"Hey, little sheep, what are you saying? Why can't I be here?

"On the contrary, I should be here right now!"

Seeing Zou Yang's surprised look, Du Weichen, nicknamed "Elder Du", acted as steady as an old dog and spoke slowly and unhurriedly.

As for why there is such a nickname...

First of all, it’s because Du Weichen looks too old!

With small eyes, a round face and glasses, he already looks very "daddy-like", but the elder also has a hairline that is unique among active chess players!
Even if we expand the scope to include all chess players...hmm.

Originally, Dai Gong’s hairline was already a topic of ridicule in the circle, but compared with Elder Du, it was nothing!
For example, Ni Jue is only two years younger than him, but if you just look at her appearance, I'm afraid people would believe that she is twenty years younger.

Therefore, even though there are still veterans like Long Bo and Tuo Shu in the Chinese chess world today, the only one who can be called an "elder" in terms of appearance is Du Weichen.

And then...actually there is also the factor of performance.

Elder Du, who has won three championships and three runner-ups, has a remarkable record. Since the advent of the World Championship era, the only two seven-time champions and Lu Wenjie, who has won three championships and seven runner-ups, have a higher historical status than him. The rest can only be considered "competitive" at best, and belong to the first echelon under the true leader.

Although he is not the "master" of the generation, he can be regarded as an "elder" who is only half a head lower than him, so the nickname "Elder Du" seems even more appropriate.

However, after hearing Du Weichen's answer, Zou Yang was quite surprised and couldn't help asking:
"Elder Du, what are you talking about?

"The women's preliminaries... I really don't know what this has to do with you."

Du Weichen raised his eyebrows, shook his head with a meaningful smile and said:
"Little sheep, you are still not smart enough!
"First, think about the question you asked me at the beginning:

"Why am I still here after I was eliminated yesterday?"

"what?"

Zou Yang shook his head blankly, seemingly unable to understand.

Elder Du immediately and mercilessly complained about today's female celebrities:

"Stupid! I'm waiting for the wild card picks to be announced tonight!

“Today is the 5th, and the competition will start on the 8th!

"I was asked to go home early this morning, but when I got home in the evening, I found out that I was picked as a wild card. I had to run back home all the time. Wouldn't that be tiring for me, stupid boy?"

“Oh… yes!”

After hearing this, the little sheep suddenly realized.

In this Tongge Cup, Gezhou City has set up two wildcard spots. The specific candidates will be announced after the final Chinese mainland preliminaries are over - that is tonight.

According to the chess association's past practices, most of the time it is one inside and one outside, so as not to offend both sides.

As a three-time champion, if Elder Du fails in the pre-selection, he will indeed be one of the most likely candidates to be picked up.

Instead of going home early, it would be better to stay at Tongge Hotel for one more night and wait for the wild card results.

However, Zou Yang soon fell into confusion again:
"But Elder... you're just waiting, why do you say 'I should be here now'?"

Du Weichen showed a look of contempt for IQ again:

"Little Sheep, you usually have ideas when doing things, why don't you have enough brains today?

"If you had killed our team's Queen Zhaotian, would I have needed to wait any longer? You would have packed up your things and taken a taxi and left immediately!

“I still have some hope of competing with others for the wild card, but competing with Queen Zhaotian?

"Please! I know my own limitations!"

"……Eh?"

After talking about this, Zou Yang finally reacted.

As an important part of the many initiatives to build the "World Go Holy Land", for the first Tongge Cup World Championship, Gozhou City will naturally do everything possible to expand the influence and popularity of the event.

In this case, there are two wild card candidates:

On one side is the popular female anchor who is young, beautiful, repeatedly breaks records and has amazing popularity.

On the other side is the outdated triple champion who has a mediocre image, is in poor form, and whose reputation is not even known outside the circle.

Even a fool would know which side to give the wild card to!

It seems that... it is completely reasonable for Elder Du to come and observe the enemy situation!
Only if Rui Zhao successfully qualifies, will he have a chance to be selected as a wildcard!

