Chapter 501 Captain, how about letting me try?
"Is this the place?"
East District of the Imperial Capital, in front of a courtyard on the outskirts. Ye Fan tilted his head up and looked at the plaque above the main gate. Three large characters were written on the plaque.
Qihai Team!
Ning Xi held her phone, after seriously comparing the address, said: "Name, address are both correct, this should be the place."
Ye Fan nodded, "Go straight in or?"
"Let's call Sister Ziyi first."
The corners of Ning Xi's eyes curved. She dialed Gu Ziyi's number, "Sister, we've already arrived at the gate, can we come straight in?"
"You can, you can come straight in. Turn left, turn left, then turn right and you can see me."
"Mm."
Hanging up the phone, Ning Xi blinked her eyes, her small hand pointing towards the inside, "Gege, shall we go in?"
"Wait a moment first."
Ye Fan took out a mask and put it on Ning Xi, exasperatedly tapped the girl's flawless forehead, "How many times have I told you, have to remember to wear a mask when out and about."
Ning Xi smiled guiltily, said coquettishly in a膩 (nì - cloying/sweetly intimate) voice: "Aiya, don't I have Gege?"
Ye Fan sighed helplessly, a trace of bitterness appearing on his lips, "Xiao Xi, if you're still like this when you get to university, I feel like I'll be torn to pieces by love rivals (大卸八块 - dàxiè bākuài / cut into eight pieces)."
"How can there be love rivals."
Ning Xi's jade feet stomped lightly. Proactively, she took Ye Fan's arm, said in a small voice: "Gege, you don't have a single love rival!"
"Really?"
"Of course it's true!"
"Pinky promise."
"…"
Looking at Ye Fan's face full of seriousness, Ning Xi supported her forehead with her fair hand, secretly pouted her lips, "Gege, you are so childish."
"No, this is called being serious."
"Pah——"
Ultimately, Ning Xi still couldn't win against Ye Fan, had no choice but to compromise and make a pinky promise with him.
Following the route Gu Ziyi gave, the two soon arrived at a large hall, very spacious, full of Go tables everywhere. Green plants that could be seen everywhere provided a lot of vitality to the hall.
As soon as they came in, the two noticed in the south of the hall, a group of people were gathered around a table.
Gu Ziyi stood at the outer circle of the crowd, beside her also stood a blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreign man, looking very young, only in his early twenties, his face carrying an obvious fawning intent.
"Ziyi, Bliss's strength is beyond doubt. Even I am not his opponent. These players from your team are not good enough."
"Who said?"
Gu Ziyi's brows furrowed, a look of displeasure flashing in her eyes, "Bork, listening to your meaning, what, looking down on the players of my team?"
The foreign man named Bork quickly waved his hands, smiled sheepishly : "Ziyi, that's not what I mean. You know Bliss's strength. He is the strongest player of the younger generation in my Tianshui Country. Only 23 years old this year, already a 7-dan player, this year even preparing to challenge for 8-dan. The hard strength is laid out here."
Gu Ziyi, through the crowd, glanced at Bliss who was in the middle of a game, then glanced at the current trend of the game, helplessly shook her head.
Although she didn't want to admit it, the gap in hard strength between the two sides was indeed too large.
Even if she went up, she estimated she wouldn't be this Bliss's opponent.
Just then, Gu Ziyi's shoulder was patted. Her instinctive reaction was that it was Bork's doing. In an instant, her face turned ice-cold. Turning her head, she froze.
Ning Xi blinked with a beaming smile, "Sister Ziyi, long time no see."
Ye Fan nodded in acknowledgment, didn't speak.
Gu Ziyi's face instantly turned from cloudy to sunny. She smiled knowingly, looked the outstanding-tempered girl before her up and down, praised: "Xiao Xi, haven't seen you for a while, your temperament is getting better and better."
"Sister is also more beautiful."
Facing the pleasantries between the girls, Ye Fan, bored to death, placed his gaze on Bork.
