The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

Opening his eyes early in the morning, when Liang felt the emptiness beside him, he reacted slightly for a while.

He sighed softly, trying to convince himself that this was just a "game".

Dressed neatly in the room, when he pushed the door out, the door of Guang's room was still tightly closed.

Standing in front of Guang's bedroom, he knocked on the door hesitantly. After waiting for a while, but there was no response, Liang finally pushed the door and walked in.

In a bright room, the curtains are not drawn.The light from the sky penetrated through the gaps in the curtains, covering the room in a hazy soft light.

Going to the edge of the bed and sitting down, looking at his lover who was sleeping soundly with his face buried in the pillow, Liang couldn't bear to wake up immediately.

He supported the edge of the bed with one hand, and looked at it almost greedily for a long time, until the alarm clock on the bedside table passed "10", then leaned over and whispered: "Guang, it's time to get up."

Guang responded vaguely, and raised his hand to cover the quilt on his head, but was grabbed by Liang and pulled it down abruptly.

"Guang, wake up." Liang let go of the quilt, and when he was about to touch Guang's cheek, he retracted his hand quickly.

After saying it about five or six times, Guang finally half-opened his eyes in a daze, and after seeing the person clearly, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to hook Liang's neck.

"Taya..." Hikaru laughed ignorantly, his voice full of intimacy like a lover.

But the half-stretched hand suddenly froze in the air, as if thinking of something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he sat up from the bed like a spring.

I usually find it troublesome to unbutton my pajamas, so I like to loosen the two buttons near the neckline, so I can take them off my head in the morning.

The soft cotton fabric is loosely worn on the naked body, and the fair skin and striking collarbone are undoubtedly revealed in the wide open neckline.

Liang forced himself to look away, and did not have any eye contact with Guang.

His fingers on the edge of the bed curled up slightly, his eyes focused on a certain point of the quilt, and he said softly: "It's getting late, it's time to get up."

Light didn't respond.

Watching Liang walk out of the room and closing the door lightly, Guang's arched back seemed to collapse a bit.

Although he was so frightened that he lost all sleepiness because of the habitual actions just now, his head was still mushy, as if he had mixed a thick paste all night.

I can't tell if I didn't sleep well.

It stands to reason that when Taya went to other cities to compete, he also slept alone.There should be no difference...

Guang rested on the bed for a while, then slowly got up and walked out the door.

When he walked to the sink to get a toothbrush, Ryo's hand froze slightly.

On the hardware rack, two toothbrushes that were originally placed in the same mug are now separated into two toothbrush cups.

That was Guang's bad problem, which he couldn't get rid of no matter how hard he tried before.Every time I make corrections, Mr. Guang said righteously, it doesn't matter, you use the end of the handle of the mug, and I use the other end, and it will definitely not hit.

But now...

Even if it's just a "hypothesis", are you already so impatient to draw a line?

Liang smiled wryly, took his toothbrush and water cup, and started to wash.

After washing his face and raising his head, Liang heard a slight shaking of the door panel behind him.

When he entered the bathroom, he was used to closing the door.

Just before today, Guang still often opened the door to rush in after getting up, regardless of whether someone was in the bathroom.The shaking sound just now was probably because Guang stopped halfway when he was about to open the door.

After all, they are just "rivals" and "roommates" now.

Everything that was familiar at first seems to have become strange overnight.

Liang finished washing and opened the door, and sure enough, he saw Guang standing outside the door in pajamas, holding on to the door frame—his foot injury had not yet healed.

"Taya, are you alright?" Hikaru pointed inside.

"Well, you can use it." Liang gave the bathroom out, and Guang jumped into the bathroom with one foot, pushed the door with his hand, and closed the door from the inside.

After breakfast, Liang put the plate away in the sink, and was not in a hurry to go out.

After Guang changed his clothes and came out of the room, he called out habitually: "Guang..."

Hikaru looked up at Taya, with an unidentified emotion flashing in his eyes.But before he had time to say anything, Taya changed his words: "Shinto, let's go together."

