In the summer of 2018, Jinling City, along the famous Qinhuai River.

Located on Chaoku Street by the Qinhuai River, a young man of about 30 years old was wandering there alone, looking around. He walked to a private river house and stood in front of it. He saw the plaque of "Meixiang Building" on the building. The young man

A smile appeared on the person's face.

At this moment, his phone rang. The young man answered the call, and another young man's voice came from the phone:

"Xiangping, are you here yet?"

"Come on, I've already seen the plaque of Meixiang Tower. Hey Dao Kai, are you kidding me? This shabby place is the famous Ten Miles of Qinhuai? Where are the eight beauties of Qinhuai that we promised?"

There was a burst of laughter on the phone: "Haha, the eight beauties of Qinhuai? In the past few years, they were in DG, but in the past few years, they have become young models and Internet celebrities. Why, your kid is coming to Jinling this time to visit the eight beauties of Qinhuai.

?Changed to the path of nostalgia for the past?"

"Nostalgic for the past and spring? Haha, you are right..." The young man laughed:

"...Isn't there a saying that says that if you don't get to Qinhuai, you won't be a straight man, so this time, I am planning to spend my first night in Jinling in the old courtyard of Qinhuai. How about Dao Kai? I

But this is my rare visit to your territory, have you thought about how to entertain me?..."

While the young man named "Xiang Ping" kept talking nonsense, the person on the other end of the phone became impatient:

"Okay, okay, you must have lost your first night more than ten years ago, and you still told me that you stayed in the old Qinhuai courtyard. Stop talking nonsense. Where are you now so that I can come and pick you up."

The young man looked around, and then reported his specific location on the phone. After hanging up the phone, the young man stood silently, waiting for his friend to pick him up.

This young man's name is Li Xiangping, and he is already thirty-one this year.

Well, according to the standards of Chinese people, he has passed his thirties. However, it is embarrassing to say that although this guy looks good and his parents gave him a pretty good skin, he is nothing like "Erli".

I can't get close to you at all. I want a career without a career, I want a family without a family, and until now I have achieved nothing.

But fortunately, although your guy has no skills, his reincarnation skills are good. He was born in a fairly well-to-do family. The old man Li Yuanhu is the CEO of a listed company, so although Li Xiangping is a bit dandy, he can be considered a mess.

Qualification to eat and wait to die.

This time he came to Jinling, but his old man saw that he was already old and it was not a problem to idle around all day long, so he wanted to find something serious to do for him.

But what should he be asked to do? The old man spent a lot of thought.

Since Li Yuanhu was a contractor, the listed company he owned was basically engaged in business related to construction and real estate. Therefore, after thinking about it, the old man thought that he also had an antique construction company in his hands. This subsidiary company

The scale is small, so it is perfect to leave it to his son to practice. It is for this reason that Li Xiangping came to Jinling this time.

Because Li Yuan told him that despite the small scale of this subsidiary, it is not that easy to take good care of it. Since it is going the "antique" route, of course it must have a certain knowledge of ancient Chinese architecture.

Understand. So, in the recent period, Li Xiangping has been traveling around cities with many ancient buildings such as Suzhou, Beijing, Chang'an, and Jinling, inspecting ancient buildings in accordance with the old man's orders. Jinling is his last stop.

"Xiangping, here."

After a while, the person on the phone just now appeared in front of Li Xiangping. This guy's name was Zhao Daokai. He was also a dandy like Li Xiangping. Since the Zhao and Li families were family friends, the two families had been together since their grandfather's generation.

They have a very deep friendship, and the two of them have grown up together, and they are the kind of legendary childhood friends and best friends.

After the two met, Zhao Daokai punched Li Xiangping with a smile:

"I have long heard that Uncle Li said you were coming to Jinling, why did you arrive now?"

Li Xiangping glanced at his friend: "It's not like you don't know that Jinling is my sad place, so I don't want to come to this miserable place unless I have to."

Hearing what Li Xiangping said, Zhao Daokai was stunned:

"In my impression, you have never been to Jinling, right? Why is this a sad place? Oh, by the way..."

Zhao Daokai pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and then showed a vulgar smile that everyone knew: "Have you ever been dumped by a Jinling girl before? Come on, tell me, when did that happen?"

"Go away, what do you think? It's always my job to dump others. When will it be someone else's turn to dump me?"

Li Xiangping looked like a dandy and continued to say to Zhao Daokai:

"How come I haven't been to Jinling before? Have you forgotten that eighteen years ago..."

The two of them are in their early 30s now, and 18 years ago happened to be the year 2000. They were only thirteen or four years old at that time, so hearing Li Xiangping talk about "18 years ago" made people feel awkward no matter how they heard it.

However, the two of them were very familiar with each other, so Zhao Daokai immediately understood what Li Xiangping said:

"Oh. I remember it. It turns out you were talking about the last stage race you participated in. That race seemed to have taken place at the foot of Jinling. What?"

Zhao Daokai stared at Li Xiangping and smiled: "Have you still not given up on that competition, or on your failure to become a professional chess player in the end? Otherwise, why would you be so sad?"

