An Impossible to Reject Confession - Chapter 4

    Ji Leyao was born in J City. Hongluo Town is an ancient town in J City and one of the famous ancient town tourist attractions in China. Every year, a large number of tourists come here from all over the country.

    In fact, Hongluo Town was not very popular fifteen years ago, it was just an ordinary old town. Later, a mayor of J City was changed to vigorously fight the tourism industry. After some inspections, roads were built Build bridges, publicize and maintain, and slowly make Hongluo Town what it is now.

    When Ji Leyao first returned to China, she was also taken aback by the changes in Hongluo Town. Ji Leyao’s father was a potter and opened a handmade pottery shop in the ancient town. He didn’t make much money. But because it is his own shop, there is no rent pressure, so it has been operating. After Ji Leyao came back, he took over the shop.

    Exiting the school gate, Xu Youyou struggled whether to go home and wait for Ms. Ji to get off work, or go to the pottery museum. She originally wanted to go home first, but thinking of the winding alleys near her old house gave her a headache. Before, Ms. Ji proposed to pick her up after school not only because she was worried about her health, but also because she went out to buy salt for the family the next day after returning to China, and fainted in the alley.

    It’s embarrassing to think about now.

    Forget it, wait until the weekend to find a chance to get acquainted with those alleys, and pick up Ms. Ji from get off work today.

    Make up her mind, Xu Youyou walked to the bus stop.

    Hongluo Town is not big at all. After ten minutes, the bus stopped at the entrance of the ancient town. Xu Youyou walked in through the gate of the ancient town, and it took about 20 minutes to arrive. own pottery shop.

    There were customers in the store when Xu Youyou came in, so she didn’t bother, she found a seat by the window and sat down and waited.

    After a few minutes, Ji Leyao finished her work, came over to look at her daughter’s face, and said with relief: “It seems that it is right for you to go to school, and your face is much better.”

    A good face means a good sleep.

    “Have you made any new friends?” Ji Leyao asked.

    “Yes.” Xu Youyou nodded.

    “Who? Boy or girl?”

    “Boy, I’m at the same table.”

    “Boy.” Ji Leyao was a little surprised, she thought Teacher Song would arrange a careful girl to be her daughter’s tablemate.

    “Why, worried about my early love?” Xu Youyou asked with a smile when she heard that Ms. Ji’s tone was wrong.

    “What am I worried about? In country Y, someone as old as you has several boyfriends.” Ji Leyao sat down opposite Xu Youyou, “Mom has no other requirements for you, as long as You are happy and healthy.”

    Xu Youyou knew that Ms. Ji was worried about her body, so she comforted: “Don’t worry, I will get better soon, I don’t feel so cold today.”

    “Aren’t you cold?” Ji Leyao’s eyes fell on the thick coat that her daughter was still wearing, and her eyes were full of disbelief.

    “Really, if you don’t believe me, you touch my hand.” Xu Youyou took the initiative to reach out.

    Ji Leyao touched suspiciously, Xu Youyou’s hand was still cold, but it was cold but not iced.

    “Really, it’s much better than in the morning.” Ji Leyao looked surprised.

    “Yes.” After this afternoon, Xu Youyou has basically determined one thing, that is, even if she does not have physical contact with Qiaomu, but just stays by his side, her body will slow down. Warm up slowly. But if there is physical contact, the effect will be better.

    Hey, wait until she goes to sleep with Arbor for a day tomorrow, ahhh, she sleeps next to Arbor for a day, I guess the plush coat can be replaced with a thin coat.

    “It seems that you should be asked to go out and move around more instead of resting at home.” Ji Leyao said.

    “It was originally.” During the first half month of her physical problems, Ms. Ji wished she could lie in bed and rest every day. Later, it was the advice of a psychiatrist that she could go out to breathe.

    “Then help me run an errand.” Ji Leyao got up and walked to the cabinet next to him, and took out a packaged gift box, “This is a set of tea sets customized by Teacher Wang in the back dojo, you help me send it over.”

    “Dojo? Are there any Taoist priests here?” Xu Youyou’s understanding of China basically came from TV dramas, and when she heard the dojo, she subconsciously thought of the Taoist priests in the Xianxia drama.

    “No, it’s a Go Dojo.” Seeing her daughter’s bewildered face, Ji Leyao explained, “In simple terms, it is a Go school, but the name is different.”

    Go Xu Youyou knows, she grew up abroad, she likes to watch Chinese costume dramas since she was a child, Go is a common prop in Chinese costume dramas, and in TV dramas Go players are usually very smart characters. For example, Xianzun Xianchang, or national teacher or something.

    Xu Youyou suddenly became interested: “Where is the dojo?”

    “Go in the alley on the left, and you’ll be there in a few minutes. There’s a sign at the door, Hongluo Daochang.” Ji Leyao handed the gift box to Xu Youyou.

    “The alley? Do you want to turn a corner?” Xu Youyou asked subconsciously.

    “No, just go straight, you won’t get lost.” Ji Leyao smiled and emphasized the word lost.

    Xu Youyou walked along the alley for about five or six minutes, and at the end of the alley, she saw a mahogany gate. The mahogany gate was half open, and there was an old plaque on the left. Written in four vigorous and powerful characters.

    Red Spiral Field.

    “That’s it.”

    Xu Youyou walked up, knocked on the door first, and then walked in by herself when no one answered. Behind the door is an empty yard. The yard is very quiet. The yard is surrounded by rooms one by one. Occasionally, there will be crisp “pat, pat” sounds from the room. Xu Youyou guessed that someone should be playing chess. sound. This voice, she had heard it on TV, was very familiar.

