Pei Yubai turned around and walked quickly to his side.
Qiguan Yuan gestured for him to sit down, and Pei Yubai sat down in response.
Qiguan Yuan casually poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him. Pei Yubai took it and drank a sip.
Song Zhuangyi and Qiguan Yuan have finished their game of chess.
Song Zhuangyi looked at the chessboard and put the pieces back one by one. When he got to the middle of the board, he stopped, thought for a moment, and then disassembled and rearranged them.
He stopped looking at the other guests and focused on studying the game.
Qiguan Yuan didn't disturb him, and stood up to walk to Shen Yuzhou's side.
On Shen Yuzhou's chessboard, the black and white pieces were intertwined. His black pieces were surrounded on three sides by the white pieces and had only one move left.
He looked up at Qiguan Yuan, his eyes pleading, " Brother Yuan, save me."
Qiguan Yuan picked up a black piece from the chess box beside him and placed it in the gap between the white pieces.
White's stones were cut off, and Black's stones broke through the middle and connected to the edge.
Shen Yuzhou's eyes lit up. "You can actually move here?" Qiguan Yuan didn't speak, but picked up another white piece and placed it next to the black piece.
White made a living group, and Black couldn't block it.
Qiguan Yuan removed the white stone and replaced it with a black stone, thus blocking the white stone's escape route.
"Go is not about killing, the key is in surrounding, little friend, try again." Qiguan Yuan put the Go pieces back in the box and let Shen Yuzhou make his move.
Shen Yuzhou took a step, Qiguan Yuan said, "Let's take another look."
Shen Yuzhou changed his position and looked up at Qiguan Yuan, Qiguan Yuan shook his head.
Shen Yuzhou picked up the chess piece, unsure where to put it.
Qiguan Yuan took his hand and guided him to place the chess piece on the chessboard.
"If you move here, White will block from this side. If you move here, White will retreat, and your pieces will live."
When the other guests saw Qiguan Yuan teaching Shen Yuzhou, they all gathered around to watch.
With Qiguan Yuan personally instructing them, they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.
Not to mention that Qiguan Yuan's chess skills are even better than those of the senior Song Zhuangyi.
The key point is that Qiguan Yuan is gentle.
If Pei Yubai had been the one to teach them, Shen Yuzhou's miserable state just now would probably have been repeated.
Pei Yubai's sharp tongue is indeed intimidating, making people keep their distance.
Qiguan Yuan picked up a black piece and placed it on the chessboard.
His fingers were long, with distinct knuckles, and his nails were neatly trimmed.
The chess piece landed on the board with a crisp sound, "Go has only two rules: when a piece has no liberties, it dies; when a piece has more territory, it wins. Everything else is a limitation you've imposed on yourselves."
Shen Yuzhou stared at his hands for several seconds, forgetting to look at the chess pieces.
Cheng Yanqiu stared at his hand, Lin Yanru stared at it too.
Even the most honest Jiang Wantang couldn't help but glance at Qiguan Yuan's hands.
The viewers in the live stream were just as focused on Qiguan Yuan's hands as the others.
His hands look beautiful when he holds the chess pieces, when he places them, and when he spins them between his fingers.
It looks good no matter how you look at it.
[ Yuanyuan's hands are longer than my life.]
[Hand fetishists rejoice, such beautiful hands!]
[Hehe, perfect for grabbing bed sheets]
[Sister Mud...]
[I actually stared at his hands for five minutes and forgot to look at the chess pieces.]
This person should be from the Go Association.
Pei Yubai sat in the seat that Qiguan Yuan had offered him, without moving.
His hands rested on his knees, his fingers slightly curled.
However, his gaze remained fixed on Qiguan Yuan.
Pei Yubai was thinking: if he told Yuanyuan he didn't know how to play chess now, would she teach him how to play step Yuanyuan step?
Qiguan Yuan has finished teaching.
Shen Yuzhou returned to his seat and continued setting up the chess pieces, while Cheng Yanqiu and Lin Yanru also went back.
Su He'an cleaned the chessboard and set up a new game.
Jiang Wantang also pondered for a moment, then arranged the dishes on a new plate.
Qiguan Yuan walked to a seat by the window and sat down.
The windows are large, and outside is the courtyard of the teahouse, where several bamboo trees grow, their leaves swaying gently in the wind.
He rested his hand on the wooden window frame, looking at the bamboo outside.
Pei Yubai glanced at the photographers around him and gave them a wink.
The photographers immediately understood his meaning: he didn't want them to take pictures, so they turned their cameras on the other guests.
Pei Yubai walked to the window, sat down next to Qiguan Yuan, put his arm around Qi Guanyuan's waist, and pulled him into his embrace.
Qiguan Yuan slightly and glanced at him.
" Yuanyuan, why aren't you replying to my messages?" Pei Yubai's voice was muffled in Qiguan Yuan's hair.
