby amusement facilities go.

Being led to follow behind Hikari step by step, looking at Shinto's firm and shining side face, the pace of Shinto's feet also quickened.

Coming out of the shooting project, several elementary school boys with schoolbags on their backs passed by. Guang couldn't help thinking that he and Taya first met, and they seemed to be at the same age as them.At that time, Taya was obviously about the same height as himself, but in just a few years, the guy next to him was obviously taller than him in terms of height ==...

"Shinto, what's the matter?" Sensing a strange aura beside him, Taya turned his face sideways.

Naturally, Taya couldn't let Taya know what he was thinking, so he was quick to think, and explained: "I just thought, when we first met, we were about the same age as those elementary school students." Although it was also true.

"Well, four years and eleven months."

"What?" Guang didn't respond.

"It's been 4 years and 11 months since we knew each other..."

"Huh?" The fragment of "2 years and 4 months" flashed across Guang's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a little tired, "Why can you always remember these times so clearly?"

If you want to talk about why... Liang's face rarely shows a look of embarrassment.

"No wonder you are so good at chess. It turns out that you have been calculating all the time."

"Is counting the number of eyes and remembering the date the same thing in Go?" I couldn't help but turn up the volume.

"Anyway, it's all calculations, and it's not bad..." Hikaru replied indifferently, completely unaware of what Taya was angry about.

"..." So, in your opinion, are the two the same?

Seeing that Taya stopped talking, Guang was a little flustered, took back the steps he had already taken, and poked Taya's shoulder uneasily: "That...Taya..."

"Didn't you say you want to go to Julei Mountain? Let's go." Taya replied lightly, and walked forward alone.

Guang opened his mouth to stop him, but suddenly didn't know what to say.

Why?Why would chatting with Yijiao and Gu not be cold at all?And you don't have to worry about your tone and way of speaking?Why did they quarrel inexplicably when they only talked to Taya and didn't say a few words?Maybe I really made a mistake just now...

Passively following Taya, Guang felt his mind was in a mess.

The only thing that is certain is that he doesn't like it now.

I don't like that I can only look at Taya's back; I don't like that there is nothing to say between them suddenly; I don't like that Taya leaves alone without saying a word...

"Shinto?" Liang turned around, only to see that Guang was walking behind him with his head bowed.

Hearing Taya calling himself, Hikaru stepped up and walked to his side.

I have simulated the content countless times in my mind, but when I said it, it became: "Taya, look over there! After a while, let's go sit there!".

"it is good."

"But that raft over there seems to be a good one too!"

"Ah."

"Wait, let me study the map."

"By the way, have you ever thought about where to eat at noon?"

"Shinto..." Taya finally stopped and looked at Hikari.

"Ah?" Hikaru was called out by Taya, and the whole person couldn't help becoming nervous.I happened to see a food truck not far away, said "wait for me", and ran towards the queue.

Liang stretched out his hand to hold the light, but it was still in vain.

Following Shinto's figure all the way with his eyes, he found that he was obviously distracted, smiled and thought for a moment, then walked to where Hikaru saw.

Taking the full popcorn from the waiter, he reflexively looked at the place where Taya was standing.I didn't see anyone familiar, and I was eager to find a paper bag containing turkey legs.

"Let's eat. I'll hold what's in your hand for you."

"..."

The person in front of him actually noticed his little thoughts...

Silently holding the turkey leg in his hand, he only looked at the turkey leg, and then at Taya next to him. Thinking of his unrestrained speech before, a burst of guilt suddenly surged in his heart: "That...Taya..."

"Ok?"

"Just now... I'm sorry." Guang looked at Taya, then quickly lowered his head, like a child who did something wrong, "Actually, just now, I wanted to say I'm sorry..."

Light's listless appearance made Taya feel distressed.

He turned his shoulders and looked surprisingly gentle: "Shinto, listen up. I'm not unhappy or angry. So, don't deliberately find a topic. Just say what you want to say. Do you understand?"

Seeing that he had been completely seen through by Taya, Hikaru nodded sullenly.

Thinking about it carefully, the reason why Taya remembers so clearly is because she cares too much.

"But Taya, sometimes it's better to be forgetful. If you have a good memory, it will be very hard."

"?"

"Do you know that the memory is so good, where is the horror?" Guang looked at the food in his arms, his voice was a bit ethereal, "It is when everyone around you forgets, only you remember. It seems to be fake. You want to talk to someone, but you find that there is no one to talk to. At that moment, you seem to be isolated and become a minority..."

