Chapter 347 No Matter What, I Just Won't Let Go
In the Chess Room.
Jiang Hanyi, full of excitement, quickly set up the board for Ye Fan and Yin Ziye's match. Sitting across from him were Gu Yun and Guo Yuan, and standing behind them was Gu Ziyi, who was staring intently at the chessboard.
"Little Jiang, you called us here so urgently just to set up a demonstration game for us to watch?"
Gu Yun was the first to voice the doubt in his heart.
Guo Yuan and Gu Ziyi both nodded along. Just from the current situation that Jiang Hanyi had set up, it was clearly a demonstration game; what was there to see?
Hearing this, Jiang Hanyi's smile became even wider, "Ancestor Gu, you can tell it's a demonstration game too?"
Gu Yun's gray brows raised slightly, and he said gruffly, "Nonsense, Black's handicap is so obvious. Although I'm old, I'm not blind yet."
Realizing he had misspoken, Jiang Hanyi chuckled awkwardly and quickly explained, "Ancestor Gu, Teacher Guo, Ziyi; don't be in a hurry. Let me finish setting it up first, and then I'll explain."
As he spoke, his hands moved even faster, and in less than two minutes, he had completely displayed the match to the three of them — of course, except for Ye Fan's final move.
Guo Yuan frowned in surprise, "Huh? Old Gu, isn't this a demonstration game? This... Black lost!"
Gu Yun stared closely at the board, his expression full of confusion, muttering, "It shouldn't be. From Black's earlier moves, it was obviously a demonstration game. How could it end up with White playing a brilliant move and turning the tables? Did he fail to control the situation?"
Gu Ziyi didn't say anything, silently staring at the chessboard.
Hearing their conversation, Jiang Hanyi chuckled mysteriously, "Ancestor, Teacher Guo, guess who played this game?"
Gu Yun glared at him and said, "Just say it already!"
"Ahem—"
Jiang Hanyi shrank his neck and explained with an embarrassed smile, "Today, Li Dongzhou from the Go Dojo brought three students to challenge us. This game was between Ye Fan and Yin Tianhua's grandson, Yin Ziye. Ye Fan played Black, and Yin Ziye played White."
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yun and Guo Yuan immediately became interested and examined the board again, finding more and more doubts as they looked.
"Ye Fan played Black? You must be mistaken. With his strength, it's impossible for him to lose to his peers!"
Guo Yuan's words further confirmed Ye Fan's strength, making Jiang Hanyi's heart tighten slightly. He quickly said, "Teacher Guo, I'm absolutely not mistaken; Ye Fan definitely played Black first."
Gu Yun's brows furrowed deeply as he muttered to himself, "Given the current situation, Black is doomed to lose. What on earth was Ye Fan thinking? With such a huge advantage earlier, he could have ended the game at any time!"
The silent Gu Ziyi, noticing the hidden smile on Jiang Hanyi's face, asked, "Senior Brother Jiang, who won this game?"
This question hit the key point!
Jiang Hanyi clapped his hands and laughed, "As expected of Little Junior Sister, great question! Ye Fan won this game. I didn't set up his final move yet."
As he spoke, he looked at Gu Yun and Guo Yuan, "Ancestor Gu, Teacher Guo, can you find the single move that turns the game around?"
"Single move to turn the game?"
Gu Yun and Guo Yuan repeated these words in unison and bowed their heads, pondering.
Gu Ziyi also held her breath, staring at the board. However, no matter how she tried, she couldn't see any hope for Black to turn the game around, let alone with just a single move — such an unrealistic thing.
Thus, the chess room fell into silence for nearly twenty minutes.
Gu Yun and Guo Yuan, with a tacit understanding, raised their heads at the same time, exchanged a glance, and jointly said the answer.
"Four-thirteen!"
"Exactly!"
Jiang Hanyi's spirit lifted, and he placed the Black piece he had been holding for twenty minutes onto the spot at Four-thirteen, while secretly sighing in his heart.
Truly worthy of being a professional ninth-dan master!
If he hadn't witnessed this game with his own eyes, he would never have thought there was a possibility for a single move to turn the game!
"Brilliant!"
Guo Yuan sighed with admiration.
Gu Yun nodded and said, "Yes, indeed brilliant. This demonstration game was played excellently!"
Jiang Hanyi voiced the doubt that had been pressing on his heart, "Ancestor Gu, was this Go prodigy Ye Fan nurtured by you or by Teacher Guo?"
After the dojo challenge ended, he immediately went to the student records room to check Ye Fan's file and learned Ye Fan's exact age.
Eighteen years old!
When he saw this age, his jaw almost dropped!
An eighteen-year-old young man — how could he possibly have such an outrageous level of Go?
It simply didn't make sense!
Thinking it over, the only reasonable explanation was that Ye Fan must have been secretly nurtured by masters like Gu Yun or Guo Yuan.
However, Gu Yun and Guo Yuan both showed very strange expressions and shook their heads.
Now, Jiang Hanyi was completely stunned.
What?
Gu Ziyi explained, "Senior Brother Jiang, Ye Fan doesn't have a master. He's only been learning Go for three months."
Jiang Hanyi: "..."
Everything he heard today completely overturned his understanding of Go.
Three months of learning to reach this level?
This...
Was way too ridiculous!
When he saw Gu Yun and Guo Yuan nodding in agreement, his feelings became extremely complicated, and he simply couldn't accept this fact for a while.
But Jiang Hanyi also understood in his heart that the two of them had no reason to lie about this, meaning it was all true...
...
After the dojo challenge ended, Ye Fan and Ning Xi returned to the student chess room for class.
Because the match had delayed a lot of time, there was only one class this morning. During this class, Ye Fan held Ning Xi's hand the whole time, and no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free, causing her to be unable to even take notes, eventually resigning herself to casting pitiful glances at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan, however, seemed completely unaware, continuing to tightly hold the girl's delicate hand, occasionally mischievously squeezing it. That silky smooth feeling, like water, made him reluctant to let go.
Until noon at twelve o'clock, when the teacher left, the students all got up and left the chess room.
In less than a minute, the spacious chess room was left with only Ye Fan and Ning Xi.
Ning Xi lightly kicked Ye Fan, her eyes filled with shy anger, "Can you let go now?"
Hearing her voice, Ye Fan turned around unhurriedly and said with a grin, "No."
"..."
The girl stared at him angrily, her chest heaving up and down, and said, "Brother, you're too much! How can I take notes if you keep holding my hand?"
"Don't care, just not letting go."
Ye Fan smiled slightly, propping his right hand against his cheek, his dark eyes full of laughter.
Ning Xi pouted her red lips and softly complained, "It's not like I won't let you hold my hand... but you have to at least pick the right occasion!"
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