Chapter 505 Hidden Excellence

If Tokyo during the day is like sake in a small dish, with the aroma of grapes, sweetness of cherries and fragrance of caramel, like a sports girl with a single ponytail, then Tokyo at night is undoubtedly the water burning with blue fire. of absinthe, the city buildings swaying and floating in the square cup are like ice cubes crowded together, with colorful flames floating on the top, evaporating charming alcohol and hallucinogenic anise, like a sports girl. She put down her ponytail during the day, put on a red lipstick of death, and put on her most seductive and dangerous side.

Lin Xian was sitting on the terrace of Xingshen Temple, which was covered with a huge tatami. From the gap in the wall in the distance, he was admiring the city weaved with fire. His eyes were slightly squinted, as if with a hint of smoke. And she did hold a glass of soju in her hand, and when she was halfway through the drink, there were lipstick marks on the edge of the wine dish that were even more smoky than the wine.

The long red table on the tatami is filled with classic and elegant Japanese delicacies. Each dish has a unique name from the mouth of the chef who is kneeling beside the tatami and cutting bluefin tuna, from "Spring View" , to "Seasonal" to "Scenery of Cherry Blossoms" and "Farewell Winter Gifts" and so on.

But in fact, "Spring View" is an emergency grilled corn tamale with purple sweet potatoes and a little perilla leaves, while "Seasonal" is seafood and eggplant soup, and "Sakura no Scenery" is sakura nigiri with monkfish as the main ingredient. , it is a type of sushi that is eaten cold. The "winter gift" is naturally the daikon left over from winter to spring, but in the hands of the chef, he used his superb knife skills to carve out the daikon for 20 yen each. The price increased a thousand times.

In addition to these dishes with names, there are also some other simple dishes placed on the edges of the white tablecloth, such as steamed vegetables, fried taro, watercress salad desserts, and the ice cream fruits are sky-high price netted melons and genetically modified strawberries.

Today's main dish, in addition to the above dishes, is a bluefin tuna, a top-quality fish caught off the coast of Osaka. It is about 1.5 meters long and is placed in the center of the long table, occupying almost two-thirds of the place. Now it has been cut open into a blooming meat flower by the chef holding a Honyaki kitchen knife. There are a lot of ice cubes under the fish and it exudes a cold mist-like atmosphere. It is decorated with green leaves and purple flowers. , the scallop-like sashimi cut on the belly of the fish can be cut off directly with chopsticks and eaten.

There are four sets of tableware on the long table. However, except for the elderly chef, there are only two people sitting on the tatami in the open-air terrace. Lin Xian's left leg is slightly lying horizontally, his right leg is bent and upright, and his left hand is standing upright. Serving the wine, Yuan Zhisheng stood up and leaned quietly beside her. He picked up the bottle of soju on the table and stood behind her to pour the wine for her. When she heard the sound of water flowing, she paused and looked back at the sea of ​​lights in the city. , raised his head and glanced at the man behind him with a smile and said, "Why, you like to be idle while waiting for someone? Why don't you also have a drink together? It's rare to have such a good weather and night."

"It's difficult for mixed-race people to get drunk unless they overeat. If you're not drunk, you don't need to force yourself to drink alcohol." Yuan Zhisheng put down the soju bottle and sat behind the girl, looking over his shoulder toward the wildfire. of Tokyo.

"You seem to have something to say? Just say it. You sitting behind me reminds me of a boy in my college. Every time he sat behind me and stared at me in public class, his eyes made me glow. After all, he still confessed his love to me in the end." Lin Xian took a sip of the dish and said with a smile.

It seemed that she was drunk, and her words were a bit lazy and casual, which did not fit her usual dignified image in front of outsiders. However, with such a good night and delicious food and beautiful scenery, it didn't seem too bad, and she was not too deliberate. He controls his words and deeds too strictly.

"I want to say something, but when I think about it carefully, there is nothing to say." Yuan Zhisheng said, turning his head and looking at the table of state banquet-level delicacies swaying in the light and shadow.

