"You still say you didn't use the teaching content of this book!!"
Su Cheng pointed at the wrapping paper and stared at Ji Qingyi in horror.
"What are you talking about?"
Ji Qingyi raised her eyebrows and then said indifferently, "This chessboard is a very suitable toy for people who don't understand the basics of Go."
"Now you're even calling it a toy!"
Su Cheng almost jumped up and started complaining.
"Alright."
Ji Qingyi waved her hand to stop him. "Don't dwell on this. Let's start."
After saying that, they took out some black and white plastic Go pieces the size of bottle caps from the bottom of the chessboard and placed all the black pieces in front of Su Cheng.
"Whoever captures three of the opponent's pieces first wins."
She said calmly.
Su Cheng looked at the black pieces in front of him and then at Ji Qingyi waiting for him to make a move. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. "How could I possibly beat you?"
Win?
Did he even have a chance of winning?
"It's not that I'm bullying you," Ji Qingyi shook her head. "I think this can help you master the basics more quickly."
"Okay."
Hearing this, Su Cheng didn't say much more. He directly placed a black piece and then looked up and said, "Then let's start?"
"Yeah."
Ji Qingyi nodded.
Su Cheng took a deep breath and started playing the game.
However, he lost in less than a few minutes.
Fortunately, the other party would review the game with him.
After the review, a new game started.
Then, while playing, she explained the basic terms to him.
For example: qi, live, dead, ko, etc.
"These terms will be very helpful for you to understand the strategies and tactics of Go," Ji Qingyi looked at Su Cheng and asked, "How do you feel now?"
"I understand what you're saying," Su Cheng scratched the back of his head. "However, the feeling that this knowledge just slips through my mind without leaving a trace really troubles me."
In short, he didn't really understand much.
Looking at his frowning face, Ji Qingyi wasn't annoyed. Instead, she patiently said, "It seems you only 'know the facts'. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask."
"I don't understand much of it," Su Cheng hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Please explain it in detail, President."
Ji Qingyi pointed to a position on the chessboard and said, "This position is called 'qi', which means this position is not surrounded by the opponent. The number of qi a piece has around it indicates how large its living space is."
Su Cheng carefully observed the chessboard, looking at the surroundings of the position Ji Qingyi was pointing at.
"Now, if I place a piece here. Look, there is no qi around this position. When a piece is surrounded by the opponent and has no qi, it is called 'dead'."
Su Cheng's eyes lit up, as if he understood something.
Then Ji Qingyi started setting up the pieces again, creating a 'ko' situation, and said, "Let's start this game from now. You play the white pieces."
Her intention was to let Su Cheng understand 'ko' and let the other party ask questions, and then she would explain.
However, unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Su Cheng placed a piece without hesitation and captured one of her black pieces.
She thought Su Cheng might not have noticed this for a moment.
So she placed a piece again, captured one of his white pieces, and the chessboard returned to the original shape.
However, before she could say anything, Su Cheng placed a piece again!
It was still the same as before.
But the problem was...
This would lead to repeated moves and form an infinite loop!
And it really did form a loop...
This situation continued for two more rounds.
"I won!"
Seeing that he had captured three of Ji Qingyi's pieces, Su Cheng said excitedly.
Ji Qingyi finally couldn't hold it in anymore.
"...Is this your understanding?"
She frowned slightly.
"Is my understanding not high enough?"
Su Cheng raised his head proudly. It was not easy for him to capture three of the opponent's pieces and win.
He wasn't going to give up so easily. He turned to look at the three black pieces of Ji Qingyi he had captured beside him and felt a sense of superiority. "You admitted it yourself."
However, before he finished speaking, Ji Qingyi suddenly reached out and gently patted his shoulder.
"No wonder you're the genius of our school," Ji Qingyi seemed to understand the reason for Su Cheng's strong desire to win. She couldn't help but shake her head, then picked up a white piece and asked, "Don't you notice that it's in a loop?"
"So what? I've already won!"
Su Cheng pointed to the three black pieces of Ji Qingyi beside him, looking extremely proud. He seemed to be saying that you had lost to the great Su Cheng.
