The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

As Ogata had guessed.

On the day Taya was absent from the game, someone noticed that his absence from Shinto was only 1 day apart.On the afternoon of the second day, some people broke the news that Ryo Taya was admitted to the hospital and Hikari Shinto missed the game on the same day!

Why did Shindo Hikari miss the game on the day Taya Ryo was admitted to the hospital?

Pure coincidence?

Or, just because Taya Ryo was admitted to the hospital, Shinto Hikari missed the game?

For a time, almost all questions point to the same answer.

In just a few days, at least seven reporters called into Guang's mobile phone, trying to verify their speculation.

And Shinto Hikari himself did "live up to expectations" and gave them the answer they wanted-he shared an apartment with Taya Ryo.

It was not uncommon among professional chess players at that time that two rising chess stars chose to rent together in order to sharpen each other's chess skills. When the roommate passed out, the game was delayed due to emergency medical treatment, which seemed to be justifiable.

But something always feels wrong.

It seems to be an understatement to explain this incident simply by "friendship of roommates".

However, no matter what the truth behind the absence of the game is, under Ogata's various dealings, major chess newspapers and magazines did not make any more reports on the absence of the two players.

The immediate crisis seems to have passed safely, but some rumors are still spreading like wildfire among the chess players.

On July 7, after the round-robin match of Group A of Chess Jihad.

As the loser, Takegawa Seven Dan could have left after the game, but when he was about to leave, he stopped in his tracks.

Seeing that Zhuchuan hesitated to speak, Hikaru cast a puzzled look at him.

Takegawa hesitated again and again, and finally said: "The relationship between Shindo-kun and Taya-kun should be very good..."

Before he finished speaking, Guang's sensitive nerves immediately tensed up.

Aware of Hikaru's obvious resistance, Zhu Chuan quickly waved his hands and explained: "Don't get me wrong, I just remembered something, so I just expressed my feelings."

"Something?" Light asked.

"Yeah." Zhu Chuan nodded, "That's what happened at the end of the Celebrity Tournament last year."

He looked into the distance as if lost in memory, and pulled the light back to the corridor where he met Taya that afternoon.

Guang seemed to be standing behind Liang, watching him standing outside the door with his own eyes, watching himself inside the door so tenderly and cautiously.

When Liang turned around, the unconcealed smile on his face was like cherry blossoms falling, causing a throbbing in his heart.

"I've never seen Taya-kun look like that before..." Takegawa paused, as if looking for a suitable wording, "How should I put it, it should be a 'soft' expression, let alone such a gentle smile. "

He looked at the light and felt a little embarrassed: "At that time, I was just a little confused, but today I saw that Shinto-kun was not energetic and his face was not very good, so I thought it might be related to the recent news that Taya-kun was hospitalized. That's why I said the nonsense words just now. If there is any offense, please bear with me."

Guang listened silently, feeling a trace of guilt in his heart: "Sorry, I'm too sensitive..."

He looked at Zhuchuan gratefully: "Thank you for telling me about this."

Thank you also for letting me know the other side of the bright side that I don't know.

Chess players like this, there are people like Zhuchuan who are willing to give charcoal to Guangxue, and there are people like Zhenchai Chong who are not afraid to judge others with the greatest malice.

After registering the results of the chess game, just as Guang walked out of the game room, he heard a voice commenting: "That Jin Teng said that he gave up the game for some reason. I think he is simply cowardly and dare not go to the game."

Another voice immediately echoed: "I don't know how the Chess Academy usually handles this kind of situation, won't they still pay him the game fee?"

"Who knows," the third person said in a low voice, "I heard that he and Ta Yaliang are actually that?"

……

Guang only glanced at the source of the sound, but didn't pay attention to it.

But at this time, He Gu came out of another game room and just listened to it. After seeing that one of them was Zhen Chai Chong, he suddenly became angry.

He can't remember clearly, this is how many times he heard others talking about Jin Teng in the past few days.

Isn't that just abandoning the game?

