Chapter 79: Double National Player
That night, Lao Shi and Lao Nie practiced a total of 5 sets, and they finished the game at about 2 a.m. Fortunately, Lao Nie was also a night owl, and staying up late to watch the World Cup was common for him, so Li Xiangping did not have to worry about damaging his health.
There was nothing much to say about the outcome of the Ze chess match, but the process made Li Xiangping depressed. In the five games, without exception, Old Nie had the upper hand at the beginning. Before the first 50 moves of each game, the great chess master Shi did not even have a "two-point" situation.
Before going to bed, Li Xiangping communicated with his plug-in again:
"Brother Ding'an, through these five games, have you found your problem?"
"Well... Alas, Ding'an is indeed aware of his shortcomings, but to be honest, where exactly is the problem? Ding'an still has no idea."
Li Xiangping felt suffocated for a while after hearing this, but when he thought about it, he felt it was normal, because with this cheat, he was not a person with quick thinking and high comprehension.
"Brother Ding'an, I heard that when you and Senior Xiping first traveled to the capital, Senior Xiping made rapid progress and became a national champion at the age of 16, but your chess skills remained stagnant. You didn't even get ahead for three years. It wasn't until you traveled to Niushan with Mr. Liang Weijin and were enlightened by Mr. Weijin that you finally realized something and became a famous master, right?"
"Why did you suddenly bring up this matter, Mr. Xiangping?"
Li Xiangping laughed loudly and thought to himself that this was a famous "sudden enlightenment" story , and you, Mr. Shi, were the person involved. And in your current situation, of course I would like to find an expert to give you some guidance. I hope you can have another "sudden enlightenment". This is the only solution I can think of now.
"Okay, Brother Ding'an, it's late, let's go to bed early and talk about it tomorrow."
Li Xiangping had actually made up his mind to find an opportunity to meet Lao Nie and ask the person concerned to give Lao Shi some advice, but he did not speak openly about his cheats yet.
It was not because of anything else, but mainly because Li Xiangping was not familiar with Old Nie at all. No, no, no, strictly speaking, Li Xiangping did not even know Old Nie. He had been to the chess academy many times, but it was strange that Li Xiangping had never met Old Nie once during the training days at the chess academy. In addition, he had heard from his old man that Old Nie had intended to accept him as an inner disciple a few months ago, but he had pretended to refuse at that time...
It is for this reason that Li Xiangping feels that he cannot just go to the door rashly. He should at least find a suitable time, or find an acquaintance to introduce him.
"Who should I look for?" Li Xiangping couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a moment, and then he fell asleep in a daze, and slept until noon the next day.
"Xiang Ping, hurry up and get up. You are still sleeping in."
Li Xiangping was awakened by Zhao Daokai. Looking at his best friend, Li Xiangping said listlessly:
"Isn't it a holiday now? Why don't I sleep in? By the way, why did you come to my house so early? Don't you have ?"
Zhao Daokai glared at Li Xiangping and said, "Li Xiangping, I'm warning you. I've told you so many times that what I'm learning is called surrealist painting technique, not painting photos..."
Before Zhao Daokai finished speaking, Li Xiangping smiled and said, "Okay, okay, surrealist painting skills, surrealist painting skills, then, Master Zhao, what do you want to talk to me about today?"
Zhao Daokai opened his eyes wide: "It's a big deal, have you forgotten?"
Li Xiangping didn't react for a moment: "What's the big deal?"
"Today is your wife's birthday. Didn't she invite us to her house?"
Li Xiangping laughed when he heard what Zhao Daokai said. The "your wife" that Zhao Daokai mentioned was naturally Cai Shanshan. Now the three of them have officially become classmates for several months, but because of the preparations, Li Xiangping can always find an excuse not to go to school. Therefore, strictly speaking, he and Cai Shanshan are not familiar with each other, at least not as familiar as Zhao Daokai.
However, even though they were not familiar with each other, they still called her "your wife, my wife" in private. When Zhao Daokai mentioned this, Li Xiangping remembered that Cai Shanshan had indeed invited her to her birthday dinner. By the way, the person who helped her convey the message was none other than the guy in front of her.
Li Xiangping joked with his best friend, "You guy, it's my wife's birthday, why are you so active? Didn't she treat us to dinner? Why are you rushing over here in the middle of the day?"
