Jun Jiuling - Chapter 196

Chapter 196

Seeing this group of people withunar hands without an inch of steel… . No, he couldn’t say they had no steel, the servants on the right were carrying stools… 

The young man swept his gaze over the crowd . Of course, they didn’t pose much of a threat . It wouldn’t be difficult to kill his way out, naturally .

Right now he needed to weigh the tradeoffs . What was more shameful, being beaten down by a crowd intent on plundering him, or being pulled out by this improper girl .

Just as he thought this, the hands around his waist moved .

He cursed in his mind .

"Hey, don’t touch where you want . "

Soft fingers grabbed onto his belt .

"Come with me," she demanded .

"What do you think you’re doing? Are you thinking of forcing yourself on a man in full light of day?" the young man shouted .

She clenched his belt tightly and, wordlessly, stepped forward .

He looked around once more, but once he saw everyone's ‘don’t you dare run’ expressions, he cursed again .

Truly, there is nothing too bizarre on this earth .

The girl possessed no little strength, but she couldn’t grow larger than this man . If he lifted his arm, he could send her tumbling .

But did he really want to be pursued by the whole city? Also, because of this one woman, such a big commotion had occurred .

He couldn’t attract any more attention now .

He cursed his misfortune to meet with this girl, and walked directly into the nearest tea house .

The people in the teahouse had earlier ran out to watch the happenings . When they saw Miss Jun pulling this man in, they stepped aside .

"What do you think you’re doing?" he asked again .

Miss Jun sized up the room . Seeing a Go board and a hanging flag next to hit, she strode over there .

The person setting up the Go board was a stick thin man . He had gone with the crowd to see what was happening, and when he saw that it was coming towards him, he hurriedly ran along .

"How much?" she asked .

She wanted to play?

"Ten, ten coppers," the skinny man stammered .

"Chengyu," Miss Jun called out and turned around .

The crowd didn’t realize that at some point in time, Fang Chengyu had appeared silently, holding his crutches . He watched Miss Jun with a smile . Lei Zhonglian passed the money to Hu Gui .

Hu Gui hurriedly stepped forward and threw the money onto thee plate next to the skinny man .

So it was playing Go .

"So Miss Jun could also play Go; is there nothing she can’t do?" Hu Gui laid on thick . "As the proverb goes, ‘the red sleeve brings fragrance’, but in Miss Jun’s case she is the ‘blue sleeve attending to Go’ .  

‘Your mother’s sleeve . ’ The young man looked at Hu Gui . ‘You don’t need to be thinking out loud . ’

The skinny man trembled and sat up .

His own reputation would be much brighter once the Miss Jun of the Jiuling Hall came to play Go .

He hadn’t sat down before Miss Jun pinched a white stone and swiftly placed it onto the board .

A white stone, a black stone . Miss Jun put down alternating white and black stones, her fingers fluttering like dancing butterflies . It was enchanting .

The room was silent save for the clear sounds of the pieces being put down .

At a certain moment, Miss Jun’s arm dropped .

"Okay, the Go arrangement has been solved," she said .

The skinny man was dumbstruck .

Others went for a three or four moves with him before they discussed winning or losing, but this young miss went over ten steps . Although it was a match against herself, the wonderful him had no way of responding .

"Aiai, Miss Jun won," Hu Gui said to the audience excitedly . "Miss Jun only took several steps all by herself to solve it . There is nothing she cannot do . "

Everyone cheered .

It was a cry that could unify the Jianghu .

Have you seen a ghost? Do you understand, or are you just blindly cheering?

The young man looked at the girl who was holding on to him with her other hand .

Really rare . What is this person? An immortal? A monster?

"This is the money . " The skinny man regained himself with the cheers . Flustered, he handed over the remuneration .

Miss Jun stopped him .

"Okay, I won, so please make way . I want to borrow this GO board," she said .

The crowd froze again .

So she only wanted to borrow the Go board?

Miss Jun simply leaned forward again . She picked up the white and black stones with a single hand . As they plinked on the board, a Go arrangement began to emerge .

"Please," she said to the young man, tilting her face up at him .

Please what? Play Go?

Until now, Miss Jun had not released his belt .

She wanted him to play? So it wasn’t lust after all .

Everyone looked at the young man, then at the Go board .

Lei Zhonglian glanced at the board and his face filled with realization .

At first glance, the arrangement seemed unfamiliar, but he realized that it was the arrangement of the Lantern Festival board after it had been solved .

Lei Zhonglian had spent years in front of the exchange firm, idling his time away . He often watched others play Go, and he himself liked to play as well .

He had tried to solve the Go arrangement in his head when he had been guarding it at the lantern festival, but, of course, he couldn’t solve it . Afterwards, when he saw Tian San’s placed stone, he had realized the brilliance of the move . Of course that stone had to go there .

Afterwards, in his leisure time, he had tried to think of how to receive Tian San’s move, and after a long time, he had found a response .

This was the step Miss Jun had taken just now .

Lei Zhonglian had been excited over his wild guess, then he tried to think, but couldn’t think of the next step .

The outstanding Go arrangement was not something he could respond to . He could only helplessly look at the young man .

He was Miss Jun’s Go opponent .

How would he respond? What sort of brilliance will appear in the next move?

Everyone was focused on the young man .

He was seriously studying the Go board .

Neither a crow or sparrow could be heard .

The one speaking the loudest, Hu Gui, felt like he was being suffocated when the young man finally moved .

He would have to pick up a stone .

He would have to set down a stone .

What step would he take?

But the man’s hand stopped at the Go board . He tapped it a few times, but did not move anything .

"I don’t understand," he said simply, while looking at Miss Jun .

The room felt stifling for the audience .

Doesn’t understand?

What does that mean?

Hu Gui, Lei Zhonglian, and even Fang Chengyu were startled .

Miss Jun looked at him without saying anything . She picked up a go stone and then gestured at his extended hand .

His lips curled up, and he looked at the board again .

"I don’t understand," he repeated .

The room broke out into low murmurs .

Without hesitation, Miss Jun leaned forward and picked up another stone and gestured at the man again .

Lei Zhonglian looked at the Go board and saw that it had returned to the same position as it had been at the Lantern Festival .

The young man was getting impatient .

"What are you doing," he demanded . He looked again, then his expression suddenly changed . He immediately got up and walked around the board .

Miss Jun was still holding on to his belt without letting go, so she was pulled along .

Then he abruptly stopped .

"Ha!" He looked at the board and shouted .

The room jumped in fright .

The young man was really flustered .

"Oh, oh," he said after his shout . He was pointing at the Go board with a strange expression on his face, while also smiling at Miss Jun . "Young Lady, do you want to use this Go arrangement to earn money? You really can tease, setting up something so amazing . You are a…"

"What, what about me?" She did not wait for him to finish speaking and stepped forward . "What about me?"

Her hand was still holding onto his belt, and by stepping forward they were now even closer to each other . When she lifted her head her forehead almost grazed against his chin .

At this close of a distance, the man could clearly see this girl’s large and bright eyes .

He helplessly leaned backwards .

"You…" He was about to finish, but when he saw those large eyes filled with excitement and urgency and all sorts of tangled emotions, a lantern carousel turned in his mind, bringing a lot of other chaotic memories .

A split second of calm flashed through his eyes, then realization, then shock . These emotions twisted together on his face, leaving something that was hard to make out .

He narrowed his eyes and his mouth hooked up into a smile as he looked at Miss Jun .

"So . " He wrapped his arms around himself, stopping Miss Jun from getting closer, and raised his eyebrows . "So you are that dunce . "

Dunce?

"What does dunce mean? " someone whispered to another . "A pet name?"