The Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife Changes to Take the Black Moonlight Script - Chapter 16

The next day, Shang Shiqian went to East City University to play Go with Chen Yixun at the agreed time.

Noticing Chen Yixun looked unwell, she asked, “Didn’t sleep well last night?”

Chen Yixun replied, “Spent the whole night arguing with someone online.”

“Huh?”

Chen Yixun opened her mouth as if to say something but swallowed her words at the last moment.

She couldn’t very well tell Shang Shiqian that after posting the video of her playing Go yesterday, it had unexpectedly attracted a bunch of hand fetishists.

But as the video gained traction, all sorts of random people had shown up.

Since the post was tagged with Go-related keywords, some people selling Go lessons appeared, criticizing Shang Shiqian for just posing and pretending.

Chen Yixun got into an argument with them, but they only used the opportunity to ride on her post’s popularity.

Not only did they insinuate that Shang Shiqian was a “Go Girl” in the Go community, but they also took the chance to flaunt their professional 3-dan certificate to advertise their Go lessons.

Chen Yixun had been bickering with them until the early hours.

“Never mind,” Chen Yixun waved her hand, changing the subject.

Seeing that Chen Yixun didn’t want to elaborate, Shang Shiqian naturally didn’t press further.

…

Shang Shiqian didn’t play alone today because she ran into a student from the Go club.

The student happened to have no opponent either and had been sitting in a corner reading a Go book.

Upon overhearing Shang Shiqian and Chen Yixun’s conversation and learning that Chen Yixun didn’t play Go, the student had an idea and came over to ask Shang Shiqian if she’d like to play with him.

Shang Shiqian happily agreed.

The boy said, “You’re a girl, so I won’t take advantage of you. I’ll play black.”

Playing black and moving first might seem like an advantage, but it wasn’t.

According to the current Xia Country Go rules, black had to compensate with a komi of 3 and 3/4 points, meaning when scoring, black’s total would be reduced by that amount.

Under these rules, black bore a greater burden and had a lower win rate, so many players preferred playing white.

Moreover, in recent years, most major tournaments had been won by white, leading to calls to revert the komi rules to those before 2002.

Shang Shiqian grabbed a handful of white stones and said, “Let’s just do hand guessing.”

The boy paused, then placed two black stones on the board: “Even.”

Shang Shiqian opened her hand and counted the white stones, smiling brightly. “Odd.”

The boy handed her the bowl of black stones.

After exchanging, Shang Shiqian took black and made the first move.

Over an hour later…

The boy, who had been biting his fingers, heard the class bell ring and sighed in relief. He hurriedly said to Shang Shiqian, “I have another class soon. Let’s play again another day.”

With that, he practically sprinted out of the Go Room, his retreating figure looking rather flustered.

Chen Yixun had already left for class, but there were still some students in the Go Room who didn’t have lessons.

A few who knew the boy were curious about why he’d left in such a hurry and went over to study their game. Though there were still many empty spaces on the board, anyone with even a basic understanding of Go could see that white had no way out, no matter who continued, the outcome was already decided.

This piqued the competitive spirit of some.

Someone sat down opposite Shang Shiqian. “Let’s play a game.”

When Chen Yixun returned after class to find Shang Shiqian for lunch, she saw a small crowd gathered around her, all watching her dominate her opponents.

She even overheard someone whispering, “Since when did our club have such a strong player?”

“She’s definitely not from our club. I’d remember someone that good-looking.”

“I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before.”

“It’s 2024, who still uses such cheesy pickup lines?”

“I’m not joking with you. She should be a professional Go player. When I first started learning Go, I think I saw her competing on TV.”

“Didn’t you say you joined the Go interest class at seven? That would be twelve or thirteen years ago now? Look at her… how old would she have been when you were seven?”

Shang Shiqian appeared to be just in her early twenties, about the same age as them.

Currently, the world record for the youngest professional Go player to achieve dan rank is 9 years and 7 months old. A professional player who reached dan rank at 7 or 8 would undoubtedly be a genius-level figure, how could someone like that have no reputation at all now?

The other person was instantly convinced: “Maybe I remembered wrong,” and didn’t dwell on it further.

Chen Yixun didn’t know much about Go, nor was she particularly interested in it.

But she could tell they were praising and acknowledging Shang Shiqian, which made her happy too.

When she went to have lunch with Shang Shiqian later, Chen Yixun asked, “Can I record when you play against others? I won’t film faces, just the Go game.”