Suddenly, Ji Qingyi crushed the white piece in her hand into pieces, and the fragments fell on the chessboard.
"Excuse me, what if it forms an infinite loop?"
Su Cheng immediately sat up straight, his face solemn, turning into a well - behaved student listening to instructions.
"Good question!"
Ji Qingyi nodded in satisfaction and then slowly said, "To prevent a loop, the rules of Go state that you can't place a piece in the same place in the next move. So, you need to learn to make good use of other empty spaces to break the opponent's siege and finally win."
"So that's how it is. I understand," Su Cheng nodded in realization. Then he stared at Ji Qingyi seriously and asked, "The so - called 'ko' means when a piece is surrounded by the opponent and has only one exit, the opponent can place a piece at that exit to form a ko fight. So you need to find other places to form your own territory to solve the ko fight."
"Yes," Ji Qingyi looked at him with approval. "Good. You're very smart. Keep playing."
The teaching content during this noon was always focused on the knowledge points she had already explained, and there was nothing more.
It was worth mentioning that, perhaps because of her strong desire to win or because she didn't want to see his proud and smug face, she never let Su Cheng win.
The noon time passed in a hurry. The servant outside suddenly walked in and interrupted their game.
"Miss, there are still fifteen minutes until the afternoon classes start."
"Okay, I see," Ji Qingyi glanced at the chessboard and stood up. "That's it for today. We'll continue at the same time tomorrow."
As she suddenly stood up, a strong and pleasant fragrance wafted over, making one feel refreshed.
Especially her beautiful legs wrapped in black stockings, under the afternoon sun, looked even more slender and straight, like a work of art, making people can't help but want to take a bite.
It must taste delicious.
Su Cheng couldn't help but swallow his saliva, but he quickly composed himself and stood up. "Okay."
Then the two walked side by side towards the teaching building.
On the way, Ji Qingyi walked forward slowly, gracefully and nobly.
Su Cheng followed closely beside her.
The distance between them was very close, only half a meter.
When the students on the way saw this scene, they were no longer surprised or curious as before. Instead, they were used to it and stepped aside one after another, making way for the two of them.
Now their relationship was well - known.
Ji Qingyi placed her hands on her abdomen, stepped steadily, and took elegant small steps, landing gently. She seemed to blend in with the surroundings, exuding a faint, refined fragrance, yet giving an oppressive, aloof, and cold feeling.
She slightly lowered her head, looking straight ahead, walking at a leisurely pace. But occasionally, she would glance sideways at Su Cheng beside her.
"President, why didn't you chat in the group yesterday?"
Feeling her gaze, Su Cheng finally couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Ji Qingyi paused, and after a brief silence, replied, "Because I didn't want to chat."
It seemed like an answer but also didn't seem so, yet it was taken for granted, as if she just didn't want to waste time on ineffective socializing in the group and didn't want to expend energy on such a boring thing.
"I was so embarrassed yesterday when I was the only one chatting in the group and no one responded..."
He weakly complained and then lowered his head, looking a bit dejected.
Ji Qingyi still maintained a poker - faced expression. Only after hearing his words did she turn to look at him intently and suggest, "Then invite her into the group too."
Who was she?
Liu Qingyue!
If he invited her in, it would be a disaster!
What if she went crazy again someday and @ him in the group, calling him "husband"?
He really regretted mentioning the group chat in front of Ji Qingyi. It was like shooting himself in the foot.
"Um..." he stammered.
"Please don't let others interfere with the Go teaching to prevent disturbing our learning progress."
Ji Qingyi seemed to understand his thoughts. Leaving this sentence behind, she walked straight up the stairs, leaving Su Cheng standing there.
"Huh?"
Su Cheng was stunned. By the time he reacted, Ji Qingyi had already gone far away.
He scratched his head. Not allowing others to teach him Go, although it made sense, it was still a bit overbearing that only she could teach.
Originally, he wanted to secretly ask Li Guanqi to teach him and then surprise the president secretly. It seemed that this way was no longer feasible...
Since she had deliberately reminded him, he had to comply. Otherwise, the Go pieces would shatter again. So he had to regretfully nip his idea in the bud.
He just feared that the Go pieces would be implicated.
