"Monkey, go eat!"

At 12:27 in the evening of December , Zhigao Junrui Hotel, Zhigao City, Suzhou Province.

The qualifying round of the 6th Mengli Lily Cup World Go Championship will be held here tomorrow.

Liu Yuhong, who had just checked in and put her luggage in the room, went to her boyfriend's room and called Monkey King to have dinner together.

This time, Liu Yuhong and Sun Yi will both participate in the preliminaries of the Mengli Lily Cup.

It goes without saying that Xiao Xiaoniao will participate in the preliminaries - among the female chess players, the only "monster" who can directly exchange [international competition points] for a world championship seeding spot is naturally Rui Zhao.

Although Sun Houer reached the semi-finals of two World Championships this year, he failed to win any domestic championships and had been trying to exchange for World Championship seeds. His current [international competition points] are lower than Lei Qi, Zhuang Zheng, Zhu Yuanjun, Rui Zhao and Xiong Siyi. He cannot be directly selected for this tournament as a seed and has to start from the preliminaries. After the tenth round of Weiqi yesterday, he and his girlfriend came to Zhigao City obediently.

"Ah, okay."

Sun Yi responded after hearing this, and then put on a smile:

"Um...what do you want to eat?

"I'll look for it on the review software!"

"No, just eat something simple at the hotel's own restaurant!"

Xiao Xioniao glanced at her boyfriend's expression and naturally made the simplest choice, trying every means to prevent her boyfriend from spending too much time and energy on other things.

Even after losing the title of "Yixian", Sun Wukong did not seem to have done anything wrong in the eyes of the outside world.

Even during the award ceremony, Sun Yi behaved very freely. Not only did he make a few jokes about himself that caused laughter from the audience, he also generously wished Lei Qi, China's first four-title holder, better results for the country in the upcoming Mengli Lily Cup and the Nongshim Cup after the new year.

but……

Others might not be able to see it, but as the closest person, how could Liu Yuhong not know the actual situation!

After returning to his room after the award ceremony, Sun Yi could no longer hold back his frustration and started sobbing in his girlfriend's arms. He broke down for half an hour! His frustration was beyond words!
Liu Yuhong just kept comforting the silly monkey in his arms and was not at all surprised by Sun Yi's reaction.

Rather, it would be strange if Sun Yi could really act as if nothing had happened at this moment!

In the early winter of 2021, the title of "Yixian" was first created. At that time, people in the circle thought that Lin Ruixin, who was undoubtedly the number one in the country at that time, would be the biggest favorite for the first Yixian - after all, the title of "National Master" was also created for the first time that summer, and it was the great chess master Lin who first tried it.

However, what no one expected was that Sun Yi, who had been mocked as "not even able to beat female chess players" since losing to Shuang Bi in the Rookie King finals, would suddenly emerge and win his first unlimited slow chess championship! The entire Chinese chess world was shocked, and many people thought that Sun Yi might have some auspicious protection in the chess fairy competition.

With this as a sign, Yu Jiudan's most proud yet most troublesome disciple has officially entered the ranks of China's top chess players!

Although Monkey King later became a "strength identifier", he has yet to make it to the finals of the world championships, and even domestic champions have been intermittent.

But the title of "Yixian" has become Sun Yi's private reserve and he has held it until now. It is no exaggeration to say that it is his last underwear.

However, fate seemed to be playing a big joke on Sun Yi.

In the past few years, when he was not very motivated, he was able to hold on to the title of [Chess Fairy] steadily. However, this year, when his chess skills had clearly improved and he was in the most urgent need of making achievements, he lost the title! It was as if even the auspicious signs of the Chess Fairy Tournament had abandoned him!
At this point, it is a foregone conclusion that Sun Yi will not win a championship for the entire year.

Especially since October, he first lost to Zhuang Zheng unexpectedly when Lei Qi was eliminated and had a great chance to win the Changqi Cup, and then was sent out of the celebrity tournament in the quarterfinals by his own junior sister Fei Dao, who had high hopes for it.

In the next two international competitions, they lost six consecutive games in the Nongshim Cup before being eliminated by Liu Shixian who played in advance. They made it to the semi-finals of the LIG Cup again, but were once again blocked by Liu Shixian from the finals as if it was a replay of a movie.

Obviously, the strength has improved compared to before, but the results have deteriorated instead of improved!

Under such circumstances, the reality of losing the title of "Yixian" seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Sun Yi, who had been trying hard to maintain his condition and play every game seriously, finally had fluctuations in his performance.

In yesterday's tenth round of the Weiqi League against Qiantang team, Sun Yi was once again defeated by Xiong Siyi, who had been suppressing him for more than a year. Liu Yuhong could clearly feel that Sun Yi was not in very good condition.

What makes the reigning queen even more worried is some of the current public opinion on the Internet.

In competitive sports, results speak for themselves.

A series of failures caused the public opinion to erupt with malice towards Sun Yi - especially since he often participated in Rui Zhao's live practice, which made countless Zhao haters directly use Sun Yi as an excuse to exploit the situation and drag down Rui Zhao, in order to prove that "playing chess with a bad chess player will make you worse and worse."