Isn't it a shared lease?

What is there to talk about? !

The two of them are together!

Feeling good!

What's bothering you? !

The first few times, when Shinto was not there, he just endured it.

Later, he went to the hospital with Yijiao to visit Taya, and when he saw him sitting on the hospital bed calmly, he became very angry, how long will you stay in the hospital?Your family, Shinto, is being bullied, do you know that? !

But considering that guy is a patient after all, he endured it.

But this time, with the addition of new debts to old ones, He Gu was really angry, and just wanted to go forward to argue, but was stopped by Guang.

After seeing He Gu, Zhen Chai Chong and the others also kept quiet.

Just when the two sides were on the verge of firing, the elevator door opened.

Light pulled La and Gu, but did not pull.After He Gu gave Zhen Chai a sharp look, he followed Guang into the elevator.

After leaving the chess academy, Hegu seemed to be a little angry, with a look of righteous indignation on his face.

Guang couldn't help feeling a little funny: "He Gu, why do you feel that you are more angry than me?"

Hegu rolled his eyes at him angrily: "Isn't it just for you? Who knows if you will have another brain twitch and skip N games of chess again. If Taya comes to you at that time, I will be very upset." confused!"

Hearing the voice of He Gu's words, Guang's eyes dimmed, and he pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "No, if it's like last time, I guess the Chess Academy will directly expel me."

As if to dispel Hegu's doubts, Guang said again: "For me now, the most important thing is that Liang gets better as soon as possible, and for the rest, it's okay for them to say a few words."

He smiled at He Gu again: "I'm really fine."

Hegu couldn't help squinting his eyes to look at the light, seriously suspecting that this guy was still in a state of confusion, so he couldn't help but want to wake him up: "I said, do you understand what's going on now?" He pointed with his finger Hikari, "You, Shindo Hikari, are being pointed at and splashed with dirty water, don't you mind?"

Guang finally put away his smile: "So?"

"What, so—" Kazuya scratched his hair a little irritablely, feeling that he and Shinto couldn't make any sense, "I don't understand, since you understand all this, how can you be so calm? You don't plan to take anything action?"

Guang glanced at him calmly: "What action to take? What's more, what they said is right, I like Taya, we live together, and I am gay."

He Gu: "You..."

Of course he knew that Shinto liked Taya, and they lived together, but it was one thing to know it, and another thing to hear Hikaru say those three words so bluntly.

He Gu couldn't find a suitable explanation for a while, so he could only look at the light in silence.

Based on his understanding of Shinto, Shinto was too calm in handling this matter.

Guang understands what Hegu wants to say.

He looked at He Gu, then bent the corners of his eyes, and smiled heartlessly at his friend.

"Don't dare not be calm." He said, "If you are not calm, you will not be able to protect important things."

For a moment, he really wanted to ask He Gu, have you heard the crying in the hospital in the early morning?

It wasn't the kind of heart-piercing wailing, but a soft sob that was restrained.

Not so long ago, he had just heard it.

If it was true that he was terrified at the beginning of the incident, then after hearing that sobbing sound in the small garden that morning, he figured it out.

He has lovers who cherish each other, has things he wants to do urgently, and the relatives and friends he cares about are all in good health. All of the above add up to make him happy enough.Besides, he has survived the time when Zuo Wei left. What he is going through now, from the perspective of a bystander, is not a major event at all, let alone a tragedy.

In this case, why is he so sad and decadent?

At most, he was just paying some inevitable price for his past choices.

On the other hand, Liang, who was supposed to be discharged from the hospital on Thursday, insisted on being discharged home three days earlier.

No one knows why.

No one could persuade Liang.

Because the person who can really persuade him is simply kept in the dark.

In desperation, Ming Zi had no choice but to find Liang's attending doctor.

The results of the latest gastroscopy showed that the healing of Liang's wound was not satisfactory. After comprehensively considering other indicators of Liang, the doctor finally reluctantly agreed that he should go through the discharge procedures one day in advance.

