Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

"What? A brain tumor?!"

At nine o'clock in the evening on October 10, in a ward of the Capital Longtan Hospital in Dajing City.

Li Wangyuan, who rushed over from Dongjiang after receiving the news that the student had an accident, widened his eyes for a moment and looked stunned when he heard the test results just reported by the doctor.

"Ah, don't worry, it's benign, not that serious."

Seeing Li Wangyuan's face turn pale, the doctor quickly explained:
"Um... I just heard from Ms. Xiao that you are Mr. Ni's teacher and you were often with him when he was younger, right?"

"Uh...right!"

Even though the doctor had said it was "not that serious", the terrifying word "brain tumor" still made Li Wangyuan dazed and he could only respond woodenly.

However, as a doctor at the top hospital in Dajing City, he has seen all kinds of reactions from relatives, and added:
"Mr. Li, you really don't have to worry too much! The test results are still relatively optimistic.

"That's great. Since you are quite familiar with Mr. Ni's childhood, why don't you take a seat first? I'll also take this opportunity to ask a few more questions."

"Oh, okay, okay!"

What Li Wangyuan was most worried about now was the health of his student, so he quickly sat down.

The doctor also moved a stool and sat down, and at the same time glanced at the other people in the ward - Shang Chaotian, Lu Wenjie, Xiao Mingran, and Ni Jue himself who had woken up and was lying on the bed, to show that he had no intention of hiding the actual situation.

This is actually a little trick that doctors use when treating patients: when the condition is relatively optimistic, tell the patient everything in person. This will help reduce the patient's worries and facilitate subsequent treatment.

After thinking about his words for a while, the doctor said:

"From the examination results, the brain tumor on Mr. Ni's head is not big, but it must have been there for a very long time.

"Um, Mr. Li...

"Mr. Ni, did you ever have headaches, vomiting, or blurred vision when you were young?"

Li Wangyuan thought about it and answered truthfully:
“Well, there shouldn’t be any of these situations.

"But when he was a kid learning chess, he would sometimes get dizzy after practicing for too long and would need to take a break. But this didn't happen anymore after he was 16 or 17 years old."

The doctor nodded:

“Well, it seems that this little thing has indeed been there since Mr. Ni was a child.

"But because this thing is benign and not very large, it only slightly compressed the blood vessels in the brain when the child was young, but it had no effect on the whole person after he grew out of it."

After giving a preliminary diagnosis, the doctor turned around and looked at Ni Jue lying on the bed:

"Have you had a similar experience recently?"

"Uh...yeah."

Seeing that his master had already said this, Ni Jue knew that he had no choice but to explain:
"Recently, when I'm tired, I feel a little dizzy, and sometimes a little nauseous..."

"Why didn't you say it earlier, Ni Jue!"

Hearing her husband's words, Xiao Mingran, who was standing by, couldn't help but rebuke him with great concern.

"Hey!

"I originally thought that I had just been working too hard recently, and I always thought that the dizziness I felt when I was a kid was due to low blood sugar, so I bought some chocolate to keep with me, but who knew..."

"I've told you to take care of your health! But you didn't listen..."

"Um...Ms. Xiao."

Seeing that the couple was about to quarrel, the doctor quickly interrupted and said:

"Right now, our top priority is to treat Mr. Ni's condition, and we can talk about other things later.

"...Mr. Ni, Mr. Li, your descriptions are consistent with our judgment.

"It now appears that Mr. Ni had a benign and stable meningioma in his brain since childhood.

“When I was a child, it put some pressure on my cerebral blood vessels, but since I didn’t grow up with it, the situation basically improved and I didn’t notice it.

“However, recently it suddenly started to grow again and began to compress the blood vessels in the brain, so it has affected Mr. Ni’s physical condition again. Mr. Ni’s sudden fainting this time was also directly caused by it.

"I also checked with Ms. Xiao before. In the past six months, Mr. Ni has been under a lot of work intensity and pressure, lacking sleep, eating irregularly and being overworked. Perhaps these are the causes of the re-enlargement of this benign tumor.

"But fortunately, the tumor is only growing larger now, and other aspects are still very stable. The overall situation should be optimistic, and the chances of recovery are relatively high!"

Hearing this, Shang Chaotian and Lu Wenjie exchanged glances and nodded.

As we all know, doctors tend to be conservative in their statements about whether they are optimistic about a patient's condition, in order to avoid patients and their relatives having too high expectations.

The fact that we are willing to talk about this now shows that the situation is indeed very optimistic.

However, just when everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, the doctor changed the subject and continued:

“…That’s right, although this little thing is still generally stable, we recommend immediate surgery.

“If a benign tumor suddenly starts to grow recently, it is not a good sign and may be a precursor to becoming malignant – there is precedent for this.

“So, we recommend that surgery be performed as soon as possible without further delay.

"Since a senior leader has come to say hello this time, as long as you don't have any other questions, we will arrange it as the top priority! It will be done soon!"

Hearing this, Ni Jue was stunned, and then asked with some concern:
"Then doctor...can you still play chess after the operation?
"I, I have a very important competition next February!"

"...Competition?" The doctor frowned and shook his head.
“That’s absolutely not possible!

"Although the recovery period of the surgery is about one to two months, for the sake of the condition, it is best to rest for the next six months and not do anything too strenuous, otherwise it may leave sequelae and affect the future life."

As soon as these words were spoken, silence fell in the ward.

