After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 233 I Admit Defeat

Chapter 233: Chapter 233 I Admit Defeat

This brief self-introduction not only stunned the nearby host but also shocked everyone else in the studio.

The audience, who had been watching silently, couldn’t help but start whispering to each other.

"Oh my God, Jiang Lingxi is really bold!"

"When she didn’t speak earlier, I thought her demeanor had changed a lot from before. But the moment she spoke, her arrogant nature was still the same."

"Did she not learn about Zhang Linxi’s Go skills beforehand?"

"She sounds confident. Isn’t she afraid of being embarrassed later?"

The two senior and junior brothers sitting in the corner both frowned simultaneously.

When Guan Ying discovered that the amateur Go master invited by their master was Jiang Lingxi, she felt it was unreliable. Even though her impression of Jiang Lingxi improved slightly in the elevator earlier, her inherent bias remained. Hearing Jiang Lingxi issuing a challenge on stage, she couldn’t help but whisper sarcastically, "She really dares to speak."

She also considered herself proud, but generally, before playing against someone, she would humbly ask for guidance.

Especially when facing Zhang Linxi, she really wasn’t confident in winning.

Perhaps this was also the reason her master didn’t let her play. Without the confidence to win this match, there was a high chance of losing.

Go has always been a battle of psychological warfare.

But was Jiang Lingxi so confident she could win?

Yuan Mulin looked at his master, who was already seated in the guest seat, and saw him smiling broadly at Ms. Jiang on stage.

This smile was familiar to him.

When being taken to competitions by his master or playing against other Go players, his master would smile and nod at him, saying, "Go ahead!"

It was a smile full of confidence in him, believing he could win.

Yuan Mulin looked steadily at Jiang Lingxi standing on stage and then heard his junior sister murmuring, "Perhaps we should trust Ms. Jiang. Besides, since Master has the courage to let her challenge Zhang Linxi, it shows that he has confidence in her. If you don’t trust Ms. Jiang, you should at least trust Master, right?"

Guan Ying pursed her lips. Who knew if her master was making a hasty decision in desperation?

But this thought, she only dared to entertain silently and wouldn’t dare speak it out loud.

Aside from Stone Elder, who roughly knew Jiang Lingxi’s level in Go, Zhang Linxi, the one being challenged, remained one of the only two calm people in the studio.

Since being invited to this show, he had been winning match after match, facing strong and weak opponents, but all fell to him without exception.

By now, he felt somewhat invincible.

He hoped this opponent would put more pressure on him since constantly winning was quite dull.

So, when the camera turned to him, he narrowed his long eyes and smiled at the camera, nodding in acceptance of the challenge.

"Alright, let’s cut the talk," the host, fearing Jiang Lingxi might say something shocking again, quickly said as the camera returned, "next, let’s welcome Zhang Linxi, who has already won six consecutive matches!"

His self-introduction was equally brief as he looked into the camera holding the microphone, "Hello, everyone, I’m Zhang Linxi from Country R."

After all, this was the seventh introduction already.

When the audience applause subsided, the projection on stage changed, transforming from a modern setting to a classic room complete with rustling green bamboo outside the window.

The stage even rose one level, revealing an ancient Go board, with a cushion on either side.

It was the seventh time Zhang Linxi had seen this scene, and he promptly approached the Go board and sat down without hesitation.

But Jiang Lingxi first admired the three-dimensional projection on stage before walking over to sit on the other cushion.

"By the looks of Jiang Lingxi admiring the stage change, she probably hasn’t watched this show before?"

Jiang Lingxi didn’t hear the whispers from the audience. If she had, she might have nodded in agreement.

Indeed, she hadn’t watched the show, and her understanding of Zhang Linxi was limited to Stone Elder’s analysis of a few of his matches on her phone.

As the match began, the studio fell silent.

In the low and soothing sound of the guqin, only the crisp sound of the black and white stones hitting the carved board could be heard.

Minute by minute, the audience’s eyes followed the switching cameras, getting a close look at the tangled black and white stones on the board and the states of the players.

Only now did everyone believe that Jiang Lingxi indeed understood Go and seemed to be on a decent level.

Guan Ying, seated close to the stage, shifted her gaze from the large screen to the stage.

After watching intently for a while, she noticed that Jiang Lingxi’s posture remained relaxed just like at the start. In contrast, Zhang Linxi appeared somewhat tense, his pace slowing down.

Unlike previous matches where he forced his opponents to sweat, now it seemed he was the one breaking a sweat first.

Guan Ying felt somewhat conflicted.

"Pa!"

A white stone landed, precisely cutting off the breath of several black stones, making Zhang Linxi blink and take a deep breath, calming himself to find a counter move.

Actually, not long into the match, he thought he had roughly grasped Jiang Lingxi’s style of play and was a bit surprised.

For a young lady, such an aggressive style was quite rare for him.

But now, he couldn’t afford to be surprised because her attack was beyond his expectations.

Facing her aggressive attack, his instinct was to defend. But in doing so, he found himself unable to seize many opportunities to counter.

In this psychological game of attack and defense on the board, he had fallen into a disadvantage.

Jiang Lingxi twirled a white stone, waiting for Zhang Linxi to make his move, noticing the sweat on his forehead. Meanwhile, she leisurely sorted the black stones she had captured.

Reaching this point, she gauged Zhang Linxi’s skills—indeed impressive, but only just impressive.

Compared to her old Go partner from her past life, he was far behind.

Though he seemed to want to struggle a bit more, she thought about it and decided not to win too quickly; otherwise, there wouldn’t be much to edit in the later stages.

Stone Elder looked at the board, then at the players on stage, and contentedly sipped from his teacup.

Young Jiang truly hadn’t disappointed him; she was about to turn the tables in this game!

Yuan Mulin whispered to his junior sister, "Indeed, we shouldn’t have doubted Master’s judgment."

Guan Ying remained silent momentarily, "But the match isn’t over yet."

"You!"

He had known his proud yet stubborn junior sister well not just today.

Just as the siblings finished their conversation, they saw Zhang Linxi pick up the microphone beside him, speaking in a hoarse voice, "I concede."