"Are you sorry for the fact that you lost to me in shogi? Or don't you believe that I haven't learned shogi before?" Lin Xian turned around and faced Yuan Zhisheng half a meter away from the table, with a faint burgundy blush on his cheeks and squinting his eyes slightly. Look at this man with a smile.

The collar of her thin white shirt was untied due to drinking, exposing the cool collarbone underneath. When the night breeze blew, the collar lifted up, revealing even more of the color. The hem of her waist was also lifted up, revealing the skin that was separated from her jeans. There was a hint of coldness, and the scenery was more intoxicating than the wine, forcing the young master of the family who could not get drunk to take the initiative to turn his head and avoid looking.

"It's just too astonishing." Yuan Zhisheng looked at the table full of gorgeous "bets" worth a lot of money and said lightly, "It's still a bit hard to believe."

Director of the Executive Bureau of the Sheqi Ba Family, Da Feng Da Lang, had never seen any scene before, so there was probably nothing that could surprise him. But today, a girl who was not even a mixed race still made him unable to hold back his exclamation and fell into difficulty. Meditations on self-explanation.

I still remember that the bet between the young master of our family and the girl was to play a shogi game for an hour. After one hour, and the next hour, if the girl loses in any game, the bet will end in victory for the other party.

This is just like a girl who has never touched table tennis before boasting that she will be defeated by the national table tennis team in an hour. It is a joke that is so ridiculous and funny that it makes people shake their heads. But it is not until the end that Yuan Zhisheng seems to have become this Joke.

A novice starts from the basics, and then spends an hour learning the game and then beats the master to death with random punches?

No, the girl playing against the shogi board did not use it for an hour at all, but only three games.

win.

and.

burden.

burden.

burden.

burden.

At the beginning of the first game of shogi competition, Yuan Zhisheng felt the strong chess ability of the girl at the table. Even if he has never been exposed to shogi, all kinds of chess are actually common in a sense, tactics, Thoughts are ever-changing, but they never depart from their roots. It is not surprising that experienced players who know chess, Chinese chess, Go and other chess games have their own ideas and control of the situation when they first master Shogi.

Therefore, although Yuan Zhisheng won the first game, it was not a free and easy win. He gradually realized that this girl was not looking for an excuse to let the family down, but that the other party was serious about completing the bet.

After the first game of shogi ended, the girl did not propose a review or organize her thoughts. Instead, she started the second game without stopping. From the second game on, her chess strategy changed from the rigorous and tentative one in the first game. In order to attack and kill in a big way, this kind of aggressive play does not care about the loss of chess pieces, and insists on exchanging resources and situation with the enemy.

Yuan Zhisheng was no stranger to this kind of chess. For a moment, he even felt like he was playing chess with a mirror! Because all the shogi tactics and tactics he used in the previous game were copied intact in the second game, and every move was used in the most perfect place, interchanged with him in an incredible way. The chess pieces, until the end, only the remaining soldiers are left and the defeated generals make dead moves on the chessboard, resulting in an unsolvable draw.

The third game was a game where the girl on the other side of the chessboard became completely weird and mysterious in Yuan Zhisheng's heart. The girl at the beginning of the third game did not follow Yuan Zhisheng's chess strategy and continue to attack, but changed it to the one in the first game. His conservative look made Yuan Zhisheng feel weird and unpredictable every step he took. Game after game was set up one after another, and a brand new chess strategy for his attacking style slowly unfolded.

Perhaps he was curious about how far the opponent could go. After realizing the pertinence of the opponent's move, Yuan Zhisheng did not change his move. Instead, he just walked into the opponent's trap. He was very curious and started the third game. How far can the developed chess moves go? But it turned out that he still underestimated the girl sitting opposite him. He died miserably after entering the game and the fast chess game ended in less than ten minutes. , the girl was not proud or boastful, she just looked at the chessboard thoughtfully and murmured "It's interesting" and directly asked to start the fourth game.

In the fourth game, Yuan Zhisheng began to play chess seriously. However, after the third game, his chess game was completely played. Every move was counted out by the girl opposite. The opponent thought three times after every move. The intention of each move was analyzed thoroughly. In nine minutes, he was already blocked, and he was very alive and was killed by 11 points. That was because when he found a checkmate move, the opponent even stayed. There is another back move that repeats checkmate.

