Chapter 19

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

During break time, Cheng Qianqian was reading the comic book that Yu Xuan had given her. Suddenly, a handsome classmate came over with a chessboard and said shyly, “Classmate Cheng, I’m Kai Yuan from the class next door. I heard that you’ve also signed up for the Go tournament. Can I have a match with you?”

“Me?” Cheng Qianqian pointed at herself. “Are you sure?”

Kai Yuan nodded. “May I?”

This student was very polite. Cheng Qianqian gave a thought and nodded. “Sure!”

Kai Yuan found a table and placed the chessboard on it. Then he pointed at the game pieces. “Do you want to play black or white?”

“Huh? What do you mean by playing black?”

Everyone. “…”

Kai Yuan patiently explained, “Do you want the black stone or the white one?”

“Oh, then I’ll have white!”

Kai Yuan nodded. “Then I’ll play black. I’ll go first.”

“Eh, how come you’re going first?”

Kai Yuan. “…”

“Student Cheng, in Go, black goes first. Since you chose white, shouldn’t you be letting me go first?”

Cheng Qianqian scratched her head and looked at Yu Xuan in confusion. “Ah Xuan, is that so?”

Yu Xuan nodded. “Yes.”

“Alright! You first.”

Everyone held their foreheads in resignation. Seems like they had really overestimated Cheng Qianqian. She did not even know the basics. Who gave her the courage to participate in the Go tournament!

Kai Yuan started first. Cheng Qianqian followed after him and held a stone with two fingers. However, after raising it for a while, her hand trembled and dropped the white stone.

“This stone is really disobedient!” Cheng Qianqian mumbled and grabbed a bunch of stones and placed them on the table.

“I’ll leave them here!”

Kai Yuan’s expression darkened. “Student Cheng, this is my territory. You can’t place your stones here.”

“Ah? Isn’t it horse to the sun, elephant to the field? I’m placing it in a field!”

Everyone. “…”

“Cheng Qianqian, do you even know how to play Go! This is Go, not Chinese chess. Where did the horse and elephant come from!” Someone could not stand it and went forward and teased.

“Aren’t they all chess!” Cheng Qianqian frowned. “It’s not fun at all. It’s only black and white. Why don’t we connect the dots?”

Kai Yuan’s mouth twitched. “Student Cheng, we are not competing in Gobang.”

Connect the dots?! Why doesn’t she go play matching tiles?!

“Then how should we play this Go chess?” Cheng Qianqian asked obediently with an innocent look.

Kai Yuan was completely helpless. He put away the game pieces and said, “I still have something on, so I’ll be leaving first!”

The surrounding crowd also dispersed. They really thought that Cheng Qianqian had some hidden skills, but they did not expect her to be such a fool. It must have been pure luck during the poetry lesson this morning!

“See! As I said, a country bumpkin like Cheng Qianqian doesn’t even know what Go is. How could she be an expert!”

“Tell me, why doesn’t she feel embarrassed? She’s going to the finals tomorrow and with her skills, she’ll be ridiculed!”

“Hahaha! I’ve already uploaded the video of her playing Go with Kaiyuan to the school’s intranet. It has already been forwarded more than 10,000 times. The comments are all scolding Cheng Qianqian for having no brains! You guys should go forward too!”

“Really? I’ll go and take a look too!”

The people in the classroom dispersed and Yu Xuan patted Cheng Qianqian’s shoulder comfortingly. “It’s alright. Let’s just take it that we’re going there to gain some experience. Anyway, everyone is going to the match to watch Teacher Guan. Even if you lose, no one will know. Don’t take it to heart!”

Cheng Qianqian smiled. “Yup, I didn’t take it to heart.”