At the same time, Bork was also sizing up Ye Fan, his eyes carrying a bit of vigilance.
Ye Fan was a bit baffled, proactively extended his right hand, did a self-introduction.
"Ye Fan, 1-dan player."
"Bork, 5-dan player."
The two symbolically shook hands, then there was no more.
Gu Ziyi glanced at Ye Fan, her face odd.
Regarding Ye Fan's self-introduction just now, she only wanted to roll a big white eye.
1-dan player?
Bullshit!
Clearly can fight against a 9-dan player...
Gu Ziyi suppressed the speechlessness in her heart, introduced: "Bork, these two are both players of the Qihai team, Ye Fan, Ning Xi; the two are in a relationship, both are professional players who just ranked this year."
Hearing the two were in a relationship, the vigilance in Bork's eyes gradually disappeared, a slight smile appearing on his face.
"Ye Fan, Ning Xi, this is Tianshui Country's professional player Bork, he…"
"I am Ziyi's suitor."
Bork's sudden interjection made Gu Ziyi instantly freeze, her fine brows furrowed high, her face displeased, said: "Bork, how many times have I told you, I'm not interested in you. Can you please stop pestering me ?"
"Cannot."
Facing Gu Ziyi's cold refusal, Bork didn't take it to heart at all, said with a normal expression: "Ziyi, whether you're interested in me isn't important. What's important is I'm interested in you. I pursue you, you can not agree, but you can't deprive me of the right to like a person, right?"
Have to say, this Bork's Xia language was spoken quite fluently , and also carried a thick Imperial Capital accent, giving a sense of comicality.
After hearing these words, a look of understanding flashed in Ye Fan's eyes.
No wonder this fellow had a vigilant look just now. If nothing unexpected, probably took him for a love rival.
A slight smile flashed in Ning Xi's eyes. She pointed at the crowd a few meters away, inquired: "Sister Ziyi, has the exchange already started?"
"Mm."
Gu Ziyi no longer bothered with Bork, took Ning Xi's hand, explained: "Our Qihai team has already lost four consecutive games. This is the fifth game. If you and Ye Fan didn't come, I was thinking of going on stage myself."
While speaking, she didn't forget to turn her head and glare at Bork. This exchange was completely facilitated by this fellow.
Bork tilted his head up to look at the ceiling in the hall, muttered to himself: "Today's weather is really nice, really nice."
Just then, a burst of sighing sounded from the crowd.
"Lost again!"
"No way around it, this Bliss's Go strength is too strong. Yang Hao already tried his best."
"Five consecutive losses, a bit embarrassing !"
…
Listening to these low-voiced discussions, a trace of self-satisfaction flashed in Bliss's eyes. Unhurriedly, he cleared the Go stones, said: "Are there any more people in your Qihai team?"
The spectating Qihai team members instantly fell silent. Apart from captain Gu Ziyi, the five strongest members of the Qihai team had already appeared, without exception being crushed by Bliss. Going up at this time would just be losing face once more.
Seeing this, Bork quickly squeezed into the crowd and came behind Bliss, said a few words in a low voice.
Bliss huffed indifferently, retorted in not-so-fluent Xia language: "Bork, didn't we agree on an exchange? Do I still need to go easy ?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Qihai team members present became even uglier.
"I'll go!"
Gu Ziyi said with a cold face. Wherever she passed, the crowd parted one after another.
Bliss looked at Gu Ziyi before him, said: "I've heard Bork talk about you. You are not my opponent, change to someone else."
"Whether I'm an opponent or not will only be known after playing."
Gu Ziyi patted the member who just lost the game, "Yang Hao, losing a game is perfectly normal, don't feel pressured."
"Captain, sorry."
Yang Hao's face was full of defeat. He stood up and gave up his seat.
Just as Gu Ziyi was about to sit down, a familiar voice came from outside the crowd.
"Captain, how about you let me try?"