With Qiguan Yuan's scent filling his nostrils, Pei Yubai finally felt a little satisfied.
Qiguan Yuan reached into his sleeve and pulled out his fully charged phone.
The screen is turned on, WeChat is opened, WeChat the chat window is occupied by Pei Yubai.
He opened the input method, and the keyboard popped up, a 26-key layout with letters arranged on it.
Qiguan Yuan held his phone up to Pei Yubai, somewhat helplessly. "I've never seen these words before. Asking me to reply with these words, Pei Yubai, please be reasonable. This is really putting me in a difficult position."
Pei Yubai was taken aback for a moment.
He looked at the 26-key keyboard on the screen, then at Qiguan Yuan's face.
Qiguan Yuan's expression was very serious; he wasn't joking, he genuinely didn't recognize the alphabet and didn't know how to use it.
Pei Yubai stared at his face for two seconds, then explained in a serious tone that he didn't know pinyin. How cute, Yuanyuan!
His lips curled upwards, and he laughed out loud.
Qiguan Yuan looked at him. "What are you laughing at?"
Pei Yubai suppressed his smile, but the corners of his mouth remained curved.
" Yuanyuan didn't reply to me because she doesn't know the alphabet."
Qiguan Yuan put her phone into her sleeve. "Otherwise what? If we knew each other, I wouldn't bear not to reply, after all, my boyfriend gets jealous easily, doesn't he?"
Pei Yubai did not answer. He tightened his grip on Qiguan Yuan's waist.
"I'll teach you pinyin, do you want to learn?"
Qiguan Yuan glanced at him sideways. "Just tell me how to use this."
Pei Yubai released his waist, stood up, walked to the counter, and asked the clerk for paper and pen.
The waiter found a sheet of Xuan paper, a calligraphy brush, and a water pen, and handed them over together.
Pei Yubai and walked back to the window, sitting down next to Qiguan Yuan.
He spread the Xuan paper on the table and first wrote a line of words on the top of the paper with a water pen: initials, finals, and whole-syllable recognition.
He wrote down the initials in order: b, p, m, f, reciting them as he wrote.
Qiguan Yuan observed carefully.
After explaining each letter and how to spell it to Qiguan Yuan, Pei Yubai wrote down all twenty-six letters.
Then he took Qiguan Yuan's phone, opened the keypad, and showed it to Qiguan Yuan: "Isn't it the same?"
Pei Yubai then wrote a few Chinese characters at the bottom of the paper, with pinyin annotations next to them.
Qiguan Yuan watched for a while, then took the pen from Pei Yubai's hand and copied it.
Qiguan Yuan's learning ability is quite terrifying. After Pei Yubai wrote down a few words and spelled them out once, Qiguan Yuan understood exactly what the pinyin meant.
"I understand more or less." Qiguan Yuan placed the Xuan paper on the table.
Pei Yubai handed him the phone. "Give it a try."
Qiguan Yuan took the phone and opened the input method. The keyboard popped up, and he looked at the letters, his finger hovering above the screen.
He typed Pei Yubai's name on the keyboard.
Although he types very slowly, it's clear that Qiguan Yuan has already learned pinyin.
As for typing speed, it doesn't matter; it's not always slow anyway.
Qiguan Yuan typed a few more words, then tossed his phone into Pei Yubai's hand. "Tired."
Pei Yubai took the phone and glanced at the words he had typed.
"Very good." He smiled.
Qiguan Yuan looked at him. "What are you laughing at?"
Pei Yubai handed his phone to Qiguan Yuan: "It's nothing, I don't want to type. You can speak, Yuanyuan, the phone will convert it to text automatically, or you can send a voice message."
Qiguan Yuan glanced at him. "How do we do it?"
Pei Yubai opened the input method and pressed the microphone icon in the lower left corner of the keyboard. "Go ahead."
Qiguan Yuan stared at the lit microphone, somewhat confused. "Say what?"
A line of text appeared on the phone screen: What to say.
He picked up the phone, looked at it, and then handed it to Pei Yubai: "This one's alright."
It's not difficult, but typing is indeed a bit troublesome.
The other guests are still struggling with Go.
Song Zhuangyi only then remembered that he had promised to teach these guests, so he reluctantly put aside the game he was playing with Qiguan Yuan for the time being and went to observe the guests' situation.
Meng Xu held back for a long time before finally sending Pei Yubai a few messages.
First: Could you two appear on screen for a bit? The ratings are dropping. Dude, it's fine if your wife isn't a guest on the show, but she is!
Second point: I really didn't expect you to be such a love-obsessed guy.
Article 3: Do you still remember your brother by Lake Baikal? Hi!
Pei Yubai replied to the message.
Meng Xu immediately signaled to the photographer to include the two of them in the shot.
Because it involved work, Meng Xu would get angry if he continued to slack off, so Pei Yubai had no choice but to stand up, walk over to Shen Yuzhou, and continue teaching him how to play chess.
I'll also help Song Zhuangyi with his work.
