Go Legend

   Chapter 5 One Dream Eighteen Years

   August 2000, Jinling City, Qinhuai District.

  The annual National Go Fixed Duan Competition just ended here.

   Since the participants are mainly minors every year, this competition is usually held in the summer. This is also the norm for fixed-stage competitions.

In the just-concluded stage competition this year, the most eye-catching player was not Liu Yuanbo, who won this year's championship with 12 wins and 1 loss, nor Chen Yaoyue, who determined the stage with the youngest age of the year, or even the beautiful chess player who finally entered the stage this year. Mao Jiajun, but a 13-year-old boy named Li Xiangping who failed to enter the stage.

   Among these chess boys who participated in this year's competition, Li Xiangping is outstanding. As early as before the competition, he was unanimously favored by the domestic Go community, thinking that it was almost a certainty for him to take one of the 22 fixed-segment places.

   In fact, after the start of the game, Li Xiangping did live up to expectations. He won 9 consecutive victories in the first 9 rounds. Even from the post-match point of view, the only game that champion Liu Yuanbo lost was to Li Xiangping.

   However, just when everyone thought that there was no suspense for Li Xiangping to set the stage ahead of schedule, an accident occurred.

   In other words, tragedy happened.

   In the 10th round, Li Xiangping was blocked by Chen Yaoyue and failed to realize his wish to set the stage in advance.

   In the 11th round, Li Xiangping unexpectedly lost to the beautiful chess player Mao Jiajun, once again delaying the pace of the fixed stage.

  Yes, everyone thought it was an accident at this time, Li Xiangping was just slowed down.

   However, a small number of experts who are familiar with the inside story know that Li Xiangping is already in danger at this time.

   Nothing else, because in the 12th round, Li Xiangping met Yan Qing.

  It should be said that although this young man named Yan Qing is average in chess and chess, after the game, he barely entered the stage with a 19th place result, but he has one characteristic, that is Li Xiangping's "hard hand".

Li Xiangping has been participating in fixed stage competitions since he was 11 years old. His outstanding sense of chess and his keen reaction have long been recognized by the Go world. However, there is a fact, a fact that many people have not noticed, that in the first two competitions , Li Xiangping was once defeated by Yan Qing.

   Now for the third time, can Li Xiangping defeat the "hard hand"?

   The result was not as expected by a few experts, Li Xiangping lost to Yan Qing again fatefully, and the victory that was only needed to successfully enter the stage was still not waiting.

   At this point in the game, everyone knew very well: Li Xiangping is in danger, he is a real danger!

  Because Li Xiangping has outstanding strength and his chess talent has been unanimously recognized by the chess world, but he has a weakness that is also known to everyone: that is, his psychological quality is not good, and his ability to resist attacks is extremely poor.

   Just 3 days ago, the last round of this year's fixed stage competition started, and the result was not unexpected. During the competition, Li Xiangping's technical movements were seriously deformed, and he showed a tendency to lose early.

   So, after 9 consecutive victories and 4 consecutive defeats, Li Xiangping failed again, making him one of the most eye-catching figures in the entire arena.

   Especially one thing that happened after the game, you can even remove this "one" and make him the most eye-catching figure in the whole game.

That is, after the game was all over, perhaps because of deep stimulation, or because of other reasons, 13-year-old Li Xiangping suddenly fell into a coma. He has not woken up for two days and two nights, and is still in hospital for observation. .

   Qinhuai District, Jinling City First People's Hospital, in a senior ward, Li Xiangping was lying on the bed, his eyes were closed and he was unconscious.

   However, although he is not awake now, his face is ruddy and his breathing is slow. And right around the hospital bed, there are now four people standing around watching him closely.

   Among the 4 people, there is an elderly couple, Li Xiangping's grandfather and grandmother. The two elderly people are now looking at their grandson with worried expressions.

  Besides the two of them, the other two are also a man and a woman. The man is in his 40s. He is Li Xiangping's attending doctor and his surname is Ren. The woman was a nurse in her early 20s, surnamed Yang.

   "Doctor Ren, what is my grandson's situation now?" Li Xiangping's grandfather asked.