It was the first time I heard Jinto say these words so seriously.

That seemed to be the other side of Shinto that no one knew about.Vulnerable and sensitive.

Is it something that happened before?Or... did you think of Sai again?

"Yes. But, I will definitely remember today." Liang thought for a while and said.

"what?"

"Eat quickly. The food is going to be cold." Liang smiled and squeezed his bare face.

"Taya, what are you doing! I'm not a Shiba Inu!" Suffering from having things in both hands, Hikari had no choice but to swell his face into a bun in protest.

Guang originally worried that there would be a long queue for popular items without express coupons. After several items, the queuing time was not as terrible as imagined.

While racing against time to rush to the next destination, a female voice suddenly heard asking on the way: "Are you a chess player in rattan?"

Light froze for a moment, then turned to look at the source of the sound.

After meeting her eyes with a girl behind her, she took two steps forward, her face full of surprise: "Sure enough, it's Shinto chess player! Then the one beside me must be Taya chess player!"

I didn't expect to meet people who knew them in the playground.

Hikari obviously had a hard time dealing with this kind of situation, so he took a step back, happily handing over the public relations work to Taya.

After the short greetings, when they passed by Guang again, they could still hear their whispers: "The relationship between the 'chess twin stars' really is very good!"

"I didn't expect Taya-kun to come to the playground!"

"Yeah, super unexpected! But I feel that Taya-kun is very kind, and it's not as difficult as others say..."

Although the two girls walked away, the content of their conversation was faithfully restored to the ears of the parties involved.

When Hikari's gaze met Taya, he couldn't hold back, and bumped into his rival's arm with a smile: "Did you hear that? Do you know what other people say about you?"

Taya had an indifferent expression of "it doesn't matter".

Guessing Ta Ya's reaction earlier, he vomited bitterly: "People who don't know you must think that you are a noble chess player who treats others politely and modestly. Only when you treat me coldly Face. When I first became a college student and was a professional chess player, I saw you several times, and you just walked past me like this. Even if I saw it, it was all empty. Although I know why..."

When Guang said the last sentence, his voice was much lower than before, but Liang could hear it clearly.It's like hitting cotton with a fist, although it doesn't hurt, it still makes Liang's heart tremble slightly.

He naturally knew what times Shinto said.Which three times, exactly.

For the first time, in the Ruoshi competition.He walked directly in front of Shinto.

The second time, at the awarding ceremony of the new chess player certificate.Even if he saw each other, he brushed past Shindo as if he didn't see them.

The third time was at the door of the game room on the day of the 1st Qualifier of the Celebrity Tournament.

Scenes of the past are clearly engraved in Ryo's mind, and he still remembers the reasons that drove him to ignore Shinto.Like some kind of demonstration, but also like some kind of anticipation.

It's just that he never thought that Shinto would be like him and remember so clearly.In his impression, although Shinto's character is tenacious and persevering, he never gets too attached to these details...

Shindo said he knew why...

If you were someone else, you might ask "why" along the way.

Ryo felt that he seemed to be able to guess Shinto's answer, and Shinto also knew that he could guess.

It was an indescribable tacit understanding.It can't be grasped or touched, but it really exists there, taking root and growing crazily in the hearts of the two of them like water plants.

"Well, not anymore."

"What?" Guang didn't hear clearly.

Taya smiled, didn't intend to repeat, but said silently in his heart, I will never turn a blind eye to you in the future, because your existence has already penetrated the past, present and future of my memory.

A day can be long, but it can also be short.

In the evening, Guangcai realized belatedly that this seemed to be the first time he asked Taya out for something other than Go.And still all day.

It's kind of like...

Hikaru laughed silently, secretly glanced at the people around him from the corner of his eye.Taya noticed Hikaru's gaze, but didn't let it go.

Before they arrived at the castle, many tourists had already gathered.

Soon, accompanied by two bunches of fireworks going up to the sky from both sides of the castle, amidst the sound of music, bunches of colorful fireworks gradually bloomed over the playground stepping on the talisman points.

Guang squeezed Liang's hand excitedly like a child: "Look! Look! The shape of the light wheel! And the vortex!"

Liang was not as excited as Guang, and only responded softly.

The gorgeous fireworks continued to bloom in the sky, as if by magic, illuminating the night sky that night.

But what is brighter than the fireworks is the smiling face of the young man beside him.pure.Naive.contented.

