On the first weekend of early September, well, Li Xiangping, who had become a glorious high school student, packed his luggage at home and prepared to go to Japan to participate in the "Toyota Cup" quarter-finals.

"Damn, you are actually some kind of good athlete?"

Li Xiangping happily glanced at his best friend Zhao Daokai: "Why, you are not convinced that I am an athlete?"

"I'm totally convinced."

"Hahahaha." Li Xiangping laughed: "Jealousy, you are just jealous like Chi Guoguo."

By this semester, both of them have entered high school. Speaking of the previous high school entrance examination, their scores were not very good. According to their test scores, let alone a good high school in Beijing, in fact, they did not even have the normal qualifications to enter a higher school.

None.

However, the two brothers are the same person but have different fates. Originally, Li Xiangping's score was a few points lower than Zhao Daokai, but who made him an "athlete"? He was also the highest-level international athlete in the country, so there was no need for his old man to go there.

Relying on connections to find a way, the China Chess Academy, which is affiliated with the State Sports General Administration, arranged everything properly. He is now studying in one of the best middle schools near the Chess Academy.

Compared with Li Xiangping, Zhao Daokai's enrollment is a bit difficult. It's not that he can't advance to school. With his relationship with the old Zhao family, this kind of thing is just a trivial matter, but now it's a bit too high and too low.

I mean, let him just find an ordinary high school to study in. His mother, who is a top student, is not willing yet, but if she really wants to go to the best middle schools in the capital, she hasn't got all the connections in place yet.

No, it's been almost a week since school started, and this matter hasn't been decided yet. Precisely because it hasn't been decided yet, Zhao Daokai will inevitably be scolded by his mother when he's at home, so this guy simply turns a blind eye.

Don't worry, I hang out with Li Xiangping every day these days.

"By the way, Dao Kai, the school matters haven't been decided yet?"

"Who knows, the family has different opinions."

Li Xiangping made a sign of surprise: "How can your family still have disagreements? How dare I, Uncle Zhao, disobey Aunt Liao?"

Zhao Daokai glared at Li Xiangping: "This time it's mainly because I have an objection. My mother wants me to go to the High School Affiliated to XXX. You know, who wants to go there to study? It's so far away from home..."

"Hahahaha..." Li Xiangping laughed again. The XXX Affiliated Middle School that Zhao Daokai talked about may not be the best middle school in the capital, but it is one of the middle schools with the highest enrollment rate in the capital. Therefore, Li

Xiangping unceremoniously exposed Zhao Daokai:

"It's too far from home. I think you are afraid that you will stand out from the crowd."

"Huh? What makes you stand out from the crowd?"

"Think about it, that school is full of top academics, and if you, a scumbag, sneak in, it's not like he's standing... No, no, it should be that he's standing tall among the crowd, haha, that's right, that's right, you are.

I’m afraid that I will stand out from the rest when the time comes.”

Zhao Daokai was furious: "Get out of here, you are the chicken..." As he said this, he was still showing off his teeth and claws at Li Xiangping, but after a while of fighting, maybe even Zhao Daokai felt bored, so he did a Ge You paralysis on the sofa.

:

"Alas!..." A look of despair.

Li Xiangping understood his decision, because since it was his fucking idea, it meant that the matter had basically been decided, and Zhao Daokai's objections were ineffective. Let alone him, this matter was his.

When the grandfather of a high-ranking official came to object, it was ineffective. Since even Li Xiangping knew about this situation in his family, Zhao Daokai himself naturally knew better, which is why he looks like this now.

Zhao Daokai, who had been paralyzed on the sofa for a while, suddenly said: "By the way, I went to the attached middle school yesterday and I seemed to see your wife."

"Oh?" Li Xiangping hadn't seen Cai Shanshan for a long time since seeing Yang Na off last time, and he didn't know where she went to high school: "My wife also went to that high school?"

Zhao Daokai nodded: "That's right, I saw her wearing the uniform of that school."

"Haha, then Xingdaokai, I will give you a task now. In the next three years, you must take good care of my wife."

"Go away, go away, I'm so upset," Zhao Daokai waved his hand in disgust: "It's true, she is really your wife? If you ask me, if you are like this, your wife will not be around for long.

You can just run away with someone else."

