"Monkey, let's go eat!"
At 5:30 in the evening on December 27, Zhigao Junrui Hotel, Zhigao City, Suhu Province.
The qualifiers for the Sixth Dream Lily Cup World Go Championship will be held here tomorrow.
Liu Yuhong, who had just checked in, put his luggage in the room, then came to the men's room and asked Sun Hou'er to have dinner with him.
This time in the Dream Lily Cup, Liu Yuhong and Sun Yi will participate in the preliminaries.
It goes without saying that Xiao Xiaoniao wants to participate in the preliminaries - the only "monster" among female chess players who can directly exchange [international competition points] for a seed spot in the World Championships is Rui Zhao.
Although Sun Houer has won two World Championship semi-finals this year, he has been exchanging World Championship seeds because he has not won any domestic championships. Currently, his [international competition points] are lower than those of Lei Qi, Zhuang Zheng, and Zhu Yuanjun. , Rui Zhao and Xiong Siyi could not be directly selected for this competition as seeds, so they had to start from the preliminaries honestly, and they also came to Zhigao City honestly with the female votes after finishing yesterday's tenth round. .
"Ah, okay."
Sun Yi responded after hearing the words, and then put on a smile:
"Well...what do you want to eat?
“I’ll look for it on the review software!”
“No, just have a simple meal at the hotel’s restaurant of your choice!”
The little bird glanced at the male ticket's expression and naturally made the simplest choice, trying every means to prevent the male ticket from spending more time and energy on other things.
Although after losing the title of [Yixian], Sun Hou'er seemed to the outside world to have nothing wrong with him.
Even during the award ceremony, Sun Yi acted very free and easy. He made fun of himself and made the audience laugh. He also generously wished Lei Qi, China's first four-title holder, in the upcoming competition. Achieve better results for the country in the Dream Lily Cup and the Nongshim Cup later in the year.
But...
Others may not be able to see it, but as the closest person, how could Liu Yuhong not know the actual situation!
After returning to the room after the award ceremony, Sun Yi could no longer hold back the feeling of loss in his heart. He started sobbing directly in the arms of the female vote-getter, and his mood collapsed for half an hour! The frustration is palpable!
Liu Yuhong just kept comforting the silly monkey in his arms, and was not surprised at all by Sun Yi's reaction.
Rather, if Sun Yi can really act like a normal person at this time, then she is really weird!
In the early winter of 2021, the title [Yixian] was first created. At that time, everyone in the industry felt that Lin Ruixin, who was undoubtedly the number one person in the country at that time, would be the biggest favorite to be the first Yixian - after all, it was also the first [National Player] created that summer. The title was also given to Lin Daqi Sheng who was the first to try it out.
However, what people never expected was that Sun Yi, who had been ridiculed as "cannot even play female chess players" since losing to Shuangbi in the Rookie King finals, would suddenly emerge and win his first unlimited slow chess game in one fell swoop. Contest champion! The entire Chinese chess world was shocked, and everyone thought that Sun Houer was somewhat auspicious in the Yi Xian Tournament.
Taking this as a sign, Lao Yu Jiuduan's most proud and troubled disciple has officially entered the ranks of China's top chess players!
Although Sun Houer later became a "strength and weakness judge", he has been unable to advance further into the finals of the World Series. Even the domestic champions have never been able to win.
But only the title of [Yixian] has become Sun Yi's private territory, and he has held it to this day. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is his last asset.
However, fate seemed to be playing a big joke on Sun Yi.
In the past few years, when his ambition was average, he could hold on to the title of [Yixian]. However, this year, when his chess ability has obviously improved to a higher level and he most urgently needs to achieve results, he has been left behind! It was as if even Xiangrui from the Yixian battle had abandoned him!
At this point, it is a foregone conclusion that Sun Yi will not win a championship this year.
Especially since October, he first unexpectedly lost to Zhuang Zheng when Lei Qi was unexpectedly eliminated and was very likely to win the Changqi Cup. Then he was defeated by his junior sister in the quarterfinals in the Masters Tournament where he had high hopes. The battle was sent out of the field.
In the next two international competitions, the Nongshim Cup won six consecutive games before being eliminated by Ryu Se-hyun, who played early. The LIG Cup once again reached the semi-finals, but was once again blocked from the finals by Ryu Se-hyun like a movie replaying.
It is clear that the strength has improved more than before, but it is reflected in the performance that it does not advance but retreats!
Under such circumstances, the reality of losing the title of [Yixian] seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. Suddenly, Sun Yi, who had been working hard to maintain his condition and compete seriously in every game, finally experienced fluctuations in his performance.
Yesterday, in the tenth round of the siege against the Qiantang team, Sun Yi was once again overthrown by Xiong Siyi, who had been suppressing him for more than a year. Liu Yuhong could clearly feel that Sun Yi was not in good condition.
What makes the reigning Queen even more worried is some of the current public opinions on the Internet.
In competitive sports, results speak for themselves.
A series of failures caused the public's ill will towards Sun Yi to burst out - especially since he often participated in Rui Zhao's live sparring, which made countless Zhaohei directly regard Sun Hou'er as an excuse to bully Rui Zhao. Object, to prove that "playing chess with a bad chess basket will make it more and more smelly".