Guang seemed not used to this name, reacted for a while, and smiled.

No problem at all.Now they are just "Shinto" and "Taya".

He glanced at the clock, smiled and said, "Don't wait for me, you can go first." After a pause, he explained, "We are not in the same place today."

Ryo had a guide game at the Go Center in Yurakucho today.

Only participating in the second round of the Qualifiers of the Celebrity Tournament is at the main courtyard of Nihon Kiin in Chiyoda District.

But this level of explanation is better than keeping silent - a subway on the Yurakucho Line can connect the Nihon Kiin Tokyo Main Academy and the Nihon Kiin Yurakucho Go Center.

Saying that the venue is different is just an excuse.

Just because... Are they just "rivals" and "co-tenants" from today on?

Liang smiled, and went out without further entanglement.

As soon as Liang left, Guang's eyes dimmed instantly like dying stars.He stared blankly at the gate for a while, and then slapped himself hard on the face a few times as if cheering up: "It's only the first day, as for you? Just treat it as getting used to it in advance."

Hikaru laughed to himself, it was ridiculous for a while, he couldn't help asking himself, will the "that day" that Taya said really come?

In the afternoon, when the guidance activities were over and we arrived at the appointed coffee shop, Sachiko Kobayashi had already been waiting at the booth for a long time.

As soon as Liang sat down, she asked with concern: "I feel that your complexion is not very good, did you not sleep well?"

Liang didn't answer, called the waiter and ordered a cup of hot chocolate.

Sachiko Kobayashi was a little surprised: "You... actually order hot chocolate? I always thought it was Shindo's favorite."

Bright eyelids lifted, glanced at Xingzi, and asked lightly: "You came to me, what's the matter?"

"Can't I find you if it's okay?"

Liang seemed to be amused, leaned back in his chair, and answered with a face-off: "It's not like that."

Sachiko Kobayashi: "..."

She cleared her throat and said, "I feel that your state has been unstable recently, and you have made mistakes to varying degrees in several games." She leaned against the edge of the table, "Is there something on your mind? Or have you been too tired recently? ?”

Liang glanced at Sachiko, and asked casually: "Compared to my grades, shouldn't you care more about your opponent Masami Fujiwara?"

Kobayashi Xingko was taken aback by Liang's cold attitude, and greeted someone more than ten times in her heart, but her face remained calm and composed: "Could it be that because you are a female chess player, you can't pay attention to the games of male chess players? Or you From the bottom of your heart, do you look down on us female chess players? Do you think we will never be your male chess players' opponents?"

She deliberately darkened her face and lowered her voice a few degrees.

Sure enough, Liang was deceived, and apologized for his slip of the tongue just now: "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."

Unexpectedly, one day she could hear the cold refrigerator saying "I'm sorry" to herself. Kobayashi Sachiko had already bent over with laughter in her heart, but she still acted dutifully: "You and Shinto... did something happen?"

As soon as light was mentioned, Liang's eyes immediately softened, but the smile on his lips was fleeting: "I may have said something I shouldn't have said."

Kobayashi Xingko's mood suddenly tightened while watching the play, although her intuition was not what she thought, she still asked nervously: "What did you say?"

Liang just shook his head: "Maybe I'm really tired recently."

Kobayashi Sachiko was fortunate enough to have seen Liang's battle schedule, and she thought that such a tight battle schedule would not be able to handle it for her.But this kind of high-level chess game should have been used to by Ryo Taya long ago.

So, when Taya, who had always been like an iron wall, said the words "a little tired", Sachiko was surprised for the second time today.

Although frightened, she still asked very dedicatedly: "Is it because there are too many chess games?"

At this time, the hot chocolate was served.Liang took a sip and didn't speak.

Sachiko asked again: "Then... have you mentioned it to Shinto? Does he know?"

Liang smiled softly: "Let him know, what good will it do him?"

Kobayashi Sachiko was speechless.