On the day Liang was discharged from the hospital, Guang came to the hospital early in the morning.

There are not many bright things, only some replacement clothes.

After everything was packed, Hikaru directly took the luggage bag from Akiko's hand.

Ming Zi looked at the light, and he still held it.

Taya Yukihiro flew back to Beijing shortly after his return because there was still a chess game to follow.

This time, besides Hikari, Mrs. Akiko and Ogata Seiji were here to pick up Light.

After Ogata Seiji sent Mrs. Akiko downstairs in the inpatient department, he waited in the car and did not go upstairs together.

Walking out of the ward, Liang and Mrs. Mingzi originally walked in front, and Guang followed behind. At some point, Mrs. Mingzi gradually fell behind.

She silently looked at the two children in front of her, and her thoughts uncontrollably went back to the night a few days ago.

That night, under the soft light in the ward.

The smiles on the faces of the two children were real.

They really care about each other.

She can even clearly feel the inseparable companionship in the interaction between the two.

But no matter psychologically or emotionally, she still couldn't accept it.

Seeing his mother behind him, Liang paused slightly.

Guang followed Liang's line of sight to look behind him, and immediately gave way to the side knowingly.

Liang stretched out his arms, and brought Mingzi to his side again.

After Ming Zi followed, Guang seemed to deliberately slow down his pace. Seeing that he was about to retreat behind the two of them, he heard Liang ask, "Guang, can you come to my left?"

Startled, Guang subconsciously looked at Mrs. Mingzi, and seeing that she did not object, he hesitated and walked to Liang's left.

In the late stage of Liang's hospitalization, he still didn't have much chance to be alone with Liang.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but Mrs. Mingzi's attitude towards him has indeed changed, but it seems to be more distant and polite.

But Liang was able to recover and be discharged from the hospital. He was already satisfied and dared not ask for more.

Send the two of them downstairs and put the luggage bag on the passenger seat.

When Liang got into the car, he bent down and said through the car window, "Go home and have a good rest. I won't see you off."

"Guang..." Liang stretched out his hand, and Guang gently held it.

Liang felt that Guang had stuffed a hard object in his palm, and was slightly stunned for a moment, then he reacted and clenched the object tightly.

When Liang is dazed, his eyes will open wide unconsciously, with a hint of innocence in his eyes, and the expression on his face will become dazed and at a loss.

A little dull, and a little childish, but this is the most authentic Taya in life.

Light is very, very fond of it.

Guang smiled and said, "The things I kept for you before are now returned to their original owners."

Ryo kept looking at the light, tightened his right hand little by little, and nodded slightly.

Ogata shouted from the front seat, and Hikari nodded knowingly.

When Ryo stretched out his left hand and wanted to hold Hikari again, Hikari let go of his hand and took a step back.

The outstretched left hand flew out of the window, and the force it exerted was lost for a moment, and it swayed in the air for a while before it could barely stop.

Before Liang could say anything else, the car started slowly.

Ryo turned around and looked through the rear window to where Ryo was standing.

Even though it was blocked by glass, Liang could still feel it, and his sight always followed the direction they left without moving away.

Watching Guang's figure gradually turn into a dot and finally disappear from the field of vision, Liang's heart suddenly emptied.

It wasn't until he couldn't see Liang anymore that Guang called He Gu and Yi Jiao respectively.

He Gu heard something wrong, and immediately asked Guang: "Where are you going?"

Guang smiled: "Where else can I go? Of course I will go home." After a pause, he said, "I may... I won't be able to see Taya for a while..."

"You don't think..." He Gu became impatient, "But don't you think it's a bit inappropriate to choose this time?"

"There's nothing inappropriate. Liang is now being taken care of by Mrs. Mingzi. It's great." Guang said, lowering his head, "And... after this incident, I feel that we can't delay..."

Hearing Guang's decisive attitude, Hegu sighed softly: "I understand. You don't have to worry about Taya. However, you have to solve it as soon as possible. If there is anything... feel free to contact me."