When Shen Yuzhou saw Pei Yubai approaching, he shrank back slightly and said, " Brother Pei, I can do it myself, I can do it myself."
Pei Yubai sat down next to him. "You go, I'll watch, I won't scold you."
Shen Yuzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief and began playing chess under Pei Yubai's gaze.
Qiguan Yuan did not go to Pei Yubai's place.
He picked up the calligraphy brush on the table and dipped it in the inkstone. There were still a few sheets of Xuan paper left, so he casually picked one up, laid it flat, and drew an arc on the paper with the tip of the brush.
The comments section noticed this as soon as Qiguan Yuan started writing.
Is Yuanyuan drawing?
[He can also draw?]
[Is this a tree? It's so beautiful!]
[Wow, that's amazing! Yuanyuan so easily, sketching the shape of a tree in just a few strokes.]
Qiguan Yuan added a few strokes to the tree branches, making them hang down from the trunk.
The lines hanging down are dense, fine, and hang down one by one.
People with good memories quickly recognized it in the live chat.
[This is Tree of Fate ]
[The tree in his yard when I first met Yuanyuan ]
[Yes, that's the one.]
[I remember, the whole tree was covered in red lines.]
[The last time I saw this tree was when I first met Yuanyuan; this man instantly captivated me.]
Qiguan Yuan finished drawing the lines hanging down from the tree branches and put down his pen.
He looked at the tree on the paper, then picked it up and examined it against the light coming from the window.
The ink on the paper wasn't dry yet; the ink was darker where the strokes met and lighter where the brush tip ended.
He put the paper back on the table and beckoned the waiter. "Do you have cinnabar?"
The waiter thought for a moment, "No, we do have red ink, is that alright?"
Qiguan Yuan nodded. The waiter brought over a bottle of red ink and placed it on the table.
Qiguan Yuan unscrewed the bottle cap and dipped the pen tip inside.
The pen tip was stained red, and he began to draw lines on the branches of the tree on the paper.
Red lines hang down from the branches, one by one, thin and dense.
After Qiguan Yuan finished his painting, Shen Yuzhou finally finished his chess game.
Pei Yubai looked at his chess game and said, "You've passed." Shen Yuzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
All the guests successfully passed Song Zhuangyi's test.
Meng Xu walked in from the door and announced the end of today's recording.
The guests packed up their things, Shen Yuzhou picked up the chess pieces one by one and put them back in the chess box, Cheng Yanqiu wiped the chessboard clean.
Lin Yanru put the notebook into her bag, and while Su He'an was tidying up her own desk, she also tidied up Lin Yanru's desk.
Jiang Wantang collected all the chess pieces from the board.
After all, we're learning on someone else's turf, so at the very least, we should clean up the teahouse after we leave.
Song Zhuangyi walked up to Qiguan Yuan, glanced at the painting on the table, and stared at it for a while. "Is this tree real?"
Qiguan Yuan nodded without saying anything more.
Song Zhuangyi didn't ask any further questions. He picked up the painting, looked at it, and then put it down again.
He doesn't study painting much, but he can still tell that it is indeed a good painting.
"If you come again next time, I'll have someone prepare even better tea."
Qiguan Yuan responded with a "Okay".
It was almost dark when Pei Yubai and Qiguan Yuan left the teahouse.
Back at their lodgings, Pei Yubai took the envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Qiguan Yuan: "This is your ID card, Yuanyuan."
Qiguan Yuan took the envelope, pulled out the ID card, glanced at it, and put it back.
Pei Yubai took out Qiguan Yuan's phone and helped him upgrade its functions.
Then, when he saw the Weibo icon, he finally remembered Xiao Yuan Grains would come to his Weibo every day to whine and complain.
They've always wanted Yuanyuan to open Weibo.
So Pei Yubai asked Qiguan Yuan for his opinion.
Qiguan Yuan didn't care; he didn't understand this so-called phone anyway. But he was surprised to hear that Xiao Yuan Grains had been asking for it for a long time.
He decided to grant this small request from his many little Yuanyuan.
Therefore, Qiguan Yuan agreed.
Pei Yubai took out his phone, opened Weibo, and went to the registration page.
He handed the phone to Qiguan Yuan: " Yuanyuan, try writing your name yourself."
Qiguan Yuan took the phone and typed his name on the screen with his finger: Qiguan Yuan.
The system has indicated that the nickname is already taken.
Qiguan Yuan: "???"
"I can't be called Qiguan Yuan? Then what should I be called?" Qiguan Yuan, looking puzzled.
Pei Yubai explained, "Your name, Yuanyuan, is very popular online, so it's not surprising that others use it. You could try to come up with a longer name."
Qiguan Yuan thought for a moment and typed: Yuan Arrives Between Yu.
This time, there was no notification that it had already been used.
Pei Yubai filled out the remaining steps for Qiguan Yuan: phone number verification and profile picture upload.