Zhao Daokai said, "Li Xiangping, you are not right. It's your wife's birthday, so why don't you prepare some gifts for her? I came here to discuss with you what to give her."
Li Xiangping was stunned when he heard this. He really hadn't thought about this. In fact, it was normal to think about it. Not to mention that the invitation he accepted was brought by someone else, he didn't take it seriously. Besides, he was 31 years old mentally, so how could he specially prepare a gift for a 13-year-old girl on her birthday.
But I also felt that what Zhao Daokai said was right. Since I had accepted the invitation, it seemed really inappropriate to go empty-handed.
But what should he give as a gift? Li Xiangping thought for a long time but could not come up with an idea. After all, the other party was only a 13-year-old girl. If she was a few years older, a playboy like Li Xiangping would know how to give gifts and would know how to give anything. Li Xiangping even recalled Cai Shanshan in his previous life, but he did not know what to give as a gift. Because apart from knowing that Cai Shanshan was a top student and later became a business elite, Li Xiangping knew nothing about her interests and hobbies.
"Daokai, have you decided what to give?"
Zhao Daokai smiled and said, "She is your daughter-in-law, not mine. Of course, you have the final say this time."
"Get lost, as if you've made up your mind before. By the way, who else did she invite besides the two of us?"
Zhao Daokai: "There are XXX, XX, XXX..."
Zhao Daokai reported a long list of names, but Li Xiangping knew that they were all his current classmates, but he was not familiar with any of them.
However, even though he was not familiar with them, Li Xiangping knew that they were all a bunch of rich people, because the school he was attending now was a so-called aristocratic school with very expensive tuition fees. The students there were either rich or noble, either the children of officials or the second generation of the rich.
"Oh, that's boring, but for my father-in-law's sake, I'll think about what to give him..."
Yes, Li Xiangping was indeed planning to consider what to give his daughter for Lao Cai's sake, because Zhao Daokai's arrival reminded him that if he wanted Lao Shi to ask Lao Nie for advice, his "father-in-law" seemed to be a good recommender. At least for him now, Lao Cai should be the most suitable.
"By the way, where is Uncle Li? Why is Uncle Li not at home?"
Hearing Zhao Daokai mention his father, Li Xiangping said, "He's on a business trip. Boss Li has such a big business, why doesn't he go to inspect the projects... By the way, Daokai, let me go."
"Where are you going?"
"Hey, let's go take a look at Boss Li's collection and pick a gift from his collection."
Li Yuanhu has a hobby, which is to collect chess sets. Although most of his chess sets are for Go, some are also for chess. In his previous life, Li Xiangping really didn't know that Cai Shanshan could play chess, but when he met her for the first time after his rebirth, he practiced a few games of chess with her, so Li Xiangping thought that getting a nice set of chess sets as a gift might be a good idea.
Li Yuanhu did not hide the chess sets he collected as treasures, but used an empty room in his house as a storage room. Li Xiangping led Zhao Daokai in, and among the few chess sets, he finally found a set that he was quite satisfied with.
"Daokai, what do you think of this one? It's antique and looks like an antique. I think it should be presentable, right?"
Zhao Daokai picked up a chess piece and looked at it:
"What kind of material is this? It must be an antique. Uncle Li will skin you alive when he comes back."
"Top-quality chess pieces are of course made of rhino horns. This material does look like it, but never mind. Your uncle Li just left this chess set lying around. I guess he didn't spend much money on it when he was shopping. He definitely won't feel bad if I give it to someone else."
"By the way, we have your gift, here's mine."
"Idiot, you already have chess pieces but don't need a chessboard? I've already thought about it. I'll give you a set of chess pieces and you'll give me a chessboard. Come on, let's pick another chessboard..."
When Li Xiangping was about to pick a chessboard, he felt something was wrong. He actually noticed something strange about his cheat.
"Brother Ding'an, what's the matter?"
"It's okay. Seeing something reminds me of someone. Seeing this chess set reminds me of an old friend."
"Old... old friend? Who?"
"Brother Lanru, this chess set looks very much like the one you have at home."
"Ah!? Brother Lanru? Are you talking about Cheng Lanru, the national champion in both Go and chess?"