If this was a battlefield, then while a knife was at Yuan Zhisheng's throat, the girl also had a knife stuck in his back. If she wanted, she could even kill him twice or even three times.

After that, the game time was garbage time. No game lasted more than ten minutes. Every time, the girl had more than two checkmate methods on Yuan's young king, like a gentle and slender hand at the beginning of the chess game. Then he slowly stretched it out until it was stuck on his neck and gradually closed it up. Suddenly he realized that his way of survival had been completely cut off and he could only surrender.

There were a few games where Minamoto's childish temper really came into play. He silently watched the chess game with serious and scary eyes, but it was still useless. During his shogi journey, he was always called by Mr. Masamune as a magic weapon that can dig mountains and dig holes. The sharp blade is suitable for attacking all intricate layouts and hidden tricks.

Mr. Masamune's impression of the chess game is that it is a Japanese castle that cannot be destroyed by wind, floods, or people. It has cherry blossoms blooming all year round and a quiet stream flows. He can attack the city with his magic weapon. You have to pay a big price and carefully arrange your troops to fight before you can ignite the smoke that threatens the city.

As for the girl on the opposite side of the chessboard today, Yuan Zhisheng felt like her sharp blade had hit an insurmountable towering peak that reached straight into the sky. Any charge or intrigue was as stubborn and ridiculous as the tide hitting a mountain wall. He even felt a sense of suffocation during the chess game. The feeling of being counted and robbed of life by cold hands sent chills down his spine several times. After looking up several times, he only saw Ruoyou. Suo Si looked at the chess game, an ordinary girl with even a faint smile on her lips.

Maybe it was an illusion. After restoring the girl's chess game to reality, he actually thought of the biggest and most hidden enemy of the Sheqi family. The king of fierce ghosts, the evil ghost hiding in the mire of fireworks. No, it's not the same. Even if there are no omissions, every layout is stuck at the fatal point of the Sheqi family. Standing on a high place and looking down at their ministers, there is only a sneer on the mask.

"Feeling shameless?" Lin Xian leaned against the table, holding a wine plate in his left hand and looking up at the clear moonlit sky, paying attention to the man who had been deep in thought from the corner of his eye.

"I'm just curious, is there such a strange person in the world? The merit of three games is worth three years of training." Yuan Zhisheng expressed his thoughts without hesitation.

"Yes, there are, but very few, but one of them happens to be sitting in front of you. Do you feel sorry for this good meal and wine?" Lin Xian tilted his head, and his face was as red as the end of a cherry blossom. You can see It turns out that her drinking capacity is not good, but after drinking a little bit, her face got a little bit dirty.

"If it's convenient, I can ask, is your talent only for chess? Or does it have similar effects in other areas?"

"Similar effect?"

"He learns everything quickly and masters everything. Even mixed-races can't compare to him. It is no exaggeration to call him a learning talent above genius." Yuan Zhisheng said, looking at the tipsy girl.

"Oh, that's what you mean." Lin Xian smiled and shook her head. Just when Yuan Zhisheng thought that the other party would say no, she calmed down and looked at the man and said seriously, "You guessed it right. Oh, I just learn everything quickly and I am good at everything. Whether it is chess, instrumental music, singing, ancient and modern bachelor's degree, mathematics and astronomy, as long as I am willing to get started and study hard, I can surpass 9% in a very short time. People who are fifteen years old will become the top-notch people among them! The real pinnacle!"

"." Yuan Zhisheng said nothing, looking at the girl who continued to pour wine for him, waiting for the next words.

"I've had this talent since I was very young, but few people have discovered it. I don't like to show off. Sometimes I can be excellent, but if I am excellent, I will be regarded as a monster. People like to talk to children who stand tall. But if you stand too high, it will be difficult for others to hear you clearly." Lin Xian shook his finger and said with a smile, "Sometimes you have to hide your clumsiness and turn your excellence into excellence. In this case, you will My life has been unexpectedly easier and more comfortable.”