Regarding Zhao Daokai's words, Li Xiangping was noncommittal, neither admitting nor refuting.

Zhao Daokai is right. Li Xiangping was indeed a young boy who competed with Duan. This can actually be seen from his name: Xiang, Shi Xiangxia, Ping, and Fan Xiping. These two are both medieval chess players.

A famous chess master in China. Since he has such a name, of course he has something to do with Go.

Of course, if a person has such a name, it usually does not mean how much he likes Go, but it only means that his parents may love Go very much. For example, Li Xiangping is like this. His old man Li Yuanhu is a contractor.

Although his background is not vulgar, he has a rather elegant hobby, that is, Li Yuanhu likes Go.

Not to mention, Li Yuanhu's love of Go is not arty. He is a real super chess fan, and his level is quite good. Not only is he good at Go, he is also an avid fan of Fan and Shi. It is for this reason that he can

Give your son such a name.

When Li Xiangping was born, he happened to catch up with the previous Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. In other words, it happened to catch up with the first wave of Go fever in China. Therefore, when Li Xiangping was young, Li Yuanhu was still

I really wanted him to take the path of professional Go. I sent Li Xiangping to study Go formally for a long time, and also let him participate in fixed-stage competitions for several years, but he was unsuccessful in the end.

Looking back now, Li Xiangping couldn't say how sad he was that he failed to become a professional chess player in the end. He just felt it was a pity, or he was vaguely unconvinced in his heart.

Especially the last one, which was when Li Xiangping participated in Jinling when he was 13 years old, the experience of that competition made him unable to let go until now.

There were a total of 13 rounds in that competition. In the first 9 rounds, Li Xiangping won 9 consecutive times. According to the rules of the competition that year, as long as he won the 10th round, he could qualify for the fixed division in advance.

It's just a pity that he lost in the 10th round.

Originally, it didn't matter if he only lost one set. According to the situation that year, as long as he could win one set in the last three rounds, he could also become a professional junior player.

It's a pity that he didn't win any of the last three sets.

Therefore, Li Xiangping finally failed with a score of 9 wins and 4 losses. This was also the last time he missed a professional chess player.

Go competitions have been held in China for decades, and the competition format is basically the same every year. In Li Xiangping’s impression, he was the only one who failed to successfully determine the final stage after winning nine consecutive rounds in the first nine rounds. For decades, he seemed to be the only one.

It was just one person, and for this reason, Li Xiangping regarded this competition as the greatest shame and humiliation in his life.

At this time, Zhao Daokai spoke again:

"I'm surprised. Although you have a poor mental quality, according to your level back then, if you continue to participate next year, you might actually be able to become a professional chess player. But why won't Uncle Li let you continue?"

Did it go down?"

Hearing Zhao Daokai say this, Li Xiangping curled his lips:

"It's not like you don't know, my old man, he is a stubborn old man, and he was deeply poisoned by Japanese Go. I remember that there was a saying in the Japanese chess community at that time that the best age for a person to be determined was before the age of 13. If he exceeds this

Given my age, even if I could become a professional chess player in the end, I wouldn’t have much potential in the end. So, just like that, my path to Go ended like this.”

"Oh? So that's it, hehehe..."

Seeing that Li Xiangping looked a little unkind, Zhao Daokai quickly stopped:

"Okay, okay, I don't think you should blame Uncle Li. Let me tell you, it's actually a good thing that you didn't become a professional chess player. Otherwise, look at it now, ever since that "Alpha Dog" turned up

After I was born, I felt that being a professional chess player was actually meaningless."

Li Xiangping stopped talking, thinking that Go is now ruled by "dogs". Human beings have no resistance at all in front of all kinds of big dogs, small dogs, foreign dogs and native dogs. Li Xiangping himself felt that it was boring when he thought about it.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangping calmed down and stopped worrying about what happened 18 years ago. He smiled at Zhao Daokai and said:

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. By the way, Dao Kai, I have greeted you a long time ago when I came here this time. How about this time when I came to your territory, have you figured out how to entertain me?

?”

Zhao Daokai chuckled: "Of course. Since I am entertaining you, Mr. Li, how dare I neglect you? I have already prepared it. Come with me."

"Where to go?"

"To entertain you, I specially booked a boat."

"Huafang?" Li Xiangping asked in surprise:

"The entertainment industry in Jinling is still so advanced with the times? Even the painting boat was destroyed by you?"

"Of course!" Zhao Daokai laughed:

"Originally, there was none, but since it's you who are coming, then I have to prepare one for you. You just talked to me about the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. Didn't you just want to take the path of nostalgia for the past and spring?

Okay, I will fulfill your wish now and give you a chance to reminisce about the past."

Hearing what Zhao Daokai said, Li Xiangping, who was used to hanging out with young models and Internet celebrities, became interested:

"Okay, I really want to see it today."

The two walked forward while talking and laughing. Zhao Daokai led Li Xiangping to a dock. Li Xiangping saw an antique painting boat appearing in front of him. At the same time, a beautiful woman in ancient costume walked out of the painting boat. She

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