The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Ye Xiaoya, a celebrity in Fengcheng who has won three consecutive championships, participating in the Evening News Cup is undoubtedly a very attention-grabbing thing.

When Ye Xiaoya just came to Fengcheng Stadium, she was blocked by a sharp-eyed reporter and interviewed on the spot.

"Hello, classmate Ye Xiaoya, I'm Xu Wei, a special reporter of Fengcheng Evening News, can I take a few minutes with you?"

"Oh, you ask." Ye Xiaoya came by herself this time, after all, she is older, and the memories of her previous life have also been fused, so it is not comfortable for people to accompany her.

"Do you plan to win the Evening Cup this time?" Xu Wei was very excited to ask the first question.

"Of course, I'm here to win the championship." Ye Xiaoya is not humble at all.

"Ye Xiaoya, it is said that your level has surpassed that of ordinary professional chess players, why don't you participate in the professional fixed-stage tournament?" Xu Wei excitedly wrote down the first one, and then continued to ask questions.

"I'm not going to just go down the Go path, but next year I'm going to go to a professional fixed-stage tournament." Ye Xiaoya replied lightly.

"Oh, Ye Xiaoya, I heard that you plan to take the college entrance examination next year? Is this true? Xu Wei asked again.

"Before I answer that question, may I ask you how you found out about this?" Ye Xiaoya asked rhetorically.

"I just heard about it, in fact, you were the first in the high school entrance examination, and someone in our Fengcheng Evening News prepared the article, but it didn't pass the publication, but we are still very concerned about you." Xu Wei smiled and said.

"It's true." Ye Xiaoya nodded, seeing that Xu Wei seemed to want to ask, she waved her hand and said, "The game is about to start, if you have any questions, let's wait until the game is over." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you to finish the game and ask again, I wish you a good result." Xu Wei stepped out of the way.

At this time, a female reporter saw Ye Xiaoya and immediately rushed over to ask, but Ye Xiaoya kept the reporter Xu Wei and said: "I told him, you go and ask him." ”

"Ye Xiaoya, are you here to win the championship this time?" The female reporter ignored the male reporter Ye Xiaoya pointed to, but caught up and asked.

"Yes, don't ask about the rest." Ye Xiaoya quickened her pace, and when she walked into the arena, she breathed a sigh of relief, the entanglement of the reporter was really annoying.

And their question was really a little simple and boring, and Ye Xiaoya didn't bother to answer it at all.

In the first round of the game, Ye Xiaoya unexpectedly had a bye, she saw that she had a bye on the matchsheet, and she couldn't help but wonder if it was deliberately done when she was arranged.

"Teacher Ye, if you don't defeat in this first round, you deserve it." A referee wearing glasses smiled when he saw Ye Xiaoya, who had won the bye signing.

"There were a total of 285 people in this qualifier, and I had a bye, and I was able to catch up." Ye Xiaoya said with a smile.

"Teacher Ye, among these 285 people, I'm afraid there is no one who is your opponent."

"What is this teacher's name?" Ye Xiaoya looked at this referee with a little face.

"My name is Wang Wenlong, the coach of the Fengcheng Go Research Association, and I knew how powerful Mr. Ye was a few years ago." Wang Wenlong said, and lifted his black-framed glasses.

"Teacher Wang praised it falsely, I just practice more usually, which chess players have a higher level in this competition?" Ye Xiaoya didn't want to go out to chat with reporters, so she simply communicated with the referee.

"I don't know much about this, but with Teacher Ye's level, they shouldn't be your opponents." Wang Wenlong said with a smile.

"Accept your good words, I will try to be the first." After Ye Xiaoya finished speaking, she turned around and left.

This time, the Evening News Cup qualifiers were held on the weekend, and Zhang Zhijun and others were arranged to have classes and classes, and Ye Xiaoya also refused to accompany them.

For her, the qualifiers are simply going through the motions, if it weren't for the fact that she hadn't played chess face-to-face with someone for a long time, Ye Xiaoya really didn't want to participate in this kind of low-level competition.

Before the start of the second round, Ye Xiaoya met an acquaintance who had played a game of Jin Yiming last year.

"Teacher Ye, are you still closing your eyes in this competition?" Jin Yiming's number is far from Ye Xiaoya, and it is not possible to meet until at least the fifth round.

"No, that's rude." Ye Xiaoya smiled: "You didn't participate in this year's fixed stage competition? ”

"yes, I just got sick before the game this year and missed it." Jin Yiming nodded, his chess strength should be very sure to participate in the fixed-stage match.

"You're not old anyway, and it's the same for next year."

"Teacher Ye, when are you going to participate in the fixed-stage competition?" Jin Yiming asked curiously.

"I plan to take it after the college entrance examination next year." Ye Xiaoya said.

"After the college entrance examination? Okay, Mr. Ye, are you already preparing for the college entrance examination? Jin Yiming also heard about Ye Xiaoya skipping a grade to go to high school, but he still just knew about this preparation for the college entrance examination.

"It's almost time to start the game, let's talk about it later." Ye Xiaoya saw that there were only ten minutes left to start the game, so she immediately said goodbye to Jin Yiming and went straight to the competition seat.

When she came to the seat, she saw that her opponent was sitting on the mountain, and a middle-aged man in a suit was sitting with his eyes closed.

"Hello." Ye Xiaoya pulled out a chair and sat down, and at the same time greeted politely.

"Hello, Mr. Ye, I've admired my name for a long time." The middle-aged man opened his eyes when he heard this, then smiled slightly, and said, "The number one chess player in Fengcheng has never had the opportunity to meet, and it is my honor to learn a game with you today." ”

"This teacher is polite, we communicate and make progress together." Ye Xiaoya took a look at the other party's name tag, the name tag was put down, the name was pressed by the chess box, and she could only see that the name was exposed, and the surname in front of her could not be seen.

"Don't dare to be, my name is Xu Xiangdong, I have been teaching chess in a small county, this is the first time to participate in the Wanbao Cup." The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "I heard about your name Teacher Ye two years ago, and I was very surprised to see that I could play against you just now." ”

"Then let's get started." Ye Xiaoya smiled slightly, the middle-aged man's face seemed to be a little nervous, obviously he was talking about surprise, I'm afraid there was more fear in his heart.

The two guessed first, Ye Xiaoya took the black first, the three-star layout, then expanded rapidly, and then played unhurriedly until 107 moves, and the situation on both sides was unclear.

At this time, Xu Xiangdong's mood gradually stabilized, and he seriously thought about how to deal with it.

Obviously, Xu Xiangdong realized that the reason why the current situation was still two points was because Ye Xiaoya did not play his best, but when he came to the game this time, he naturally wanted to win a few more games, even if he knew that the probability of winning Ye Xiaoya was less than one percent, he still had to work hard.

What if you win? No matter how powerful Ye Xiaoya is, she is also a human being, and she will make mistakes, especially when she is still a child, and when she is proud and underestimates the enemy, it is really hard to say whether she wins or loses.

Xu Xiangdong has such a mentality, has been working hard to find opportunities, has always held a glimmer of hope, and has been concentrating on the game.

When he saw Ye Xiaoya's 109th step in town, he couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart, this move was to make him choose to give in or resist.