".Do you know what you're talking about?"

"Of course I know, these things are not a secret. I am happy today or I am happy during this period. Just say it casually." Lin Xian bit the wine plate and stretched out his hand to brush the long hair that was pressed against the table behind him and spread it out. He raised his head at the table and drank the wine in the plate, then looked sideways at Yuan Zhisheng beside him and said, "You Sheqi family should have investigated my brother's life, so you naturally know where he came from. Where did he come from, and when did I meet him? You really haven’t thought too deeply about why I would value Lin Nian at a glance and not others in such a big orphanage. , choose to live with him?"

"Because the same kind will attract each other, if you are good enough, you will naturally pay attention to him who is also good." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"Let me tell you something interesting. Many students in this department have whispered bad things about me." Lin Xian spat out the wine plate in his mouth, picked up the soju bottle and poured wine directly into the bowl. He said with interest, "Do you know what they said about me? They said that I was not worthy of Lin Nian. They felt that I was redundant standing next to Lin Nian."

Yuan Zhisheng looked at the girl who was not angry at all when she said this and said calmly, "That's because you hid it so well."

"Weird animals will be protected, and weird people will be ostracized. Maybe I paid too much attention to these issues before, but after arriving in the new environment, I suddenly found that I was not weird but seemed weird." Lin Xian picked up the bowl and said with a smile. , "But older kids at this age are always like this. They pick up the bowl to eat and put it down to curse. When they say these sarcastic words, they probably don't know that the kid and I are family members. Family cannot be alienated by blood at all. .No matter if that kid is 'S' level or 'SS' level or something, whether I can help him or not, when he is happy, when he is sad, when he wants to show off, he just... You can only find me. When the brave man who slayed the evil dragon returns to his parents, will anyone say that his parents are unnecessary?"

"Won't."

"But if it was Xiaofang from the previous village, probably." Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh, "So I always felt that the group of children who thought I was redundant probably regarded me as their love rival and thought that I, an ordinary person, was not worthy of their mixed race. A rising star among the species.”

"Have you ever looked for the reason why you are so talented?" Yuan Zhisheng suddenly asked.

"Of course I have looked for it. Otherwise, why did I go to a medical university? In fact, if I hadn't worried about my brother, I would have become a supernova in the medical field. But I don't care about it, and I won't do it. Sometimes when something is too special, you have to hide it. This is what I have always taught him before." Lin Xian lowered his head to find sashimi on the dining table to eat, "You have to do what you say. If I don't even know what I said, If he can't do it, why should I teach him? If I hadn't had a good time drinking today, I probably wouldn't have said these words to anyone. But in fact, it doesn't matter if I say it. People who know me well will notice this. Everyone is happy with each other. It’s just a tacit understanding.”

"You have indeed set a perfect example on this point." Yuan Zhisheng said sincerely, looking at this girl who he still thought was ordinary before today.

"Compared to her, I can only be regarded as an ordinary person. After all, no matter how talented I am, I am different from you hybrids. No matter how outstanding I am, I can't jump up and dunk with one hand or perform a crossbow." Pull down the car door to block the shield." Lin Xian picked up a piece of sashimi and waved his hand.

"Then have you ever considered something?" After Yuan Zhisheng was quiet for a while, he asked Lin Xian, who had eaten the raw and cold fish fillet and immediately took a sip of wine, and Lin Xian also looked at him.

"In the file, you are working as a faculty member at the headquarters. You should also know that in addition to the structural similarities and differences between the Japanese branch and the headquarters, it also has quite professional cutting-edge equipment and a complete database for comparison and study. Kaguya has many aspects. She is no worse than Norma, the secretary of the headquarters, and even better than Norma in local calculations."

"Well, what do you want to say, just say it?" Lin Xian looked at him before picking up the bowl, paused and then put it down, raising his eyebrows and asking.

"I want to say." Yuan Zhisheng sat upright, looked at the girl in front of him and asked slowly, "Have you ever considered conducting another bloodline evaluation in my family?"

ps: hang water for three days