The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

In the ward, Ming Zi straightened the quilt on Liang's heels, raised his head, and saw that he was holding a mobile phone, staring at a certain point in a daze.

In fact, Akiko had noticed it since entering the ward just now.Liang would always touch his neck from time to time, as if something was missing, or like now, he didn't speak, just sat there motionless, with a faint expression and a hazy light in his eyes .

"What's the matter, Xiao Liang? Are you looking for something?" Ming Zi walked to Liang's side lightly and asked softly.

Liang came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream, quickly put away the disappointment on his face, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, maybe I'm a little sleepy." Noticing the worry on his mother's face, he gently held the mother's hand as if comforting. Akiko's hand.

"Mother, I'm really fine." Liang said, "You should go back to rest earlier, I can do it by myself."

——I can do it alone.

It was the last sentence that made Mingzi's heart tremble slightly.

It wasn't until this moment that she clearly realized that the child who used to act like a spoiled child to her had grown up, and before she knew it, she had long been used to bearing everything alone.Although she believes that Xiao Liang can do a good job, this kind of overly strong and independent is not what she wants to see as a mother.

She wished Xiaoliang could rely on herself more and walk slower.

But now, even what Xiao Liang was thinking, she seemed to be unable to see clearly...

"It's okay, Mom. I'll rest naturally when you fall asleep." Suppressing the pain in her heart, Ming Zi patted Liang's hand lightly, her voice still soft. When she looked up at Liang again, her tone suddenly changed. Pretend to be angry and blame, "Xiao Liang, you, since you are sleepy, why don't you take a rest!"

As he said that, he quietly took the mobile phone on Liang's lap and put it on the bedside table.

Liang silently glanced at the mobile phone on the bedside table, and finally lay down obediently—maybe he was worried that others would contact him urgently, so he left his mobile phone on the bedside table before leaving, as if it was for his convenience take.

More than half an hour ago, Liangyuan wanted to make a call to Guang while his mother was away, but as soon as he pressed the dial button, the phone automatically shut down due to low battery.

Liang lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

It may be because of the operation just now, my body is a little heavy, and my mouth is full of bitterness.The discomfort after the operation made him feel like his entire abdomen was twisted together.

It hurts.

But compared to his physical discomfort, his heart ached even more.

Just chanting Guang's name silently in his heart, all that flashed in his mind was the loneliness and reluctance on his face that would not fade away in the future when he left the ward.

why?

Why did you choose today?

This afternoon, he didn't intend to get angry with Guang, he just, just felt worthless for Guang...

I'm sorry, Hikari... Liang shrank back to Akiko, and then tightened his arms tightly.

After calming down a little in the hallway, Guang finally turned on the living room light and walked slowly to the room.

Everything in the morning was too sudden, and now when he got home, Guang found that the door of the master bedroom was still open, and the quilt was still spread out on the bed.

He walked into the room, turned on the wall lamp, bent over to re-spread the quilt, and then, as if he was frozen, he stared blankly at the bed for nearly half an hour before turning around and walking to the closet.

After Liang finished the operation, he consulted with the doctor. Fortunately, Liang underwent a non-invasive operation this time. If he recovers quickly, he can be discharged from the hospital in about ten days.

He opened the closet, and when he was about to take out his clothes, he suddenly looked behind him.

Just over two months ago, that person was still standing behind him, gently hugging him.

And now, the man who packed his luggage and took his tie with a smile is lying in the hospital.

Guang only paused facing the void for a few seconds, then turned around again, quickly sorted out the bright replacement clothes, and put them into the storage bag uniformly.

When he glimpsed some chess books on the bedside table from the corner of the eye, Guang straightened up again and fetched them together—he remembered that no matter how late it was, that person always liked to read the books before going to sleep. A few pages of chess records.

After putting the clothes and chess records into the luggage bag, Guang got up and took out the mobile phone charging cable and charger in the drawer.

Ryo will use it, he thought.

After doing this, the brain that was a little bit dead seemed to be slowly recovering.

He remembered that the clothes on the balcony hadn't been collected yet, the floor of the living room hadn't been wiped, by the way, the house key...seemed to have not been pulled out of the door lock...

Tomorrow was originally the second day of the sixth round of the Honinbo War.

But now, there is no need to participate.

As if taking advantage of the rare free day tomorrow, Guang turned himself into a tireless robot, tossing until almost one o'clock in the morning, and then fell asleep after a simple wash.

But when he lay down, he didn't feel sleepy at all.

So I opened my eyes and looked at a small piece of light on the ceiling coming in from the window.Many things were messing around and colliding with each other in his mind like weeds. It took him some time to forcefully arrange the piles and pieces like a string of beads, and place them on the time axis in the most appropriate way. position.

