Chapter 353 Uncle?
Lan Xi raised her hand to rub her eyes, pointed at her daughter who was currently eating, complained: "Five thirty, I was woken up by this girl Xiao Xi to cook. You guys eat, I'm going back to sleep a bit more . No need to clean up after eating. Right, good luck on today's ranking tournament!"
After speaking, she stood up, yawning, and walked out of the dining room.
Ning Xi's delicate head lightly raised, said weakly: "Gege, don't say anything, I got overly excited!"
Ye Fan walked to Ning Xi's side and sat down. Seeing the bashfulness in the girl's demeanor, he comforted: "It's fine, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just play well, display your own strength. Enjoy the process of working hard, the result isn't important."
"Nonsense."
Ning Xi put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand, muttered in a small voice: "The result is clearly very important, okay?"
Ye Fan smiled until his eyes squinted, "Regardless of whether you succeed in ranking or not, to me, you are the best. The result really isn't important, relax."
In the deep voice, there seemed to be strands of magic, gradually relaxing the girl's tense emotions.
She clumsily picked up an egg for Ye Fan, beamed with a smile, "Alright, I know now. Don't just worry about me, you also have to…"
Before finishing her sentence, she remembered Ye Fan's terrifyingly extreme Weiqi level, instantly lost her voice.
Ye Fan stroked Ning Xi's soft fine hair, said: "Don't worry, I will cheer up, let's cheer up together!"
"…Mm."
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Baiyu (White Jade) Go Arena.
As the dedicated venue for the Imperial Capital's ranking tournament, early in the morning it welcomed numerous media reporters and ranking players.
The players wore the exclusive attire of their respective dojos, like ancient sects, looking quite imposing.
At the main entrance, as the Beichuan Dojo vehicles stopped, players wearing Beichuan Dojo clothes got out one by one. Counting Ye Fan and Ning Xi who got out last, there were nineteen people in total.
However, Ye Fan and Ning Xi were quite eye-catching in the crowd, because the two were not wearing Beichuan Dojo clothes.
The reason, was also very simple.
Because the time the two joined Beichuan Dojo was too short, plus the two were participating in the ranking tournament. Once they successfully ranked, it would mean the two graduated from Beichuan Dojo.
Considering everything, Gu Ziyi gave up on custom-making clothes for the two.
As soon as everyone got out of the car, quite a few media reporters immediately surrounded them, the sound of photos being taken was incessant.
Regarding this scene, the students of Beichuan Dojo were not surprised. Beichuan Dojo, as the number one ranked dojo, had immense influence in the Weiqi world.
Ye Fan, hiding behind the crowd, unhurriedly put a mask on Ning Xi. Otherwise, with the girl's appearance, once noticed by these media reporters, it would definitely be widely reported.
After all, the current era is one where looks are paramount.
Just uploading Ning Xi's photo onto the internet would definitely attract huge traffic; regarding this point, Ye Fan had no doubt at all.
Ning Xi held Ye Fan's arm with both hands, her spirit-filled eyes blinking non-stop, "Gege, so many people."
"Of course."
Ye Fan looked at the crowd coming in and going out, said: "The number of dojos in the Imperial Capital is large, the number of players participating in the ranking tournament must be close to a thousand at least. Today's competition will be very fierce."
Hearing this, the corners of Ning Xi's eyes curved up, she tilted her head to stare at Ye Fan's side profile, said in a small voice: "It doesn't matter, don't mind the result, just enjoy the process."
Ye Fan couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, is this girl learning from him?
Gu Ziyi, as the team leader, lightly counted the number of students. After confirming it was correct, she led everyone into the Go arena.
In the main hall, a dense black crowd moved about, the environment extremely noisy.
Gu Ziyi led everyone to a relatively quiet corner, turned around, "Everyone wait here for a moment first, I'll go collect your ranking numbers."
After speaking, she walked towards a workstation in the distance.
Having nothing to do, everyone started chatting in low voices.
"Did you guys hear? It seems this year's ranking quota is only thirty, ten less compared to last year."
"Ah? In that case, our dojo takes twenty, then all other dojos combined only have ten spots? That's too pitiful!"
"Shh, who said we can take twenty?"
The person speaking secretly glanced at Ning Xi, saying suggestively: "Maybe, this year our dojo's hundred percent ranking record is about to be broken."
Ning Xi's small hand clenched tightly.
She knew this person was talking about her, yet had no way to refute.
In the student matches ten days ago, her record of five losses in five games was indeed quite embarrassing spicy eyes.
Just as the girl's thoughts were running wild, she suddenly felt a large hand on her head. Looking up, she met Ye Fan's gentle gaze.
"Don't mind these, hit their faces with facts!"
"Mm!"
Ning Xi nodded, said seriously: "I can definitely successfully rank!"
Whether others were optimistic about her wasn't important, what was important was that Ye Fan was optimistic about her!
Soon, Gu Ziyi returned with the ranking numbers.
Ye Fan number 366, Ning Xi number 367.
The two raised the numbers in their hands with mutual understanding. Noticing the other's action, they laughed in unison.
On the large screen hanging above the main hall, the match information for the first round was displayed.
The broadcast followed.
"The annual ranking tournament will officially begin in five minutes. A total of 1168 players are participating in this ranking tournament. Ranking will be based on the number of wins over ten rounds for each player. If the number of wins is the same, the one with the higher tie-breaker score takes precedence. The top thirty ranked players will be selected. Please prepare yourselves."
The broadcast stopped. Gu Ziyi quickly called out the students into the southern ranking venue. Ye Fan and Ning Xi looked at each other, one glance containing a thousand words.
The two found their corresponding seats and sat down.
Ye Fan's opponent was a kid who looked only thirteen or fourteen. Ning Xi's opponent was a girl.
Seeing Ning Xi's opponent from afar, Ye Fan felt relieved. Only then did he turn his attention to the kid before him, "Hello, my name is Ye Fan, your opponent for the first round."
This kid had an arrogant look on his face, let out a rather disdainful scoff, "My name is Yue Junfeng, thirteen years old this year. By the way, Uncle, looking at you, you must be thirty already, right? Such an old age, still coming to participate in some ranking tournament, better go home and steam buns!"
Ye Fan: "…"
Uncle?
Really… !
"Little friend, quite confident, huh? Let's say it first, don't cry when you lose later."
"Tch, just you?"
Yue Junfeng slanted his eyes, huffed, "Uncle, even giving you a five-stone handicap, you still can't beat me!"
The corner of Ye Fan's mouth twitched. Have to say, this little kid is truly arrogant. Originally, when he first saw Yue Junfeng, he still planned to go a bit easier, after all, bullying children isn't good.
But being provoked like this, even a clay figure would get angry, let alone Ye Fan, a living person.
Go easier?
Easy my ass !
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