Chapter 38 - 38 The Underachiever Participates in the Go Tournament
After saying goodnight to Shen Liguang, Fu Ying was too excited to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she was still scrolling through Shen Liguang's social media, having gone through all his posts.
Fu Ying noticed that during his college years, he often shared articles about civil engineering and regularly posted updates every once in a while.
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Then suddenly, there was a break for about six months, he disappeared without a trace, and after half a year, his social media was filled with content related to firefighters.
Fu Ying still remembered, he had said that he became a firefighter because there had been a fire at his home.
Fu Ying started to wonder if that six-month period was related to the fire at his home?
Thinking this way, Fu Ying felt that this brother had a story.
By four in the morning, Fu Ying finally fell asleep clutching her phone.
The second time, she started dozing off during Tan Ruonian's class and was criticized by him.
Zhou Wei, still harboring a grudge against Fu Ying, felt schadenfreude seeing Fu Ying being criticized.
Fu Ying couldn't care less about her.
After class, Tan Ruonian took a sip of tea, did not leave the classroom, but cleared his throat and said, "Excuse me for a minute, there is something I want to say, the city is organizing a youth Go competition, anyone interested please sign up enthusiastically."
"Go sign up with Wen Tian, and Wen Tian, after you compile the list, hand it over to me, now go enjoy your break."
Fu Ying was fiddling absentmindedly with a pen in her hand.
Such competitions clearly had nothing to do with them, the back-row underachievers.
Du Yong was spinning a math textbook with his finger, uninterested in the Go competition: "I might participate in King of Glory, but forget Go."
Li Hanyi: "I hear the first prize for the Go competition is 28,888 yuan."
"That much?"
"Yeah, the first place 28,888, second place 20,000, third place 12,000."
"What does that have to do with you guys?"
Zhou Wei, who had just gone to sign up with Wen Tian, upon hearing the discussion between these two underachievers Du Yong and Li Hanyi, couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you discussing so fervently?"
Zhou Wei's tone was sarcastic, laughing at their capability and at them daydreaming about things beyond their reach.
Li Hanyi frowned: "Does it concern you?"
"It doesn't involve me much, but at least I can win a spot, unlike some people here, who can't do anything right."
Du Yong was angered: "Zhou Wei, our boss has been lenient these past few days, did you forget how you fawned over our boss last term?"
Li Hanyi sighed: "Ah, I remember someone begging us to let her go, and now what? A tiger stoops and dogs jump?"
Zhou Wei's face changes slightly, if it hadn't been for Fu Ying hiring outsiders to beat her up last semester, how could she have been so humiliated?
"Last semester was too much, I didn't provoke you, what right did you have to beat me?"
Li Hanyi laughed wildly, as if returning to the peak days of last semester when he was intimidating and troublesome: "Our boss hits anyone he dislikes; does he need a reason?"
Zhou Wei clenched her fingers tightly, recalling last semester's helplessness under Fu Ying's bullying.
In her fury, suddenly Fu Ying stood up: "Wen Tian, I want to sign up."
During the break, students were all over the hallway, not many were left in the classroom.
But the few who were there heard Fu Ying's shocking announcement.
Heavens?!
Did they hear that right?
Fu Ying, the underachiever, was participating in a Go competition?
Wasn't she just setting herself up to be a laughing stock?
Not just the others, even Wen Tian along with Li Hanyi and Du Yong thought she was talking nonsense.
Seeing everyone's disbelief and Zhou Wei's incredulous sarcastic smile,
Fu Ying repeated clearly, word by word: "Wen Tian, I want to sign up for the Go competition, make sure to put down my name."
Wen Tian, in disbelief, confirmed with her: "Are you really participating?"
"Yes, put down my name."
Wen Tian nodded: "Well, okay then."
During PE, with free time on their hands, Li Hanyi still hadn't gotten over Fu Ying signing up for the Go competition.
It sounded like a joke.
Their boss, who led them playing truant and fighting, terrible at everything but brilliant in brawling, was actually joining a youth Go competition.
It felt utterly unbelievable.
"Boss, for real? Are you serious about participating in the Go competition?"
Fu Ying nodded: "Yes, I know how to play Go."
Du Yong: "It's not just about knowing how, it's about being good at it, I know how too."
Fu Ying was baffled: "How much more proficient do you need to be in Go?"
Li Hanyi held his forehead: "Boss, if you're entering just because of Zhou Wei, I think it's unnecessary. If Zhou Wei bothers you, Du Yong and I can bag her one night, drag her to the grove behind the school, and give her a beating."
Fu Ying shook her head: "Let's not beat her, she hasn't annoyed me to that extent yet."
Du Yong: "Boss, you still don't get it, Li Hanyi and I are actually trying to persuade you not to join the Go competition, it'll be embarrassing if you're eliminated in the first round."
Li Hanyi, trying not to upset Fu Ying, said soothingly: "Knowing how to play Go isn't something superior, it's okay not to participate."
"It's 28,888 yuan prize money."
"..." Du Yong and Li Hanyi inwardly cursed.
Boss is awesome, not only participating but aiming for first place.
Fu Ying, serious-faced, patted their shoulders reassuringly: "Don't worry, I'm confident."
Du Yong: "..."
Li Hanyi: "..."
Holy shit, this isn't about confidence.
...
Fu Ying hadn't expected that just by participating in the Go competition, she would become the laughing stock of the class.
During self-study, with Tan Ruonian absent, some classmates gathered to discuss her participation in the Go competition.
They even made bets on whether Fu Ying would be eliminated in the first round.
Li Hanyi and Du Yong, loyal as they were, bet ten yuan she wouldn't be eliminated in the first round.
Being bad at studies doesn't conflict with knowing Go, right?
Fu Ying, lying on her desk, kept pressing her ballpoint pen down and letting it spring up, repeated the action while listening to their discussion.
She started to doubt herself.
She knew Go, often played with Grand Tutor in the palace, sometimes even defeating him.
He had praised her.
After more than five hundred years, the Go here should be the same as she imagined, right?
In terms of rules, there shouldn't be major changes, right?
Anyway, since she'd signed up, backing out now would be truly embarrassing.