You Will Definitely Become a Professional Go Player

As a mature man who had been reborn, Yu Shao knew very well that he couldn't explain himself at this moment. Explaining things like this only made them more complicated.

Therefore, Yu Shao calmly nodded at Xu Ziqin, then completely ignored Zhou De and continued walking towards the restroom.

"Old Yu, wait for me!"

Zhou De finally snapped out of his daze. He felt immense pressure from Xu Ziqin's gaze and stumbled as he ran towards Yu Shao.

Xu Ziqin watched the two of them leave, slowly withdrew her gaze, and then reached out a fair hand to tuck a few stray strands of hair behind her ear.

Her expression was calm, as if she hadn't heard the conversation between Yu Shao and Zhou De in the hallway just now.

"Bro, are you really planning to pursue Xu Ziqin?"

Over with Yu Shao, Zhou De caught up and couldn't help but advise, "Bro, you won't be able to get her. We can't put all our eggs in one basket. Some girls are just meant to be looked at."

"I was just talking nonsense."

Yu Shao shot him a sideways glance and said, "Who asked you to keep asking and asking?"

"No, then who did you have an affair with?"

Zhou De still felt that Yu Shao must have been unfaithful and was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Yu Shao reiterated, "I really didn't."

As a man whose psychological age was close to thirty, although his mindset had become much younger due to his rebirth, he genuinely couldn't develop an interest in a girl who was not yet eighteen.

Even with Xu Ziqin, he simply thought she was good-looking.

She was a bit too young.

He'd have to wait until she was eighteen, from a B-cup to a C-cup, right?

"Alright, bro, I believe you."

Zhou De stared intently at Yu Shao, saying with a serious expression, "But you have to promise me you won't like girls with long legs, big chests, and perky butts."

"Why?" Yu Shao was a little confused.

Zhou De patted Yu Shao's shoulder and said earnestly, "Because, bro, I like them too."

The next two days passed very uneventfully.

Just as Yu Shao had predicted, after two days of persistence, Zhou De finally forgot his past boasts, put down "38 Lectures on Go Fundamentals," and began to focus on "Why the Secluded Young Wife Doesn't Come Home at Night."

Poor Shen Yi of Jiangling, before he could even make a comeback, had already officially retired!

On Friday after school, Zhou De excitedly pulled Yu Shao to play games: "Old Yu, let's go! Friday's finally here, let's go to the internet cafe and play until we're blind!"

"Not going."

Yu Shao chose to refuse, "I've already lost so many points these past two days, I'd rather play solo at home!"

"Are points more important than friends?"

Zhou De looked indignant and persistently invited, "We guys are all waiting for you."

"Do I even need to ask?"

Yu Shao gave Zhou De a strange look, "Are games more important than girlfriends? Are you guys more important than having girlfriends?"

"Betraying friendship for lust!"

Zhou De angrily accused Yu Shao.

Yu Shao shrugged and continued to pack his textbooks.

"Come on, this time for real, I'll pay for the C!" Zhou De persuaded him a few more times.

"I'm really not going. I've been going every day these past few days, and my hands are numb from playing games." Yu Shao shook his head.

Seeing Yu Shao's firm attitude, Zhou De didn't insist further. He just threw out a parting shot: "When we rank up, Old Yu, you'll regret it!"

After saying that, Zhou De hooked arms with Old Zhang and a few other "valley ghosts" and hurried away.

Rank up, he'd believe it if he saw it!

He had fallen for Zhou De's nonsense the day before yesterday and was dragged to the internet cafe, only to slide all the way down.

Yesterday, under Zhou De's repeated invitations, he went again and was rewarded with a rank demotion.

Speaking of which, Zhou De and his group were quite interesting. From Monday to Friday, they kept losing points every time they played as a five-man team, but on weekends, they all chose to play solo and easily gained points.

When the weekend ended and they returned to school, they would start losing points again in their five-man team, as if the purpose of ranking up was just to rank down.

However, Yu Shao's unwillingness to go to the internet cafe today wasn't entirely due to fear of losing points. The main reason was that he had been going every day for the past two days and felt a bit tired.

Soon, Yu Shao finished packing his schoolbag, left the school, and started walking towards home.

As he walked, Yu Shao passed by the Shanhai Chess Hall again.

Just as Yu Shao was about to continue walking, the glass door of the Shanhai Chess Hall opened, and a man in his early thirties wearing a jacket walked out.

Upon seeing Yu Shao, the man in the jacket first froze for a moment, then immediately called out to him, "Hey! You there, student!"

Yu Shao stopped, turned his head, looked at the man in the jacket, and asked, "Who are you?"

"You don't know me."

The man in the jacket chuckled and said, "But I saw you playing that game with Little Zheng at the chess hall before. It was absolutely brilliant!"

"Then why did you call me over?" Yu Shao asked, confused.

"Uh..."

The man in the jacket gave an awkward laugh. "Actually, it's nothing. I just saw you and called out to you instinctively."

Hearing this, Yu Shao was a bit stunned.

"Oh, right."

The man in the jacket seemed to recall something. "In about a month, this year's professional Go tournament will be held, and Little Zheng will be participating."

"He said he wants to become a professional Go player."

"Before, he also wanted to become a professional player, but he always seemed rather nonchalant about it. However, I felt that after playing that game with you, he's changed."

The man in the jacket said with some emotion:

"Before, even though he played Go very well, he didn't know why he was playing. But now, he does."

"He also said he's looking forward to their next match after his Go skills improve further."

"I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder what kind of games you'll play then?"

The man in the jacket paused, then asked, "You'll probably become a professional Go player too in the future, right?"

Hearing this question, Yu Shao froze for a moment, hesitating.

"You're not planning to become a professional player?"

Seeing Yu Shao's reaction, the man in the jacket looked surprised.

"This... I don't know."

Yu Shao shook his head.

He hadn't really thought about this question. In his past life, he had become a professional player at the age of twelve and had lived his life surrounded by Go. In this life, he actually wanted to try living a different way.

"You don't know?"

The man in the jacket looked at Yu Shao, then suddenly shook his head and chuckled, "You definitely will."

I don't even know myself, but you know?

Yu Shao looked at the man in the jacket with some surprise.

"After all, how could someone who can play a game like that not want to become a professional player?"

The man in the jacket smiled. "If you didn't like Go, you absolutely couldn't play a game like that. If you love Go, how could you not want to become a professional player!"

"I'm also very curious, how far could a child like you go if you entered the professional Go world?"

"I'll be watching."

Hearing this, Yu Shao fell silent for a moment, unsure how to respond.

"Alright, I won't bother you any longer."

The man in the jacket waved his hand and smiled, "I have to go. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Yu Shao nodded, bid farewell to the man in the jacket, and continued on his way home.

As he walked home, Yu Shao couldn't help but recall what the man in the jacket had said to him.

'How could someone who can play a game like that not want to become a professional player?'

Yu Shao shook his head, let out a long sigh, and continued walking home.

Upon returning home, the meal was already prepared and laid out on the table. As usual, there was a note next to the food, reminding Yu Shao to reheat it.

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