An Impossible to Reject Confession

Qiao Mu took the mobile phone from the locker, turned it on while walking out, and quickly entered the password after turning it on, and the first one was dialed to Xu Youyou.

"Youyou, where are you?" As soon as the phone was connected, Qiao Mu couldn't wait to ask.

"Across the road." Xu Youyou replied.

There is a dessert shop across the road, where Xu Youyou waited for him last time.

"I'm here to find you." Qiao Mu hung up the phone, pushed the door and walked out.

In the afternoon, it snowed in city B. At this time, the steps were white. Because no one stepped on it, it looked quiet and beautiful. But Qiao Mu was not in the mood to appreciate this beauty at all. He strode down, leaving a long series of footprints on the long steps.

In the dessert shop across the road, Xu Youyou also came out, looked up in the direction of the Go Club, and at a glance saw a figure running in a hurry, and a string of long lines behind him long footprints.

Thinking of Qiaomu's uncontrollable excitement on the phone, Xu Youyou couldn't help but jump up, Qiaomu must have won.

"Win?" Xu Youyou asked.

"Win." Qiao Mu nodded.

"Excellent, I knew you would win." Xu Youyou laughed, rushed over excitedly, and hugged Qiaomu.

Qiao Mu didn't expect Xu Youyou to hug him suddenly, his mind went blank for a moment, when he came back to his senses, his hands had consciously wrapped Xu Youyou's body.

He didn't let go until Xu Youyou's excitement passed. Even because of the little thought in my heart, when Xu Youyou looked at him again, her face flushed with guilt.

This is when Xu Youyou was jumping and jumping away just now, and the tree is not easy to mention, just silently lowered her head and pulled it up.

"A present for you."

Qiao Mu just tidy up his neckline when a shopping bag came to him.

"My?" Qiao Mu was stunned.

"I bought it on foot in the back, congratulations on your success." Xu Youyou simply took out the gift inside, "It's a scarf with a Go pattern on it, I think it's quite suitable yours."

"Thank you." Qiao Mu took it, the scarf was soft and warm to the touch, and the quality was much better than his ten-dollar hat.

"Come around, your face is red from freezing." Xu Youyou said.

"Yeah." Qiao Mu froze for a moment, then swiftly wrapped the scarf around his neck.

"Come on, uncle must be waiting for us."

Back at the hotel, my uncle knew that Qiao Mu had won the game, and was happy to show off to others. Lu Shi was still shooting commercials outside. After he came to City B, he was much busier than going to school. He left early and returned late, and Xu Youyou hadn't seen him for several days. But today is the day when Qiaomu's game ends. Lu Shi has already discussed with his agent. In any case, he must come back before 6 o'clock tonight and have dinner with them to celebrate.

Uncle also made a reservation for the restaurant long ago, and when Lu Shi came back, everyone set off to the restaurant together. The words of congratulations have already been said in the afternoon, so during the meal everyone talked about the future development of Qiaomu.

"You won that Elle Mountain, it should be no problem to sign a professional team." Lu Shi asked.

"There will be an award ceremony in a few days, and then I will see which team will contact me." Qiao Mu said.

"It's great, you don't have to go to school in the future." It is said that people will miss the days of school after work. Why does he miss the days of work when he goes to school every day.

Uncle hesitated for a moment, and said to Qiao Mu: "Although I know that you have officially entered the society after becoming a professional chess player, I still hope that you will have the opportunity to continue your studies. What the university gives you, not only Just a diploma."

"I know, I will continue to go to school." Qiao Mu understood his uncle's intentions, "But these few years, I want to concentrate on playing chess."

Uncle naturally has no opinion: "You just know what you have in mind."

"By the way, is it time to tell grandma?" Xu Youyou asked.

Grandma Qiao doesn't know about him coming to the fixed stage.

"When I go back, I will tell my grandmother in person." Qiao Mu said.

"Have you decided what to say?"

"My grandmother didn't let me play chess again, not because I didn't want me to play chess again, but because I was afraid that I couldn't get rid of the shadow of my childhood. Now that my illness is cured, my grandmother will definitely help me Happy." Qiao Mu said.

"When the time comes, your aunt and I will accompany you to explain." The uncle echoed with a smile. In fact, Qiao Mu's illness is also his mother's heart disease. If Qiao Mu's illness is cured, the elderly will definitely be happy. Maybe, I can stop complaining about my sister so much.

Thinking of my sister, my uncle couldn't help but think of another person: "After becoming a professional chess player, I should have more contact with Qiao Dongyuan."

"Actually, it's fine." Qiao Mu replied, "I'm the first dan, he's a chess master, we are not at the same level at all, and we don't have much chance to play chess together. When he grabs the title."

Qiao Mu clearly knows that he is still far away from Qiao Dong.

"He called me two days ago." Uncle said suddenly.

"That rotten guy, why are you answering his phone?" Lu Shi shouted dissatisfied.

Uncle glared at Lu Shi, and when Lu Shi shut up, he continued: "He asked me about your childhood and whether you really had a psychological shadow."