By the time Guang became a little sleepy, the sky was already dim.

After lying on the bed for a while, Guang simply got up, washed himself carefully, and tried to make himself as refreshed as possible.

At six o'clock in the morning, at this time, if you want to buy breakfast, you can only go to the convenience store.

According to the doctor's order, Liang could only eat liquid food for the first two days. He just went out to the convenience store and bought 2 steamed buns to force himself to eat - he has a chess game tomorrow, he needs to have enough physical strength, he can't let Ta Ya saw his own joke, and then specially selected a few types of bread and drinks for Mrs. Akiko that would not have too much taste, and then went to the hospital with a luggage bag.

On the way from the entrance of the hospital to the inpatient department, you will pass a small garden.

Going directly from the small garden to the inpatient department can save a right angle compared with the main road.

As the light passed through the small garden, a muffled sobbing burst suddenly from behind the central flower bed.

Guang's heart tugged slightly, but he didn't look back. He took a deep breath, and then walked non-stop across the gravel road to the inpatient department.

When he arrived at the ward, Akiko was still leaning on the sofa and falling asleep.

It was dark in the ward due to the drawn curtains.

He had been extra careful not to make any noise, but the moment he approached the bedside, Ryo opened his eyes as if feeling something.

Despite the dimness of the room, the light still found his eyes surprisingly bright.

Liang stretched out his hand to Guang, and Guang hurriedly held his hand back, turned around and looked at him, then lowered his head and kissed the back of Liang's hand.

But, that's all - in front of Mrs. Mingzi, he didn't dare to act rashly, and he didn't want to... be rude again.

In the following time, Guang put Liang's hand back under the quilt, sat down on a chair beside him, and watched him silently.

Liang also looked at the light, with a faint smile on his lips.Later, as if knowing that the light would accompany her, she closed her eyes again with peace of mind.

When Akiko woke up, Hikari was still sitting on the chair.

She didn't call him immediately, but just silently stared at the boy in front of her.

For some reason, looking at Shindo's back in front of her, she suddenly had a premonition in her heart, as if Xiaoliang and Shinto were far more than just "rivals" and "roommates".

After a while, when she stood up, Light still noticed.

Just as he was about to stand up, Akiko signaled him not to be too polite.

While Liang was asleep, Hikaru handed over the breakfast and the luggage bag to Akiko, briefly explained the contents of the luggage bag, and then went to the water room to fill up the water in the thermos.

He wanted to stay a little longer, but considering Mrs. Mingzi's mood, he left after Liang woke up.

Walking out of the hospital, it was just after eight o'clock.

Guang walked aimlessly on the street, and returned to his home when the time was almost up.

Mitsuko didn't know about Hikaru's chess match arrangement, but she was slightly surprised that Hikaru came back at this time.

Guang didn't explain much, just said that he came directly from the hospital.

When Ryo was admitted to the hospital in an emergency, Mitsuko called Mitsuko to ask some precautions. Mitsuko knew about Ryo's hospitalization, so she naturally asked, "How is Taya-kun now?"

Guang briefly described Liang's situation, and then said, "I want to learn how to cook porridge."

Mitsuko was stunned on the spot, and she couldn't believe her ears: "Ah Guang, tell me, you, what do you want to do?"

"I want to learn how to cook porridge." Guang said again.

Mitsuko looked at Hikari, and after seeing him for a few days, Hikari looked rather haggard, with blue eye circles.

She suddenly felt distressed: "Where are his parents? Didn't you say that his parents came back?"

Guang nodded: "Well, I came back the same day I was hospitalized."

"Since they are all back, someone will naturally take care of him, so what do you need to worry about?" Metsuko became more and more puzzled.

Guang did not answer, but repeatedly confirmed: "Can you teach me?"

Seeing that she couldn't hold back, Meijinzi had no choice but to agree.

Cooking porridge is not difficult, but there are requirements for the ratio of rice and water, and enough patience is required.

Mitsuko originally thought that Hikari was purely on a whim. When explaining to Hikari in the kitchen, she spoke very fast. No way, Hikari not only wrote down the steps and key points of cooking porridge one by one with a pen and paper, but also typed out what he didn't understand from time to time. Stop her from asking questions.

Because the meal was prepared for Liang, Guang specially added a little more water, and at the same time extended the cooking time of the porridge.

Mitsuko had never seen her son care so much about anything other than Go, so she was a little surprised.

"Is it necessary to do this for others?" Mitsuko asked Mitsuko when the rice grains were boiled until they bloomed.

Ke Guang just looked at her and said word by word: "No, mother, Taya is not 'someone else'."

Mitsuko didn't understand: "Ah Guang, what do you mean?"