After all, the Go pieces also had "lives"!
……………………
Thursday
Afternoon
As usual, it was physical education class.
It was free - activity time.
Wang Guancong and the others went directly to the e - sports club during the free - activity time.
So, Su Cheng sat alone under a tree, sighing as he watched Li Guanqi and Xuan Ying being lovey - dovey.
As a fair - minded person.
He had to treat everyone equally and spread his kindness widely.
He couldn't neglect anyone.
He accompanied the president at noon, the minister in the afternoon, and Li Guanqi in the evening!
So, he took out his phone, found Li Guanqi's chat box, opened it, edited a message, and sent it.
"Orange - hater": "There's a crow in my house that can do a Thomas spin. Do you want to come to my house and have a look after the club activity tonight?"
After editing, he put away his phone and looked at the scene of three girls chatting and laughing not far away, looking forward to it.
However, he found that Li Guanqi didn't bring his phone with him at all.
This made him stand up, ready to go and wash up, change into his school uniform, and go to the Practice Department to have tea and kill time.
Half an hour later, he stood in front of the empty Practice Department. Without hesitation, he directly used the key to open the club door, then skillfully opened the cabinet, took out the tea leaves and cups, and boiled water to make tea.
After doing all this, he directly sat in Gu Ruoxue's seat to experience the perspective of being the minister.
To be honest, this feeling was quite good.
"Ding dong~"
Just then, a message notification sounded on his phone.
Su Cheng quickly took out his phone and glanced at it -
Li Guanqi: [Got it.]
Su Cheng was happy that Li Guanqi planned to go to his house after the club activity.
He was going to assert his authority later!
He was holding a teacup and about to take a sip of tea when suddenly, the club door opened, and someone entered with a heroic air.
This made his drinking movement freeze instantly.
There, at the door, Gu Ruoxue was wearing the school uniform. The section between her thigh - high socks and the school skirt revealed her beautiful, faintly visible thigh skin. Her pair of long, straight, and youthful legs were exposed in the air.
This was the inviolable "absolute domain"!
At the moment, she had a schoolbag hanging on her shoulder, walked in expressionlessly, scanned the room with her eyes, and stared down at him.
"Hey, Ruoxue, you're here!"
Su Cheng immediately stood up, invited Gu Ruoxue to sit down, and then actively handed her a cup of freshly brewed tea: "Have a taste. It was just brewed."
"Oh, thanks."
Gu Ruoxue responded, put down her bag, sat in her seat, reached out to take the tea, and looked down at the tea water.
"Are you tired?"
Su Cheng sat back in his seat with a mug in hand and said with a smile, "Do you want me to give you a massage? I can also massage your legs."
Gu Ruoxue shook her head and didn't reward Su Cheng. Instead, she stopped talking, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then put the teacup back on the table.
"How is the tea?" Su Cheng continued to ask.
"How was it handled?"
On the contrary, she didn't care about Su Cheng's flattering actions at all. Instead, she started to inquire about yesterday's Go matter.
"Oh, the Go match has been postponed to the day before the mid - term exam."
Su Cheng answered truthfully.
Gu Ruoxue nodded and didn't ask any more questions because she had already figured out Ji Qingyi's plan and purpose.
However, she had no other way either.
Who asked them to be one step slower?
Although they could use other methods, if they tried to stop or change the result, it would only intensify the conflict in the end.
By then, Ji Qingyi probably wouldn't care about right or wrong and would just do whatever she wanted.
Just like when Ji Qingyi agreed to let Su Cheng quit the Archery Club and join the Practice Department, it was a kind of tacit understanding or consensus implied in a specific situation. It didn't need a clear written regulation but was commonly accepted and followed by everyone.
So, she could only compromise.
Gu Ruoxue turned on the computer and started browsing the web, dealing with the troublesome consultations in the Practice Department's emails. Su Cheng sat quietly beside her, drinking tea.
The two of them interacted with each other occasionally, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
But as time passed...
Su Cheng couldn't hold it in anymore. He looked up at Gu Ruoxue, hesitated for a moment, and still spoke up: "Ruoxue, there's something... I want to confirm with you."
