Fell in love with Xu Ziqin, so what?

Yu Shao fell silent.

He… could probably guess.

"Fang Xin said he resigned because it wasn't a fair match. If the komi had been 10.5 points, Black would have had the advantage, so when he was about to win, he chose to resign."

Zhou De sighed, "Fang Xin actually gave up this chance to become famous. While I don't quite understand it, I'm deeply impressed."

"In short, it was after that game between Shen Yi and Fang Xin that Go started using the rule of 7.5 komi, and it's been used ever since."

"And after that game finished, Shen Yi never played with 10.5 komi again. He just kept waiting for a player who could beat him with 7.5 komi."

"But he never found one in his entire life."

"He sought defeat his whole life and couldn't find it. In the end, he fell ill at the age of thirty-three and died young."

At this point, Zhou De looked at Yu Shao and said, "And old Yu, do you know what's the most awesome thing?"

"What?"

Yu Shao was actually a little curious and indulged Zhou De's vanity.

"The most awesome thing is that before Shen Yi died, he said his biggest regret in life was that his Go skills advanced too quickly when he was young, leading to him having no opponents now!"

Zhou De slammed the table, "Holy crap, the way he bragged, I give him a perfect score! Is that something a person would say? He's too much of a show-off!"

"Zhou De!"

At this moment, the class monitor in the front row finally couldn't stand it and shouted, "Can you keep your voice down? Even if you're not studying, other students need to. If you keep making noise, I'm going to report you to the homeroom teacher!"

Zhou De chuckled sheepishly and raised his hands in a French salute.

"Anyway, do you know how amazing Shen Yi was?"

Zhou De lowered his voice and said, "And I am the next Shen Yi."

Yu Shao felt a little awkward.

Poor Zhou De, going crazy at such a young age.

Yu Shao thought for a moment and said, "First of all, you can't be the next Shen Yi. Secondly, even if it were Shen Yi, he might not be that strong now."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Hearing this, Zhou De immediately got agitated. He didn't refute the first statement but directly attacked the second: "He was the Go Saint! He never lost after mastering his skills. Do you dare say he wasn't strong?"

"Perhaps in his era, he was indeed unrivaled. However, this is no longer the era he lived in."

Yu Shao shook his head and said, "Go is constantly progressing with the times. Reality isn't a fantasy novel; things don't get stronger just because they're old."

"What if Shen Yi was a modern person?" Zhou De refused to back down and continued to press.

Yu Shao thought for a moment, "Then I don't know. But if he was really like you said, I can only say that if he were born in modern times, he would probably also be a remarkable Go player."

Satisfied with this answer, Zhou De went back to looking at his "38 Lectures on Go Fundamentals."

Seeing this, Yu Shao couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

From his understanding of Zhou De, despite the bold words he'd just spoken, Zhou De would give up by the end of the week at the latest, using various excuses.

As for Zhou De actually learning Go…

It was absolutely impossible.

The possibility of Zhou De being a person was greater than the possibility of Zhou De learning Go.

After the morning self-study session, Yu Shao prepared to go to the restroom, even though he didn't really need to go.

Yu Shao realized he was becoming increasingly accustomed to his identity as a high school student. After class, regardless of whether he needed to use the restroom, he liked to head there.

And once he got to the restroom, even if he didn't want to go, he'd feel like going. After all, the atmosphere was already there. As the saying goes – since you're here, might as well.

"Old Zhou, wanna go to the restroom?"

Yu Shao called out to Zhou De.

"Let's go!"

As a regular fixture in the restroom, Zhou De immediately agreed.

The two began to head towards the restroom together. As they passed Cheng Mengjie, Yu Shao keenly noticed that Cheng Mengjie actually ignored him!

Congratulations, keep up the good work!

Just as Yu Shao was about to continue walking, he suddenly realized Zhou De had stopped and wasn't moving.

Yu Shao turned to look and saw Zhou De standing next to Cheng Mengjie, winking at him.

Seeing this, Yu Shao felt a headache coming on. He ignored Zhou De and walked out of the classroom without looking back.

Zhou De was stunned. After Yu Shao had already left the classroom, he finally came to his senses and quickly chased after him.

"Old Yu, what's your deal? I was being your wingman, creating an opportunity for you, and you're not going to seize it?"

Catching up to Yu Shao in the hallway, Zhou De asked, looking confused, "You're not pursuing Cheng Mengjie anymore?"

"Not anymore."

Yu Shao answered frankly.

Zhou De looked shocked. "Bro, did you fall for someone else?"

"I never fell for anyone," Yu Shao corrected Zhou De. "I was just chasing her for fun back then."

"You can fool others, but you can't fool me, your brother!"

Zhou De looked at Yu Shao with a strange expression. "Who was it that swore they'd only ever love Cheng Mengjie? Was it a ghost?"

Yu Shao was momentarily speechless. The messes he'd made in his past life would indeed require him to clean up.

"Bro, just tell me the truth. Who did you fall for? Are you hiding something from me? I'll be your wingman! I'm a pro!" Zhou De pressed on, showing no intention of backing down until he got an answer.

In Zhou De's incredibly simple view of love, if someone suddenly stopped liking a person, the only explanation was that they had fallen for someone else.

"Old Yu, you're keeping this from your brother? Spill it, man. I'll help you vet her."

Yu Shao, annoyed by the questioning, brushed him off. "Yes, I fell for someone else. I fell for Xu Ziqin. So what?"

"Hiss!"

Zhou De gasped and looked at Yu Shao with concern. "Good brother, your qualifications are definitely not bad, but honestly, have you considered setting a small goal first, like earning a hundred million?"

The bullet Yu Shao had fired at Zhou De earlier had now hit his own forehead.

Yu Shao was about to speak but suddenly noticed Zhou De's expression was a bit off.

Yu Shao looked in the direction Zhou De was staring, confused. Then, he saw the person he least wanted to see at that moment.

Xu Ziqin, with her hair in a low ponytail today, was standing by the window near the corridor, holding a stack of assignment notebooks. She seemed to be there to collect the assignments from the students sitting by the window.

She looked quietly at Yu Shao and Zhou De, her gaze clear, as if she could see through people's hearts.

Although Xu Ziqin said nothing, Yu Shao inexplicably realized—

She had heard what he had just said.

What a mess!

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