"How is it? The fireworks show is great, isn't it?"

"Ah."

The open space in front of the castle was almost completely surrounded by people watching the fireworks.

As the end drew to a close, people were already heading towards the exit of the playground one after another.

Seeing that the oncoming crowd was about to bump into Hikari, Taya naturally reached out to wrap his arms around his waist, and brought him to her side.

Hikari's attention was all on the fireworks, he only turned his face to the side, tilted his head in doubt, grinned at him, and continued to express his praise for the fireworks show without hesitation.

Leaving the amusement park with a lot of enthusiasm, when taking the subway to change lines, it is clear that Exit 2 is relatively close, but I insist on taking Exit 3.

Taya followed behind Guang, unable to stop him.

When Guang finally stopped in front of the storage box, Taya vaguely guessed something.

But when Guang took out a familiar gift bag from a box and handed it to him, there was still a moment of hesitation.

"For me?"

Guang raised his chin triumphantly: "My birthday present for you! I left it here in advance this morning."

Liang looked down at the gift bag, tightened the mouth of the bag little by little with his fingers, and did not speak for a long time.

Taya's actions fell into Guang's eyes, he didn't know whether he was happy or unhappy, and suddenly his heart was at a loss.

"What, what's wrong?"

After a long silence, he finally raised his head, but Guang didn't know, what Liang was thinking at the moment was that if they were not in a public place, he really wanted to hug this ignorant chess player in front of him tightly and never let go.

"Thank you." Liang looked at Guang, his eyes full of surging smiles.Thinking of the reason why Shindo insisted on coming to Exit 3, the arc of the corner of his mouth rose a bit.Probably when I came, I lost my way again.

Seeing Taya's smile, Hikaru suddenly felt a little regretful, if he knew that Taya would be so happy, he should have given it to him in the cafe that day...

Back home, Liang opened the gift bag, still surprised.

——Shinto, what is the meaning of you giving me this?When you bought it, did you know its legend?

Taking the moonlight bottle out of the box, Liang gently pushed the switch, and the warm orange light fell on his hand through the frosted glass bottle.

Warm and bright colour.Just like... me.

Liang thought for a while, then called Guang: "Are you home?"

"Ah, I just arrived." There was a rustling sound from the other end of the phone.

"I saw the gift...I like it very much. Thank you."

Guang: "Thank you, what are you thanking... Besides, you already said it at the subway station just now." Knowing that the other party couldn't see his expression, Guang still lowered his head subconsciously, his face paled because of the person's words. Faintly hot.

Leaning against the wall, Liang looked at the moonlight bottle on the desk: "That's it. Then say it again."

"..." It can be felt that Taya on the other end of the phone is smiling...

"Shinto?"

"exist!"

"I'm not very good at expressing, but today I am very happy, really."

There was silence again from the other end of the phone, and after a long time, Guang whispered: "Idiots are indeed idiots."

This time, Taya's laughter could be clearly heard.very light.Together with the sound of breathing, it was transmitted through the speaker into Guang's ears, and he felt a little itchy when he heard it.

"It's rare that I'm so enthusiastic. I'll take you to other fun places next time."

"it is good."

"There are a lot of delicious food."

"Ah."

"..." Suddenly he was speechless. After thinking for a long time, he said something that made Guang want to bite his tongue afterwards, "How will you repay me?"

Without hesitation: "You decide."

"..." Taya's answer was like a trap.Neither advancing nor retreating.

After thinking about it for a while, I had to answer honestly: "Can I store it with you first and pick it up later?"

"it is good."

With a fever in his head, he asked again: "Is there an expiration date?"

"Do you want it?"

"..."

There was another awkward silence.But there is just a little bit, only a little bit that I don't want to hang up the phone.

At this time, Mitsuko shouted at the door: "The bath water is ready!"

Light answered through the door.

Xu Shi heard their conversation, and Taya said from the other end: "Are you ready to take a bath?"

Guang nodded, and said "um" softly: "Then... I'm going to take a shower."

"Good night."

"Good night."

This time, Guang didn't hesitate, and quickly hung up the phone.

Liang walked to the table, looked at the moonlight bottle on the table thoughtfully, and slowly drew circles on the mouth of the bottle with his slender fingers.

The author has something to say:

Which playground Guang He Liang went to, you can guess~

As for the moonlight bottle, it can also be called a sunshine bottle, anyway, its legend still exists, if you want to check it, you can find it online~