Chapter 329 Girl's Dependence
Senior Brother Jiang, what are you still standing there stunned for? Quickly greet the Martial Uncle!"
Jiang Hanyi: "..."
This is too much bullying!
Calling the little girl Martial Aunt was one thing, after all, the seniority is there, but to make him call the kid before his eyes Martial Uncle—he absolutely couldn't bring himself to say it.
Moreover, Jiang Hanyi could see that this kid was intentionally making him lose face. For a moment, his face turned dark.
"Hmph!"
Jiang Hanyi slumped back onto the reclining chair, squinting his eyes and said: "Kid, come in if you want to come in. My attitude was bad just now, I apologize to you and Martial Aunt Ning. But wanting me to call you Martial Uncle? Absolutely impossible!"
Hearing this, Ye Fan spread his hands, turned his head towards Gu Ziyi, and nodded, indicating, "Sister Ziyi, let's go inside."
Whether he called him that or not wasn't important at all.
What was important was Jiang Hanyi's apology!
Gu Ziyi shot Jiang Hanyi a glare, took Ning Xi's hand again, and led the two inside.
Along the way, the various quaint and ancient buildings were a novelty to Ning Xi, making her look left and right.
Gu Ziyi smiled and explained for her: "Little Xi, the buildings here have existed for at least several hundred years, but most were already damaged. What you see now has been repaired later."
"Mm, but they are still very beautiful."
Ning Xi nodded her delicate head gently, retracted her gaze, and asked softly: "Sister Ziyi, why did Teacher Gu want me to come to the Daochang to learn Go? Can't I do it at home?"
Gu Ziyi had long known Ning Xi would ask this and explained with a smile: "Grandfather said the atmosphere for learning Go here is better. At home, he can only teach you some basic theory. The Daochang is different; it gathers Go geniuses from all over the country. Here, you can freely play against these geniuses."
"To improve your Go strength, real matches are undoubtedly the fastest way. Do you have any other questions?"
"None."
Ning Xi shook her head, turned to look at Ye Fan following behind, hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Sister Ziyi, can Ye Fan also come to the Daochang to learn Go?"
This was what she cared about most!
"Him?"
As she spoke, a strange look appeared in Gu Ziyi's expression, and a wry smile touched her lips. "Little Xi, do you think Ye Fan still needs to come to the Daochang to learn Go? With his level, who could teach him?"
Ning Xi's brow furrowed slightly. "Doesn't that mean Ye Fan can't come to the Daochang in the future?"
"Of course not."
Gu Ziyi glanced at Ye Fan with a chuckle. "Didn't I say earlier? Ye Fan received Teacher Guo Yuan's direct recruitment spot, but he doesn't need to attend classes. He can freely enter and exit the Daochang. You don't need to worry about this."
Hearing this, Ning Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief. She turned her head, blinked at Ye Fan, shallow dimples appearing on her cheeks, beautiful and moving.
Ye Fan couldn't help but smile along with her.
To this day, the little thing seemed to rely on him more and more. No matter what she did, she wanted to pull him along.
If Gu Ziyi had said he couldn't come to the Daochang in the future, intuition told Ye Fan that Ning Xi wouldn't learn Go at the Daochang either.
The feeling of being relied upon by this girl was quite nice...
The two followed Gu Ziyi to the Xunlong Chess Room. At this time, the match between Gu Yun and Guo Yuan was already nearing its end. The game situation was quite tense; without counting, it was impossible to determine the winner.
As soon as they entered, all the students in the chess room looked over, most of their gazes lingering on Ning Xi.
Although Ning Xi's face was currently covered by a mask, her fine figure and sweet, quiet temperament still made many male students' eyes light up.
Only a few female students had their attention fall on Ye Fan.
"So handsome!"
This was the only thought of the few female students!
Guo Yuan also noticed Ye Fan and Ning Xi walking in. His furrowed brow slowly relaxed, and he waved smilingly at Ye Fan. "Little friend, come lend a hand. Where do you think I should place this last stone?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the students' eyes widened.
"What?"
"What's this person's background?"
One must know, among Go players during a match, the biggest taboo is someone giving opinions from a bystander's perspective!
But from Guo Yuan's demeanor, there was absolutely no concern in this regard. This meant that this young man was not only familiar with Guo Yuan 9-dan but also very familiar with Gu Yun 9-dan.
Only a very familiar relationship would allow such casualness.
But no matter how everyone thought about it, they couldn't figure it out.
Why would a young man who looked no older than twenty have such a good relationship with the only two 9-dan Go players in Xia Country?
"Very unscientific..."
Amidst everyone's surprised and puzzled gazes, Ye Fan walked to the side of the game board, quickly glanced at the situation on the board, and said lightly: "Teacher Guo, placing the last stone anywhere won't change the result."
"Haha..."
Gu Yun laughed heartily, pointing at Guo Yuan's nose and mocking: "Old Guo, admit defeat!"
Guo Yuan was so angry his beard bristled and eyes glared. He brought up old scores, "Old Gu, what are you being arrogant about? Even if I lost this game, it was a narrow defeat. Last time at your place, you suffered a crushing defeat!"
"Why bring up things from the past?"
Gu Yun waved his hand dismissively, saying: "Let's talk about the game right here, right now. You lost, I won."
Watching the two highly respected 9-dan Go players arguing noisily, Ning Xi, standing beside Gu Ziyi, stifled a laugh and whispered: "Sister, the two teachers are so cute."
Gu Ziyi helplessly shrugged her fragrant shoulders and touched her forehead, saying: "They are always like this. They can't exchange two sentences without starting to argue."
Ye Fan looked at the Go board again with a strange expression on his face. After confirming his earlier calculation was correct, his gaze fell on Gu Yun. "Um... Teacher Gu, I never said you won this game."
The smile on Gu Yun's face instantly froze.
"Wha-?"
The reversal came so quickly...
Guo Yuan was also stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening. He immediately burst into laughter, returning a wave of mockery, "Old Gu, what did you say just now? I didn't quite hear clearly. Say it again?"
Gu Yun: "..."
Awkwardness capitalized!
Just then, a youth who looked about seventeen or eighteen raised his hand and stood up, saying in a deep voice: "Teachers, I think in this game, White has the upper hand. Barring any accidents, White should ultimately win by half a point."
These words were spoken with such confidence.
Ye Fan glanced at this person with considerable surprise, couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
"Only seeing the surface, not entering the Way of Go!" (止观于表象,不入棋道!)
Gu Yun, however, became interested. Pointing at this youth, he introduced him to Ye Fan: "His name is Duan Yue. He ranks first in comprehensive results among this batch of students. He's a rare and promising seedling."
Ye Fan nodded but didn't say anything.
Noticing Gu Yun's gaze looking over, Duan Yue straightened his chest and proactively spoke: "Teacher Gu, I believe the final winner should be you. What this person said is incorrect."
"This person?"
Hearing Duan Yue's form of address for him, Ye Fan found it quite amusing. An indifferent voice sounded.
"My name is Ye Fan. You think what I said is incorrect?"
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