Arbor looked down.

"What do you mean, if you don't know, he is no longer responsible? Then why doesn't he ask himself why he doesn't know." Lu Shi said.

Lu Shi's words almost spoke to Xu Youyou's heart, and he thought so too, but if he ever tried to care about Qiaomu, it is impossible not to know about it. If it wasn't for Qiao Mu's hot search this time, and things from his childhood were picked up, he might not know it in his life.

A person who can't remember caring about you will regret it after being reminded? No, his concern at this time is just a moment of guilt, and it will disappear in an instant.

"I'm not defending him, I think, after all, you will be involved in the Go circle in the future, Qiao Dongyuan has the resources, you can use it, it's okay, just treat it as he treats you Compensated." Uncle is the way of thinking of an adult.

"I won't avoid him on purpose, but I don't want to get too close." Qiao Mu doesn't really want to discuss Qiao Dongyuan, although they are destined to be anxious in the future, but Qiao Mu hopes that he can be as strange as him Get along like people.

Because as long as he still regards Qiao Dongyuan as his father, it is impossible for him not to hold grudges in his heart. I also don't want to make a scene of filial piety between father and son against his will for the so-called resources.

The dining table was quiet for a while, and my uncle regretted that he should not have mentioned Qiao Dongyuan at this time.

Qiao Mu noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and took the initiative to provoke a topic: "By the way, I may enter the national team and participate in next year's World Championships."

"The national team?" The three of them looked over curiously.

“When we played today, the coach of the national team came to watch chess, and I heard from them that the country would like to select a few members of the youth team of the national team in this year’s fixed stage competition. ." Qiao Mu said.

"Are you going to the national team?" Lu Shi said excitedly.

"Not necessarily, it's just possible." Qiao Mu is still very self-aware, his performance in the whole fixed stage match is not very stable, although today's game is good, but it's just a fluke That's it. The selection of the national team is based on comprehensive strength. The national team will definitely not ignore the weakness of his weakness in the early stage of the game. What's more, he has a psychological shadow, and he has been on the hot search for several hours.

At the same time, in another restaurant in City B, Coach Yao, Qi Fang, Ai Lao and Qiao Dongyuan were also having dinner together. They were discussing the chess game between Qiao Mu and Aileshan today, as well as the national Team selection issue.

"I definitely want to take Xiaoshan, but Qiaomu..." Coach Yao hesitated.

Qiao Dongyuan glanced at Coach Yao and wanted to say something, but because of his relationship with Qiao Mu, he didn't speak.

"You saw the chess game today, Qiaomu is no worse than Xiaoshan. Xiaoshan only lost to Qiaomu in the entire fixed stage competition." Qi Fang strongly recommended Qiaomu.

"Today's game is really good, but in his past records, his performance was not very good." Coach Yao did not hide it, and said directly, "When he was ten years old, because of I retired from the tournament due to psychological problems, and I haven’t played chess for six or seven years. In any competition, psychological quality is the number one priority.

In the afternoon, he specially asked Qi Fang to ask for the chess score when Qiaomu set the stage seven years ago. At that time, Qiaomu's chess skills were already very strong. If it wasn't for his mental imbalance and Qiao Mu had not been abandoned in the past six years, what would he look like now.

"Qiao Mu can come back to participate in the fixed stage competition, which proves that he has overcome the psychological factors." Qi Fang said.

"It's good or bad, you can tell from the chess score. In the whole fixed stage, only the last three games are relatively stable." Coach Yao is also very embarrassed. Chess really amazed him. He was reluctant to bear such a talent, but he was afraid that he would bring people to the national team and the international team, and to endure even more pressure. Qiao Mu's psychological problem, which finally got better, recurred again. By then it will be worth it.

"Lao Ai, what do you think?" Coach Yao knew that Qiao Dongyuan was not good at speaking, so he asked Mr. Ai.

"My opinion is basically the same as yours." Ai Lao took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Qiao Mu's chess skills are not stable, it can be seen that the time to start playing chess again is not long, and the mentality problem Whether there is a complete solution requires a verification process."

"But if there is no Arbor, we may lose next year's World Championships." Hua Guo has not won a gold medal in the youth group for eight years. I seldom come to China to communicate.

"Let him be a substitute." Qiao Dongyuan suddenly said.

Coach Yao looked over: "Substitute?"

"Anyway, the game is next year, let him in first, practice him, if you think he can play, let him play, if not, send him back. .

Coach Yao stroked his beard and thought about it: "This will require an extra bench."

Qiao Dongyuan looked over nervously.

"Well, you promised to come to the national team as a consultant coach, and I will apply to it." Coach Yao said.

"I go there at most once a month." Qiao Dong said far away.

"Okay." Coach Yao agreed without hesitation, and at the same time looked at Lao Ai with a wily smile.

After watching Qiaomu's chess game today, Coach Yao decided to bring Qiaomu back to the national team. As Qi Fang said, Aileshan alone cannot win the gold medal. So even if using an arbor is risky, it's worth the risk.