"this"

The doctor Ren is in his 40s this year. It is not easy to say that he is one of the best doctors in this hospital and even in Jinling. He is a well-known authority in children's medicine in China. The doctor didn't know how to answer:

   "Strange, we have carried out various examinations on the child, from brain waves to electrocardiograms to various blood indicators, and found nothing abnormal, but why the child has been in a coma."

   "Humph! A bunch of quack doctors."

   Mr. Li snorted, and then ignored the big doctor Ren, but turned to Grandma Li Xiangping and said:

   "Wife, I don't think I can go on like this. Transfer to another hospital! Now you must consider transferring to another hospital immediately, and send Xiang Ping to Shencheng or Jingcheng for treatment."

   Although grandma Li Xiangping also looked anxious, she seemed calmer than grandfather, and she seemed much more decisive. After listening to grandfather's words, grandma did not hesitate, she nodded:

   "Yes, it can't be delayed any longer. I can't even find out the cause. What kind of broken hospital is this? I see this, old man. You should contact Lao Zhao right now."

  Look, grandma has already thought about her next move.

Seeing the attitude of the two elderly people, Dr. Ren was even more afraid to speak, not to mention that because the cause could not be found, it made him feel a little bit of a loss, not to mention that he knew a little about the identities of the two in front of him. The standard old revolution is definitely not something he can afford to offend.

Not to mention the other, just the "Old Zhao" in the mouth of Li Xiangping's grandmother, Dr. Ren knows that this is a big man in this province. The reason why this child can live in this high-level ward is that "Old Zhao" Say hello.

   Just when the atmosphere in the ward was a little embarrassing, suddenly another person rushed into the ward. This person rushed in and shouted:

   "Xiangping, what happened to Xiangping"

   Seeing the person coming, Grandpa Li Xiangping suddenly became angry, and he scolded his head and covered his face:

   "Yo ho, it turns out that our Boss Li is here. It's really rare to see rare customers. What's wrong, Boss Li doesn't bother with your money-making plan, and finally remembers that he has a son?"

   The person who came was Li Yuanhu, Li Xiangping's father. During Li Xiangping's competition, he happened to be talking about a business in the capital, and when he learned that Li Xiangping was in a coma, he didn't come over until now.

   Faced with the anger of his old man, Li Yuanhu, Mr. Li, naturally did not dare to refute. Seeing the presence of outsiders, he had no choice but to pretend that he did not hear, but turned to Li Xiangping's grandma:

   "Mom, what's the matter with Xiangping?"

   "Hey, I suddenly fell into a coma two days ago, and I haven't woken up until now. When I asked what the reason was, the doctor said that there was no problem. It was really urgent."

"Oh?"

   Li Yuanhu turned his questioning eyes to Doctor Ren.

   "You are Mr. Li, right? That's how it is"

   Seeing that Li Yuanhu looks a little kind, at least not as fierce as his old man, Dr. Ren pushed his glasses and prepared to explain it to someone else.

   It's a pity that his explanation was disturbed again, and this time it was the beautiful nurse surnamed Yang:

   "Blink, blink!, I seem to have seen it just now, the child seems to blink."

   Nurse Yang said these words, and Dr. Ren naturally couldn't care to explain. Everyone, including him, stopped talking and stood beside Li Xiangping again.

   At this moment, as if he had just finished a very long dream, a strange or even bizarre dream, Li Xiangping woke up leisurely.

  Li Xiangping opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye was the anxious look of his grandparents, and a warmth flooded into his heart.

"grandparents."

   "Hey, my good grandson."

   Grandpa's face was red, and grandma was crying with joy:

   "Xiang Ping, tell grandma what happened. By the way, how do you feel now?"

   "I am a little tired now, I want to rest."

   Of course Li Xiangping was not really tired, he just wanted to take this opportunity to digest the dream he just had.

   "Okay, rest, rest well, and talk to grandma after you rest."

  Heaven and earth have the biggest patient. Since Li Xiangping made this request, others will naturally follow suit.

   It's a pity that Li Xiangping was doomed to "rest", because at this time, someone came to the ward again:

   "Oh, is Xiangping awake already? Haha, Xiangping, look who is here, Grandpa Zhao brought Daokai to see you."

  Li Xiangping finally didn't want to "rest", he stared at Zhao Daokai with his eyes fixed:

   "This kid, has he ever crossed over like him?"

   This was Li Xiangping's first thought after seeing Zhao Daokai.

   (end of this chapter)