    Xu Youyou was hesitating to find a room to ask someone, when she saw a young man in a white shirt walking out of one of the rooms. When he saw Xu Youyou, he took the initiative to walk over: “Who are you?”

    “I’m here to deliver, find Teacher Wang.” Xu Youyou said quickly.

    “Mr. Wang? What are you looking for for him?” the young man asked.

    “The tea set he ordered at my house, my mother asked me to bring it here.” Xu Youyou said, holding up the gift box she was holding.

    “Oh, it’s Master Ji’s pottery shop?” The young man said clearly, “Mr. Wang is in the exam room, I’ll take you to the office first, and then call him.”

    Exam?

    Xu Youyou’s eyes lit up: “Is there a Go test?”

    “Yes, you also play Go?” asked the youth.

    “I don’t know, I’m just curious about Go. I used to see people playing Go when watching TV, and I thought Go was very good, and it seemed that only very smart people could play Go.” Xu Youyou grew up abroad and can speak Mandarin, but only in vernacular. Those who lack adjectives can only describe Go as powerful.

    The young man laughed lightly when he heard the words: “It’s not as exaggerated as you said, Go is inclusive of all things, as long as you like it, anyone can learn to play it, but the people who play well are very smart. “

    “Children’s class, potential class, dash class…” Xu Youyou looked all the way and asked curiously, “I probably understand what the first two mean, what does the last dash mean? “

    “Does Chong Duan know?”

    Xu Youyou shook her head.

    “For example, Chong Duan is actually the college entrance examination in the Go world. If you succeed in Chong Duan, you can become a professional Go player. If you enter the professional circle, you can participate in competitions, and even represent the country to go abroad.” explained.

    “It sounds amazing.” Xu Youyou said.

    While speaking, the two came to the door of the office.

    “Here, this is Teacher Wang’s office, you wait here for a while, I’ll call him.” The young man left Xu Youyou, and then went out to call someone.

    The office is not big, about a dozen square meters, and there are two desks inside. Xu Youyou didn’t know which one belonged to Teacher Wang, so she sat down on the sofa next to her with the gift box. Just as he was about to take out his phone and play for a while, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something familiar.

    There is an open book on the coffee table. There are many numbers and black dots on the book, which is very similar to the exercise book of Arbor that she picked up on the ground after school. The only difference is that the horizontal and vertical lines on Qiao Mu’s book were drawn by himself with a signature pen, while this book was printed. And these lines are marked with numbers next to them, which looks more standardized.

    “What is this?” Out of curiosity, Xu Youyou glanced at the cover, which was printed with five bold characters.

    Go Logbook.

    Recording Go? Chess book?

    “You are Yaoyao’s daughter.”

    Xu Youyou raised her head when she heard the sound, and saw an uncle wearing a white coat and about fifty years old walking in at the door. The uncle was holding a folding fan in his hand, with a big belly and a smile on the corner of his mouth.

    “Are you Teacher Wang?” Xu Youyou hurriedly stood up, “I’m sorry, I saw something on the table just now, and I turned it over when I was curious. I’m sorry.”

    “It’s okay, it’s not a secret, it’s just the chess records that students usually play against.” Teacher Wang waved his hand indifferently, “You shouldn’t understand either.”

    “Is this a chess record?” Xu Youyou asked.

    “Yes.”

    “I thought it was a number puzzle.”

    Mr. Wang seemed to remember something, and said with a smile: “When you were a child, your mother saw my chess score and said it was a puzzle.”

    “You and my mother have known each other since childhood?” Xu Youyou asked in surprise.

    “Hongluo Town was not this big before, and every household knew it.” Teacher Wang said.

    “Oh, by the way, your tea set, please take a look.” Xu Youyou remembered the business, and quickly pushed the tea set in front of Teacher Wang.

    Mr. Wang opened the box, and a set of black and white tea sets appeared in front of her eyes.

    “Your mother likes to draw since she was a child, this set of tea sets is really beautiful.” Teacher Wang took out one of the tea cups in admiration and took a closer look in his hand.

    “This is a painting of Go?” A whole set of tea sets were placed in a gift box, like black and white stars scattered in the starry sky, distant and mysterious.

    “This is a game of chess that I played with my teacher 20 years ago. Next month will be my teacher’s 70th birthday. This is a gift I prepared. Thank you mom for me. The tea set has exceeded my expectations.” Teacher Wang carefully put the teacup back into the gift box, and then carefully adjusted the position of the pattern so that every piece on the chess board was in the most appropriate position.

    “I’ll tell you, then I’ll go back first.”

    “If you are interested in Go, you can come and play when you have time.” Teacher Wang said.

    “Thank you, I will.”

    Xu Youyou returned the same way. On the way, he saw people coming out of the room one after another.

    Is this the end of the exam?

    These people are all wearing uniform uniforms, strange styles, some like ancient Chinese clothes, but it is not clear which dynasty Xu Youyou is, most of them are the same age as her almost.

    Qiao Mu hides chess manuals in his schoolbag, is he also a student here?

    Is it a potential class? Saying that, Xu Youyou couldn’t help but glanced in the direction of the potential class.

    Xu Youyou didn’t think about the Chong Duan class. After all, people who want to take the Go college entrance examination have no time to go to school. What’s more, in the last life, Qiao Mu was not a professional Go player, she hadn’t even heard Qiao Mu say that he could play Go.