"Hahahaha, what if I run away and I ask you?" Li Xiangping laughed again: "Okay, now it's your turn to get out, I have to catch a plane later."

"Okay, okay, I'll get out, I'll get out, you are an athlete and you are awesome."

When Zhao Daokai left, the car that came to pick up Li Xiangping from the chess academy also came to the door. In the first two rounds of the "Toyota Cup", the Chinese team's results were pretty good. In addition to Li Xiangping, there was also Chang Hao.

and Wang Lei reached the quarterfinals.

In addition to the three players from the Chinese team, the other top eight players are Lee Cang-ho and Liu Chang-hyuk of the South Korean team, and Zhao Zhixun and Wang Mingwan of the Japanese team.

The last top eight player is a bit special. He is Argentinian chess player Aguilar. This amateur 6th-dan with a beard defeated Japan's Nao Hasegawa 9th-dan in the first round, and went on to defeat Yang Jiayuan 9th-dan in the second round.

, while becoming the darkest dark horse since the establishment of the professional Go competition, it also exposed the weakness of Japan's 9th Dan.

Among them, Hasegawa Nao's 9th Dan is okay. After all, Hasegawa is already quite old. Li Xiangping's impression of this person should still be when Mr. Wu Qingyuan was promoted to 9th Dan. The Nippon Chess Academy organized a group of young chess players and

Mr. Wu went down and down, and Hasegawa Nao has appeared before. So if we calculate it this way, this person's age and seniority should be similar to Sakata Eio. He should be at least 60 years old by now. So he should repay his loss.

Excusable.

However, this person's loss was excusable, and another player, Yang Jiuduan, who was in his prime, also lost... Li Xiangping didn't know how to complain.

"Brother Chang, you can take it easy this time. If you draw such a person, you can basically win."

On the way to the airport, Li Xiangping joked with Chang Hao because his opponent in this round was the bearded chess player Akilul.

Facing Li Xiangping's words, the honest boy Chang Hao could only smile, because it was not easy to answer these words at all. If he admitted that he had won by lying down, he would not be humble enough. But if he did not admit it, he would talk about the next game.

It will still be very difficult, but that seems very hypocritical.

Therefore, the honest boy Chang Hao has no choice but to change the topic at this time:

"No matter how easy it is, I can't compare with you. We all have to look at our opponents, unlike you, the master of unique skills. As long as you are in the world competition, you don't have to worry about who your opponent is. If you block the devil, you will kill the devil, and if you block the god, you will kill the god. As long as you

Once you sit there, everyone will be invincible, right? Wang Lei."

Wang Lei, another chess player who participated in the competition, smiled and said: "Yes, the boss of Pei Yi has done something wrong, and not even a blade of grass can grow."

"Hahahaha, Brother Wang, you must have read too many martial arts novels, and you are so good at it that not even an inch of grass grows. It's not that exaggerated. I think my competition this time may not be that easy."

"Well, why?"

"My opponent this time is Lao Zhao. As you all know, I have won more against Korean chess players in the past, but I still played less against Japanese players. And to tell you the truth, in my opinion,

It may be that Japanese players are more difficult to deal with."

In the next game, Lao Shi will play against Japanese chess player Zhao Zhixun. After hearing what Li Xiangping said, Chang Hao and Wang Lei became interested:

"Why?"

"How come?"

One of them asked "why" and the other said "how could it be". Li Xiangping explained:

"I personally think that the layout of Japanese chess players is better, but I am just afraid of a good layout. I remember that I used to play against Kato and Mr. Lin Haifeng. They were all at a disadvantage early in the prologue, and I didn't bring it back until very late.

, and you all know that Lao Zhao is different from other Japanese chess players. I personally think that among all Japanese chess players, Lao Zhao is the one who is least afraid of disturbing things, so I think this competition will definitely not be easy.

.”

"Haha, how could it be possible? How could it be possible?"

This time it was the turn of the two people to say "How could it be possible" in unison, and everyone just laughed and laughed all the way before boarding the flight to Japan.

Of course, what Li Xiangping just said was just for outsiders. Deep down in his heart, of course, he was still full of confidence in his plug-in.

On the second day after arriving in Japan, Li Xiangping walked into the arena. When he walked into the arena, he said to himself:
Chapter completed!