The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

The weather turned cold like a blink of an eye.

At the end of November, even the wind seems to reveal the bleakness of winter.

The plane took off from Narita Airport and arrived at Kansai Airport as scheduled after a one-and-a-half-hour flight.

Liang, Guang, and the staff of "Chess Dao" magazine, a total of five people, after picking up their luggage at the airport, they boarded the commercial vehicle that had been waiting for a long time at the exit.

The destination of their trip is Kyoto.Since there is no airport in Kyoto, it can only be taken via Osaka, and the whole journey takes about 1 hour.

In this shooting team, the chief person in charge is a young woman named Igarashi Kayo, about 27 or [-] years old, with short chestnut hair, and her gestures are quite calm and capable of professional women; the name of the makeup artist is Her name is Eriko, said to be her stage name, but her real name is unknown. She has the same lively personality as another assistant named Mika. When picking up her luggage, she chatted with Hikari.

There is also a photographer and a hair stylist. Since they are both in Kyoto, they made an appointment to meet them directly in Kyoto.

When I left the airport, the scenery was still a bit bleak, but it gradually became richer all the way to the east.

As the car drove into the city of Kyoto, along the roadside planted with maple trees, from time to time, large swathes of crimson burst into view, not like the blatant fiery red, but with some kind of restraint that had been washed away.

Quaint and rich and deep.

Regarding this shooting, Guangyuan just mentioned something casually, but unexpectedly Liang agreed.

Even choosing Kyoto as the filming location was suggested by Liang.

Although Bian Liang agreed, due to the limited time of the two of them, even though the editor of "The Way of Chess" had just contacted him not long ago, in such a short period of time, whether the filming schedule can be arranged, Guang is not sure.

I just called back the editor in charge with the mood of giving it a try, but unexpectedly Igarashi met them in a cafe that afternoon.

After hearing the two people's thoughts, Igarashi not only agreed to Liang's request to designate a shooting location on the spot, but also handed over a detailed planning proposal while giving the two affirmative answers three days later.

In view of the fact that the entire filming and the round-trip time will take a total of four days, there are still a series of leave procedures for the Chess Academy.

Under normal circumstances, the Chess Academy will arrange the chess players' game schedule two weeks to one month in advance.

Hikari Shinto and Ryo Toya asked for leave at the same time. Hikari was worried about whether it would lead to inevitable interrogation, but he did not expect Kiin to approve it without asking a word.

Due to time constraints, after confirming the final details of the itinerary with the two, the entire Kyoto shooting team began to prepare intensively.

Everything went smoothly and unbelievably smoothly.

And Igarashi himself was also emotionally moved.

She didn't even expect that she could actually meet these two most popular double stars in the Japanese Go world.What surprised her even more was the astonishing words that Shinto Hikari said during the follow-up contact.

An hour later, the commercial vehicle slowly stopped at the door of a hotel.

The indented entrance of the hotel is covered by two navy blue cloth curtains.On the outermost wall, there is a wooden sign with the name of the hotel.

When discussing the itinerary before, Igarashi mentioned that this is a Japanese-style hot spring hotel that has cooperated with the magazine for many years.They will be solely responsible for Liangguang's accommodation during this trip.The magazine will also use this shooting to further recommend the hotel.Although the hotel has a small reputation in the local area.

Because of this, during the filming period, the hotel can only spare two rooms at most, and other staff can only live in nearby business hotels.

Out of etiquette, Igarashi originally booked a room for Liang and Guang, but when the itinerary was finalized, they changed to share one room.

——Living together makes it easier to play chess and communicate.

Igarashi remembered that Shinto Hikari replied to him in this way.

Hearing that the two stars in the chess world are good friends, Igarashi didn't think much about it, so he readily booked a slightly larger double room for the two.

In the hotel lobby.

When Ryo checked in with Igarashi, Hikaru chatted with Eriko and Mika on the sidelines.

After all the procedures were completed and Igarashi reconfirmed the arrangement for tomorrow with them, Liang and Guang went all the way to the room at the end of the second floor under the guidance of the female general.