"Yeah." Guang replied and hung up the phone.

Guang no longer remembers how many times he walked the road from the Central Hospital to his home.

Sometimes, even though he has already reached the door of the ward, but seeing an unfamiliar visitor inside, Hikaru will silently exit, and then return home as if he had never been there.

But the mood of going home today is different, very calm, even relaxed like never before, as if even if the sword of Damocles above his head will fall in a second, he can face it calmly.

When Hikari returned home, Mitsuko had just finished washing a basket of clothes.

Seeing this, Guang followed his mother all the way to the backyard, and when Mitsuko was about to pick up the clothes in the basket, he handed them to her first.

Mitsuko was stunned for a moment, took the clothes rather flattered, and while drying the clothes, asked Hikaru: "Taya-kun is discharged from the hospital today, right?"

Guang nodded, and handed her the next piece of clothing: "Well, he has been discharged from the hospital, and his mother has already taken him home."

"Then you can rest assured now, right?" Mitsuko glanced at her, "Why does it feel like Taya-kun is in a hospital, you are more nervous than his parents."

Just looking at Mitsuko who was joking, he smiled faintly: "Well, I'm not only nervous, but also very scared."

Mitsuko paused her hand to hang the clothes, and looked at Hikari suspiciously.

At this time, the smile on his bare lips had completely disappeared, he looked into Mitsuko's eyes, and said solemnly: "Mother, I like Taya."

Mitsuko suddenly "thumped" in her heart, her expression was slightly blank for a few seconds, then she smiled and said, "Since you like him, be conscious and don't always cause trouble for Taya-kun..."

"Mother, I like it when I say it, not the kind you said, I..."

"Enough!" Mitsuko suddenly yelled, interrupting Hikari's words, and after finishing speaking, as if realizing her abnormality, she smiled palely at Hikari, "It's almost lunch time, I'll cook ramen for you , don’t you like ramen the most?”

Mitsuko spoke to herself, then turned and walked into the house.

In the following hours, until Zhenghu returned, she seemed to consciously avoid talking with the light.

Even at dinner time, the dinner table was unusually silent, and at one point only the voice of the husband could be heard.

After the meal, Hikaru walked into the kitchen and silently cleaned up the dishes for Mitsuko.

Mitsuko was washing the dishes at first, and when she saw Hikari skillfully disposing of the kitchen waste, she stopped what she was doing, as if she didn't even notice that the dish dipped in her hand was taken away by Hikari. Just watching, watching, seeing the vision gradually blurred, Mitsuko grabbed the bowls and chopsticks in her hand as if she had a sudden emotional breakdown, and drove him out of the kitchen.As if driving the light out of the kitchen wasn't enough, he locked the kitchen door from the inside.

Watching the kitchen door close in front of him, the light is like an unconscious puppet, poking in place so firmly, there is no trace of sadness or joy on his face.

Hearing his father's footsteps behind him, he slowly turned around.

"Father." He called in a low voice.

Zhengfu was taken aback for a moment, and almost didn't realize that he was just talking to himself.

He brought his hands to his mouth, coughed lightly with some discomfort, and asked pretending to be serious, "What's the matter?"

Guang looked up at him: "Can I have a few words with you and your mother?"

During the conversation, Mitsuko just came out of the kitchen, upon hearing this, she immediately rushed forward to interrupt him: "Didn't you see that your father is going to take a bath? Is there anything you can't—"

"Yes, no." Hikaru looked at Mitsuko and said calmly, "I have something to say today—"

"Kindo Hikari!" Mitsuko's almost hysterical yell startled Masao.

He looked at his wife inexplicably, and put his arms around her shoulders comfortingly: "My child, what's the matter?"

Mitsuko didn't speak, and turned her head away as if she was holding back something.

At this time, Zhengfu finally realized that something was wrong at home.

He looked at Mitsuko and then at Hikari, his brows wrinkled unconsciously.

In the living room, after Masao and Mitsuko sat down on the sofa, Hikaru walked up to them and knelt down.