Chapter 632: Spring goes and autumn comes
“...Eh? Yu Hong?!”
Time flies, and time flies to the 23rd.
At six o'clock in the afternoon that day, the evening in Jiangnan, China seemed particularly pleasant.
Sun Yi, who had just defeated Xiong Siyi and walked out of the game room, looked a little surprised to see his daughter still standing outside the game room.
"Aren't you going to compete in Border and Mongolia the day after tomorrow? Why are you still here?"
"Hehe~
"There are only two days left, do I want to spend more time with you? ! "
Liu Yuhong said with a smile:
"Good boy, you played a good game of chess today!
"You have a very high winning rate against the Cubs recently, which is completely different from the previous two years!"
"Ah, thank you."
Sun Yi responded briefly, then smiled self-deprecatingly:< br>
“…It’s a pity that it’s better to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause!”
“Uh… I just lost a little more than Xiaolei! Your grades in other places are still very good! Last time Yue Pioneer also won four consecutive victories!”
Seeing that the male vote was not in a high mood, Liu Yuhong continued to comfort him:
"What's more... your situation is much better than Rui Zhao! She has more losers!"
"Ah, Yu Hong, please stop talking! It makes me feel a little embarrassed!"
The face of Yixian at that time couldn't help but blush slightly:
"Since the king of kings has only After one win and four losses, her performance has been bad. I wonder if I have passed on the so-called "strength determiner" to her!
"Obviously she is very stable when it comes to abuse of food, but for some reason, she gets weird when she encounters a master chess player, and even makes inexplicable mistakes that she didn't have before...
"We have won three games and six games in the Weijia League so far. Losing, she stopped in the first round of the national championship, and also stopped in the top 16 of the Tongge Cup - she even lost to the Prodigal in the Tongge Cup qualifiers, and she was qualified to compete in this competition because she got a wild card from the organizer!
“I just can’t figure it out. Isn’t her participation in the preliminaries of the women’s group a massacre? Why does she have to squeeze into the open group! This has caused a lot of villains to say that she relies entirely on the organizers to take care of her... "
"Ah, I asked her about this when I was in South Korea with her in the middle of this month."
Little Bird took over and said:
"What she means is that she really doesn't want to be left behind in the women's competition, even if it's the women's qualifier for the World Championships...
"If it weren't for the national honor, she wouldn't even be interested in the Lakeside Cup. Think about it! She was quite happy to see me end the game in the end..."
"Hey...I don't even know what to say to her. "
Sun Yi shrugged helplessly:
"Obviously, she is obsessed with the Ice Queen's 0-3 record. Some people have always used it to make trouble, and some people even began to think that she I will throw away [Zhaojun] next month!
“I really don’t care about public opinion at all!
“Hey, that’s right! How is Rui Zhao doing in the first round this time?
"I remember she met a prodigal son again this time. Did she succeed in revenge?"
"Ah..."
Liu Yuhong sighed helplessly. Tone:
"No, she lost again."
As Queen Liu said - in the first round of the Changqi Cup on October 23, 2025, Rui Zhao lost to Lang Haishen. Sorry to be out.
At this time, five full months have passed since the opening of the 2024 King of Kings Tournament...
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“Brother Lang, congratulations on winning the first battle!”
At 7:30 pm on the same day, in the restaurant of the Meida Plaza Hotel in Zhengze City.
Zhuang Zheng substituted fruit juice for wine and gave a small toast to Lang Haishen, who also won the first round today.
This time Dongjiang team is the only one to enter the Changqi Cup. It is a pleasure to both enter the top 16 after the first round. So having a meal together in the evening is a small treat. Be happy.
After clinking glasses, the two of them took a sip of their drinks, and Zhuang Zheng started talking again:
“I think people like Dai Gong and Ni Jue are starting to go downhill now, but Brother Lang, you are still in the same shape as before. !
“He is indeed the record holder for the youngest person in China to win the World Championship! "
"Ah, that's it, neither up nor down. ”
The prodigal son, who won his first and only world championship at the age of sixteen, casually said modestly and was not too excited.
Zhuang Zheng is also used to this - although Lang Haishen is nicknamed "The Prodigal", this title corresponds to his chess style that often gambles and cures orphans, so he appears to be very promiscuous. In his daily life, he is still low-key and restrained.
However, habits are habits, but Zhuang Zheng has always been more outgoing, and he still kept looking for topics to talk about:
"Hey, this is the third time you have defeated Rui Zhao this year, right?"
"Well...indeed."
The prodigal son in question simply did the math and then replied:
"The last round of the Tongge Cup qualifiers, the fifth round of the Siege League...and then this time."
"Haha...I guess I saw you beat Rui Zhao again today, and Coach Shan again I’m in a great mood!