The name of this room is written on the mahogany sign outside the door.

It is an extremely poetic "two people are quiet".

Entering the room, opening the suitcase, and taking out the toiletries, Guang suddenly said without a word: "This is the end, you can't go back on your word."

Ryo stopped what he was doing, and turned his head to look at Ryo.

Thinking that Liang didn't understand what he meant, Guang patiently explained: "When the magazine was published, others saw that Ta Yaliang had just lost chess and went to take this kind of commercial shooting. Sure enough, he didn't pay attention to Go, and then a bunch of Doubts will be thrown at you like stones. Are you mentally prepared?"

Liang looked very calm.

While packing his things, he asked back, "What about you, Guang?"

Last year's "magazine incident" still has lingering fears.

It can be said that when Ting Guang put forward the idea of ​​shooting, Liang was surprised, but soon realized that perhaps in Guang's mind, this shooting was not as simple as "adjusting his mood".

In fact, Liang didn't care much about the itinerary.

On the night when the trip was confirmed, Guang put his arms around him and asked, "Leave everything to me this time, and I'll arrange it, okay?"

Without even thinking about it, Liang said, "Okay."

It was a feeling like never before.

I used to think that as long as I was by my side, it was enough. It wasn't until I said "I support you" not long ago that I suddenly realized that there was always a back wall for me to rely on.It was as if he was used to walking alone on a snowy night, with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and he never expected anyone to approach him. Later, a person appeared, and he wanted to rush to the front to protect that person from the wind and snow, but he didn't know why. At that time, the person he wanted to protect had already walked to his side and held his hand.

As if to say, "I'm with you."

Although all of Guang's previous experiences were not convincing, this time, Liang's heart is very firm.

It is the kind of determination that knows what may happen, but is still very calm.

"I don't regret it." A moment later, Liang said, "From the moment I took that step, I never thought about going back."

It's like a chess piece falling off the chessboard and colliding with other chess pieces, making a crisp sound of "click".The sound is not loud, but it can still arouse subtle fluctuations in Guang's heart.

Leap up and down again.

Xin Zhiliang was making excuses again, just glanced at Liang, but didn't answer immediately.

Sitting on the ground, sorting out a change of clothes on his own, what Rita Yakyo said that day poured into Hikari's mind like a tide.

——Because of you, Xiao Liang has done many things that I can't understand.

Although he didn't say it clearly, just thinking about it, he should know what "incomprehensible things" include.

Now I'm trying to trick Taya into coming to Kyoto. If Mr. Taya knows about it, the impression will be even worse.

Just looking at the lover who put their toothbrushes on the sink together, he couldn't help being a little lost.

Sensing Guangba/naked/naked gaze, Liang turned around and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Guang looked back and rubbed his nose a little embarrassedly: "I was just thinking, I've brought you down, what should I do?"

"Yeah, what should I do." Liang returned to Guang's side, and became "distressed", "I didn't even play chess, and I ran with you from Kanto to Kansai."

Hearing what Liang said, Guang was not happy: "I didn't force you, why didn't you say that your concentration is not enough?"

"Because..." Liang thought about it seriously, and then said solemnly, "Seeing you, I'm going to lose my mind."

"..."

The person in front of him always seems to be able to say the most blushing words in the most natural tone.

What's more, it also cooperates with a smile that makes it easy to see the foul.

Guang couldn't speak for a while, and only looked at him deeply with an indescribable look, as if he had never known this person before, and seemed to want to draw him into his soul.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Huh?" A pair of hands circled around without warning.

Guang turned away from him: "I haven't fixed my things yet."

"It's okay, I'll help you." Holding Guang's wrist, Liang leaned forward again.

Maybe it was this sentence that touched Guang, or maybe it was just that Guang didn't have time to react, this time, Liang finally hugged Guang and kissed him on the lips.

Being kissed so badly that it was almost hard to breathe, Guang lightly pushed the light as if resisting.