Guang didn't continue talking, and when the porridge was cooked until the rice grains were almost slippery, he turned off the fire, transferred all the porridge into a thermos bucket, cleaned up the kitchen for his mother, and went out again. Even Mitsuko called him behind her, but she selectively ignored it as if she was pretending to be deaf.

However, when Hikari returned to the hospital, apart from Mrs. Akiko, Taya Yukiyo had also arrived.

At the same time that I saw Ta Ya Xingyang, Ta Ya Xing Yang also turned his head and saw him.

In the ward, the originally happy atmosphere of a family of three seemed to suddenly become tense.

Your own arrival is like an unauthorized intruder.

Hikaru hesitated at the door for a moment, and after saluting Taya cautiously, he finally stepped into the ward.But just staring at Tayaya for a few seconds, Hikaru felt like there was nothing to hide from.

Originally, he wanted to talk to Liang for a while, but now it seems that he can't do it anymore.

So, after asking about Guo Liang's physical condition like a routine, and leaving the porridge specially cooked for Liang, Guang left.

It took only 10 minutes from the time when Guang entered the ward to when he left the ward.

In 10 minutes, the light only took a quick glance.

——Since you can't stay for a long time, it's best to look at you less, lest you be reluctant to leave for a while.

But one glance was enough.

At least I know that you are recovering little by little, and you can already see a little blood on your originally pale face.

When he closed the door of the ward, Guang thought to himself that the most frequent thing he did in the past two days seemed to be coming to and leaving the hospital.

And every time he left, it was like fleeing in a panic.

In the next two days, due to the limitations of his own chess game and the increasing number of visitors, Guang Neng's stay in the ward became shorter and shorter, and he often came for a while and then left.

It wasn't until Ming Zi left on business on the fifth night that Guang finally had a chance to be alone with Liang for a while.

In the quiet ward, it was rare to have time alone, and both of them tacitly kept silent about their unhappiness that night.

Liang's spirit is still a little weak.

At first, Guang sat peacefully on the chair beside the bed, but later he couldn't hold back, he simply sat on the edge of the bed, let Liang lean on him, and told him what he had seen and heard these days.

It's been too long since they've spoken properly.

Guang talked incessantly, and his eyebrows danced with excitement, and Liang listened quietly all the time, with a faint smile on his lips.

During the period, Liang once asked about the ring.

Guang's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled and said that he kept the ring for the first time, and would return it to him when he was discharged from the hospital.

Bright spot nodded, as if he wanted to say something more, but finally gave up.

Perhaps it was because they were too involved in the relationship. During the chat, none of them noticed that the door of the ward had been opened and then gently closed.

Ogata Seiji had visited Ryo on the afternoon of the third day after he was admitted to the hospital, but Ryo had fallen asleep and was unable to speak.

When I came again, it was three days later.

Seeing that Ogata had something to discuss with Liang, Akiko avoided it empathetically.

Almost as soon as the door of the ward was closed, Ryo asked Ogata Seiji: "In my mobile phone, there is a call record for you on the morning of July 7, which should be from Hikaru. Please ask him... What did I tell you?"

Ogata pondered for a moment, and said, "He asked me to ask the Chess Institute whether you can apply for a postponement of the two chess games in a week. I asked for you, one game is OK, and the other game is not."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and suddenly smiled with emotion: "Shito, he really knows all your chess game arrangements in the past month..."

Ryo looked at Ogata and smiled faintly.

He couldn't help being a little proud, the light was stronger than he thought.

But when he smiled, the corners of his lips were bitter.

Light didn't need to do this, if it wasn't for him...

Liang grasped the quilt calmly: "He... did he say anything else?"

"He also asked me to find a way to conceal your actual admission time." Ogata pushed his glasses and said, "Although you were absent from the chess game on the second day of hospitalization for some reason, your real admission time cannot be concealed." Yes, I don't intend to hide it for Shinto. So, I suggest that when he is asked, he should tell the truth..."

Liang understood: "You mean..."

Ogata: "I suggest Shinto tell the reporter directly that you share an apartment. But..."

He looked at Liang, with a slightly serious expression: "Even so, with the current situation, it will be more difficult to enter the vine during this period."

Yes, it is unusual for chess players to ask for leave, and missing a game means lacking a game record.

Once the connection between the two people's absences is discovered, although the reporter can't do anything to the patients in the hospital, they can all point the finger at the other party.

What's more, no one will be absent in such an important chess game.Even if the co-tenant was admitted to the hospital urgently, and he was sent to the hospital, after everything was arranged, you still have time to participate in the competition, but you chose to abandon the competition.

What is this?

For one person, even the possible 3200 million yen prize in the Honinbo War can be given up?

Only fools will have trouble with money.

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This chapter is more complete.

The next chapter will drop from time to time before next Friday (August 8).