Liu Yuhong didn't know how much her boyfriend paid attention to these gossips on the Internet, but she only knew that for the time being, she had to support Sun Yi with all her might!
After all... this is the good monkey she chose herself!
If she doesn't love me, who will? ! !

Seeing that her boyfriend was obviously still pretending to be happy, Liu Yuhong tried to make his tone more relaxed and started a new topic:
"Monkey, you don't need to set too high a goal for yourself in this Dream Lily Cup. You've been tired for a year, and everyone doesn't need a break!
"If we have time, let's find a place to play for two days! It'll be just the right thing to help me relax before the Queen's battle!"

As Empress Liu spoke, she glanced at her boyfriend's expression, ready to respond:

“…Including the matter of proposing marriage during the New Year, don’t feel any pressure, just bring your uncle and aunt over!
"My parents always listen to me. After the Queen's War is over, I will go to them first to discuss everything. Don't worry about grades or anything like that!"

Sun Yi seemed a little surprised after hearing what his girlfriend said, but then he smiled and said directly:

"Um...Yu Hong, I'm sorry to have made you worry.

"I didn't play very well in the game of chess with Xiao Xiong yesterday, but Rui Zhao sent me a WeChat message to comfort me afterwards. Now I feel much better. You don't have to worry too much."

"what……"

Liu Yuhong blinked, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"It seems that... Junior Sister's comfort is more effective than mine?!" "Ah, no, no! That's not what I meant!"

Sun Yi, who accidentally raised a fatal question, quickly waved his hands and said:
"It's just... seeing a little girl like her say she wants to clear my name, I always feel that I have to cheer myself up a little bit!

"Here, look!"

After saying this, Sun Yi, with an intention of "proving his innocence", quickly showed the chat records with his junior sister to his girlfriend.

All I saw on the screen were several WeChat messages sent by the current Zhaojun last night:

[Senior Brother Sun, I feel like you’re not in great shape today…]

[I heard from others that recently, because of me, there seems to be a lot of unfriendly comments towards you, brother. I don’t know if this has affected you. I’m really sorry! ]

[I don’t know how to help you, but anyway…]

[I will do my best in all the subsequent matches! This will prove that you, Brother Sun, who have been practicing against me and have always been able to gain the upper hand, are definitely one of the top three chess players in the world! ]

"Well……

"'One of the top three chess players'..."

After reading these WeChat messages, Liu Yuhong couldn't help but chuckle:

"You put it so flatteringly and specifically. No wonder you enjoyed it so much!"

“It’s not a compliment…

"This fool always says whatever comes to his mind - I am indeed no match for Young Master Liu and Xiao Lei right now!"

It was rare for Monkey King to retort to his girlfriend, and there was a hint of aggrievedness in his tone.

"Haha, compliments don't contradict facts!"

Liu Yuhong took advantage of the situation and took her boyfriend's arm, pulling him towards the restaurant:

"Well... since you said so, you can't lose her!

"She's going to Japan the day after tomorrow to compete in a celebrity competition. I heard there's a lot of media paying attention to her!"

“I understand that!
"Whether I can beat Young Master Liu and Xiao Lei is another matter. At least I won't fail in the preliminaries..."

...

...

"The media...are there so many of them?!"

12:30 p.m. on December th, at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Hano International Airport.

Rui Zhao, who had just arrived in Japan by plane not long ago, was a little surprised when he saw the media reporters surrounding the airport exit in three circles inside and outside.

But...it was just a slight surprise.

The famous lady Zhaojun sighed lightly, adjusted her physical condition, and then continued to walk towards the wall of people at the exit with her head held high, without any sign of cowardice.

Seeing this reaction, Ai Jianan, who had relatively little direct contact with Rui Zhao in the past two years, was slightly stunned, and then he started laughing as if he remembered something:
"Xiao Zhao Miao, you have grown up too!
"I remember that more than two years ago, you came to Dongdu to participate in the first stage of the Lakeside Cup. The number of reporters who came was far less than this. As a result, you were so scared that you hid behind me and didn't dare to come out!
"Now, I'm not afraid at all!"

"what……

"I was only a junior at that time! It's normal for me to hide."

Although Empress Zhaotian's cheeks flushed slightly when Ai Jianan mentioned the embarrassing incident, she was much calmer than she was two years ago.

"But……

"Now I can no longer hide behind others, and no one can stand in front of me...

“Let’s not talk about Senior Brother Ni for now. Now even Senior Brother Sun is no longer in the position of [Yi Xian].

“Now… I myself am a celebrity in China, one of only two holders of an unlimited title in all of China!

“This time I came to Japan, and I was invited to represent my country to participate in the competition between the two countries’ incumbent celebrities!
"If I don't even meet my opponent this time and just panic when I see the media's cameras, I will be laughed at."

"Ah... my little fool is really growing up!"

Looking at the Zhaojun in front of him, who had lost her youthful immaturity but was still pure, beautiful and charming, Ai Jianan could not help but sigh softly:
"Then let's go, Xiao Zhao meow!
"Give them a little Zhaojun shock in Japan!"

"Yeah!" (End of chapter)

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