“He and Lao Lei Jiuduan also hold grudges, and it’s because they got into each other’s arms! "Zhuang Zheng couldn't help but joked:
"Last time, after you defeated Rui Zhao head-on in the fifth round, the coach got angry and said that some chess players were arrogant after just winning a mere semi-final. This time I might send a WeChat message to ridicule Lao Lei Jiuduan again!
“However, when we just finished the relegation battle, Rui Zhao was really in the limelight for a while! Later, when he entered the semi-finals of the Spring Orchid Cup, he was even more comparable to Mr. Wu. It really scared me. Big jump!
"It's a pity...it hurt Zhongyong in the back!"
"It hurt Zhongyong...?"
Lang Haishen repeated the word the other party said, his tone There seems to be an indescribable meaning in it:
“You mean... Rui Zhao?”
"Yes!"
Zhuang Zheng, who was asked, felt a little baffled by this question:
"Although her performance in the Yingyi Cup last year and the Spring Orchid Cup this year was indeed that of a future master. Taste, but when she competes in the King of Kings, she can clearly feel the gap between her and the top chess players.
"To be honest, from a female chess player's perspective, she is already very strong, but it's a pity! After all, she is a girl. After all, it was a little bit short...
“And after that, she basically didn’t achieve anything, and her achievements in armor were hard to describe.
"Now Chu Jun and Little Witch have both been promoted to eighth level, and she is still in the seventh level. Why didn't she hurt Zhongyong?"
"But this time in the Changqi Cup preliminaries, she was the last one. The winner is Chu Jun. "
The prodigal son replied briefly:
"Moreover, it can be said that Xiao Chu was beaten the whole time and had no chance."
< br>“……
"...Yes, really?"
After an awkward silence, Zhuang Zheng finally squeezed out a sentence.
In fact, Zhuang Zheng had always been a little gloating about the dismal performance of Queen Zhao Tian.
After all, the Dongjiang team also intended to introduce Rui Zhao at that time, but the Queen Zhao didn't give any face at all, and she was no longer the main general. As a member of the Dongjiang team, Zhuang Zheng couldn't stand this attitude.
Because of this, Zhuang Zheng was naturally relieved to see Zhao Tianhou’s recent poor performance. With the change in media public opinion, he looked down upon this domestic female elder sister, thinking that Rui Zhao’s previous Achievements are short-lived.
But Chu Jun, whose performance has risen rapidly recently, still hasn't defeated Rui Zhao?
Ah this...
While Zhuang Zheng was still a little unable to react, Lang Haishen continued:
"To be honest, Xiao Zhuang, I actually quite admire Rui. Zhao!
“After the fifth round of the Siege, I had a good chat with this fellow of mine, and also talked about the matter of hurting Zhongyong, and told him a little bit about me. experience to encourage her.
"To be honest, the temptations she faces in this capacity are extremely huge, and even the slightest thought may cause her performance to decline significantly.
"But in the end, I feel that she has done everything so far. Very good: I have been concentrating on practicing chess, and I have never meant to "visit the people in the city".
“Even after she lost to me today, she was very active in reviewing the match with me, and she didn’t seem to be slacking off or frustrated at all.”
“However, her recent record is indeed relatively poor. ..."
"That's because she was chosen as the main general, and she got a hard draw. It's just bad luck!"
Lang Haishen replied without thinking:
"Xiao Lei, Sun Hou'er, Xiao Ji, Yuan Zhu, me, Brother Hen, Lele, Xiao Li... Which of the group of people she lost was not at the top of the list? A strong nine in the tenth or early tenth place?
"Xiaozhuang, look at her recent schedule and ask yourself: If you were to play in such a series, how much better would your results be than hers?
"And she... is only twenty years old yet!"
"Uh..."
For a moment, Zhuang Zheng was speechless.
In today's society, many things are easily guided by public opinion.
As a celebrity who was previously promoted by the government and became very popular, Rui Zhao is naturally famous on the Internet.
How many people praised her when her grades were good, and how many people made her worse when her grades were not good - anyway, for media and public opinion, popularity and emotion are the most important, and the facts are not important. .
But putting aside the nature of many public opinion analyzes outside, he suddenly discovered that this Chinese Zhaojun, who had been controversial due to his declining performance, still seemed to have considerable strength!
"...Wait, it's equivalent to saying:
" Rui Zhao has just been a little unable to win against strong opponents recently, but is his strength still there?
“It’s like a weakened version of Monkey King?!”
“Hmm…
“This statement may not be accurate…”
Lang Hai pondered deeply for a while and gave his own judgment:
"Sun Hou'er, it's true that every time you face off, you can't perform beyond your level and can only point at the opponent for making mistakes. But now Liu Both the young master and Xiao Lei make very few mistakes, so they suppressed him hard.
“As for Rui Zhao, I always feel...
“She doesn’t seem to be. I don’t care much about winning or losing against the top players.”
(End of Chapter)