"What is it?"
"Um, I want to ask about Saturday..."
After Su Cheng finished speaking, his heart started pounding. After all, it was only two days away, and the "triple date" on Saturday was coming.
It was such an important thing, so of course he was nervous. He even secretly booked three tickets to the amusement park online last night.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Gu Ruoxue gave him a strange look.
Su Cheng avoided her gaze guiltily.
Only after a moment did he hear Gu Ruoxue ask, "Do you really want to know in advance?"
Su Cheng nodded repeatedly: "Yes!"
Gu Ruoxue frowned slightly, then turned the laptop towards him and said indifferently, "Look for yourself."
"What?"
Su Cheng was taken aback for a moment and didn't quite understand, but still stood up and walked over. However, when he saw the content displayed on the screen, his face turned as black as coal.
Because she had turned what he had been looking forward to - a 'date' - into a project plan!
The title was [Side Quest for Three People].
Below it were the details of the plan, which were so meticulous that it even specified what time to gather in the morning, which amusement park to go to, what to eat, what to do at what time, and even the time for going to the toilet. Every item was written out in great detail!
Su Cheng stood there, petrified.
At this moment, Su Cheng just wanted to punch Gu Ruoxue!
Why did she have to turn a day of happy dating and playing for everyone into something so serious?
Did it have to be so restrictive?
So uncomfortable?
Couldn't they just have a day of free - spirited fun?
"Hey, don't you think this is a bit too much?"
Su Cheng gritted his teeth and stared fiercely at Gu Ruoxue.
Gu Ruoxue gave him a disdainful glance and ignored him.
"Xiaoxue, stop being naughty! What you're doing is really going too far!"
"Where am I being naughty?"
Gu Ruoxue retorted.
"I'm going to the amusement park for the first time. Can't you just let us have a free and happy time?"
Su Cheng was extremely aggrieved and continued to argue, "Moreover, it's called an amusement park. Do you think it fits the amusement atmosphere according to this plan of yours? I think it has deviated from the proper environment for amusement. Is this really the effect you want?"
Hearing this, Gu Ruoxue frowned.
"You can't do this. I'm going to protest. I protest against your immoral controlling behavior!"
Su Cheng clenched his fists and shouted vehemently, "I want to play games and have fun happily! I'll be in charge of everything this Saturday!"
"..."
Gu Ruoxue was silent for a long time. Suddenly, she sighed and said softly, "Su Cheng, I hope you understand one thing."
"Hmm?"
Gu Ruoxue looked at him calmly, speaking slowly and firmly, "Our original intention is to complete the side quest, not to have fun."
But as she was speaking, she quietly glanced at the content of the plan on the screen, and a flash of embarrassment and guilt crossed her heart.
"I..."
Su Cheng was rendered speechless.
Yes, there was no such thing as a real date.
They were only going to the amusement park because of the system.
"Alright, since you have such strong objections, then you'll be in full charge this time."
Gu Ruoxue replied indifferently. As she said this, she also deleted the plan.
"What?"
Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, but then he was overjoyed and quickly nodded in agreement, "Don't worry. I've already booked the tickets!"
Then he took out his phone, opened the shopping interface of the ticket - booking app, and searched for the ticket information.
"Look, we'll go to this amusement park then!"
Su Cheng held out his phone in front of Gu Ruoxue and placed it on the table, saying excitedly.
"Hmm?"
Gu Ruoxue was startled for a moment, then took a quick look. Immediately, her beautiful eyes widened in surprise because it was the 'Nidishi' amusement park, which was quite expensive.
But that wasn't the point. The key point was that the theme of the park included a performance called [Searching for Pandas in the Bamboo Forest] at night.
You could take a float to travel through the entire bamboo forest on a journey to find pandas. If you found the place where the staff members dressed as pandas appeared and took a photo, you would get a special gift. This gift was...
[A non - sellable life - sized panda doll named 'Linlin'].
What's more, there was an actual panda named 'Linlin''s autographed paw print on it.
This made Gu Ruoxue's pupils contract sharply. With a complicated look on her face, she asked, "Are you sure you want to go here?"
"Nonsense! The tickets are already booked!"