"Yes, I understand..."

Zou Yang couldn't help but nodded, and then he joked:
"Then... I am considered to have sacrificed myself for you, Elder Du?"

"Yes, of course it counts!" However, even though Zou Yang figured out the logic behind it, Rui Zhao next to him still had a bewildered look on his face, exuding a highly pure cuteness.

“That…Du Jiudan, Senior Sister.

"I, why... I still don't understand at all..."

"what……"

Zou Yang knew that it would take a long time to explain this to this fool, and he might not be able to explain it clearly, so he immediately interrupted the conversation and said:

"It's not an important matter, you don't need to understand..."

"Oh……"

Rui Zhao nodded obediently, and then suddenly thought of something:
"Then Sister! Let's start reviewing the game!

"Du Jiudan is here too, we can..."

But before Rui Zhao could finish, Zou Yang, who was usually introverted, stood up suddenly as if by reflex and said quickly:

"Sorry, Rui Zhao, I feel a little dizzy, so I have to leave now. I won't delay your meeting with Elder Du.
"If you want to review the situation, you can also go with Elder Du. Goodbye, Junior Sister!"

After throwing out this string of words like a machine gun, the female celebrity didn't even wait for Rui Zhao to react. She immediately turned around and walked away quickly. The whole process was smooth and there was no delay at all. Rui Zhao didn't even have time to call out to her!
"this……

"Why is Senior Sister busy again today..."

Empress Zhaotian, who had not yet realized that she was being disliked, puffed up her lips, looking a little aggrieved. Then she turned her gaze to Elder Du beside her, bowed her head and said:
"Hello, Du Jiudan! Nice to meet you!
"My name is Rui Zhao. I'm on the women's team. I'll be on the men's team next season with you..."

“Oh, don’t be so polite!
"You are so famous, how could I not know you! Queen Zhaotian!"

Du Weichen waved his hand, signaling Rui Zhao to stop being so polite:
"That's right! We are now teammates on the same team! You should change the title first, it's too unfamiliar!
"Queen Zhaotian, I have made up my mind! From now on, we will discuss our own affairs!

"You call me Brother Du, and I call you my niece!"

"Second... Second niece?"

Hearing this name, Rui Zhao's eyes were full of big question marks.

"Huh? You don't even know this?"

Du Weichen chuckled:
"When you see your Senior Brother Ni again, go ask him yourself!"

"Oh……"

Rui Zhao agreed naively and without knowing why - just like when he agreed to be called "Little Bear" by Xiong Siyi.

But then, the girl suddenly remembered her business:
"Ah! That's right, Brother Du!

"Um, review..."

"What are you going to review? It's the little sheep's game. Let her review it herself!"

Without waiting for Rui Zhao to finish speaking, Du Weichen decisively interrupted Queen Zhao Tian's spell casting.

A preliminary consensus has been formed in the chess circle now: Replaying the game with Queen Zhaotian means going to jail, and how could Elder Du not know this!
When this girl reviewed the situation, she was like asking a million questions, and she especially liked to ask questions non-stop. If you were not related to her, it would be really unbearable - even Zou Yang, the senior sister, couldn't stand it, and Du Weichen, the old man, would never accept this!

but……

The elder doesn't have time to review the game, but he still has time to play chess in the name of reviewing the game, and a lot of it!
"...But, my second niece."

Elder Du narrowed his eyes into slits:

“If it’s my own chess game… I’d still be happy to review it!

"The game between you and Little Sheep ended pretty quickly; the open group's game hasn't even finished yet.

"How about it? If you have time, will you play a quick game of 30-second chess with me?
"That's just right... I'll also test the strength of you, the main player for next season!"

"what?"

Queen Zhaotian was somewhat surprised by this sudden proposal.

She had been concentrating on the game these days and had not expected Du Weichen to come over at this time, let alone such an abrupt proposal for blitz chess!

However, accidents are accidents.

But for Crazy Little Chess, such a suggestion would only make her eyes sparkle!

"really?

"That's really great!" (End of this chapter)

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