Liu Yuhong didn't know how much her male fans had noticed these gossips on the Internet, but she only knew that she must do her best to support Sun Yi right now!
After all...this is the obedient monkey she chose!
If she doesn't take care of her, who will take care of her? ! !
Seeing that the male ticket was obviously pretending to be happy, Liu Yuhong tried his best to make his tone as relaxed as possible, picked up the topic and said:
"Monkey, you don't need to set too high goals for yourself this time for the Lily Cup in your dream. You have been tired for a year, and no one needs a break!
"If you have time, let's find a place to hang out for two days! It'll just help me relax before the Queen's war!"
As Queen Liu spoke, she glanced at the expression of her husband, ready to adapt accordingly:
"...Including, don't put any pressure on proposing marriage during the Chinese New Year, just bring your uncle and aunt over!
"My parents have always listened to me. After the Queen's battle this time, I will go to them first to talk everything over. Don't worry about grades or other messy things!"
Sun Yi seemed slightly surprised when he heard his girlfriend's words, but then he smiled and said clearly:
"Um...Yu Hong, I'm sorry to make you worry.
"I didn't play well in the game of chess with Little Bear yesterday, but after that Rui Zhao sent me another WeChat message to comfort me. Now I feel much better. You don't have to worry too much."
"Ah..."
Liu Yuhong blinked, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"It seems... Junior sister's comfort is more effective than mine?!" Ah, no! That's not what I meant! ”
Sun Yi, who accidentally provoked the proposition, quickly waved his hand and said:
"It's just... seeing a little guy like her saying she wants to clear my name, I always feel that I have to cheer up!
"Here, look!"
After saying that, Sun Yi quickly showed the chat record with his junior sister to his female assistant with the intention of "proving his innocence".
On the screen were several WeChat messages sent by Zhaojun last night:
[Senior Brother Sun, I feel like you are not in such good shape today...]
[I heard from others that recently, because of me, there seem to be a lot of unkind remarks towards you, senior brother. I don’t know if this has affected you. I’m really sorry! 】
【I don’t know how to help you, but anyway...】
[I will try my best to play well in the next games! This proves that you, Senior Brother Sun, who has been sparring with me and still has the upper hand, are definitely one of the top three chess players in the world! 】
"Well...
"'One of the top three chess players'..."
After reading these WeChat messages, Liu Yuhong couldn't help but chuckle:
"It's so complimentary and specific, no wonder you find it so helpful!"
"It's not a compliment...
"This idiot always thinks of something and talks about it - I really can't defeat Master Liu and Xiao Lei now!"
Sun Houer made a rare rebuttal to the female ticket, with a slight grievance in his tone.
"Haha, compliments are not inconsistent with facts!"
Liu Yuhong took advantage of the situation and took the man's arm, pulling him towards the restaurant:
"Then...since you said so, you can't lose her!
"She will go to Japan for the celebrity competition the day after tomorrow. I heard that there are a lot of media attention there!"
"I understand!
"Whether I can beat Young Master Liu or Xiao Lei, at least I won't overturn in the qualifiers..."
…
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"The media...are there so many?!"
At two o'clock in the afternoon on December 30, Higashi City Hano International Airport.
Rui Zhao, who had just arrived in Japan by plane not long ago, couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the media reporters who had almost surrounded the airport exit three times inside and three times outside.
But...it was just a small surprise.
Celebrity Zhaojun sighed softly, adjusted his body condition, and then continued walking towards the wall of people at the exit with his head held high, without any cowardice at all.
Seeing this reaction, Ai Jian'an, who has had relatively little direct contact with Rui Zhao in the past two years, was stunned for a moment, and then started to laugh as if he remembered something:
"Xiao Zhaomiao, you have grown up too!
"I remember that more than two years ago you came to Dongdu to participate in the first stage of the Lakeside Cup. The number of reporters who came was not as good as this. As a result, you were so frightened that you hid behind me and didn't dare to come out! < br>
"As a result, now I am not afraid at all!"
"Ah...
"Then, at that time, I was just a junior second-dan! It's normal to hide."
Even though Ai Jian'an mentioned the embarrassing incident, Queen Zhao's cheeks turned slightly red. But other than that, the whole person is much more calm than two years ago:
"But...
"Now I can no longer hide behind others, and no one can stand in front of me anymore...
"Senior Brother Ni, let alone talking about it, now even Senior Brother Sun is not in the position of [Yixian].
"Now...I am a celebrity in China, one of the only two unlimited title holders in China!
“This time when I came back to Japan, I represented my country and was invited to participate in a competition between the two countries’ reigning celebrities!
"If I don't even see my opponent this time, but I panic when I see the media's criticism, I will be laughed at."
"Ah...my little Hanhan is really growing up!"
Looking at the current Zhaojun who has lost her virginity as a girl but is still pure, beautiful and unparalleled in elegance, Ai Jian'an couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"Then, let's go, Xiao Zhaomiao!
"Give them a little Zhaojun shock in Japan!"
"Yeah!"(End of this chapter)