Liang finally let go of him as he wished, but was still obsessed with the question just now: "You haven't answered me, just now...why are you looking at me like that?"

Light coughed lightly, and sat up straight uncomfortably.

"Why are there so many?" Guang whispered.

I just feel that in some respects, someone's evolution rate makes him a little overwhelmed...

The two of them didn't bring much luggage for this trip, so they packed it after a while.

According to the arrangement, in the past few nights, there will be a female general delivering dinner to the two people's room at the meal time.

Guang lay on the tatami mat, originally wanted to enjoy the life of occasionally opening his mouth with a handful of rice, but saw Liang standing up: "Let's go?"

Guang looked at him puzzled: "Where are you going?"

"Just come with me."

"Don't you have dinner yet?" Despite being puzzled, Hikaru instinctively held Ryo's hand.

Liang stretched his strength to pull Guang up: "It's already agreed, no dinner tonight."

Light nodded and followed Liang out of the hotel.

After walking for a while, the ultra-long reflection arc of light finally reacted: "Ah?! No dinner today? Why?" After a pause, he asked again, "Then where are we going now?"

As for the question about light, Liang just laughed and didn't answer.

Light had no choice but to adopt a roundabout policy.

After getting on the Karasuma Line, he asked, "Why did we come to Kyoto?"

Ryo still smiled back, but the subtle expression changes on his face could not escape Hikari's eyes.

He quickly glanced at the carriage, then approached him, and asked again: "Why?"

In the end, unable to bear the soft and hard foam of light, the upright boy turned his head slightly and said in a low voice, "Because the tomb of Shusha is in the capital."

Suansha, whose Dharma name is "Rihai", is a monk of Jiguang Temple in Kyoto, and also the first generation of Honinbo.The Suansha tomb is buried in Jiguang Temple.

Guang nodded, almost believing Liang's words.

But after a while, doubts arose again.

During this shooting trip, Jiguang Temple was originally arranged for shooting.If it was as Liang said, why didn't he tell himself from the beginning?

When Liang spoke, he rarely avoided the other person's eyes.If you avoid it, there are only two possibilities - he is shy or he is lying.

Experience tells Guang that if he wants to live peacefully with dishonest people, he must develop two superb skills.One is a peaceful state of mind, which ensures that you can still breathe smoothly and calmly when you are forced to figure out the other party's mind; the other is a strong reading comprehension ability, so that you can accurately capture the real intention and semantics behind the other party's words.

Hikari suppressed the fire that was about to burst out of his stomach, and in the scientific spirit of "exploring the truth", he followed Ryo out of Kyoto Station pretending to be ignorant, and made his way to the 10th floor of the department store.

When seeing the four Chinese characters for "Ramen Xiaoji", the long-standing conversation seemed to pass through the fog of time and space, and suddenly hit Guang's mind.

——If you really want to make amends, take me to Ramen Alley from now on!

--I got it.

Like a gust of fresh wind, all the previous dissatisfaction was swept into the wind, and there was nothing left.

Touching the lively eyes of his lover, Guang opened his mouth several times, then closed it several times, and finally was pushed by Liang, and walked into one of the shops.

After ordering on the machine at the entrance of the store, Hikari's eyes were glued to Liang's body.

I don't know what to say.It feels strange to say anything.

I don't know what expression to make.I feel that no expression can express one hundred thousandth of my heart.

It's a surprise, it's an accident, it's moving, it's also guilt...

Those words that are so long that you are about to forget them, those words that were just spoken casually, you have remembered them for so long.

Fool, fool, idiot!

So, I had no choice but to stare at you, as if looking away for a second is an immeasurable loss.

He doesn't know whether the bowl of Tokushima ramen in front of him tastes good or not, and he doesn't know how soft or hard it is. He only holds up his mobile phone when the ramen is served, and must take a photo with the ramen.

Ryo covered his face with his hands, and Ryo took his hands away.

Light up and cover up, light out again.

No matter how many times, I can't make a spark in my heart.

He was extremely patient, like a childcare worker coaxing young children to take a nap, trying to persuade Liang over and over again.