Although Shang Chaotian and Lu Wenjie had prepared themselves mentally for the doctor's answer when they knew that Ni Jue was in trouble, they still felt a sinking feeling in their hearts when they finally got the confirmation.

Objectively speaking, although China has fielded many strong players in this Nongshim Cup, the situation is still not optimistic.

Sun Yi was eliminated in the first stage without gaining a clear advantage, and Lin Ruixin, who had hoped to make a comeback as a champion, was in a daze and in a mess after the Yingyi Cup.

Lei Qi's condition and level have been steadily improving compared to last year's chess saint competition, but he has lost his "flow" and has been defeated in all four challenges to Young Master Liu. He is already running wildly on the road to becoming another Meng Huo of Young Master Liu.

Although Kuai Liang is good at fast chess, judging from his complete defeat to Master Liu in the Yingye Cup, he would probably find it difficult to take on the important task of attacking the opponent in the Nongshim Cup.

To sum up, Ni Jue, who is armed with a flying knife, is China's last trump card when facing the extremely powerful young master of the Liu family in the Nongshim Cup. No one else can replace him!

Once Ni Jue is unable to play, even though China still has four players left in the Nongshim Cup, its prospects of winning the championship will be shaky.

Although in theory, there is a saying that Ni Jue should give his flying knife to someone else and let him use it to fight Liu Shixian - just like when the professor gave Rui Zhao the flying knife in the Urban Cup and asked her to stop Bai Yinhua.

But Shang Chaotian knew that he could still shamelessly ask Professor Ni Jue for help in blocking Bai Yinhua last time in the Urban Cup, but this time he could just forget about it!

The reason... is very simple.

When Rui Zhao learned the Flying Knife Library, as long as Rui Zhao kept it a secret and did not reveal it to others, there would be no essential conflict of interest between her and Ni Jue. Besides, Rui Zhao was Ni Jue's junior sister after all, so she could still talk to him.

But if it is handed over to other masters who are about to compete in the Nongshim Cup...that would be a big deal!
As we all know, the reason why Ni Jue was able to hold on to the dual titles of [Celebrity] and [Tianyuan] was because of the flying knife arsenal he developed himself.

If this were revealed to a master of the same level, and the person who had learned the flying knife came to challenge for the title, Ni Jue would be like a master of swordsmanship who was forced to fight with bare hands, and there would be a high probability that Ni Jue would be defeated - and this is not even mentioning the possibility of the flying knife being leaked to a third party!

For chess players, a title is not just a prize, but also a great honor.

If Ni Jue was asked to make such a big sacrifice for the Nongshim Cup, Shang Chaotian would never be able to say it.

At this moment, Xiao Mingran pursed his lips and suddenly stood up and said to the doctor very seriously:
"Doctor, if this is the case, please arrange the surgery as soon as possible. Our family cannot wait!"

"Wife, please wait a moment. The Nongshim Cup is really..."

Seeing his wife's decisive statement, Ni Jue subconsciously wanted to fight for it.

But seeing that her husband was still trying to bargain at this time, Xiao Mingran, who was always intelligent and gentle, roared:
"Ni Jue! Do you want to die?!
"Have you really not considered yourself and your family for the sake of Go?!!"

After this roar, the ward fell into deathly silence again.

"...Xiao Ni, give up!"

After several seconds, Li Wangyuan followed up with his persuasion.

Although Li Wangyuan's tone usually sounded a bit old-fashioned, the words he just uttered were extremely serious.

Then, he looked at Shang Chaotian and said very seriously:
"Lao Shang! I think in Xiao Ni's current state, he will basically be giving away heads to South Korea if he plays in the Nongshim Cup.

"Please find someone to replace Ni Jue!"

Hearing this, Shang Chaotian's heart sank slightly, but he knew that at this point he had no choice:

"Don't worry, Lao Li.

"I'll arrange this!"

After agreeing to his old friend's request, Shang Chaotian immediately looked at Ni Jue:

"...Ni Jue, I understand your feelings. But in the final analysis, the body is the capital of revolution.

"I have just communicated with the sponsor of the Masters Tournament. They said that we can just finish the main tournament this time, and the three-game Masters Tournament can be held separately in the first half of next year! You don't have to worry about losing the title.

"As for the Nongshim Cup... I'll just replace them with other players! You shouldn't have so little confidence in other chess players in our country!
Having said that, Ni Jue knew that it was useless for her to say anything.

Life, after all, is bigger than Go.

No matter how strong his desire to fight is, he still has to consider his family and cannot act selfishly.

Tian Yuan, a famous Chinese man who had to accept the reality, could not help but put his hands over his face, sighed, and then muttered unwillingly:

“Master, Chairman Shang… I really, really want to compete in this Nongshim Cup!

“I really feel that this may be the most important chess game in my life. I have been preparing for it for half a year!

"Even Xiao Lei sacrificed his Tianyuan Tournament challenge rights and Nongshim Cup exemption qualification for me, and Rui Zhao also spent time researching flying knives to help me...

"As the final sprint approached,... "

At the end, Ni Jue, who was always calm and polite, was obviously choked up.

Xiao Mingran, who had just yelled at her husband, sighed, sat on the bed, hugged her husband, and patted Ni Jue's back gently, trying to make him feel better.

Everyone present was silent, not knowing how to comfort this double title holder of Chinese Go.

But in the gloomy atmosphere, a clear female voice suddenly came from outside the ward, breaking the silence:
"Hello, nurse!
"Excuse me...which ward is Mr. Ni Jue in?

"I'm his junior sister! I just came here from Pengze City!" (End of this chapter)