Chapter 507 She is mine!
"Ye Fan, is this a bit too much?"
Seeing Gu Ziyi's face looking like she wanted to cry but had no tears, Ye Fan's expression didn't change in the slightest. He picked up the teapot from the coffee table in front and poured a glass of water for Ning Xi, a deep meaning flashing in his eyes, "Ziyi, what if this Lu Shuhan likes Xiao Xi?"
"What?"
Gu Ziyi, sitting on the office chair, her face sluggish, monstrous waves surging in her heart.
Ning Xi held the water glass, her head lowered, silently sipping.
This topic, she really didn't want to bring up.
Originally, ever since being reminded by her father, she had paid special attention to the way Lu Shuhan looked at her, and indeed discovered… hints in that regard.
This kind of thing, she had only heard about in the news, never thought it would one day happen to her. She completely didn't know how to handle the relationship with Lu Shuhan.
Originally, after Ye Fan blocked Lu Shuhan's contact information, she wouldn't see her again. But never expected fate to be so mischievous, to actually meet Lu Shuhan again in the Qihai team, couldn't help but feel somewhat upset and confused.
Gu Ziyi swallowed with difficulty, suppressed her surprise, said incredulously: "Ye Fan, you're not joking with me, are you? Little Lu… is clearly a girl, how could she possibly like Xiao Xi?"
"You, are you mistaken?"
"Why not possible?"
Ye Fan grinned, his arm wrapped around Ning Xi's jade back and landed on her slender waist, said as if it were a matter of course: "Xiao Xi is so beautiful, is it not normal for girls to like her?"
"Besides, who told you there's no love between the same sex? Not only does this kind of thing exist, but it's also not in the minority. It's just that because it's not accepted by secular society, most people choose to hide it."
"Ah… this..."
The look of certainty on Ye Fan's face made Gu Ziyi fall into complete disarray.
Even if her imagination was bigger, she never thought the relationship between Lu Shuhan and Ye Fan was actually like this. Too… outrageous!
This time, she finally knew why Ye Fan's attitude towards Lu Shuhan was so bad. His own girlfriend being eyed by a girl, no matter how magnanimous a boy is, his heart would feel as uncomfortable as if a thorn was stuck in it.
"Little Lu usually looks quite normal, never thought she would actually..."
Hearing these words, Ning Xi lowered her head even further, her face burning hot. This kind of thing being discussed to her face, she really didn't know what to say.
A faint smile rose on Ye Fan's face. He said seriously: "How to say it, actually, there's nothing wrong with love between the same sex. Regardless of whether this kind of love can be accepted by secular society, there's nothing wrong with liking a person."
Speaking to here, his tone suddenly changed, "However, I will not let anyone have their eye on Xiao Xi, regardless of gender."
"She is mine!"
Plainness mixed with three parts certainty, seven parts declaration!
"Gege, …don't say anymore."
Ning Xi put down her water glass, her hands tugging Ye Fan's sleeve, spoke in a small voice with a completely red pretty face, "I'll find a chance to talk with Sister Lu. You don't be too aggressive either, let me handle it, okay?"
"Okay."
Ye Fan's eyes showed doting affection. He knew in his heart the girl was thin-skinned. Discussing this matter in front of Gu Ziyi would inevitably make her feel embarrassed .
He looked up and blinked at Gu Ziyi with a chuckle, changed the subject: "Ziyi, Xiao Xi and I are starting school in a few days. Joining the Qihai team is fine, but let me say the ugly words first, we usually don't have much time to participate in daily training."
"Even for competitions, we can only participate when we have free time. Studies are most important. Weiqi to us is just a hobby."
"Of course, if you can't accept these conditions, then Xiao Xi and I can only choose not to join."
The corners of Gu Ziyi's mouth twitched, quite helpless.
You should know, don't know how many newcomers who just ranked are breaking their heads trying to join a professional Go team. After all, many competitions now require team registration to participate, individuals cannot participate directly.
After ranking, if one can't squeeze into a professional Go team during the window period, when the major leagues start, then the newly ranked newcomer can only wait another year. But next year, a large batch of newcomers will still emerge, the competition very fierce.
In fact, some players, after successfully ranking, have always struggled to join a professional Go team, resulting in being fundamentally unable to rank up. Over time, they can only retreat behind the scenes to do some things related to Weiqi.
But now Ye Fan put on an attitude of, either agree to my conditions, or I won't join.
This made Gu Ziyi not know whether to cry or laugh.
Honestly, Ye Fan's attitude was indeed somewhat arrogant.
But...
Who let him have the capital to be arrogant!
Plus Ye Fan's favor to her grandpa, and his relationship with Ning Xi, even if Gu Ziyi was unwilling in her heart again, she could only nod in agreement,
"You're the boss, you call the shots. That should be fine, right?!"
"Thank you."
Regarding this situation, Ye Fan was very clear in his heart, nodded to express his thanks.
Gu Ziyi raised her hand, "Wait a moment, I also have a condition."
"What condition?"
"The Golden Saint Cup that starts on October 1st this year, you and Xiao Xi must participate. This is an international competition. You and Xiao Xi are our Qihai team's secret weapon!"
Hearing this request from Gu Ziyi, Ye Fan narrowed his eyes, didn't agree immediately, rather curiously asked: "Ziyi, aren't you a professional preliminary dan? Why can you be the captain of the Qihai team?"
"Also, what is the relationship between this Qihai team and Qihai Dojo?"
In the Weiqi world, strength is respected.
The captain of a professional Go team is often the strongest player. Even if not, they are also a leader among the team members. But Gu Ziyi clearly was not. In his memory, Gu Ziyi was only a professional preliminary dan, the same rank as him and Ning Xi.
This level of strength, under normal circumstances, would absolutely be impossible to become a captain. Even if the Qihai team's strength was weaker, it's impossible to let a 1-dan player be the captain.
A triumphant smile appeared on Gu Ziyi's face, "Haven't you heard the saying? After three days' separation, one should be looked at with new eyes. The results of the rank promotion some time ago have already come out. After a year of hard work, I am now already a professional 6-dan."
"Wow!"
Ning Xi's eyes widened, exclaimed, "So amazing!"
The corresponding rank promotion rules appeared in Ye Fan's mind. He instantly had the answer in his heart, said with astonishment: "You got nine consecutive wins in the Women's Go Team Championship?"
According to the rank promotion rules, wanting to continuously rank up five dans, there are only two ways.
The first is to win the championship of the World Women's Professional Go Championship. The second is to get five consecutive wins in the World Women's Go Team Championship, promoting one dan in rank, then for each subsequent win, promote one dan, with a maximum promotion to 5-dan.
This year's World Women's Championship winner was a player from Tianshui Country. That is to say, a situation like Gu Ziyi's of continuously promoting five dans only had one possibility.
In the World Women's Go Team Championship, achieve nine consecutive wins!
But in the World Women's Go Team Championship, masters emerge in an endless stream. Wanting to achieve nine consecutive wins can only be described as difficult as ascending to heaven.
"No, to be precise, it's ten consecutive wins!"
As soon as the words came out, don't know what Gu Ziyi thought of, her expression filled with dejection, muttered: "Unfortunately just a little bit off, otherwise Feifei would definitely have been able to hold the championship trophy..."