Liang: "Since it doesn't do him any good, why should I tell him?"

Sachiko was a little anxious: "But..."

Liang interrupted her: "It's true that I haven't adjusted my state well recently, but after a while, it should be fine." He looked down at the somewhat deformed garland in the cup, his eyes gradually became flustered, "Is it just that?" A person who can put things in his heart. He feels good recently. Instead of making him uneasy, it is better not to tell him."

After listening to Liang's nonsense, Kobayashi Xingko suddenly wanted to curse.

She raised her head and drank the fruit tea in the cup in one gulp. Because there were people around, she had to curse in a low voice: "Taya Ryo, are you an idiot? Who do you take Shinto? I want you to hold the greenhouse in your hand." Flowers? He’s a boy too, a boy!!!”

The more Xingzi talked, the more she couldn't control her own volume. She glanced around guiltily, and lowered her voice again: "Why do you think that telling him the truth will do him no good at all? Why do you make these decisions for him? ?! You have deprived him of even the most basic right to know!!! Don’t you think that the relationship between you and him is very strange now? Why do you have to see through all his thoughts, but what is going on in your mind Things, but he can’t know at all? You never want to know, what is he thinking in his heart? If you take a step back, you have never thought about it. In fact, you can see every move you make, but He knows that you don't want him to worry, so he pretends not to say that he doesn't know?!"

"Taya, he's Shinto!! He used to be so careless even when Mr. Kuwahara walked by, Shinto!! But he did this for you, don't you think you're not touched at all? ?! Don’t you think it’s not fair to him at all? Taya Ryo, you’re a gangster!!! I’m so pissed off!!!”

Kobayashi Xingko raised her clenched right hand, angrily smashed it violently in the air a few times, and when it landed on the table, she still controlled her emotions: "Taya Ryo, your IQ may indeed be very high, but you My emotional intelligence is really..."

She simply didn't know how to describe it: "Taya, to be really nice to a person is not to try your best to show him your omnipotence, nor to blindly report good news but not bad news. On the contrary, when you really care about a person, you will be willing to put The most authentic side is shown in front of that person, no matter good or bad. Because that is the real you that only that person is qualified to see. At that time, you are truly equal. Only when you are truly equal , can really feel the sense of security from each other - this has nothing to do with whether the other party is a man or a woman. This sense of security cannot be given to the vine by forcing yourself and squeezing yourself. I can even say for sure that he I can't get this from you now!"

Lianzhu poured out all the anger in her stomach, and Kobayashi Xingko finally felt at ease.

It was rare for her to see Taya showing such a shocking expression, but she was too angry to appreciate it.

She stood up and put on her coat: "You can take care of yourself!" She picked up her bag and returned it before leaving, "By the way, since you made me so angry today, I ordered it at this store before you came. Please also pay for the afternoon tea set for me. See you later!"

After walking out of the store, Sachiko Kobayashi took a few breaths.When I realized that I just pointed at Ta Yaliang, who is famous in the chess world, and forced him to treat him like a hooligan, I felt a little shuddering.Through the glass window, he glanced at Taya who was still sitting there, folded his arms and trembled, and quickly withdrew.

After half an hour, Kobayashi Xingko's cell phone vibrated.

The timing is accurate.Kobayashi Xingko snorted coldly, knew who was calling without even looking, and immediately hung up the phone.

Afterwards, the mobile phone made three consecutive calls, but Xingzi was so angry that she ignored them and let it run its course.

But it's not over.

After the call died down, the phone vibrated intermittently.It was increasing at a rate of almost every 5 seconds. When Sachiko looked again, there were already more than 10 unread messages lying in the inbox.

——Hung up on my phone!

— answer the phone!

——I'm Hikari Shinto, did Taya say anything today?

……

The latest message sent: Hegu is in my hands, don't answer the phone, be careful I tear up the ticket!

Kobayashi Xingko sneered, and replied lightly: Kill it.I won't feel bad.

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