“Please—” Choi Chang-soo glanced at Ye Shaohua.
From what he remembered, there was no such person in the Hua Country Go Association. She probably wasn’t even at An Tongtong’s level. He casually withdrew his gaze, not taking her seriously at all.
His undefeated record had lasted for three years.
When Ye Shaohua placed her first stone, Choi Chang-soo almost laughed. Wasn’t that the kind of move only a beginner would make?
Not just him, but the entire audience was in an uproar.
“What is she doing?” Uncle Yao muttered uneasily. “Why did she place it there?”
“Uncle, Shaohua is, after all, a member of the Yao family. What if she actually knows how to play?” An Tongtong, whose hand no longer hurt, was now intently watching Ye Shaohua’s performance.
“Knows how to play what?” Uncle Yao had investigated this. Ye Shaohua had never attended any extracurricular classes growing up. How could she possibly know Go? To be honest, even An Tongtong couldn’t compare to Choi Chang-soo.
However, Ye Shaohua was far calmer than anyone expected. On the other hand, Choi Chang-soo’s expression shifted from arrogance to shock, and then to cold sweat.
As the game progressed, the audience, who had initially been whispering, fell silent. Even the referee suddenly stood up, staring in disbelief at the board as it approached its endgame.
Old Master Mo and the head of the Go Association were dumbfounded, their eyes filled with astonishment.
“I’ve lost,” Choi Chang-soo said, looking at the board. No matter where he placed his next stone, it would be a dead end. After taking a deep breath, he finally stood up.
The entire audience was silent for a moment, and then erupted into cheers. People were shouting themselves hoarse with excitement.
It wasn’t uncommon to see someone completely dominated in Go, but this was Choi Chang-soo!
Choi Chang-soo, the genius Go prodigy from H Country, had been undefeated since he first appeared in the Go scene, striking fear into his opponents!
Now, a completely unknown girl from Hua Country had single-handedly crushed him. There was no need to continue the match. Everyone already knew who the champion and runner-up would be.
The news spread like wildfire within the Go community.
“How is this possible?” An Tongtong, who had initially been sneering, now looked panicked. Like everyone else, she had assumed Ye Shaohua didn’t know how to play Go. How had she suddenly crushed Choi Chang-soo?
“Teacher, she… she…” The student sitting next to Uncle Yao was still in shock, unable to process what had just happened.
Uncle Yao’s fingers gripped the edge of his chair tightly, but he didn’t respond.
“Isn’t she the daughter the An family just recognized? This kind of strategy, thinking fifty moves ahead with each step—I’ve never seen anything like it in my entire life. Old Yao, your Yao family descendants truly live up to the name. I’m genuinely impressed!” An elderly man in front couldn’t help but turn around, his tone full of admiration.
Everyone present understood Go.
Ye Shaohua had completely dominated Choi Chang-soo, the undefeated legend in everyone’s hearts.
This was enough to shock and excite everyone!
“People in the circle have been saying that the real An family heiress is only good at studying and nothing else. What nonsense! Not to mention her stunning mixology skills, I thought she was a bronze-level player, but she turned out to be the strongest king! She’s not just good at Go—she’s a master who can crush Choi Chang-soo in minutes. This is what a true grandmaster looks like!” A young heir sitting next to An Tingjun was practically glowing with excitement.
He had been invited by An Tongtong to watch her exhibition match, but now he was completely captivated by Ye Shaohua.
In just one day, Ye Shaohua’s name spread rapidly online.
Her fame had already surpassed An Tongtong’s by miles.
Some even compared her to An Tongtong, but most felt there was no point. In their eyes, An Tongtong didn’t even come close.
Everyone around her began to change their opinion of Ye Shaohua. When Uncle Yao suggested holding a celebration banquet for her, Old Master An couldn’t stop praising her to everyone he met.
Even when An Tongtong complained about her hand hurting, An Tingjun seemed distracted. Finally, An Tongtong couldn’t take it anymore.
She cried, looking at everyone in the room, “Have any of you thought about how I feel? She deliberately made me unable to compete, deliberately ruined my hands, deliberately took my place in the match! This was supposed to be my glory! She’s already taken everything from me. Why does she have to take the Go competition too?”
After the match, countless people wanted to interview Ye Shaohua, but Academician Tian refused them all.
The more he looked at Ye Shaohua, the more he felt a headache coming on.
Now, on top of fending off the math, biology, and computer science departments trying to poach her, he also had to deal with the Go club? Ye Shaohua, could you be any more low-key?
But even as he thought this, Academician Tian proudly shielded her from the reporters.
What could he do? His student was just that talented.
“You’re still in charge. Old Master Mo said only you can handle the situation with the Mo family’s influence,” Vice Mayor Shen finally found Mo YunChuan at the Jing University lab. After days of worrying, he finally had some answers.
“Two hours are up. Academician Tian said you must rest after two hours,” Mo YunChuan walked into the lab at that moment, taking the test tube from Ye Shaohua’s hand. “Research can wait.”
This scene made Vice Mayor Shen forget what he was about to say next.
“Since we’ve run into each other, let’s go eat together,” Mo YunChuan led Ye Shaohua out, signaling his intention to formally introduce her into their circle.
Shen Han had heard rumors that his childhood friend Mo YunChuan had been neglecting his duties for someone, but Mo YunChuan had kept it tightly under wraps. Who would have thought that person was right under their noses, at the Jing University medical lab?
Who could have guessed?
He glanced at Ye Shaohua again, vaguely remembering her. She had just won the Go championship, and even his grandfather had been raving about her.
After seeing her photos online, he realized that even the heavily edited pictures couldn’t compare to her real-life beauty.
It wasn’t the kind of beauty you’d see from plastic surgery. It was an artistic, ethereal beauty that even Shen Han, who was used to seeing beautiful women in their circle, found striking.
However, he also remembered that she was just a Go player. Entering the powerful Mo family might still be a challenge.
Ye Shaohua calculated her time, nodded slightly at Shen Han, and then began reviewing the notes she had grabbed before leaving, silently running through the data in her mind.
Not far ahead, two girls were pointing in Ye Shaohua’s direction, whispering.
Most people wouldn’t be able to hear them, but with Ye Shaohua’s keen hearing, she caught a few words: “That’s her… I didn’t expect her to be like that… How vicious…”