She wanted to thoroughly shut up those online doubters who claimed Shang Shiqian was just pretending.

Shang Shiqian smiled. “Sure.”

Chen Yixun then asked, “Are you a professional Go player?”

Shang Shiqian replied, “I’m not an active professional player.”

Chen Yixun suddenly understood.

Not active, meaning she had withdrawn from the Go scene.

Combined with the imagined backstory she had concocted earlier, Chen Yixun found Shang Shiqian even more mysterious.

–

As Shang Shiqian returned to Tianhao Garden at sunset, she was stopped by an unfamiliar man.

“Shang Shiqian.”

This was the first time since her resurrection that someone had called her by that name.

Unlike Wei Yixiang, who had mistakenly called her that while drunk, this man had clearly addressed her by name.

Despite her efforts to forget the circumstances of her death, the memory of being stopped and attacked by a stranger surged uncontrollably to the forefront of her mind.

Shang Shiqian’s back went cold, and she reflexively took a few steps back before quickly heading toward the Tianhao Garden security office.

Seeing her panic, the man hastily threw away his cigarette and chased after her.

“Hey, don’t run! I’m a police officer!”

Shang Shiqian immediately halted her steps.

Steadying herself, she looked at him suspiciously. “I don’t know you.”

Even though he had already seen her face in the surveillance footage, Sun Wei couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath when standing face-to-face with her.

The resemblance.

Was uncanny.

Could it be that Shang Yunyu had actually given birth to twins back then, but only announced Shang Shiqian’s birth while hiding the other child?

But there was no reason for the Shang family to do that!

Besides, if she and Shang Shiqian were really twins, she should be 29 years old now.

After eight years, how could she look exactly the same?

Sun Wei said, “The day before yesterday, the morning of the 21st, I searched for you for a long time at the Huayang Park bus stop.”

At his words, a long-forgotten memory resurfaced in Shang Shiqian’s mind.

A realization struck her. “You’re Xiao Luomeng’s mentor?”

Sun Wei nodded.

Shang Shiqian relaxed.

So that was how he knew her name through Xiao Luomeng.

Back when she met Xiao Luomeng, she hadn’t yet considered using a fake name and had instinctively given her real one.

“I’m really sorry about that day. I went into the park for a while and lost track of time.”

Sun Wei’s expression remained stiff.

He knew exactly why Shang Shiqian had “lost track of time.”

He was able to find this place because he had thoroughly traced her movements that day through Sky Net.

When he discovered she had been taken away by Wei Yixian, he already felt a headache coming on.

Not only the Shang family, but Wei Yixian was also involved?

Realizing the complexity of the situation, he cursed under his breath, he really shouldn’t have gotten himself tangled in this mess.

Yet after work, he inexplicably ended up staking out outside Tianhao Garden.

To his surprise, luck was on his side, he spotted his target almost immediately.

Just as Sun Wei was preparing to investigate Shang Shiqian’s identity further, the maid who had come to fetch Shang Shiqian stepped out.

“Miss Shang.”

Her gaze landed on Sun Wei. “And this gentleman is?”

Sun Wei flashed his badge. “I’m the deputy captain of the Public Security Action Unit.”

Since Shang Shiqian was Wei Yixian’s guest, the maid asked with concern, “Has Miss Shang encountered any trouble?”

Before Shang Shiqian could respond, Sun Wei cut in, “Nothing serious. I just happened to run into her while on duty and wanted to ask a few routine questions.”

With Wei Yixian’s people present, Sun Wei couldn’t press further, so he left for the time being.

The maid didn’t inquire further.

But this was definitely something she had to report to Wei Yixian.

–

Early the next morning.

Shang Shiqian was surprised to see Wei Yixian having breakfast in the dining room, a rare sight.

“Wei Yixian, good morning!”

Wei Yixian took a sip of coffee, then leisurely picked up a napkin to dab the coffee stain from the corner of his lips.

“Going to East City University again today?”

Shang Shiqian hesitated briefly, still vividly recalling Wei Yixian’s unusual behavior the night before. “Yes.”

Fortunately, Wei Yixian didn’t question whether she was imitating “Shang Shiqian” again. Instead, he said offhandedly, “I’ll take you.”

“…Huh?”

At the same time, the system’s notification chimed:

[Love Points: 1%]

Shang Shiqian: “…”

Huh???

Shang Shiqian: Huh?

Wei Yixian: “…?”

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