For the last time, he looked around and whispered into Liang's ear: "Can I take a picture? Just one."

"I want to photograph my favorite people and my favorite food."

Leaving Ramen Alley, Light did not return directly to the hotel.

The light is bright, slowly strolling along the Kamo River.

In the ear, the sound of water murmured, as if it wanted to gather all the hustle and bustle of the day into silence.

Although the night wind is slightly cold, there are still groups of couples beside the embankment.I wanted to find a place to stay, but I couldn't find it for a while.

Just felt the temperature of the palm, just right.

As if infected by the surrounding atmosphere, under the cover of Ye, Guang secretly stretched out his claws, and carefully put Liang's hand hanging by his side into the right pocket.

Liang struggled a few times, but failed.

His fingertips were tightly wrapped by the hot palm, he didn't know whether it was because he was nostalgic for the temperature of the palm, or he was powerless to resist, Liang didn't try to break free again.

On the way here, I just checked the map.

Kamogawa is not far from their residence, but it takes four to ten minutes to walk.

But Ryo seemed to have forgotten, and didn't say a word about the distance of the journey, so the two of them leaned on each other along the Kamogawa embankment, walked through Kawaramachi, and passed the Rokkakudo, like a walk. He walked towards the hotel in a leisurely manner.

Back in the room, the female general had already spread out the two quilts while they were leaving.

Guang Guang changed into his bathrobe, and went to the Furochi on the first floor to take a bath together.

At 12 midnight, there were several other people in the bathing area at first.After washing their hair, only the two of them were left.

It seemed to be back to that night in Kobe again.It was so quiet, too, with the occasional sound of the bathtub being drained.

"Liang, turn around."

After pouring the hot water from the bathtub on his body, Ryo listened to Hikari say so.

He froze for a moment, and looked at the light in disbelief.

Just in a daze, Guang had already snatched the towel from Liang's hand, and squeezed on the shower gel.

The bright skin is very good, and the wet skin reveals a fairer luster under the dim light.

Carefully tucking Liang's wet hair loose behind his neck around his neck, when the towel touched Liang's back, Guang suddenly flinched, for fear of hurting Liang.

He had no choice but to whisper: "My hand may not be serious, if it hurts you, tell me."

Ryo shook Hikari's hand backhandedly, and nodded slightly.

Guang took a deep breath, and started from his shoulders with almost trembling hands, rubbing lightly on the back of Liang's shoulders while rubbing.Every few seconds, he stops and repeats the same question: "Does it hurt?"

Every time Liang shook his head, his shoulders were stiff.

The same question was asked too many times, and Guang suddenly remembered the occasion where Liang asked the same question, and his face burned red.

Fortunately, Liang couldn't see it.

Even though he was careful, when he washed off the foam on his bright back with hot water, there were still red marks on his fair skin.

The light caressed his lover's thin and even bony back, and his eyes suddenly swelled.

He leaned down, kissed the skin that showed red marks, then leaned forward slightly, put his hands over Liang's shoulders, and wrapped his arms around his neck.

"Liang, you eat too little." Guang buried his head in Liang's neck, and said in a muffled voice, "I hope you can gain weight."

Liang clasped Guang's hand back, and gave a very soft "hmm".

Later, Liang offered to rub Guang's back, but Guang refused.

"I'll just serve you tonight." After saying this, Guang immediately sensed some ambiguity in the words, quickly shut up, and took a bath by himself.

After the two of them had finished washing, they entered the Furochi together, and Guang slowly moved over to lean side by side with Liang.

It's very strange that the two of them are facing each other naked/naked, but they don't have the slightest thought of indifference, they just feel that they cherish it very much.

"The wish I made a few years ago has been fulfilled today."

In the dense water mist, Guang looked at Liang and sighed softly.

I always feel that this shooting is like trying to make up for what I missed before.

The author has something to say:

Ramen Koji, indeed, has this place.

On the 10th floor of Isetan Department Store next to JR Kyoto Station.

As for the taste, I don't know~